Merry Christmas + this week's ELLE mag

A Christmas eve that promises to be sleepless... too many great things are happening, my mind is racing, I can't sleep!
I begin the day with a HUGE interview with the San Jose Mercury News then the San Francisco Chronicle... that's over 4 million daily readers!

A balanced breakfast: papaya with lime juice, home made granola cranberry cereal with home made hazelnut milk ("Hazelnut Milk" recipe in the LeBootCamp weightloss program)

1h work out with Brian to keep up the good habits...

Some last minute shopping, light lunch in prevision for tonight: lentil soup, a little grilled salmon and lots of berries. 

1 hour accumulated walk

no snack

Festive dinner, of course I do not watch what I eat when I am celebrating, so I won't list it,.... as you know, LeBootCamp is not a diet but a lifestyle... tout va bien!

We have the pleasure of being in ELLE this week :)

We are in HEALTH NEWS :) yes!

 I love this very earnest French health site. Health News presents unbiased information with honesty and integrity unlike some other health sites where, considering the marketing incomes generated by their advertisers, the editorial content is strongly questionable as the brands can then lobby in their own favor.

You can read the article here: Valerie Orsoni - MyBodyCoach sur la Wii Sport

On an empty stomach: Rooibos tea followed by 45 minutes walk on the telephone

1 hour weight training with super Brian ant non stop video shoot

Lunch with girlfriends... we had a blast! and tapas: a bit of tuna carpaccio with a mouthful guacamole, 2 mini burgers, 1.5 empanadas and a nice strawberries and cream  desert :) yummy!

30 minutes walk on the telephone

No snack, let's be reasonable!

Dinner: watercress salad (with detoxifying virtues), home made hummus, 1 slice gluten free bread and 2 wiener style sausages and to finish 2 squares white chocolate and 3 slices fresh pineapple. 

Message for Marie

 

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Rooibos tea + carrot/apple Boost and I suspect my father of having slipped some black radish in it without me seeing...

No time for breakfast, because I am training with my fitness coach, super Brian, at dawn. So: 1 hour weight training

Breakfast: I am starving so I gobble 2 slices toasted farmhouse bread with non-hydrogenated margarine + wild smoked salmon + 4 clementines

30 minutes VERY fast walk 

Lunch: 2 slices toasted bread with raita (light recipe but very tasty and full of flavor to find on LeBootCamp.com) and smoked salmon + 1 papaya + 3 dried figs 

Snack: 5 clementines

15 minutes yoga

Aperitif: 3 clementines, 10 crackers + raita. I don't know what it is but I am ravenous today! So I listen to my body that wants warm and fatty foods, it must be the polar weather that is firing the furnace :) (I need some kind of excuse!)

Dinner: 2 artichokes + soyonnaise + 6 large artichoke raviolis + 2 oranges 

Cold wave!

A great day begin with VERY COLD weather... polar weather I'd say... indeed it is -3 degrees Celsius at 7 am... quite on the chilly side, this is San Francisco after all!
The gutter is frozen... goodness!... thankfully, a few hours later a relative warmth returns.

On an empty stomach: lemon juice + room temperature water + rooibos tea

Breakfast: 1 bowl blueberries and home made raw cereal + almond milk (I admit that isn't home made today)

1h30 hours walk on the telephone... in the frosty cold but wrapped up like a polar bear
300 steps climbed (I have got a goal of 1000 per day)

Lunch: 8 little bite size tofu and lemon grass nibbles (succulent) + 10 pistachio crackers with hummus + 1 thinners' chocolate souffle (home made with only 100 calories, pleasure without the punishment hihihi)

40 minutes passive muscle toning

1 hour cycling + 30 minutes walk 

Snack: OK I let myself go a little... it is freezing cold and it is a well know fact we burn more calories in the cold...hum, is that true? anyhow,  tea with real sugar and 4 biscotti :)

200 more steps climbed

Dinner: watercress soup + 1 sausage + sauteed potatoes + 2 oranges

My Body Coach in Milan's underground, on Spanish busses, and in French railway stations

What a great marketing campaign!

On an empty stomach: lemon juice + rooibos tea + 1 Morning Green Boost

45 minutes walk on the telephone 
40 minutes passive muscle toning 

Breakfast: 1 bowl blueberries + home made raw cereal (hurray my first batch of the season!)

1h15 walk on the telephone 

Lunch 1 portion mixed salad + 2 slices toast with non-hydrogenated margarine + patrami + 1 orange (in fact I feel heavy after this meal, I should have kept it to one slice of bread only :)

well deserved nap

100 abs on the killer ab lounge

Snack: 3 mouthfuls chocolate/coconut (yummm could not resist :) + 4 Orea type cookies (organic version)

30 minutes walk with my son, we debrief the school day, we share, it does a world of good to have a good mother and son chat

Dozens of steps climbed during my telephone conversations

Dinner: asparagus with home made yogurt sauce LebootCamp Weightloss program style + 1 slice wholegrain bread dipped in the yogurt sauce + 1 orange 

Brian returns! Ouch, ouch, not the head

I haven't posted for several days... well yes, one has to take a break from one's blog from time to time... and I have been posting for years :)
Breakfast: 1 lemon juice + room temperature water + 1 Morning Green Boost (that you can find in the LeBootCamp Weightloss program) + 1/2 papaya + 1 large bowl raspberries... my body is craving fresh fruit... I tune in!

I am rather stiff this morning... the day after a 45 minutes fitness trail + kicks on my punching bag... and in 45 minutes dear Brian, my killer fitness trainer arrives! ouch... 1 hour very intense work out with Brian... a personal trainer coupled with a genuine life coach who knows how to drive and push just the right way... bravo... now I can't feel my shoulders nor my legs but it is for my own good, he says :)

Lunch: 2 little chicken legs + white wine sauce + 1 huge portion green salad + 2 oranges and a slice toast

1 hour walk in the afternoon

no snack

Dinner: home made soup + 2 slices toasted bread + soyannaise + 4 slices Parma ham

Active Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Thursday:

Breakfast: after a cup of tea brewed in my room, I always travel with my own tea :), 1 toasted bagel with some kind of "Vache qui Rit" on it with smoked salmon and capers +  nice plate of fruit.

3 and a half hours mountain biking... we start off in the sunshine and as we reach the heights we ride into ice and snow...

Lunch: none because of the ride and the substantial breakfast.

30 tricep dips on the edge of the bathtub

Thanksgiving dinner: 2 plates typical Thanksgiving vegetables (oven roasted sweet potatoes with melted mashmallows,  yes I can assure you it is really delicious!), a few bits of turkey to say "yes it is Thanksgiving" + warm green tea during the meal. For desert: 3 mouthfuls pecan pie... I leave the cheesecake and pumpkin pie as I am not a great fan of those.

Friday:

5 hours hiking to go and admire the Chiulnana falls

Saturday: 

5 hours hike again to ascend the Upper Yosemite Falls... impressive view... and impressively cold :)

Sunday: 

no sport :)

Breakfast: only fruit as I am not so hungry 
Lunch: lentil soup 

1 hour massage with Alejandro who is kneading me back into shape after 4 very active days
Dinner: home made mixed vegetable soup + bok choi gratin + baby leaf salad and 2 oranges

En avant for the Thanksgiving long week-end!

Upon rising: my usual lemon juice in room temperature water + rooibos tea

15 minutes yoga to loosen up the beast... followed by the shoot of a few sport videos, so quite a few buttock exercises :)

Breakfast: 1 whole papaya + 5 Brazil nuts nothing more because I know lunch shall be substantial :)

30 minutes cycling 

Chinese lunch with a lot of Chinese people... in fact, I am the only non Chinese, I don't necessarily understand what is being said and I am not even sure what is in my late either...

30 minutes accumulated walk in killer heels

Snack at Starbucks': a Tchai tea with splenda and soya milk + 1 biscotti (my addiction)

We finish packing and now we are OFF for 4 days well deserved rest in the mountain.

"Smasher", exercise and some food changes...

Up after a short night caused by a riveting book: "Smasher" by keith Raffel.

100 abs on the killer abs lounge

fresh lemon juice + water at room temperature + rooibos tea + a bowl gluten free cereal and hemp milk + a small chopped apple... lovely crunchy mix, yum...

An interview for a French magazine and moving onto some coaching and then another meeting :)

On an empty stomach, well, at midday: 1km swim + 50 "folding chair" abs in the water

Lunch: a small mixed salad + 2 veg steaks and 2 thin slices mountain ham + 1 orange + 1 handful inca berries and now I am sated :)

20 minutes accumulated walk on the telephone

Snack: a handful Inca berries 

Dinner: 2 huge helpings pumpkin soup with 1 tbsp soyonnaise (its nicer than cream I think:) + 1 grilled sausage with steamed broccoli and watercress salad. An orange for desert.

A classic coach well being day :)

Juice of a lemon in room temperature water upon rising + green tea

50 minutes walk during interviews on the telephone, that's gets me a step ahead :)

Breakfast: 1/2 papaya + 10 brazil nuts + 1 banana

100 abs on the killer ab lounge 
500 wall press ups
50 hindu prayers
30 lunges

Lunch during a meeting and there is no other choice than a portion sweet potato fries... I limit the damage and avoid the hamburger and the coke that came with. I will just rebalance things later

Snack: 5 Brazil nuts + 2 tiny apples

20 minutes walk on the telephone

Dinner: 2 helpings pumpkin soup (home made) with a tablespoon soyonnaise in each... a good substitute for fresh cream + sauteed brussel sprouts and little carrots + mixed salad and 3 dates 

Today was a fruit and veg day to make up for last night's dinner.

Pumas, rabbits, wild turkey and other charming beasts

An active day if there was one!

Breakfast: lemon juice + 1/2 papaya + 5 Brazil nuts + 1 banana

On route for the park where a good hike awaits us, a tea with a small biscotti 

Altogether 4 hours hike in a delightful park. The pumas kept away and it is better that way! but we did catch sight of wild turkeys, a superb white bird of prey flying with exquisite elegance, plenty of cute little rabbits and deer everywhere, quails galore.

Lunch in the woods: 1 sandwich + 1 banana + a lot of water as the climb was tough!

Snack: tea with soya milk on the way back

100 abs on the killer abs lounge
followed by an excellent dinner at Shokolaat my favorite restaurant in Palo Alto: seasonal mushroom soup + stuffed quail and roast potatoes and yellow carrots + 2 slices bread  + a fruit tart... the restaurant is featured in the Michelin Guide, and fully deserves it!

Crazy friday and a much more balanced Saturday

Friday: no comment... a couch potato day, no exercise and plenty of indulgent treats... I will keep them quiet not to tempt you but lets say that nothing was out of bounds :)

So I will go straight to Saturday, it was a lot healthier :)

Lemon juice on an empty stomach + 2 Rooibos teas 
I move straight onto 20 minutes of Caribbean Cardio training + 10 minutes yoga

to get me going. To find some easy yoga routines go to LeBootCamp Weightloss Coach

Breakfast: 1/2 papaya + 5 Brazil nuts + 1 banana

Mexican lunch: 1 tortilla soup + guacamole corn crisps

1h walk on the beach 
100 abs on the killer abs lounge 

Snack: 1 biscotti and tea + 1 orange 

Japanese dinner: miso soup, little green salad and 8 eel sushis, my favorite

At the cinema: PARIS by Cedric Klapish, thank goodness for the cast and my darling Romain Duris as the scenario went in all directions without getting anywhere :)

Fitness coaching session in the canyons

Breakfast: 2 slices of bread with a little bit of margarine + olive hummus + 1 orange + 4 dates 

1h30 walk in the canyons with the girls... it does a world of good to unwind and just enjoy good times like those
30 tricep dips 
500 jumping jacks
50 hindu prayers

Lunch in a Vietnamese restaurant: 2 spring rolls (the fresh ones, not fried) + 1 plate of grilled prawns and rice noodles + coconut juice and tea + mini milky-ways :)

20 minutes cycling full speed to get to the post office on time!

No snack

Dinner: 2 ladlefuls home made soup + 1 portion steamed broccoli with olive oil and 3 mini milky ways.

A day full of energy with the gorgeous blonde :)

Breakfast: gluten free cereal + hemp milk + 1 pear

30 minutes accumulated walk

Raw lunch at my favorite restaurant: Cafe Gratitude with super "La Reine" as I like to call her... she radiates happiness and energy,... what a treat it is to meet up with her!

200 glute contractions

100 Hindu prayers 


30 minutes accumulated walk 

Snack at San Francisco's French brasserie: bread and cheese and a bit of butter :) 

Dinner: home made soup + mixed salad so I make up for the rich snack in a way!

We are making progress in the American media... that is a great pleasure to see :)

A few exercises from SECRETS DE COACH

In my bed: 100 V (Secrets De Coach) + 100 butt squeezes

Breakfast: juice of a lemon + room temperature water + Rooibos tea + 1 pear + 2 little spelt waffles (ie. Gluten free, indeed!)... no panic 2 waffles = 180 calories. I don't like counting but I know that some of you prefer to, so...

30 minutes health trail

Lunch: 8 mouthfuls soya/lemongrass + 1 pear + 3 dried figs

1 km swim

Snack, earlier than usual, I'm hungry :) 2 small slices turkey ham, 1 banana + 4 dried figs, thereafter an imp arrived with some good milk chocolate which I love so, I just had to treat myself to s little pleasure :)

20 accumulated minutes walk 

40 minutes passive abs muscle training

Dinner: home made soup + mixed salad + 5 dried figs

Finally 10 days without any traveling, hurray!

I spent a wonderful week-end in Santa Monica before heading home... sweet home

I begin the day full throttle... but from tomorrow I shall slow down a little...

Breakfast: 1 lemon juice + 1 green tea + 1 donuts (yes, I was coerced, I resisted I promise!!!) 

30 minutes walk on the telephone

500 butt squeezes in the shuttle taking me back from "over there"

Lunch: wholesome salad (with plenty of different veg) + 1 slice watermelon + 1 banana + 6 Medina dates brought to me from by a bootcamper

Snack: 1 orange

30 minutes walk

Dinner: 1 slice grilled beef + baby leaf salad + 1 grapefruit

And now I look forward to 10 whole days at home... how I am going to enjoy those :)

Still in LA, more interviews and I meet a lighter bootcamper

<-- With Super Kate from my publicist's LA office... she is amazing and takes care of me as if I were a queen :)

20 minutes yoga

Breakfast during an interview with the LA TIMES: the with soya milk + fruit salad and smoked salmon with capers 

A few cows decorate the pavement outside the farm style restaurant, they are my favorite animal, so I have to have a picture :)

Now, I am on my Southern Californian schedule therefore, no breaks, I go from interview to interview and my publicist doesn't think that her favorite coach needs lunch like babies or even the occasional nap... so lunch at 3h30 pm!!!

Lunch: eel sushis, miso soup, edamame and green tea

1 hour walk all together

no snack

I meet up with a bootcamper who has already lost 22 pounds and

is looking great! Well done Stephanie... we finish the day together strolling around West Hollywood and we have dinner together in the it place of the moment: guacamole with taco chips and grilled tuna (small portion :)

Oh, I nearly forgot... my dear bootcamper brought me chocolates, so: 2 chocolates :) and of course I will indulge more a little later but that is another story!

I take advantage of being here to spend the week-end under the sun of LA... there isn't any harm in taking care of yourself :) on the program, Santa Monica and Venice Beach to catch some good sea air and soak up the local athmosphere.

LA here I am!

Breakfast: 2 slices toasted gluten free bread with a little bit of chestnut spread (yum) 

On my flight to LA with internet on board (I love it, it keeps me busy and I hardly notice the weather conditions): green tea and tomato juice with their coffee cake, warm and delicious (absolutely irresistible) 

30 minutes walk  

I dash off to see my super hairdresser Sharon who makes me so beautiful... he has magical hands... you arrive a pumpkin and depart a Bugatti Varion as my son would put it :) 

I page though a 944 magazine and who do I see, your devoted coach :)

Lunch: alone in a japanese restaurant, I am mentally preparing for my coming interview, I have an eel dragon roll + edamame and a lot of green tea.

Interview for LA-STORY. I thought I was going for a classic press/web interview but I end up doing a video interview... it goes really well after all... and the journalist was so adorable that I leave full of energy!

After the meeting I catch up with super Regis, in the middle of a video shoot with Lord Kossity. Jorge Olivera, Ultimate Fightling champion. Real musclors, who are real teddy bears when they're not looking angry :)

Dinner in my bedroom (in bed actually) to unwind and simply REST: mixed salad with grilled tuna and two pieces of bread with a little butter + fruit salad

LeBootCamp in BIBA, AVANTAGES, SELECTION CLIC

A beautiful day begins under a glorious blue sky and a drop of stress... ha, one must be able to manage the downs of those around us :) c'est la vie as Grace Jones says!

Up at 4h43 very precisely, still jetlagged,... I squeeze a lemon juice immediately and around 6 am, I can't wait any longer, I am ravenous so, 2 slices gluten free bread with fig mustard and Tapenade... Rooibos tea... 

25 minutes walk on the telephone (I am interviewed by Madame Figaro)

Then after a technical meeting, I enjoy a delicious pear and 6 squares Galak... that's the last of it!

10 minutes walk on the phone again

30 minutes walk on an empty stomach before lunch

Lunch: 1 huge bowl of soup + 1.5 slices toasted gluten free bread with my yummyummy spread made of fig mustard with tapenade + 4 dates

refreshing nap (not to long, 10 minutes tops :)

30 minutes walk

Snack: 2 cookies + 1 biscotti + 1 chai

Dinner: 8 sushis + miso soup + green tea

Re-energizing + we are in one of France's biggest talk shows

After a good night sleep that ends at 4am because of the jet lag, I get myself back on track with a fresh lemon juice + room temperature water +Rooibos tea + 2 slices toasted wholegrain bread with fig mustard and tapenade (I know, I know, this is a rather unusual breakfast but, you know me, there aren't really any rules) and mid morning, a pear. 


30 minutes fitness trail (that blows the cobwebs!) 


30 minutes walk on the telephone in the sun... it is 20 degrees, what a joy!... and the sky is blue and yes, the birds are singing too. 


Lunch in the sun, on the patio: mixed salad (at least 10 different vegetables) + home made raw crackers + 1 orange + 5 fresh dates 


1 km swim + 30 abs in the water 
30 minutes walk on the telephone


Snack: Rooibos tea with honey + a slice of toasted gluten free bread with a touch of non-hydrogenated margarine and a little vanilla chestnut spread (in a word: yummyummyummy) 


100 Brazilian moves


Dinner: green asparagus with soyonnaise, 1 slice toasted gluten free bread with a big dollop balsamic vinegar soyonnaise, a bowl of soup and 5 squares Galak (the French white chocolate of my childhood:)))


100 Brazilian moves + 20 minutes abs passive muscle toning. 

Press conference + "Le Concert" and back to SF

For the last two days of this trip, the steady pace shows no sign of slowing down, witch is rather good considering my current news.

I have a great meeting with a high flying investigative journalist, Bernard de la Villardiere whos work I much admire.

Several interviews and a press conference on Friday morning for the launch of the new Nestle Fitness breakfast cereal. I take to the stage to explain the concept of coaching with Nestle and give a little class (if that's what you can call it :) on exercises the journalists can perform sitting down to relax their upper back.

We had a few good laughs and, to my great surprise, a round of applause at the end... I am very happy to see that the journalists have enjoyed the time we spent together!

After a lunch with Carole in a typical Parisian cafe, I am on my way to a meeting advance a very interesting project.

And, at last, an afternoon off before my journey back to the USA,... I choose a long relaxing stroll... at least 3 hours through Paris, with a spot of Christmas shopping along the way. I especially stock up on the all the typical French delicacies I miss when abroad... I finish off with an early dinner at "Paradis du Fruit" and go and see LE CONCERT, a gem of a movie. So I managed a little French culture as well, the cherry on the cake.

Now, lets go and pack and tomorrow I cross the big pond back to the US.

TF1 and France 3 recordings, Elli and more...

I spend my day recording a feature on my latest book "Secrets de Coach" for the TF1 program "10h00 Le Mag"

On an empty stomach: fresh lemon juice + room temperature water + green tea + 10 almonds + 1 banana + handful strawberries 

I head off for Neuilly-sur-Seine where I meet Nathalie, the bootcamper who has volunteered to be my "guinea pig" or rather model for the TV shoot. And we are off for 2 hours shooting in every room of the house.

For lunch I meet up with Elli Medeiros in my Parisian HQ, she is a ball of energy... and she radiates the same vitality as she did in her hit "toi, toi, mon toi"
Elli has a vegetarian meal, my choices are more classic: cod steak with Chanterelles, Orezza water and a thin black fig tart

Having restored myself I go back to the shoot and we wrap up late afternoon, just on time to do an interview for TF1.fr that you can read here 

Dinner: home made soup + a choice of mezzes with teff bread and plenty of fruit for desert. 

"Secrets de Coach" in this week's French ELLE

This is another marathon day but always conducted with Zenitude :)

Just a note to let you now that we are in this week's ELLE :)

My Private Coach gets a New Look!

That is it, I have announced it a while ago... MyPrivateCoach has changed it's look to start the winter full of energy!

---> MyPrivateCoach.com - don't hesitate to give me your opinion on our new winter look

Another good night finishes at 5 am... I can't shake off the jet lag it seems!

Green tea with Stevia to alkanise my body first thing in the morning.

No early morning walk... after a day of fasting because of a tummy bug (well, probably more likely to be an indigestion, and that, is really an engorged gall bladder :)... This morning I am testing the new Nestle Fitness cereal  that won't be out until early 2010... I love the idea of tasting something that is still secret :) topped with fresh raspberries, hazelnut milk and a bit of stevia 

I dash for town for a lunch at the top :) on the menu, no starter but some gorgeous bread "a l'ancienne", a cod steak with chanterelle mushrooms (ok and cream too) and for pudding a thin black fig tart with  ball of a cherry sorbet 

I follow with an interview with a journalist who is testing Weight Watchers and their point system... when I find out how many points the little cakes with tea cost almost faint... this is all too stressful for me all this counting... It works for some, as this approach is healthy and balanced, why not?

No snack nor much walking because the day is really packed.

I carry on with my marathon day at a pace of 2km/h because of an accident, it takes me 3 hours to cover 20 km... I have had to draw on all my Zen skills not to loose it!

300 glute squeezes in the traffic jam, that's better than nothing

Dinner: a herring fillet (I blotted the oil off on tissue paper) + 1 home made soup + 2 clementines and a few grapes

MIcromania trade show, David Ghetta, My Body Coach for Wii

Up at 8h15 after sleeping like a baby, that's nice for a change, it is true happiness to feel on such great form, I feel like a new coach!

It's just as well, today I am going to the Micromania (video games) trade show for the promotion of the Wii My Body Coach game.

Fresh lemon juice + room temperature water + green tea and Stevia to alkanise my body + an all fruit breakfast: 5 fresh almonds + 1 banana + a few strawberries

And I'm off to take an exercise class, a new technique I am testing and I walk there of course to get warmed up!

20 minutes fast walk and 1 hour joints' gym... I was rather doubtful at first, I leave pumped up and with "happy" joints... a really nice completely unusual class. 

Lunch: raw bread and hummus + 2 teff flour crackers and hummus (I like it :) + a little bit of rabbit in tomato sauce and 4 mandarines + 3 small chocolates for desert.

20 minutes accumulated walk

No snack, I am at the Micromania Game Show promoting the video game. Some Boot.Campers saw the announcement on my FaceBook fan page and on the LeBootCamp Weightloss forum and joined me on the stand where BigBen, the manufacturer of the game, are exhibiting... then I take to the stage on the "grand podium" to address about a hundred frenzied young gamers :)

Finally, a nice chat with David Guetta who is spinning in LA for new years eve...

Dinner at La Boule Rouge: plenty of little mezze style plates with mostly healthy choices with a lot of vegetables (in fact, now that I think about it, there are only veggies, I let myself go with the quantities) followed by half a gilthead bream, I can't finish, I won't force myself...  cleanse my palet with 1/4 fresh pineapple

1 hour walk for digestion but that isn't enough... I am not used to eat much in the evening... If I overindulge it's usually at lunch time... so at 4am I pay the price for my excesses and wake up not to go back to sleep... that will teach me :)

Marathon days, Direct8 program recording

Those were marathon days I will try and describe in a few words... a large number of  TV, radio and magazine interviews... several great encounters.... a lot of interest for my new book "Secrets de Coach" and the My Body Coach game for Wii about to launch.

Superb Direct8 TV show, a grape tasting with Veronique (of Veronique et Davina, the French fitness pioneering duo of the 80's) ... and many more lovely meets

Shooting the My Body Coach advert, more filming and interviews...

A Sunday's rest... nothing much other than 45 minutes walk on an empty stomach before lunch and 40 minutes abdominal passive muscle toning :)

Le Petit Nicolas movie, just great!!

A VERY active Monday: we shoot the My Body Coach avert for Wii 

Technicians all around me... tension on the set.... 3 hours just to say a sentence of fewer than 10 words.

Breakfast: 4 slices apricot Essene (ie. raw) bread and abundant green tea. 

Lunch: mixed salad, hummus, babaganush, asparagus, spinach salad, clementines and a few Quernons

This afternoon it's a 2 hour shoot for a new program.

No snack, time flies

6 pm: interview with the ELLE.fr (you can read the article in French here)

Diner: a bowl of home made soup, 6 sushis (I removed some rice as they were really thick) and a few grapes 

40 minutes abdominal passive muscle toning.

Boot.Meeting in ANGERS (France) - Quernons and marvelous energy coaching

What a day... a fair amount of traveling but the results match expectations.

I meet the Angevin Boot.Campers with great excitement! They are fewer than anticipated, the flu and various other bugs have struck down even some of the most enthusiastic.

Breakfast in the train: 1 raw bar + 1 banana and a green tea (yes the SNCF does serve green tea)

We join up with Annie, Angelique and Marianne who have organized the day masterfully. I arrive with Cricri who travelled from Paris with me... we dash to the other side of the square to meet up with Sarah, a gorgeous Boot.Camper whom after just one month is already 3kg lighter. Congratulations!

30 minutes walk on an empty stomach before a classic LeBootCamp lunch at the Auberge Du Logis inside the chateau: smoked salmon, green salad, fouasse (a small flat bread that is sliced filled, a bit like pita), little white beans... and for pudding, no cakes, no but a fruit salad instead.

During the meal, Marianne shows us pictures of herself and her husband before and after LeBootCamp... WOW, IMPRESSIVE!!! LeBootCamp works very well on men, there was never any doubt and here we have a perfect photographic proof (and later on in the flesh).

After restoring ourselves we go off for a 2 hour treasure hunt around Angers' old town: 60 questions, places to find, pictures to recognise... therefore 2 hours of walk!

On the way, we nibble a few Quernons, a local speciality (very very nice: made of nougatine covered in slate colored chocolate)

For snacks, we sample some of Marianne's raw creations: dried banana, dried mango, almonds... and green tea (ok, ok, I own up) and a few Quernons the very toughtfull Marianne offered us.

Then it is time for the presentation and book signing at Angers' English-speaking library. I am pleasantly surprised at the number of people who turn up despite the rain and it being Sunday evening! The discussion and the Q&A are interesting and stimulating. I finish off with the "Secrets de Coach" book signing.

I skip the champagne and fruit juices but enjoy a few of Marianne's delicious canapes.

Cricri and I run to to the station by fear of missing our train back to the capital. As a result we are 20 minutes early and have plenty of time to settle in to our seats.

30 minutes very fast (jogging) walk accumulated in addition throughout the day

In the train, we can't resist and eat a few more tempting Quernons :)

Dinner: a home made soup + 2 clementines

100 brazilian moves

Off to bed! (very late)

Paris under grey sky, sidestepping bugs and viruses :)

I get up after a restless night, hello jet lag, I restore myself with some green tea, fresh lemon juice in room temperature water, more tea and 30 minutes walk on an empty stomach.

Only fruit for breakfast, to boost my immune system with Vitamins straight from nature: fresh almonds, 1 banana and some strawberries.

30 minutes walk on the phone with Direct8 to prepare for next Wednesday's show

100 floor abs

20 press ups

30 lunges

Lunch: grilled turkey breast + Puy lentils a few grapes and a clementine.

1h30 accumulated walk

Snack: I taste 3 sugar free cookies (for diabetics) and I must admit that they taste rather nice.

I prepare for the SUD RADIO 8 pm radio program...

20 45 degree press ups on the kitchen counter

Light dinner because of the jet lag: home made soup (yummy) + 1 clementine.

Next stop, Paris... CHERIE FM broadcast

That's it, after 5 dream days spent in NYC... it is time to get back on track... that of my book and Wii My Body Coach launch.

Today's meals are rather unusual because of this day's frantic racing around.

Breakfast: 3 croissants and an orange juice, yes I know, that is not classic LeBootCamp style!

2 hours accumulated walk

Lunch: 1 wild mushroom soup

Dinner: at the airport, a panini, just the filling, I ditched the bread + a handful chips with ketchup

I will make up for it tomorrow (no guilt, absolutely never! :)

In the airplane: 200 buttock squeezes + 100 nutcrackers

Middle of the night meal on board: little couscous salad with shrimps + chicken and vegetables (I systematically turn down the bread offered, I am sitting down for a while, remember) + yogurt and little brownie (really not a balanced meal, I have to speak to AIR FRANCE and make a few suggestions)

Upon arrival, after a rather uncomfortable flight (a lot of turbulence), breakfast: 1 cup tea with stevia + 1 brioche and another plain yogurt... I think I have really filled up on dairy now! I pass on their sugar loaded orange juice made of concentrate.

At lunchtime I am too jet lagged to eat anything. I just sip a home made fruit juice and nibble a banana.

After a little nap, I head for the CHERIE FM radio studios to record a series that will broadcast on Friday 23rd from 6am to 9am. Another great experience.

Green tea dinner: 1 slice of bread with hummus + 1 piece of roast chicken with mixed vegetables + a few grapes

Off to bed coachie!

New York! New York!

Here we are in the famous Big Apple...

Despite a horrendous weather forecast, we braved the cold (very windy avenues:)... on the agenda, over 3-4 hours walk every day... easy, the distances to cover are usually rather big, but walkable.

SATURDAY

No breakfast because of the 9 am landing. By the time we reach our hotel, settle in and catch up with some sleep, it is long past breakfast!

3 hours walk

100 floor abs

Lunch in a Mexican restaurant: guacamole mixed at the table, garlic shrimps and corn crisps

1 hour walk

Dinner Chez Gabriel with Sandie and Gary... and more walking

SUNDAY:

Again a great deal of walking... we attempt a visit to the Guggenheim,

we actually manage to get in, but are deterred by a 3rd queue, never mind lets set off and face the weather.

We soon find solace with a bit of shopping. I do very well at Nanette Lepore's, the New York designer who is on the up... and step out with a superb alpaga handbag covered in little pompoms... wow... thank you my darling for this gorgeous gift!

(on the picture with Elyse, a really great girl from my NY PR team) .

After a dream week-end, I prepare for a 3 day interview marathon... at least 4 a day, always accompanied by my super and very private body guard as well as a member of my American PR team (5 people are working on the subject, that is efficient:)

After 5 exciting days it is time to pack up and head for the next stop on our tour, another very exciting city, Paris here I come!

I will be launching my book "Secrets de Coach" as well as the Wii My Body Coach.