The weight loss menu of the chef with a million followers who triumphed on the internet after going bankrupt at the age of 52

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's

is a story of inspiration and self-improvement.

"I had a service company, among which was a catering to the wineries, and things were not bad for me. However, with the 2008 crisis, my clients entered ERE and

to subcontractors. I was left

," he recalls.

And not only that, but with debts.

"He caught me trying to expand the company, with a series of credits. I was left in a very bad situation."

When he went to ask for a job,

"Where was she going when I was 52 years old? It was impossible for me to find anything."

Cooking was her passion and "they warmed up her head" to make her own website.

Her brand was Family Kitchen.

A name with success and very commercial.

"It occurred to me

and I started to grow and grow."

Thus he became the Arguiñano of La Rioja, where he got a television program.

DISHES TO LOSE WEIGHT

Its elaborations follow the same recommendations that have been given by endocrinologists and nutritionists to lose weight.

At first he worked for free for a couple of years.

"I dedicated myself body and soul, without stopping. The growth was slow but I saw possibilities. Until we started to have a million visits," she says.

She has been cooking for everyone for about 10 years, with easy, seasonal and healthy ingredients.

In addition, on her YouTube channel, she accumulates 800,000 subscribers.

Now, at 63,

. "

He believes that in Spain no one generates as many recipes as he does.

"Thousands. I've even thought about putting a stationary bike in the kitchen because I can't get out of it," he jokes.

Because one of the sections that are most successful among people are his menus to lose weight.

WITH NUTRITIONISTS AND ENDOCRINES

Javier Romero, a 63-year-old chef, in his kitchen dedicated to his passion.

"I prepare them for

and I have never invented anything. Everything comes from my own diets, from very personal recommendations from endocrinologists and nutritionists."

She asserts that they have worked for him and he knows what it is to carry them out despite the fact that now is not his best moment with the scale.

"I'm thinking about food all day and it's very hard to have it in front of me and not snack. Even so, I try

," he says.

More than restrictions,

, he continues.

"The theory is easy. We know what works. Eat less per serving, avoid fat and carbohydrates at first to lose weight and exercise."

It's no secret, but the recipes are made for the first and last time when you record them.

That's why his diet is disordered.

"I don't have time to do tests, so I go pecking all the time and that's the problem."

THE FOOD, VERY SOCIAL

Chef Javier Romero wants families to have fun preparing simple menus.

Convinced that a good meal is not what is on the table, but around it, he thinks that to enjoy food you have to be in good company.

However, he wants to help that shared pizza have a good dough.

That is why he has just published

(Ed. Oberon, Libros Singulares).

An encyclopedia of cooking for those who don't know or are looking for ideas.

But

, alert.

"If you cook quickly and want to run more, it's difficult to get it right."

Nor does it prepare or advise making a container for the whole week with the intention of eating better.

"You can cook the food the day before, but in half an hour you are not going to make five menus, because for that you need five hours and you lose all of Sunday. However, if you put on the pressure cooker the afternoon before, while you can do other things ".

BE HAPPY IN THE KITCHEN

In a pandemic, he tried to deliver

make life easier for people, he says, but for it to come out with the quality that Romero wanted, customers were not willing to pay his price and he dismissed the idea.

"We are in a world where strange ideas are sold and there are people who believe it. Home cooking has been lost and people value time more than their health. And yet, the

" , defend.

An aberration?

"It's a sin to save a salad overnight," she says.

The basis of his life is a mantra: "The world is better if you are happy in the kitchen."

Nowadays, we demand too much of ourselves and kill ourselves to get things that are not worth it, she says.

"Politicians and great leaders always want to fix the world in a big way, when it

. If everyone in our home is happier, we eat well with the family and we are happy, the world fixes itself" .

MENUS TO LOSE WEIGHT

By Javier Romero

First week.

MONDAY.

200 g of milk with or without coffee, 2 slices of toast and 40 g of sugar-free jam or 1 kiwi.

Lunch (mid-morning):

200 gr of fruit from

Lunch (at noon):

60 gr of rice with 100 gr of mussels already cleaned.

Salad with 200 gr of vegetables from

and 20 gr of bread.

Snack (mid-afternoon snack):

1 skimmed and sweetened natural yogurt.

Dinner (the evening meal):

150 g of breast (chicken or turkey), 200 g of vegetables from

cooked or in salad, 20 g of bread and 100 g of fruit from

TUESDAY.

200 g of milk with or without coffee, 2 slices of toast and 40 g of sugar-free jam or 1 kiwi.

Lunch (mid-morning):

20 g of bread and 50 g of ham.

Lunch (at noon):

200 g of vegetables from group 1 with 100 g of cooked potato, 1 veal fillet of 150 g, 200 g of fruit from

and 20 g of bread.

Snack (mid-afternoon snack)

1 skimmed and sweetened natural yogurt.

Dinner (meal at night):

200 g of fish from

roasted or grilled, 200 g of vegetables from

cooked or in salad and 20 g of bread.

WEDNESDAY.

200 g of milk with or without coffee, 2 slices of toast and 40 g of sugar-free jam or 1 kiwi.

Lunch (mid-morning):

20 grams of bread and 5o grams of canned natural tuna.

Lunch (at noon):

80 g of legumes with 100 g of vegetables from group 1, French omelette with 1 egg, 200 g of fruit from

and 20 g of bread.

Snack (mid-afternoon snack)

1 skimmed and sweetened natural yogurt.

Dinner (meal at night):

Full salad with 200 g of vegetables from

with 100 g of vegetables from

1 boiled egg, 100 g of canned natural tuna and 20 g of bread.

THURSDAY.

200 g of milk with or without coffee, 2 slices of toast and 40 g of sugar-free jam or 1 kiwi.

Lunch (mid-morning):

20 grams of bread and 5 grams of Serrano ham without bacon.

Lunch (at noon):

200 g of vegetables from

with 100 g of cooked potato, 150 g of grilled breast (chicken or turkey breast), 200 g of fruit from

and 20 g of bread.

Snack (mid-afternoon snack)

1 skimmed and sweetened natural yogurt.

Dinner (the evening meal):

200 g of roasted red peppers scrambled with 1 egg, 200 g of

fruit and 20 g of bread.

FRIDAY.

200 g of milk with or without coffee, 2 slices of toast and 40 g of sugar-free jam or 1 kiwi.

Lunch (mid-morning):

200 gr of fruit from

Lunch (at noon):

80 g of pasta with 100 g of peeled prawns (shrimp in America), salad with 200 g of vegetables from

, 200 g of fruit from

and 20 g of bread.

Snack (mid-afternoon snack)

1 skimmed and sweetened natural yogurt.

Dinner (meal at night):

Salad with 200 g of vegetables from

200 g of grilled or grilled

fish from

and 20 g of bread.

SATURDAY.

200 g of milk with or without coffee, 2 slices of toast and 40 g of sugar-free jam or 1 kiwi.

Lunch (mid-morning):

20 grams of bread and 5o grams of cold turkey.

Lunch (at noon):

200 g of

vegetables with 100 g of cooked potato, 200 g of skinless, roasted chicken, 200 g of

fruit and 20 g of bread.

Snack (mid-afternoon snack)

1 skimmed and sweetened natural yogurt.

Dinner (meal at night):

Cream of mushrooms with courgette, 200 gr of grilled or grilled

fish , 200 gr of

fruit and 20 gr of bread.

SUNDAY.

200 g of milk with or without coffee, 2 slices of toast and 40 g of sugar-free jam or 1 kiwi.

Lunch (mid-morning):

20 g of fruit from

.

Lunch (at noon):

80 g of legumes with 100 g of vegetables from

, 200 g of mushrooms with garlic, 200 g of fruit from

and 20 g of bread.

Snack (mid-afternoon snack)

1 skimmed and sweetened natural yogurt.

Dinner (the evening meal):

200 g of roasted red peppers with 1 beef fillet of 150 g, 200 g of

fruit and 20 g of bread.

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