When 38-year-old Tammy Redmond’s fast-paced life as CEO of her own company and single mother to two girls and one boy began to take its toll, she knew it was time for a serious lifestyle change. Not only was she feeling exhausted and despondent, but her weight had also reached 89kg – the same as she’d weighed at full-term pregnancy.
Although she lived a fairly active lifestyle and exercised regularly, Tammy just couldn’t seem to shed the extra kilos.
‘When I was 15, I had irregular periods and was prescribed contraceptive pills, which seemed to be the remedy for everything then.