NOW 74kg
THEN 127kg
Bending down, I tried to tie my shoelaces, but being so big, it was impossible.
Obesity had given me bursitis – painful inflammation in my leg.
‘The best cure is losing weight,’ my GP said.
But I found that was easier said than done.
I’d been a slim child and, after leaving school, playing competition softball six days a week had kept my weight down.
But once I’d started work as a checkout operator at my local Kmart, aged 26, sport took