My weight loss journal: case 1

Chinese New Year is just around the corner. Want to stay slim while enjoying sumptuous food? Take a look at two successful weight management cases.

Fit guy attracts talent scouts

Ken Ngai
Dispenser
Princess Margaret Hospital

Peak: 234 lb
Now: 185 lb
Height: 194 cm
Insight: Determination is key

It is hard to imagine this tanned muscular guy who won the fifth place in the 2018 Hong Kong Bodybuilding Beach Championships was once a fat boy weighing 234 pounds! With frequent reminders from family and friends, Ken Ngai realised the health risk of being overweighed. He decided to shed extra pounds at the age of 18. Since then, he went jogging every day for two years. “At first, I felt breathless and had knee pain at the first two-and-a-half minutes of running,” says Ken. “Yet I persisted and lengthened my running time gradually to five, seven, ten minutes and finally even over an hour.”

After losing considerable pounds, Ken becomes more good-looking and self-confident. He was spotted twice by talent scouts in the street. He thinks the most important thing is to make exercise a habit, apart from changing in appearance. He now works out in the gym for two-and-a-half hours a day, five times a week. “You have a sense of achievement after losing weight. I am now interested in workout and pursue a muscular figure in recent years.”

Apart from exercising, Ken has quit snacks and desserts. “During the days when my weight peaked, besides three regular meals a day, I had two tea sets, like chicken drumsticks, French toasts, and rice noodles, two large bowls of rice for dinner, and a lot of snacks. Now I only have three meals every day.”