The Biggest Loser Season 9 is almost upon us. After we all ring in the New Year, Tuesday, January 5 will start another long and winding road of weight loss for a list of all new contestants. For five years, Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper having inspired its obese contestants with tough love. While sometimes it seems like they are a little too rough, Jillian in particular, the end results appear to justify the means.
But, are previous winners keeping their weight off after they leave the confines of the Biggest Loser campus? Let’s take a look, obviously with the exception of Danny, the Season 8 winner:
Ryan Benson – The season 1 winner named winner Ryan Benson finished the show at 208 pounds, down 122 pounds from the 330 he started at. That is a dramatic 55 percent of body weight lost! Unluckily, he gained most of the weight back after he left the ranch.
It’s according to MSNBC that Ryan is now 300 pounds.
Matt Hoover – Matt started the second season of The Biggest Loser at 339 pounds, and won at 182 pounds. Whereas he has gain back some of his weight he is now 237 pounds – he also gained a wife (Season 2 co-contestant Suzy Hoover) and two children. And this past fall, Matt was able to complete the Iron Man challenge in Kona, Hawaii.
3. Erik Chopin – Erik began season three more than the 400-pound mark (407). He went on to win by losing 52 percent of his weight, finishing at 193 pounds. But, when trainer Bob Harper heard that Erik had gained most of his weight back (now about 360), he paid the former contestant a surprise visit. Bob challenged Erik to lose the weight again, and show up for a weigh-in at the end of Season 9. Erik accepted.
Bill Germanakos – Bill is the winner of The Biggest Loser season four. He started his journey at 334 pounds, and won at the svelte weight of 170 pounds. While gained back some of his weight and now at 207 pounds, he can still be considered a long-term success. He is now working as a health ambassador attending speaking engagements and leading spinning classes.
The first-ever female Biggest Loser winner was Ali Vincent. And, she is still making a splash as a fit graduate of the show. It was during the season five that she started her journey at 234 pounds. At 122 pounds she won the contest and is now 125 pounds. Evidently, she has kept a remarkable astounding motivation to keep her weight off! “Believe It, Be It.”, is her first book she published this fall.
Michelle Aguilar – Her weight is obviously absent from the MSNBC report, however by all photographic evidence, she has seemed to stay on top of her weight management. Michele weighs 242 pounds when she entered The Biggest Loser campus, and left season six with the weight of 132 pounds.
7. Helen Phillips – Helen continued the trend of female Biggest Loser winners. She started season seven at 257 pounds, and weighed 117 pounds at the finale. She’s currently at a very respectable 135 pounds, looking better than ever.
Though a lot of of the former winners have continued to fight with weight after they left the show, all have seemed to have had a positive outcome, as nobody returned to their old weight. And not only has the show made an optimistic impact on the contestants, but viewers from around the world are inspired every week when they see how determined they are to lose weight.
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