Indlela Engawachitha Ngayo Amapondo angu-137 Ngemva Kweminyaka Eyishumi Yokuzuza

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Inselele kaTamera

"Bengihlala ngilwa nobunzima bami, kepha inkinga ibikhula kakhulu ekolishi," kusho uTamera Catto, owadla amabele angu-20 esesesikoleni. UTamera uqhubekile nokukhuluphala ngemuva kokushada wazala izingane ezintathu; ngeminyaka eyi-10 nje ubengeze amakhilogremu ayi-120 ngaphezulu kuhlaka lwakhe. "Bengidla kabi futhi nginganyakazi ngokwanele. Ngangisebenzisa izingane njengezaba zokungazivocavoci. Ngelinye ilanga ngavuka ngabona ukuthi ngineminyaka engu-31 ubudala, amakhilogremu angama-286, futhi ngibuhlungu."

Ithiphu yokudla: Ukuphenduka kwami

"Ngo-2003, udadewethu kwatholakala ukuthi une-non-Hodgkin's lymphoma," kusho uTamera. "Nakuba esexolelwe manje, ngingadingeka njengomnikeli we-stem cell esikhathini esizayo. Yilokho engangikuphusha engangikudinga ukuze ngiqale ukuthuthukisa indlela yami yokuphila futhi ngiphile kahle."

Ithiphu yokudla: Uhlelo lwami lokunciphisa umzimba

Isinyathelo sokuqala sikaTamera sokuba nomzimba oqinile saqala ekhaya. "Nganyathela i-treadmill eyayiqoqa uthuli futhi ngaqala ukuhamba isigamu sehora, kabili ngesonto, ngabe sengiyiqhumisa kwaze kwaba kane. Ukuze ngixube izinto, ngangiyijulukela ku-tape ye-aerobics VHS endala," uthi. Kepha bekungabaQaphi Besisindo lapho afunda khona ngokulawulwa kwengxenye- nokuthi angakulawula kanjani ukudla okungokomzwelo ngokulalela umzimba wakhe. Ngemva kokulahlekelwa amaphawundi okuqala angu-50, uTamera watshala imali ebulungwini bejimu. "Amakilasi omdanso namandla ayekhuthaza kakhulu, ngangihamba cishe zonke izinsuku-futhi isisindo esisele savele sancibilika"

Ithiphu yokudla: Impilo yami manje

"Ngicishe ngibe yingxenye yobukhulu enganginabo phambilini," kusho uTamera. "Abesifazane esontweni bangicela izeluleko zokufaneleka - ngisho nendodakazi yami isiqalile ukuphakamisa izinsimbi."

Kunezinto ezinhlanu u-Tamera azishintsha empilweni yakhe ezamsiza ngempela ukuthi azuze impumelelo ehlala njalo yokuncipha kwesisindo. Bona ukuthi yini esebenzele u-Tamera-amathiphu akhe okudla angakusebenzela nawe!

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