In this interview on the "Game Changers" channel, host Dinaz talks with Ranjana Nayak, a Bangalore‑based member of the Dynaz Fitness community, about her transformation over one year. Ranjana joined Dynaz through a 5‑day WhatsApp trial on 1 February, progressed from a Silver to a Diamond membership, and lost 18–18.5 kg. She attributes the loss to a combination of live group workouts (aerobics, step, strength), recorded sessions, and a strong emphasis on mind programming and meditation rather than strict dieting. Portion control, smaller plates, and consistent daily exercise (about 1.5–2 hours on five days) helped her sustain the change. The program also addressed her earlier health issues—high blood pressure and fatigue—leading to improved energy levels and normalized blood pressure. Ranjana describes how the community’s accountability, the structured modules, and the mental‑training components reshaped her relationship with food and exercise. She shares family reactions, noting compliments from her husband and a shift in her daughter’s perception, and highlights that her mother now practices the same meditation. Her three key takeaways are: exercise regularly, watch portion sizes while eating regular food, and recognize that the mind drives lasting change. The interview concludes with a call to action for viewers to try the 5‑day WhatsApp trial.
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Hello everyone and welcome to our channel, The Game Changers. For those of you who are new to this channel and for those of you are not sure of what Game Changers is, Game Changers are stories of people who have actually lost weight after joining the Dynaz Fitness community. The Dynaz Fitness community is actually about 29 years old, but in the online, online world, we started in 2020, even before the pandemic. So pretty much we are, uh, the futurists of this industry and really happy to see that even in the online world we're getting some amazing results. So today I have somebody really, really special, and her name is Ranjana Nayak. And let's welcome Ranjana. Ranjana, hearty congratulations and welcome to our show, The Game Changers.
Thank you, Dee.
Which city are you from, Ranjana?
I'm from Bangalore.
You're from Bangalore. Okay. So, um, I want you to— I, I really don't know, really and truly don't know your story. So this will be a great, uh, chance for me to learn your story as well. So tell me something, um, when did you join the Dynast Fitness community?
It's actually a year.
Exactly, you're a year today. Year today.
I had joined through WhatsApp class on— I started with you on 1st Feb. So it's like I heard your voice for the first time a year back and I'm getting to do this with you today.
What a coincidence.
Yeah, it's a coincidence and it really feels great. Having joined the NAS Fitness community. And like, there's, uh, everybody around you who is trying to pump you up. It's like a virtual family out there and trying to push you to do better each day going forward.
So how much weight have you lost, Ranjana, since joining the community?
18 kgs. 18.
This is going to be a really inspiring story for each and every one of you. Someone who is living in the online world with me has lost 18.5 kgs. This is really going to be really inspiring. So stay on there and watch this recording right till the end. So Ranjana, tell us, what were the major challenges that you were facing in your journey before you came to us?
Uh, so actually, uh, my story goes like this. In 2018, I was, uh, I was having very high BP issues, and then doctor was like, just at the age of 35, you're having issues, and it might go on to become something more as you grow older. So then he said, you have to reduce your weight. And I was much more— I was close to 90 kgs probably then. You have to lose your weight, there's no other option. Then I started going to gym with personal trainer and all those things. I, I reduced weight, but, uh, with, uh, in 2019, with the pandemic coming in, gyms closed, and, uh I was not able to work out, and thing was like I was more dependent on my trainer, and I was not independent to do things on my own. And so, and what I understood when I looked at your advertisement, and then it is like I can lose the weight, but is that I need to sustain it. I need something which is just not workout, it is something to do with my mind. So, uh, that is when I think I read about Mind Programming. I was like, yeah, this is what I need. And then, uh, that helped me in coming, meeting the challenges, like how I can control my food. I need not really diet. How I can, with the regular food I eat, how can I go about it?
So what do you think were the major reasons for you to gain that weight even before you joined us?
Uh, there's no focus on the exercise I was doing. I was doing some random exercise, whatever I could remember what my instructor had taught me. And then, uh, there was no control on the mind with respect to the food. It was like, okay, I saw somebody making cake, I'll make cake and eat. I'll— because there's no way you can order from out at that time. So it was trying to make too many fried things, or basically the food So there was no control on the food. When I got into the hub, it was like, it was channelized. It's like, okay, the D has said, no, you have to control your portion, no sugary foods, no fried foods. So it's like, okay, even if I'm taking it, no, I'm not going to do it. So there's constant reminder.
Great, great. So when you joined the 5-day WhatsApp class You know, in the 5-day WhatsApp class, we have a combination of cardio and strength and flexibility.
We—
I do a lot of aerobics as well. How did you find the live workouts at that time? You were new to what I was doing.
Yeah, uh, so the weight training was okay because I was used to it in the gym, but aerobics was something new, uh, and, uh, it was exciting. Uh, initially I was not able to do the complete 1 hour or, uh, so maybe after 40-45 minutes I was tired but still dragged myself to complete that, uh, 1 hour of workout. But slowly when I joined the Hub, it improved. Now I can do 1 hour, and after that also I can do for another half an hour or 1 hour.
Great, great. And so did you start losing weight immediately, or did it take some time for your body to get used to it?
No, it started immediately. The first month itself I lost close to 4 kgs.
4 kgs in 1 month?
Yeah.
By not— did you diet?
No, it was only portion control. And, uh, so when I read the blueprints, so I was like, okay, get the smaller plates and things like that. So I tried implementing all that, so cutting down on my portion, and then it helped.
How did the course modules really help you, Ranjana? Because now you're coming from a space where you were actually going and working out with a personal trainer, and now You didn't have a personal trainer, but you had this group coaching workouts, and then you had these course modules. I want you to tell me, how did the course modules help you?
Uh, it helps to focus, uh, and then, uh, you, you are trying to look at the smaller things. It's not like you're looking at the bigger picture. It's not only exercise. The course module teaches you at small, uh, very minute level how it is going to impact, like, uh Recently you had this about smile. So how exactly that smile is going to impact in your day-to-day life? It is not that something you have to disrupt from your day-to-day life and you have to make a change. It is live with what you're doing and then make smaller changes. So the course helped me in figuring out how I am supposed to go about it, how my mind has to— how I have to control my anger, how I have to look at things in a different perspective, how I have to let go of my issues.
Yes. And what about— let me just close this— what about when did you join the Gold and the Diamond membership? Did you go straight to Diamond membership or did you first go to Gold?
No, I joined Silver at the end of that week, and then I think within 2 or 3 days after going through the blueprint, I decided I want something to do with mine, so I'm directly going to Diamond. So I took the Diamond in the first week after joining the hub.
And then you got access to the Gold membership. Now I, I want you to tell me that the Gold membership also has a lot of workouts recorded. Have you been using those workouts?
Yes. Uh, so what I do 3 days live, I never miss. No, this one year I've never missed even one live workout. So that is something which keeps me pumped up, so I joined the workout. Uh, so on, uh, the other 3 days, out of the other 3 days, one day I do one of the recordings, one day I do the Diamond workouts, what we have, the one with the Bosus or the step or something like that. And then, uh, like, I, I'm generally— our Diamond workouts are for half an hour or less than that, so I mix 2 workouts because I love step workouts, so generally I pick that with one other combination. Uh, so in on one day or something, I generally do, uh, something on my own, like whatever I've learned from you, like the biceps, the triceps, and all those. So it is mainly because I, I also like the idea where you say you have to be your own coach. So, uh, I pick up that, just put on some music, then do this aerobic steps, the, the, uh, uh, what is that, V-step or, uh, diamond, and then go about with my exercise.
So now you actually learned— sorry, you actually learned the art of creating your own workouts?
Yeah, kind of.
Fantastic. So if I want to take a break, will you do the workout for me? Great, really, this is the kind of inspiration that inspires me.
Sorry, I still cannot bring in the 'into' that you bring it in the workouts.
That too, that too will happen. So what is your— you said that your most favorite workout is, um, the step workout.
Yeah.
And that really helps you to burn a lot of calories.
Yes, in less duration of time.
How many hours a day do you work out?
Uh, on 5 days I work out, uh, almost 2 hours a day. So it's like 1.5 hours in the morning, 1 hour, and then half an hour in the evening is what I do. Because if once I'm in my work, becomes really difficult. But I ensure that every hour I get up and walk for 5 minutes or so, uh, so that I'm not sitting in one position. Uh, on 2 days, uh, generally Saturday and Sunday, I have, uh, I do take music classes as well. So I will not have time in the evening to do any workout. So morning, generally I finish with, uh, 1, 1.5 hours, and then I close it on Saturdays and Sundays.
Both? So you don't take a single day off?
No, you work out every day.
Sorry.
Okay, I have not exercised today.
Wow, that's really inspiring. Fantastic. So, uh, are you working?
Yes, uh, I was working with an MNC till 2019, then I quit and I started doing freelance design consultancy. I work with a US company. Uh, this— the reason why I quit was one, I wanted to look after my health. Second was, uh, I wanted to do something on music because I was very much interested in classical music. And, uh, so I wanted to give my further exams and things like that. So I— so that was one more reason. So that's how it started. And then eventually teaching also happened in between, the music teaching. So with my teacher passed away, and then I had some of her students whose classes I started taking. And, uh, I think, uh, things went on like that. And then I've started learning Veena now, uh, as well, along with the vocal music.
So how— after losing 18 and a half kgs, Ranjana, what is the biggest impact it has had on your health?
Biggest impact is I'm full of energy to do whatever I want to do. I don't get tired, uh, very easily. So I have, I have the same energy what I get up with in the morning till the time I go to sleep. Uh, so that I think is something which I've achieved after joining the Dynaz Fitness, because when I used to go to gym, I used to feel tired at the end of day. It was like I want to sleep, I don't want to do anything after that. Uh, so that's not the case now. I'm— I have my energy till I hit the bed. Uh, yeah, so that I would say is the greatest.
What about your blood pressure? You said that when you had—
that's one.
Was it there when you started?
No, when I started with the Dinaz Fitness, it was not there.
It was already gone?
Yeah.
How does your family react to this? What about your spouse, your husband, your children?
My daughter used to call me small elephant before because she is very tiny meeny. She is thin. And so now she doesn't say that. And my husband, uh, recently when we went for shopping and then, uh, we saw a skirt which I liked, then he's like, you can wear it now, it'll look good on you now. So he generally doesn't give a compliment that easily, but this was An indirect way of saying it. And my parents are happy with my, uh, weight loss. They feel, uh, at least I will not attract the diabetes and, uh, things like that because both of them are diabetic, uh, cholesterol things much early in my life. Please.
Does your husband exercise?
Yes, he, he, he goes to gym. He's very religious in that, like Whatever happens, 5 o'clock he's up, 5:30 he's ready, 5:45 he's out of the house.
Wow. So what are your biggest 3 takeaways after joining the Dynast Fitness community?
Exercise regularly, um, eat Eat your regular food, but look at what you eat, the portion. Don't overdo it. Uh, and then, um, workout and diet is one portion of it. It's mainly with the mind. It's your mind that controls everything. How you take action is also driven by your mind.
So as a meditation for different kinds of things that we have in our, in our masterminds and in the Diamond Membership modules Have you used those and has it helped you?
Yes, it has helped me a lot. Not only me, even my mom sits for the meditation when I— every day she sits along with me and she does it and she feels, although she's not reduced weight, but she feels it's maintained and her health is good.
Feeling better.
Yeah, yeah.
By listening to it again and again, your mom will start taking small actions, actionable steps which will help her to lose weight. So let's just let her keep reprogramming her subconscious mind, and ask slowly, maybe in a span of a year or whatever, she'll start taking action steps. You'll be surprised. And when she does, you come and tell me again.
Sure.
Okay, so thank you so much. Uh, I'd like to thank each and every one of you for watching this show. This has been an amazing transformation, probably the best in our community. And, uh, this is 18.5 kgs in a span of exactly 1 year. Amazing transformations, not only from the body but also from health perspective, from the mind perspective. She's much lighter today. Ranjana is much lighter. She's way more fit, way more energetic. And if you are looking for such transformations, then just the way Ranjana started with the 5-day WhatsApp class, we have a 5-day trial period, trial WhatsApp class for you. Click on the link below and register for it, and I'll see you in the 5-day WhatsApp class. Ranjana, thank you so much for coming on the show today, and it was really amazing, very inspiring, not only for me but a lot of people out there, especially women who feel that they can't do it. If you can do it, you really inspired a lot of people.
Thank you, thank you for providing me this opportunity to inspire somebody.
