A new season of NBC’s popular hit The Biggest Loser will premier Tuesday, September 15 at 8:00 pm central time.
The Trainers Return
Bob and Jillian are back for another season of intense workouts and support. What crazy workouts will they have their team doing to lose the most weight and gain an advantage over the other team? They seem to come up with something new every season.
Season 8 Female Contestants
Meet the female contestants for season eight of the Biggest Loser. New male contestants on the show can be found here.
Abby
Abby is a 34 year old high school teacher with a major life tragedy in her recent past. In 2006 her entire family, consisting of her husband, 5 year old daughter and 2 week old son were killed in a car accident. How does one even move past that? Abby is trying to figure that out. Using food to deal with her losses has added to a weight problem that began when she was a child. She wants to move forward and be the best that she can be, showing her students that everyone can be their best.
Alexandra
Alexandra is a 20 year old college student working on her MBA in accounting. Food has always been a reward in her family, and was a comfort when her father left the family when she was a child. She wants to be a “normal” college student and live a “normal” life, as well as be an inspiration to her Mom who needs to lose weight as well.
Amanda
Amanda is a 19 year old college student studying to become a Registered Nurse. She wants to live the healthy lifestyle that she is learning about at school and will eventually be teaching to her patients. She feels like she has missed out on living due to her weight and wants to start her twenties healthier and begin to really live life.
Dina
Growing up in a Mexican household where the daily meals were made up of lard, rice and beans started Dina on an early struggle with gaining weight. The death of her grandmother was an added stressor, as they were very close. Food became the one thing that comforted her best. She has been making excuses for her poor eating choices and unhealthy lifestyle for long enough and is ready to make a change to be a good role model for her son.
Liz
Liz loves being a grandma and cooking large meals for her husband and family. She lived a fairly healthy lifestyle growing up and didn’t gain weight until she got pregnant with her first child. Going from 127 pounds to 350 pounds was a shock to her body and the weight did not come off. She wants to get healthy to be able to keep up with her grandchildren and live a more active life.
Rebecca
Rebecca is 25 years old and a student. She has struggled with her weight for years, starving herself down to 80 pounds and ballooning up to 50 pounds over her normal weight. Her weight has kept her out of a much desired career in the military. She feels like she deserves to be healthy and happy and is ready to make the required commitment.
Shay
Shay is a 29 year old social worker, wife and Mom while holding down three jobs and an internship. She is always putting everyone else first in her career and home life, and is ready to put some effort into changing her lifestyle to have more energy for her family. Growing up in the foster care system created a lot of stress in her life that was softened with food. Family celebrations always centered around the fattiest of foods which she was expected to know how to cook and eat
Tracey
Tracey is a 37 year old stay at home Mom with a busy schedule. She didn’t start gaining weight until her pregnancies, with her weight increasing to 250 by the time she had her fourth and final child. With a husband that was in the Marines and often deployed for extended periods, food became a source of comfort. Tracey would like to be able to go running with her husband and help provide for her family using the prize money.
When To Watch
NBC’s Biggest Loser will premier Tuesday, September 15, 2009 for it’s eighth season. For more information visit the official website at NBC.com. See Episode One of The Biggest Loser here.
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