It is with regret that I have to inform you all that after 5 MISERABLE days, I am no longer participating in the Dukan Diet.
I started to doubt its positive effects on Wednesday night when I spontaneously through up on the tube platform… (horrendous I know) and I have since suffered infinite headaches. My whole body ached and I felt dizzy at most points of the days, especially in the mornings. The purpose of a diet is obviously to be challenging, but I think it gets abit silly when it makes you so ill and feel so crap. I was expecting the odd faint moment with the occasional headache but I legitimately felt like I was dying. Maybe it’s a lack of willpower and my brain is making me feel like I am ill as an excuse but all I know is that I did not feel normal for one day and the fact that I lost 3 pounds is not making it feel any better.
It has made me realise that I love to eat. I cannot live a life (or a prolonged diet) of restricting my eating habits when there is tonnes of flavoursome foods out there waiting to be devoured.
I would only recommend the Dukan Diet if you are totally 100% committed and have a very strong stomach. I think I probably ate about 10 chickens, 5 turkeys and at least 10 eggs this week- that cannot be healthy!!! I did however shed 3 pounds, but it really does not compensate for the public humiliation of being sick on the tube platform (soz to the poor underground work that had to clear that up…).
So to sum up: 4 days, 3 pounds lost, endless headaches, one public vomit.
Verdict: The Dukan Diet is not for me. I like to eat what I want, when I want. I guess this means I have to up the ante with spin classes, weight sessions and runs which is fine by me if it means I can avoid the horrendous side effects of the Dukan Diet. It really is not for the faint hearted.
I am off for a weekend of CARBS, CARBS, CARBS. And I am not in the least bit sorry.
As my good friend Maria says: "DIET WHEN YOU'RE DEAD".
Peace,
Peace,
O x
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