Susan Powter was born to Colin and Jan Powter on 22 December, 1957 in Sydney, Australia. She is a motivational speaker, dietitian and personal trainer who rose to fame in the 1990s with her mantra "Stop the Insanity!" She gives few details of her personal life except that she has always been somewhat estranged from her parents, that she was educated by Dominican nuns, and that she has 3 sons (23, 22 & 9 years old) Sons Damien and Kiel were born from her first marriage to Nic Villareal (1982-1988). Although she had a second marriage to Lincoln Apeland from 1989-1995, he is not the father of her third son. On her website, she claims to be 47 years old and "menopausal".

She is an author with several best-selling books. She was set apart from other people in her profession because of her loud, aggressive manner of speaking and her military-style, platinum-white flat-top haircut. Though no longer in the limelight as she once was, she continues to write and motivate.

She went into her modern form after losing 133 pounds, motivated by the departure of her husband for another woman. She describes her state of mind immediately after the split as "I ate, and I cried, and I planned his death."

In 2003, she returned to writing with The Politics of Stupid, a stream-of-consciousness, self-published manifesto encouraging women to take control of their brains and bodies from the food manufacturers, corrupt governments, and fitness/diet industries. Advocating a whole-foods, organic, low-fat diet, and regular cardiovascular and strength-training exercise, she describes herself now as a "radical feminist lesbian woman."

Susan's web site reports that she will be hosting a radio show beginning in May 2006 and a cooking show with the provocative title Taste My Broth within the year. She also puts out The Monthly Flow, a subscription-based multi-media e-zine.

External links

• Official web site

Australian people | Exercise instructors | Motivational speakers | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender people | 1957 births