{"id":1106,"date":"2008-08-28T22:02:21","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T03:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-6-tom-desrochers-sr\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T18:49:16","slug":"biggest-loser-6-tom-desrochers-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-6-tom-desrochers-sr\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Loser 6: Tom Desrochers Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Desrochers Sr. is the father-half of the grey team, with son <a title=\"tome desrochers jr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-6-tom-desrochers-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Desrochers Jr<\/a>., in <a title=\"biggest loser families\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/category\/biggest-loser-season-6\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biggest Loser: Families<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch <a title=\"tom biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/tom-desrochers-and-l.t.-interview-at-biggest-loser-6-finale\/\" target=\"_self\">Tom&#8217;s Finale Interview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eliminated Week 2: <a title=\"tom desrochers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/interview-with-biggest-losers-eliminated-tom-desrochers-and-lt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hear the Interview<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"tom desrochers sr.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tom-sr.jpg\" alt=\"tom desrochers sr.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age<\/strong> 42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown<\/strong> Everett, MA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation<\/strong> Cab Driver<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Biggest_Loser_Club\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3791\" title=\"tom-desrochers-sr-finale\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/tom-desrochers-sr-finale-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>Biggest Loser: Families teammate<\/strong> Tom Desrochers Jr., Son<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Color<\/strong> Grey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trainer<\/strong> Jillian Michaels<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight<\/strong> 314<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Weight<\/strong> 236<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss<\/strong> -78<\/p>\n<p><strong>Percent Lost <\/strong>24.84<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;m embarrassed to admit I&#8217;ve never been to a gym before.&#8221; &#8211; Week 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Factoids<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grey team starts as the heaviest team in the house<\/li>\n<li>After leaving Biggest Loser, he is no longer taking any of the 9 pills he started with. He has gotten rid of his high blood pressure and diabetes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other spellings: tom, thomas, thom, tommy, tim, tomm, derochers, desrocher, deroche, des rochers<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss any of the news, interviews or recaps from Biggest Loser: Families. Sign-up for the <a title=\"biggest loser newsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biggest Loser Updates Newsletter<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Desrochers Sr. is the father-half of the grey team, with son Tom Desrochers Jr., in Biggest Loser: Families. 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