One of our favourite TV personalities and comedienne Tumi Morake has finally opened up about her weight struggles and her weight loss journey since she started out earlier last year.
Speaking to Destiny magazine Tumi revealed that the one thing she’s enjoyed about the whole journey is doing things at her own pace. “I’m doing this on my own terms and I’m enjoying being on this journey at my own pace.”
“A couple of people have come up to me and said: ‘Oh my gosh, how did you lose weight so quickly?’ I didn’t lose weight quickly! I actually started working out around July last year and only started seeing results this year.”
Tumi then revealed that when she first started out her weight loss journey wasn’t a very health one.
“I was one of those people who started banting before consulting my doctor and my cholesterol shot up to 6.1 before I collapsed at work and found out I was literally on the verge of a heart attack.”
The former Our Perfect Wedding host also adds that she knows how people have always assumed that she’s always been a big girl but admits that all the weight gain was actually from having her kids.
“I stopped having babies! The reason people thought I was so incredibly obese is that they didn’t realise that over the past five years they’ve been seeing me pregnant or post-baby. My three children came back to back and that’s the biggest I’ve been in my life.”
Tumi has since committed to eating healthier and hitting the gym as often as she can and she says that she can see the results of her commitment.
“I feel amazing, it’s like my husband just got a wife upgrade! I’ve got more energy for him, more energy for my kids, it’s been great for my libido, it’s just been amazing!”
The one thing that we’ve learned from Tumi is that, the best way to see results is to actually put in all the work and stay focused on your goal ALWAYS.
Congratulations once again on the weight loss ma’am!
