Kiki's diet diary

‘I'm done with those flabby buttocks’

My friends have been calling me a lazy Indo for years. Stereotypical but oh so true. Me, overweight? No way, I prefer to be hard to kidnap. I actually managed quite well with that lazy stuff. A bit of the Burgundian lifestyle here, a cigarette there, Netflix on and just snoring on the couch. Living the good life to the max. Cheese platter? Delicious, bring it on!

Until I recently stood in front of the mirror in my favorite thong and I couldn't even call it my favorite thong anymore given the fit. What a mess. Letting things go a bit too much in 2018. Imagine holding six cartons of milk. Quite heavy, right? Well, that's what I've added to my body since I started living together. Not the end of the world, of course, but nice is different.

And that's why I'm going to do it completely differently this time. In fact, I don't feel like doing it ‘halfway’ and losing a pathetic four or five kilos. I want the real deal this time. I'm talking about The Complete Transformation. Let's see how my flabby office butt can turn into something that resembles a peach emoji. Even if it's just to experience how it goes. Setting a goal and sticking to it like a pitbull, despite the fact that it will be tough. Despite the fact that it won't always be fun. I've been having fun for 27 years and maybe that's my problem.

The plan? I want to see how my body could be if I actually work out three times a week. If I work with a nutrition plan. If I quit smoking. And take – quit drinking. I want to pull a Donny Roelvinkje. Eye on the prize. Go full throttle and amaze myself at how quickly a body can change. I want to be proud of my body again.

And as always when you're going to do something drastic in your life, two groups have formed. The ‘Go get them, tiger’ team and the ‘Kiek, can you keep that up?’ team. ‘You exercising? And what if you gain weight again afterwards?’ ‘HIIT training? Can't you start off slowly?’ Trust me, I've heard from all sides in my life that something ‘wasn't possible’ and the more I heard it, the more a kind of primal force arose in me to prove them wrong.

So for the next twelve weeks, I'm completely putting my trust in Steve, a personal trainer who is working on developing a totally new high-end concept: Book Your Trainer. Where you can choose your personal trainer, the type of lesson, and the location in Amsterdam. I did tell Steve that I'm the HORROR of just about every trainer (zero, nada fitness), but he gave me a big grin and said we're going to smash it like crazy. No excuses, no cancellations, and above all, finding joy in exercising.

Yes, here I go. Three times a week, for twelve weeks. And in those twelve weeks, I would like to take you along in the ups and downs of my challenge. Project ‘tight body at full speed’. LET'S DO THIS! Or, as Famke Louise would say: VROOM VROOM!