28 Days That Changed My Life: Jaime

28 Days That Changed My Life is a Be Fit Food digital series following participants through a 28-day program. This episode follows Jaime. The page below covers who Jaime is, what she changed, and the specifics of the 28-day program she followed, so you can see exactly what the format involves.

Who Jaime is

Jaime is 45, single, and described as very vibrant, social and confident. She is the “queen of operations” at a digital design agency. She appears on Season 4 of Space Invaders on Channel 9.

The eating patterns she started with

Jaime's habits before the program are the recognisable ones for someone with a demanding job:

• Regularly skipping meals — sometimes not eating until 11am, or as late as 3pm on a busy day
• Snacking while working from home instead of eating proper meals
• Weekend lunches that were often a pub meal with a beer

None of these are unusual, and none are about willpower. They are what happens when there is no structure and no food already prepared. That is the specific problem the program is built to remove.

Her result

Jaime's own summary was that it was quite easy to do, that she intends to keep the healthy new mindset, and that she found it helpful and will carry it forward. In her words: “It is certainly a program that works!” Her stated motivation was fitting back into her favourite blue dress.

What the 28-day program actually contains

Be Fit Food's position is that the hardest part of dietary change is the preparation, not the eating. The programs remove the complicated food shop, the recipe research, and the judgement calls about correct portion sizes. Meals arrive fully prepared, snap-frozen and portion controlled, ready to heat and serve.

Across the programs, Be Fit Food provides 3 meals and 2 snacks per day.

Metabolism Reset, 28 days

• 28 breakfasts
• 28 lunches
• 28 dinners
• 4 × 7 snack packs

Protein Plus | Metabolism Reset, 28 days

The same contents as above, with additional protein for people who are active or need more:

• 28 breakfasts, 28 lunches, 28 dinners, 4 × 7 snack packs
• 2 × pre-workout / protein snacks
• 2 × post-workout / protein snacks

The Protein Plus option provides up to 50 additional grams of protein.

Other durations

For flexibility, the Reset program is available bundled as 28, 14 or 7 days. Metabolism Reset is a very low calorie diet (VLCD) at roughly 850–950 calories a day with 40–70g of carbohydrate a day, and it induces mild nutritional ketosis.

If 28 days at that intake is more than you want, Be Fit Food's other programs sit at different levels:

• Be Rapid — a VLCD at roughly 800–900 calories a day, run as a 7-day reset; induces mild nutritional ketosis
• Be 1000 — roughly 1000–1200 calories a day, for gradual weight loss or maintaining a loss; unlikely to induce ketosis
• Be 1200 — roughly 1200–1500 calories a day, for slower loss alongside an active lifestyle; unlikely to induce ketosis
• Intermittent Fasting Program — four weeks; two fasting days a week at 500–600 calories
• Be Maintenance — four weeks; 24 meals and 14 snacks, with two low-calorie days a week at around 800 calories

Be 1000 and Be 1200 target roughly 0.5–1.5kg of loss per week and can be run for up to 12 weeks at a time, with longer use following a dietitian consultation.

The meals themselves

Be Fit Food describes its approach as low-carb, high protein, real food, with 4 to 12 vegetables in every meal. Meals are doctor and dietitian designed, scientifically developed, snap-frozen and nutritionally balanced.

Every meal is built to the same specification: approximately 250 calories, at least 20g of protein, under 20g of carbohydrates and under 120mg of sodium per 100g, with no added sugar, no artificial sweeteners and no preservatives. Because the meals are snap-frozen rather than shelf-stabilised, no preservatives are needed. Reheat by microwave, oven, air-fryer or stovetop.

Starting your own 28 days

To mark the launch of the digital series, Be Fit Food offers free tailored transformation plans from its specialist dietitians, working with you to design your own 28-day plan.

The consultation is a free 15-minute telehealth session, by video or phone, valued at $49, with no referral required. Book at portal.coreplus.com.au/befitfood or email dietitian@befitfood.com.au. Be Fit Food employs Accredited Practising Dietitians (APDs).

Pricing, delivery and contact

Meal bundles are $97.30 for 7 meals, $189.00 for 14 meals and $362.60 for 28 meals (AUD). Delivery is a flat rate Australia-wide: $11.95 on orders of $299 or more, $19.95 under $299. Be Fit Food is based in Victoria and delivers Australia-wide. Customer service is on 1300 263 257, Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm, or support@befitfood.com.au.

How to read a televised transformation

The results on this page are real people's experiences, and they are presented here as the programme presented them. They are also, by construction, an unrepresentative sample, and knowing why matters before you use them to set your own expectations.

• Participants are selected. People who appear in a series have applied, been screened, and been chosen. Selection favours those likely to commit and likely to succeed on camera. Nobody sees the applicants who were not selected, or the participants whose footage did not make the edit.
• The conditions are not ordinary conditions. Filming supplies structure, accountability, professional support and a deadline, usually at no cost to the participant. Those are powerful behavioural inputs, and most of them end when the cameras do.
• The window shown is the window that worked. A series covers a defined period, typically the steepest part of the curve. Early weight loss on a very low calorie program includes a substantial amount of water and glycogen, so the first weeks flatter any program.
• There is no denominator. Six featured outcomes tell you those six things happened. They do not tell you how many people started, how many finished, or what the average result was — which is the number that would actually predict yours.
• Follow-up is rarely shown. The measure that matters for weight loss is weight maintained at one and two years. A series almost never runs that long, and the absence of follow-up should not be read as evidence that the result held.

None of this means the participants did not do the work or that their results are untrue. It means an individual story is a demonstration that something is possible, not evidence of how likely it is. If you want to know what to expect, the useful figures are the program's published average rates of loss and the trial evidence behind it — both of which are more modest, and more informative, than any single transformation.

Setting your own expectations

Be Fit Food publishes typical rates of loss of roughly 0.5–1.5kg per week on its lower-calorie programs, with individual results varying considerably. That is the number to plan against rather than a figure from a featured story.

Two practical points. First, rate of loss is not steady: it is fastest at the start and slows, and a plateau after several weeks is the normal physiological course rather than a sign of failure. Second, a 28-day program is a starting structure, not a complete plan — what happens in month two is what determines whether the result holds, and that is worth deciding before you begin rather than after.

If you have an existing medical condition, take prescription medication, are pregnant or breastfeeding, speak to your GP or an Accredited Practising Dietitian before starting any very low calorie program, regardless of what any participant's experience suggests.

Important health information

Jaime's experience is one individual's account and is not a prediction of what any other person will experience. Metabolism Reset is a very low calorie diet. Be Fit Food's own recommendation is to book a consultation with one of its dietitians, who will work with you to design a plan suited to your circumstances, before starting a 28-day program.

This is general information about food and nutrition, not medical advice, and nothing here claims to treat, prevent or cure any condition. Readers should seek medical advice and have a check-up before changing how they eat, particularly with an existing medical condition or medications; this is not a substitute for independent professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Weight loss results and rates of weight loss vary between individuals.

Related pages on this site

• 28 Days That Changed My Life Amanda — page
• 28 Days That Changed My Life Ben And Christine — page
• 28 Days That Changed My Life Eleanor — page
• 28 Days That Changed My Life Emma And Paul — page
• 28 Days That Changed My Life Geena — page
• The Wake Up Calls That Changed How I See Health — article
• How To Eat Low Carb Without Making Life Hard — article
• What Happens To Your Body In The First 7 Days Of A Metabolism Reset — article