Weight-loss celebrities join in the cooking
Last Friday, 12 November, Stadtwerke Giessen's "Leichter leben" ("Live lighter") slimming group received celebrity support in the fight against those extra pounds: The TV candidate Cihan Gerikoglu, known from the kabel eins show"The Biggest Looser - Abspecken im Doppelpack" (The Biggest Loser - Slimming down in a double pack), was at the cooker for the third diet cooking course in the SWG canteen. He gave an entertaining account of his experiences on television and also gave a few personal tips. Probably the most important one: losing weight must be done slowly and therefore in a sustainable and healthy way - crash courses, on the other hand, do more harm than good. Together with Cihan Gerikoglu, the nine course participants learnt about the art of low-calorie eating under the expert guidance of SWG chef Matthias Emmer. There was no sign of boring, narrow-gauge food, but all the more healthy and exotic dishes such as a sweet and savoury papaya soup or stuffed chicken breast in a banana leaf.
The private slimming group was launched in September by municipal utility employee Michael Göttler, whose idea was well received by SWG's health management team. Stadtwerke Gießen is now supporting his endeavour with free cookery courses in the SWG canteen, among other things. He quickly found a dozen or so fellow campaigners among the Stadtwerke employees: "Now we meet up two to three times a week in our free time to do sport and tackle the problem together." The celebrity support should now provide an extra dose of motivation so that the pounds fall off all the faster - for the sake of health.