{"id":411,"date":"2009-05-13T06:40:04","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T06:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/05\/biggest-loser-winner-helen-phi.html"},"modified":"2009-05-13T06:40:04","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T06:40:04","slug":"biggest-loser-winner-helen-phi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/05\/biggest-loser-winner-helen-phi.html","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Loser Winner: Helen Phillips&#8217; big win?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I don&#8217;t mean to be a buzz-kill ..<\/em>. and I do offer my heartfelt weighty congratulations to Helen Phillips for losing 54.47% of her initial weight (now weighing in at 117 pounds), and for gaining $250,000 and a new attitude.<br \/>\nStill when the 48 year old Helen exclaimed, &#8220;140 pounds [lost]! Yes! Yes!&#8221;  I couldn&#8217;t help but to think &#8230; &#8220;Lose it and you will find it. What about permanent fat removal?  How will you keep it off without the cameras, the trainers, the television cameras?&#8221;<br \/>\nThere you have it friends.  The buzz-kill!  Sorry &#8230; but I am always concerned when people lose large amounts of weight in a short amount of time.  Particularly when their incentive is an event or a date or a happening.<br \/>\n<strong>My question to Helen, the rest of the losers, and to you!<\/strong>  When you &#8216;lose&#8217; your excess weight, what&#8217;s your maintenance plan?  What will keep you motivated and moving forward?  How will you manage to re-create yourself and your lifestyle to stay connected and in alignment with your new svelte body?<br \/>\n<strong><em>Any advice for Helen Phillips on how to keep it going?  Weigh-in below, please!<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Contestant\/Start Weight\/End Weight\/Pounds Lost \/Percentage Lost:<\/strong><br \/>\nHelen: 257-117=140 (54.47%)<br \/>\nMike: 388-181=207 (53.35%)<br \/>\nTara: 294-139=155 (52.72%)<br \/>\nJerry: 369-192=177 (47.97%)<br \/>\nKristin: 360-193=167 (46.39%)<br \/>\nNicole: 269-146=123 (45.72%)<br \/>\nRon: 430-238=192 (44.65%)<br \/>\nSione: 372-226=146 (39.25%)<br \/>\nDane: 412-258=154 (37.38%)<br \/>\nFilipe: 364-229=135 (37.09%)<br \/>\nDamien: 381-245=136 (35.70%)<br \/>\nDaniel: 454-293=161 (35.46%)<br \/>\nMandi: 263-171=92 (34.98%)<br \/>\nEstella: 242-159=83 (34.30%)<br \/>\nCarla: 379-251=128 (33.77%)<br \/>\nShanon: 283-191=92 (32.51%)<br \/>\nCathy: 293-198=95 (32.42%)<br \/>\nBlaine: 365-249=116 (31.78%)<br \/>\nLaura: 285-199=86 (30.18%)<br \/>\nJoelle: 309-229=80 (25.89%)<br \/>\nAubrey: 249-194=55 (22.09%)<br \/>\nDavid: 393-350=43 (10.94%<br \/>\nWeight loss (a.k.a. permanent fat removal) tips!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/05\/6-simple-fat-loss-tips-shed-th.html\">6 simple FAT LOSS tips.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/04\/celebrate-failure.html\">FAILURE is NOT an option.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/04\/how-mean-are-you.html\">How MEAN are you?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eomega.org\/omega\/workshops\/75c9f2939cc9827183a5b5bed5cf3605\/\">Our Lady of Weight Loss EnLIGHTens<\/a><br \/>\n@ Omega Institute for Holistic Studies<br \/>\n<em>Spread the word &#8230; NOT the icing,<br \/>\nJanice<\/em><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow Janice on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurLady\">Twitter<\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#\/profile.php?sid=d82081eb96fa8033ec096ad6ccfd2b0a&amp;id=557881698&amp;hiq=janice%2Ctaylor\">Facebook<\/a>!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\">Janice Taylor is a Life &amp; Wellness Coach, specializing in weight loss, reinvention, transformation &amp; happiness<\/a>, author, seminar leader and 50-pound-BIG-Time-LOSER!  <a href=\"mailto:janice@ourladyofweightloss.com\"><strong>Write Janice<\/strong><\/a> for an Introductory Coaching Session.<br \/>\nFor more motivation and inspiration, join the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/kick_in_the_tush_club\">Kick in the Tush Club<\/a>: Beliefnet Chapter.<br \/>\nPick up a copy of Janice&#8217;s latest: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-Forgiven-Move-Fat-Burning-Sveltesville\/dp\/014200524X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1197052667&amp;sr=1-1\">All Is Forgiven, Move ON ~ Our Lady of Weight Loss&#8217;s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville<\/a>!<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Janice Taylor is a certain kind of kooky genius ~ see if her idiosyncratic diet plan will work for you.&#8221; ~ O, The Oprah Magazine<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ART heart.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/import\/ART%20heart.jpg\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" class=\"mt-image-left\" \/><\/span> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\"> about Janice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t mean to be a buzz-kill &#8230; and I do offer my heartfelt weighty congratulations to Helen Phillips for losing 54.47% of her initial weight (now weighing in at 117 pounds), and for gaining $250,000 and a new attitude. Still when the 48 year old Helen exclaimed, &#8220;140 pounds [lost]! Yes! 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