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BREAKING POINT
Towards the end of 2014, Mandla no longer recognised the man in the mirror. His weight had ballooned to 108kg. “My body seemed stretched to the limit of what my skin was able to handle; my eyes were dim, my mind raced.” Unhappy with his reflection, and tired of just existing, he decided to take control of his life again.
If he was going to make a commitment to living a healthy lifestyle, first Mandla needed to assess his life. “I became more conscious of my choices, and how they affected me.” Mandla was determined to become mentally and physically fit. He knew it was the only way he would be content with his life again. Once his goal was set he had to be accountable to it every day.
In the beginning, Mandla tried every fad diet he could think of. He wanted to lose weight as quickly as possible, and thought the diets would do the trick. Although some worked, he learned an important lesson: there’s no shortcut to success.
This story is from the May 2018 edition of Men's Health South Africa.
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