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Biggest Loser Reunion Episode

heather — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:01:27 +0000

The Biggest Loser reunion episode, “Where are They Now,” aired on Tuesday, November 25, 2009. The two-hour program featured 40 contestants from seasons one through seven and while we would love to highlight each of the former contestants, here are a few notable mentions.

Mike Morelli, Season 7: The youngest player ever to compete in the Biggest Loser currently attends Michigan State University and is adding 15 pounds of muscle rather than the notorious freshman fifteen pounds of fat to his Biggest Loser slimmed down frame. Mike also stays busy as DietsInReview.com’s own blogger for Biggest Loser Season 8.
Tara Costa, Season 7: Maintaining a weight loss of 130 pounds for over a year, Tara’s passion for running started on the Biggest Loser and has now turned into a vocation as she encourages others to run and get moving by starting races and running clubs back home.
Julie Hadden, Season 4: Three years ago, Julie weight 218 pounds. Today, this busy mom of two has managed to maintain a weight of 128 to 135 pounds on her petite five-foot-one-inch frame. Working out 60 to 90 minutes a day, five to six days a week, Julie is committed to doing exactly what she needs to continue to keep up with her weight loss. Julie’s first book, Fat Chance, in which shares her amazing weight loss journey, was just released
Pete Thomas, Mike and Ron Morelli, Helen Phillips, Stacey Capers, Renee Wilson, Shellay Cremen and Amy Cremen, and Coleen Skeaback reunited for the Detroit Half Marathon. Before their big race, the Biggest Loser alumni had a private and healthy dinner, (under 600 calories,) and were surprised by a visit from Jillian Michaels.
Filipe Fa and Sione Fa: These two cousins who now weigh both around 240 pounds each have made it their life commitment to improve the health of their Mesa, Arizona community by spreading their message of healthy living. From teaching fitness classes to adults and kids to creating healthy recipe makeovers for their traditional luau dishes, the cousins have become beacons of hope, inspiration and motivation to their Tongan culture.
Erik Chopin, Season 3: Gained back over 150 pounds of the 214 pounds he lost as Season 3’s Biggest Loser, Erik is just a few pounds shy of the weight he was before the Biggest Loser. Bob Harper visited Erik to have a serious face-to-face discussion with him about what happened and encouraged him to find a middle path to lose weight and live a life that sustains his weight loss. Committed to take the weight off once again, Bob challenged Erik with weighing in at the end of Biggest Loser Season 9. He accepted the challenge with enthusiasm and motivation.

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Biggest Loser Reunion Episode

4 Tips for Charity Walks from Biggest Loser Contestants

Coleen — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:24:43 +0000

I was in Detroit this past weekend doing the Walk MS event, and guess who I found! Just a few of my friends from Biggest Loser 6.

Shellay, Amy, my dad Jerry, and I offer you a few tips to stay fit and comfortable on your next charity walk.

What are some of your favorite walking tips?

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4 Tips for Charity Walks from Biggest Loser Contestants

Interview with Amy Cremen, Eliminated Biggest Loser Week 10

Brandi — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:17:09 +0000

Each of the Biggest Loser contestants undergoes dramatic changes, and they each make some serious changes once the return home. Amy Cremen seems to have made a number of major changes and was generous enough to share them with us. One that seemed the most surprising, she’s now a vegetarian. “It just stopped tasting good,” she explains simply. She says there is no possibility she’ll ever go vegan because she is obsessed with eating sushi, an indulgence she’s given up until after the finale. Amy says she no longer eats fast food, a three-meals-a-day habit prior to the show (her calculation is about 8,000 calories/day). The other major change is that she doesn’t smoke any more and will “never ever touch them again.”

To date, Amy says she’s lost 100 pounds and is definitely on her way to her 125 pound goal for finale. She plans to maintain a healthy weight of 130-135 pounds for life. She and her mom, Shellay, are both seeing their trainer three times each week and continue to motivate and challenge one another. Amy says looking back at her pre-show self, at a size 22, that it felt like she looked like a blow-up beach ball. “Like they took the pin out and let the air out of me.” The mother-daughter team made a pact that they would split any finale winnings 50/50.

Their only chance now is to split the $100,000 at-home prize, since they’ve both been eliminated. Given that hindsight is always much clearer, Amy says she would have voted differently when she eliminated Coleen. She wanted to remain loyal to the blue team, but says if they’d had a chance to deliberate, “Coleen could have kicked some sense into me.”

Amy and Shellay gets noticed regularly now. In fact, Amy mentioned she’s recognized daily, and it’s even more if she and Shellay are together. Everyone tells them they’re an inspiration and she says it’s finally starting to sink in. “Maybe we did do something great!”

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Interview with Amy Cremen, Eliminated Biggest Loser Week 10

Interview with Shellay Cremen, Eliminated Biggest Loser Week 5

Brandi — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Her exit might have been a surprise to all of us, and her daughter Amy C., but Shellay says she could feel all week that she was the one to go. Shellay Cremen made it through five weeks at Biggest Loser, dropping a total of 27 pounds while on the ranch, and currently fitting comfortably into a size 8. She said she doesn’t know where she’ll stop, but her goal is to be a size 6 at the December finale, and that she wants to get as low as she can. “I’m out to really prove I can really do it.”

Probably more for herself than anyone else. Shellay talks a lot about the years of self-doubt and negative attitude that contributed to her weight gain and inability to lose. Now, she feels “more confident in all aspects of life” than she ever did before. She beams about the renewed relationship with her husband and even says that she may pursue her dream job of party planning- something she says her old body kept her from doing.

Shellay talked about working with Jillian and said that she was her trainer of choice. Although the first few days “JIllian scared me to death!” she said. Every time Jillian would scream at them that there were millions of other people who would trade their place, Shellay would think to herself “I wish I could get ahold of one.” Shellay says that it was Jillian’s jarring approach to working out that was the right wake-up call that she needed.

The relationship with her teammate and daughter Amy has always been a strong and close one. That’s why as her relationship grew closer with Coleen on the show, Amy jokingly told Shellay to “go move in with Coleen.” It wasn’t evident during the show, but Shellay says she and Coleen “just clicked” and “really hit it off.” She told Coleen to do what she had to do during the elimination. Talking about her friendship with Coleen forced Shellay to break down in tears.

Those are the few tears you’ll see from Shellay these days. She wakes up every morning and puts on workout clothes. This is her lifestyle now- healthy eating and exercise. She loves to eat Jell-O sugar-free pudding and gelatin snacks topped with sugar-free Cool Whip. So much has changed that Shellay’s mom tells her she’s no fun any more!

See Shellay’s amazing post-Biggest Loser reveal.

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Interview with Shellay Cremen, Eliminated Biggest Loser Week 5

Biggest Loser 6: Shellay Cremen

Brandi — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:05:52 +0000

Shellay Cremen competes in season 6 of Biggest Loser. She’s competing with her daughter, Amy Cremen, during Biggest Loser: Families.

Watch Shellay’s Finale Interview

Eliminated Week 5

Age 51

Hometown Royal Oak, MI

Occupation Stay-at-Home Mom

Biggest Loser: Families teammate Amy Cremen, Daughter

Team Color Purple

Trainer Jillian Michaels

Starting Weight 216

Final Weight 142

Total Loss -74

Percent Lost 34.26

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Other spellings: Shelly, Shelay, Shelley, Shellie, Shellae, Cramen, Kremen, Cremmen, Creman

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Biggest Loser 6: Shellay Cremen