By Phillip Koch
Pictures: Grant Matthews
Australia’s favourite funny girl has found a new lease on life. These days Magda Szubanski gets a shock when she looks in the mirror and sees an incredible shrinking TV star.
A couple of weeks ago Magda Szubanski dug out an old pair of jeans she’d bought on a whim years ago but had never worn because they were made for a woman almost half her size.
They were size 16 cords — and incredibly, they fitted like a glove.
“I bought these cords years ago and then I had them in the drawer and thought, ‘I will never get into them’,” Magda admits.
“But it was like someone had cast a magic spell on me and I got into them. They were a little snug but not cutting off my circulation — and the sense of satisfaction and achievement was just so great.”
It may seem like a small victory but to Magda, 48, it was like winning a war she has been waging for much of her adult life. And, slowly but surely, she is winning the battle against the bulge. The much loved Kath & Kim star has dropped from 121kgs 18 months ago to 91kgs today.
“This is the biggest thing that I have ever done,” the funnywoman says.
“I have slain the really big demon. This, and giving up smoking is the other one. I have the same sense of certainty I had with giving up smoking. I know that everyone will be watching me once I have lost it to see if I am going to put it back on. But I feel rock solid about it, I have to say.”
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