FAT LOSS · FEMALE · AUSTRALIA

“Roti-sabzi khaake weight loss — it felt like magic.”

Dia Gill · 28 · Melbourne, Australia · 16 weeks

BEFORE

Week 0

Tired, frustrated, dieting on repeat

AFTER

−7 kg

Lighter, energetic, eating her culture

−7 kg

In 16 weeks

0

Foods given up

Kept off

1 year & counting

The starting point

Dia had tried everything — keto, juice cleanses, skipping rotis entirely. Each one worked for a few weeks, then fell apart the moment her family sat down for a proper Punjabi dinner.

Living in Australia, far from home, food was comfort and culture. Every diet that told her to give up roti and sabzi felt like giving up a part of herself — so the weight always came back, and the guilt with it.

“I thought losing weight meant giving up everything I loved to eat. Turns out I just needed someone to show me how to eat it right.”

— Dia Gill

What we changed

Instead of banning her favourite foods, her coach built the plan around them. Rotis stayed. Sabzi stayed. We simply got the portions, protein and timing right — and matched it to her real schedule, not an ideal one.

A simple daily structure, a protein target she could hit with dal, paneer and curd, and weekly check-ins to adjust. No weighing every grain, no separate “diet food”. Just her family’s meals, measured smartly.

The result

Seven kilos down in sixteen weeks — but the bigger win was that it stuck. A year on, Dia is still at her new weight, still eating roti-sabzi, and no longer afraid of the dinner table.

Why it worked

Ate her own culture’s food
No crash dieting
Sustainable for life
Weekly coach check-ins
Fit her real routine
YOUR TURN

Your favourite foods, your transformation.

Start with a free plan built around your body, your food, and your goal — just like Dia did.

Shared with permission. Results vary person to person.

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