I'm Shaun Waso — industrial engineer turned metabolic health advocate. I help high‑performers reverse insulin resistance, shed visceral fat and reclaim energy through 16‑hrs For Life, a 12‑week systems‑based program built on real food, strategic fasting and engineering precision.
Currently coaching
Founders, executives & shift workers — Cape Town & remote
For years I lived the standard story: chronic inflammation, stubborn weight gain, brain fog, joint pain — and the constant feeling that I'd been lied to by mainstream nutrition advice. "Eat less, move more" was a process with a broken root cause.
So I did what engineers do. I went back to first principles — biology, biochemistry, real data. Low‑carb and banting, strategic intermittent fasting, and a systems‑based approach to sleep, stress and training. The result was a complete metabolic comeback: lost the visceral fat, reversed the markers, and unlocked the energy to build companies, raise three daughters and serve my community.
Today I bring that same Lean Six Sigma precision to coaching clients, advising teams, and speaking on metabolic health, performance and process optimisation across South Africa.
Beyond coaching: former COO, founder of the Oppiwa Cultural Festival, NSRI volunteer, and creator of Bundu & Buzz — species appropriate pet nutrition.
Forget willpower. The Metabolic Comeback Method is a 12‑week operating system for your health — real food, strategic fasting, high protein, accountability, measurable outcomes.
Flagship program
The 12‑Week Metabolic Comeback Method
Metabolic health workshops for high‑performance teams.
Keynotes on metabolic science, fasting and systems thinking.
Lean Six Sigma optimisation for founders and operators.
Species‑appropriate raw nutrition for healthier pets.
Measured across recent 16‑hrs For Life cohorts. Individual results vary — your biology is yours.
"Shaun didn't sell me motivation. He gave me a process. Twelve weeks in I'd lost 11kg and my doctor halved my metformin."
"The engineer's lens changed everything. We stopped guessing and started measuring. My energy at 5am is back to my twenties."
"Real food, real fasting protocols, real accountability. The first program that actually stuck for our shift team."
*Always under the guidance of your prescribing physician.
The hormone that decides whether you store fat or burn it, and how to send it the right signal.
Three biological levers high‑performers ignore — and the protocol I run with every client.
How strategic fasting eliminates decision fatigue and stabilises afternoon energy.
Coaching, speaking, corporate wellness or process consulting — tell me where you are and where you want to be. I read every message personally.