It's Atkins for me

Tamara Melon, Managing Director, Jimmy Choo

I've been doing the Atkins for about five months and now I'm on the maintenance stage which involves eating a low-carb diet with no refined sugar or flour.

I find Atkins really works for me and I've finally lost all my postbaby pounds. Before I had my daughter I could eat whatever I wanted without putting on weight, but it was a different story afterwards. I tried low-fat and soup diets but nothing worked. I hate feeling deprived of food, but with Atkins I never do. It helps stabilise my blood sugar and gives me more energy. I don't drink but I do smoke 20 cigarettes a day - unfortunately, I don't find it cuts my appetite at all. I work out three times a week at a gym with a trainer. I told my trainer his goal was to make me look like Demi Moore post-surgery. I'm really happy with my body at the moment; I'm probably in the best shape ever.

8.30am: orange juice, Perrier, filter coffee without milk or sugar.

11am: Atkins protein bar, glass of mineral water.

1pm: plate of tuna and salmon sashimi, miso soup, one Diet Coke.

2pm: one Diet Coke.

4pm: Atkins protein bar, glass of mineral water.

6pm: salami and cheeses, glass of mineral water.

8pm: steak, green beans, creamed spinach, glass of mineral water.

11pm: cup of herbal tea.

The Food Doctor says... This homegrown version of a high-protein diet seems put together with weight in mind. These diets work on the theory that eating foods that are converted to glucose very slowly will minimise insulin production, but diet drinks and juice do the opposite.

Protein bars provide some nutrition, but looking at the list of ingredients confirms that they aren't perhaps the most natural of foods. A piece of fruit and some hazelnuts are just as easy to grab and they don't come with additives.

I would suggest including some fruit and grains.