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.

En route for NEW YORK

first for a lover's week-end with hubby followed by a three day road show with my American publicist. She has been extremely active! On the agenda: interviews with 12 of the most biggest American magazines, of course they will all be very familiar to you. To make sure we "knock'em dead" we rehearse on Sunday evening... I feel like a thespian...

I am packing... for a change, instead of piling everything in "just in case" like I usually do, I prepare whole outfits (thank you, Selina) and only take with me outfits that are complete, accessories and all... so no need to pack the canary yellow cardi "just in case"

I have received my copy of "Secrets de Coach" my new book, and I am impressed with what the publisher did. It is really an outstanding piece of work... I hope that it will be well received by the press and more importantly by the coot.campers in spirit.

Night flight... the "red eye" flight... but I am looking forward to the week-end, theater, walks, art and a dinner planned with Super Gary and Sandie the Nu Skin founder.

Week-end at Pirate Cove

I spend the week end at Gary Scott's, my super Everest guide, along with Sandie, the founder of Nu Skin, now listed on the NY stock exchange and worth 1 billion dollars. Not bad for a mother of 2 who started up in her kitchen at the age of 28!

Pirate Cove, is one of their "homes", an indescribable extravagant fantasy of a residence... a kind of private Pirates of the Caribbean mansion meets Hollywood, meets Peter Pan, meets Errol Flynn... over 20 "bedrooms" each with its own 150 square meter

kitchen ... slides, pirate ships, skeletons... a child's dream come real... you can find videos of Pirate Cove on YouTube... but as I like to say, you need to see it to believe it! More images here

30 friends met there, a really happy week end!

On the program: mountain biking, swimming, resting and many many great times...

Back to LA for interviews and Black Party

After a good night sleep I head for the airport...

1 hour walk all together and nothing else, I am going from taxi, to taxi and from interview, to interview in the hotel, then from hairdresser to make up and then it's time for the party :)

Breakfast: home made fruit juice for a good start to the day, then in the airplane, I can's resist the little brioche, cf. photo :)

I spend the flight accompanied by Ruben Fleischer the director of Zombieland a "zombiesque" comedy

number one at the box office here

Lunch at Champagne on Santa Monica Boulevard. The portions are reasonable and the mini desert are ideal for some light pleasure!

I have: a tomato and basil soup + a

large chunk of baguette bread and for pudding with my tea, a coconut macaroon and a mini pudding

Snack during hair and makeup: guacamole and chips softened in the guacamole because my jaw is still killing me :)

Soiree: many great pictures for you, I was with some really delightful people, tall and small... everyone in black. I am wearing black and roll couture, a style I am really considering adopting!

I don't really pick at anything other than some mi-cui tuna, so once back in my room I wolf down 2 packet of crisps (400 calories, if you really have to know ;)

Most of the pictures of this party can be found on my FaceBook Fan Page. On these ones I am with DJ Mbenga from the Lakers, Abel Xavier from Galaxy and super Regis from AG Rock of course.

The new Wii My Body Coach trailer is out

Yes, in English too :)

A lovely day spend in the world of silence as I am not allowed to speak :) its not so bad after all and I realise that we often open our mouths with little or nothing to say... at least I do :)

Breakfast: home made smoothie, and that's it as I am not allowed to chew anything either

1h accumulated walk

2 mn pelvic floor

Lunch: a Huarache (a Mexican kind of corn pancake) topped with black bean puree + melted cheese and salad, easy to eat + a few fries softened in the sauce + a Splenda diet coke.

Some great views of San Francisco: the new Jewish museum paradoxically erected against a church... and the MoMA seen from an unusual angle.

No snack instead, a massage by Alejandro's hands of gold

Plenty of water to flush out the toxins generated by pain

20 lunges

20 triceps dips

30 lunges

20 triceps dips

100 abs on the killer abs lounge

Dinner: a home made smoothie

40 minutes passive muscle toning

I am mute - a coach without speech that's like...

you can finish the sentence :)

Breakfast on the go between two meetings:

A Luna whole nutrition bar for women (195 calories for those who like to count) + 1 banana for the Potassium

1 hour walk

Lunch equally on the go, in a basement, what a day... 1 huge romaine lettuce salad with tuna, feta and tzadziki sauce

15 minutes walk

No snack... but visit to the doctor, my jaw has been very painful for several days... verdict: ligament and muscle tear, hydarthrose... in short that's what happens to some coaches that like to box!

The best remedy: silence...it is by far one of the hardest cure for me but I have to listen to the expert! no solids allowed, no yawing, no chewing gum... and the toughest: no talking!!

Dinner: 1 large home made smoothie + 1 lime soya yogurt

40 minutes passive abs toning.

A "classic" coach's day :)

Upon rising: Rooibos tea + freshly squeezed lemon juice in room temperature water

30 minutes walk on an empty stomach

Breakfast: 10 teriaky almonds + a small bunch of grapes + 1 biscotti at Starbucks

40 minutes walk on the telephone

Lunch: 1 pupusa + 1 pear + bunch grapes

little nap:)

1h walk

40 minutes walk

Snack: pupusa (that's what they look like on the picture above, I am frequently asked what they are so, here they are :) + pear + grapes

Dinner: aperitif: raw onion crackers with hammarama (a new dish soon in LeBootCamp); meal: a small salad of rustic + buffalo burger/grilled onions + grapes

Undefeated

Saturday:

Tea + lemon juice upon rising + a Morning Green Boost (cucumber, carrot, apple) to fight my cold :)

This week-end I will mainly be kicking back and waging a battle against the germs that are attacking my somewhat tired mind and body from the last few weeks... I will win that is for sure.

So, tea with raw honey (non-heated) and plenty of rest... I stay in... except for lunch and for a dinner party at some Iranian friends'.

Lunch: a few corn chips with guacamole + 1 tomato/chicken/tortilla soup

No snack

Iranian dinner: tabouleh, prawn salad, slip pea/beef stew, rice, 1/2 panacotta and Iranian nougat for pudding :)

A good night sleep.

Sunday:

I am feeling better... my efforts are paying off!

I pursue with carrot/apple juice for breakfast followed by a lemon juice and some tea.

No sport all day, I let my body recuperate :)

Home lunch: caramelised onions/wild and brown rice + carnitas and I try out a new Peruvian potato... it actually looks like a turnip tastes moldy... yuck, I won't have that again (at least, I tried it)

20 minutes walk and that's it

Snack: a few pistachios + succulent prunes and a rooibos tea

Dinner: old fashioned tomato's salad with raw onion crackers, some fruit salad and off to bed!

Meeting with a FaceBook fan in SF + a nearly totally restful week-end

Pleasant Friday spent in SF with Anissa hunting for the perfect outfit... breakfast was limited because of back to back meetings all morning and I had no time to sit down for a proper breakfast before the big meeting...

30 minutes walk on killer heels
Lunch at La Rotonde... yum... they call this a "sandwich"... a lobster sandwich... to call this a sandwich is a bit reducing... we have an excellent lunch with a view on Union Square.

Meeting with Julien, a FaceBook fan... on the search for his next career is doing some around the world traveling before deciding. Very enjoyable meet!

No snack...

30 minutes walk

Surprise dinner for Cathy's birthday! a few sushis, some pita bread with hummus and a slice of apple pie for desert... all accompanied by water only for the coach who is feeling a nasty cold coming on and is ready for a fight!

1h (at least!) dancing wildly :)

The return of nice weather

I can't believe that, only a few days ago, it was freezing cold and we couldn't see further than 30 yards on the beach!

The sky is blue and with 28 degrees C (83F) we can't complain :)

Rooibos tea upon rising, lemon juice + water at room temperature + 1 pupusa for breakfast

On an empty stomach before lunch: 1 jour cycling + 20 minutes walk

Lunch with some girlfriends: green salad + a turkey burger, a few fries and some raw onion crackers with very spicy salsa and Anissa's home made compote for desert.

30 minutes walk

10 minutes walk

45 minutes walk

15 minutes boxing on my punching bag to the sounds of Daft Punk

Snack: 1 home made tchai tea made with soya milk and splenda

Dinner: peas and caramelised onions + 1 slice queso palmito melted on top + 4 slices pineapple + 1 tamarind sorbet

I have received my invite for next week's big soiree... dress code...hmm... black, chic and rock and roll... I think I'll need my super stylist for that one :) but shh... I won't say any more for now :)

Back to everyday life + we are in True Love magazine!!!

After 10 intense days without a single break, from dawn to late at night, I enjoy my first day of "normality".

I am lucky to have a whole week of "normal" days now, just before another trip to LA (but more next week, as it will be interesting) followed by Vegas where it promises to be full on as well... then back to San Francisco for 5 days before going East: NY, London, Paris, Munich :)

Upon awaking, freshly squeezed with room temperature water + rooibos + my own custom made vitamin mix :)

20 minutes jogging... I don't recommend running on an empty stomach but I really felt like I needed it... maybe to scrub up after spending the 10 day shoot moving so little. I finish off the work out with 30 lunges to work the glutes + 40 minutes passive muscle toning for the core abs + 20 floor push ups.

Breakfast: 20 teriaky almonds + 1 perfectly ripe mango

Girls lunch: a Salvador pupusa + 1 rustic tomato + raw onion bread + home made bread + a slicette raw strawberry cake that is proving rather successful

30 minutes walk with friends... it really feels good relax a little after the last 10 intense days :)

no snack, I forgot!

45 minutes walk with my son and Nestle for some quality time between school and homework

Dinner: porcini mushrooms pan fried with garlic and parsley + carnitas and baby leaf salad. tamarind sorbet for desert.

100 butt squeezes whilst answering my mails

50 standing up push ups

Filming above the Golden Gate, at the beach with Olga and Paula

We are beginning our last two days of filming with the French TV channel France3...

Today we are on Half Moon Bay with Olga, the former Russian top model who wants to get back to the top and Paula.

Off to the beach! It is freezing... visibility is less than 25 yards... not the best for a shoot, but the producer, Jorge, isn't complaining. We are sharing this bit of nature with the National Geographic. Their documentary is about birds who come to this wild and very well protected coast at this time of the year. We get some great shots of a very good coaching session. The change of scenery of the beach is boosting my ladies' energy!

The following day takes us to the north of San Francisco, on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge to use the city in the distance as a backdrop. After a superb lunch at Ondine, my favorite restaurant in Sausalito, we return to the heights above SF. The howling wind is making filming very difficult, it is disheartening for the cameraman. After 3 hours of hard work, it's in the can... and we head back via Lombard Street, the most winding street in the world. We finish off with a late section about all the articles published about me and a close up of my books including the series I launched in the US "30day BootCamp" (4 live titles and one due shortly)

The shoot concludes with a party at my home with
all of my friends, well, almost all of them, there is always someone traveling. I regale my guests to several of my home made treats, I even made bread, lovingly kneaded, a raw lime tart and a raw strawberry charlotte :)

The last filming day draws to a close... it was a marvelous adventure that took us to LA and back and with some special encounters... now we await a 52 minutes documentary for the end of November... watch this space:)

Meeting film director Temi Ojo and a Luxemburger Boot.camper

I am looking forward to a great day, although much cooler than the previous few.

I head off for San Francisco to meet up with the film director, Temi Ojo, to talk business, a project we are working on together.

100 ballerina moves

Breakfast: 1 melon + some cereal with almond milk.

Lunch at Cafe de la Presse with Temi Ojo: foie gras and fresh bread, a little flammekuche and 3 macaroons... not quite a balanced meal, but one sometimes has to loose the balance to regain it...

1 hour walk in high heels... ouch, but I have no choice
During a take, I get a call from a BootCamper from Luxembourg who is on holiday in San Francisco... thanks to FaceBook, we have been able to swap numbers, et voila! Here we are drinking tea together to warm up as it is actually quite cold in San Francisco today... no more than 15 degrees!

Back for a pizza and salad dinner... what an unbalanced diet day... I'll catch up tomorrow! promised!

The France3 shoot goes to LA: David Mbenga, Lil Bow wow etc...

A Monday like I love... really active!

Up after a really good night... how that feels good!

On an empty stomach: 1 Rooibos cinnamon tea + a small smoothie

30 minutes walk on the telephone accompanied by Nestle (the dog).

Breakfast: 3 small gluten and dairy free pancakes with blueberry jam.

20 granny squats

Lunch: a few raw crackers with home made guacamole + eggless egg salad (replaced by tofu for those who have an egg allergy like moi :) 1/2 papaya for desert.

1 little nap

We shoot a sequence in front of the computer when I am watching a program about me... it feels strange I have to admit :)

so, I have 15 minutes to pack and we run to the airport!

A pleasant flight without any bumps and sitting next to a charming man you might recognise from pictures of various rap parties. He is responsible for the post production of nearly all the major rap bands as well as Beyonce, Alicia Keys and more. A colorful (very tatooed) character :)

Diner at Culver city, at Saint Amour, a French brasserie right next to the Sony studios. I take the opportunity to introduce one of the owners, a cameraman you have seen before on my photos, to the France 3 crew.

On this diner's menu: black pudding to fill up on iron with stewed apples and potato gratin. A few bites of a delicious tarte tatin.

After a sleepless night, yes it happens... no breakfast, because I get moving too slowly, but lots of green tea... Filming at the foot of the giant white HOLLYWOOD sign and then we are off for the walk of fame in Hollywood and then straight to Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive, Pretty Woman souvenir :)

Mexican Lunch: grilled shrimps, cabbage/mango/tomato salad along with guacamole with corn chips.

Now we head for my publicist's west coast quarters where I work for two solid hours along with Robyn and Kate who are looking after my account for the american market. some good takes for the producer who looks pleased with the day :)

When back, 2 cookies, 1 chocolate dipped strawberry, courtesy of the hotel's manager, I cannot refuse :)

1 hour walk 2 minutes pelvic floor excercises

No dinner because I am feeling queasy after the cookies (too rich, for sure!)... so I retire early with the latest Dan brown, a small packet salted crisps (the only thing my stomach fancies, 220 calories for those who want to know) and off to bed!

A great night! that feels so good, I am recovering!!!

I fill up on antioxidants with Rooibos tea and prepare a day that will take us a bit everywhere...

It turns out to be quite a crazy day... we kick off with a visit to Sharon's, hairdresser to the stars who gives me a great hair color and a pro haircut... no questions asked, when we feel beautiful, we are beautiful, radiate happiness

... in the end we don't need much, do we?

Then an interview, followed by a meeting with

Regis founder of AG ROCK, very successful clothes brand... former Christian Audigier

partner, this Regis has an infallible flair! He introduces me to Lil Bow Wow, the great rapper, top of the bill everywhere, CD and film and also to David Mbenga, Lakers basket ball player. I try on his jacket for a bit of fun... you can check out the picture to get an idea :)... and his pants too (picture on my FaceBook fan page)

We zoom off to Venice for an interview with the great Martha Mc Cully, famous journalist, lifestyle expert and reality TV show judge. She is very understanding and forgives our lateness with a beautiful smile!

After this last interview, we take a break for our first meal of the day, it is 6pm! a very thin pizza for me and some mint tea before dashing for the aiport... and there, fate is on my side, I am sat next to the the West Coast Bureau Chief of a magazine I love and with which I would love to work!

I return completely worn out... but can't rest yet, the shoot goes on until Tuesday :)

To answer Anonym's question about how I make almond milk:

- put a handful fresh almonds in water overnight (make sure they are covered)

- in the morning, rince, strain, put into a blender with 2 to 3 times their volume of water

- vroum vroum

- filter the white liquid through a fine mesh or a muslin

- the result is almond milk. You can add a little bit of Stevia and some vanilla... and fora smoothie, a banana and a few berries maybe

France 3 shoot days 1-5

That's it! the France 3 crew of 4 has arrived!

I haven't really got the time to take note of everything but we are going at breakneck pace... they are following me everywhere :)

First day, filming during the German video shoots for the LeBootCamp.de program soon to be launched. The face of the program, Magdalena, is a gorgeous German girl who oozes well being and lives the LeBootCamp lifestyle 100%. Come and check out the program... I will let you know of its release very soon. The shoot takes place on Crissy Field at the foot of the Golden Gate where we
are lucky to have glorious weather: sun, blue sky and more importantly, what is even rarer here, absolutely no wind at all... really welcome for some efficient filming :)

Off to South San Francisco to do a piece with Aline with whom I am working on a project for 2010.

Dinner in an Indian restaurant... the fantastic team discovers American size portions :)

Day 3:

Breakfast: home made raw smoothie with homemade almond milk

Pierre a friend from my student years and his better half join us...

On the program, morning stroll in Marsh park where a typically American community initiative is taking place: equipped with neon orange bags, we pick up everything that shouldn't be in a protected park: scraps of paper, cans, abandoned bottles and other packaging... in the end, thanks to this meaningful activity, we get a lot more exercise than if we had only "gone for a walk". 45 minutes active walk.

Lunch: 1 pork chop + green salad and tomatoes. Milk tapioca for pudding.

In the afternoon, we get back to filming, in the Stanford shopping center after witch we head off for San Francisco for an evening with friends at Bissap Baobab with Maimouna Coulibaly, the African Urban Dance priestess. We enjoy a typically Senegalese meal with my closest friends and then we are treated to a wild dance demonstration with some amazing hip grinding!

If we think that the day is finished already that is wrong, at 3am I am live on Radio France Corse for an hours interview for the "decalage horaire" (time difference/jetlag) program... so here we are, genuinely time different!

Up very early, I can never sleep very long after such a late night, can't help it... Breakfast: plenty of Rooibos tea + home made almond milk smoothie

1 hour hiking in a canyon followed by the camera to which I demonstrate some exercises I created in the Californian "outback"

Lunch in one of my favorite little Mexican places: Guacamole + crisps + 5 mouthfuls of a chorizo quesadilla and fish cerviche

A great nap to recover :)

Very light detox style dinner to pep me up for the days ahead: 2 glasses fresh fruit and almond milk smoothie

40 minutes passive muscle toning

Meet with Maimouna in San Francisco

The renowned urban African dancer is here is San Francisco on tour performing for 2 weeks.

Awesome energy! I can't wait to see her on stage... she also coaches Elli Medeiros, here is where Elli's wild rhythm comes from!

On an empty stomach: 1 lemon juice + room temperature water + 10 minutes yoga.. I love when I get up earlier than needed and have 10 minutes to gently wake up my whole body.

40 minutes passive abs toning

30 minutes passive glutes toning

Breakfast: a little smoothie + a slice German bread with blueberry jam

30 minutes walk

Raw lunch at Cafe Gratitude with Maimouna: a raw (veg) burger/baby leaf salad + fresh grape juice (very different from ready made juices in cartons, I can assure you) + raw white chocolate cheese cake.

15 minutes walk

Snack: with Magdalena the face of our German program: alkalizing water and 2 mouthfuls of brownie

15 minutes walk

20 Hindu prayers

Dinner: 1 grilled wild salmon steak + 1 pear.

"Normal" day :) (yes, yes, they do exist!!)

Green and white tea upon rising

A few conference calls and emails

Breakfast: 1/2 papaya with lemon + 1 bowl whole wheat and puffed rice cereals and vanilla soya milk.

45 minutes walk

100 abs on the abs lounge

30 lunges

30 minutes walk

Lunch with the girls: tapenade + raw crackers + artichoke dip + 1 pear + 3 dates

Snack: I succumb... I am at Ikea where Daim is always at the till and also some wicked delicious little cookies :) ...so, I own up to everything: 2 daims + 7 oat cookies...

Dinner: 1/2 papaya + 1 banana (I am not so hungry after my snack time binge!)

30 minutes jogging

30 minutes yoga

20 minutes passive muscle toning

They are days, marvelous, like this one!

Carpe Diem will be my motto for the day... too much good news coming in... I am on top of the world...

I visit a coaching website I have just been sent, a brand new one, hot out of the oven, I've been following for years with its owner struggling to launch and relaunch different versions of his website... his latest find? I will not be giving you the URL to his site, we won't be promoting this guy... well, the market should spot the scam :) (Well I hope so for the Internet surfers). A very poor plagiarism... anyway, as journalists say, "if you are copied, you must be doing something right" :)

I start off with superb news, thank you Carole... what efficiency!

An interview with ELLE about my next book, I am very proud of it, the result is beautiful! I receive a copy in the afternoon... well just the cover the pages are still blank... but it is exiting nevertheless :)

Another interview followed by a very interesting discussion with M6.... we are going to do something nice together in Las Vegas and LA.

1h10 walk on an empty stomach on the telephone... as we are a bit low on groceries at home breakfast is a bowl of wholegrain cereal with tea and 1/2 apple

Chinese lunch: a nice plate of grilled fish and duck with sweet peppers, rice (white, yes I know) and edamame and to finish 4 little chocolate biscuits... quite a rich meal but will all be burned tonight :)

15 minutes walk

1 hour walk on the telephone

Snack: 1 banana + 1 pear

40 minutes passive muscle toning

Dinner at the Japanese grill: kimchee (fermented cabbage very good for digestion) + cooked spinach salad (no dressing) + grilled mahi-mahi fillet + a small green tea ice cream + green tea

30 minutes passive muscle toning

Party and celebrations with friends, loving it!

This week-end it is all about decoration (I am inspired by my house which I have been neglecting a bit) and about celebrating as a very close friend is celebrating her ...th birthday :)

We throw a party for the last evening of that year coming to and end and the first evening... it is the opportunity to to forget about the everyday life, with friends around a good meal!

After a short night because of late night celebrations, green tea, plenty of water with freshly pressed lemon juice to alkalize my body and give me a good complexion. Then, I tackle the day with an alkaline smoothie the recipe of which I will soon share with you in my program LeBootCamp.com

1h30 easy walk as I am shopping "en famille" to decorate the house and to catch up on several errands I haven't had the time to do during the last few weeks of my criss-crossing Nevada and California.

At 10 am, a Lavender Earl Grey tea stop at Peets Coffee and teas... I fear Starbucks aren't going to see much of me anymore, Peets Coffee and Teas has very rare and delicious teas.

Lunch: a gorgeous turnip soup + 3 shiitake mushrooms spring rolls (the non-fried ones) to fill up on selenium (good for the brain)

After a lovely nap... and I am back onto the decorating, a nice way to take one's mind off things, an activity that improves the "flow" ... that is to say that it it help to clear one's mind.

Snack: 2 handfuls fresh nuts + 1 alkaline lemonade

15 minutes choreography (intense dancing) for my next project

70 minutes passive muscle toning (abs + butt&thighs)

Dinner with friends for more celebrating... it just feels great and of course, I don't watch what I eat or drink... but the constant laughter is just so good for the cardiovascular system!

20 minutes dancing

Interviews, M6 (TV Channel) filming and Temi Ojo's latest film private screening

What a week... I haven't touched the ground and have sacrificed some of my daily blog writing:)

But let's say that beyond coaching I have a very busy timetable... I've had difficulty fitting in the hours of cardio training, here come 25th hour and MetaBoosts, my trump cards!!!

On the nutrition side, balanced courses spread out over 5 meals throughout the day to fire up my metabolism.

The night are short and naps to catch up... a secret of youth (one of them :)

I went from one interview to another one of the most important ones for the UK... and then off to a private screening of Temi Ojo's latest film "Renouncing Angelica" with JP Vertus in the lead role.

But, I am not quite done yet as I follow with a shoot for 100% Mag, the M6 program, in San Francisco on the topic of "the size zero country" with Olga, the Russian ex-top model who stopped starving a year ago and who has, of course, put on weight... now, she wants to go back to her size zero and is trying to avoid the extreme yoyo dieting her friends are in the habit of doing.

To show them that one can eat tasty dishes without putting on any weight with raw eating like Demi Moore before Charlie's Angels or like Sting... Alicia Silverstone even. Viva cafe Gratitude!