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Are you overweight and the doc has warned that you either lose those extra kilos or your health?
Well, you can shed off up to 10 kilos a month in a lab where weight loss is monitored by health professionals who advise on efficient food intake techniques to balance hormones without necessarily having to exercise.
“This is a mental process. It takes discipline, for you to achieve your goal, you need to be fully committed. We recommend exercising as well, but it is not a requirement for such results,” explains Clara Masinde, the CEO of Fat loss Lab, a South African company that opened shop here in May 2013.
Fat Loss Lab’s latest success has been radio personality Kalekye Mumo who unveiled her new looks on March 19 during her 40th birthday. She lost 40 kilos. The event was hence themed 40 off 40 to mark the transition and “it took Kalekye eight months to achieve this,” says Masinde.
The fat loss diet includes lean protein, fibrous vegetables, low sugar fruits such as apples, oranges, sweet melon among others. The client is advised on the right portions to take to achieve their goal as well as based on their blood test (that costs Sh8,500) results. The client is also advised to take two litres of water each day before being returning to normal diet after achieving set targets designed by medical and nutritional experts.
They take into account one’s body mass, metabolism and sugar levels to align specific body needs with the diet as the programme is based on medical results obtained from your specific set of blood tests.
Fat Loss Lab’s weight loss regime relies on correct hormonal stabilisation and balance - utilising proper nutrition, coupled with sound multivitamin and omega 3 supplements after determining one’s medical and weight history. This can be done face to face or on phone if one lives outside Nairobi followed by comprehensive guidance.
“Depending on your goal, the duration of your programme is then determined then a standard price of Sh40,000 is paid,” says Masinde, adding that the amount covers cost of dieticians and doctors who will formulate an individual programmr, besides catering for the first month’s supply of Fat Loss Lab branded multivitamin, balance and omega 3 supplements.
One of Fat Loss Lab’s over 2,500 clients was Priscilla Karobia whose journey began on February 1. “My body ached; I couldn’t sleep and was on two hypertensive drugs,” says the 60-year-old who weighed 87 kilos but lost 20 kilos in five months and is now Fat loss Lab agent in Tanzania.
