Hoosne Parker regains her life at age 57 and loses 17kgs
“Feel empowered because you’ve died a little whilst trying to live. Don’t lose yourself in the process of people-pleasing. Rebuilding one’s self-worth requires an open mind; don’t close your heart,...
View ArticleDee Coetzee 21kgs down and 8 more to go!
My name is Dee Coetzee and I am 49 years old. I was always a skinny girl, up to and beyond matric. I was one of the “lucky” ones. I could wear what I wanted, where and when I wanted, no problem. I...
View ArticleKate Lategan loses 42kgs and shares her top ten tips
From an early age, I loved food. Food was a time for celebration, a time to be with friends or family or even when life wasn’t so great. My mother was incredibly health and weight conscious and would...
View ArticleTanya Kirstein overcame a tough start to life and lost 33kgs
My story begins….. High school, that time when most of us feel like we don’t know who we are and are still trying to figure it out. I was at my peak weight. I participated in a lot of sport that was...
View ArticleJasmine Arnold “Budget Bokkie” loses 24kgs
You may know Jasmine Arnold on Sleekgeek as “Budget Bokkie” sharing her low cost healthy meal ideas on our Facebook Group. Today we feature her personal story. My journey started two years ago in the...
View ArticleKirst Greenaway loses 55kgs and discovers passion for lifting weights
I started with my weight loss journey 4 and a half years ago, I never realised how overweight I was until I had been looking through photos of myself with my nephew and realised enough was enough and...
View ArticleAfter some tough love Estelle lost 21kgs and shares her top 10 tips
Hi! My name is Estelle Wheeler I am a 27 year old mommy of 2 beautiful girls and wife to an awesome husband. This is my story… Early Life: I was never an overweight child, growing up I was always...
View ArticleNatalie Lazarus loses 35kgs and inspires others!
People change their bodies for various reasons: wanting to live a longer life, wanting to feel like younger or maybe needing to get off medication, or to fit in their wedding dress. Everyone’s story is...
View ArticleTania Francis is winning at her health journey!
Throughout High School I was never overweight. I was blessed with wide hips and a round booty but I embraced them. Thanks to the Kardashians and Nicki Minaj’s of the world who made big booty’s the...
View ArticleJohanni Smit beats her PCOS to lose weight
So this is my story…. I used to be a “skinny malinky” in school and super active. And then it all went to pits when I hit the prepubescent teen phase of my life. I…got… FAT. No amount of being active...
View ArticleChantelle overcame her demons and lost 30kgs
Chantelle Mc Namara When people ask me how my weight loss and health journey started, what triggered it and how I kept it going, I sometimes struggle to find an answer. Some people have a “moment” of...
View ArticleNatasha-Lee October “living her best life”
My journey started when I was pregnant with my son in 2007. Having always been skinny and for most part of my young adult life weighing 55kg, it was really hard to deal with gaining almost 30kgs. I...
View ArticleKaashiefah Adamson: From infertile and depressed to healthy and thriving.
I want to start off by saying that I am a trained health professional, trained extensively to treat disease processes. During my time of medical school training, we weren’t taught much about health as...
View ArticleJolinda Van der Merwe loses 30kgs and gives up the crash diets!
If you are like me, you would want to skip right to the end to see ‘how did she do it’ Unfortunately every success story starts somewhere. From my mom who could cook up a storm, lack of knowledge when...
View ArticleJonathan Leahy – from shy guy to ripped!
Wow, where do I even start? Let’s start at the beginning. I have always struggled with my weight and because I am a shy introvert. People saw this as a “weak” spot. From primary school, through high...
View ArticleMandy Jubber sheds 23kgs and maintains for 2 years
From childhood, I have always been a skinny girl…but that came from not eating. I didn’t do much sports at school, played a little hockey and that was about it. After leaving school and the comfort of...
View ArticleMichelle Pearl learns self love is the greatest lesson
My journey to losing 30kgs hasn’t been an easy one. Well .. the first time I lost it was. The first time you ask? That’s because I put a large portion of it back on the first time around. I wasn’t...
View ArticleShaun King overcomes injury to regain his health
Bloemfontein Sleekgeek Shaun King played competitive rugby and after injury lost his way. He shares his story on finding his way back to a healthy lifestyle in his own words. As a child I used to be...
View ArticleWendy Case found her bliss at 50
I was very close to the 80kg mark on the scale and 38% body fat, when I made the decision to take control of the downward spiral that my health had taken. At 166cm tall, this was not a healthy place to...
View ArticleEric Chowles Interview [Sleekgeek Co-Founder]
We’re testing a new format for Transformation Tuesday interviews! Rather than letting people write their own story, we’ve decided to try and come up with a set of interesting questions that people...
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