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In about a month, I will need an amazing beach body. I will need a Slim in 6/Turbo Jam/Power 90 type body. Two reasons:

1. My dear friend is getting married and I’m her maid of honour, so I must look hot
2. I’m going on holiday to a tropical country

And, of course, just because I want to get in shape (I’ve got some knee problems my doctor attributes to weak inner thigh muscles). We all know that if you work hard and if you really want something, you’ll get it…eventually. Well, I must not REALLY want to have a fit body since I’ve been trying to get in shape for nearly 8 years now haha. I can’t help it though, I just love food too much. Exercise you say? Yea, that’s for people who don’t cringe at the thought of jogging for 5 minutes.
Ok, Ok, I do workout and I do enjoy it. I also try to jog every now and then because I love the feel of the wind in my face. But my body can’t handle jogs and I usually end up doubled over after 10 minutes wheezing and coughing.

I started a workout routine last month and I was pretty consistent about it. I actually did workout for a whole month and I noticed a difference in certain parts of my body (my thighs mostly…rock hard, oh yea…) but overall I didn’t lose any weight at all. Was I doing the exercises all wrong? Was I not working out long enough?

Well, the answer is that diet plays a massive role in weight loss. Everyone knows that but I figured that since my metabolism was super fast back in high school then I wouldn’t have a problem dropping pounds. If you’re trying to get fit or lose weight or whatever then you have to eat super healthy and exercise. I’ve learned that you can’t do one without the other. If you want to see rapid results then you need to adjust your diet to include foods that will help you lose weight faster and you also need to eat 5 to 6 times a day (small portions of course). For breakfast, I eat an egg white (instead of a whole egg since the yolk contains all the egg’s fat and cholesterol) and half a cup of pineapple or a banana along with my coffee. I know the coffee should be black but this is where I cheat and I add a splash of milk. Since the beginning of this month, I have started to eat healthier foods. I’ve cut out salt and sugar and less cooking oil. And, as of this week, I’ve cut out bread. Bread! It’s pretty hard since I live with Jay, who loves eating “man-wiches” (huge sandwiches with nice, thick, chewy bread…Mmm bread…)

Anyway, my challenge is to play around with recipes to make them healthy, yet delicious, and combine that with my workout routine. I know I won’t look like Jessica Alba in a month but I’ll feel way better! Let’s see what happens. I will post info as I travel through this challenge.