I got to finally weigh in for the “Biggest Loser (Takbo.ph Edition)” tonight outside ROX at Bonifacio High Street.
And the verdict is… heavier than what I expected but, I guess the scale doesn’t lie. We even got the figure twice just to be sure. In the picture is the Rico’s official BLC weighing scale. He’ll be bringing it wherever he goes and will bring it to BHS at nights.
We also took some before pics…
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One full body and one close up.
I also got to meet the other contestants like Marga, Rafa and… (oh no, I’m so sorry. I’m sooo bad with names)… and by the looks of things, my biggest competitors are Enrico Villanueva (not the basketball player, hehe) aka Sheerwill and Marga, who’s deadset on winning the prize money. Looks like I have tough competition.
Thanks to Rico for organizing this one!
PS. We’re looking for sponsors to provide more prizes. So far, there is a gift certificate for CHI Spa at Shangri-La and there are rumors that Mizuno and Nike might give us something.
I just finished watching Season 7 of “The Biggest Loser”. It has been one of my favorite tv-shows. It’s amazing how they can lose over 150lbs and going from over 410lbs to less than 200. This Season was supposedly the “biggest” in almost every aspect. As Jillian Michaels (one of the trainers) put it,
We have the oldest at 63, the youngest at 18, the heaviest, the sickest, the heaviest woman, the most number of contestants and the longest season. It was also different joining them on their experience from being huge to being extremely active.
Here are some before and after pictures:
This is Jerry. He’s the oldest at age 63. He won the at home prize of $100,000 for losing over 54% of his starting body weight. Amazing!
This is the brown team of Ron and Mike, father and son duo. They are the first team to have ever made it to the finale.
This is the green team of Tara and Laura, former models. I don’t know how you can get from being a model to… that. But look at what they’ve accomplished. Tara is the only Biggest Loser contestant who never fell below the yellow line AND has won 12 challenges. The most anyone has ever won on the biggest loser.
It’s been more than a year since my favorite picture was taken…
[Photo courtesy of Ben Chan]
It was taken during the Nike Human Race (31.08.2008). It was the time when I was at my so-called “PEAK”. It was when I had passed some people I had been training with and it was also when I realized I loved hills! This race was held at McKinley hills. I think it was one of the very first events that used this venue for road races.
Can anyone guess who’s standing next to me in the picture below? (HINT: She’s now a Nike Human Race Ambassador) Yes! It’s Bards Bathan, the Nike Ambassador of Team BananaRunning. She was actually the person who inspired me to put up my first blog after I had visited hers and read her amazing weight loss story.
[L-R: Passion Runner, BananaRunning, DATC, runner, RunningShield. NOTE: I'm sorry, I don't remember the name of Patrick's friend. Photo courtesy of RunningShield]
[L-R: Passion Runner, JunC, RunningShield. Photo courtesy of RunningShield]
As the QC International Marathon draws closer, I can’t help but feel anxious that I am still not in the best shape. I’ve gotten invitations from people to join their running clinics or run clubs but… let’s just say I enjoy running alone or with one or two people.
There is one training camp though that caught my attention. It’s really a no frills, hardcore running camp… take note, CAMP, not clinic. You don’t even need to bring any gear, other than your pair of running shoes. Check it out
