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This is how you do it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section section-pageheader-new has-image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HB-foto-48.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n                <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"content-holder\">\n                                    <h1>Losing weight sustainably, without yo-yoing. This is how you do it<\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n            <div  class=\"section has-colorscheme-1  section-large-content for-homepage\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"content-holder\">\n                    <p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">In recent years, Marcella van Doorn saw the needle on the scale slowly moving in the wrong direction. She almost decided to accept that the kilos would not disappear so easily as the years went by. Until one of her trainers at Happy Bodies recommended the VYTAL nutrition app. Marcella is now not only five kilos lighter, she also feels that she can easily maintain this. In this blog, she shares her experiences.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">A gym without daredevils<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Almost four years ago I ended up at Happy Bodies in Heemstede through someone else. I had already visited quite a few gyms, but Happy Bodies is really different. There are no daredevils parading around in front of large mirrors here, there is a place for everyone, young and old, athletic or less athletic. It is very personal here. I train twice a week in the Milon circle. Very efficient, but to be honest I don&#039;t necessarily like that the most. The Synergy lessons that I also follow once a week, that&#039;s what really makes me happy. The trainer sets out a kind of course, for you personally or in a small group, with weights, ropes or balls. Very varied. I find the regular measurements quite confronting, but at the same time it is very stimulating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Pleasantly surprised<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">My weight is a point of attention for me. Especially now that I&#039;m getting older, I notice that I&#039;ve unknowingly gained a few kilos that don&#039;t go away so easily. Very frustrating, but I really didn&#039;t feel like following some kind of starvation diet. When one of the trainers at Happy Bodies suggested that I get started with the VYTAL app, I wasn&#039;t immediately enthusiastic. I always eat fairly healthy, and wondered what I would gain from this. Six weeks later I was already very pleasantly surprised: I had lost five kilos of fat and four kilos of weight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Clear and flexible<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">With three teenagers at home and a job as an independent career coach, I don\u2019t have time for some complicated diet. This app is very clear. I know exactly what I\u2019m allowed to eat \u2013 which is quite a lot \u2013 and it\u2019s very flexible. Today I had a recipe with broad beans on the menu, but I still had fresh spinach that needed to be used up. It\u2019s very easy to find a replacement recipe with spinach. Even if my husband is coming over for lunch, I can simply indicate that I want a recipe for two people. It\u2019s also nice that you can plan ahead. I know exactly what groceries I need to get and if I\u2019m giving a training, I can prepare some snacks the day before. I recently went away for a weekend. I brought a crate with the things I needed. My fellow travelers thought it looked so delicious that I ended up making salad for the whole group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Sustainable result<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">What also works well for me is that I now always have a kitchen scale on the counter. For example, if I am allowed to have nuts as a snack, I now weigh them. Because the scale is there anyway, I do it. In the past, I would have just filled the bowl. I had almost given up hope of losing weight, it is very nice to discover that it is possible. It is simply very cleverly set up. Your supervisor acts as a stick behind the door, checking off the meals feels like a kind of reward and the fact that it is very visual also stimulates me. It is not really a diet at all, you learn to deal with food differently. That ensures a sustainable result and prevents you from yo-yoing.<\/span><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n    <div  class=\"section has-colorscheme-1  section-cta for-cta is-variation-one\">\n        <div\n            class=\"cta-holder show_overlay has-overlay\" style=\"--overlay-color: rgba(10,10,10,0.65)\";>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                        class=\"none default has-image-mobile-default\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-2-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                            \n                        <div class=\"inner\">\n                                    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Slim &amp; fit in 2 x 35 minutes every 10 days<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Plan a <a href=\"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/en\/free-trial-training\/\">free trial training<\/a> or do the online <a href=\"https:\/\/happybodies.nl\/en\/membership-test\/\">membership test<\/a> and discover in 1 minute which program suits you. 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