Taking time out for regular exercise and sticking to a balanced diet are keys to losing weight. So how does a chef who works long hours around food hope to shed extra kilos?
Ngo Xing Jun, a chef at his family’s hawker stall in Singapore, found the answer when he shed 11kg (24lbs) to weigh 61.5kg and his body fat percentage dropped to a healthy 10.5 per cent over five months in 2024, from August to December.
Ngo joined the family business in his mid-twenties and became its chef in 2023.
From a young age he would help his parents out, chopping vegetables, serving food and running errands.
“Post-Covid, we faced a difficult situation as our old chef couldn’t work any more. I decided to step in,” says 37-year-old Ngo.