Phase 1: Intensive

Lasts: 3 weeks.
Objective: Speedy weight loss, but you eat when you're hungry and make sure you get the essential nutrients your body needs.
How: Eat as much low calorie density food as you want (no portion restrictions), and drink lots throughout the day.

A typical day
> Breakfast: hot drink, natural yoghurt, fruit, ham, fromage frais.
> Lunch and dinner: soup (not potato), vegetable crudités in low-fat sauce, lean grilled, baked or steamed meat or fish, steamed vegetables, fruit, low-fat dairy produce.

Jazz up your meals: Mix fruit with dairy (add fruit or plain fruit coulis to your fromage frais or yoghurt); season your meals with herbs, spices and flavouring; vary your veg and how you cook it (cook it in different ways or eat ir raw or in a salad with yoghurt, lemon or mustard dressing).