2019-08-01_Men_s_Health_South_Africa

68 MH.CO.ZA/ August 2019

PHOTOGRAPHS BY COURTNEY CLEGG

How I

Lost Weight

With...

Intermittent

Fasting

AFTER A YEAR OF TRYING THIS NEW

DIET TREND, NICK PEREIRA HAS

ADJUSTED HIS DAILY ROUTINE – AND

LOST 11KG IN THE PROCESS. HE TELLS

THAAQIB DANIELS ALL ABOUT HIS

JOURNEY WITH INTERMITTENT FASTING.

TRANSFORMATION Intermittent fasting (IF) is

a diet that involves limiting your kilojoule

intake to a set time frame during the day,

and fasting the rest of the time. It’s become

a major trend in recent years.

But you’re probably still asking yourself:

does it actually work? And would you be

able to stick to a life without breakfast?

Sports physio Nick Pereira shares his

experience of how he lost weight with

intermittent fasting back in 2018 – and

how he’s still doing it.

Eating Less – But Better

“My journey to better health started in 2016.

My process involved becoming a regular

exerciser, cleaning up my diet, looking after

my mental health, and committing to a

WEIGHT LOSS

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NICK PEREIRA

OCCUPATION:

Sports & exercise

physiotherapist

WEIGHT BEFORE:

84kg (14% body fat)

WEIGHT AFTER:

73kg (8% body fat)

TIME TO GOAL:

1 year

METHOD:

Intermittent

Fasting

AGE: 30

Follow him

on Twitter &

Instagram:

@ENHANCED_PHYSIO