| Thursday, August 30, 2007 |
| A new beginning |
It's never fun to have a friend who is training to be a nutritionist yell at you for the diet you choose. Yes, I was berated. And not in a good way. He said I was an idiot and it wasnt the diet I should be on.
Okay, Mr. Nutritionist... tell me what diet I AM supposed to be on and since you are telling me this for free, give it to me straight.
Low fat, no sugar diet. Sensible portions, lots of exercise and plenty of water.
Got it. So... Mr. Nutritionist. Can I wait til Monday when my hormones arent on a murderous rampage and beating my uterus to the point of bleeding?
Um... yea.
Good. And on a side note... menstruating sucks balls. If I am not using it, cant it just go on vacation?Labels: chocolate, mentration, new diet |
posted by Niki @ 5:42 PM  |
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Here in Holland, everyone and their neighbour is hooked on books by nutritionist Sonja Bakker. Her name has even turned into a verb by now. "Would you like some pie? - No thanks, I'm sonjabakkering'." Yes.
We as a nation are quite rotund as well. So whenever there's a new diet, some people cling to it as if it's their last chance at life. Montignac, South Beach, it's been done here.
So what's so different about Sonja? Beats me. As far as I know she just repeats what every sane person should already know. Then she throws in 8 weeks worth of recipes and the promise that if you stick to it, you WILL lose weight. And yes, it works, and yes people worship her.
A few "Sonja" tips:
- Drink at least 2 liters of water besides everything else you drink
- Eat 6 times a day. Breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, TV snack.
- Stop eating after 8pm
- You're allowed unlimited tea (herbal tea even better), 4 cups of coffee a day, 2 'diet' soda's, 2 glasses of fruitjuice.
- Choose one type of fruit (apple, pear, kiwi, etc.) to serve as your emergency food if you really can't stand the munchies anymore.
- Never skip a meal. Ever.
- Smaller portions than you're used to: more vegetables but less meat
- Bake/fry everything in vegetable oil. Throw away your butter.
- Every once in a while you're allowed a SOS day (Shit On Sonja) where you can forget about your diet (for instance when you have a formal dinner, or visiting friends). Don't use it as an excuse to wolf down ice cream and chocolate though
- Easy on the alcohol. Two or three glasses of wine are OK in the week. No beer.
- The 'inbetween' snacks should all be light and small. One cereal bar/one piece of fruit/a handful of cherry tomatoes (my favorite ;))
- And of course: Dinner should only be one course. No starter, no dessert, no sauces. If you can't live without dessert, take yoghurt and fruit or yoghurt and muesli as your TV snack, but keep at least 30 mins between dinner and snack.
- More snackthings: no chips, nacho's, certainly no (pea)nuts. Microwave popcorn is good (don't add extra salt or sugar), as is japanese rice-snacks (but again: beware of peanuts).
- If you hear your stomach growl once in a while, that's not a bad sound. It means your body is looking for something to digest, which in turn means that it's active.
- The whole diet is based on lots of 'eating moments' to keep your digestion running. Help it with lots of fibers ('dark' bread, all-bran, fleece rice, wholewheat pasta, etc. etc.)
Now tell me, does ANY of this sound new to you?
Sonja's disclaimer: A healthy diet alone is not enough, be sure to get at least 30 mins of exercise a day. Walking is good, running is better. Choose an exercise that really gets your motor running (as in, making you sweat).
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Well, the one thing that gets my motor running requires a partner. ;)
But honestly, there is few things here that are new to me. Remember American diets consist of not eating and humiliation. This sounds like a great diet and I will have to check it out. I can do most of it... Just the process of getting off my well rounded bum and getting moving in the exercise department. But I am going to the department store tonight, I can check out some things. :)
BTW! IM me!!! *pokes repeatedly*
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Here in Holland, everyone and their neighbour is hooked on books by nutritionist Sonja Bakker. Her name has even turned into a verb by now. "Would you like some pie? - No thanks, I'm sonjabakkering'." Yes.
We as a nation are quite rotund as well. So whenever there's a new diet, some people cling to it as if it's their last chance at life. Montignac, South Beach, it's been done here.
So what's so different about Sonja? Beats me. As far as I know she just repeats what every sane person should already know. Then she throws in 8 weeks worth of recipes and the promise that if you stick to it, you WILL lose weight. And yes, it works, and yes people worship her.
A few "Sonja" tips:
- Drink at least 2 liters of water besides everything else you drink
- Eat 6 times a day. Breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, TV snack.
- Stop eating after 8pm
- You're allowed unlimited tea (herbal tea even better), 4 cups of coffee a day, 2 'diet' soda's, 2 glasses of fruitjuice.
- Choose one type of fruit (apple, pear, kiwi, etc.) to serve as your emergency food if you really can't stand the munchies anymore.
- Never skip a meal. Ever.
- Smaller portions than you're used to: more vegetables but less meat
- Bake/fry everything in vegetable oil. Throw away your butter.
- Every once in a while you're allowed a SOS day (Shit On Sonja) where you can forget about your diet (for instance when you have a formal dinner, or visiting friends). Don't use it as an excuse to wolf down ice cream and chocolate though
- Easy on the alcohol. Two or three glasses of wine are OK in the week. No beer.
- The 'inbetween' snacks should all be light and small. One cereal bar/one piece of fruit/a handful of cherry tomatoes (my favorite ;))
- And of course: Dinner should only be one course. No starter, no dessert, no sauces. If you can't live without dessert, take yoghurt and fruit or yoghurt and muesli as your TV snack, but keep at least 30 mins between dinner and snack.
- More snackthings: no chips, nacho's, certainly no (pea)nuts. Microwave popcorn is good (don't add extra salt or sugar), as is japanese rice-snacks (but again: beware of peanuts).
- If you hear your stomach growl once in a while, that's not a bad sound. It means your body is looking for something to digest, which in turn means that it's active.
- The whole diet is based on lots of 'eating moments' to keep your digestion running. Help it with lots of fibers ('dark' bread, all-bran, fleece rice, wholewheat pasta, etc. etc.)
Now tell me, does ANY of this sound new to you?
Sonja's disclaimer: A healthy diet alone is not enough, be sure to get at least 30 mins of exercise a day. Walking is good, running is better. Choose an exercise that really gets your motor running (as in, making you sweat).