Dieting!

Four weeks ago I started what has to be honest one of the most challenging things I have ever done! Knowing that a photo shoot for my website is approaching I decided to diet down using a pre competition bodybuilders type diet to shed 1.5 stone in 7 weeks and boy has it been tough! I'm 4 weeks in now and have already reached my target weight of 14.7 and am still dropping! The weight has slowed down a little now but I'm sure by the end of it I'll end up a lean 13.7. Body fat levels have dropped from 16% down to 8% now with abs coming through nicely.
Each day it is a mental battle to resist certain foods and to keep up with the training when carbs are cut each week but it has given me a new respect for those who do this regularly to compete on the stage.
Not only that dropping from 16 stone to under 14 psychologically is hard- you feel that all the hard work you've spent building yourself up is going to pot- something I hadn't expected. I'll before and after pics when the diet is completed and let you judge for yourself!