Eustacia Tshukudu

shopping for a function she had to attend in Cape Town.

“I was wearing a size 50 dress. As I walked into one of the boutiques, the sales assistant blurted out that they only went to a size 16 and did not cater for bigger sizes. There and then I knew that something had to be done.”

Eustacia joined aWeighLess group. The first week was hard, as her eating habits had to change, but by the end of that week she had already lost 2.6kg. “After two weeks, I started noticing other changes in my body. I lost 3.6kg and I no longer suffered from heartburn.”

She stuck to her daily formula, weighing all her food, and eating extra salad if she felt hungry.

Exercise became much less of a strain. “Just being able to walk around the block was a blessing,” she says.

It was nine years ago that Eustacia achieved her goal weight (she is now 69kg), and she fits into size 34 clothes. It took a year and three months.

Exercise became easier and, today, she can’t go a day without it.

“I do Zumba and Tae Bo five to six days a week, and I run 5km to 10km once a week,” she says.

What Weigh-Less taught her above anything is portion control and how to eat a wellbalanced diet, she says.

“A typical menu for me includes ProNutro with soy milk in the morning, a tuna salad with Finn Crisps or brown rice for lunch and sweet potatoes, chicken and veggies for supper.”