‘MY BODY, MY BUSINESS’

MBABANE - Change is inevitable but transformation is by conscious choice.

Heather Amara once said, “You are always one decision away from a different life”. If you happen to be dealing with weight issues, my advice to you is to embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.

Be confident, believe in yourself and make that decision to live a different life. Whether your desire is to lose weight, gain fitness or to build body muscle, the best way to do it is to get started because change starts in your mind.
Lifestyle

Physical transformation requires a total change of lifestyle and real change demands honesty, perseverance and the zeal to strive towards your goal.
Weight issues do not only minimise one’s mobility but also result in emotional distress and lack of self-confidence.

These limitations are a thing of the past for Thabile Dlamini, a 26-year-old young lady, who at one point weighed 83kg in April this year. She revealed that back then she wore dress size 38 and would feel self conscious about  her thickness given her age.

“Being heavy comes with a certain stigma, one that can totally destroy one’s confidence, but I made a choice to change my looks and be happy in my own skin. My body is my business and I will work on it every day to make it better,” she said.

She joined Zithande Athletics Club early June and six months down the line she has lost 15kg and dropped to size 34. Since then her fitness level has grown in leaps and bounds, having also joined over 5 000 local and international athletes in last year’s Imbube Marathon.
“My target weight was 70kg but I have gone below that. I am now 68kg and unstoppable. Honestly, it is not an easy road but the motivation and team spirit that exists in my club is astounding,” she said.

Transformation

Real transformation requires real honesty so if you want to move forward, you must copy Dlamini and get real with yourself. Some of the things that she said were detrimental to physical transformation were one’s honesty with exercise and food choices.
Therefore she embarked on her weight loss and wellness journey, Dlamini disclosed that she used to be a reckless eater especially in university where she would eat fast food such as potato chips, fat cakes, fried chicken, chocolate and lots of junk food.
“I used to be nutritionally ignorant but Zithande Athletics Club has totally changed my outlook in life. Now I avoid sugary and fatty foods and also take minimum starch,” she went on.
She added that dropping weight and shaping up was their goal as an athletics club and sometimes they have detox weeks, where they only eat fruits and vegetables plus drink lots of water. These will help flush the alien and unwanted waste from the body. The young lady advised more people to take responsibilities of their lives.
Her fitness routine comprises hitting the road from Monday to Friday, where she endures 10km morning runs, following a weekly programme compiled by their coach. She said that patience and discipline has kept her going.

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