From Dinner Plates To Bigger Weights

“You can’t go and play outside until you’ve eaten all your food.” – the one sentence that motivates every kid to make sure his plate is clean, and one that Wessel Taljaard was very familiar with.

- Thaaqib Daniels

The 24-year old technician’s eating habits as a young boy led to him tipping the scale at 117kg in high school. But that was then; now, he’s stacking weights instead of dinner plates – and he keeps going back for more. This is his story.

WESSEL TALJAARD

LOCATION Bonnievale

OCCUPATION Technician

AGE 24

HEIGHT 1.82m

WEIGHT BEFORE 117kg

WEIGHT AFTER 85kg

TIME TO GOAL 3 years

1 THE PROBLEM