Cape Town – Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has lost 15kg since struggling to fasten his jacket at his swearing-in ceremony in July.
“The Deputy President Paul Mashatile asked me to fasten my jacket during my swearing-in ceremony, I couldn’t because of my big stomach. I have since started to run and this morning I was wearing the same suit. Don’t be jealous, go run,” the minister said at the time.
Keep it up Minister @GaytonMcK
Looking forward to joining you for a morning walk! 🇿🇦🇿🇦😉 https://t.co/zDKeqmw6vC— Paul Mashatile🇿🇦 (@PMashatile) July 31, 2024
Motivated by the incident, he started running and has now initiated a “Wednesday weigh-in” challenge, encouraging his followers and party members to share their weight-loss progress on social media.
“I weighed 146kg when I became a minister and then I started walking and sometimes running. But I’ve decided to take it a notch further. We’re now having Wednesday weigh-in. Please get your scales. We’re going to weigh in every Wednesday. When you want to eat something, you’ll go, ‘Ahh, I need to weigh in tomorrow.’”
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