Sarah Kekana is a South African human resources 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.
A recurring injury took her out of the show in Week 5. She got hurt in the episode challenge and wasn't able to return.
Show Statistics
Age
28
Weight at the start of the show
127.8kg
The Biggest Loser Team
Red
Weight at the end of the show
84.8kg
Total weight lost
-43kg
Total body percentage lost
-33.65%
BEFORE
Biggest Loser Profile
This human resource manager hails from Middelburg in Mpumalanga.
“I started my first diet at the age of 15. The first thing I did was cut out pap, and then I tried apple cider in all my food.”
After that, she tried diet pills and numerous healthy eating plans.
“Initially I started losing weight, but I quickly gained weight again once I finished varsity and started working.
“The cycle continued as I went back onto diet pills, eating plans and so-called magic potions that would make the fat evaporate. “Alas, nothing worked,” she says.
“Then I decided to just do it on my own, without pills or specifically designed eating plans. I decided to just eat what I enjoy in moderation and make healthy eating choices. I bought a scale, and voila, I was on my way to becoming slim and svelte.
“Not for long though, because I moved provinces and quickly gained everything I lost. I just could not believe that I was letting myself go like that, so finally I joined a gym.
“I was there at least three times a week the first month and after that, it petered out, but completely. That is my dieting history, in a nutshell.”
Quite a mouth-full, is it not? Sarah says that she enjoys her job as HR manager because she loves what she is doing and gets along with all sorts of people.
“I think it is because I believe, that despite all the evil out there, there are still good people.”
Her favourite meal includes chicken wings, pasta and loads of red meat. “I would be motivated to lose weight if I saw others doing it.
“I would so much like to lose weight. Since I was 15-years-old I wanted to be thin. I would love to go into a store and find something that does not just fit me, but looks good on me as well.”