Actress Gugu Gumede thankful for her new body
Gugu Gumede is celebrating a major personal milestone as she opened up about her impressive weight loss transformation.
The actress and director recently took to her social media to reveal her new look, posting striking before and after photos that documented the significant change in her appearance.
Alongside the images, she wrote, “So glad to have made the decision to not give up on myself.”
Gugu’s transformation comes more than a year after she underwent vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery in January.
Though she initially kept the procedure private, she later returned to her YouTube channel in May last year to share the details of her journey, revealing that she had dropped 30kg in just four months.
“After losing 30kg in four months, I’m finally sharing my honest experience with weight loss surgery,” she said in the candid video.
She explained how her weight spiraled after she stopped breastfeeding, which led to unhealthy eating habits and ultimately threatened her well-being.
Reflecting on that period, Gugu said, “I got to this place where I was so unhappy. I was unhappy with the weight, and with how I felt physically. I didn’t feel good, my feet would hurt. I literally would go to bed at night and my heart would be pounding so much, and I was so scared because I had high blood pressure. I knew I was at high risk of becoming a chronic patient.”
Making the choice to have surgery wasn’t easy, but Gugu knew she needed to take control of her health.
“I wanted to get the gastric sleeve because I wanted to limit the amount of food I was eating,” she explained.
The journey wasn’t without challenges. She admitted to struggling mentally shortly after the operation.
“I had a difficult three days about two weeks post-op. I struggled mentally because I was like, what in the world did I do to myself, did I ruin my life?” she recalled.
