Housemate Vesna got more than she bargained for on Big Brother — an extra 12kg! Now she’s determined to shed them, with a little help from Woman’s Day.
Never afraid to speak her mind, Big Brother‘s Vesna certainly had her share of run-ins while she was in the house. But now the popular reality TV star has a new fight on her hands. And it’s one she’s absolutely determined to win — the battle of the bulge.
Having piled on 12kg during her three months on Big Brother, Vesna Tofevski is now on an eight-week quest to get her old body back.
Woman’s Day has enlisted the help of Melbourne personal trainer Troy Hill, from Fitness First gyms, as well as dietician Melanie McGrice, to help Vesna achieve her goal. And we’ll follow the progress of the former housemate over the next two months.
Vesna’s the first to admit she let herself go during her time in the Big Brother house. Weighing 58kg when she joined the series, the 28-year-old hairdresser from Melbourne was then a size eight to 10. Now, at 70kg, she reveals she’s “a good size 12 bordering on a 14”.
“I’ve got a small frame. I’m only five foot three [160cm],” the lively star says. “Before I went into the house, I used to eat a lot of beans and tuna and heaps of vegetables and salad — it was very healthy. When I went into the house, there was white bread, pasta and full-cream milk, which I don’t normally have. When they did give us sweets, you’d really get into them. I was so emotional in there and I needed the sweets to compensate for everything I wasn’t getting.
“I thought at first that I’d keep up the exercise, but then my toe was injured and I was off for a good three weeks. By then, I’d lost all motivation and I had already gained a little bit of weight. The more weight I gained, the more I’d eat.”
With no scales provided in the house, was Vesna aware of her weight increase?
“Yes,” she nods. “I brought in a couple of pairs of pants that I couldn’t do up by the end of my time in there. It did get me down — big time.
“I had so many clothes in my suitcase but I didn’t wear anything because nothing fit me. I had to walk around in bikinis and a sarong the whole day,” she recalls, laughing.
Before she was thrust into the spotlight, Vesna was dedicated to a regular exercise regimen. “I was very fit,” she says. “People don’t understand that [exercise is] not just to look good — it’s to feel good, physically and mentally.”
And now the reality TV star promises she’ll do whatever it takes to get back into shape.
“Troy will be the Big Brother now,” she quips. “I’ll have to vent somehow and it will be at him!”
But Vesna’s fans needn’t worry that she’ll lose all her famous curves. “I don’t want to be a skinny mini,” she declares. “I don’t think women should have to feel they need to be skinny to be attractive. I’m proud of my curves.”
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