A few weeks of self-isolation turns out to give many people a few extra corona kilos on the hips. Time to pay more attention to your diet. The book Cooking for a buddy less revolves around losing weight with tasty, healthy dishes and above all without hassle.
Publisher:
Van Halewyck/Forte Culinair
Author:
Hilde Deweer & Marie Bossuyt
Year of publication:
Price:
€22.50
ISBN:
9789461319746
Number of pages:
214
Writers Hilde Deweer and her daughter Marie Bossuyt struggled with slightly overweight themselves, due to the menopause and a first pregnancy respectively. Mother and daughter challenged each other and developed a no-fuss weight loss plan that really works. Cooking for a size less starts with the challenge of losing 6 pounds in 6 weeks. And it works, thanks to a practical nutrition plan with weekly shopping lists and recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And – importantly – the meals are not only practical and slim, but also tasty. Cooking for a size less is a book for bon vivants who want to eat healthy and tasty and want to lose a few kikos.
Phase one: cooking for a size less
The first phase in this lifestyle plan is all about that size less. The writers recommend that you continue this phase for six weeks, during which you lose an average of 1 kilo per week. For the first six weeks, the book contains a fully elaborated eating schedule with breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu includes a large amount of vegetables daily, with a normal portion of fish, meat, poultry or meat substitute. There is also one and a half liters of water, soup and coffee or tea every day. The shopping lists are included in the book, nice and clear.
No fast carbohydrates
This weight loss plan avoids fast carbohydrates and contains almost no sugar, except what is naturally present in fruits and vegetables. Fruit is limited to one serving per day. There is also plenty of attention for your fiber intake.
At first glance the breakfast seems a bit meager. But because it scores high on satiety, you certainly won’t be left feeling hungry. It is mainly seeds and bran that you take in the morning. Slow carbohydrates that you can supplement with fruit or vegetables, an egg or low-fat cheese.
soup for lunch
For lunch there is usually soup on the menu. To serve: some cheese, fish or lean meats. In addition to soup recipes, Cooking for a Size Less also includes a number of tasty salad recipes.
lots of vegetables
The evening meal again consists of many vegetables, a piece of fish, meat or poultry or a combination thereof. No fewer than 51 types of vegetables and legumes are discussed in the book. In the menus, the authors set the limit at 5 grams of carbohydrates per 100 grams of fresh product. Of vegetables that contain slightly more sugar and carbohydrates and sugar, you can only have a large portion once a week in the first phase.
Switching is allowed and YOLO counts
You can switch the meals according to your needs. If you want Tuesday’s menu on Monday, you can. And if your favorite breakfast is Thursday, you can easily eat it for several days. Plus, cooking with a buddy has a mandatory yolo moment every week: You Only Live Once! That means a meal every week where you can eat anything you want, including fries. You can even have a glass of wine if you need it. According to the authors, this way you make it clear to your body that it should not switch to saving mode.
Phase two: the buddy less reflex
Phase two of the book is also all about cultivating ‘the buddy less reflex’. A chapter full of useful tips and tricks to keep the lost pounds off. Cooking for a size less offers overview and guidance. In addition to the easy eating schedules, it contains an overview of the things you should always have at home and there are clear agreements about, for example, the sizes and quantities that are used. Snacks are allowed, but not necessary. Also nice: the barbecue recipes!
A few tasty recipes from Cooking for a size less:
- Low-carb zucchini all’amatriciana
- Tasty light mushroom soup
- Low-carb wok of turkey, pak choi and chestnut mushrooms
Cooking for a size less by Hilde Deweer and Marie Bossuyt is published by Forte Uitgevers. As a deputy publisher, Hilde Deweer has guided big names in the culinary world for 12 years and is now a lifestyle editor at health.be. When she struggled with some extra pounds during the menopause, she gathered her knowledge and experience to develop a weight loss plan. She previously wrote: 100 mocktails, 5 kg less in 5 weeks and Cooking on the weekend
Her daughter, Marie Bossuyt, is an interior designer with a heart for good food. After her pregnancy, the pounds did not come off so easily. Until she started cooperating and thinking about her mother’s weight loss program.
