Hi everyone
I'm from South Africa and I'm new on this site. After reading some of the weight loss stories, I thought I should also share my success story and post my pictures to motivate other people.
I started my weight loss journey in January this year. I've always been big from my childhood. I had my first child in 2005 when I was 25 and after that I kept gaining more and more weight. I never worried much about it, as I ate anything I felt like eating. Then, last year (2009) I applied for life insurance policy with dissability benefit. Tests had to be done and my weight was also checked. The outcome was, I would only be offered life cover without dissability benefit. Reason being, I was considered to be high risk because of my weight. That was in October 2009 and I weighed 125kg! I'm 161 cm tall. That got me thinking and it's only when I became very scared. I didn't want to die before time and leave my son.
I made up my mind in January this year to lose the weight. I told myself it would be the most wonderful gift for my 30th birthday. A friend of mine suggested diet supplements but I refused. Something inside me told me I could do it without pills. I started by changing my diet altogether and only eating when I'm hungry. I gave up junk food and had fruits, veggies, fish and chicken. The weight started coming down and I joined the gym in April. Since then I haven't looked back. At this present moment I weigh 76 kg. I look good and I feel good about myself. I'm aiming to weigh between 68-70 and with the will power I have, I'll soon get there.
All the best of luck to everyone
I'm from South Africa and I'm new on this site. After reading some of the weight loss stories, I thought I should also share my success story and post my pictures to motivate other people.
I started my weight loss journey in January this year. I've always been big from my childhood. I had my first child in 2005 when I was 25 and after that I kept gaining more and more weight. I never worried much about it, as I ate anything I felt like eating. Then, last year (2009) I applied for life insurance policy with dissability benefit. Tests had to be done and my weight was also checked. The outcome was, I would only be offered life cover without dissability benefit. Reason being, I was considered to be high risk because of my weight. That was in October 2009 and I weighed 125kg! I'm 161 cm tall. That got me thinking and it's only when I became very scared. I didn't want to die before time and leave my son.
I made up my mind in January this year to lose the weight. I told myself it would be the most wonderful gift for my 30th birthday. A friend of mine suggested diet supplements but I refused. Something inside me told me I could do it without pills. I started by changing my diet altogether and only eating when I'm hungry. I gave up junk food and had fruits, veggies, fish and chicken. The weight started coming down and I joined the gym in April. Since then I haven't looked back. At this present moment I weigh 76 kg. I look good and I feel good about myself. I'm aiming to weigh between 68-70 and with the will power I have, I'll soon get there.
All the best of luck to everyone
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Great work, fershur. I have a friend who hasta pay almost twice the amount for her health coverage ALONE because she's overweight... And she has 4 kids- hope she has that same "do it for the kiddos" attitude as you soon 
