Last week of the JanePlan Diet

I'm on the home run!

3 weeks done and 1 to go! So far I've lost 9 1/2 llbs - not bad going and I've been so very good, except last Saturday night I had a night off - I really did want to join in with the family takeaway!

Funnily enough I found my third week the most challenging of all. I had to have some serious talks with myself about getting through the week, but I kept my strength and did it! Which gives me a huge boost, apart from Saturday's misadventure.

I'm feeling strong to get the final week done and having a chat with Jane, who said the right thing, got me back on track once again.

So tune in next week to find out the result!

The Athena Angels had a brilliant walk on Sunday starting at Mile End, we walked along Regents Canal to Limehouse. From there we carried on along the river to London Bridge and crossed over to the South Bank and finished up at St Pauls Cathedral. It was a lovely day and in all we walk approx 5 miles or 7.5 kms.

This is such a great way to walk, when you have company and lots of different women to talk to along the way. It's also a great networking opportunity!

Week 1 of JanePlan

Week One of JanePlan is complete! I hastily jumped on the dreaded scales after my first week and discovered that I'd lost 2 kilos (4.4 lbs). What a result! I'm over half way to losing my first half a stone.

If I said it was easy, I'd be lying.... If I said I wasn't hungry at times I'd also be lying, but with determination and such an easy plan to follow I powered through.

Day 2 and 3 were the hardest and by day 5 or 6 it seemed easier. I also did quite a bit of exercise during the week which helped. Yesterday I did a 6 mile walk with the group of Athena women, as part of our training for Maggies Night Walk in September and that burned off at least 500 calories!

What is so great about this healthy eating plan is that the food is there for you to heat up, no planning ahead, just making sure you have fruit and vege available and off you go.

It has also helped with portion control. I think that by cutting our usual portions down by 1/3 would be a good way to lose weight.

Jane recommends that when we eat out, take one 1/3 of the food on the plate to one side and leave it.

Will be looking forward to seeing where I am in a week and Jane will call me again on Saturday to find out!

JanePlan Diet

Day One of JanePlan.....

Yesterday a very heavy box was delivered and as I excitedly opened it, I discovered my meals for the next month!

How good is that, breakfast (delicious cereals), lunch, scrummy soups and dinner, a whole lotof different dinners to keep me interested.

I awoke full of enthusiasm because today is the first day on the JanePlan. I prepared my scrummy deluxe muesli, full of nuts, raisens, seeds and oats with natural (low fat of course) yoghurt and off I set for my 3 mile walk with the Athena Angels. (We are a group of women belonging to the Athena network and are in training for Maggie's Night Walk, on Sept 16th).

After I got home I was very much feeling like my lunch and opened my Vegetable Chowder soup which was delicious and finished off with a couple of Clementines.

By 4.pm I started to feel a bit weak and experienced a sugar dip, but had my snack, a low fat cookie with a cup of green tea and that invigorated me until Dinner, Bolognaise Lasagne with broccoli. Delicious!

It is so easy not to have to think about what I'm going to eat as the whole week is planned out for me and all I have to do is heat up, add some vege's and enjoy!

Jane called me personally today, to talk me through the plan and see if I had any questions. This is part of the service and she will call on a weekly basis to monitor my progress. This is great as you feel you're not on your own and her support will be paramount in the coming weeks if I'm to reach my goal - which incidentally is to lose 1 stone.

So far I'm very impressed and look forward to losing about 2-3 lbs per week.

Will keep you posted on my progress :)

Your Diet Designed and Delivered

Most of us love to eat and we all know that we must eat healthily to maintain good health.

However when Christmas comes along we do tend to treat ourselves and there is always so much chocolate around!

So when I found that the christmas glut transpired into January, despite the New Years resolution of getting back on track and the pounds were slipping on unnoticed I suddenly felt it was time to take action!

I met Jane Michell of JanePlanUK -( www.janeplan.com) - at an event and she has put me on her fabulous eating plan.

The great thing about it is that your meals are designed precisely for you and delivered for the whole month, so absolutely no excuses not to eat the right foods!

I'm starting my Jane Plan tomorrow and excitedly await my delivery of yummy, healthy, prepacked food.

I'll keep you posted on my progress!

For more infomation about JanePlan go to her website

www.janeplan.com