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The Biggest Loser's Alison Sweeney Blogs: The Entire Family Needs Fight Childhood Obesity Together
Originally posted 01/22/2013 08:30AM
Alison Sweeney hosts NBC's The Biggest Loser and is the award-winning star of Days of Our Lives, in addition to being an author, director, producer, wife and mom. Like she has for the past two seasons, Alison will blog each week about the latest episode of The Biggest Loser. Follow her on Twitter @Ali_Sweeney.
Can you imagine if Bob Harper surprised you at dinner or if Dolvett Quince walked into your classroom? How would you react?
Watching the kids's reactions to Bob, Jillian and Dolvett surprising them was priceless.
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The Biggest Loser's Alison Sweeney Blogs: We're All to Blame for Childhood Obesity
Originally posted 01/15/2013 12:10PM
Alison Sweeney hosts NBC's The Biggest Loser and is the award-winning star of Days of Our Lives, in addition to being an author, director, producer, wife and mom. Like she has for the past two seasons, Alison will blog each week about the latest episode of The Biggest Loser. Follow her on Twitter @Ali_Sweeney
Monday's episode of The Biggest Loser featured "Cut the Junk" week on campus. Can you believe approximately 17 percent of American children ages 2 to 19 years are obese? How about this fact: approximately 60 percent of overweight children ages 5 to 10 already have at least one risk factor for heart disease? We are all to blame for this – parents, schools, kids – all of us.
During this week's quiz, the contestants were shocked by the staggering statistics, as was I. The childhood obesity epidemic in our country needs to be fixed. I battled with my weight as a teenager, partly because there wasn't the information or conversation about how to live a healthy lifestyle.
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Alison Sweeney Blogs: 'Oh, Dreaded Week Two' on The Biggest Loser
Originally posted 01/08/2013 12:00PM
Alison Sweeney hosts NBC's The Biggest Loser and is the award-winning star of Days of Our Lives, in addition to being an author, director, producer, wife and mom. Like she has for the past two seasons, Alison will blog each week about the latest episode of The Biggest Loser. Follow her on Twitter @Ali_Sweeney
Oh, dreaded week two! Emotions run high and numbers are typically low at the second weigh-in on The Biggest Loser. Never ones to keep things the same from season to season, it seemed like the prefect time to introduce the outdoor gyms created by each of the trainers.
Dolvett's dungeon pushed his team, but nothing compared to Jillian's gym ... or to Jillian's frustration with her team. As I watched the workout, I felt for Danni and Pam. Jillian's tenacity and relentlessness was hard to watch.
I thought their conversation the next day was really important – and not just for each of them as individuals but for the audience, as well, to help us understand why Jillian fights so hard for, and how to not give up when the going gets tough.
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Alison Sweeney Blogs: Jillian Michaels Is Tougher Than Ever on The Biggest Loser
Originally posted 01/07/2013 11:10AM
Alison Sweeney hosts NBC's The Biggest Loser and is the award-winning star of Days of Our Lives, in addition to being an author, director, producer, wife and mom. Like she has for the past two seasons, Alison will blog each week about the latest episode of The Biggest Loser. Follow her on Twitter @Ali_Sweeney
Hopefully you caught the season premiere of The Biggest Loser. If so, you saw what I meant on Friday when I said the reaction to show trainers was euphoric. I have to say, when I first walked onto the stage, I felt the same nervous butterflies that I felt at the first live finale that I hosted in season 4.
I knew we were introducing the kids first, and they were so nervous that I was nervous for them. Then Sunny, Lindsay and Biingo started talking about being part of the show and they immediately warmed my heart with their excitement to get healthy and to change their lives and the lives of their families.
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Alison Sweeney Blogs: Biggest Loser's Kid Contestants Will Inspire Change
Originally posted 01/04/2013 12:55PM
Alison Sweeney hosts NBC's The Biggest Loser and is the award-winning star of Days of Our Lives, in addition to being an author, director, producer, wife and mom. Like she has for the past two seasons, Alison will blog each week about the latest episode of The Biggest Loser. Follow her on Twitter @Ali_Sweeney
Happy New Year!
I'm in New York for an appearance on Today to talk about the season 14 of The Biggest Loser. Having taken some time between seasons, I have to say, I really missed being on the Ranch and with the show trainers and contestants.
When I introduced Bob Harper and Dolvett Quince to the crowd the first day of production, and then welcomed back Jillian Michaels, the reaction was exhilarating. Then, to welcome such a great group of contestants and surprise the audience with our three kids was AWESOME!
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The Biggest Loser Welcomes First 13-Year-Old Participants
Originally posted 12/05/2012 09:05AM
For 13 seasons The Biggest Loser has helped adults from across the country shed pounds, but when season 14 debuts Jan. 6 and 7, the NBC weight-loss series will be tackling the epidemic of child obesity.
"This is not their fault," returning trainer (and new mom) Jillian Michaels tells PEOPLE of the one in three children who, according to national studies, are overweight or obese in the U.S. "This is about an introduction to an active lifestyle and helping them feel better about themselves."
In addition to working with 15 adult contestants, Michaels – along with fellow trainers Bob Harper and Dolvett Quince – will mentor three teenagers who will train predominately at home and will not weigh in on camera.
"It is about reeducating them and working on their goals," Michaels says of working with Sanjana Chandrasekar, Lindsay Bravo and Noah Gray.
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Alison Sweeney Blogs About Emotional Biggest Loser Finale
Originally posted 05/03/2012 11:30AM
On Jan. 3 we started quite an emotional journey together with season 13 of The Biggest Loser. It seems like only yesterday that I was welcoming the players onto the Ranch, each of them having a look of excitement and fear on their faces, all of them having sadness to them and a desire to make a change.
Since the premiere, these contestants definitely struck a nerve with many of you, and with all of us. During Tuesday's finale, I was caught off guard by my emotions when I saw Buddy and Mark in the audience rather than on stage weighing in. They both had left their families, committed to the time on the Ranch, gone to the White House and Hawaii, opened up about their struggles and were so close to the finish line that it just hurt my heart that they quit the show. I had such a lovely conversation with Mark's wife. She and I shared our thoughts about Chism, what a great guy he is, and how wonderful it is to see how he has changed through being a part of The Biggest Loser.
It was a fast-paced finale! The show stylist hooked me up with a gorgeous Donna Karan dress (it definitely won the popular vote on Twitter) and some fabulous jewelry, so I was ready for the night. And before the show, when I went on stage to welcome the audience, I loved looking out and seeing my dad, my husband Dave and for the first time, my son Ben in the audience. It was so awesome to see my family out there and for me to share the experience with Ben.
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The Biggest Loser Winner Revealed
Originally posted 05/01/2012 09:15PM
The Biggest Loser: No Excuses was a season full of unexpected twists and turns – but all the drama was put aside Tuesday as an at-home winner was crowned and the final three stepped on the scale for the last weigh-in to determine who would take the title of the Biggest Loser.
The night was a celebration, but the season's ups and downs were evident with the absence of ineligible contestants Mark Cornelison and Buddy Shuh, who quit just before the finals, and Joe Messina, who quit earlier in the season to spend more time with his family.
In their absence, fan favorites Chism Cornelison, Emily Joy and Cassandra Sturros took to the stage with 11 other contestants to show off their new, slimmer figures and compete for the at home prize of $100,000. But the grand prize was reserved for one of the three finalists. Seven weeks after leaving the Ranch, single mom Conda Britt, 24, her brother Jeremy Britt, 22, and former pro-wrestler Kim Nielsen, 38, all three stepped on the scale – but only one of them walked away with $250,000. Keep reading to find out who was named the Biggest Loser ...
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Biggest Loser: Alison Sweeney 'Shocked and Thrilled' with Contestants' Weight Loss
Originally posted 04/25/2012 06:00PM
It's the last week before The Biggest Loser finale and it was definitely was an exciting one for all of us on the Ranch.
After the emotional weigh-in with Jeremy falling below the yellow line, seeing the eliminated contestants return was definitely exhilarating. To see how far the contestants had come, to weigh them in again and to give them the opportunity to return to the final three was really fun.
As I mentioned during the show, those who quit the competition were not eligible for return and that ended up helping the remaining contestants get a spot back in the game.
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Biggest Loser: Jeremy Britt Tells His Side of the Walk-Out Story
Originally posted 04/24/2012 10:00AM
Contestants have left the Biggest Loser in the past. But never like this.
"We had gotten word that contestants were going to be given the chance to come back and it felt like a dagger to our hearts," contestant Jeremy Britt told reporters Wednesday of why he and the four other remaining finalists threatened to quit.
Bringing back former contestants is nothing new on the show, but – as Britt pointed out – never this far along in the competition, unless it was explicitly explained earlier in the season.
"The timing of it seemed wrong," Britt said. "Everyone would want another chance but that doesn't necessarily mean they need another chance that other people didn't get."
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