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⌚AM session (10:00am to 12:00pm)
✔️If you're trying to gain weight, we’ll cover:
– Healthy ways to increase weight (no junk!)
– How to know your calorie needs
– Bakit parang hindi ka pa rin tumataba kahit kain ka nang kain
– Best foods for healthy weight gain
– How to gain muscle, not just fat
⌚PM session (3:00pm to 5:00pm)
✔️ If you're trying to lose weight, we’ll talk about:
– How to start without starving yourself
– How many calories you really need
– Common mistakes beginners make
– Food swaps and filling meals
– Building habits na hindi crash diet
Every after the webinar, I'll be giving you a chance to ask your personal questions!
This is 100% Free – all I ask is a follow upon registering!
This is open to all interested but has to be a follower of my page at Miss Donna's True to Life Nutrition
⌚AM session (10:00am to 12:00pm)
✔️If you're trying to gain weight, we’ll cover:
– Healthy ways to increase weight (no junk!)
– How to know your calorie needs
– Bakit parang hindi ka pa rin tumataba kahit kain ka nang kain
– Best foods for healthy weight gain
– How to gain muscle, not just fat
⌚PM session (3:00pm to 5:00pm)
✔️ If you're trying to lose weight, we’ll talk about:
– How to start without starving yourself
– How many calories you really need
– Common mistakes beginners make
– Food swaps and filling meals
– Building habits na hindi crash diet
Every after the webinar, I'll be giving you a chance to ask your personal questions!
Let’s make healthy eating simple again — for any body goal.
A Real Talk Response from an RND and an advice to students na hindi maka-decide kung BSND ba talaga ang kukunin nilang course.
First of all, if you’re asking whether nutrition is a profitable career by default, ang sagot ko po dyan (sa Philippine setting, ha) ay hindi palagi. Especially if you're banking on just finishing your degree and working in traditional paths gaya sa hospital, sa LGU, o sa academe. Sa totoo lang, hindi talaga siya ganun ka-generous financially, lalo sa simula.
But here’s the truth you rarely hear:
Your earning capacity as a nutritionist is NOT fixed. It grows based on how you play your cards. At sa mga younger generation ngayon, actually lahat naman tayo, I know that you care about both your impact and freedom.
But to the FUTURE Nutritionist-Dietitian who's thinking twice:
You can make nutrition WORK FOR YOU - if you treat it not just as a science but as a tool.
Hindi mo kailangang maghintay ng promotion sa ospital. You can build your own lane:
☝🏼Start a private practice
✌🏼Be a nutrition content creator
👌🏼Collaborate with fitness coaches or doctors
🫰🏼Create your own brand, products, or courses
❗Don’t compare it to nursing just by income.
Pero kung gusto mong magtayo ng sarili mong pangalan at make nutrition easier for others, you can win long-term: INNOVATE!
Actually, ang mas magandang itanong mo sa sarili mo ay:
“Will I let a low-paying system decide my worth?” or “Will I find creative ways to raise the value of what I know?”
Ikaw lang ang nakakaalam kung gaano ka-lowball ang tingin ng mga Pinoys and even abroad pagdating sa nutrition advice. Kaya dito na tayo papasok bilang dietitians, ito ang advantage natin: in giving them solutions no one else thought to package or explain.
Kaya kung bibitaw ka sa course or career mo sa nutrition, make sure it's not because you think there's no future.
Make sure it's because you chose a path that aligns more with your mission and strengths, hindi lang dahil sa takot na wala kang mapupuntahan.
Pero if deep down, nutrition is your calling, then don’t walk away, BUILD A BIGGER TABLE.
Because some of us are already doing that.
You may not realize it now, pero pagdating ng araw, mamahalin mo din ang course at career natin! Laban lang!
Your manang,
Donna 🫰🏼
09/07/2025
About 12 years ago, I was once a self-taught baker and was accepting orders here and there. Burnout eventually hit me after 2 years; then I slowly forgot about baking. Now, I'm trying to find time and motivation to restart. Because, why not?
So, yeah, here's my lemon cake with homemade lemon custard filling. Available on display at Soolley Alley. 🤤
Ang daming side hustle ng RND ninyo! 😅
09/07/2025
Bawal ba ang saging sa may highblood? 🍌⛔
Tara’t ALAMIN ang katotohanan sa likod ng mga everyday food and nutrition myths kasama si Ms. Donna Lorena, ang ating registered nutritionist-dietitian, sa Episode 2 ng Busog sa Katotohanan ngayong ! 🥗🩺
08/07/2025
Ang CHIA SEEDS po ay KAILANGANG IBABAD muna sa tubig o gatas, ha? Huwag niyo po itaktak diretso sa bunganga nyo. Ano yun, mikmik? 🤦🏼♀️
Potential po ang chia seeds na choking hazard kapag kinain na DRY. Ibabad po muna ito ng 30 mins to 2 hours bago kainin. ☝🏼
07/07/2025
Very often, I see posts throughout social media platforms about carbohydrates, specifically RICE, PASTAS, and BREADS, as culprits for not losing weight FAST.
So here is a myth-busting post for all people who fear these types of grains.
👎MYTH: Avoiding breads, rice, and pastas when trying to lose weight.
☝️FACT: Grains in general will not make you fat. As a matter of fact, it will help you lose weight by making you feel full longer - thereby, controlling your hunger pangs (the desire to eat more). Fiber in grains (especially whole) will give you a higher satiety level. Example, 1 cup of rice of 200 calories (approx.) vs 1 cup of milk of 200 calories (approx.) vs 5 slices of lean meat of 200 calories (approx.), which of these three will make you feel full?
👉TIP: Always choose WHOLE GRAINS over REFINED GRAINS whenever possible. Options like white bread to whole-wheat bread or brown rice over white rice or steel-cut/rolled oats instead of instant/quick-cooking oats.
✊BOTTOM LINE: No one food can be bad when we know what a balanced diet is and how choosing healthier varieties works.
'Til next time!
Your true to life dietitian,
DONNA 💜
P.S. Thank you to my hubby who made this customized chibi that perfectly fits my infographics. 🥰 Does it look like me? haha
07/07/2025
7 July 2025
The College of Home Economics and Technology (CHET) hosted this week’s flag-raising ceremony.
Following the ceremony, CHET Dean Jao-Jao A. Somyden welcomed Donna Leen W. Lorena-Basongit as the guest speaker for the launching of BSU’s Nutrition Month 2025 celebration.
Basongit, a registered nutritionist-dietitian and alumna of BSU, expressed her gratitude for the invitation to speak. She shared her knowledge on the importance of nutrition and reminded BSU constituents to plan their meals, use leftovers resourcefully, store food properly, and compost food scraps.
”Food is not a reward to those who cannot afford it. It should be a right of every individual and every household,” Basongit said.
After Basongit’s speech, CHET Department of Human Nutrition Associate Professor III Sherilyn B. Balauro started a short quiz game with various prizes for every question answered correctly.
This was followed by CHET-Department of Human Nutrition faculty member Jessielyn S. Pantalone announcing the upcoming events celebrating Nutrition Month.
The student organization, Philippine Association of Nutrition (PAN) Beta Zeta Chapter Secretary Justny Deloria announced the "InterPAN 2025" activity conducted annually with different PAN chapters in the country.
Deloria invited BSU constituents to come support and join their festivities on July 30, 2025. The activity will be held at the BSU Gymnasium.
After the announcement, a Zumba session was led by College of Human Kinetics faculty member Charvet P. Caytap.
In his message, VP for Administration and Finance Richard H. Kinnud reiterated what Basongit stated earlier, making Food and Nutrition Security a priority.
"These are not mere slogans but a call to action," Kinnud said.
Kinnud concluded by highlighting that this celebration serves as a warning and a reminder to pay attention to food consumption, safety, and security.//EBawang
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The Flag Raising Ceremony and the short program that follows it usually consisting of announcements, recognition of student and employee achievements, physical exercises, performances and speeches from guests and university officials is a regular activity of BSU that supports and contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals specifically , , , , , and . In essence, the activity serves as a regular platform to reinforce values, disseminate information, and celebrate achievements.
07/07/2025
Today's ganap is another nutri-talk during the Benguet State University's Flag Raising Ceremony and Launching of the National Nutrition Month. Quite a lovely visit to my alma mater - nostalgic, ha.
I'm a busy bee this July so all appointments should be scheduled first before coming to my clinic. 🥰
05/07/2025
Hala! Hindi dahil pine-freeze mo ang rice mo, magiging zero calories na sya, ha? Jusko, kung ano-ano ang pinagkakalat niyo sa Tiktok. Ang dami namang naniniwala. 😭 Ano yun, magic? 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
500 and counting na ang nagla-like sa comment nya. My goodness!
05/07/2025
04/07/2025
Mas healthy nga ba ang brown sugar kaysa sa white sugar? 🤔
Tara’t ALAMIN ang katotohanan sa likod ng mga food substitution myths kasama si Ms. Donna Lorena, ang ating registered nutritionist-dietitian, sa unang episode ng Busog sa Katotohanan ngayong ! 🥦🍽️
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Well, to begin with, I am a person who is not contented with where I am and what I have already become. With my young age, I could not agree more that I have been through a lot compared to my friends. I had my ups and downs, courage and fears, and faith and unbelief.
I was a licensed dietitian as early as 19. I had to wait for a year before I could get my license, so I had to look for a job. I loved writing so much that I applied as an online content writer and was hired. My online jobs got bigger and broader. I had been employed as an online dietitian, a virtual assistant, a social media manager, a data encoder, and so on. Then, I got bored with that life – sleeping at 8 o’clock in the morning and waking up late in the afternoon to start working, so I tried to teach myself how to bake. There were orders here and there. My business bloomed in three-month time. While I was juggling my online activities and baking, I needed more so I decided to enroll professional education units. I took the licensure exam and gratefully I passed. I had two licenses in my pocket – as a dietitian and as a teacher. But I felt incomplete. I wanted a “real” job – something that inspires me to wake up in the morning, wearing formal clothes, working on an office table, getting out of the house. Luckily, I got employed shortly before my 20th birthday. I was very eager to look for a job! I thought I was ready! But I was not…
I was then hired as a dietitian who will focus on the newly-established clinical nutrition services at a hospital in the city I am living in. At first, I felt like I was a disaster. I was dumbfounded. I was weak and vulnerable. I was questioned about my capabilities, my learnings, and understanding of what my purpose is. I have cried… a lot. My first year working in the “real” world was happening in real life. I could not make excuses. Many times I wanted to quit, but people encouraged me not to. People saw something in me. I had to prove those people who belittled me that I will not leave. That I had more to give! I worked and worked. I had to face the trials by myself. Years went by, and there are still a few who judges me, but this time, I did not care as long as I know where my feet are standing on and where it did not belong.
A year after, I got bored. I needed something to do to pass the time. So, I opened up a baking supply store as I was a baking addict. After roughly four months, I had to close it. Baking was not yet a booming hobby or business here in Baguio in that period of time. I was frustrated – the money, the time, the effort all went to waste. I continued baking. This time, I was dividing my time to work, baking, and a part-time job as a resource speaker.
Another year passed, and as expected I was not contented with where I was back then. I was inspired by the people who brought me down, who threw me to darkness, so I had to enroll in the graduate school. I had to prove that I was not dumb nor stupid. I took up Master in Public Health. It was a good experience but not that “good.” As mentioned, I was majoring in “public health” while I was in a private sector. Was it a wrong choice? Was I even ready? So, after two semesters, I got tired. I did not know what to do with my life!
Fast forward, I had another opportunity to open up a business. This time, a food service establishment. I had the chance to customize the structure of the cafe since it was designed to be a kiosk or a food truck. Time, effort and money were sacrificed. Too many doubts… Too many “what if’s”… But I had to move forward. So at last, it finally opened in 2014. It had a rustic feeling in the outdoors. First months were okay. The following months were great! I felt that I was taking the right track. But I also felt weak. I slept late, I woke up late, and already too tired to go to work. Many times, I have had headaches and rashes as induced by stress and lack of sleep. The business could not go on without me, so I had to commit every extra time I had. Then, it came to the point that those “extra times” were already dedicated to my work. As a dietitian, it had become my part-time job. I had to balance everything, I had to get back on my feet, and so I did.
Everything was doing well. People come and go. Customers were satisfied and requested for more. These requests turned out to be an ambition to open up a branch. In less than seven months, I invested in another cafe, this time – a healthy bistro with my nutrition clinic in it. I had doubts – and these doubts became a reality. It only lasted four months. The sad thing is, the quality of the services turned low. The reason was – I was working alone. I could not do it by myself. I was afraid to hire a manager. I was scared that they would not meet my expectations. These fears turned into depression.
Like any other businessmen, I had to take risks so what I did was to save my clinic because I had loyal clients. So what I had that time was the main branch, the clinic, my work, and baking. I was bombarded by customers that I need to have a bigger space. Like what you expected, I looked for and transferred, this time into a building. Again, I had so many doubts because the location was not perfect for a cafe, and the place needed too many renovations. But, again, I took risks. I have sacrificed too much already.
After a month of renovation, it finally opened. The first months were good. We are gaining enough. But for the nth time, I had rashes all over my body. I was too tired. My spirit was willing but not physically. Again, I dropped my clinic since the location was far from my clients. I planned to transfer to a multi-specialty center as this may give me a more extensive range of clients. I wanted to be both an entrepreneur and a dietitian. I needed these both at the same time. But it did not happen.
I was left with the business, work, and my part-time jobs. I needed to give up something, and I have decided to drop the business.
Skipping the other details, as it is what is happening right now, I needed to get out. I needed time for myself. I sacrificed years and years, I do not want to sacrifice more. I recently re-enrolled in grad school under the same degree – a semester more to go, and I’m done!
Well, I want my life back. I wanted to be the person that God wants me to be. I want to be HAPPY and CONTENTED. On the bright side, I may have given up everything at this point in my life, I have learned in every trial that I have conquered, I was given signs. But these signs were reality checks that needed to be faced, and I am proud that I had and presently am.
