I’ve just had the loveliest omelette. Mushrooms, onions, peppers, chillies and garlic all dry fried in spray n cook. I did’nt really think I could pull off an omelette with one egg, but it worked out – beautifully and deliciously. I had that with a slice of low GI toast washed down with a cup [...]
About Sibu
Johannesburg-based IT consultant Sibusisiwe Matsha is a 32-year-old career-woman and mom. In between work, spending time with her husband Luvuyo and taking care of two-year-old son Ombesa, she’s neglected to look after herself. Her challenge: to lose 40kg in 12 months.
Getting Back on Track
You know how we do not get how celebrities can possibly fail with weight-loss efforts when they have all these people supporting them? Trainer, dietician, chef, shrink…I think I finally get it. And so once again I’m going to go back to what will sustain me to the end of the challenge – with sterling [...]
Ongoing Challenges…
The past couple of weeks have really been tough for me both food and exercise-wise. For some reason while my body was acclimatising to Simone’s training style, my appetite was fighting for acknowledgement as well! The more I exercised the hungrier I got. Murphy never misses an opportunity so round about the same time, other [...]
Introducing Simone…
“Climb up the step, lift your leg as you go up, squeeze the belly button in, pull the elastic thingamajig as hard as you can; don’t forget the belly button…” Jeez!!! Make up your mind already! Climb, lift, squeeze and pull???Really!! With all the concentration required to make sure I don’t trip over my feet, [...]
Yaay to the New Year
So I survived the festive season without too much damage! Whew! I had my best laid plans with regard to my training and eating. We drove down to the Eastern Cape and for the 8hour trip and as is usually part of the holiday, we buy food as we go along. None too healthy of [...]
Gym – Season in,season out…
Every time I tackle a new class at gym I wonder at how many muscles the body actually has. I’m of the opinion that Metro and I work all my muscles all the time but I’m proved wrong each time I go for a spinning class or tackle an aerobics class! The pain I experience [...]
Things we take for granted
One of the things we take for granted is putting a towel around ourselves when we’re done bathing. What we never think about is that when you are overweight, a bath towel (normal size) is a no-go zone for yourself as it won’t fit! Can you imagine! And when you’re really overweight, even a [...]
Week 1 of my training sessions…
ike a lamb let to the slaughter, I crossed the threshold to meet my personal trainer. Alright alright, it was’nt quite that bad, but surely I can’t really admit I was excited to meet with him. Who does that? Never mind the fact that I thought I had until month-end to laze around and get [...]
Healthy for my son
If our parents’ and grandparents’ health is an indication of what’s in our future, then I’m in line for type II diabetes and high blood pressure. Not the kind of inheritance I had in mind! So I’ve decided not to accept it, thank you very much. Sadly my father passed away earlier this year from [...]
