“I Started Running For My Daughter And It Gave Me A New Lease On Life”
Being a mom is stressful enough, right? Add the strain of a career, and weight loss tends to slip to the bottom of the to-do list. But not for Galebalwe Ramorola, whose resilience and passion have pushed her through running two Comrades Marathons — and resulted in a whopping 37kg reduction in her body weight. Name: Galebalwe Ramorola Occupation: Nestle market safety health and environmental specialist Age: 43 City: Pretoria Weight before: 98.5kg Weight after: 61.5kg Height: 1.47m Time required to reach current weight: 7 years Secret weapon: Calories in, calories out: burn more calories than you consume The gain Gale picked up weight gradually while facing unimaginable personal challenges. “In 2002, I gave birth to twins; one passed on and the remaining twin was diagnosed with cerebral palsy,” she says. Her family tried to placate her with the myth that being “big” meant being “happy”. “After my second child in 2005, a work retrenchment f