While on The Biggest Loser season eight, Abigail Rike faced many challenges apart from the weight loss.  She had to endure a stress fracture of the knee and still managed an average weight loss of four pounds a week and now she’s down to an impressive 165 pounds. In addition, she had to emotionally heal from the wounds of her tragic past. In her exclusive interview with Life & Style Magazine Abby opened up about the loss of her husband and two children in a car accident in 2006 and how she has since re-emerged as a new person.  She said,

“Losing weight is kind of like shedding the sadness and hurt and emerging stronger. My life will matter again.”

The 35-year-old explained that after losing her family she lost her roles, she was no longer a wife, no longer a mother and didn’t know how to define herself.  Although her life was shattered she choose to respond in a positive way and pick up the pieces of her life and start again.

“My journey was more about finding out where I fit into the world,” explains Abby. “For me it was truly about healing from the inside out.”

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