#69 The Story of Less Drama.

11 August 2026

Aug 11, 2026

“Wow, there’s a lot of… ulams,” I said when I looked at the menu during our committee meeting for Wellness Retreat - greens, greens, greens.

The rest of the girls laughed. But alas, I had to grow up… and eat vege and brown rice. 😅

How did I get like this? My parents always tried forcing vege on me when I was a kid.

I remember vividly a broccoli incident in a Chinese restaurant. My dad put some broccoli on my plate. When he wasn’t looking, I dropped them on the floor. I KNOW, I’M HORRIBLE. He saw my plate broccoli-less and he praised me for eating my vege. Then he scooped some more broccoli and said “Have some more.” Of course that meant more broccoli touched the floor that night. I let my parents sleep well that night thinking that their daughter now loves broccoli.

(I so badly want to go back to that restaurant and apologise. But they closed down already arghhhh).

So yeah, I was always that stubborn kid. The more they said eat it, the more I refused.

Then it just never became something I included in my lifestyle.

Suddenly I was 38.

My friends still look at me in amusement and wonder, and ask “How are you still functioning? Or even alive…?”

“Hey, I take lots of fruits for fibre ok!”

I try my best to choose better options for my food now. Celery juice, pakchoy with soy sauce, broccoli with oyster sauce (broccoli be like “ahh now she needs us”)...

But I know it’s not enough. Three decades of old habits, it’s gonna take some time, yalls.

So in the meantime, I’ll take any extra help I can get.

“For our second product, I’d really like something to help people with digestion,” I said in our meeting to discuss Just Gimme product lineup.

“By people, you mean you, right?” Fadza rolled eyes.

I’m not ashamed to say it. YES. ABSOLUTELY YES. I have constipation issues, bloating issues, allergy issues, I know my gut needs some help. But I can promise you I’m not the only one needing this help.

“Or we could use proper data for this,” our colleague said.

Smart guy.

“This was the top 3 wellness goals people wanted - we covered all three with our first product, Just Gimme Better Control,” he said as-a-matter-of-fact-ly.

Errr shouldn’t we celebrate?

Why does he say that so casually!?

“Digestion actually ranks up pretty high after, so Vivy’s pretty spot on,” he said.

All I heard was “Vivy’s pretty spot on.” 😌

(There was another higher one, but it takes longer to prove the effects so we’re working on it still)

So, with this data, we got to work with our partner. They’ve got an army of scientists and nutritionists to help us formulate the product. The first guinea pig was our tiny team including me.

“Expertly downing test sachets, able to work remotely.” - adding this to my CV.

When we were happy with the version, we went for our blind test. 100 women were invited to take on this blind test - they don’t know the brand, and they don’t know Vivy Yusof, all were hidden from them. So that we get non-biased results.

And guys….

The feeling of getting this kind of results. 😍 And the things they said, sighhhh will let Just Gimme’s instagram tell the story (please follow!).

Basically, I think we are spot on with this one. INSYAALLAH!

You know why I (biased-ly) like this product so much?

Because it has EVERYTHING you need in one sachet.

Prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics, and five digestive enzymes. Normally you’d have to get separate products for this, but I wanted an all-in-one because Just Gimme is supposed to make it easy for people (I don’t even want products that you have to mix with water. Because I want Just Gimme to be a brand that’s convenient and on-the-go).

Named it “Less Drama” because literally, tummy discomfort is the start of all the drama and skin breakouts and moodiness and arguments in your day.

I’m glad I veto-ed the name because otherwise it would’ve been one of these…

So, Less Drama digests better for you, adds good bacteria to your gut, adds the food for your good bacteria, and just helps with overall gut health. And boyyy did we pay a lot of money for these ingredients - we only chose the ones that are clinically studied and those are premium ingredients we needed to import. 💸

Worth it though.

For me now, toilet schedule ✅ flat tummy ✅ no more complaining about tummy discomfort ✅ no more sluggishness ✅and guysssss… I didn’t expect this side effect but my skin has been skinning okkkk, I think it has to do with good gut = good skin. ✅