Bio
Asanda Siloti is a South African receiving manager who was a contestant on the first season of the e.tv reality competition The Biggest Loser South Africa, from 7 January to 14 April, 2008.
Asanda made it to the final three of the competition and was beaten by winner Sharon Haarhoff at the finale on 14 April, 2008.
Show Statistics
Age
25
Weight at the start of the show
127.8kg
The Biggest Loser team
Red Team
Weight at the finale
73.1kg
Total weight lost
-54.7kg
Total body percentage lost
-42.80%
BEFORE
AFTER
Biggest Loser ProfileAsanda’s hometown is Port Elizabeth, where he worked as a receiving manager. So keen was he to lose weight on The Biggest Loser, that he resigned his job to be on the programme.
One of the bravest things he has ever done was when he performed first aid on his mother, as she lay seriously injured on the road after a car accident.
This changed his whole life, way back in 1995, as she was paralysed and he had to take over the duties in the household.
He was 13 at the time and his brother was living in Umtata. Asanda did the cleaning, the washing and the cooking. It was then that he started gaining weight.
“Food became my life and I was working with it every day. I loved to see people eat and I loved cooking for them, specifically for my mother.
“But it has spun out of control over the years and it is as if I am powerless over food,” he says.
“I am in a relationship right now I am afraid that if this downwards spiral continues I will lose my girlfriend. Or even worse, I can lose my life, as this cannot be healthy.”
He clearly remembers one of the most embarrassing moments in his life. “I was at a party, sat down on a chair and fell to the ground as it broke under me. Everybody laughed and I was so ashamed I left,” he says.
“How nice it would be if I could walk into a shop and effortlessly buy clothes that would fit me. Or go to the beach without feeling like a whale.”
When it comes to food, he despises cabbage, because it was part of the most hideous diet plan that he once had to follow. Pap, bread and braaivleis make his world go round. He would die for spareribs, mushrooms and Fanta Pineapple.
“I will vote people off the show because they are doing badly in the competition, not because I do not like them.
“Moreover, if I am voted off, I will continue working on myself. One day I will be able to wear a muscle top, flattering jeans and a cap that fits nicely.