The Raw Food Diet

When it comes to dieting the apple doesn't fall far from the tree as like my Mother dieting isn't a choice it's a lifestyle. My weight has always been an issue for me, even though I am size 8 at the moment, I do tend to yoyo, so trying to maintaining my figure is a chore. I have been obsessed for years, constantly preoccupied with the food I eat and my size. I love reading up about celebrities and their diets as well as watching shows like secret eaters, super size vs super skinny etc. they get me motivated as I am always up for trying the latest health and fitness routines even if they are crazy.

During the Winter months I don't take my health so seriously as the horrible Winter weather makes me demotivated and house bound resulting in weight gain from the lack of movement and indulgence in comfort food. Fat Pig Syndrome. Who is going to see me under the big fur coat right? But then I have to remember as the months get hotter I will no longer be able to hide away behind my Winter coat so have to get myself ready in time for July as when the time comes to ditch the coat I can reveal my ideal bikini body rather then a Fiona Ogre. There is nothing more depressing trying to get a bikini body during the months you should be wearing one because before you realise it summer is over, you have no pictures in your bikini and your back to the Winter habits. Its a vicious cycle. 

Winter is the time of year where I crash diet as naturally I gain weight from the crappy food. Seasonal Affective Disorder for you, can be so depressing. Actually, not really S.A.D, just English weather. Making me fat. So anyhow when I get invited to go out what's a girl to do with a muffin top in such a short space of time? starve myself of course. Not exactly healthy but a short term solution. A quick fix. After all you alter yourself to fit the dress, you don't alter the dress to fit you. 

As Summer is literally around the corner it's time to take my health more seriously as achieving the perfect summer body requires time and dedication. Crash dieting may be a quick fix for a one off night out where you're in need of a flat tummy asap, but it's not good or healthy in the long run as it can leave you tired and run down. Also remember if you starve yourself too often your body ends up going into starvation mode where it starts to store fat because it doesn't know when it's going to get it's next meal so anything you eat will turn into fat - hello bingo wings, thunder thighs, muffin top and fat ass. Getting the balance right so you're not a hungry hippo but also not a plank of wood either. 


I have been researching the raw food diet and it appealed to me because it sounded very easy, not time consuming and definitely something I can stick too. The Raw food diet is basically self explanatory, it consists of  eating food that has not been cooked because apparently cooking food changes the structure of the enzymes so food looses all its nutrients. Raw carrots over cooked carrots any day. Naturally in the summer months when its hot I hate cooked food so tend to eat a lot of fruit, veg, salads, smoothies and sorbets anyhow. 

I will be combining the raw food diet with the 30 day squat challenge and the 30 day ab challenge along with drinking 2 litres of water a day. 


I have already made a start with this healthy medley of exotic fruit salad. A rainbow of fruit including papaya, passionfruit, pineapple, strawberries, kiwi and nectarines. 



Another reason why I love dieting is because I hate sticking to what I know, always good to mix it up. 


Irina Shayk is my ideal goal. New thinspiration

And who said dieting wasn't fun?