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marigold:
An interview with Michelle:

Michelle Aguilar talks about her 'The Biggest Loser: Families' win

Michelle Aguilar didn't want to count her chickens before they hatched, but she had a good feeling.

As the third and last finalist to weigh in on The Biggest Loser: Families' scale during Tuesday's season finale of the NBC reality weight-loss show, The 26-year-old assistant director from Ft. Worth, TX was aware that she needed to lose more than 100 pounds to win the competition.

However, Aguilar told Reality TV World in a media conference call the day after her victory that she was optimistic that she had shed more than enough weight to win.

"I know that my scale at home told me [that] I had enough, but The Biggest Loser scale's a little bit different and I didn't know how accurate mine would be," Aguilar told Reality TV World." I was trying to hold back, and yet still be very excited. [But] I knew I was going to be very close to winning the whole thing."

Aguilar did lose enough weight to claim the show's $250,000 grand prize, dropping 132 pounds for a 45.45% weight-loss percentage after starting the competition at 242 pounds. While she told Reality TV World that she had been confident that her physical strength would keep her in the running to win, Aguilar said that it was mastering the mental aspects of her workout routine that had been her bigger concern since she left The Biggest Loser ranch to workout at home.

"I obviously knew I was strong enough and had improved a lot in myself already. It was whether or not I thought I was strong enough," Aguilar told Reality TV World. "Staying in the mental capacity of saying 'You're strong enough and you're worth it' is a lot harder than even doing the physical workout, and when you're in [the gym] for four-to-six hours a day and you see hundreds of people come and go you're like 'Why can't I be like them, why can't I just do an hour and leave?' It really easy to kinda of flip out of that mind set."

"When you're on the ranch and you're surrounded by people doing the same thing you're doing it's a little bit easier, and you can stay a little bit more competitive if you're watching your competition," she added. "Mentally when you come home, for me, was probably the toughest part of the show."

Aguilar said that one thing she had gone out of her way to make "a big deal about" was her decision to wear her Black team shirt to the final weigh-in instead of her original Pink team shirt that she had worn in the show's earlier rounds. She told reporters that her decision to stick with the black shirt was due to the significance that team gameplay had taken on throughout a majority of the second half of The Biggest Loser: Families and her desire to do her Black team proud.

"When we went into blue and black shirts the game completely changed. Just... their demeanor changed. Once Bob's team had blue shirts on they [became] different people," Aguilar told reporters. "I don't feel I changed who I was when I put the black shirt on, but I felt like I began to represent more than just myself... I was like 'Okay, this means a lot to me."

"Getting to the end and being the only person of the [Black team] remaining, I wanted to make sure I represented that well, and I wanted to be a part of that [Black team alumni]," she added.

When it came to her Blue team opponents, Aguilar said that she had felt like she was "going a little bit crazy" as she observed the gameplay tactics used by Blue team members Vicky Vilcan, a 37-year-old anesthetist from Houma, LA, and Heba Salama, a 30-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative from Raleigh, NC.

"[I was like] 'Is it just me? Am I the only one who thinks they're a little bit crazy,'" Aguilar told reporters. "Then as soon as the show started airing I realized 'No, I'm not crazy" because they were that way [I remembered them] to be. I wasn't so much shocked as I was just relieved to know I wasn't crazy."

Aguilar also cited her background in television production to say that she felt Vicky had been portrayed accurately on the show.

"I actually come from a television background as an assistant director and an assistant producer, and one thing I've learned is that you can't make that kind of stuff up," Aguilar told Reality TV World.

However, she added that Vicky's naivety regarding how television shows were created likely did not help her -- especially when it came to her less than flattering confessional interviews.

"I think because Vicky was such a fan of the show going into it... I think she [felt that] everybody probably played the way she played [on the show] and that they just didn't show it. So to hear her coming out of interviews on the show and saying things like 'Oh they're never gonna use my interview' in my mind I'm thinking as a producer 'That's exactly what I'm gonna use,'" Aguilar told Reality TV World. "I think it was just a little bit of her being naive and not knowing exactly how the TV world works [too]."

Aguilar also said that, while it ended up working in their favor nonetheless, that she had not been surprised by America's overwhelming vote to send Ed Brantley, a 31-year-old chef from Raleigh, NC, into the Final 3 instead of his wife Heba.

"When we were on the ranch and they had come back in from doing their confessionals where they were asking America to vote for either [Ed] or Heba, they came in and [Heba said] 'Oh, we told America to vote for me.' A 'don't worry about it' kinda thing," Aguilar told reporters. "I just kinda said to myself 'Well that's probably a bad idea, I think that may backfire.' Nobody in America likes to be told what to do."

Having achieved her goal of losing her excess weight, Aguilar told reporters that after seeing the long and hard road that she had taken to lose the weight that she would not allow herself to go ever go back to the way she used to be. She later told Reality TV World that she didn't have plans to lose any more weight on purpose, but rather wanted to focus on getting her body more toned instead.

"Right now I'd like to not just maintain where I'm at, but I'd like to get stronger. I think my body right now is in really good shape and I'd like to tone up, I'd like to lean out," Aguilar told Reality TV World. As a girl, everything still kind of jiggles a little bit, and I'd like it to be a little bit firmer. Whether that means I gain a few pounds or lose a few pounds is irrelevant."

Link: http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/michelle-aguilar-talks-about-her-the-biggest-loser-families-win-8181.php

marigold:

Interview with Michelle Aguilar, Biggest Loser 6 Champion

Michelle became the second female Biggest Loser during season 6.

At finale she visits with Bernie Salazar of DietsInReview.com

to talk about her tremendous 110 pound weight loss and her journey going forward.

marigold:

Alison Sweeney Interview at Biggest Loser 6 Finale

She looks gorgeous and works out with the contestants  :lol:

marigold:
.... one more she's funny  :lol:

Jillian Michaels Interview at Biggest Loser 6 Finale

Trainer Jillian Michaels grabbed another win as her trainee,

Michelle Aguilar, became the second Biggest Loser.

She spoke with former trainee Bernie Salazar, of DietsInReview.com,

about what it is she's looking for in a contestant.

marigold:
An interview with Michelle:

The Biggest Loser's Michelle Wins Big

Michelle Aguilar planned to just fly under the radar on The Biggest Loser. That all changed when Michelle quickly became an audience favorite and went on to win the title—and a quarter of a million dollar jackpot. With her estranged mom at her side, Michelle battled the forces of evil to drop 110 pounds. Those evil forces could either be the psychological demons that haunted her for years, or perhaps the infamous Blue Team that manipulated almost every situation. Either way, Michelle won over America… and the scale. Now that her weight loss journey has been documented in millions of homes, how is she handling the spotlight?

Michelle talked to Fancast right after her win, addressing everything from her relationships with her mom and Jillian to her feelings on the portrayal (and betrayal) of the "crazy" Blue Team members.

How did it feel to win The Biggest Loser?
On the outside knowing that I was getting ready to walk into a live show, I was nervous, I was excited. But on the inside, mentally I was absolutely at peace. I was like whatever is going to happen tonight is going to happen and there’s nothing I can do about it. But I’m so ready to show my family, show my friends, show America, that this is what I’ve achieved so far. And so when I finally did win, when that moment actually happened it was very surreal and I’m still kind of pinching myself wanting to know if it really happened.

How you plan to keep the weight off?
I do have a different relationship with food now. I was actually just sitting in The Today Show Greenroom looking at the just spread that they lay out and there’s healthier choices and there’s not healthy choices. So when I look at this spread and I’m seeing what’s available I say you know what, that’s a lot of extra time in the gym and I don’t really have time for to put in the gym right now, so I’m not going to make those choices. And I think that’ll be what also is a big tool in keeping me from ever putting the weight back on.

Were you surprised when Ed was voted into the finals instead of Heba?
I wasn’t too terribly surprised. When we were on the campus and they had come back in from doing their confessionals where they were asking America to vote for either him or Heba, and they came in and said "We told America to vote [Heba]. Don’t worry about it," I kind of just thought to myself well that’s probably a bad idea. I think that might backfire. Nobody in America wants to be told what to do. Seeing the way it turned out I realized that had they just kind of left it up to America to decide it may have been better for them. But that’s the method they went with, I guess.

What did you think of America's overwhelming support for the Black Team?
I wasn’t sure how America would see [the Blue Team]. I’m like "Is this just me? Am I the only one that things they’re a little bit crazy?" And then as soon as the show started airing I realized no, I’m not crazy. They really were that way. They were the way I remembered them to be. So I wasn’t so much shocked as I was just relieved to know I wasn’t crazy. I was definitely still overwhelmed, though, by how much people believed in me. I thought that was just beyond words.

Now why do you think people feel so strongly about how each of you played the game?
I think America has this really cool thing where they take a little bit of ownership of each of us in a good way or a bad way. Reading some of the stuff online where people say "Don’t worry Michelle, we’ve got you. If we can vote you in we’ll vote you in. We’re going to protect you." The fans of this show are very dedicated. They’re watching to be inspired. I think if they’re not seeing stuff that inspires them they’re going to vocalize it. So I think that’s probably a unique thing about this show and having the types of viewers that they have.

You and Renee won a lot of the challenges on the ranch. How did that feel to either win it by yourself or as a team with your mom?
My mom and I like to pretend that we’re flying under the radar and then every now and then that little competitive side for both of us comes creeping out. We couldn’t help ourselves. We thought if we have a chance to win let’s totally win. We felt like if it was within our grasp to do it and we weren’t going to get hurt, and Jillian wasn’t going to kill us for winning, they we were going to do it. And whether that meant putting a big target on our backs, we weren’t afraid of anybody.

Why did you and Jillian click so well this season?
She’s as tough as nails and scared me half to death at the same time. And then as I began to struggle with the emotional side and she began to show herself to be a little bit vulnerable on the emotional side as well. Sometimes both of us were in the women’s bathroom talking about how bad the day was. And just for me being able to see this human side of Jillian, this off-camera side of her, I think helped our relationship. There came a point I was able to look at Jillian and absolutely 100% trust her with helping me through this process. To say that Jillian and I became friends is absolutely true. She’s one of the most genuinely kind people I know.

How has your social life changed since losing the weight?
I spent so much of my life being worried about thoughts of if I go there what will I wear and how can I hide my body? And I realized that that was a daily thought. If ever there was this surprise "Oh hey, instead of doing this let’s all go to the hot tub instead, everybody could just borrow bathing suits," and I’m like whoa, whoa, wait a second. Those kinds of things would freak me out before, whereas now I’m like yeah, go with the flow and I don’t give as much thought to how I am going to look. I’m just living in the moment and I’m not pre-consumed with everything else that is my body.

Link: http://thebiz.fancast.com/2008/12/the_biggest_losers_michelle.html

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