Real Life Weight Loss Story: How Amrita Mallick Tackled PCOS, Fatty Liver and Found Her Fitness Groove (Photos: Amrita Mallick)
When your body shows unexplained symptoms, fatigue, and bloating, it is time to pause and take a good, hard look. For Amrita Mallick, a 36-year-old portrait artist, that moment came in December, though the health struggles had been gathering for much longer.
By 2021, Amrita was already battling with hypothyroidism, high blood pressure, and chronic bloating that did not seem to go away. Despite sweating it out at the gym, her weight would yo-yo with frustrating inconsistency. “I would lose a kilo or two, and it would just come right back,” she recalls.
A routine health check-up revealed something serious: Grade 1 fatty liver, PCOS, high cholesterol, pre-diabetes, and low vitamin D. “It was like my body had quietly built up a list of complaints while I was too busy ignoring the signs,” she says.
Wake-up call
“I had been following coach Rupali Janbandhu on Fittr for a while,” Amrita says. “Her structured, no-nonsense yet deeply empathetic approach really resonated with me.” In that moment, she chose something radical for a fiercely independent person: surrender. “I realised I needed help. Not Google articles, not gym hacks, only real, personalised coaching.”
Amrita weighed 58 kg at the start of her journey and now sits at 51.5 kg. But numbers do not paint the whole picture. “I feel lighter, not just physically but mentally,” she says. “I finally feel like I am in control of my body.”
The transformation took just three months, but it was not all smooth sailing. The first week on her new plan actually made her bloating worse. “It terrified me,” Amrita admits. But her coach's steady presence kept her grounded. “She told me it was just my body adjusting, and she was right.”
One of Amrita’s biggest realisations
She was chronically dehydrated. “I was drinking under a litre of water a day!” With encouragement, she upped her intake to 3–4 litres, transforming not just her digestion but also her skin.
Then she was diagnosed with diastasis recti, a condition involving separation of abdominal muscles. It could have derailed her progress entirely. Instead, her coach pivoted immediately, redesigning Amrita’s workouts and focusing on proper core engagement.
Her regimen was refreshingly non-punitive. There were no crash diets or 5 a.m. cardio sessions in her regimen. Just clean, balanced eating tailored to her life as an artist and realistic step goals that grew from 3,000 to 10,000 a day. Resistance training, long walks, and eventually, core-specific exercises became her go-to.
The results
Not just a smaller waistline. Her sleep improved. Her energy soared. The guilt she once attached to food vanished. Amrita is now living what many of us only aspire to—a sustainable, guilt-free lifestyle rooted in balance. “It is not about chasing a number on the scale anymore. I have stepped out of the diet cycle, and I do not plan on going back.”
Her biggest piece of advice
“Do not do this alone. You may think you are doing everything right, but if your plan is not tailored to you, it would not work. Find someone who gets it—and you. I was lucky to find that in my coach.”
