Diet boot camp: in shape for a war on waist

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Shivering, we are taught to march, followed by 45 minutes ofjogging and stretching before a 15-minute breakfast break. Over atasteless bowl of porridge, we're told we are to be "broken down"and then built back up again.
We are plunged into a frenzy of sports with barely a rest. Wealternate between squats, lunges, press-ups, sit-ups and runningcircuits, clocking up 12 hours of exercise a day. Afternoons arespent running up muddy hills. If we can't run, we crawl. ''I can'tgo on," cries Jenny, a student from Turkey, as she sinks to herknees. ''No one sits," barks staff member Furness. ''The rest ofyour team will have to carry you."
The diet, devised by ITV's Celebrity Fit Club nutritionist MarisaPeer, is healthy but restrictive: no wheat, dairy, sugar andcarbohydrate. By day three, six of us are suffering from terriblenausea and the tears are flowing.
When chief instructor O'Malley straps up my blistered toes, I haveto resist the urge to fling my arms around him. ''The stress youare feeling is simply an imbalance between physical ability andphysical belief," he says. ''If you believe in your physicalability, you will conquer."
This proves true, despite the aches and pains. By day four, we arefeeling empowered. Cheekbones emerge and clothes are miraculouslyloose. The sense of accomplishment is intoxicating.
On the last day we take a breathtaking walk through a gorge,climbing up freezing waterfalls and abseiling down the side of aviaduct. Quivering with fear, I doubt I'll make it, but encouragingcries from fellow boot-campers get me through.
When I am weighed, I'm stunned. I've lost 12 lbs and 13 inches -four of them from my waist. In just one week I have dropped to asize 10. Now, where's that bikini?