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What, why and who?

[Kutri is a happy fool and lazy nerd, who wishes good to others, eats well, likes to exercise, don't yo yo anymore and who loves her life.]

So you ended up somehow to my web site and now you would really like to know what is going on here! My name is Katri Manninen, but I am also known by my childhood nickname "Kutri" (literally "curl"). I am a 30 years old Finnish screenwriter, published author and a woman. I am so interested in healthy lifestyle, that I ended up making a web site about it and the lifestyle "renovation". I used to be a yo yo-dieter, who had a mild binge eating disorder, who really hated her own body and exercise and who thought to be doomed to gain weight just by thinking food. How wrong was I!

Finally, after several exiting (well, not really) twists and turns I realized that the only way to get permanent results would be to make permanent changes. I dedicated the year 2003 to my own "Kutri to shape" -project and with the help of several Northern American fitness magazines (Muscle & Fitness, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Oxygen, Shape etc.) and some web sites (The Facts about Fitness, T-Nation, Krista's web site) I learned to eat right (protein, vegetables, good fat) and train right (heavy weights, varied aerobic exercise, pilates). Nowadays I am several kilos lighter and even more centimeters smaller, I LOVE my body, I eat right without thinking about it and Iexercise regularly. I don't binge anymore and I find the weight-control to be ridiculously easy. My before and after pictures from year 2003 are here. After that my body has improved even more.

You'll succeed
Permanent weight loss
You'll succeed
Top shape

2003 I also got together with some Finnish fitness-, nutrition- and exercise experts and wrote two books about healthy lifestyle with Eija Holmala and Patrik Borg. The first one is roughly translated "You'll succeed-- Secrets of a permanent weight loss" (2004) and the second one "You'll succeed-- Top Shape" (2005) . Both have been huge successes, bestsellers and praised by critics and readers for their no-nonsense approach to weight loss, exercise and nutrition.

I've also written 18 other books (mainly romantic novels for teenagers), altogether over 85 episodes to several popular Finnish television series and a feature film FC Venus, which will be shot both in Finland AND in Germany (ie. 2 different films) at 2006. In addition to screenwriting and writing novels I do script consulting and sometimes also teach screenwriting.

If you would like to know more, feel free to email me.
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