My Story I am at a weight of 125.2 kg`s now. I still losing weight but very slow now. I move up and down between 122 and 125 kg at this stage. The cms are also coming down and stay down. My shirt size is down from a 6XXXL to a 2XXL now. I can…
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The story I am about to tell has been a life-changing experience. All my life I have been known as “big Jenny” and have struggled with weight problems for as long as I can remember. I was overweight even at primary school and was teased and made fun of but would just brush it off…
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My story: I am a 33 year old Mother, Wife and Business Woman. I love spending quality time with my family, going on holiday, in between my hectic work schedule. Having two Businesses’ to run with branches across South Africa, meals on the run can become a norm. At the age of 21 years old,…
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Gastric bypass surgery is helping obese people slim and overcome life-threatening illnesses. Bernadette Wolhuter spoke to two surgeons who are changing their patients’ lives. For the past decade, specialist surgeons Dr. Gert du Toit and Dr. Ivor Funnell have been changing people’s lives. The pair founded the Durban Bariatric Surgery – KwaZulu Natal’s only accredited…
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My name is Maya, I have always been a “heavy” child and I grew bigger with age. It became progressively worse when I fell pregnant with my first child and went disastrous on my second pregnancy. From a young age I started trying diets, everything from Weight Watchers to Sure Slim to Cabbage Soup Diet…
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ADELE GROENEWALD – MY STORY For as long as I can remember I have always been the ‘odd one out’; always the heavier one. My weight really started going up after I had left school. Even though I took part in sport and did a lot of walking, my weight just kept increasing until I…
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Andre Landman shares the journey of his incredible transformation and path back to health: I am Andre Landman and 51 years old and this is my life changing story. I was diagnosed with type two diabetes was hypertensive and morbid obese . This was about two years ago. Last year I finally made a decision…
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Charmaine Schwenn shares the journey of her incredible transformation and path back to health: “I was always an overweight child and remember starting my first diet when I was 8 years old. My battle with weight seemed to be a constant cycle of losing weight and then regaining that weight and more. There were periods…
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Clyde Vorster shares the journey of his incredible transformation and path back to health: Thank you for asking for my testimonial relating to the bariatric surgery I had on the 4th June 2013. I was recommended for the operation by my Endocrinologist (Diabetes Specialist) Dr Ray Moore. I have had type 2 diabetes for about 5 years along…
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