How a finance executive lost 10kg & cut his cholesterol in half after quitting intermittent fasting
Hilarius Bagdasarianz · Head of Collateral Management · TradeXBank · Zurich, Switzerland
Weight loss
10kg
Waist
Belly gone
Energy
High and stable
LDL Cholesterol
3.3 → 1.9 mmol/L
Shirts
Slim fit
Nutrition
Includes wine
Weight loss
10kg
Waist
Belly gone
Energy
High and stable
LDL Cholesterol
3.3 → 1.9 mmol/L
Shirts
Slim fit
Nutrition
Includes wine
The Situation
Finance executive at a Zurich bank. Active, rowing 5x a week. Yet still gaining weight. Since his first child in 2001, he had never managed to get below 77 kg. High cholesterol despite what looked like a healthy lifestyle. At 85 kg, when his trousers stopped fitting, it became clear something wasn’t working.
The Problem
More sport was making it worse, not better. Intermittent fasting worked briefly, then stopped. He knew nutrition was the issue but couldn't solve it alone.
"I was doing more sports, gaining more weight."
The Result
We didn’t add more. We adjusted. Training was reduced, quality increased. Nutrition was structured to support performance, not restrict it.
4 months later
10 kg gone. LDL cholesterol down by 43% (3.3 to 1.9 mmol/L). Slim fit shirts fit again without pulling. His kids became more health-aware watching him lead by example. " I feel I'm the real me again."
"I wonder how I waited so long to get a coach. I should have done it 15 years ago."
— Hilarius Bagdasarianz, Head of Collateral Management · Zurich, Switzerland
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