AT the start of her weight-loss journey, 47-year-old Marilyn Beuster from Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, had one goal in mind: to lose weight fast. Life as a single mom and business owner had caught up with her and, before she knew it, she weighed 120 kg.
‘I always thought maybe I had a weight issue caused by hormones or lack of exercise,’ Marilyn says. ‘But, looking back, I realise that I just didn’t know how to eat with intent.’
Marilyn met her partner Mike in 2015, and the two soon got engaged. With a wedding on the horizon, she committed to losing as much weight as possible to look good in her wedding dress. ‘During that time, I was making an
