{"id":220796,"date":"2016-02-15T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=220796"},"modified":"2016-02-15T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T20:06:00","slug":"celis-completes-latte-built-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celis-completes-latte-built-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Celis completes Latte Built challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-220796 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celis-completes-latte-built-challenge\/health-pix-1\/'>Health-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-220801'>\n\t\t\t\tEverest Kitchen owner Laxmi Shrestha demonstrates how to cook a healthy dish using ingredients that are available on the island. (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celis-completes-latte-built-challenge\/health-pix-2\/'>Health-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-220799'>\n\t\t\t\tGuests who attended last Saturday\u2019s Latte Built customer appreciation night watch as Everest Kitchen owner Laxmi Shrestha prepares a healthy meal. (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celis-completes-latte-built-challenge\/health-pix-3\/'>Health-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-220800'>\n\t\t\t\tChicken breast in tomato basil sauce paired with a cucumber, eggplant and tofu side dish. (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celis-completes-latte-built-challenge\/health-pix-4\/'>Health-pix-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-220798'>\n\t\t\t\tLatte Built challenge winner Frank Celis, center, with runner-up Mike Busby, right, and instructor Derek Cuting. (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/celis-completes-latte-built-challenge\/health-pix-5\/'>Health-pix-5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-220797'>\n\t\t\t\tLatte Built owner Derek Cutting, from left, and boot camp trainers Cleo Nening and James Lee. (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Frank Celis did not only win Latte Built owner Derek Cutting\u2019s fat loss challenge but he also succeeded in taking the first step toward having a healthier lifestyle. He was among Cutting\u2019s eight students that answered the personal trainer\u2019s call of changing their lifestyle last month.<\/p>\n<p>Celis bested five others after two pulled out. He had a 28.4 percent body fat at the start of the weigh-in last month but ended up with 17.9 percent, losing 10.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p>He has been with Latte Built two months after it opened in April 2015 but he found little success after five months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I was doing things right. I was exercising and been religiously following Derek\u2019s program but it turns out the way I eat, my eating habits and pattern, was not right,\u201d said Celis, who received $50 and a month\u2019s free one-on-one training with Cutting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I joined the challenge. Stayed committed with the fitness program and started eating right. I worked hard and stayed focus. I\u2019m happy with the result,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He, along with the other contestants and guests that attended the customer appreciation night last Saturday, further learned about cooking delicious healthy food with the help of Everest Kitchen owner Laxmi Shrestha.<\/p>\n<p>Shrestha showed how to prepare simple, cheap, and healthy recipes that everyone could cook in their homes using fresh ingredients that are available on Saipan. She whipped up an easy-to-make vegetable side dish that is best paired with a boneless and skinless chicken breast.<\/p>\n<p>The only ingredients are bell peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, tomatoes, and tofu. She combined all ingredients and saut\u00e9ed it in olive oil. After a few minutes, she added lemon juice then topped it off with mint and parsley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is simple, cheap, and anyone can cook it at home. This is a clean and healthy way to eat,\u201d said Shrestha. \u201c(Culinary) herbs are food additives and before we grow our own but Typhoon Soudelor messed things up,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho said that eating healthy food is not delicious? You can find ways to eat healthy but affordable food here on the island,\u201d said Cutting, a bodybuilder and certified personal trainer. James Lee and Cleo Nening helped him oversee the boot camps.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Busby finished second behind Celis to settle for $20 and two weeks of free one-on-one training with Cutting, while Jatanna Sherise went home with an additional $15.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from assigning workouts for the day, Cutting also focused on teaching the basics of nutrition by making basic meal plans for each week. 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