Welcome to Gaia! :: View User's Journal | Gaia Journals

 
 

View User's Journal

Report This Entry Subscribe to this Journal
pencil75 Journal pencil75 Personal Journal


pencil75
Community Member
avatar
0 comments
The Biggest Loser: John Rhode Drops 220 Lbs., Wins $250,000!
Arizona special education teacher John Rhode is half the man he was one year ago -- literally!

User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.

The 41-year-old went from a starting weight of 445 lbs. to 220 lbs. to become season 12's Biggest Loser champ, pocketing a cool $250,000 for his efforts on Tuesday's finale of the NBC hit.

PHOTOS: Stunning Biggest Loser transformations

"I loooove my new body. I feel great," an elated Rhode told Us Weekly after his big win. "I've got a whole new attitude, a whole new optimism. I put myself to the limit and now I know that I can do anything!"

Beating out former NFL player runner-up Antone Davis and third-place finisher Ramon Medeiros, Rhode was trained http://social.xfire.com/blog/engravedpencil26/24253542 by Dolvett Quince as part of Loser's red team this season.

NEWS: 25 things you don't know about Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper

Quince was initially skeptical about Rhode's ability to make a lifestyle change when he visited the father of two shortly before the finale to find that Rhode had deferred most household duties to his wife and not returned to work in order to spend all his http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/womens-pencil-skirts time at the gym.

But at Tuesday's finale, the newbie trainer had changed his tune.

PHOTOS: 2011's most talked-about celeb bods

"I'm very excited for John," Quince told Us. "I pray and hope that he keeps the weight off and it's just not about this finale [result, and] that he realizes that there's never a finale...that [maintenance] is what it's all about."

PHOTOS: Justin Bieber works out with Dolvett

Rhode wasn't the only winner on Tuesday's show.

TV producer Jennifer Rumple, 39, snagged $100,000 as this season's at-home prize winner after losing 145 lbs. and shedding an astonishing 43.94% of her body weight.

Tell Us: Did John deserve to win The Biggest Loser?




 
 
Manage Your Items
Other Stuff
Get GCash
Offers
Get Items
More Items
Where Everyone Hangs Out
Other Community Areas
Virtual Spaces
Fun Stuff
Gaia's Games
Mini-Games
Play with GCash
Play with Platinum