Ali Vincent, the first woman to win 'The Biggest Loser,' shares challenging weight loss journey
As of Jan. 1, 2008, the premiere date for The Biggest Loser’s fifth season, the show had already crowned four champions for shedding extreme amounts of weight in less than a year’s time with the help of trainers — including Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper — as well as nutritionists and doctors.
“I was not about to let that happen on my watch. I didn’t want a special category to win. I wanted to just win, plain and simple,” Vincent tells Yahoo Lifestyle ahead of the show’s reboot on USA in January and shortly after the 15-year anniversary of the groundbreaking show’s debut.“I honestly never would have thought being part of such an experience would have such a profound impact on my life,” she admits.
“In the beginning, I would feel uncomfortable around all these people who knew some of the most intimate parts of my life when I knew nothing about them,” she explains.“For me, that exchange of energy allowed the playing field to feel more even,” shares Vincent. “I think people look to me because they feel like I could be their sister or the girl they grew up with. I’m a safe person to relate to or have on their team and I love it.
Vincent confesses that she has, at times, sabotaged her efforts in terms of fitness and nutrition when she was feeling especially judged or insecure, but these days she does her best to put others’s opinions behind her.
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