📢 We are thrilled to release the winners of the Winter 2024 Sleekgeek 8-Week Challenge!

This was our 39th 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 2024 Sleekgeek 8-Week Challenge are now open!

Here are some quick 📊 stats:

• We had a total of 333 Sleekgeek Challengers submit their final results, losing a total of 1,424.6kgs.
• They lost an average of 4.28kgs or 4.50% of their body weight per person.
• The top 50 Sleekgeek Challengers lost a total of 572.38kgs.
• The top 50 Sleekgeek Challengers lost an average of 11.45kgs or 11.90% 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

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📊 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	6.5	20%⬆️

How would you rate how you feel about your body right now?

BEFORE	AFTER	CHANGE
3.6	6.1	25%⬆️

How would you rate how consistently you eat healthily right now?

BEFORE	AFTER	CHANGE
4.3	6.8	25%⬆️

How would you rate how consistently active you are right now?

BEFORE	AFTER	CHANGE
4.5	6.7	22%⬆️

How would you rate your general energy levels right now?

BEFORE	AFTER	CHANGE
4.6	6.6	20%⬆️

AVERAGE IMPROVEMENT

22%⬆️

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😍 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 partners!

Winter 2024 Sleekgeek 8-Week Challenge Partners: adidas, Vitaforce, CSB Body Fusion, USN, Trojan, Nutribullet, Ergonomicsdirect, Food Lover’s Market, and HUAWEI!

Sleekgeek gives away over R200,000 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

They all get a share of:

Thank you to our prize partners: adidas, Vitaforce, , CSB Body Fusion, USN, Trojan, Nutribullet, Ergonomicsdirect, Food Lover’s Market, and HUAWEI!

Buddy Challenge, Couple Challenge, and Team Challenge Prizes:

Thank you to our prize partners: 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.

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⚖️ 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:

The Transformation category is judged by our independent panel of judges (shown below) 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.’

View our judging panel profiles over here.

% Weight Loss:

The % Weight loss category 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.

• NOTE: As per our terms and conditions the “Top 5 % Weight Loss Winners cannot place as a winner if they have gained back more than 50% of the weight they lost in their most recent challenge unless it’s been more than 12 months. (e.g. if someone loses 20kgs, they can’t place as a winner if they have gained back more than 10kgs subsequently)”. This is to help minimise repeat winners and unhealthy weight re-gain between challenges.

Sleekgeek and its staff are not involved in the final decision-making and we accept the judges’ decisions as final.

Some past winners:

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🏆 WOMEN’S TRANSFORMATION WINNERS

Danette Linde, 🥇 1st Place Women’s Transformation:

Ruth Greeff, 🥈 2nd Place Women’s Transformation:

Biancé Mitchell, 🥉3rd Place Women’s Transformation:

Cherise Stoltz, 4th Place Women’s Transformation:

Susan Scheepers, 5th Place Women’s Transformation:

Honourable Mentions:
👏 Shizelle Glasgow (6th)
👏 Pamela Raimondi (7th)
👏 Jo-Anne Fick (8th)
👏 Stacey Fitzhenry (9th)

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🏆 MEN’S TRANSFORMATION WINNERS

Jay Pretorius, 🥇 1st Place Men’s Transformation:

Ivan Smit, 🥈 2nd Place Men’s Transformation:

Christiaan Du Plessis, 🥉 3rd Place Men’s Transformation:

Michael Mitchell, 4th Place Men’s Transformation:

Coenraad Vlietstra, 5th Place Men’s Transformation:

Honourable Mentions:
🏆 James Janse Van Rensburg (placed higher in the % Weight Loss category)
👏 Gerrie Opperman (6th)

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🏆 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 23.05%):

Christine Henning, 🥈 2nd Place Women’s Weight Loss (lost 18.74%):

Fiona Worwood, 🥉 3rd Place Women’s Weight Loss (lost 18.11%):

Michelle De Villiers, 4th Place Women’s Weight Loss (lost 15.25%):

Lungile Khambule, 5th Place Women’s Weight Loss (lost 14.78%):

Honourable Mentions:
🏆 Ruth Greeff (placed higher in the Transformation category)
👏 Michelle Craucamp-Kraftt (6th)
👏 Mandisa Sidwaba (7th)
👏 Marinda Badenhorst (8th)
👏 Elzabe Schilling (9th)
👏 Phumudzo Orimogunje (10th)

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🏆 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).

Brian Greeff, 🥇 1st Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 18.28%):

James Janse van Rensburg, 🥈 2nd Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 14.55%):

Theo Wesson, 🥉 3rd Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 14.10%):

James Morrow, 4th Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 13.94%):

Paul Dineen, 5th Place Men’s Weight Loss (lost 10.85%)

Honourable Mentions:
🏆 Ivan Smit, Jay Pretorius, and Coenraad Vlietstra (placed higher in the Transformation category)
👏 Jacob Small (6th)
👏 Michal Klue (7th)
👏 Clinton Govender (8th)
👏 Shaun Joubert (9th)
👏 Lesley Joubert (10th)

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[BONUS] BUDDY CHALLENGE WINNERS

Ivan Smit and James Janse van Rensburg win our Buddy Challenge for achieving the best combined ranking!

• Ivan Smit placed 2nd in Men’s Transformation.
• James Janse Van Rensburg placed 2nd in Men’s % Weight Loss.

They win a R10,000 adidas shopping voucher to share!

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[BONUS] COUPLE CHALLENGE WINNERS

Brian Greeff and Ruth Greeff win our Couple Challenge for achieving the best combined ranking!

• Brian Greeff placed 1st in Men’s % Weight Loss.
• Ruth Greff placed 2nd in Women’s Transformation.

They win a R10,000 adidas shopping voucher to share!

Honourable Mentions:
👏 Michael Mitchell (4th) and Biancé Mitchell (3rd)

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📊 TOP 50 RANKED BY PERCENTAGE OF WEIGHT LOSS

Well done to our top 50 people in the percentage of body weight lost category!

We had a total of 333 Sleekgeek Challengers submit their final results, losing a total of 1,424.6kgs with an average of 4.28kgs or 4.50% of their body weight lost per person!

• Our men (46 finishers) lost an average of 5.95% of their body weight per person.
• Our women (287 finishers) lost an average of 4.27% of their body weight per person.

Our top 50 Sleekgeek Challengers lost a total of 572.38kgs with an average of 11.45kgs or 11.90% of their body weight lost per person!

• Our top 50 (actually 46) men lost an average of 5.95% of their body weight per person.
• Our top 50 women lost an average of 10.82% of their body weight per person.

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[BONUS] CONSISTENCY AWARD WINNER

For 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 Verona Cocksedge!

They win a HUAWEI Watch Fit 3 worth R2,999!

Honourable mentions (A-Z) to: Belinda Chaplin, Belinda Hageman, Dave Rademan, Debbie Godfrey, Debbie Louw, Danette Linde, Elaine Briedenhann, Euline Mason-Pearce, Ilka Breytenbach, Janine Roussouw, Jay Pretorius, Jo-anne Fick, Joanne Clegg, Kat Darvall, Kerry Cox, Kim Barnard, Kristie Botha, Lauren Mathieson, Leani Johnson, Maxine Chowles, Michael Mitchell, Michelle Craucamp-Kraftt, Michelle Fourie, Maryke Vergeer, Nancy Close, Natalie Rabie, Nomvula Buthelezi, Olivia Hess, Rosalind Bronkhorst, Shizelle Glasgow, Sonia Le Roux, Wendy Hendrikse.

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[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 17 teams submit their final results to be considered. 

CONGRATULATIONS to the winning team, Goal Diggers led by Michael Mitchell!

👏 Overall Team Placings

1. Goal Diggers – Team leader, Michael Mitchell, wins R3,000 for leading their team to victory and each team member gets a Vitaforce supplement hamper worth R1,500.
   
2. Waist Away Warriors – Team leader, Gerrit Stockenstrom, wins R2,000 cash for the 2nd place finish and each team member gets a R200 Sleekgeek Online Shop voucher.
   
3. Thinittowinit – Team leader, Veronica vd Heever, wins R1,000 cash for the 3rd place finish and each team member gets a R150 Sleekgeek Online Shop voucher
   
4. Dream Team Sassy
5. WaistAway 1
6. WaistAway 5
7. Ctrl+Alt+Elite
8. Goal-Getters
9. Mind Over Matter
10. WaistAway 3
11. Dream Team Dynamite
12. SlendHer
13. Metamorphosis
14. House of Athena
15. Dream Team Dominators
16. WaistAway 2
17. Belly Bailouts

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Want to be next?

Entries for the Summer 2024 Sleekgeek 8-Week Challenge are now open!