Kwisikrini, umfazi obhityileyo obhityileyo uyawohloka, wehliselwa iinyembezi phakathi ekuzilolongeni ngobunzima obuninzi ekufuneka abutshise ukuze aqhubeke nesantya sokhuphiswano lwe-NBC's blockbuster weight loss The Biggest Loser.
Kwaye njengoko umboniso udlala kumabonakude we-intshi ezingama-46 olawula kwigumbi lakhe lokuhlala elipholileyo ePinellas County, Fla., uKai Hibbard akakwazi nokuma abukele. Kuba umfanekiso ngamnye usebenza njengesikhumbuzo esitshisayo sexesha lakhe kumdlalo, xa uHibbard wafumana indawo yesibini kumboniso ngo-2006.
Ngexesha wayefikelela esiphelweni sokhuphiswano, iinwele zakhe zaziwa kwaye usapho lwakhe lwamtyhalela ukuba abone ugqirha ukuze aphinde abe nesimo sengqondo esisempilweni malunga nokutya. Wayesele etyhutyha iinyanga zokuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni ukuze aphulukane neyona ndlela ilungileyo phambi kokuba uphawu lwentengiso lulinganise ubunzima kwiiseshoni, esitya ngaphantsi kwe-1,000 yeekhalori ngosuku ngalunye ngelixa esebenza umndilili weeyure ezintlanu ukuya kwezisibhozo imihla ngemihla ehla ukuya kwi-144 yeeponti ukusuka kubunzima bokuqala be-262.
Kwaye nangona evumile ukubukela umboniso we-16 kaMatshi kunye nentatheli kwindlu yakhe, yonke indawo yazisa iinkumbulo kwimizabalazo yakhe njengomntu osindileyo egxalathelana kuxinzelelo lwasemva kokwenzakala.
Lo mboniso ubuhlungu ukuwubukela, utshilo u-Hibbard, oneminyaka engama-31 ubudala, owayengekasiboni isiqendu esikhulu esiphulukeneyo ngaphaya kwesizini yakhe, ethi ngamanye amaxesha iphinde isasazwe kwitshaneli ye-Bravo. Ndandidla ngokugulelwa sisisu ndilile kangangokuba ndisicime.
Ngoku uhlala emantla ePinellas County kunye nonyana wakhe oneenyanga ezili-17 ubudala, uJacob, kunye nomyeni, uJake bonke bafudukele apha besuka eMaine ngoSeptemba uHibbard usabonwa kobona bomi bakhe buKhulu boLahleke.
Sisiqalekiso sodumo lukamabonwakude lokwenyani: udumo olwaneleyo lokuba abalandeli bazive benelungelo lokukumisa naphi na kodwa akukho mali yaneleyo yokufumana umgama.
U-Hibbard wahleka ngelixa ekhumbula olunye uhambo oluya kwivenkile ethengisa ukutya kwiiveki ezimbini emva kokuzalwa kukaYakobi, iinwele zakhe zinamathele kuyo yonke indawo kwaye amehlo ebomvu ngenxa yokungalali. Emva kokuba nonyana wakhe, u-Hibbard ulinganisa malunga neekhilogram ze-167 (Akubonakali ngendlela eyayiqhelekile, watsho).
Umfazi othile uyeza kum aze avele athi, ‘Thixo wam, kwenzeke ntoni kuwe?’? Utshilo uHibbard. Engqwabalala.
Kwezi ntsuku, u-Hibbard uphuhlisa ukwaziwa kolunye uhlobo njengomdlali okhuphisanayo ozimisele ukuthetha ngokuphandle malunga nesiphithiphithi esingemva kwe-scenes ngexesha lakhe kumboniso.
Iingqwalasela zakhe:
Xa wayenyathela esikalini secandelo lokulinganisa elidume kakubi apho abo baphulukana nobona bunzima buncinci besesichengeni sokuvotelwa ukuba baphume kwinkqubo ebengalinganiswanga. Abantu abakhuphisanayo balinganiswe kwangaphambi kwemini, ngaphandle kwekhamera, nangona bengakhange baxelelwe ubunzima babo kude kube yinxalenye yekhamera.
Yena kunye nabanye abakhuphisanayo baziphelise kanobom ngaphambi kokuba balinganise ubunzima bekhamera, bemisa ulwelo kusuku oludlulileyo kwaye basebenze kwiiyure zempahla enzima ngaphambili, ngeendlela ezingaboniswanga kwikhamera.
Nangona ababukeli banokuba noluvo lokuba abakhuphisanayo balinganiswe kwaye bakhutshwe rhoqo emva kweentsuku ezisixhenxe, u-Hibbard uthe kunokubakho amaxesha amade, kunye nekhefu ukuya kwiintsuku ezili-14 phakathi kobunzima obumbalwa (umvelisi olawulayo uthe akakhumbuli ikhefu elide kangako, nangona imiba yemveliso inokukhokelela kwisithuba seentsuku ezisibhozo okanye ezilithoba). Oku kunokukhokelela ababukeli ukuba bacinge ukuba abathathi-nxaxheba balahlekelwe ubunzima obukhulu ngexesha leveki.
Amacandelo obunzima afotwa kabini okanye kathathu ukufumana ii-engile zekhamera ezahlukeneyo. Ngoko umntu okhuphisanayo owamangaliswa kukwehla kwakhe emzimbeni xa wayeqala ukuvela kwikhamera kuya kufuneka aphinde ayivelise kwakhona loo ntetho isihlandlo esinye okanye ezibini ezingakumbi.
Kwelinye icandelo lokuthengisa, wancoma ukusela ubisi, kodwa waxelelwa ukuba alitshice xa iikhamera ziyekile ukufota. U-Hibbard uthe abagqatswa babengavumelekanga ukuba basele ubisi ngexesha lakhe (umqeqeshi owayesebenza kulo mboniso waphawula ukuba wayechasa abagqatswa basela ubisi olupheleleyo, olwalusetyenziswa ngexesha lecandelo lokubonakala kwalo).
Xa u-Hibbard ekhuphisana, i-NBC yasasaza umjikelo omnye kuphela wexesha ngalinye leTV, inika abangeneleli iinyanga ezintathu ukuba baqeqeshe kwi-Biggest Loserranch eSimi Valley ngaphambi kokuba baye ekhaya ukuze basebenze iinyanga ezine ezikhokelela ekugqibeleni komboniso.
Ukuzilolonga ekhaya kuye kwabonakala kunzima ku-Hibbard, owathi wayenengxaki yokuphulukana neenwele kunye nesistim somzimba esinamandla ngelixa abavelisi babemkhuthaza ngamabali okuba u-Erik Chopin wayeqhuba kakuhle kangakanani na owayephumelele imbangi yakhe. Xa uHibbard waxelela iingxaki zakhe kumqeqeshi uKim Lyons, ngoku engekho kumboniso, uLyons wayenovelwano ekuqaleni.
Kodwa ke u-Hibbard wafumana i-imeyile yelizwi leselfowuni evela kumqeqeshi, owayethethe nabavelisi; Umgqatswa urhanela ukuba bebelangazelela ukuba ibhinqa liphumelele uhlelo lwesithathu emva kokuba iisizini ezidlulileyo zivelise abaphumeleleyo ababini abangamadoda. Ndifanele ukukuxelela ukuba uyifunxe kwaye ufumane i-eyakho kwi-treadmill, uLyons oxolisayo wamxelela.
Eqhagamshelwe nge-imeyile, uLyons ubhale ukuba akayikhumbuli incoko, kodwa wavuma ukuba ubenengxaki yokuziphatha ngokumalunga neziphumo zempilo zomdlalo.
Uye waqinisekisa amabali ka-Hibbard okuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni, ebhala ukuba wakhe wabona ingxowa yenkunkuma emnyama iphuma phantsi kwehempe yombilo yomntu okhuphisana naye ngexesha lokuzilolonga. Ndothukile, ndaphambana, nanjengoko umqeqeshi omtsha, ephoxeke ngokupheleleyo, wabhala uLyons, owaphinda wagxeka abavelisi ngokungabonisi indlela abakhuphisanayo abalwa ngayo rhoqo ne-bursitis, ukophuka koxinzelelo kunye nezihlunu ezikrazukileyo.
(Ukuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni) kubangela amanani amakhulu kwisikali, wongezelela umqeqeshi. Ngokuqinisekileyo, abavelisi bathanda amanani amakhulu kwisikali; yongeza kwixabiso lokothuka kwaye oko kukhokelela kumazinga aphezulu. Leyo yinyani iTV kunye neMelika izondla kuyo. Iyagula.
Kwifama, u-Hibbard wafumanisa ukuba uhlobo olungaqhelekanga lwe-groupthink lwavela njengoko abakhuphisanayo bazityhalela kumanqanaba aphezulu okuzivocavoca kunye nokusetyenziswa kwekhalori ephantsi, nangona umboniso wawunika iingcebiso ezisemgangathweni zesondlo kunye nokukhuthaza izigidi zababukeli.
Wayevakalelwa kukuba umboniso wawuphatha abantu abakhuphisanayo ngokungathi bayayonqena kwaye baziziyatha ngenxa yokuba babe bakhulu, kwaye befundisa abadlali ukuba badle ukutya okukhawulezayo kwaye basebenzise ubunzima babo ngelixa bekhuthaza ubuchule obuphakathi eluntwini.
UPam Smith, (ogqatswayo) okwixesha lam lexesha uthe eyona nto ilungileyo: ‘Umboniso ukhuthaze izigidi, kodwa ngokuncama abagqatswa abali-14,’? utshilo uHibbard, ophumelele i-50,000 yeedola kwimali yebhaso ngokubeka indawo yesibini. Abantu babesiza kum belila ngenxa yokuba bebengenako ukwehla emzimbeni njengoko besenza ngeveki. Kodwa ayisiyonyani, yiTV.
Omnye wabaphumeleleyo kumboniso wangaphambili kunye nomvelisi olawulayo uphikise ezona akhawunti zigqithileyo zikaHibbard, esithi lo mboniso ngoku uvavanya ukuqinisekisa ukuba abathathi-nxaxheba abazinciphisi amanzi ngaphambi kobunzima.
Yonke into esiyenzileyo ibikubude bengalo kagqirha, utshilo uBill Germanakos, ophumelele umjikelo wesine womboniso ngo-2007 kwaye ngoku ugcina umsebenzi wakhe njengesithethi sezempilo kunye nempilo. Aba gqirha abasivumeli ukuba sikhuphe amanzi emzimbeni okanye singene kwiibhokisi zokubila okanye sinxibe iisuti zerabha. Ngumboniso owahluke ngokupheleleyo ngoku.
Umvelisi oLawulayo uMark Koops akakhumbuli ixesha apho kwadlula iintsuku ezili-14 phakathi kwamacandelo anobunzima, esithi abo bakhuphisanayo banoxanduva ekugqibeleni lokuba bazityhala kangakanani kwaye abavelisi kufuneka babilise iintsuku ezininzi zamava ukuya kutsho kwiyure enye kamabonakude ngeveki.
Inkqubo yethu namhlanje ihambele phambili kakhulu ukuba ibikwisizini yesithathu. Sikhuthaza ukwenza oku ngendlela eyiyo, utshilo uKoops. Akukho mntu kufuneka acinge ukuba iziphumo kwifama yinto anokuthi ayenze ngokwakhe. (Abagqatswa) bayasuswa kwiingcinezelo (zobomi). Banelungiselelo elizinikeleyo, elicocekileyo. Umsebenzi wabo kukuzinikela ekusindiseni ubomi babo.
U-Hibbard uvumile ukuba iimeko kunye neenkqubo bezinokuthi zitshintshe okoko wakhuphisanayo.
Kodwa i-Biggest Loser ikwayenye yemiboniso ephezulu ye-NBC, kunye neshishini elincedisayo lokuthengisa kunye nelayisenisi eqikelelwa yiNew York Times kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukuba ivelise i-100 yezigidi zeedola. Kwaye isivumelwano esisayinwe ngabathathi-nxaxheba sichaza izohlwayo ukusuka kwi-100,000 yeedola ukuya kwi-1 yezigidi zeedola ngenxa yokwaphulwa okuthile.
Ke ngalo lonke olu xinzelelo lokudlala kakuhle, kutheni uHibbard ethetha ngamaxesha anzima kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo?
Kuba wakha wala isicelo sodliwano-ndlebe kwimagazini yeendaba yakwa-ABC 20/20, phakathi kweenkxalabo malunga nokumangalelwa. Kungekudala, wazisola ngokushiya ithuba lokunyaniseka kwihlabathi.
Ndiziva ngathi ndinoxanduva lokuziphatha njengenxalenye yengxaki ukuba yinxalenye yesisombululo, utshilo. Nangona kujongeka njengomlingo kumabonwakude kwaye akukho mntu uyithandayo xa ubulala uSanta Claus.
Owayesakuba ngumqeqeshi omkhulu weLoser uLyons uqaphele ukuba kunokuba nzima kubagqatswa ukuba bahlengahlengise emva kokuba umboniso uphelile. Inxalenye enzima kakhulu iyaqonda ukuba ayidumanga, ayizange yenze izigidi kwaye ubomi buqhubeka njengoko benzile ngaphambi komboniso, umqeqeshi wabhala nge-imeyile. Umboniso ubonisa ulindelo olungekho ngqiqweni nolungakhuselekanga kubantu basekhaya, kodwa unokukhetha ukuphefumlelwa ukuba wenze oko unokukwenza ekhaya, okanye (ube) ukrakra kuba awukho kwindawo ebonakalayo.
Ngoku kwisikolo esiphumelele isidanga, u-Hibbard ucinga ngokutshintsha ugxininiso lwakhe ukusuka kumsebenzi wentlalontle ukuya kwisondlo kunye nokutya. Uxhasa inkampani encedisayo ebizwa ngokuba yiLivea kwaye sele eza kuqalisa umsebenzi wesingxungxo kwindawo yokwenza umthambo njengomqeqeshi wobuqu.
Ndiyazi ukuba ndine-PTSD kulo mboniso, utshilo. Ukuba bekufuneka ndidlule, bendiya kuphuma eqongeni ndize (ndithi) ‘Yitya ndiyagoduka. Amashumi amahlanu amakhulu akawufanelanga umphefumlo wam.’?
