My name is Lucy and I’m 24.
I so much wanted to tell you about my experience with the DUKAN diet...

My Dukan story...

For me it all started when I was about 6 or 7; from then on I was always plump!  
When I reached my teens I began trying one diet after another, I did them all! Even the worst diets and the most dangerous ones, but the weight always went back on again just as brutally! So at the age of 23 and 5 foot 5 inches tall, I had ended up weighing 13 stone 12 pounds: I had become OBESE!

I was on the verge of depression and not feeling at all hopeful when I came across the Dukan method, after looking up information about diets on the Internet, reading various discussion forums and people’s personal accounts and watching the media and videos.
So I said to myself, go on give it a try! Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

I went to the site and worked out my True Weight online and in just a few clicks, the nutritionist, Pierre Dukan was assuring me that I would lose just under 4 ½ stone in only 6 months! I joined up and it all started from there!

• My favourite support Dukan food: fizzy drinks, creamy desserts and the quick fromage frais gâteau

• My Dukan treat: stuffed quail and the salmon and cucumber "mille-feuille"

• My favourite form of exercise: Walking and climbing the stairs

• The best compliment someone has paid me: there have been so many but I think I’d choose what my parents said: My dad: “I have a beautiful daughter, what you have achieved is remarkable, I love you and I am so proud of you!” My mum: “You have totally transformed yourself; you’re my greatest pride and joy”. My mum has just read what I have written here and she emailed me this “reading what you’ve written has really moved me... you are so beautiful now ... I can’t find the words to say how much I love you! Mum”

• What keeps me going:losing my 4 stone and 10 pounds, my friends’ and family’s pride when they look at me, as well as the way my boyfriend now looks at me ever more lovingly and with a cheeky twinkle!

• The advice I would give to other Dukanians:it’s really worth trying this diet, follow Pierre Dukan’s instructions and you’ll succeed! This diet is life changing!
And don’t think twice about getting in touch with other people on the forum, that’s also a great help!

My first day of dieting went as well as it could, since I love meat I had my full share! After this first day, it was time for the verdict: I had lost a couple of pounds! I didn’t dare believe it so I weighed myself three times but the scales were right! Feeling really happy, I kept going, more motivated than ever! The days went by and by the end of my attack phase I had lost almost 9 pounds! 

This diet really works; I couldn’t get over it, I felt happy and there was a smile on my face again. I had a will of iron inside me and I was arguing less with my partner.
I was a bit frightened about going into the cruise phase and what would happen when I started to add in vegetables but I believed it would work. Pierre Dukan and his team hadn’t lied to me about the first phase, so why should the others be any different! I felt confident, come on let’s keep going...
The days went by and one month later: I had lost 1 stone 6 pounds,
I trusted in myself and the method, I was not feeling at all frustrated,
I was not missing anything and what was more I was enjoying my food day by day with all the different recipes suggested to us. I even enjoyed devising my own recipes to fit in with the diet...
After three months, I had got down to just 11 stone having lost 2 stone 12 pounds. I had come back to life; I was completely over the moon...
6 months later and I finished the diet’s second phase! And just as promised, my surplus 4 stone 6 pounds were old news, they had disappeared and a page had been turned as I weighed just 8 stone 6 pounds.
Today I am in consolidation, and I have been for over a month now. At the beginning I had a nice surprise in store as I kept on losing weight and my scales went down another 4 pounds, at the moment I weigh 8 stone 2 pounds so altogether I have lost 4 stone 10 pounds!
I trust wholeheartedly in Pierre Dukan and his method; as far as I’m concerned he is a magician, with him my dream has come true since I am no longer obese but “normal”.
Today I am doing well with my stabilization, I am enjoying my food, my meals are fun but I always follow my instructions as this is the secret to success!
I have gone from a size 18 to a size 8/10, I have a fantastic time shopping now and I even feel brave enough to try on dresses, skirts, skinny jeans and shorts...
I have regained my self confidence, I no longer hide myself away and I am enjoying life again. I am all smiles!
More self-confident than ever, now I can walk with my head held high.
For anyone who has doubts and has not yet made up their mind, believe what I’m saying, after all the diets I have tried and despite being young I can tell you I’ve tried loads... If I could do it then anyone can do it too!