I'm hoping to fight in September after speaking to Dave Lee and Denniston Sutherland. I gave them the names of two potential opponents who are both within my size and weight. One girl I have been dying to compete against since early 2008. She was injured so the fight was cancelled and I've been giving her first refusal ever since.

After a few weeks of not hearing anything I emailed the promoters to see if they had an opponent confirmed yet so I could piece together my fight plan. I then got an email back with a question I hate being asked: "What is the lightest you can weigh in at?"

It's hard finding opponents since there aren't too many women competing yet but it gets even harder if you weigh in too heavy or too light. Having struggled to weigh in at 65 kg (and then fight at 72 kg the next day). I now won't go below 67 kg and know the heaviest I can weigh in at is 73 kg. It's key to make sure you're not losing strength or sacrificing speed ad fitness by adding fat. I also hate having to obsess over my weight when I should be focused on training which can be stressful enough.

I've told Dave I can go as low as 67 kg and as high as 73 kg. This also ensures I'm not dwarfing my opponent with an unfair weight advantage or being crushed myself. I lose out on fighting a lot of great fighters under 65 kg but as I walk around at 74 kg (79 kg after my fight at 73 kg) I know that I would be massive against an under 65 kg.

Weight cutting is definitely a discipline in itself that is commonplace among the men at all levels and the top level women like Rosi Sexton (though I think Gina and Cyborg still haven't mastered the art yet). If you are a lightweight or a middleweight you are obviously going to want to come in at the heavy end of the spectrum to ensure you are equal or slightly bigger than your opponent so you see how much weight you can cut without impacting your performance and voila, that is the weight you fight at. I'm not sure if other women fighters find this but I am always asked to come in at an exact catch weight (or below if I dare) as opposed to a regular weight class. Some fighters start their career at one weight and move up or down depending on who they train with and the amount of muscle or fat they start out with. My dream is to eventually come in under 65 kg but so far I actually seem to be getting heavier despite going down a dress size.

And so now I find myself starting to cut out booze, wheat and dairy and increase my training intensity while I wait to hear if they've found a match for me. If anyone is interested, I've included my diet which works a treat for me. Bear in mind that everyone is different so your metabolism, genetics, lifestyle may allow or restrict all sorts. And I should point out that as someone with OCD I am quite content to eat the exact same things day in day out but have tried including some variety.

AM - Black coffee. Cherry Active (if my immune system feels low I take this with Lysine and Glutamine), multi-vitamin, feverfew (headaches), glucosamine, omega oils (primrose or fish). If I have a fight in 2 weeks I will take arnica 3X a day to promote faster healing and reduce bruising. Smoothie with oat bran, banana, berry, mango, matcha green tea, fruit juice or soy milk. If available and feeling brave add scoop of living fuel. Litre water.

AM snack - 2 cups green tea. Soy rice cakes, or brown rice cakes with Nutella, or almonds and fruit or few chocolate squares (min cocoa solids 60%). Litre water.

Midday lunch - Green tea or Thai Iced Tea (the latter as a rare treat) brown rice or rice noodles with chicken, fish or tofu. Vegetables or sweet potato with soy sauce or sweet chilli sauce. Sometimes add edamame or seeds and nori. Alternates are fried egg (fry in rice bran oil) over brown rice cake with veg or sushi. Litre water.

Midday Snack (before 4pm) - Same as AM snack or matcha green tea frozen yoghurt with fresh fruit and mochi or sweet bean mochi as a rare treat. Two cups green or fruit infused tea a litre of water.

Post Training - Cherry Active, fish (tinned tuna or mackerel or fresh salmon), chicken or soy burger in 10 ml rice bran oil (and sweet chilli sauce if I'm feeling extravagant) with asparagus, spinach, peas or edamame. Grapefruit. Half litre water.

I try and keep portions small but if I'm still hungry won't deny myself fuel. I won't even start to describe my diet after fighting.