(Image taken from https://healthtechcoach.com) Having my weight measured is humiliating for me, and I know I am not the only one to feel this way. My weight has been the source of mocking from childhood. More recently it has been the reason for judgment and snide remarks from some medical practitioners. In the pre-op before […]

Obesity has been the bane of my life, my entire life that is. From childhood I struggled with a weight problem, which quickly moved into an issue with major obesity. I tried in vain to lose weight, only to give up after a few hours of restricting my food intake. There was no way I […]

Often, those us who suffer from obesity have an unrealistic idea of a healthy diet. In my case, I imagined a diet filled with lettuce, tomatoes, and fish. This strict regime was impossible for me to maintain. Realistically, a healthy diet contains a variety of foods and colours. That is, we should aim for as […]

Today I am grateful. My stomach once touched the steering wheel of every car in which I sat. But my journey to health has not been an easy one. I was determined not to become like my mother who died young from complications from diabetes. Losing weight to create a healthier life seemed impossible. I […]

Despite losing over 100kg I have never counted calories, nor have I used scales as in incentive to work harder at weight loss. Instead, I chose to change my lifestyle. I wanted to slowly absorb any changes into my life. Most weight loss programs are like winning the lottery. We purchase a ticket each week, […]

It has taken years for me to get to this point in my journey out of obesity. If I had waited until I was slimmer, healthier, or better looking before challenging myself physically, much of my life would have passed. It was important for me to do things along the way, to challenge myself as […]

I grew up with a food addiction and became an obese child and morbidly obese adult. At 35 I weighed around 250 kg. Walking was difficult, I was breathless, exhausted easily and suffered from skin infections under the rolls of fat. Mum had a stroke just before she turned 58 due to complications with diabetes. […]

I am not one to make new year resolutions. In fact, I find them discouraging. Typically, they are unattainable. Most of us wish to be slimmer, smarter, richer, etc. so we resolve to lose weight, work hard, study and exercise more without looking any deeper than these goals. This sets us up for failure. Placing […]

On a hot day, a man was walking through the desert. The midday sun beat down upon him. He was parched, desperate for water. In the distance he saw a well and walked toward it. Upon reaching the well he tried to pump water for himself, but no water flowed. The pump was dry. He […]