I am pleased to announce easy weight loss in London as Bodychef's services will be available from the UK's first weight loss spa in London Kings Cross. Slim in the City sisters, and Jayne Ritchie, Bodychef MD, have joined forces to offer health conscious Londoners a complete weight loss package and a totally new experience.

Commuters and locals can walk in and discuss their dietary requirements and weight loss goals before deciding on a diet plan that suits their aims and life style. Slim in the City also offer a growing range of non invasive treatments that accelerate your weight loss, such as the Beautytek, a natural alternative to cosmetic surgery or the iPowerfit, a vibration exercise unit, just two of many great services that will help aid the slimming and your feel good factors.


The masterminds behind Slim in the City are sisters Ony and Ogo Okosa who have both managed to lose a whopping 294lb (21 stones) between them.

Since battling with their weight throughout their teens and early 20s, both sisters developed first hand knowledge on how hard and disheartening it was to find a weight loss program that worked and most importantly, one that provided all the tools they needed to keep the weight off. The sisters tried every diet under the sun, from the Atkins Diet to the Cabbage Soup diet and for every pound they managed to lose, they ended up gaining an extra two back on.

With the ever increasing logistics of city life and with another 4 stone to lose, the sisters now have all their calorie controlled meals, freshly prepared and cooked by Jayne Ritchie of Bodychef.

Being overweight had made the sisters very shy and reserved. Instead of going out with friends on weekends, they concentrated on their studies, careers and took comfort in food. For entertainment, the sisters would enjoy nights in on the sofa with a DVD, Pizza and tub of Ice-Cream.

The attitude of change came about when both sisters realised that they were still young and in their prime; a time which was meant to be spent having fun, dating, partying, hanging out with the friends and, dare I say it… shopping.

Ony and Ogo started working on themselves from the inside out. They started to reward themselves with little things other than food i.e. manicures & pedicures, massages, day spas, cute outfits and fabulous shoes. The more they did this, the more empowered they became and their visions of a sexier body seemed easier to reach.

Eating properly and exercising gave Ony and Ogo a new identity and their accomplishments only fueled their desire to improve. When they incorporated exercise into their program, their bodies took on a whole new form. Ony and Ogo's dedication to a healthy lifestyle resulted in Ony losing 154 lbs (11 stones) and Ogo losing 140 lbs (10 stones) a total of 294lbs (21 stones) between them. Their success was the result of believing in themselves, eating delicious healthy foods and adhering to a fun and easy exercise program.

The sisters stay motivated by helping others and realised that having each other gave them that extra boost, encouragement, support and confidence they needed. They are further inspired by spreading the story of how they changed their lives through being fabulous, sexy and living a healthier fashionable lifestyle.

"Losing so much weight has changed my life forever and I now have the fitness, confidence and energy to enjoy life to the fullest."Ony

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Total Weight Loss = 11 Stone

After years of being fat and frumpy, Ony reached a point in her life where she was no longer satisfied with her weight. As a woman in her early twenties she wanted to live life to the fullest, experience new things, go out with friends, wear fabulous clothes and feel beautiful.

Ony realised that in order to lose the weight gained over many years of unhealthy eating habits, she first had to change her mind set; she had to believe in herself and find things that motivated her in order to focus on a positive lifestyle change. A trip to New York was the first step towards that lifestyle change and this is where her successful weight lose story began.

One day, whilst visiting a friend, Ony was amazed at how many large women passed her by on the warm streets of New York. However, there was something different about these women, something fascinating and alluring; these women were smiling, walking tall and had an infectious confidence that made everyone look twice.

No matter what dress size they wore, they still managed to look stylish, sexy and confident. It was through this experience that Ony realised that larger women could also be seen as glamorous and beautiful, something she had always associated with being slim. After spending two months in the states, Ony learned that there was a name for these captivating women; they where called PHAT, meaning (Pretty Hot And Thick) a term coined by Americans referring to large fabulous and voluptuous women.

As soon as Ony returned back from the states, she began searching through her wardrobe, trying on clothes and throwing out anything that made her look fat or frumpy.

Ony began to learn about the importance of nutrition in weight loss and started cutting down on meal portions, replacing processed food with home cooked meals and choosing healthier snacks. Within a month of healthy eating, Ony started seeing fantastic results.

In the second month, Ony upped her intake of fresh fruit and vegetables, eliminated alcohol from her diet and began to exercise. She got up half an hour early to jog up and down her street for thirty minutes three times a week which would often leave her panting and sweating. Every week, she increased her speed and soon began running for an hour three times a week.

Ony admits she began to get bored of exercising and feared she would revert back to her old ways as her weight plateaued. However, in order to stay focused and motivated, Ony purchased an 8ft trampoline and set it up in her back garden. The results where astonishing, she began to lose weight, tone up and her skin began to tighten.
"Trampolining is a fun, energetic, mood-lifting exercise which works out every part of your body. It also increases your energy levels and helps you to lose weight and tone up excess skin." Ony

After following her own healthy weight loss and fitness program for 18 months, Ony managed to shrink down from a dress size 22 to wearing a stunning slender size 10. Ony was also delighted to discover that she had reduced her BMI to a very healthy range of 24.

“I never felt confident about how I looked and I was always buying clothes that would cover up as much as possible. I embraced my new found phrase P.H.A.T (Pretty Hot And Thick) because I loved how larger women in the states took something negative and made it positive. When I came back to London, I used the concept in my everyday life. I acknowledged that I was P.H.A.T and needed to make healthier choices in life and I knew that losing weight would take time but in order to feel good whilst facing my weight loss battle, I knew that I had to dress to impress (myself) in order to feel gorgeous. As time went by, my clothes started to feel loose and my confidence rose. Now I feel so much healthier and I can wear nice clothes without having to hope that the stores have my size.” Ony

From living life as P.H.A.T (Pretty Hot And Thick) woman to living life as a healthy P.H.A.T (Pretty Hot And Thin) woman, Ony’s new lifestyle has encouraged her to help others who needed help in addressing their weight loss issues. The first person she aimed to help was her little sister Ogo; Ogo had struggled with her weight all her life and saw the positive changes that her sister was making.

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Total Weight Loss = 10 Stone

Ogo was very active in her teens; she loved badminton, tennis and basketball but her unhealthy eating habits made the pounds pile on.

Ogo was stuck; the countless failed attempts of dieting left her feeling defeated and destined to remain big all her adult life. Ony recognised the unhappiness that plagued her sister because it was only a year and half ago that Ony was in the same predicament. Ony then decided to design a weight loss plan for her sister, the same plan that helped her lose her weight.

The weight loss plan forced Ogo to incorporate exercise into her daily routine and eat ‘real’ foods instead of junk foods. As a result, she noticed a major boost in her energy levels and began to feel more satisfied with smaller meal portions.

The results were amazing. Inspired by her improved quality of life, Ogo took the next step and started doing exercises. She started walking, then jogging, and eventually built up enough stamina to run a sponsored race to help raise funds for Children in Africa.

“One of my greatest achievements was completing a sponsored run for Children in Africa; it was an absolutely amazing and exhilarating experience. I trained so hard for it; I saw raising money for children in Africa as a way for me to make my exercising more interesting and to help a very worthy cause in the process. To be honest when I first had the idea, I was quite nervous because I had never run or jogged 5km before. However, I turned the feeling of nervousness into confidence. I literally was training five days a week for six weeks, I went from briskly walking long distances to jogging then to running. I pushed myself each week not only with physical exercise but with avoiding the temptation to eat unhealthy foods. On the day of the race, I felt so excited that I put my all into each kilometer of the 5km run. When I reached the finishing line, I felt so elated; personally I felt it to be a great achievement as I knew that a couple of years prior I would have found it difficult to even walk the 5km let alone run. I must say I am proud of how far I have come.” Ogo

When Ogo began to notice a reduction in her waistline - sticking to the weight loss plan became very easy and natural. Her confidence dramatically increased and she began to develop a deeper sense of satisfaction with her appearance.

"I am so confident now; I pose all the time for pictures instead of acting shy and fading away into in the background." Ogo

A year and half on, Ogo went from a size 20/22 to a fabulous size 12/14;
“When I put on my first pair of size 12 jeans I was ecstatic, words cannot describe the sense of achievement and joy I felt, I never imagined that I would fit into a size 14 let alone size 12. I couldn't have done it without the support of my sister”.

Wanting to help others in the same way, Ogo joined forces with Ony to start Slim in the City.
“I wanted to give others the support and encouragement my sister gave to me” Ogo.

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