February 14, 2017 Rachel No comments exist

Stronger Together Studies have shown that having someone who is trying to create healthy habits with you, better known as a workout buddy, can help motivate you and give you a better chance to reach your goals. By having a workout buddy, you are often more motivated to go to the gym or do your…

February 7, 2017 Rachel No comments exist

Biggest Loser competitors return for another year FLORENCE, S.C. – Second, third, and sometimes even fourth time is the charm for a few of this year’s Florence’s Biggest Loser contestants. Of the 80 contestants competing in this year’s competition, almost 40 percent of them have competed in the competition at least once before in the…

February 1, 2017 Rachel No comments exist

Motivation can be a powerful force. It can be the reason you do something as simple as get out of bed a little earlier in the morning or the reason you finally achieve a life-long goal. It can even be the reason you decided to learn how to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle….

January 29, 2016 Rachel No comments exist

Forgiveness by GLORIA JAMES (Contestant Blog) Hi winners, It’s a new year, a new day and will soon be a new you. For me, it starts with forgiveness. So together, let us forgive those who have hurt us and ones we have hurt. Ask God for forgiveness, and it will be done. But the hardest…

January 29, 2016 Rachel No comments exist

Building a Community by CHARLENE BERRY (Contestant Blog) “Are you serious??” “You don’t have any family in SC?” “You’re too old to be picking up and changing now!!” “This is your community, your family, your church and its going to be to hard to start a new one.” These are some of the comments that…

April 6, 2015 Onyx Danois No comments exist

BY LEIGHANN BUTLER (Special to the Morning News) Well, the end has arrived. I personally am so far from the end of my journey; I am really just getting started. I think that all of my loser friends would agree that we are just getting started. Ten weeks may sound like a long time, but…

April 5, 2015 Onyx Danois No comments exist

BY MELISSA ROLLINS (Morning News) The 2015 Florence’s Biggest Loser competition crowned its winners Thursday night. This year saw a few changes from the first competition, including adding a winner for the most inches lost, not just one for the number of pounds. Here is a look at a few ways the contest was different…

April 5, 2015 Onyx Danois No comments exist

BY MELISSA ROLLINS (Morning News) Drum roll, please…the winners of the 2015 Florence’s Biggest Loser competition are Tony Sitton for most pounds and Carroll Bazen for most inches lost. The winners were announced Thursday night during the 2015 Biggest Loser finale event, held at the Carolinian, an independent and assisted-living community in Florence. More than…

April 2, 2015 Rachel 1 comment

Well, here we are. The ten weeks are almost up and it’s time to start evaluating whether the ‘results’ that we’re getting match up with our expectations. Some have worked their butts off and lost a huge amount of weight. To those people, I say: “Fantastic! … you son of a … ummmmm ….. gun.”…

April 1, 2015 Onyx Danois No comments exist

BY SHAMIRA McCRAY (Morning News) The top six contestants in Florence’s Biggest Loser competition said the majority of their weight loss was determined by what they ate. “Kitty, the nutritionist, said 75 to 80 percent of weight loss is what you put in your mouth. Twenty to 25 percent is your exercise, but the basic…