Hi Everyone.......

I profusely apologise for not posting daily updates on the diet, I have gone through massive changes both personally and professionally that I could not carve out time to do any daily update on this blog, so I will do a quick summary of what happened since day 3

I continued on the diet for the required 2 weeks, not because it got better and I enjoyed the meals......far from it, at some points of the day I was more conscious of the fact that I was hungry than I normally would, below is the meal plan as per the diet:

DAY 1:BREAKFAST:Black coffee without sugar or milk/water.Quantity limitless

LUNCH:Two boiled eggs and spinach with a little salt.

SUPER:One big steak (grilled) or 3 small steak baked or boiled chicken.
Green salad - kind of fruit you like.

DAY 2:BREAKFAST:Black coffee without sugar or milk/water and one dry breadroll.
LUNCH:One medium sized steak grilled/chicken.Green salad and any fruit.
SUPER:Cooked ham/chicken in limitless quantities.
DAY 3:BREAKFAST:Same as day two
LUNCH:Two boiled eggs, salad and fresh tomatoes
SUPER:Cooked ham/chicken and green salad
DAY 4:BREAKFAST:Same as day three
LUNCH:One boiled egg, carrots (cooked or raw) and swiss cheese
SUPER:Fresh fruit and natural yogurt
DAY 5:BREAKFAST:Same as day four
LUNCH:Steamed fish and fresh tomatoes
SUPER:One big steak (grilled) and green salad
DAY 6:BREAKFAST:Same as day five
LUNCH:Grilled chicken
SUPER:Two boiled eggs and grated carrots
DAY 7:BREAKFAST:Tea with lemon and no sugar or milk
LUNCH:Grilled steak and fresh fruits
SUPER:Now you can eat whatever you want

NEXT DAY (DAY 8) YOU START OFF WITH THE DIET AS FROM
DAY 1 AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE SECOND
WEEK YOU CAN EAT NORMALLY AGAIN

Reference: www.angelfire.com/me/raingirl/diet. (DON'T WANT TO PLAGIARISE)

I, in a nutshell would not recommend it, the calorie intake is less than the minimum 1200 for females firstly, granted I lost 9kg - but I have since on a regular diet of appropriate portions of meals and regular exercise for the past 6 months lost an extraordinary 35kg and reached my goal weight, meaning I was indeed weighing in at the beginning of this journey 102kg

I got on the scale on the 15th of March 2014 and hit the triple digits, I think I died a little bit, blackout or something, because I was stunned - I knew I had picked up weight of course I am not delusional, but not to the point that I was twice the weight I was when I finished High School, I decided there and then that the triple digits on the scale are not for me.

Considering how active I was through high school and University (I was studying sport science..........nough said), I need an awesome jump start that will be encouraging, the German diet was not. I was miserable really, the only reason I saw it through is because that is who I am, I hate starting anything and not finishing it, but I sure will not be doing it again, yes I lost 9kg but I cant help feeling that I stripped by body of essential nutrients and luckily knew what is required to continue loosing weight in a health way.

I attribute my weight loss to exercise, I started exercising 5 times a week, and doing only activities I enjoy, I know enough about myself that if my exercise revolved around the treadmill I might at well move into a crispy cream and surrender to obesity, I HATE RUNNING, so I did not do it, I went to dance classes at the gym, spinning, swimming, elliptical, weight training etc; except running. I did however in the past week started the 5km Nike running training because I want to do a charity run later in the year and I like to win, charity or not. I don't hate running so far - but i don't love it either, don't know if I will, guess the jury is out on that.

In conclusion, I wanted to share my experience with anyone who cared or wanted to know (although not that successfully....:( apologies again!) my journey on a diet that seems to offer a lot of promise but does not seem practical or all that health, I cannot PERSONALLY recommend it - I was willing to put my body through that to see if it works because my curiosity far outweighs my fears and secondly I cannot say whether my metabolism increased due to it or not, all I know for sure is that in those two weeks, I hated my food and felt like I was on some trippy version of a hunger strike.

I would like to hear from anyone who tried it and what their views are, good or bad.

Good luck to anyone who is on a weight loss journey and I am happy to answer MOST questions relating to this for anyone who has a question, I will try to not be so horrific with replies