Biggest Loser

Weight loss gives woman gift of life for children, grandchildren
2011-07-08 / Florida Times-Union (blog)
...is after she won. Lana Manning of Ponte Vedra Beach lost 35 pounds and 22 inches and gained eight pounds of muscle in 14 weeks in her gym's Biggest Loser contest. At left is her first weigh-in; at right is after she won. Losing weight is not an easy task. Most everyone.... - Brunet-Garcia relaunched a Block x Block initiative this year after it noticed that the block of independent businesses, restaurants and professional service offices wasn't living up to its potential. The block had become littered and, in a partnership with St. Johns Riverkeeper, it was cleaned with hope to motivate others to...

Good News: Weight loss gives woman gift of life for children, grandchildren
2011-07-08 / Florida Times-Union (blog)
...it at the age of 63, weighing more than 200 pounds. Focus Fitness held a Biggest Loser contest recently with time with trainers and consultation for nutrition given at no charge. Out of all... my legs so I could continue with my training on Monday." After the the 14 weeks, she was given the Biggest Loser title with a loss of 35 pounds and 22 inches and a gain of eight pounds...this year after it noticed that the block of independent businesses, restaurants and professional service offices wasn't living up to its potential. The block had become littered and, in a partnership with St. Johns ...

Biggest Loser news: Fall 2011 airdate, new photos, Healthy Lifestyle page
2011-07-06 / Examiner.com
...Biggest Loser season 12 kicks off. But now we know when that date will be. For its fall season lineup, NBC announced today that season 12 of The Biggest Loser will premiere, Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 8 p.m. with a new slate of people wanting to turn their lives around. And they've already begun, since the show started filming the same week as the season 11 finale... the slideshow to the left to see 'em. While you're waiting for The Biggest Loser to begin, check out NBC's brand new page, with video clips from The Biggest Loser and other NBC shows, as well as recipes, articles, games, tips and photos.

Long Beach Casting Call for Daytime Weight Loss Talk Show
2011-07-04 / Examiner.com
...shows dedicated to it. What happens when Oprah, the queen of daytime talk leaves, and more people need to lose weight? A new talkshow is born!The producers of NBC's The Biggest Loser...weight and get back in the driver's seat of their lives. The show will be providing the cast with a trainer and a nutrition plan so that they...candidate for public office for at least one year after the initial broadcast. To audition, women are to e-mail their name, age, height, weight, marital status, ... have the opportunity to submit a home video, with instructions available here. Good luck, and we hope to see a...

Rulon Gardner finally explains leaving The Biggest Loser
2011-07-04 / Starcasm
...he had obligations to NBC from the start, and apparently, he wanted to get free of them as soon as he had gotten what he wanted from the network. ...episode, which is sure to make his fans happy. But, what also comes through is his bitterness. The show didn’t portray him accurately. Reality TV isn’t reality. These are his beefs. But he already told us (above) that he only watched 20 minutes of the whole season...things about The Biggest Loser is that fans become emotionally engaged in the journeys of its contestants. We might root for one over an other when it comes to winning the money,...

Chad Ridge talks to young people about weight loss, healthful living
2011-07-01 / Bangor Daily News
... Family Resource Center. He talked about the lessons he has learned on his journey of healthful living as well as his attempt at a spot on the television program "The Biggest Loser." The Zing! program helps kids attain a healthy weight through lifestyle choices. The Picker Center ...promotes building community by providing health resources and support to serve the needs of women and their families throughout their lives. Guidelines for posting on ...

'Biggest Loser' nutritionist says all calories are not created equal
2011-06-26 / Los Angeles Times
...Cheryl Forberg is a guest on a live Web chat. With nutrition information everywhere, why is it still hard to figure out how many calories we should eat? Join a with "The Biggest Loser" nutritionist Cheryl Forberg on Monday, ...Flavor First: Cut Calories and Boost Flavor with 75 Delicious, All-Natural Recipes," which shows how healthful, flavorful food can taste just as good as highly processed, fattier fare...tells you not to exercise, run--literally." Forberg finds that many of the contestants she counsels on "The Biggest Loser" don't understand food and diet basics--but they're not the only ones...

Park district program helps residents lose big weight
2011-06-24 / Suburban Life Publications
... Biggest Loser Challenge — a program modeled after the popular NBC show of the same name that focuses on diet and exercise over a 12-week... Park District kicked off its second year with its first weigh-in and orientation with 29 contestants. Carol Stream...week’s worth of workouts when she cashes in her winning prize from last year — two airline tickets. Next month, Crotty and her husband will take a cruise to the Caribbean. “I’m still going to watch...during the challenge last year. Crotty said she won a free coupon from the program last year to go to a chiropractor...

To change your diet, change your palate, says 'Biggest Loser' nutritionist ...
2011-06-24 / Los Angeles Times
..."The Biggest Loser," says people can learn to live good, healthful food "The Biggest Loser" contestants don't just learn about exercise--upending their diets is an essential part of the program as well. Join a live Web chat Monday, June 27 at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. CT, 3 p.m. ET) with Cheryl Forberg, nutritionist for "The Biggest Loser," who... to 'The Biggest Loser' ranch they're so accustomed to these over-salted, over-sweet, over-processed foods, that learning to eat clean foods is definitely like detoxing for a couple of weeks," she said. "But once they've had a chance to kind of wean themselves ...

Jillian Michaels after 'The Biggest Loser': Former TV trainer calls new show 'unchartered territory'
2011-06-23 / New York Daily News
... has been on television for years with NBC's "The Biggest Loser," but she is a bit concerned about going out on her own. Michaels has left the show, and she says in Fitness Magazine's July/August issue, out next week, that the new daytime show she's preparing is "uncharted territory." "I'm insecure in my...Slate PR, said Tuesday the deal will keep him with the show for three more years. Hamm will receive a substantial raise for the upcoming fifth season. By the contract's final year, he'll earn more than $250,000 an episode, Variety.com reported, citing unidentified sources. Hamm had been signed...

Utah woman wins more than cash on 'Biggest Loser'
2011-06-22 / Salt Lake Tribune
... She had lost 125 pounds to beat the 17 other contestants who also had been eliminated from the show earlier in the season. Her total weight loss was just 4 pounds less than the overall winner, 35-year-old Olivia Ward. The New York opera ... my everything. I had a lot of anxiety growing up. That's what happens when you come from a crazy family." "The Biggest Loser" forced her to re-examine her life and think about why she ate and why she didn't exercise. It also forced Hill to... and she never hit one," said Ryan Larsen, her trainer. "She just had continuous weight loss week after week, after week.

Biggest Loser contestants give tips
2011-06-21 / Deseret News
...Biggest Loser" reality series last month by losing the highest percentage of weight among the show's previously eliminated contestants. Hill went from 256 pounds at the beginning of the competition to 131 at the season finale... up a steady 3-pounds-per-week weight loss after being eliminated from the show. Hill's daughter and partner on the show, Sarah Nitta, wowed viewers of the show's finale with her 106-pound weight loss... Nitta are incorporating what they learned into their regular lives now that the show has ended. Pope, known on the show for "calling out" any slackers, now teaches "Callout...

Weight Loss and More, A World Away
2011-06-20 / Huffington Post
... true is exactly that; where slow and steady wins the race; and where the prize is not losing...designed for kids whose health, and future, and very lives are on the line -- due to obesity, and ...showing off a variety of calisthenics with obvious pleasure and enthusiasm. Among the Mindstream staff is Patrick House, the 2010 winner of NBC's "The Biggest Loser... Biggest Loser's made-for-TV results, the kids at Mindstream nonetheless are not all that far off the show's... the training requirements of elite student athletes, and their academic schedules. So Ray did what anyone (well, maybe not anyone ...

Gwyneth Paltrow Knows Nothing About Weight Problems
2011-06-16 / CafeMom Daily Buzz
...all think we know what's going on in the life of any overweight person . We tune in to shows like The Biggest Loser and see the chick who plays Lauren Zizes on Glee , an actor like Jonah Hill , or even.... Or how about hypothyroidism ? An overweight person's "excuse" of having a "glandular problem" has been a joke dating back to caveman times, but it is completely legitimate. If your thyroid is sluggish, your body's metabolism isn't working...in-your-face, accusatory, judgmental attitude. After all, who is anyone to judge a stranger on their shape? Do you agree -- are most people too quick to...

Weight loss shows casting: The Revolution, Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition
2011-06-15 / Examiner.com
While season 12 of NBC's The Biggest Loser has already started filming, there are two other weight-loss shows looking for participants on ABC. , already a hit among diet show fans with its dramatic success stories, is looking for participants who want to have their lives transformed over the course of a year. To... looking for women with 50-100 pounds to lose. The show, from the producers of The Biggest Loser , is looking for women who are "ready to drop the weight and regain control of their lives," the casting call says. The show will provide participants with a trainer and a nutrition plan to...

Tim Pawlenty, the Biggest Loser
2011-06-14 / The Moderate Voice
...only got Mitt Romney to worry about, but Rep. Michele Bachmann is now pressing down on his must win state of Iowa. Bachmann’s performance last night blew out Pawlenty’s halting timidity, as she even... and Al Jazeera Arabic, as well as on radio across the dial and on satellite, including the BBC. Marsh lives in the Washington, D.C. area. You know,it would be refreshing if Romney took credit for a good plan, with...it so he conforms to the current Rep party line. You better believe next time he will be attacked, at least with pillows, this was just the introduction to our great lineup ...

Biggest Loser Courtney Crozier is Facebook Official, but not with Austin Andrews
2011-06-12 / Starcasm
Jillian Michael and Bob Harper might have been breaking bad habits this season on The Biggest Loser , but two of the show’s contestants were breaking hearts. Austin Andrews and Courtney Crozier charmed America during Season 11 with their youth, charm, and the energy for life that ...dating now Then, this week, after an emotional episode of Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition , Courtney abandoned her coy mode and came right out to announce that she and Alex Respess, who was featured on Extreme Makeover , were a couple. Not only did she announce it, she gave him one of her Biggest Loser...

Bits 'n' Pieces: Weight loss inspirational for woman
2011-06-10 / The Columbian
... it was time for a change. She started doing water aerobics for two hours a day, five days a week at Marshall Community Center. Soon, she was hired to teach the classes for Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation. She... pounds at a time. In April, Bequette went on a walk in Salmon Creek with two contestants from the NBC show "The Biggest Loser." The event inspired her to organize her own community walks and hikes. Her Walk With Me group...'d like to share, call Courtney Sherwood, 360-735-4561, or e-mail . Rate this You must be logged in to rate this. Current Rating : Nobody has rated this article yet.

The Biggest Loser Makes BIG Mistake & I'm Pissed Off
2011-06-09 / ChicagoNow
...Biggest Loser as chosen Anna Kournikova to replace Jillian Michaels for next season. So assuming for a moment she was also responsible for her athletic performance-training program, her knowledge is not only subject to the intellect of a teenager, but it is also dated...online and got a certification in fitness, I am not sure - But really, replace Jillian Michaels. Michaels is known as the Head Trainer for The Biggest Loser. Jillian and Bob Harper design and guide the show's contestants- sorry contestants... 2-6 hours a week . It has ...live with a life threatening disease called obesity. The show...

The Biggest Loser(s)
2011-06-09 / Athletics Nation
...tonight. A sweep in Chicago will put the streak at a dozen games, which would surpass the 1978 A's (11 games, June 8-18) and equal the second-worst mark set in 1994 (April 19-30), and reached again when the A's lost their last nine games in 1995, and dropped their first three contests the following season...the standard for suck: their .235 winning percentage (36-117) is the ...season, leaving Art Howe to pick up the tab on that 12-game slide. Interesting tidbit on the 1977-78 A's: Jack McKeon started the '77 season... will be your game-thread host again this afternoon- and I might even show up on time...

Biggest Loser: 384 pounds lost
2011-06-08 / Estes Park Trail-Gazette
... the Biggest Loser online program tracker for the duration to help with their diet, exercise and weight loss. The team also rounded up numerous prizes and incentives for the participants to win throughout the three-month challenge and for the grand prize winners. "Those who benefited most from the program showed a consistent weight loss over the 12-week... other 71 participants also trimmed their weight and toned-up during the challenge, too. The hospital administration was thrilled with the participation and with the results of the challenge.