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Biggest Loser Tracey Goes Home

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

What can I say about this week’s Biggest Loser show? For us, it was a dream come true. Believe me, there was a lot of cheering going on here and I am sure, by what I have been seeing and hearing, that the same was true for many other homes as well.

Tracey found a place in our heart when she collapsed the first week before she could even get on the Biggest Loser ranch. We worried about her while she was in the hospital and hoped that Moe could keep them there so that Tracey would have the chance to utilize the Biggest Loser facilities and to gain the necessary knowledge she needed from Bob and Jillian.

If we had known then what we know now we probably wouldn’t have (Ok, we definitely wouldn’t have) been rooting for her so much.

It seemed that right from the moment that Tracey came on the Biggest Loser ranch that she was all about ‘the game’. I understand that, to a certain extent, many people are. But, she was so obvious about it. She lied and she backstabbed people that trusted her.

THAT is what I don’t like. And as soon as Tracey started doing that…..we kicked her right out of that place she had been in inside our heart. Well, maybe not ‘as soon as’ , we did try to give her the benefit of the doubt. After all, maybe it was panic because she wouldn’t be able to exercise like the other contestants were.

But, with one dumb, or mean, move after another we found ourselves beginning to truly dislike Tracey. From everything we have seen and heard, both online and off, it seems that Tracey brought out a lot of anger, and for some it seems she brought out hate, in many people.

The more that we watched Tracey the more it seemed like we had another Vicky on the show. She made us want her to have to go home NOW! But week after week she managed to win challenges and stay above the yellow line. Even when she fell below the yellow line and we were certain that this was our moment, that this was going to be the week that Tracey actually went home… she always managed to stay.

When Tracey fell below the yellow line we were certain that with how she had backstabbed so many people on the Biggest Loser ranch that she would be sent home without hesitation. Yet Liz didn’t follow through on her promise to ’send Tracey home the first chance she got’ and Moe stepped in and gave up his opportunity to stay on the ranch. We couldn’t believe that Moe took the fall for Tracey.

Well, as the weeks wore on I had nightmares of Tracey being a finalist and actually winning the prize money- UGH… the HORROR! I hate the idea of someone that lies and backstabs winning the money and being someone that people should ‘look up to’

We found ourselves wishing, and praying, that Tracey would go home. In our opinion, there were much more deserving people on the show that were dealing with the issues that got them where they were.

Well, we FINALLY got to see Tracey sent home! Actually, after how Liz didn’t send Tracey packing as she promised, and how she then turned around and became best friends with her, our opinion of Liz became lower and lower. We began wanting Liz to go home nearly as much as Tracey.

So, to have both Liz and Tracey face going home was an unexpected treat after so many weeks of seeing these two still on the ranch while people that we liked were being sent home one after another.

This was, without a doubt, one of our favorite Biggest Loser episodes this season.

How do you feel? Did you like Tracey? Were you happy or sad to see her get sent home?

BTW, after Biggest Loser was done did you happen to catch Tracey on The Jay Leno show? We couldn’t believe how much weight she had lost. Since she didn’t seem to deal with the issues that got her on the Biggest Loser ranch in the first place how did she manage to lose so much weight?

There has been talk that she was using diet pills while on the ranch- why else would she lose so much (enough to stay above the yellow line) when she couldn’t exercise? I can’t imagine that the Biggest Loser would allow that as it is in their rules that you cannot use diet pills. But, it does make me wonder if that could be how she managed to lose so much after she went home. I am not saying she did, I am just saying that it makes me wonder.

And did you notice that she still is all about ‘the game’? When Jay asked her how much she weighs now she wouldn’t tell because she doesn’t want the other contestants to know how much weight she has lost

Sorry Tracey if the truth hurts but I got to say that I am glad you went home. The Biggest Loser ranch is a much better place without people like you there. I also must admit that I am hoping that you don’t win the Biggest Loser at home prize. People that would step on those that they call friends just to get to the top are not people that should be rewarded for it.

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Biggest Loser-Abbey Goes Home

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Did you see Biggest Loser Tuesday night? I was glued to the tv- laughing, yelling, wishing a certain 2 people would just ‘Go HOME!’ and crying my eyes out when Abbey…. Well, let’s start at the begining. From the get go when the black team came in from having to send Dina home and Liz made her comment about how it was fake tears and that she hoped that the black team would have to send someone else home this week so that she could see them cry real tears- I was PISSED! I don’t know about you, but I have not really liked Liz since she had the opportunity to send crazy Tracey home and didn’t. All of her talk about getting revenge and sending Tracey home the first chance that she got was just a bunch of talk. Since then it seems like her and Tracey are best buddies. It also seems that Liz is showing a side of her I just don’t like. She has been making comments that make her sound like a very bad sport. I really liked Liz when she first came on the Biggest Loser ranch but in the last few weeks my opinion of her has gone downhill. And Tracey? Well, my opinion of her has been bad since she first set foot on the ranch. When she was on the bus and was running the race for the first challange we liked her. When she collapsed we were very worried about her. Even while she was in the hospital she seemed nice. But since the moment she came to the ranch she has just went NUTS! Ok, tonight’s challenge: When Amanda was taking her turn she was really moving along and I think it is the best she has done on any of the challenges so far. It didn’t look like she had slowed down so I am still wondering why she quit when she did? I have to say that I have a feeling that if Amanda had stayed in it just 5 more minutes that the black team probably would have won. At the rate that she was racking up the points I firmly believe that it would have made a difference Everyone on the black team did pretty well but it seemed that Amanda was the one that really seemed to be racking up the points the fastest.For her size, Shay was really moving. She did much better than I had thought that she would. I am seeing big improvements in Shay in the time that she has been on the Biggest Loser ranch and I must say that she is winning the hearts of many. I feel so bad for her. Having a child myself, I cannot imagine treating my child the way that Shay’s mother treated her. I know that there are many people out there addicted to drugs and that this kind of thing happens far too often but I could never treat a child like that. Shay is so starved for the love that her mother should have given her. She is a wonderful person and for her mother to have not seen that and appreciated it is just such a tragedy. Shay we love you and we can see the bond that has developed between you and Abbey. There is your ‘mother’. Maybe that is why you both ended up on the Biggest Loser ranch- in order to find each other. Abbey has so much love to give and you deserve the love that she has to offer. We hope that you two will continue your friendship long after this season of Biggest Loser is done. Now Dan did a wonderful job- don’t get me wrong. He wanted to win it and he really put his all into it. Dan closed the gap in the points between the teams. For the black team to lose by a mere 3 points was heartbreaking for them. Dan, I am glad that you have realized that your mother’s ‘harping’ on you about your eating was done not to be mean but out of love. I think that this was a big breakthrough for you. A friend of mine had a mother who was obese. Now my friend has a daughter that is overweight and she tends to harp on her about her eating choices. Now since I knew her mom I understand why she does this. She is terribly afraid that her daughter is on the same path. Considering her age, her weight and her eating habits I tend to agree but I also think that sitting her daughter down and explaining why she feels the way that she does might be a better solution. Her daughter never met the grandmother because she died of cancer before Amanda (the grand daughter) was born. Because of this I think that Amanda probably is in much the same situation that Dan was before he realized that his mother was doing this out of love. Anyway, I am trying to be glad for the blue team but it is difficult because of how Tracey and Liz have been. I liked them both when this season of Biggest Loser started but now I find myself comparing them to Vicky and Heba and I just cannot stand the way that they have been behaving. I realize that with any game show that there will be gameplay involved but with Biggest Loser I think that the real reason for being there should be to lose weight and get healthy. The potential prize money should take a backseat. I can understand that as the finale gets closer that gameplay will start to factor in but I think that this season it started WAY TOO SOON with Tracey Now for the challenge, I think that the black team played it smart by combining their efforts against each of the biggest threats first and then working their way on down the line. It sure did pay off too. Ok, now for the weigh-in, does anyone else think that it was a big mistake to waste thier 2 pound advantage on Amanda? Have you noticed that Amanda seems to be the slimmest person on black team and yet she always seems to be taking the easy way out of a lot of the challenges? And who piped up about being the one to get the 2 pound advantage? Amanda. I have to wonder, since she lost the weigh-in even WITH the 2 pound advantage, what would have happened if someone else would have gotten it instead? Would the blue team have been the one to be ‘crying real tears’ as Liz put it? Have you noticed that Danny has gotten immunity in the weigh-in the last 2 weeks? He is worried that because of the friendship of the other black team members that they will send him home the first chance they get. Yet he is the one pulling the highest weight loss numbers. Now on to Abbey. This kind hearted woman has lost so much in her life. I hated to see her go home and yet I had to agree with her that her journey was more about being able to open herself up to love people again. To go through the kind of loss that she did would make it so hard for anyone to want to take a chance of loving people and losing them. I know as we have lost so many family members and friend’s of our family and it is so very hard each and every time. I find it harder and harder to open my heart to people because it hurts so much to lose them What Abbey did for her team was an act of unselfish love. To see that in the face of the blue teams greedy gamery just indeared the black team to my heart even more. It seems that the blue teams’ Tracey and Liz could take a few lessons from the kindness that we have seen shown by the black team members. Not all of the blue team members are the way that Tracey and Liz are but for now I find myself rooting for the black team every time due to Tracey and Liz. Once they are sent home maybe I can again feel joy for the other blue team members when they win a challenge but for now I cannot stand those 2 Vicky/Heba wannabees and will be glad to see them go home. Everyone else seems to be more about being at the Biggest Loser ranch to lose weight and learn about healthy food choices but all I see from them is gameplay. I think that Neil started the whole gameplay thing with his water weight gain a few seasons ago and now it seems that more and more players are there for gameplay. I am tired of the gameplay. Give me contestants like Abbey, Shay, Dan, Danny, Sean, Antoinne, etc. Contestants like them make the world a better place with their kindheartedness. The blue team did help out with the food bank and I liked that. I just cannot stand the way that Tracey and Liz have been acting and the comments that they have made. Anway,we would love to hear comments from you and to know how you feel about Tracey and Liz as well as how you feel about Abbey’s sacrifice for her teammates. BTW, I will be posting more soon. Wondering who the other 12 Biggest Loser alumni are that ran the triathlon? I’ll be telling you. Wondering about Jillian’s new weight loss show and if she is leaving Biggest Loser? I will be poating about that as well. Take care ~Michelle & Josh

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Biggest Loser last week and tonight

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Hi All.

I am sorry that I didn’t post last week. I had every intention of doing so until the last few minutes of Biggest Loser.

I really enjoyed the show and from how everything was going we were so SURE that Tracey was going home.

I don’t know about all of you but Josh and I are fed up with her being all about ‘the game’ and how she has stabbed every one in the back.. but that’s ok because it’s just ‘a game’

It seemed like everything was lining up just perfectly and Tracey was going home. We were laughing and so happy because we were so sure that we had seen the last of her so that the rest of the players could get back to being supportive like they were before she kept pushing ’the game, the game’

Liz was talking about how southern women get even, how she was going to be so nice to Tracey and then send her home first chance she got and she wouldn’t even see it coming.

Then Coach MO spoke up and all of that went right down the drain.

WHAT HAPPENED????

Did everyone conveniently forget how Tracey had stabbed them all in the back?

So anyway, all through Biggest Loser last week everything seemed to be on the right track and we were getting so excited and then…..

They sent Coach MO home :0(

So tonight we sat down to watch Biggest Loser not really sure how things would go.

to be honest we still had hope that maybe the blue team would wake up and see Tracey for what she is and that if they had to send someone home it would be her.

All through the challenge we were rooting for the black team. Sorry Bob, we love you, but we just cannot stand Tracey.

It just seems like Vickey all over again

Does anyone else out there see the similarities?

Vickey made that whole season absolute misery

Is Tracey going to do the same this season? Isn’t she already?

Okay, so the blue team sent the black team home for the week thinking that it would give them the advantage.

So at the weigh-in the blue team went first and I must say that for the fact that the blue team was there at the Biggest Loser ranch all week their numbers were not that impressive.

Then the black team got up to get weighed. Even though they had been home all week we had great hopes for the, From what we had seen it looked like they all did pretty good. They seemed to make good choices and exercised.

Then the numbers that they were putting up weren’t very good. We started to worry that the black team would be sending someone home. Then Danny got up there and pulled off a 15 pound weight loss.

FIFTEEN POUNDS!!!

Dan only had to lose 11 pounds and the black team would be safe.

11 pounds….

We were so sure that Dan had it, that he could do this.

Then the horrifying news that Dan had gained a pound

G A I N E D!

OMG!

of all people Dan gained a pound. we couldn’t believe it. then we were worried that Dan would get sent home. He finally had a break through and might be able to finally deal with the emotional issues that got him where he was when he came on the ranch last season.

Don’t get me wrong, we like Dina too but we really would like to see Dan go to the finale.

So how does everyone else feel about Tracey? How do you like how the show has been the last couple of weeks?

Are we the only ones wanting Tracey to go home? I wouldn’t think so.

Go ahead and leave your comments and let us know what you think about Tracey and the Biggest Loser…

Later

~Michelle & Josh

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Biggest Loser Season 8-week 4

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Boy tonight’s Biggest Loser was really good.

What a challenge to only be there for 3 weeks and then to have to order all of your meals and not know what extra oils and salts have been added

I think that everyone did a pretty good job with their choices. I do have to wonder if the orders may have been messed up on purpose so that the contestants would learn how to deal with these things happening at home

After the preview from last week Josh & I were sure that Tracey not being able to exercise was karma for how she was last week. We thought it was terrible that MO would have to have all of this pressure, since day 1, to be able to keep them both there.

Franky, I must be honest that after how Tracey was last week we were both hoping that she would be going home. She is so much about playing the game that I just don’t think that she is learning what she needs to, and dealing with whatever it is that got her where she is, because she is so focused on ‘the game’

What about the challenge where the contestants had to hold themselves above the water like that?

Shay? WOW Girl! You did GREAT!

As contestants were dropping off into the water we couldn’t believe that Shay was doing so well. She outdid so many that weight less than she does. Shay you should be so proud of yourself!

When it got down to the last 2 teams- orange or green- it was difficult to know who to root for. Dan is a fav from last season and has definitely won a place in our heart. Shay needs to be there so for Dan to win immunity for them both would be wonderful :0)

Green team has it’s place in our heart too though. And Abby has really touched us. Having gone through so much hardship and loss of those we love, we understand the devastation that Abby has faced. We are so proud of her and how she has kept going when others would have given up.

Yehhhhh! To Dan for winning immunity for him and Shay. Hard to believe that Dan was only on for 4 weeks last time and yet he made such an impression on us and so many others.We are happy that he will be on longer this time and we hope that he will continue to the finals :0)

I have so much more to say but it is late and I have work tomorrow so I will have to stop for now. More later :0)

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Biggest Loser Season 8

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Hi All,

First of all I would like to apologize for not having blogged about Biggest Loser in so long. I had every intention of doing wonderful posts about Biggest Loser all summer and I couldn’t wait for the new season to start so I could blog about that.

Well, the best laid plans…. :0(

You see, I had all of these plans but God had other ones for me I guess.

This year has been one of the worst years we have had since my Mom died.

2009 started off badly and it has continued to be that way.

As I mentioned before we found our cousin in a pool of blood dead earlier this year. My friend’s sister died 2 days later. Her mother died shortly after that and then her other sister hung herself last month.

We have lost numerous relatives and family friends this year. I lost my job, gained a new one, have had a lot of health issues and the stress has been unbelievable.

I was hoping that I would make enough money online that I wouldn’t have to work outside the home due to my health issues but that has not been the case. I have taken on some part time jobs that have irritated my health issues but I have been thankful to have what money we have had. Though living on less than $10,000 a year is not easy by a long shot.

Ok, anyway. Enough about all of that. I just wanted you to understand why I haven’t been blogging on here like I had planned. It has been a heck of a year.

But, on to the Biggest Loser…

I CANNOT believe tonight’s show. What is up with Tracey???

I am in shock that she thought that 2 pounds was worth not being trained by Bob and Jillian and I do not believe it was fair of her to take it upon herself to choose that and take away the training from her teammate like that.

Then she got control of the game and almost literally threw everyone under the bus.

THEN when we wanted her to go home so bad that we could practically taste it she puts her team in first place putting 2 other teams in the hot seat.

She lied to people and backstabbed and from the previews for next week she doesn’t seem to ‘get it’

Do we have another ‘Vickey’ on our hands here or what? Hmmmm….

I want to applaud Dan for going to bat for Shay and I REALLY must say that I cried like a baby when Antoine and Sean sacrificed themselves for Shay like that.

I had a feeling that they would but I still was amazed that they actually did it. How humbling that even though they wanted to be there they put Shay, and her health, before their own wants

We saw a lot of emotions on the show tonight which is nothing new for Biggest Loser but it sure did bring out the emotions here. Tracey’s behavior has not won her any fans in this home.

Antoine and Sean should be praised for their sacrifice. You two are AMAZING! It was so wonderful to see the results that you both have had at home. WOW! Over 100 pounds each!!!

Shay? We are so glad that you and Dan will be able to stay on Biggest Loser. I know that you have had a hard life but PLEASE Do NOT Give Up!!! You ARE Worth fighting for. You DESERVE to be happy!!! And last but not least…. You CAN Do This!

Many of us have had hard lives. Josh and I have been through Hell and back. A strong person gets back up and brushes them-self off. For all you have been through You ARE a STRONG Person! Don’t give up now. Wonderful things are just ahead for you if you don’t give up.

 

As always, Biggest Loser has made me laugh, it has made me cry, I have rejoiced in the progress being made and I have been angry by the behavior of one contestant who needs to stop playing the ’game’ and realize why she is there- to lose weight and to deal with the issues that got her there in the first place.

Yes Tracey lost 11 pounds this week- I don’t know how. Even Tracy didn’t know how. That kind of weight loss won’t continue and it won’t last until she deals with the issues that got her obese in the first place and why she behaves the way that she does.

Can’t wait till next week to see what will happen next

I will try to be better about blogging about Biggest Loser each week. Just please understand that if I don’t it is because of all the chaos in my life right now. Earning enough money to pay the bills, buy food and to have heat during the upcoming Michigan winter is top priority right now.

Donations or your purchasing any Biggest Loser items you see listed on this blog would be greatly appreciated and would help to take the pressure off.

Hope you all are well?

How are your weight loss goals coming?

Whatever happens don’t give up trying to lose the weight….

You CAN Do It!!!

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Biggest Loser Season 8

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Well, it is almost here- Biggest Loser season 8 will be starting on September 15th, 2009. For those of us die hard Biggest Loser fans it has been a long time coming :0) For someone who is addicted to the Biggest Loser tv show it has been very hard getting through.

I had planned on re-watching some of the shows from previous seasons during the summer and posting about them but I guess that God, and life, had other plans as we have not had time to watch any of the shows that we have taped. It’s not even completely about being busy, though we really have been, but we have also had a lot of emotional issues to deal with due to the loss of several family members and friends of our family

Anyway on to talking about the new season…

This time around the Biggest Loser will be doing something different. They will not be having couples, as they have so often lately, but will be back to singles. They will be continuing to show

The Biggest Loser will be in 2 hour episodes the same as they have been for the past 3 seasons.

This time around the Biggest Loser researched and studied to see which are America’s fattest cities and the tried to cast in these cities. They also added something in these cities to try to help them to change their ways so that they can lose weight, get healthy and get off the list of America’s fattest cities.

I think that it is great that Biggest Loser is helping so many people to lose weight not only on the ranch but by trying to help get America’s fattest cities off the list.

Biggest Loser is currently casting for season 9 in which they will be going back to the family format. Season 9 will premiere January of 2010

Stay tuned because I will be posting info on the cast for season 8, who they are and a little bit about them

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New Biggest Loser Game

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

A lot of us that have had a whole lot of fun playing the Biggest Loser memory game where we matched the different contestants before and after pictures.
Now there is a brand new Biggest Loser game and I must say that I am becoming addicted to it :0)LOL
I have surprisingly managed to handle not being able to watch the Biggest Loser tv show. A big part of the reason why not being able to see Biggest Loser all summer hasn’t been as bad as I had thought that it would be (and as bad as it usually is) is because my mind has been so totally consumed by everything that has been going on around here.
The year started off on a really bad foot and has continued to stay that way for the most part.
I was working for my cousin and found her lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of her stairs. She had fallen down her basement steps and hit her head on the cement floor.
We lost a very good friend, our cousin and my job that day.
Since then we have lost more friends and relatives, I have had health problems and we have had car trouble several times that extended into a much bigger ordeal than we had thought and hoped it would be.

On top of all of that, one of my best friend’s lost her sister just 2 days after we lost our cousin Judy (when I lost my job) and her mom died shortly after that. Her other sister just committed suicide and her nephew was the one to find her. She had hung herself.

Now I am concerned about my friend and her nephew. I am worried that this all might be too much for them. She says that she would never do that. But I still worry. She is like a sister to me and an Aunt to my son.

So, we have been trying to be supportive to help her to get through these tough times.

With all of this that has been going on I hope that you can all understand why I haven’t been blogging as much as I had planned on.

We have several blogs as you can see on our

mepage for Oaks Blogs and right now we are behind on adding new posts because of all that has been going on. We hope everyone will be understanding about it now that you know the reasons why.
So this summer has been a busy and stressful one but recently I saw a tv commercial for the Biggest Loser and since then I have been feeling the effects of having to wait so long to see BL.
So, I decided to do some looking and see what new news I could find about the Biggest Loser and guess what I found?

Yep, you guessed it- a brand new Biggest Loser game.

Seeing how things have been going around here I really was happy to find something that not only will entertain me and get my mind off of all of the sad things but also includes my favorite tv show ‘The Biggest Loser’

The only drawback is the fact that I could see myself becoming addicted to this new Biggest Loser game. When I play and do great I want to try to do better. And when I don’t get a good score then I want to play again so that I can try to get a better score.

I really like this new game. You use your knowledge about which foods are healthy and which foods are unhealthy- but don’t worry- it’s not rocket science ;0)lol

Got you interested? Want to try your hand at it and see how well you do?
You too can play the new Biggest Loser Game.

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Biggest Loser Season 8

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

OMG! I just saw the preview for Biggest Loser season 8 and it is going to be GREAT!!!
Remember Dan? The biggest person to ever be on Biggest Loser?
He is coming BACK! :0)
Dan is getting a second chance to be on the Biggest Loser and he has lost 142 pounds so he should have a great chance of seeing this through to the Biggest Loser finale for season 8
I am so glad that they are giving Dan a second chance. He was one of our favorites and he needed to be there so bad. He did good on his own but this is an unbelievable opportunity for the damage that his friend David did by getting them sent home
BTW, there is also going to be a young woman that had her 2 children and her husband die in a car accident. Hers is a very moving story.
I cannot wait to learn more about her and the other Biggest Loser contestants.
Oh, did I forget to mention that Biggest Loser will start their new season on September 15th?
Just over a month to go……
I CAN’T WAIT!!! :0))

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Biggest Loser Book

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Well, we knew it was bound to happen. Actually I am surprised that it hasn’t happened long before this.

Or has it?

I don’t think so, none of my research has shown that anyone from all of the Biggest Loser contestants have done it before this.

Done what- you may wonder?

Well, remember Ali Vincent the first ever female winner of the Biggest Loser?

Ali lost 112 pounds and has been able to keep it off since she won season 5 of the Biggest Loser tv show.

Ali Vincent is writing a book called ” Believe It, Be ItL How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”

In her new book, which is due out November 10th, Ali talks about has managed to keep off the 112 pounds that she lost.
Even though her book isn’t due out until Nov you can go ahead and pre-order it right now so that as soon as Ali’s new book is out you will get one of the first copies

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Biggest Loser Baby

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Remember Marty Wolff and Amy from the Biggest Loser season 3 in 2007

They got married in March 2008 and have just welcomed their first child.
Amy delivered a baby boy at Alegant Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, on the Fourth of July.

Their son, Blaine Patrick Wolff, weighed in at  10 lbs.  14 oz., and was 22 1/2 inches long.
Mom, Amy, says “We are all doing great and are enjoying getting to know each other.”
We would like to to say Congratulations on their new arrival and wish them  well.

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