Author: Mart-Mari Breedt

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What to do when nothing works

There is a place called “I’ve tried everything, nothing works, I might as well stop trying…” We all visit that place now and then. I feel that people sometimes mail me about this place hoping I’ll say “It’s okay. I can see you’ve tried everything. You can stop trying now.” Of course, l won’t do […]

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The race is the reward

When I stood at the start of the 2022 Cape Town Marathon, it felt to me as if everything that I had done since 7 February 2017 – rejoining Weigh-less, starting to run, losing 80kg, going for therapy, writing a book, joining a running club, working with a coach – had all accumulated to one […]

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Introspeksie

Ek wil jou iets van introspeksie vertel: dis nie maklik nie. Dis nie ‘n antwoord of iemand wat sê daar is jou probleem, en wanneer jy dit weet dan kan jy daarop ‘n pleister gaan plak en dit word gesond nie. Nee. Introspeksie is moeilik. Dis ure lank in jou eie geselskap sit en dinge […]

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Die (On)Natuurlike Goed

Ek sê soms vir my hardloop afrigter: “Dit voel vir my asof al die ander hardlopers hierdie hardloop ding heeltemal bemeester het. Hoekom sukkel ek so? Hardloop is dan tog iets wat natuurlik moet wees.” En sy sal antwoord: “Dis nie waar nie. Almal sukkel! En om goed te kan hardloop is iets wat mens […]

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3d book display image of Eighty Kilos of Shame

Interested in how I lost my emotional weight?

“Once a fattie, always a fattie.” Right? Can you recover from obesity? Is it possible to maintain a weight loss of eighty kilograms?

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