16:8 Intermittent Fasting – Lose weight while you sleep!

a woman weighing herself after waking, getting out of bed, stretching

Hi Everyone,

If you happen to follow my blog you will know I am a huge fan of intermittent fasting. I recently discovered 16:8 intermittent fasting which incredibly, helps to lose weight while you sleep! I decided to give it a go and so far I have lost 2kg/4.4lbs by following the simple fasting basics for just over a week!

I have been doing the new 5:2 diet by Michael Mosley on and off for a while and am seeing some steady results, losing around 2lbs/.9kg a week which is a healthy progress. There are so many health benefits involved with intermittent fasting, apart from the obvious weight loss. I have wrote an extensive article on it here. read more

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Mediterranean Diet Basics and My Weight Loss Journey

mediterranean food on a breakfast tray

Hi lovelies,

I am back in France after a lovely summer in New Zealand but unfortunately the weight I had planned to lose over there is still in place and I didn’t stick to any diet or workout regime over there. I had visions of running every day and becoming a healthier version of myself but I was in constant holiday mode so I never really got around to it haha. Oh well, I am ready for the challenge now and more motivated than ever!

Righto, so here is what happened in New Zealand. After living in France for the last 3 and a half years, I have missed sliced bread. Sounds crazy but you can’t get a decent sliced pan of plain bread here! There are so many and varied breads to choose from and boulangeries on every street corner that the old sliced pan never really took off here. Growing up in Ireland, we ate white sliced bread every day. Toast for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and toasties whenever we felt like it. So I basically missed that, being my comfort food for so long. Needless to say, once we arrived sliced pans were abundant and we were munching on white sliced bread daily. Our local shop was quite expensive over there so vegetables were really over priced. Unfortunately, being in holiday mode ( ah feck it, I’m on holidays! ) I ended up buying sugar-laden muesli bars every time I went to the shop and became hooked on them. I was probably eating 2 a day, thinking they were better than chocolate bars and a healthier option. At least thats what I told myself! read more

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My Top 20 Flavour Infused Water Ideas

infused waters

Hi Everyone,

My mum was here last week so I didn’t get around to doing a blog post but she went home a few days ago and my toddler started Maternelle (the French equivalent of Montessori) a couple of days ago. One good thing is that I am able to spend more time on my blog. Delighted to be able to sit down and relax in peace while I write. Anyway, my lil one basically loves it and runs out the door so its a win win for everyone! The earlier mornings are worth it so I will finally get some shit done around here. At long last! I will be enjoying the peace and quiet for at least an hour I hope, as my other baby is sleeping soundly (with no racket going on to wake her). Ahhh this is the life haha. read more

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Low Fat Strawberry Parfait

I am going to try out a new diet for a week so I'll be doing another diet diary if you are keen to join in. Its called "A Nutritionists Guide to Losing 10pounds in a week" and i have read a lot about it so i have to give it a go. Its mainly vegetables and fruit for the 1st few days and concentrates on foods that require more energy to burn off the calories than the calories they actually contain.

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Body Wraps for Immediate Weight Loss. Awesome results in less than an hour!

So excited to share this as i have been trying these wraps out and i have to say i was very skeptical beforehand! I said i will go ahead and try one and just see, sure what do i have to lose? I had done a little reading up on the various wraps and decided to go for the seaweed mud wrap. I heard so many great reports about seaweed and the minerals it contains. Apparently no plant can compare to it when it comes to the list of active and beneficial ingredients.

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