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?

The site has been a bit quiet lately due to the limited internet access I have here in Palawan. I just thought I’d give a little update on whats been happening!

Well it’s almost impossible to eat healthily here but I have been doing my best. The resort is truly amazing, theres just one downside. Vegetarian food is quite unheard of. The only thing for guests to eat is a buffet breakfast, buffet lunch and buffet dinner. Not an ideal situation for a vegetarian trying to watch their weight. The only vegetarian food available on the buffet is rice, a small amount of salad and dessert. Or I could order a three cheese pizza from the snack menu. So the bikini model program isn’t going too well for me this week!

I’ve been trying to eat a big meal of cereal, omelette and rice at breakfast. Then for lunch I’ll eat two pieces of fruit (smuggled out at breakfast) and for dinner I order one plate of food from the buffet (so I don’t get tempted to overeat) and I steal a few bites of dessert from my boyfriend who usually gets the buffet. Yes very difficult aren’t I? Desperate times call for desperate measures lol.

For exercise I’ve been swimming and snorkelling everyday. The reef is gorgeous here and you can just walk in from the sand and see schools of fish, octopus and starfish.

Hi everyone!

I’ve arrived in Manila safe and sound and will be heading to Palawan this afternoon. I wanted to let you know that I’m not sure if there will be internet on the island so I might not be able to post again until the 2nd of March. Hopefully theres some sort of connection!

Also as an update on the bikini model program, I took a video the night before I left but didn’t have time to upload it. Of course I left everything to the last minute and was in a mad rush!

I’m just trying to figure out how to get the hd video file onto my macbook so I can post it up! For some reason it just doesn’t seem to be agreeing with my computer. Any tips?

I think I look more toned in the arms and stomach now. My legs unfortunately are still my problem area but still WAY better now than before starting the program. I’ll get a few bikini shots too.

This next thing Im about to tell you is something I find quite interesting…

The bikini model program has changed the way I think about food. Every other time I’ve been on holidays I seem to just throw in the towel (so to speak) and just eat whatever I want whenever I want. I never set out on this trip with any restrictions or limitations at all but have been eating very healthily and making wiser food choices.

At breakfast yesterday I found myself choosing to have low GI complex carbs and protein (from beans). In the past I would have had a big bowl of sugary cereal, fruit salad, yogurt and probably a few pastries.
For breakfast this morning I had an egg white omelette with tomato, onion and capsicum plus a little bit of fruit salad.

I feel less bloated and more motivated because of the food choices I’ve been making. It’s good feeling in control of my health! Also my shorts are getting a bit loose and I don’t have to worry about trying to find baggy t-shirts to wear after demolishing a huge buffet breakfast.

There’s no scales over here but last time I weighed myself I was still 48.5-49kg.

Yep I’ll be putting up a video or photos soon hopefully so stay tuned. I hope you are all happy & healthy! I just want to thank all the regular readers of this website too. It’s great having a little online support group of people who are interested in healthy weight loss!

“Whats this Bikini Model Program she keeps talking about?” – It’s a downloadable ebook available worldwide (I only test things available in every country). I’m testing it as part of my ‘Melissa Tests It’ blog posts. Written by fitness model and celebrity Jennifer Nicole Lee. Click here to go to www.thebikinimodelprogram.com

Ps: The photo was taken a few weeks ago with my new dslr camera (bought for this trip). I just don’t have any photos of the trip to put up so far so thought that picture was pretty cool!

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