I liked the idea of this diet, even if it did sound a bit unlikely. Five days doesn't seem long enough to lose that much weight but I thought I'd try it.

It's a really simple plan and there are some dead easy options like shop-bought soup or a baked potato for lunch. The evening meals are pretty much what I cook anyway so that was good. I really liked the fact I could have two snacks a day. I tended to have a yogurt mid-morning and then three squares of dark chocolate in the afternoon.

The only problem was, I hardly lost any weight - only about two pounds really. I was a size 14 to start with and I wanted to be a 12 but I don't think you'd drop a dress size on this diet unless you were a bigger size to start off with. My size 14 clothes didn't feel tight afterwards though, so I'm sure it did something.
Maria Georgiou, 42, Camberwell, London

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