SAPPHIRE SHEN

Sapphire Shen is a Hong Kong-based makeup artist and a creative director. She is enthusiastic about creative and editorial makeup.

Sapphire has coordinated and participated in numerous projects including fashion runways, magazine editorials, commercial advertisements, weddings, dramas, music videos, CD covers and corporate makeup workshops. Since 2020, she has started training makeup artists and forming her own professional makeup team which provides a variety of makeup services for individuals, groups, events, projects, and makeup courses.

▶ What is your health goal?

I would like to maintain healthy lifestyle, get healthier, strength my body and of course to look better with nutritious foods and regular exercises regardless of my irregular (or some might say unhealthy) lifestyle due to my career and social life.

With my irregular and busy working schedule which also includes a lot of travelling time, meal prep is not always an option and I often have non- healthy food deliveries or even skipping meals. And this has been one of the biggest problems I have in the past few years which I determined to make a change this year, as it has been affecting my health!

▶ How long have you tried FITTERY and how have the results been so far?

I have been trying FITTERY on and off for over 5 months now. I did not commit to the meal plan consecutively due to my travel plan or work schedule, but whenever I am able to incorporate FITTERY meal plan, even it is just one week, I will always schedule them in!

FITTERY has so many options for their meals, and I never get bored of the same meal for even once! And with all the nutrition labelled, it makes me so much easier to control the calories intake and have a practice of understanding what I am consuming daily. Most importantly, sticking with the meal plan whenever I can plus regular exercise has helped me loosing over 7kg and 6% body fat in the past 5 months without starving myself.

▶ Based on your experience what makes FITTERY stand out?

I tried a few meal plans in Hong Kong before FITTERY. And FITTERY stands out in so many areas which made me never consider looking into any other option anymore!

1. Dietary preference: I have mild lactose intolerance, I can have a little in a while but if I am consuming too much lactose, it will upset my stomach. And without the option of lactose-free meal, even the meal are without diary products, but the meals are prepared in a non-lactose free environment, with 2-3 meals per day, it caused me one of the worst stomach problems a while. So being able to have dietary preference with Fittery definitely made them stand outfrom all the other brands and with the label lactose-free on my meal made me felt so safe too!

2. Packaging: FITTERY meals come with a cooler bag and sealed packaging with an expiry date, so even if the meal arrived earlier than my wakeup time, it is still fresh after sitting outdoor for a few hours. With some bad experience with other brands, freshness of the meal is also very important to me.

3. Flexibility: Food stay fresh for 3 days after delivery, which made it so much more flexible and I never waste any meals with FITTERY, as I can adjust my schedule with the meal.

▶ Please give a brief rundown of how you incorporate FITTERY meals into your daily schedule?

My schedule is very irregular, as I am a freelancer, or some might consider me as a slasher. I am a professional makeup artist, creative director, director and founder of a Non-profit organization, content creator, guest lecturers and advisor of university etc. I have different schedule everyday and sometimes my schedule can be way to packed which having a meal might not be possible, let alone preparing a healthy meal by yourself. So the options I had were unhealthy delivery, fast food, unhealthy, oily and salty lunch boxes on set or simply skipping meal.

With FITTERY, I can have all my meals delivered in the morning before I wake up, and without thinking about what to eat, I can already heat up my meal with 2-3 minutes. If I am not working at home that day, I will bring my FITTERY meal to my studio or the location I am working, I might or might not heat up the meal depends on the availability of a microwave, but I no longer need to be forced to eat unhealthy meal during work. And if I have dinner plans, sometimes I will just have my FITTERY meal during the weekend, so I won’t waste my meal.

▶ Any tips for those looking to try out FITTERY for the first time?

Definitely try out different meal plans to see what your preference or your taste is before buying a long-term meal plan as this is something very personal! Also to make sure your building allows delivery to door or make arrangement with the managements office before the first delivery day!