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Suze Orman, the financial guru on CNBC who has helped Americans climb out of a debt and save money, was a guest at The Biggest Loser ranch this past week. She was a big surprise for the remaining contestants as she had them take a shocking quiz to see how much money their obesity actually costs them. Statistics such as $147 billion dollars being spent on healthcare related to obesity, one-in-three children are obese, and that an obese person earns $7,000 less than a non-obese person were just a few eye-opening numbers that came up on the show.

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Marissa Winokur, the host of Dance Your Ass Off has always been on the heavy side. A few years ago she lost 60 pounds without any assistance and was able to keep it off. But after marriage and having a baby the pounds have slowly started to creep back and she needs some help in weight loss management. Over the past summer she chronicled her weight loss journey with People Magazine thinking that being in the public eye would help, but she still didn’t find much success with that.

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Originally weighing 497 pounds, Shay Sorrells was the largest contestant on The Biggest Loser. She dropped 150 pounds while at the ranch and now back home she weighs 300 pounds and she still is on the fast track to losing weight. Her goal is to get under 200 pounds. This week she opened up to OK! magazine about how her troubled past contributed to her unhealthy weight and how life has changed since being on the ranch.

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NBC.com released a bonus scene from Week 9 of the latest season of The Biggest Loser, in which the contestants were taught how to grow their own organic garden. Fresh from visiting the one grown by one of the executive chefs in the White House, Sam Kass, the players were all inspired to work on their own garden. The remaining contestants wanted to create their own garden as something they could leave behind for the next season’s players.

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As the first Biggest Loser contestant to compete in back-to-back seasons Daniel Wright wasn’t too keen on his elimination this week. He thought he was going to be a finalist to the point where he could practically ‘taste it.’ The first time he was on the show in season seven he went from 454 pounds to 312 pounds and now after this second round he has dropped a grand total of 226 pounds and weighs a healthy 228 pounds. He did confess that he is still struggling with binge eating and it was even something he dealt with while on the show and being surrounded by only healthy foods. [Read more →]

Tara Costa, the winner of Biggest Loser season 7 is still in tip-top shape after completing the show seven months ago.  Once weighing 294 pounds she is down to a size 8 and she just ran the New York City marathon last week. In her interview with Ok! Magazine she revealed her inspiration for running the race and how she trained in order to finish with a time of 4:23:12. She said that after finishing Biggest Loser she needed a new challenge in order to keep herself motivated so she followed an online training program to get ready for the marathon. [Read more →]

It seems we may soon have a new fitness trend on our hands, the StreetStrider. Recently featured on The Biggest Loser, the exercise machine is a mix between a bicycle and an elliptical. It may see pretty complicated to ride, but it sure looks like fun once you’ve mastered it; part cycling, part skiing, part jogging.

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37-year-old Tracey Yukich is the latest person to be booted off the current season of Biggest Loser. Back home in Texas she has spoken with reporters about her weight loss journey since leaving the show and why she’s keeping her total number of pounds lost, a secret. She’s definitely a trooper because she’s getting up at 4am to go to the gym so that she’s home by 7am in order to take care of her four kids and get them off to school. Now that’s dedication. She said,

“We have a very busy life and I really had to make sure I wrote a schedule out that worked for me and worked for my family…I have a two-year-old daughter that I stay home with because I’m a stay-at-home mom, but I knew that I had to find a gym that had a kids club.”

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Previous The Biggest Loser trainer, Kim Lyons, has released a new fitness DVD – one aimed specifically targeted to diabetes patients, called Start Fitness Now: Beating Type 2 Diabetes.

The 3-set DVD series, produced by Watch It Now Entertainment and created with Dr Sheila Singh, MD, Diplomat of the American Association of Family Physicians, is a workout designed by a celebrity trainer but endorsed by a registered physician. [Read more →]

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.”

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