The Times: How Sharon lost 62kg

Contestants lost a whopping 536kg in total

Losing 61.8kg doesn’t just mean Sharon Haarhoff is a thinner person — it also means she has a new life.

“Men didn’t give me a second glance. I couldn’t even visit the Cango Caves because I was too large,” Haarhoff said yesterday, hours after winning R250000 on e.tv’s weight loss reality show, The Biggest Loser.

Haarhoff not only shed kilos, but also her “fat person” attitude.

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NVDL: That is exactly what we all need to shed - our 'fat person' (wasteful) attitudes. We start to do this by bothering to accept reality at face value, but not ignoring the steady flow of signals, and by responding in a constructive way - and one that is congruent with reality. It may sound simple, but to execute requires DISCIPLINE, EFFORT AND CONSISTENCY. Our 'fat world' doesn't possess these traits in abundance I'm afraid.

Another thing to point out that is once you get through the initial strain of starting to exercise (like a rocket taking off, the first few seconds require the most 'will', and burn the most 'fuel/resources') - so one quickly gets addicted to the benefits and appearance enhancing side-effect of exercise, and in particular - intense exercise. The feel good factor and the sense of well-being doesn't need hype or motivational speaking to convince you it's good and it works. Living it is evidence enough.

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Me (Video Clip)

Jennifer Love Hewitt In A Bikini - Amazing videos are here
LEAVE JENNIFER ALONE! Actually the obsession with some recent shots of Jennifer Love Hewitt shows to what an extent celebrities find themselves owned/subscribed/accountable (apparently) to their audience, who demand to go gah gah but can quickly revert to type, and then there's a backlash.

I understand what the fuss is about: Jennifer doesn't look as awesome as she usually does in a bikini. The irony though is that probably 99% of her audience are probably coach potatoes far more overweight than she is.

And I can empathise. My boep is basically a more invulnerable, invincible piece of meat than that Kryptonian dude, Superman. Ja, you can hurl all sorts of stuff at my boep and it will just wobble, and remain. Today I cycled 1hr 20 minutes, when I got home to have a shower, the skin around my stomach was sickeningly cold. As though it had just gone along for the ride, but not fat had actually dislodged. NOOOOOOO!

I was thinking of starting a cartoon character, specific to the South African audience. You call it simply: Boepman: His South African Adventures. Basically this guy can survive anything. Hijackers? He just runs at them with his boep. Global Warming? He just inhales, taking a deep breath at a beach, providing shade for a small family. Shark attack? He basically releases the drawstring around his tight baggies as the shark bites, thereby causing his bope to stretch an extra 30%, and breaking the Great Whites jaw. Could be quite good.

I have been quite committed to getting into shape, and I have to say, it's not easy in your 30's. To look good now you basically have to train as hard as you would for an Ironman. The same amount of effort, the same hours. That's not an exaggeration.

On the other hand; it makes perfect sense. If you SIT all day: sitting in front of your computer, sit on the drive home in your car, sit watching TV, you have a lot to make up for. We sit around all freaking day, and then we run for an hour and expect it to make a difference. No. It's really just making up the balance for a very sedentary day. To get the impact of exercise you need to probably exercise twice a day, and average two hours: 1 hour to make up for farting around on a chair for hours on end. And one hour to actually contribute to physical fitness, to actually start toning that lump of fat.