by Women's Health | May 25, 2018 | Career & Money, Fitness
Life can be tough for all of us at times, be it physically, emotionally or even spiritually. But others go through it all – sometimes simultaneously. Amanda Mbongwa – popularly known as Fitfanatic on the gram – is one of those people. She’s suffered from low...
by Women's Health | May 24, 2018 | Weight Loss
I was getting married in about a year and was on the hunt for that one dress that will make me twirl around like Julie Andrews on a hilltop. As part of my search, I asked my mother if she still had hers. She looked me up and down and said: “It won’t fit you.” She was...
by Women's Health | May 23, 2018 | Fitness
Many years ago I went home disheartened because I ran into the wrong trainer. You see, I was overweight, packing 109 kilos and, like so many women I’ve interviewed for Women’s Health weight loss stories, I’d had enough. I was not after a bikini body. I just...
by Women's Health | May 21, 2018 | Weight Loss
Here, four women share the light bulb moment that sparked their weight-loss transformation… Katherine Garcia, 28, Lost 17kg The moment: While holidaying in April 2016, Katherine saw a photo of herself at the beach at 100 kilos. “I suddenly recognised that my...
by Women's Health | May 18, 2018 | Food & Nutrition, Health
In my early twenties, I was a school teacher and Pilates instructor, and on top of my jobs, I was used to running five miles almost every day. But slowly, I became so exhausted that I could barely get out of bed to go to work. I couldn’t figure out why I had no...