metaboliqA weight loss programme for men, starting with the belly
For men
Lose up to 20% of your body weight — and keep your muscle.
60,000+ trained and transformed by our team in the last 4 years
Results vary; your doctor decides what is right for you. Takes 2 minutes to book. A doctor makes every decision with you.
Why men's weight is its own question
In men, weight goes to the belly first, and the belly goes to the liver
Men tend to store extra fat deep around the belly rather than on the hips. That fat feeds fatty liver, raised sugar and cholesterol, and lowers testosterone. Many men find out from a routine report long before they feel unwell.
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The pattern is familiar: a waist that grows while arms and legs stay thin, a slightly raised ALT or sugar on the office health check, snoring, and energy that runs out by evening. The Indian consensus on obesity sets the waist at which this fat starts to matter at 90 centimetres for men, lower than Western cut-offs.
Fat around the belly lowers testosterone, and lower testosterone makes it easier to gain fat and harder to keep muscle. A review of studies found that weight loss raises testosterone in men with obesity, and the more weight lost, the larger the rise. For many men, losing the belly is the most direct way to feel stronger.
Fatty liver is very common in Indian men and often travels with belly fat, high triglycerides and raised sugar. Snoring and daytime sleepiness can point to sleep apnoea, which is linked to weight and makes hunger and energy worse. Your doctor asks about both.
Work shapes the rest: long hours at a desk, meals eaten out or ordered in, travel, and drinks with colleagues. A plan that ignores that lasts a week. The plan here is built around the week you actually have.
What the belly is already doing to your numbers
What the doctor reads
Liver enzymes show whether fat has reached the liver. HbA1c and fasting insulin show sugar and insulin. A lipid profile shows triglycerides and HDL. A doctor reads them together.
What each test shows
ALT, AST and GGT on the liver function test are often the first numbers to move in men with belly fat. HbA1c, fasting sugar, fasting insulin and HOMA-IR show whether insulin resistance has started, and whether sugar has started to climb.
A lipid profile with high triglycerides and low HDL is a classic sign of belly fat at work. Kidney function and hs-CRP add to the picture where they are on your panel.
The doctor reads every result with you on a video call that fits around work, explains which numbers come from the belly and which do not, and agrees a waist target with you as well as a weight target.
What the plan changes
A plan built for long workdays, eating out and travel
The plan raises protein, cuts the liquid calories in drinks and alcohol, and gives you an order of choices for eating out. Your coach plans strength work two or three times a week and walking that fits around meetings.
How the plan works, week by week
Protein and the plate come first. Your nutritionist builds each meal around dal, eggs, chicken, fish, paneer or curd, with rice or roti in a smaller share, and gives you a simple order of choices for office canteens, restaurants and delivery apps, so eating out does not end the plan.
Drinks are where many men's extra calories hide: sweet tea, cold drinks, packaged juices and alcohol. Your coach looks at them openly. Alcohol in particular adds to belly fat and a fatty liver, and your doctor tells you plainly what your own numbers suggest.
Strength work is the lever that changes how your body looks and how it uses what you eat. Your coach starts with two or three short sessions a week, at home or in a gym, and adds walking: a walk after the largest meal and fewer hours sitting without a break.
Sleep is planned too, because short sleep raises hunger and makes muscle harder to keep. Your doctor reviews progress every month, with your waist as well as your weight, and decides with you whether anything should change.
From your door to your plan
Four steps after you book, with a real person at every one.
A morning slotHome collection
One fasting sample at your door, in a morning slot.
About day 2Your report in about two days
A partnered NABL-accredited laboratory runs your panel.
Around day 3A doctor reads it with you
Around day 3, on video, every result against your history.
Every week afterYour plan, around your week
Food, movement and sleep, planned from your own report.
Led by doctors. Planned around you.
Every plan starts with one doctor-led health assessment. Your doctor reads your results; your care advisor helps you choose.
Original price
₹3,999, now ₹999Health assessment
45+ markers collected at home, read by a doctor, with your plan around day 3.
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6 months
Metaboliq Core
Your doctor, nutritionist and two coaches, a blood panel at home each quarter, and two smart scales to keep.
Cost explained on a call before you choose
Start with the assessment
6 months
Metaboliq Premium
A doctor every week, a care manager, continuous glucose monitoring and two smart scales to keep.
Cost explained on a call before you choose
Begins after your assessment, once your doctor says it suits you.
Start with the assessment
Start with the test
Your plan starts with one home blood test
Health assessment, ₹999: a home blood test, a doctor who reads it with you, and your plan.
Takes 2 minutes to book. Results vary; your doctor decides what is right for you.
Questions people ask
Why do men put on weight around the belly?
Men tend to store extra fat deep around the organs rather than on the hips. That fat is closely linked to fatty liver, raised sugar and cholesterol. A waist over 90 centimetres is the Indian guide to when it starts to matter.
Will losing weight bring my energy and strength back?
Many men do. Belly fat, short sleep and lost muscle each pull energy down, and the plan works on all three: food from your own kitchen, two or three short strength sessions a week and sleep that is planned, with your doctor reviewing progress every month.
I eat out most days for work. Can this still work?
Yes. Your nutritionist gives you an order of choices for canteens, restaurants and delivery, so you can eat out and stay on the plan.
2 more questions
Do I need to stop drinking?
Not necessarily, but alcohol adds to belly fat and a fatty liver. Your coach plans it openly, and your doctor tells you plainly what your liver and lipid numbers suggest.
What does it cost to start?
The health assessment is ₹999: the home blood panel, a registered doctor reading every result with you, a health coach session and your personalised plan.
The research this page leans on
3 published sources
- Misra A et al., consensus statement for diagnosis of obesity, abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome for Asian Indians, Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 2009
- Corona G et al., body weight loss and obesity-associated low testosterone, a systematic review and meta-analysis, European Journal of Endocrinology, 2013
- World Health Organization, guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour, 2020
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