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Adri Viljoen
Hi all my Name is Adri Viljoen. I am working mom and have 2loving children and a loving supporting husband. I don't take anything for granted in my life and is always willing to take life and opportunity coming my way with both hands. I see myself as open and spontaneous person and is not ashamed to show my inner self. Thing that is close to my hart like my family and being involved with Cancer Relay for life is only one of the things I don't take for granted, but I know that there was always one thing that was affecting my life and that was my weight. After having my first borne I struggle to lose weight and try on several occasions try to lose weight. It become so much as an obsession that I will find myself taking diet pills and shakes and sometimes starving myself this to lose weight and always end up ganging it back when I stop using it. Not even to talk about the mood swings and ending up taking it out on the ones I love the most. I was sitting one night and watching television when I saw Slender Wonder being advertised on the Glam Guru show. I needed to do something to myself being overweight and decided to Google this product. The next day I Google it and come upon the competition that Slender Wonder was running. Without thinking I entered the competition and thinking to myself ( you have no chance) To my amazement I was notify that I was one of the people being selected and that I have finally a chance to change my life. Thank you Slender Wonder for believing in me where no one was willing.
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Annelize Fourie
I am 37 years old and since my kids were born I've been struggling with my weight. I have 3 children, 2 girls and 1 boy and they are my world. The job I am in puts a lot of stress on me wrt my weight and I would also like to set an example to my kids (not that they are overweight, I must also add) that being overweight can be overcome. This challenge will be life changing and I can not wait to begin this journey. At the end of this challenge I want my husband to fall in love with me all over again. Thank you Slender Wonder for giving me this opportunity.
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Babara Heck
I am 32 years old and ever since I finished school I battled with my weight due to the fact that I wasn’t as active as then. What made the problem worse as the fact that i developed a spastic colon along the way and had to go for an operation to remove a piece of my colon. After the op, I have been on so many different diet plans that I have lost count and not the weight. I got engaged on my birthday last year and the date have been set with all excitement and the planning started to steamroll on until it got to dress fittings… One dress after the other, I was disgusted with myself as to what I see in the mirrors of each and every appointment. I felt like I will never find my dream dress and I will not look picture perfect on my wedding day. My fiancé is a stunning guy and got the looks and built to go with it. And I want to match the same image on our big day, I want him to stand proud next to me and make the most perfect memories together. I literally stumbled across the Slender Wonder Challenge website and here I am – Motivated and can’t wait to start! I WILL have the body to match the rest of my perfect day and my happily ever after!
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Bianca du Plessis
I am one of the therapist at Skin Renewal Cape Quarter. I have this wonderful opportunity to walk this journey with all of you. Good luck to everyone and have fun
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Brittany
Okay so have decided to wright my biographical info again because it has been a lovely lovely week so far. So first things first just want to wish everyone good luck!!!!I dont think you guys need it though because it sounds to me that everyone is doing great!!! I am a therapist at Cape Quarter and am always here for anyone who wants to chat about the diet. Hope everyone has a lovely day and just remember "In eating, a third of the stomach should be filled with food, a third with drink and the rest left empty."- Talmud
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Chantal Breedt
I am 29 years old, single and loving life.. My goal is to change my whole mindset and attitude, not just to lose weight. I have horrible self discipline and self motivation. I hope (no, believe) that this will help change that. I struggle to say no and that needs to change, drastically. I live in Krugersdorp and work in Midrand (I do the procurement, imports and exports for an Ironmongery company), it is difficult trying to fit in any type of exercise. I do think though that doing this challenge will motivate me to start with an excercise plan along with my new healthy eating habits. I am also currently studying International Freight Management, so this is a year filled with new challenges, changes and bettering myself. I also hope that my experience with this challenge will help with my discipline when it comes to my studies. I feel nervous, excited and positive. I am extremely thankful to be part of this wonderful experience!
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Chantelle van Rensburg
Hi, my name is Chantelle and my friends would describe me as loyal, warm, intelligent, easy going and a good listener. I love to laugh so a sense of humour absolutely does it for me. I have an amazing family and three dogs who make me love life even more every day with their unconditional love, always.... I am a professional Make-Up Artist and enjoy every minute of it, it's like creating a new painting on a clean canvas and this is my passion. So when I'm not glued to my make-up brushes, I spend time in the pool or read a good book. I am very grateful to be a part of this Slender Challenge journey and Good Luck to all participating. Love and blessings.... <3
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Christelle Carstensen
I am married to a wonderful supportive husband, have two beautiful daughters and work for a consulting engineering firm. For years now I'v been praying for a miracle diet and support team to help me get my old body back and I believe this diet was sent to me to help me. Since the birth of my second daughter my weight kept on climbing to a scary number. I've tried different weigh-loss programs just to find myself picking up all the weight again. I am going to give this my all, cause if this does'nt work, nothing will. I really hope this diet is what I'v been waiting and praying for my whole life. Thank you Slender Wonder for choosing me to be part of this challenge. Keep watching the scale - thin me is coming soon.........
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Elana Hugo
I am a real "plaaskind." I chase dreams,I love adventure. My life has been one massive adventure and still is: I experience something awesome everyday. Jesus is my Saviour,to Him all glory. I work as an interior decorator and have a part time bridal hair and make up business. I am actually a wayward writer,trying to find my way back to the world of sentences and words. I am an ardent fan of everything that is beautiful,pure and good. I love life..it is a gift :)
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Gert Vorster
I am a Thirty Four year old male. I am married to a wonderful woman and have two beautiful children. I work for Sasfin Bank as a Payouts Manager (yes office job and i sit all day). I have always been a big guy, and after i got married in 2005 i just kept putting on the kilograms. I am very excited about this challenge and cannot wait to be a more healthier and better looking me.
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Gugu Dlamini
I'm a single 34 yrs old woman and a mother of one. I feel so honoured to be part of the "Slender Challenge" I have a good feeling this will bring back my confidents and my physical wellbeing since I will loose all the weight! I can't wait! I've been struggling with the weight my whole life and have tried anything under the son but none seemed to work. Until I came accross with the "Slender Challenge" Competition then I decided to enter! Walah! I got through! Thank you "Skin & body Renewal" !
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Hendi Badenhorst
Im a therapist at Skin Renewal Willowbridge. Soooooo......... like everyone else I'm also always trying to lose weight :) The difference now it is a challange and I'm more than ready for this.
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Ilse Groenewald
I am a writer and academic and currently work in the publishing industry. I love walking on the Sea Point promenade or in Kirstenbosch. My book, Afrikamasutra, an Afrikaans translation of the Kama Sutra is being published next month by Unisa Press. In what spare moments I can find, I am busy writing a little chick lit for NB-Publishers.
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Irene Swanepoel
I am 49 years old, was a single mother all my years daughter 30 and 2 beautifull grand daugters. Live in Heldkruin ans work as a Secretary in Midrand. I want to loose weight to have more confidence in myself and be able to do more activities with my children.
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Janine Oosthuizen
I am the Branch Manager at Skin Renewal Willowbridge. 31 Years young, and LOVE a challenge! So...lets GO, BRING IT ON!
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Jeanine Garnham
Hi, I am 57yrs old and a mother of two grown up children of whom I am very proud! I stay in Sunningdale and work in Table View Cape Town as a bookkeeper. This challenge is going to be a life changer and a second chance to life, for being overweight is compromising my health severely. Thank you to all the Slender Challenge Team for giving me a chance to compete.
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Jennifer Hayes
My name is Jennifer and i'm 21 years old. I just recently moved to Johannesburg and started amyamazing job at Skin Renewal in Fourways. All the new changes happening in my life has inspired me to make a physical change for myself. I lost a lot of weight in the beginning of high school and nothing more since. Im doing this challenge to prove to myself that i can get to the weight i want to be and finally feel good in my body (and be able to flaunt a bikini one day) Im so lucky to have a great support group behind me for this journey being my family, boyfriend, friends and everyone i work with.
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Katherine Adams
I am a Mom, a wife and ME. I am 40 years old and I love life and everything that goes with it. However, since I've had my last child, I have really struggled to lose weight. I've tried all the diets out there, but when things weren't happening fast enough, I just threw in the towel. On my 40th birthday last year in November, I made a promise to myself, that I would get the OLD me back. The spark, the spontaneity, the love for life girl, and shed all the weight. It is my goal to do that before I turn 41. I visited the Slender Wonder sight by chance and to my surprise found that they were running a challenge. I entered. I've never been chosen for anything before and I was so surprised to find out that I had made it through. So here starts the journey to the new/old me. Thank-you slender wonder for the opportunity and the challenge. Ready, set, Go! Get ready for the slimmer me!
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Kelly
Hi my names Kelly!! :) I'm 24 years old and I'm a beauty/laser therapist! We offer this program at my work and so this is an amazing opportunity for me, to also experience this journey with clients and understand the emotional and physical changes you feel! I've generally also had weight problems since high school and I've used my weight as an excuse to not do a lot of things in my life! I no longer want it to rule me! So look forward to this challenge!
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Kerry Fletcher
Im a therapsit at Skin Renewal Cape Quater and am so looking forward to the next few weeks, Im excited to finally try out the Slender Wonder programme for myself so I can know what our clients are going through and an added bonus to get my bikini body ready for December 2013 :)
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Landa Terblanche
I am 27 and part of the Skin Renewal team in Irene... I feel so lucky to be part of this wonderful experience.... i can't wait to loose all the extra weight... Thank you Skin Renewal for making this possible!
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Landi Grenfell
I am 24 years old and I have been married to a wonderful and supporting husband for almost 3 years now! We also have two Yorkies, Cody and Keisha, who are like children to us. I have what you can call the "fat" gene! :-) All the women in my family is overweight, and my own weight have fluctuated rapidly since I was a child. I have however been able to keep it in more or less in control for most of my life by playing sports and keeping active. The problem arised again when I started working full time, as I was sitting most of the day (still do!) and buying nice lunches...not a good combination. I also study at night and I developed a really bad habit of snacking to stay awake. This last year was one of the most stressful years ever, and I picked up weight like crazy, and I am really struggling to get rid of these kilo's, even though I eat normally and gym 3 times a week. I have never been on a strict diet or taken any dietary supplements, Slender Wonder is my first! I am really positive and motivated to start this programme!! Once I reach my goal weight, I want to keep it that way for the rest of my life. It will take a positive mind set and it will mean that I will always need to be aware of what I eat...but if it means being healthy and feeling good, it is worth every effort!!!
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Louise
"I am going to be drop dead gorgeous, outgoing, confident and beautiful! I am going to get to my goal weight at the age of 46 and I will feel fabulous, energized and renewed! I will never be that overweight person..that fat girl...that person who used to stop me from realizing my full potential! I will be an inspiration and role model and inspire others to gain control of their health, appearance and lives!" Now let that affirmation become a reality to live by from this day onwards! I will be all that and more....I will inspire...I will speak those words again....but instead of dreaming my dream...I will live it for real! May this new chapter begin.....
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Louise Bouwer
I am 28 years old and live in Johannesburg. I have been married for 2 1/2 years now to an amazing man! We met in school and he was my first love :) We have no children yet but we do have cats and they truly are like children to us. I work as an Assistant Manager in Parkhurst and I really love my job. My husband is an amazing cook and my mother owns a Home Industry. Two very bad combinations when trying to loose weight. But both are very supportive and have promised not te lead me in temptation. I have been struggling with my weight for a few years now and my biggest weakness is sweets! I am very positive about this Challenge and also very excited to start my journey to a skinnier me :) I am hoping that by the end of this Challenge I will be at my goal weight and I am very positive that this will be a change of lifestyle for me to keep the weight off.
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Lynn Daniels
I am 37 years old (in two weeks) and from West Beach in Cape Town. I am a single mom to a beautiful 8 year old daughter. I work in the retail industry and my company’s motto is “I make it possible”. Possible (Adjective): Able to be done; within the power or capacity of someone or something. Possible (Noun): A person or thing that has the potential to become or do something. I battled with my weight ever since the birth of my child, 8 years ago. I would diet and lose the weight and then put it back on and then diet again but I really took stock of my life and weight after an ex-boyfriend told me and I quote “You are bigger than the girls I use to date.” :o That is around the time when I first heard about Slender Wonder. I saw the amazing results that the contestants were able achieve and I wanted that for myself. I entered the Slender Wonder Challenge four times and this year finally was chosen as a contestant. I’m nothing if not tenacious! Thank you Slender Wonder for this opportunity! I fully intend to make permanent weight loss possible!
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Marie Fourie
Hi. My name is Marie. I'm a working mom of a 12 year old boy. 18 months ago I started gaining weight and ever since I've tried to loose this weight without success. I entered this competition in the hope that soon I will fit back into my old clothes. I really look forward to start this challenge.
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Maritza Ferreira
Hi all. Welcome to my blog my journey to a smaller healthier me!. I am a 38 year old or young mother. I am happily married and have 2 awesone kids. I started to gain weight after school and even more after the birth of my 2 kids. I am so greatfull for this opportunity from Slender wonder and going to give it my best! I want to be the me I always wanted to be! Healthy and energetic! So please join me on my journey!
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Mary Brook-Bates
My name is Mary Brook-Bates, I am 23 years old and have been married for a year & a half :-) I am an Assistant Manager for Skin an& Body Renewal Illovo & absolutely LOVE my job! My weight problems started in school where I carried on picking up weight even though I was so active. I lost 15kg's on an initial diet and then got an amazing opportunity to join Slender Wonder last year where I lost 10kg's. A week after I decided to go back onto Slender Wonder to lose my final 10kg's, I heard about the wonderful opportunity we have been given as staff members to join in on the competition. GOOD LUCK to all of you, I cannot wait to see the results as we go on this exciting journey together!!!
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Melody Reed
Ek is 50jr en al vir 'n rukkie oorgewig. Ek wil so graag ook weer "maer" wees en mooi klere koop sonder om altyd na die Plus afdeling te gaan soek. My gewig het my nog nooit regtig so baie gepla soos die laaste jaar of twee nie, so ek glo regtig dat ek 'n sukses van die Slender Wonder Challenge gaan maak aangesien ek glo alles gebeur met 'n doel en dit was regtig net 'n wonder dat ek gekies is as een van die finaliste. :)
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Reyjeane
Young lady..... girlfriend.... mother-of-two-PUGS....sister.....daughter... dreamer and go-getter.... My wish for everyone young and old is that we should all be brave enough to decide what we want to be and go be it (It is never too late). I am a big believer in people... I am always full of hope and live my life by the following statement: "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them FEEL." - Maya Angelou
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Robyn Schmidt
I share my life with my wonderful fiancé and two beautiful girls, named Tayla (7 years) and Dakota (10 months). We live in the coastal town of Fish Hoek, Cape Town. I have been struggling with my weight since my last pregnancy, as I had hoped that the weight would melt off like it did the first time around but that was not the case. I have personally seen some amazing results achieved with Slender Wonder. I am very thankful for the incredible opportunity and this platform to share my own thoughts and experiences as we embark on our weight loss journey together.
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Ronel Bence
I love life, animals. Nature child. - have 2 kids, married to a wonderful friend and husband. Very excited for the new begining and start to my new life...
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Roxane Holman
Chocolate & Coffee Lover. Orginally from UK but a chance holiday romance 13yrs ago led to being married to Shaun & having a stunning 9yr old daughter named Meg. Live out in Noordhoek Southern Peninsula where my dream is to wear a bikini on the beach. I'm out to win this!
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Shaun Holman
Hi , my name is Shaun and I am a Professional Weddings and Events Photographer(www.eventphotography.co.za), I travel country wide and overseas doing what I enjoy,photography.This is my first "real" slimming challenge, and I look fwd to participating and sharing my challenge with you all. Good luck to all contestants and we are all in this together !
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Sue-Anne
I am a young, energetic and motivated somatologist at Skin Renewal Brooklyn. I have a great passion for my job and enjoy doing it every day! I am taking on this challenge to shed a few kilograms before my wedding day which is in September.
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Suzette Coetzer
My name is Suzette, I live in Brackenfell in the Northern Suburbs of the Western Cape. I share my life with a wonderful husband, my two boys (18 and 24), a daughter in law and 3 very active dogs! I spend my days working at SARS, Cape Town and enjoy the company of my colleagues who are very excited and committed to support me in my journey to a new beautiful me! I like to read, shop, entertain and create a beautiful environment to live in. I enjoy long walks on the beach whenever I get the chance and spending quality time with my family and friends. I have been struggling with my weight as long as I can remember and had tried every possible diet on the market. I have seen the wonderful results achieved by the Slender Wonder program and the way it changed people’s life’s! I am fortunate to have been chosen to participate in this program since I have been praying for a long time for such an opportunity. I believe that the Lord is giving me a chance to fulfill a dream and will not disappoint everyone that believes and pray for me. So! Watch out here I come!
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Victor Snyders
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Yolande Terblanche
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination" - Tommy Lasorda...this is what this 30 year old Mommy would need! I'm married to a great man, that is as excited as I am to be part of the Slender Challenge. We have the most gorgeous 1 year old son that is our everything! I am blessed to have a very close and supportive family, that will be cheering me along.
