An Australian gym manager has revealed the diet and fitness plan behind her incredible 15-week bikini body transformation.  

Gym manager Elise Ashleigh Gucul, 29, from Taree in New South Wales, signed up for a bikini competition in a bid to grow stronger and overcome a lifelong insecurity about a deformity on her arm. 

Over the course of 15 weeks, she went from 60 to 67 kilos and is now in the best shape of her life - thanks to a hearty diet of three meals and four snacks a day, heavy weight training six days a week and hardly any cardio. 

Confirming the old adage, she said abs are mainly 'made in the kitchen' but can be enhanced with weight training, and revealed how under-eating is the biggest barrier to achieving your dream physique.

New South Wales gym manager Elise Ashleigh Gucul (pictured) transformed her body over the course of 15 weeks with weight training and next to no cardio

She saw incredible results between week one and week 15 (seen here left and right), thanks to a hearty diet plan of three meals and four snacks a day and heavy weight training six days a week