Flat Belly Diet: End of week one

So, as my quest for the flat belly continues, I realise something: I still have a belly.

There are two things fundementally wrong with this diet; one is that my appetitie has gone and attempting to eat full meals is a chore. Maybe it's my mentality and not the diet, but I am seriously not enjoying food anymore.

Secondly, coffee now makes me feel sick. How can a humble journalist like myself last without her caffeine boost?

It's been a good week and I do feel more conscious about what I eat and drink. My portion sizes have gone down and my alcohol intake (shock!) has gone to nil.

The diet is certainly good for losing a few pounds if you need it, say just before a holiday or a big event, but I can't see how you can lose fat off your tum without doing a few crunches?

Hmmm, perhaps another week of it will do the trick?

Flat Belly Diet: Day Four

Breakfast: Rice Crispies
Lunch: Tinned tuna
Snack: Cereal
Dinner: Pasta salad

No, you haven't read it wrong. I have had the exact same set menu as yesterday. It is possibly the worst de ja vu I have ever had.

But today was the last day of almost starvation.

Tomorrow I'm back to 'normal' eating...minus all the junk I used to eat.

I seem to have lost a number of pounds though. Belly seems to be de-bloated, which is what these four days promised, but my legs now look like toothpicks. Strange how it has gone from there also.

The only problem now is that I have realised that my arms look huge. Urgh, who needs perfection?

Flat Belly Diet: Day Three

Breakfast: Rice Crispies
Lunch: Tin of tuna
Snack: Cereal bar
Dinner: Pasta salad

Starting to get as bored of reading the menu as me?

I did cheat a little today. I had a square of dark chocolate. Naughty me!

I was feeling a little weak, being a sugar fiend and all, so decided to take the opportunity to indulge in a treat. Also, pasta is not on the set menu, but it was all i had in to eat.

The benefits, though, are starting to show.

I feel like I have detoxed myself through all the water I've been drinking...and of course subsequently with all the wee-ing!

Nothing on the belly front though, although my legs seem to be thinner. Strange.

Flat Belly Diet: Day Two

Breakfast: Rice Crispies
Lunch: Turkey slices
Snacks: Cereal bar
Dinner: Salmon, potatoes and green beans

Today was not so good.

It started off easy, with breakfast being what I'd probably eat anyway, but after another day of just turkey for lunch and no caffeine, I'm beginning to get a little exhausted.

The daily commute has taken the energy out of me.

Also, quite embarrassingly, I constantly need the toilet. I had read experts' advice about the diet previous to starting it and some had said that the weight you lose is water weight and not fat. The theory seems to be correct.

Flat Belly Diet: Day One

Breakfast: Rice Crispies
Lunch: Turkey Slices
Snack: Smoothie and poppy seeds.
Dinner: Cod, potatoes, green beans.

Today wasn't too bad.

Despite missing my daily latte, the camomile tea did do the trick (despite the fact it made me incredibly tired) and I didn't feel that hungry.

The snack I had, poppy seeds, was enough to fill my appetite, but alas they weren't chocolate!

The only problem was that I didn't get home until 7.30 in the evening, and eating at 8 is not ideal.

The sassy water wasn't as disgusting as I though it would be.

All in all, today was pretty good...but I do have another 3 days to suffer!

Finding a Diet

As I'm sat scouring the Internet (and eating the chocolate left over from Valentine's Day) I'm wondering about the best way to lose weight.

There are so many diets: the Atkins, the Zone, even a cookie diet. Sounds good!

Then, randomly, my eyes set on one in particular; the Flat Belly Plan. According to its website (www.flat-belly-diet.co.uk) you don't have to do any exercise (great!) and you can lose 15lb in 32 days (even better!).

Looking at the diet, however, it seems a bit extreme. Lunch consists of a slice of sandwich turkey, cherry tomatoes and cheese string. Also, there is a nasty sounding drink containing water, cucumber, ginger, mint and lemon.

This is, however, just a 4 day de-bloat. Sounds OK to do for such a short amount of time, and Daily Mail readers claimed to have lost 7lbs in this period. Fab.

Reading over what I can eat, I notice something vital missing. Something I can't live without.

Where is coffee?!

Feeling a little optimistic, call it a surge of will, I agree that this shall be my chosen diet for the next two weeks.

Will I survive? We shall just have to see.

OK, so it's Halloween...

Yep, my head is heavy and before I fell asleep on the couch. Just another day-after-the-night-before for a typical student.

I went out to the local SU to the Halloween do and I must say I was pretty impressed with my outfit. Sure, I wasn't really dressed as anything (just a black dress and white skin) but hey, looking like a dead Alice in Wonderland suited me.

Talking of scary things, I'm 21 now. That's enough to make me spooked. I was sat on the train today thinking, as I usually do on my daily commute, about life and shizz. 21 is that age, I reck, when you start to realise things. I've always been that deep thinker; philosophical.

Recently, I've been thinking about the future. Where I will be in a year's time, two years...three. Hopefully I will have a job (well paid please!). Also, where I will be. Am I destined to stay here where I've grown up all my life? Will I have to move to live out my dream as a music journalist and if I do, what would I have to give up in order to do so?

Now that is a sombre thought. In fact, it's even more frightening than some of the Winehouses I saw last night...Almost ;)