Client results

Real results from real coaching clients

These are case studies from Coach Den's coaching practice: Filipinos who cut carbs with food from the palengke and tracked what changed on the scale and in their lab results. Each one links to the full story.

Where it started
95 → 68kg

Coach Den lost 27kg on the same low carb approach before coaching anyone else through it.

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Case studies

What changed, in numbers

Weight lossBlood pressureBlood sugar & diabetesFatty liverCholesterolPCOS
Weight loss · BP

24kg down in six months

Male, 41
89kg → 65kg · BP 140/90 → 125/80

Moved from moderate to strict low carb, with daily eggs, grass-fed meat, and zero rice.

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Weight loss · BP

22kg down in eight months

Male, 37
95kg → 73kg · BP 145/90 → 130/80

A slower, steadier path that still brought blood pressure back toward a normal range.

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Blood sugar

Fasting glucose down in one week

Male, 41, Makati office worker
Fasting glucose 7.2 → 6.1 mmol/L · 4.1kg lost in 14 days

Eggs every breakfast, three rotating ulam, cabbage and kangkong, and no default rice.

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Diabetes

Insulin need cut by 43%

Long-standing client with diabetes
HbA1c down to 5.5% · insulin −43%

Moved to a ketogenic diet under close monitoring, with glucose staying in his target range.

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Diabetes

Medication reduced after 90 days

Woman in her late 40s, type 2 diabetes
Fasting sugar normalized · doctor reduced medication

Ran strict keto for 90 days, then moved to 30 to 40g net carbs a day and kept her results.

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Fatty liver

Liver enzyme back in range

"F.", 44, government office worker
ALT 78 → 31 in four months

Found fatty liver on an HMO annual. Dropped default rice and sweet drinks while still cooking with normal oil.

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Cholesterol

Triglycerides nearly halved

"C.", 46, operations manager
Triglycerides 228 → 118 · LDL rose, then settled

His LDL jumped at week 7 and settled by month 5. The full case explains how to read a panel like his.

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Weight loss

One habit, 14 days

"L.", 38, BPO team leader
1.6kg and 1 inch off her waist in 14 days

Ate out four times a week. The only change: she ordered before the tray arrived.

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PCOS

First-week symptoms fixed in 5 days

Woman, 42, PCOS
Cramps and dizziness resolved in 5 days

More sodium, magnesium, and potassium-rich vegetables. By month 3 her cycle was more regular and her weight was down.

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What these clients had in common

Three patterns behind the results

They kept the ulamAdobo, tinola, inihaw, and sinigang stayed. What changed was the default cup of rice and the sweet drink beside it.
They tracked real numbersFasting glucose, waist, blood pressure, and lab panels, not just the scale. That's how plateaus and false alarms got caught early.
They fixed electrolytes earlyMost first-week "diet failures" were really sodium, potassium, or magnesium running low, and they cleared up in days.
About these results. Each case reflects one client's experience. We share them with permission and leave out names and identifying details. Your results depend on your health, medicines, and habits, so treat these as examples, not promises. If you take medicine for diabetes or blood pressure, talk to your doctor before changing your diet. Read our medical disclaimer and editorial policy.

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