‘I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life,’ says 54-year-old Karien van der Westhuizen.
‘I was overweight as a teenager and as a young woman, and my weight just seemed to snowball as time went on. I would eat all the wrong foods and get fatter and fatter. Then I would go on the latest fad diet and lose the weight – only to gain it all back, and then some.’
Before she knew it, Karien was unable to fit into her largest clothing item: a size 52 pair