Biggest Loser Memory Lane – Isabeau Miller
Isabeau Miller was the third runner-up on season 4 of the Biggest Loser.
Since the show, Isabeau started working as a personal trainer and life coach. She lives on an all organic diet and visits the gym five-six hours a week. Her biggest accomplishment is simply that she can life that others often take for granted.
Talk about a beautiful Gym Rat! You’re goreous daaah-ling!
Biggest Loser Memory Lane – Dan Evans
Dan Evans started on the Biggest Loser season 5 weighing in at 310 lbs.
He now maintains his weight at 180 lbs. and has started pursuing another lifelong dream: music. His album “Goin All Out” debuted at no. 7 on the Billboard Top Country Charts.
That a boy Danny! Keep “chasin’ that neon rainbow & livin’ that honky tonk dream!” Wait a second – that’s Alan Jackson?
Biggest Loser Memory Lane – Roger Shultz
Roger Shultzbegan the Biggest Loser at 364 lbs. and dropped down to 199 lbs.by the end of the show.
He now coaches the “Scale Back Alabama” campaign that helps the people of Alabama to lose weight. He says his biggest motivation to keep the weight off are his friends, who keep saying he’ll gain it all back.
Thanks for that friends 
I’ve got faith in you Rog!
Biggest Loser Memory Lane – Ali Vincent
I love this program – sooooooooooooooooo inspirational! These individuals have so many hurdles to over come, weight being just one of them.
I thought it might be fun to take a trip down memory lane and remind ourselves of the amazing feats the “Biggest Loser” Winners had to overcome!
We’ll start with this lovable little sprite…
A former champion synchronized swimmer, Ali Vincent set foot on the Biggest Loser ranch weighing 234 pounds.
After weeks of hard work and dedication to health and fitness on the ranch and at home, Ali stepped on the scale at the finale weighing in at 122 pounds — 112 pounds less than her starting weight. This successful weight loss was enough to earn Ali the title of Season 5 winner and the first ever female winner.
Ahhhh – my hero. You go girl!
The Biggest Loser Season 7 Episode 14 Recap
Nicole Returns to the Ranch!
The Other Contestants are Seeing Red
Tara Nicole Biggest Loser 7
It is the return of the red team.. well one member of it this week on the Biggest Loser. Nicole won the chance to return to the Biggest Loser Ranch with her amazing 87 pound weight loss.
The first episode of the season had teams that fell below the yellow line send one of their team members home with a chance to return if their partner could stay in the game for 3 weeks.
The 3 team members that never got the chance to return to the ranch were given the chance to return this week. But for 2 of them their stay was very short.
To the surprise of the entire group, season 5 winner, Ali was standing in the gym to greet the contestants. She was there to tell them all the host, Allison had given birth the night before and she was there to fill them in on the days surprise.
That is when the eliminated players came in. After a quick reunion it was time to see who had won the chance to come back to the ranch.
On the Biggest Loser scale they went!
The clear winner was Nicole with her 87 at home weight loss. She was second only to Tara in percentage of weight loss for all the season so far.
The other contestants were thrilled with her success and seemed to be motivated by her achievements at home but also scared about her opportunity to dominate the game at the ranch.
Panic set in for many of them and it wasn’t long before the gossip, game play and strategies came out. Nicole clearly was out of her element at this point and struggled with the emotional stress that the game and the ranch has on the players.
Ron had to be rushed to the hospital with chest pains but returned after some tests and some discoveries. He had been dealing with different ailments for most of his adult life some of which the doctors had failed to treat. One of those was found by Dr.H and the staff when Ron was brought in for testing.
Ron returned to the ranch after recovering from from the tests and procedures and knew the chances were high that he would be below the yellow line.
The challenge this week involved the contestants balancing themselves on boards set on ropes across a pool. The biggest surprise was the host of the challenge… season 6′s winner Michelle.
After over an hour of standing on the boards, Sione’s determination gave him a one pound advantage at this week’s weight in with a win.
Of course, like every week, Bob and Jillian worked their teams out as hard as they possibly could. Bob taking his team to the beach for their last chance work out and Jillian wrestling with Mike in the gym.
At the weight in, with immunity for one week, Nicole stepped on the scale first. To the total shock of the entire room, the scale did her no favors. After one week of being back on the biggest loser ranch, she had gained 5 pounds!
Nicole gains 5 pounds
With any weight gain she automatically lost her immunity for the week and was in obvious danger to be below the yellow line.
Mike had a big week with a double digit weight loss and Tara finally had a break through week and posted a 5 pound loss.
Ron gained 3 pounds after his trip to the hospital and that was enough to put him below the yellow line with Nicole.
That left the housemates to choose who was going home.
The blue team, after last weeks vote, made a statement by both voting to send Ron home after weeks of an alliance. But in the end, Nicole was sent packing and the red team was finished.
Nicole is not the Biggest Loser
This episode opened my eyes to the game play that is happening on the ranch. This season has been about life changes and “who needs this the most” type attitudes or so the cameras have been showing us but when a new player is introduced to the mix, the true players in each contestant came out… screaming!
It’s every “loser” for themselves now so we’ll see how the game changes in the weeks to come.
Game on!
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Play Time!
Passing a park today on the way to softball, I noticed a group of kids playing tag. It made me remember how much fun it was to be active. No one had to tell us to run around or how to make our bodies move, we just did what was fun!
We called it Play! I think as adults we lose site of what is fun for each of us and only stick to what the trainers, the latest diet or the so-called experts tell us to do.
Aerobic activities such as bicycling, jumping rope, roller skating, running, dancing, and swimming can be beneficial if they are done for 12 to 15 minutes without stopping.
You're it!
It’s time to think like a kid again and get outside and play!
Tag! You’re it!
Fitness- What Does It Really Mean?
I am sure many people will be surprised at what being fit really means.
It’s a mindset, a certain attitude and a lifestyle.
Yes, it’s about having the body and health you want, but it’s first and foremost about loving yourself. It’s about knowing who you really are and who you want to be.
It’s the result of a complete transformation of your inner being and the sum of daily positive and healthy habits. Fitness is not something that comes quickly.
Fitness is about habits: eating healthy, exercise and changing the way you feel about yourself.
Eating several times a day (5 to 6 times ideally), the right portions (use the size of your fist) and the right nutrients are prerequisites. Non-processed foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, whole cereals, and drinking plenty of water will get you on the right track to breaking unhealthy eating habits.
Prepare your own meals so you know exactly what you are eating and when. Just this small bit of control will greatly reduce your chances of a slip in your healthier lifestyle.
We are all unique individuals and everyone will have to train a different way. You must find things that interest you and train according to your body type and fitness level. Combine three different types of workouts to keep you interested and having fun while challenging your body to create change.
The only way to a better the outside you is to make sure you understand the inside you. Usually, what you see in the mirror is all people think about achieving when they are getting fit. If you don’t know why you had the poor habits to begin with or what drives you to become this new person, you are setting yourself up for failure before you ever start.
Personal growth and attitude are essential to succeed.
This does not happen overnight. You need to be prepared to put in the work, to set your schedule up to give you the time to invest in yourself and trust the process. Old habits are hard to break but if you know that you are worth every minute you invest, you can have great results.
There will be days where you will be super charged with energy and happy to undertake what you decided to.
Then there will be days where you will need to discipline yourself. Your motivation starts to fade away and if you haven’t committed to the new habits, you will fight with yourself to move forward. This is when grabbing a hold of your vision of what you want from your life and focusing on it will be critical. Let go of the negative thoughts, control your mind and keep going, whatever challenges come your way.
An easy way to do this is keep a picture handy or create a dream board. An old photo of you when you were happier with how you looked, something you want to do when you’re fit, an outfit you’ll look fantastic in, what you believe your life will be like when you get the results you want. Remind yourself why you are doing this and what life will be like every morning and before you hit the sheets at night.
When you start to see results your motivation will no longer be a problem! Your body will have accepted your new programming and the new you will feel different on the inside and out.
Being fit is not just about changing the you that everyone sees. That will come if you change the way you see yourself inside. Know what you want, know why you want it and find a way to make it fun. Fitness is about making small changes for a long term results.
Make today a fit day!
I Love the Biggest Loser!
Yep! It’s true! I can’t get enough of Season 7′s Biggest Loser.
Biggest Loser
Last season the show was a bit of a disappointment to me. Too much fighting and game play. It seemed to me that the some of the participants were only in it for the money. Which is never a reason to get healthy.
Season 7 is different!
I love the passion that the contestants are putting into the show and themselves.
Giving up a year’s worth of groceries to the mother of 5, helping each other through challenges no matter what team they’re on, sacrificing themselves for their sister or partner… all reasons to love the show and what it stands for.
Not to say the Biggest Loser isn’t without faults.
I have a hard time watching Allison say the same thing over and over..
“your current weight is…”
“remember you need to have lost more than 77 pounds as a team to keep two people safe from elimination this week”
“you have 3 votes, one more vote and you will have to say good-bye to your teammates”
I think Alli is great for the show and I love her as a host but the repetition is getting to me!
Trainers, Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels are once again making the show and the contestants all they can be. Bob getting worked up and screaming at Joelle for her attitude and excuses. Jillian getting upset by her team’s failure to control themselves while they had 24 hours of pampering off the ranch. The tears, the swearing, the drama~ I can’t get enough.
The opportunity to be part of the Biggest Loser is life changing and I am very glad that people like Tara are part of it. She is an inspiration to us all to get off the couch, get moving and get fit~
“What have you done today to make me feel proud?“
This show really is the “olympics of weight loss” like Jillian said when the partners were reunited and the stay at home players had to weigh in.
While it’s not realistic to think that just anyone can lose 16 pounds in a week without a personal trainer, being separated from real life and it’s challenges and the temptations of our society, but if it’s being done on the show, it is possible!
Don’t set your sights for 16 pounds. Set your sites on getting out of lazy, unhealthy habits and into a better, fitter lifestyle. The pounds will come off if you just GET STARTED! Not tomorrow or next week but NOW!
Keep the episodes coming, keep losing the weight and we’ll see you tonight!
Making Time to Add Fitness Into Your Daily Life
When do you find time?
How can anyone find time to workout with full- time jobs, errands, swimming & piano lessons for the kids, the costumes to design for the school play, a house to clean and still get some sleep?
Squeezing in a jog or a yoga class during the week is a constant struggle for many.
Luckily, there are ways to fit in some physical activity in your jam-packed life.
Schedule time for yourself: If exercising has become a goal and priority of yours, then make time in your schedule for it. Mark in your planner three or four times a week you want to set aside for just yourself and hit the gym or track.
After a few weeks, you will be in the habit of going to the gym. Exercising will become part of your routine like brushing your teeth in the morning.
Wake up early: A way to make more time in your day is to wake up earlier. Instead of hitting the snooze button five times, wake up the first time the alarm goes off and go for a jog. You will find yourself having more energy throughout your day when exercising becomes part of your daily routine.
The buddy system: Having a friend to exercise with will help motivate you. You will not want to let your workout buddy down by canceling your workout because you wanted to sleep a little longer or couldn’t get away from your soaps.
Stairs are your new friend: Say good-bye to elevators and escalators! Using the stairs instead can help burn many more calories than pressing that button to the fifth floor or riding the escalator at the mall.
You don’t have to give up TV time: Instead of giving up your Desperate Housewives fix, spend the time during the commercial breaks to get in some jumping jacks or while watching the news you can do a number of different abdominal workouts, push-ups or stretches.
Take the Break out of lunch and coffee breaks: At work, instead of taking that extra-long lunch or coffee break with co-workers, go for a walk instead. You won’t be too exhausted or sweaty when you come back to work, and you will feel better about burning those extra calories instead of having that doughnut on your break.
Add more to errands and chores: There are numerous times during the day that you probably find yourself just standing around. You stand in line at the store, waiting for the bus, or at the stove sauteing. Well, use that time to burn calories and tone your muscles.
While in line at the store, you can stand with your feet together and lift both your heels up and down working your calf muscles. Raising your legs to the side can help work your outer thighs as well. Also, you can pick something out of your grocery cart and do bicep curls with it.
At home, you can do jumping-jacks or run in place while you wait for the water to boil on the stove.
The kitchen table chair is a wonderful way to help tone your arms. While you are waiting for your dinner to heat up, place a chair behind you and squat down in front of it. Place your palms on the seat of the chair with your fingers facing away from you and push yourself up and down. This will help strengthen your triceps.
Turn it up! Before making dinner or cleaning the house, turn on your favorite upbeat music! You’ll be surprised how much fun it is to dance your way through chores. Get the kids out on the kitchen dance floor with you! The chicken won’t be the only thing “shakin’ and bakin’”!
Park further away: Those prime spots are now the ones on the far side of the parking lot! Taking those few extra steps in and out to your car will help cram in some more exercise and fresh air.
Your schedule is unique and everyday is different. There is no one, easy way to fit activity into your day. Find what best suits your lifestyle, family, career and social life and it will soon become part of your daily routine.
