Welcome back for my third instalment of Journey to the Summer: a diet and fitness series. This week I found myself being quite repetitive, struggling to think of new meals that I could make, so you may see repeats often. It seems to be that I start off really well in the beginning of the week, eating creative dinners and lunches, but by the end of the week find myself in a rut. It was also a busy week for me, so towards the end I either forgot to take a picture of my meal, or didn't eat at all. I'll do better next week so sorry! On my fourth week I'll work on variety in cooking, trying to stay innovative and dedicated to creative eating. Without further ado, this week's meals: Sunday (1,332 calories): Breakfast: Two slices of low calorie Danish bread with sliced avocado and a boiled egg (301 calories) Lunch: Leftover chicken with vegetables and sweet potato (256 calories) Dinner: Soy garlic salmon with vegetable brown rice, a poached e...

Welcome back to the second entry on my 8 week diet blog- Journey to the Summer: a diet and fitness series. Last week I suggested I would be doing more repetitive meals because I was going back to work this week, and I promise you I thought I would. I didn't end up meal planning and instead just either repeated certain side dishes again, or used a smaller portion of my dinner as my lunch. I thought working would mean I would have less time to cook meals but I should've known myself- my hate for eating the same meal for more than two days manifested into the following meals I ate this week. As usual, you don't have to follow my meals specifically- if you are joining this journey pick a couple of your favourite recipes and meal plan them! This blog is for inspirational purposes so even if you're not trying to lose weight, feel free to take these meal ideas and incorporate them into your lifestyle. Anyway, enough talking, lets get into it! Sunday (1,368 calories):...

Welcome to the first entry on my 8 week diet blog- Journey to The Summer: a diet and fitness series. Coming into University I was a comfortable size 8. Of course, many people have insecurities about their body and so I would not say I was completely happy, but I was not body conscious at all. First year was difficult for me in many ways and these issues and lack of care manifested themselves into poor eating habits, with me often snacking on packets of biscuits and other unhealthy foods. Although I lived in an accommodation opposite from a Pure Gym, needless to say I did not go, and by the end of the year I found myself at a dress size 10. For a year I attempted to lose the weight, but still was not committed to going to the gym and eating healthier. For this reason it took me a year to lose only 5kg. I am happy I have managed not to gain weight but 5kg in ONE YEAR?- No Chrissy- not good enough. So I've decided to attempt to lose between 5-8kg in the course of 2-3 ...