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Biggest Loser club hears from a real winner
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5/1/2008
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"Biggest Loser: Couples'' contestant Jenn Widder shared her experiences on the NBC reality show Tuesday with participants in The Star-Ledger's Biggest Loser Challenge.
Jenn revealed that although her weight loss was officially placed at 65 pounds on the show's finale, she has actually lost 85 pounds, down from her starting weight of 254. She said she has gone from a size 24W to 12. She says she's got about 40 pounds to go to reach her goal.
Jenn got off to a slow start on the show because in the past she had tried all sorts of crash diets, which really messed up her metabolism. She finally reached her stride in the fourth week of the show, and started losing five and six pounds a week before she was voted off the show.
Since her elimination, Jenn has been working out full time, doing a program of mostly cardio exercise with some weight training. Asked what she recommends as the single best exercise for weight loss, she said "Walking, walking walking." She also enjoys spinning classes at her gym.
Jenn follows a diet of 1,400 calories a day six days a week, but allows herself one day to indulge to kick up her metabolism. She eats mostly organic food because following that regimen helps to keep her in the right frame of mind, although she says it's not absolutely necessary to follow an organic diet.
Jenn and her best friend, Maggie King, constituted the Purple Team on the show. They met a decade ago at Camp Shane, a camp for overweight children. Jenn will be returning to Camp Shane this summer as assistant director. She is also pursuing a career as a personal trainer so that others can benefit from her experience.
About 40 Star-Ledger staffers turned out for the meeting, and Jenn fielded questions from a number of them. She stayed afterwards to autograph pictures of herself.
Congratulations to The Star-Ledger's biggest loser of the week, Brian Levy, who lost five pounds. The group's total weight loss after three weeks is now 204 pounds!
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weight loss, spinning, nutrition, biggest loser, walking
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