Category — Biggest Loser

After a year of reviewing celebs and their diets, I felt it was high time to give my take on the best and the worst in celebrity diets for 2007. This year’s crop of celebrity diets proves the adage “you are what you eat.” Diets full of fruits and veggies have helped trim down Hollywood’s biggest “losers.” This “best” list of celebs also shows that you don’t have to knock yourself out at the gym to get fabulous. This year it’s all about healthy lifestyle activities with Ricki Lake, Andrea Baptiste and Lenny Clarke getting active by walking, hiking and biking.

Brittany Spears, Beyonce and Ashanti top the worst list by resorting to quick fix weight loss schemes. Diet pills and fasting “detox” diets only give dieters false hope, resulting in rebounding weight and yo-yo dieting. Under the body-conscious spotlight of the media, this list proves that eating well and creating a healthy lifestyle are the best revenge. [Read more →]

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This year’s drama filled Biggest Loser is becoming more a game of “Survivor” rather than an inspiration for those looking to lose weight. With the Biggest Loser contestants now competing as “Trios”, Neil sabatoged the weigh in last night by drinking 2 gallons of water and gaining 17 pounds of “water weight” from last week. His former blue team members as part of a conspiracy voted off Jez. [Read more →]

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This latest installment started off with a perverse temptation. Each contestant spent 4 minutes in a room filled with high calorie foods. The contestant who ate the most would be given a 3 lb pass. Hey I thought this was a weight loss show? Patty of the Blue team went awol eating the most and creating controversy as the rest of the Blue team agreed that Neil would eat for the gold. [Read more →]

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Enter the Black team!  The castaways from show one, show what stuff they’re made of.  The Red and Blue teams were in for a surprise as they marched into the weigh in only to see that Black is back, with Jillian! [Read more →]

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Season 4 of the Biggest Loser will debut September 11 with a few new twists. Allison Sweeney, soap star from “Days of Our Lives,” will be replacing Charlotte Rhea, as the Biggest Loser host. While Bob Harper and Kim Lyons will continue to train the Blue and Red teams respectively, Jillian Michaels will return to the show this season to train an all-new Black team. [Read more →]

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I want to thank Matt for this update he sent me the other day in response to my earlier post on Matt and Suzy Hoover.  More after the jump. [Read more →]

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Since season 3 of the Biggest Loser ended last December, Amy Hildreth has been dating former blue team member Marty Wolff and together they live in Omaha. They will be featured on the NBC Biggest Loser reunion show Sept 4th. So how has Amy fared in the weight loss department since the show? [Read more →]

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A lot has happened since Matt Hoover and the now Suzy Hoover (formerly Suzy Preston), got married after Season 2 of the Biggest loser. They are the proud parents of son Rex, who is 2 months old, and are set to return to the Biggest Loser for the reunion show coming to NBC September 4. Have they managed to keep the weight off? [Read more →]

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Jeff Levine lost an amazing 146 lbs on season two of The Biggest Loser and has managed to keep most of it off, having only regained 23 lbs according to People Magazine. Known affectionately as “doc” on the show he’s a Family Practice Physician who sets a great example for his patients. [Read more →]

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This is the tale of 2 contestants on the season one show of the Biggest Loser. Contestant number 1, Andrea Baptiste, started off the season one show weighing in at 215 lbs and lost a remarkable 56 lbs. While she was not the “winner”, she has lost an additional 8 lbs since the show. Contestant number 2 and season one winner, Ryan Benson , “won” by losing 122 lbs. However, 3 years later Ryan has gained back most of the weight and weighs close to 300 lbs. How did Andrea Baptiste become the biggest winner? [Read more →]

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