Day 5 on Fruit and Vegetable Detox

Here is my day five video update! I am going to put some more recipes up tomorrow :)

I’m aware that I had a little bit too much fat today! At least it’s healthy fat, right?
I had a healthy cheat meal tonight of avocado mousse and cacao chocolate. Tomorrow I am going to have more of the green smoothies and less treats!

Meal 1: Handful of almonds & kale juice with apple and lemon
Meal 2: Pumpkin and sweet potato soup [recipe]
Meal  3: Piece of raw cacao chocolate, handful of nuts & soup
Meal 4: Avocado mousse [recipe] & cacao chocolate [recipe]

 

Back from Thailand!

Ok so I may have lied when I said posting will resume on the 3rd of March. Sorry peeps!
My boyfriend wasn’t as paranoid about germs as I was on the flight home and ended up getting quite sick. I have been taking care of him/back at work so haven’t had time to post on the site.  He should have listened to me and slept with a t-shirt wrapped around his face! (I didn’t do that..)

Have I missed out on much??

Thailand was AMAZING! Probably the best holiday of my life. Mainly because it was for my good friends wedding and it turned out to be a big reunion with everyone. Most of our friendship group have moved overseas and live in different countries. Was great to have everyone back in one place!

We stayed in an awesome villa for a few nights with the bride & groom after the wedding (honeymoon crashers). Here are some piccies for your creeping pleasure haha :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok enough about me. Back to CELEBRITY DIET news!! I’m on the case and will report back with my findings soon

xx

Happy New Year!!!! Reflecting on 2011 Goals

How did you spend your New Years Eve?? I went to see the fireworks and had way too many alcohol beverages (no I didn’t, I had one. But did I sound cool for a second?)

Here is a photo from New Years Eve. Can you believe that this is my 7th year out of highschool? I can't!! Crazy.

Anyway, I thought it might be a nice idea to look back at the goals I had set for myself at the start of 2011 and see if I achieved them.

Here are the goals I had in 2011

Go to the gym at least 4 times a week (holidays excluded) – Yes I did this one!!

Swim with dolphins – I’ve had this goal for the past 5 years and its really not that unachievable. 2011 is the year! – 2011 wasn’t the year..I found out some shocking things about the way the dolphins in captivity are caught and don’t want to support it. I did hand feed a wild dolphin though!!
My sister is on the left (doing most of the feeding in this shot) and I am on the right. Excuse my other sister’s language. She was very excited! I’m on the right and fed the dolphin after this was filmed.

Eat smaller portions of healthier food – Yes! Definitely achieved this one. Eating 6 small meals a day has become normal for me now

Never feel ashamed/embarrassed about my body (because I’ll always be bikini ready) – Hmm, I can’t say that I didn’t felt ashamed/embarrassed of my body at all in 2011. I can say that my confidence increased tremendously though


Spend more time with my parents – This is a difficult one, my parents divorced in 2011 so it is hard to spend time with them because it always has to be separate and there is the risk of upsetting the other one. I probably spent the same amount of time with them as 2010


Explore South East Asia for a month or more and not be afraid to try new things – Yes I went to South East Asia and became a qualified scuba diver!


Be more outgoing and confident – Not really achieved. I better sign up to toastmasters this year!


Don’t go to fast food restaurants as often – Yep! Achieved


Have a closer relationship with my sisters - I think I achieved this one. We went on a sister weekend to Sydney and I booked a trip to Fiji with my twin sister (leaving in 12 days YAY)

Looking forward to spending 7 days in Mana Island with my sister!


Get a dslr camera and learn how to use it! – I bought the camera but didn’t learn how to use it. Auto mode is my best friend at the moment. 50% achieved


Take better care of my hair and skin – I started using under eye cream and making it routine to moisturise my face every night. I also started dry brushing but wasn’t SUPER consistent with it. Also, I have discovered Kerastase shampoo and conditioner. My hair has NEVER been healthier yay. AND my sister and I bought a Nano Keratin treatment machine together. I’d say this was achieved.


Drink green tea! - Not really achieved. I have had it on and off during the year but never made it a daily thing


See baby turtles hatching – I didn’t see them hatching but held a baby turtle that had recently hatched and released it into the ocean in the Philippines!


Baby Turtles - Bad quality photo, taken with my boyfriend's phone! It was a spur of the moment thing and was magical! One of my best memories in 2011


Go on more beachwalks – appreciate nature – I probably went on less beach walks because it was a busier year. This will be on the goal list for 2012

Walk my dogs more often – I took them to the dog park every Sunday to socialise which counts! Kind of achieved

Take better care of my car! (it hasn’t been serviced in a while) – My dad surprised me by servicing my car while I was in Asia. YAY! I have kept it spick and span

Drink more water - Yep

Try new recipes – I did try new recipes but didn’t cook as often

Donate to charity – Achieved!

I’m still working on my goal list for 2012. Do you have any goals that you are working on??

How cool is this quote..

“If you keep on going the way you’re going you’ll end up where you’re heading – which direction are you aiming for?”


Why Hello There

Hi gals,

It’s been a while since I’ve done an update so here’s whats been happening!

I have been eating fairly healthy and continuing to follow the BMP diet plan. My boyfriend is currently following the ‘Slow Carb Diet’ which is working really well for him! (I’ll post more about this later). So once a week we have a cheat day (one day on the weekend).

New Hair Again

Having a cheat day has helped me stay on track SO much! If you don’t currently have a cheat day you really need to get onto it. Lots of celebrities and models use this method to stay in shape. If you eat well all week you can have one day where you just eat whatever you like. And it’s quite motivating, when you have cravings it helps to think ‘only x amount of days until cheat day, I’ll eat it then’.

Also, I’ll write down the things I want to eat on cheat day. So far…melting moments, salt and vinegar chips, chocolate (obviously) and donuts are on the list.

As a general life update, I’ve just been working lately and wishing I was on holidays. But I have booked a flight to Paris in May next year so will be doing some europe travel! Savings mode until then. Oh and my two friends are getting married in February next year so I’ll be going to Koh Samui for 10 days YAY.

Redecorating my bedroom this week has helped distract me from eating the whole of Australia. It’s so much harder to diet in winter

My bedroom!

Redecorating makes me want to eat healthy?

Cool light from Ikea!

Who lives in Europe? I need some recommendations! Where to go, what to see etc!
So far on the list are Amsterdam, Prague, London, Paris, Tuscany

What have you girls been up to? Have you been staying on track with your eating?

A Belated Merry Christmas!

I haven’t done much work on the site recently due to all the Christmas festivities and last minute gift shopping! I just thought I’d give you a little update on how things are going. For the last week I have strayed from the Bikini Model Program a little bit! I am back on track now but just couldn’t maintain it with all the Christmas gatherings. I managed to eat fairly healthily on Christmas day. I mainly had salad for lunch but did eat my fair share of caramel slice and chocolate!

I thought maybe some of you out there had also had the same thing happen during the last week. Let’s just all forget it happened and move on? Ok! Sounds like a great plan!

If there is any chocolate/cakes/junk food left over from Christmas maybe you should remove it from the house. It’s just too tempting! We’ve probably all got our New Years Eve outfits picked out and three days of healthy eating will make the world of difference to how you look and feel on New Years!

Do you have any goals for 2011? I’d love to hear them!

Here are my goals (in no particular order)

  • Go to the gym at least 4 times a week (holidays excluded)
  • Swim with dolphins – I’ve had this goal for the past 5 years and its really not that unachievable. 2011 is the year!
  • Eat smaller portions of healthier food
  • Never feel ashamed/embarrassed about my body (because I’ll always be bikini ready)
  • Spend more time with my parents
  • Explore South East Asia for a month or more and not be afraid to try new things
  • Be more outgoing and confident
  • Don’t go to fast food restaurants as often
  • Have a closer relationship with my sisters
  • Get a dslr camera and learn how to use it!
  • Take better care of my hair and skin
  • Drink green tea!
  • See baby turtles hatching
  • Go on more beachwalks – appreciate nature
  • Walk my dogs more often
  • Take better care of my car! (it hasn’t been serviced in a while)
  • Drink more water
  • Try new recipes
  • Donate to charity

Here’s a photo of my little sister & myself taken on Christmas day

Yep I made the caramel slice. It was a hit!

What are YOUR goals? Leave them in the comment section!!!

While You’re Out There Partying…

I’m at home blogging!

Not that I have anything better to do *sigh* lol. Well I must admit I did head to Max Brenner tonight. Do you guys have that wherever you are from? It’s a chocolate restaurant which is so amazing!

Here is my sneaky trick to feeling like you’ve indulged in some chocolate without having too many calories.
What I do is order a skinny cappuccino (it comes with chocolate drizzled on top). Only have 1 raw sugar with it..and then steal one or two pieces of fruit dipped in chocolate or mouthfuls of whatever my boyfriend/sister/friend is having.

Anyway back to the blogging…Taylor Swifts new video clip comes out on the 27th. Anybody else excited?

Theres a sneak peek on her website.

http://taylorswift.com/news

I hope you’re all having a great Saturday night!!

Ps: I have new hair (again)

PPS: Follow me on twitter!! My username is MelissaJadeL we can talk about diets and whatnot haha :)

YAY!

Woah! You are all still out there :D YAY!

I’m so sorry I havent been updating, I have been quite busy lately! You know..morgage/living out of home for the first time/trying to make money to all the bills! But I am definitely inspired to keep up the site now! I haven’t really been watching my weight too much lately either, I havent been to the gym in about 6 weeks!! It’s terrible I know!

I think I will start youtubing again too. I have brown hair now so you probably wont even recognise me! Yepppp what elseee

I have decided to not let my busy schedule stop me going to the gym. I have been using it as an excuse not to exercise but now I am feeling really unfit/lazy. Tomorrow is the first day of my new life! I am going to get up at 7:30am and go to the gym for an hour and a half! Who is with me? Don’t wait until the New Year to start your new diet, start now!

Here’s my new diet/exercise regime..if anybody wants to copy feel free!

Breakfast: All Bran + Soy Milk + 1/2 Banana
Lunch: Yogurt + Grapes
Dinner: Roast Vegetable Wrap

Snacks: Almonds between meals if I get hungry

Exercise: Burn 500 Calories On Treadmill/Elliptical/Bike + Weights

Melissas Diet Tips for 2010

  • Fill bottles of water to keep in the fridge. Sometimes when we are dehydrated we eat when really all we need is some calorie free h20!
  • Ration your servings out. I already have my cereal and milk for tomorrow morning measured out and ready to go.
  • Sugarfree/Low Fat isnt always the way to go. I dont feel satisfied after a low fat/sugarfree yogurt and it sometimes leads to eating more. Now I go for a regular full fat yogurt instead. Way less preservatives too!
  • Think of the reasons why you decided to go on a diet in the first place. Do they still apply? Now slowly back away from the block of chocolate
  • Dont take life too seriously! If you eat one little bad thing just move on. Don’t get upset about it and end up eating your feelings!