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marigold:
An interesting article an interview with Shellay:

Biggest Loser’s Shellay: I Now Weigh ‘In the Low 150s’



First, Shellay Cremen was separated from her daughter Amy when competitor Heba gained control of creating the new Black and Blue teams on Tuesday’s show. Then, the mom from Michigan was sent home in an emotional elimination that saw her good friend Coleen cast a vote against her. Crying as she talked about the elimination, Shellay — who’s down from a size 18 to a size 8 and now weighs “in the low 150s” — assured viewers she’s happier than ever. Cremen shared the secrets of her success, explained her love/hate relationship with Jillian and dished on Heba’s “control issues.” – Sara Hammel

You looked sad, but not surprised, to be eliminated last night.
I had that funny feeling for a few days prior to the elimination. Even the week before, we were supposed to pack everything and I had packed. My daughter kept saying, “Don’t pack mom.” And I said, “No Amy, it’s okay. I just really have this funny feeling.”

What did you talk about with Jillian last week, when you and Amy got your special day alone with her?
She told me she felt like I didn’t give myself enough credit for things, that I was always [putting] down my abilities, never acknowledging the fact of who I was and who I could be, and that I really was this great person and my potential was endless. I had to allow myself to accept those things. In my personal life I do have a problem with that. It’s very hard for me to take compliments. I feel like I don’t deserve it. She was trying to get through all of that and help me accept the fact there are things I can do, and not always say “I can’t do it.”

You’ve said that you wanted to go out and find a job but never had the confidence. How about now?
I think I can do it. I feel so much more confident and better in every aspect of my life. I’ve done a lot of things as far as volunteering, I’ve run auctions and things. I’ve always wanted to do something like that or party planning.

Heba ruffled feathers when she took over the temptation and gained control of the Blue and Black teams. Was she really a control freak as Phil seemed to think?
Heba did have control issues. [What] I regret was not eat the Reese’s cup because I should have just gone for it. What better control than to make the teams? We all fell once again into Heba’s thinking and let her have the control. [Heba and her husband Ed, who was eliminated last week, have] been winning challenges and all these questions would come up trying to lead us to do certain things and we fell into their hands a few times.

What was behind the decision to eliminate you?
Phil was heavier and losing more weight than I was. I was more interested in breaking up Renee and Michelle’s alliance because Michelle was such a basket case, wanting to go home. [I thought] If Renee goes home, Michelle’s totally going to fall apart. Phil had said the same thing so we decided to vote together. I said, “Coleen please, if you vote for Renee I promise I’ll never vote you out unless you’re up against Amy.” But she’s gotta do what she’s gotta do.

What kind of relationship did you have with Coleen?
[Shellay pauses and starts crying]. I’ve seen that elimination a couple of times and I cry every time. Coleen and I got very close, and actually Amy said to me, “Why don’t you just go move in with Coleen?” She has a great personality and what you don’t see a lot on the show is I am very immature … I have Peter Pan syndrome. And Coleen just had such a great, funny side to her too. I watched out for her. I knew it was going to be hard if she did send me home and she was — we all were — really upset because I love everybody on my team. But Coleen is really the one who had a special place.

How has life changed at home since leaving the ranch?
It’s totally different. My mother says I’m no fun anymore because I’m not doing the same things she’s doing. I wake up every day and get right into workout clothes. I probably haven’t had normal clothes on more than ten times. I think healthy and I think working out. I get on my clothes and there I go. My husband comes home and we work out together. He’s totally shocked. We eat and we exercise. This is my new lifestyle.

There are only two guys left. Do you think another woman will win this year?
Yes, I do. That’s exactly what I was thinking.

What did you think of being kept on Jillian’s team, with her harsh form of personal training?
I actually wanted to have Jillian. She scared me to death the first week. She was yelling and I thought, “Oh my God, I don’t know if I can do this.” She would yell and scream and say, “Do you know how many people would give their right arm to be here?” And I was thinking, “I wish I could go home!” [But] I’m so thankful to her because it got through to me. My family, we’re not yelling people. My husband and I never fight. She just got through and I thought, “Maybe that’s what I’ve been lacking, someone to get it through my head.” I’m very thankful to her.

Link: http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/10/16/biggest-losers-shellay-i-now-weigh-in-the-low-150s/

marigold:
An interesting article and interview with Jillian:

'Biggest Loser' trainer Jillian Michaels brings fitness challege to Nintendo Wii

JILLIAN MICHAELS

Age: 34

Job title: Trainer and life coach

Years on the job: 17 years as a trainer and 5 years on "The Biggest Loser"

Hours per week: 60 to 70 hours during filming.

Straight-talking trainer Jillian Michaels is currently filming the seventh season of "The Biggest Loser," but she's now taking her no-nonsense expertise to a whole new level with the first celebrity fitness game, The Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009 ($39.99 from October 21), designed for the Nintendo Wii.

Get Jillian's tips on eating healthfully and surviving the holidays with our exclusive video report, right.

How is the game different from a regular exercise DVD?

It's completely different. A regular fitness DVD is one exercise routine. They're effective, but I'm not going to ask a 12-year-old to do it. Plus, some of us get sick of the typical workouts. This is an actual game where you're navigating an obstacle course, in the same way you would do boxing or tennis on the Wii. You'll be doing tire runs or rowing down a river or skipping stones, like a boot camp, and you can compete with your family's time.

Sounds like you need a pretty big TV room?

Actually, you don't. Because it works with the Wii and the Wii fit, if you're jumping rope, it's like high knee lifts or jogging in place, which can all be done within a 2-foot space.

Does it burn as many calories as hitting the gym?

It can. If you're playing it to the best of your ability, you should burn between 300 to 500 calories an hour.

Was the technology involved in making the game pretty complicated?

It's been at least six to nine months with everything from designing the exercises to wearing the little motion ball sensors and going through the movements, shooting videos and dialogue, doing the descriptions, the graphics, everything. This is like basic training, then the next one could be like the Green Berets or the Navy Seals' hell week. We're already planning for Ultimatum 2010.

But before you were a video game star, you were first a TV star. How did you get involved with "The Biggest Loser"?

It was a fluke. A client at my gym was a Hollywood agent and he mentioned the idea for "The Biggest Loser." I was like, "Nah, I'm not interested. I hate reality shows and the name's awful." I think the fact that I was so difficult made them think, "This is the girl." They said, "We're going to give you six people and you're going to run their life." I said, "Oh, that's cool," because I'm a control freak.

You're pretty tough on your TV trainees. Have you always been fit?

Not at all. I was an overweight teenager. I got into martial arts when I was about 14 and it was my martial arts instructor that turned my life around.

On the show, has anyone's bad habits truly shocked you?

We have now in season seven some contestants who are so unhealthy. They're on 12 different medications. They've got diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and they're in their 60s. It never ceases to amaze me that within weeks, they're off all their medications, they've lost 30 pounds and they feel 10 times better.

With more people cutting back on spending, gym memberships may be the first thing to go. How does someone stay in shape without going to the gym?

You only need minimal investments, whether it's a game, a fitness DVD or an online trainer. The Internet is a great resource for information. If you Google "exercises using your own bodyweight," 20 different things will come up for free. Also, learn how to count calories, then you'll understand the math behind weight loss. Simple math is all it is, calories in, calories out.

What are your best methods for staying motivated?

Write down all the reasons why you want to get in shape. If you're trying to decide between oatmeal or a doughnut, go back and look at that list.

Link: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2008/10/16/2008-10-16_biggest_loser_trainer_jillian_michaels_b-2.html

marigold:
An interesting article:

Shellay Cremen talk about her elimination from 'The Biggest Loser'

Shellay Cremen, a 51-year-old stay-at-home mom from Royal Oak, MI who was eliminated from The Biggest Loser: Families on this week's broadcast, wasn't upset about the twist that left her on a different team than her daughter Amy Cremen, a 26-year-old purchasing department representative from Auburn Hills, MI.

In fact, she was pleased with it.

"I was happy because I actually got to stay with my same team members, we just gained [Phillip Parham] and lost Amy," Cremen, MI told Reality TV World during a media conference call on Wednesday.

Cremen said that Amy's success throughout the competition -- which undoubtedly made her appealing to the other team -- as well as their sharing of a room and the addition of a male contestant to her previously all-female group had eased the transition.

"I was sad for the fact that she was not going to be around there, just with her good weight loss numbers," she told Reality TV World. [But] we still shared a room together and we were still there together, so it wasn't as bad as if she had to leave."

"[Amy] has amazed me because she is so much stronger and more athletic than I ever could have imagined," she added to reporters later. I really think that she, in my opinion, has a very good chance at winning."

Another contestant that Cremen became extremely close with during her time at The Biggest Loser ranch was Black team teammate Coleen Skeabeck, a 23-year-old receptionist from Cleveland, OH who regretfully cast the deciding vote that eliminated Cremen from the competition. Cremen was reduced to tears when reliving her elimination and said that she still gets emotional when thinking of Skeabeck and how hard the elimination was on her.

"Coleen and I became very close. Actually, Amy said to me one day 'Why don't you just go move in with Coleen," Cremen said wryly in between sobs to reporters. "Just being there with her dad, there wasn't a lot of talk about her mother and we just hit it off. She has a great personality."

Cremen also said that she was not surprised by her elimination and "had a feeling" in the days before the weigh-in that she may be booted. She added that her plan going into the weigh-in had been to partner with Parham and eliminate Renee Wilson, a 46-year-old event manager from Ft. Worth, TX. Cremen thought that the additional pressure placed on Wilson's daughter  Michelle Aguilar, a 26-year-old assistant director from Ft. Worth, TX, following the elimination would drive her from the competition as well.

However, Cremen added that she had understood the rationale behind her departure as well.

"I weighed the least of anybody from the first day. In getting Philip onto our team, Phillip was heavier and he would lose more weight than I would," she told reporters.

One of Cremen's biggest regrets during her time on the show was a continued indifference towards Heba Salama, a 30-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative from Raleigh, NC, as she took control of several of the show's events and challenges and manipulated them to her advantage.

"I would say Heba did have control issues," Cremen told reporters. "My regret over everything I did was to not eat the [peanut butter cups in the second Temptation Challenge]. I should have just gone for it because what better control to have than to make the teams. [But] we all just kind of fell, once again, into Heba's thinking and let her have the control."

Cremen did have complimentary things to say about her trainer Jillian Michaels, whom she thought was tough and confrontational but also effective.

"She just told me that she felt kinda like I just didn't give myself enough credit for things," Cremen told Reality TV World of Michaels' discussion with her during their 24 hours together. "[She told me] that I was just always pushing down my abilities and just never really acknowledging the fact of who I was, who I could be, and that I really was this great person and my potential was endless."

"She was just trying to help me get through all of that and help me to accept the fact that there are things that I can do and not to always say 'No I can't do it," [and instead say] 'You can do it. Try it and see,'" she added to Reality TV World. 

Cremen -- who is now wearing a size 8 and weighs "150-something" -- seems to have taken Michaels' words to heart and built up the confidence to look for a full-time job for the first time in her life.

"I just feel so confident, just better in every aspect of my life. I've done a lot of things, but never a paying job. As far as volunteering I've run auctions and different things like that, and I probably would want to do something in that area," she told reporters. "Either party planning or anything like that. I have  a lot of potential but, I guess, I never had the confidence. [Now] I'm feeling much more confidence that I would be able to do it."

Link: http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/shellay-cremen-talk-about-her-elimination-from-the-biggest-loser-7879.php

marigold:

The Biggest Loser Episode 6

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:00 PM-10:00 PM EST

CONTESTANTS TRY UNUSUAL WORKOUTS - AND GET SIX-WEEK PROGRESS REPORTS

This week, trainers Bob and Jillian take their teams through very unusual workouts unlike anything they've done before.

Later, Dr. Huizenga gives the contestants a very encouraging six-week progress report of how far they've come and how much healthier they are since coming to the ranch.

Then the teams square off in a difficult balance beam challenge, with the winning team getting something very special from home.

marigold:

Biggest Loser 6 - Episode 5

Here's a clip from Shellay & Amy's interview this week that didn't air

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