📢 We are thrilled to release the winners of
This was our 33rd Sleekgeek 8-Week Challenge since 2011 (we do 3 per year).
Once again, each of our challengers worked incredibly hard to achieve impressive results throughout their 8-week challenge period and our judges really had their work cut out for them to come up with our top winners.
Want to be next? Entries for the Summer 2022 Sleekgeek 8-Week Challenge are now open until October 18th! Enter before 27 September 2022 for a 40% discount.
Here are some quick 📊 stats:
- We had a
total of 457 Sleekgeek Challengers submit their final results, losing a total of 2,034.2kgs. - They lost an average of 4.5kgs or 4.8% of their body weight per person.
- The top 50 Sleekgeek Challengers lost a total of 708.2kgs.
- The top 50 Sleekgeek Challengers lost an average of 14.2kgs or 14.2% of their body weight per person.
These stats include those who deliberately put on weight/muscle to improve their physique and health.
Great job Sleeks! You guys and girls knocked it out of the park!
All of those who submitted final results are that much closer to their goals – isn’t it time that you gave it a go?
Quick Links:
- Prizes Recap
- Judging Process Explained
- Women’s Transformation Winners
- Men’s Transformation Winners
- Women’s % Weight Loss Winners
- Men’s % Weight Loss Winners
- Buddy Challenge Winners
- Couple Challenge Winners
- Top 50 % Weight Loss Stats
- Consistency Award Winner
- Team Challenge Winner
📊 Survey Stats:
We asked our challengers to rate themselves on a scale of 1-10 where:
- 0 = poor
- 5 = average
- 10 = excellent
Here were the results.
How would you rank your current level of health and fitness right now?
| BEFORE | AFTER | CHANGE |
| 4.5 | 6.4 | ⬆️ 19% |
How would you rate how you feel about your body right now?
| BEFORE | AFTER | CHANGE |
| 3.6 | 6 | ⬆️ 24% |
How would you rate how consistently you eat healthily right now?
| BEFORE | AFTER | CHANGE |
| 4.3 | 6.7 | ⬆️ 24% |
How would you rate how consistently active you are right now?
| BEFORE | AFTER | CHANGE |
| 4.4 | 6.7 | ⬆️ 23% |
How would you rate your general energy levels right now?
| BEFORE | AFTER | CHANGE |
| 4.6 | 6.6 | ⬆️ 20% |
AVERAGE IMPROVEMENT
| ⬆️ 22% |
😍 Prizes:
A huge round of applause to our top 20 challengers who walk away with awesome prizes (pictured below) as well as bragging rights in our latest challenge!
And, of course, a massive thanks to our awesome prize sponsors!
Sleekgeek gives away over R100,000 worth of prizes each challenge, with the 4 individual category winners winning R10,000 each!
Main Challenge Prizes:
There are 4 categories with 5 winners in each (50 in total):
- Female Transformation
- Male Transformation
- Female % Weight Loss
- Male % Weight Loss
Thank you to our sponsors Vitaforce, CSB Body Fusion, Cape Union Mart, Dis-Chem, JBL, Food Lover’s Market, Ergonomicsdirect, Takealot, and Fitbit!
Buddy Challenge, Couple Challenge, and Team Challenge Prizes:
Thank you to our sponsors: Vitaforce and adidas!
Read more about the bonus Couple Challenge, Buddy Challenge, and Team Challenge here.
Consistency Challenge:
Read more about the bonus Consistency Challenge here.
⚖️ Judging process:
A quick reminder that we have 4 categories to ensure fair competition: 1) Men’s transformation, 2) women’s transformation, 3) men’s weight loss, and 4) women’s weight loss.
Transformation is judged by our independent panel of judges via an audited voting process. The Transformation category is determined by who the judges believed had to do the most work to get from ‘Before’ to ‘After.’
Weight loss is judged purely by percentage of weight lost, based on before and after measurements submitted. We publish modest clothed photos, but weight loss is confirmed by our judges using the challenger’s more revealing before and after photos as well as photos of their weight while standing on the scale.
Sleekgeek and its staff are not involved in the final decision-making and we accept the judges’ decisions as final.
Some past winners:
🏆 WOMEN’S TRANSFORMATION WINNERS
Monique Mathobie, 🥇 1st Place Women’s Transformation:
Cheryl Andrews, 🥈 2nd Place Women’s Transformation:
Tania Susack, 🥉 3rd Place Women’s Transformation:
C.E. 4th Place Women’s Transformation:
Nicky Heinze, 5th Place Women’s Transformation:
Honourable Mentions:
👏 Caitlynn Enoch (6th)
👏 Candice Malan (7th)
👏 Jade Gottschalk (8th)
👏 Christy Oosthuizen (9th)
👏 Ashena Remloutan / 👏 Carina van Zyl (tied for 10th)
🏆 MEN’S TRANSFORMATION WINNERS
Wynand Hattingh, 🥇 1st Place Men’s Transformation:
Arno Meyer, 🥈 2nd Place Men’s Transformation:
Michael Mitchell, 🥉 3rd Place Men’s Transformation:
Shailesh Singh, 4th Place Men’s Transformation:
Gavin Farmer, 5th Place Men’s Transformation:
Honourable Mentions:
👏 Viv Blumears (6th)
👏 Conrad van Zyl (7th)
👏 Gerrit Stockenstrom (8th)
👏 Dirkie Engelbrecht (9th)
👏 Andrew Coetzee (10th)
🏆 WOMEN’S % WEIGHT LOSS WINNERS
Weight loss is judged purely by percentage of body weight lost, based on before and after measurements submitted and confirmed by before and after photos both fully and minimally clothed (which include a photo of their measurement on the scale).
Qhawekazi Langa, 🥇 1st Place Women’s Weight Loss (lost 30.14%):
Rahldeyah Esack, 🥈 2nd Place Women’s Weight Loss (lost 29.25%):
Zaytoon Esack, 3rd Place Women’s Weight Loss (lost 27.60%):
Irene Du Preez, 4th Place Women’s Weight Loss (lost 26.96%):
Jeanette Du Toit, 5th Place Women’s Weight Loss (lost 25.13%):
Honourable Mentions:
👏 Cheryl Andrews (6th)
👏 Monique Lauren Mathobie (7th)
👏 Monika Klose (8th)
👏 Antionette Perfetti (9th)
👏 Marike Jansen van Vuren (10th)
🏆 MEN’S % WEIGHT LOSS WINNERS
Weight loss is judged purely by percentage of body weight lost, based on before and after measurements submitted and confirmed by before and after photos both fully and minimally clothed (which include a photo of their measurement on the scale).
Viv Blumears, 🥇 1st Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 21.55%):
Conrad van Zyl 🥈 2nd Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 18.04%):
Johan Nortje, 🥉 3rd Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 18.03%):
David Engelbrecht, 4th Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 16.51%):
James Morford, 5th Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 10.70%):
Honourable Mentions:
👏 Riaan Joubert (6th)
👏 Michael Mitchell (7th)
👏 Dirkie Engelbrecht (8th)
👏 Taswell Franciscus (9th)
👏 Kenneth Taylor (10th)
[BONUS] BUDDY CHALLENGE WINNERS
Qhawekazi Langa and Rahldeyah Esack win our Buddy Challenge for achieving the highest combined ranking by coming 1st in Women’s % Weight Loss and 2nd in Women’s % Weight Loss respectively.
They win a R10,000 adidas shopping voucher to share!
Honourable Mentions:
👏 Rahldeyah Esack (2nd) and Zaytoon Esack (3rd)
👏 Celeste (Enoch) Singh (4th) and Caitlyn Enoch (6th)
👏 Cheryl Andrews (2nd) and Christy Oosthuizen (9th)
👏 Cheryl Andrews (2nd) and Andrew Coetzee (10th)
👏 Johan Nortje (3rd) and Antionette Perfetti (9th)
[BONUS] COUPLE CHALLENGE WINNERS
Celeste (Enoch) Singh and Shailesh Singh win our Couple Challenge for achieving the highest combined ranking by coming 4th in Women’s Transformation and 4th in Men’s Transformation respectively.
They win a R10,000 adidas shopping voucher to share!
Honourable Mentions:
👏 Conrad van Zyl (2nd) + Carina van Zyl (10th)
👏 Christy Oosthuizen (9th) and Andrew Coetzee (10th)
📊 TOP 50 PERCENTAGE OF WEIGHT LOSS
Well done to our top 50 people in the percentage of body weight lost category!
We had a
- Our men lost an average of 5.84% of their body weight per person.
- Our women lost an average of 4.60% of their body weight per person.
Our top 50 Sleekgeek Challengers lost a total of 708.2kgs with an average of 14.2kgs or 14.2% of their body weight lost per person!
- Our top 50 men lost an average of 7.72% of their body weight per person.
- Our top 50 women lost an average of 13.46% of their body weight per person.
[BONUS] CONSISTENCY AWARD WINNER
Each Challenge we have a group of challengers who impress us with their consistency over the 8 weeks meeting all the requirements.
When we have more than one candidate meeting the prescribed requirements it comes down to a random draw.
The Consistency Winner is… Runice Carelse
They win a R2,000 cash prize!
Honourable mentions (A-Z) to: Bronwen Seager, Candice Arthur (Malan), Charnelle Jacobs, Diane Ritchie, Elaine Du Toit, Ginny Massey, Grant Kennedy, Helena Douwrie, Janine Marks, Jenni Murray, Jenny de Pontes, Jolleen Witbooi, Kat Darvall, Lauren Mathieson, Maxine Chowles, Melanie de Bruyn, Michael Mitchell, Natasha Armstrong, Nicole Heinze, Nicole Woodman, Qhawekazi Langa, Rosalind Bronkhorst, Samantha Reinecke, Wendy Moore.
[BONUS] TEAM CHALLENGE WINNER
As a fun extra, we encourage challengers to form teams with friends, family, and even other Sleekgeeks who they have never met before. Teams range from a minimum of 10 to a maximum of 20 members.
How is the winning team judged?
We use a formula that takes into account the following:
- Average weight loss of team members.
- Percentage of team members who finish the challenge
- Bonus points for team members who make it into the “top 10” of the Transformation category.
We had 31 teams submit their final results to be considered.
CONGRATULATIONS to the winning team, Dream Team Vikings lead by Monique Mathobie!
Monique wins R3,000 for leading her team to victory and each team member gets a R500 Sleekgeek Online Store voucher.
👏 Runners up who scored points in order of placement were:
- 2nd – DreamTeam Achievers – Dee Coetzee wins R2,000 cash for the 2nd place finish and each team member gets a R200 Sleekgeek online store voucher.
- 3rd – Warriors 2 – Theo Louw wins R1,000 cash for the 3rd place finish and each team member gets a R150 Sleekgeek online store voucher.
- 4th – DreamTeam Dynamite
- 5th – Thinit to Winit
- 6th – WaistAway 1
- 7th – DreamTeam Dominators
- 8th – Mountain Movers 2
- 9th – Mountain Movers 1
- 10th – DreamTeam Evolution
- 11th – WaistAway 2
- 12th – Zero Limits 1
- 13th – Flab2Fab
- 14th – Iron Maidens 3
- 15th – Iron Maidens 1
- 16th – Iron Maidens 4
- 17th – Iron Maidens 2
- 18th – WaistAway 3
- 19th – Metamorphosis
- 20th – Zero Limits Revolution
- 21st – Transformers
- 22nd – Warriors 1
- 23rd – The Assassins
- 24th – Lean Queens
- 25th – Wildfire
- 26th – Mountain Movers 3
- 27th – Mountain Movers 4
- 28th – House of Athena
- 29th – Muscle Hustlers
- 30th – Belly Bailouts
Want to be next?
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