James Duncan Diet! Introduction and Day 1

For the next week I will be following the James Duncan diet, which is a very strict 7 day diet plan which claims to make you lose a stone in a week! I have my school prom coming up next week and I wanted to give it a go, as I have put a bit of weight on over exam period. If you want to check out the diet the link is here! http://www.jaduncan.com/2006/04/how-i-lost-stone-in-week.html

Day 1
Breakfast -  Dry Toast and Tomatoes
Lunch -  Fresh Fruit
Dinner - 2 Boiled egg, salad and grapefruit

I never usually have an appetite in the morning, however I forced down the toast and tomatoes as a knew I would definitely regret skipping it by 11am. I had my breakfast at around 8am and by 12pm I was beginning to feel peckish.

I managed to keep my hunger at bay until 1pm, where I had two bananas and some red grapes for lunch. Seeing as I've finished my exams and no longer have to attend school, I have a lot of free time, which often leads to boredom. I don't know about you, but one of the things I do when I'm bored is eat the entire contents of the fridge. Obviously I couldn't do that, so I had to find things to take my mind off the thought of food, so I ended up having a movie afternoon.

By 5pm I had somehow managed to avoid the mid-afternoon snacking fest and was pretty much starving. I prepared myself a generous amount of salad, filled with lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, onions, celery and peppers topped with the boiled eggs. By the time I had finished the salad I felt slightly sick due to the eggs, and my mouth had a very strange tang to it after I'd had the grapefruit for dessert. My family were enjoying gammon, potatoes, peas and cheese sauce and I was dying for just a bit of bread and butter or potatoes.

I went to bed at 10.30pm feeling surprisingly content and woke up this morning feeling fresh and optimistic.

My thoughts on the diet after the first day are; that it is a lot harder than I originally expected it to be, however today is a much better day as I will be entitled to both chicken and steak. It has also helped me understand the errors in my diet, and for me personally I have already realised that I probably snack and eat more carbs than what is recommended.

I will be posting everyday on my progress, feel free to ask me any comments. My next post will be up around this time tomorrow on Day 2, so keep an eye out!