The sun is shining..

Day One

Well the sun is shining and for some strange reason this always puts me in a great mood, one where I don't want to eat crap! I got up at 8am and went to a morning Body Pump class, for one hour, followed by 15 minutes on the X-trainer. Early morning exercise always puts me in the right frame of mind for the rest of the day. The Dukan diet views fruit as being the enemy, something which I started to believe however I have now decided to incorporate fruit back into my diet as it does have plenty of nutritional benefits. 

Breakfast: 2tbsp Oat bran with skimmed milk & goji berries.

Snack: 3 low GI oatcakes with peanut butter. Bowl of Special K cereal (didn't really need this).

Lunch: Chicken slices, tomatoes, spring onions, cress, spinach, cucumber, red & green peppers, cottage cheese & balsamic vinegar. Fat free natural yoghurt & 4 strawberries.

Snack: wholemeal pitta bread & cucumber with low fat houmous. (will take this to work with me). didn't take pitta bread with me, but ended up eating a bowl of cereal & a banana as well as my cucumber & houmous! 

Dinner: quorn sausages & scrambled egg. change of plan: quorn sausages with mashed sweet potato, broccoli, leek & cabbage.
Drinks: 2 litres of water, 1 x peppermint tea, 2 x lemon tea, berroca, 1 x cup of tea.


Big mistake after dinner! Made myself a cup of tea and ended up dunking a few biscuits, uh oh. However, as I wasn't doing much this evening and my blip annoyed me I decided to go to the gym again! I did 15 minutes on X-trainer, 15 minutes on bike & a variety of lunges, toning exercises & ab exercises. 


I got home and had a yogurt and a green lemon tea! Tomorrow...no biscuits! 

24 days to get bikini ready!

Goodbye to the Dukan way of dieting

I am not new to the blogging world as I have recently had a diary on the Dukan Diet website. However, due to my poor relationship with food I found it difficult to follow so have decided to do a blog about my eating & fitness, without following any particular diet. On the Dukan I lost a stone, however as soon as I fell off the wagon I gained a considerable amount of weight. I feel this may be because the body has gone from one extreme to another. I also became extremely obsessed with the diet, thinking about it morning, noon and night! Which for me, wasn't healthy. Although I am not 100% comfortable with my weight I have less than a stone to lose, so will try and do this through healthy eating and a combination of exercise.

Aims of this blog
I am a 22 year old, 5"6 female.
I currently weigh in at 10 stone 10 lbs. I would like to get to 10 stone 2lbs and maintain!
I managed to get down to 10 stone 1lb on the Dukan, however once I got there I went back to old eating habits and went up and down like a yo-yo!

I really enjoy exercising, so with regards to that I feel healthy, I just need to sort out my eating! I have a habit of binging really bad so I'm hoping that writing down what I eat on a daily basis will stop me from reaching for the biscuit tin!

Wish me luck, 24 days to go before I head off to Spain, can I get my bikini body by then. I may even post photos of my progress to motivate me to stick at it!