but this is purely for the sake of me being motivated in keeping my diet.
so i just started the denmark diet, but it's more like a korean denmark diet because i heard that people in denmark have not even heard of this diet (the denmark diet is a extremely popular in korea). this diet was planned by the denmark state hospital and it concentrates on keeping the foods you eat to have high protein, low fat and low cholesterol. you are expected to exercise while doing this diet (though a lot of koreans did this for the sake of not exercising, lulz).
the diet runs for 14 days and people who have done this diet lost an average of 7~12kg (15~26lbs). that's huge considering it's just within 14 days. generally, a healthy weight loss is considered about 1kg (2.2lbs) a week.
Meal Plan:
Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | |
Day 1 | 3 boiled eggs 1 grapefruit 1 slice of toast 1 black coffee | 3 boiled eggs 1 slice of toast 1 black coffee | 3 boiled eggs vegetable salad (cucumber, celery, lettuce) |
Day 2 | 1 boiled egg 1 grapefruit 1 black coffee | 2 boiled eggs 1 grapefruit 1 slice of toast 1 black coffee | beef steak salad (tomato, celery, cucumber, lettuce) 1 black coffee |
Day 3 | 1 boiled egg 1 grapefruit 1 black coffee | vegetable salad 1 grapefruit 1 slice of toast 1 black coffee | 2 boiled eggs lamb meat (can be substituded with chicken meat) salad 1 black coffee |
Day 4 | 1 boiled egg 1 grapefruit 1 black coffee | vegetable salad 1 grapefruit 1 slice of toast 1 black coffee | spinich (dressed with a little bit of garlic and salt, and add cheese) 1 black coffee |
Day 5 | 1 boiled egg 1 cucumber 1 slice of toast 1 black coffee | 3 boiled eggs spinich (like before) 1 slice of toast 1 black coffee | fish (white meat) vegetable salad 1 slice of toast 1 black coffee |
Day 6 | 2 boiled eggs 1 grapefruit 1 slice of toast 1 black coffee | fruit salad (cucumber, lettuce, apple, strawberry, banana) | beef steak celery tomato 1 black coffee |
Day 7 | 2 boiled eggs 1 grapefruit 1 black coffee | cold chicken meat 1 tomato 1 cucumber 1 black coffee | vegetable soup (tomato, onion, carrot, lettuce) chicken meat tomato cooked lettuce celery 1 grapefruit 1 black coffee |
and then you repeat the cycle once more equaling 14 days.
a few (important!) things to note are (unless listed else above):
1. no salt (in egg, steak, chicken, fish...etc)
2. drink your coffee black (no sugar, milk, cream)
3. steam or cooked meat, nothing fried (also no butter or jam for toast)
4. exercise (especially to avoid yo-yo dieting)
5. no dressing in salads (only acceptable are vinegar and lemon juice)
it doesn't sound that bad, right? but i'm not starving myself or doing that crazy one-food diet. of course keeping your weight off is more important than actually losing it, but i think this is pretty legit. and i also think it's a good preparation for a long-term diet and also eating healthier. the proportions get smaller and in general i think you'd be more sensitive to what you eat.
a famous korean celebrity that did the denmark diet was nicole from kara. here are two before & after pics.
DDDD: amazing. though i think she was in a more restrictive diet (like smaller proportions). and she also had a professional fitness trainer to boost (and let's not forget TIME). but aren't these pictures super inspiring?
so. i started today and so far i just had breakfast that was listed in the plan. though i like eggs, i can understand how difficult this diet would be if he or she didn't like eggs... but remember that this diet is extremely precise and strict, if you forget or eat something other than what was listed in the plan, you are to start the whole diet again from day 1. and it's also not suggested to do this diet often (for obvious reasons). my co-worker told me only twice every year (though don't expect to lose the same amount as you did the first time).
pictures to inspire me (lulz):
always thought that son dam-bi had a fab-bod.
[but not completely irrelevant since he lost a lot of weight for BTD promotions~]
if you guys have any questions regarding the plan, i'll try to answer the best way i can. just know that i'm also pretty much noob ^^;
so anyone want to start with me?
