Well ..... 
Here's the basics. I was watching the first episode of Channel 4's The Food Hospital, with the guy who was diabetic, who was put on an 800 calorie a day diet, consisting mainly of meal replacement drinks. They have proved that this drastic regime can reverse diabetes - as well as, obviously, having a pretty immediate and significant effect on weight.
My first thought was that I'd like to do this 
, because of the fast weight loss. Then I realised that I couldn't do it for very long, as I prefer to have food that you can actually chew! And I wouldn't like the feelings of hunger that surely this must leave you with?
But then I thought that, if you are in ketosis, your appetite will be supressed, and so you won't be hungry.
So, my next thought was about the 3DE (3 day experiment) that I have occasionally done - 3 days of lean protein, very low fat and no more than 5g carbs per day. In essence, this has to be low calorie. Let's take a typical one of the three days:
breakfast - 2 x boiled eggs (large eggs would make this around 180 calories)
lunch - tin of drained tuna (tuna in oil, whole tin would be 260 calories)
dinner - smoked haddock and a poached egg - 99 calories per 3oz serving of fish and 90 calories per egg.
A total of 629 calories.
Now, I know that low carbing isn't about calories, but it is also very easy to eat large portions on low carbing, hence consuming a lot of calories.
So, the basis of my cunning plan would be to take this 3DE as my basis, and add low carb and low calorie veg to the meals - celery, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and salad, for example.
This runs counter to the whole Atkins thing, about eating fat, but I thought it might be worth trying two weeks of this, just to see what happens. It certainly can't do any harm to curb the calories for a while, but to make sure that the meals I'm eating are a good combination of protein and carb via vegetables and salad? There is probably scope for adding some fat, via olive oil in salad dressing without making the calorie load too great.
So my aim is to do something healthier and more palatable than just meal replacement drinks, but to keep the calories and carbs low. It will mean no coffee (because I can't stand it without milk, which would add too many calories and carbs), so switching to green tea instead. Caffeine is something I should be avoiding anyway, so this wouldn't be a bad move. And it would obviously mean no alcohol, which would also be a very good thing!
What do you reckon? Does it sound totally mad?