The Biggest Loser Aus 6 – 4 Families, 4 Trainers, 4 Nights

The biggest loser is back and it’s bigger than ever before 4 families, 4 trainers, 4 nights a week.

The Biggest Loser has grown even bigger. This year, 4 families of 4 will be taking part in TV’s favourite weight loss challenge, and to help them on their way…4 trainers. Veteran Biggest Loser trainers Michelle and Shannan will have to make a little extra space in the changing rooms as combat clad Commando takes on a full time role training one of the families, and a brand new member joins the training team.

Recently voted one of the ten healthiest people in Australia by The Herald Sun, author, journalist, martial arts expert and one time Gladiator, TIFFINY HALL has become the latest addition to the Biggest Loser training family and it’s a role that she seems to have been preparing for her entire life.

Daughter of an Olympic taekwondo coach and born to a mother who is also a black belt, she was always destined to have a fighting spirit, something she intends to bestow upon her contestants. The message is simple, but feisty:

“Fight for your lives. Fight for your pride. Fight for your health. And if you’ve given up the fight, I’m here to help you unleash the inner warrior. You can change your life in a heartbeat. Anyone can be Weight-loss Warrior.”

Most recently, Tiffiny has been appearing on The Circle as the show’s health expert helping Chrissie Swan to lose weight but when she was approached to join this year’s Biggest Loser, it was a resounding YES!

“I see it as an amazing opportunity to give Australia their black belt in health”….and given that she’s a 5th Dan black belt in taekwondo herself, that’s not out of the realms of possibility.

Each trainer will be assigned one family to train, teach, and occasionally torture through that most cruel of tools – exercise! They will be competing against each other just as the contestants will be and as always, the stakes are high.

Michelle Bridges, returning for her 5th series, offers words of wisdom and encouragement to the “newbies”:

“It’ll be great to welcome some new blood this year but they certainly shouldn’t underestimate just how tough this job is going to be. Good luck to them, but if they think they’re in for a chance of winning then 2 words…..bring it…..”

Game on.

Source: http://www.thebiggestloser.com.au/loser-is-back–4-families–4-trainers–4-nights-a-week.htm

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A new Italian health portal

Just a quick post for my Italian viewers who love The Biggest Loser and have an interest in health and weight loss, or “benessere e salute” in Italian. Take a peek at Benesserevillage.it, a new web portal covering a wide array of topics with articles, information, guides, reports, free ebooks and some great tools such as an interactive diet diary. Enjoy

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The Biggest Loser UK – Returning in 2011

Good news Biggest Loser UK fans, not only will the show be returning on ITV in 2011 it will also be given a primetime slot. It will take on the American format of only airing once per week this time however. The show will run for 8 weeks and will again take on the couples format.

The Biggest Loser originally aired on Living for two series in 2005 and 2006, before moving to ITV daytime in 2009. Last year’s run was won by Kevin Sage, who lost 9 stone 6lbs.

Joint managing director Karen Smith from production company Shine TV said:

“Despite its cheeky title, The Biggest Loser is a hugely positive series which genuinely transforms people’s lives for the better.

“Last year’s winner Kevin has maintained his weight loss and has just completed the London Marathon while Jodie Prenger, who won a previous series, went on to appear as Nancy on the hit BBC Show I’d Do Anything when her weight loss gave her a new-found confidence.”

ITV’s director of factual, daytime and GMTV Alison Sharman said:

“This is a one of the great formats of recent years. It is a wonderfully entertaining watch, with powerful and inspirational stories at its heart. I am delighted that an ITV primetime audience will now be able to enjoy it.”

The series is currently looking for participants so if you would like to apply please visit www.biggestloseruk.com.

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Keeping up with the Kardashians

Even if you have never seen Keeping up with the Kardashians, as a reality TV fan you can’t have failed to hear of the Kardashian family – Khloe appeared in the last season of The Celebrity Apprentice and her sisters have appeared in several reality shows.

Khloe has always felt like the ‘fat’ sister and last year decided to do something about it, losing 25 pounds over the course of the summer. Here’s what she had to say:

“When I was a chunky little 8-year-old and I had these two beautiful sisters, I’d wonder, why don’t I look like that?” Khloe recalls. “Now I hate it when people compare me to my sisters. Kourtney’s 5 feet, I’m 5-foot-10 and Kim is 5-foot-2. I will never look like them. No matter how skinny I am, that body will never be mine.”

What do you think?

Khloe Kardashian before and after weight loss

She looked fine to me before the weight loss and she looks fine after it, I’ve never looked at Khloe and thought she was fat – but I suppose the pressure on celebrities to be skinny is 100 times worse than it is on us mere mortals.

I’m not a fan of diet pills and miracle cures, I think we should all know from shows like The Biggest Loser that weight loss is possible without them – through a good diet and keeping active. But if people really feel they need help I think it makes sense to use something like xenical or Alli that aim to aid weight loss – so that for every few pounds you lose on your own another pound will be lost thanks to the effects of the pills because they help your body absorb less fat.

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