{"id":11162,"date":"2009-08-20T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=11162"},"modified":"2009-12-11T12:23:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T17:23:41","slug":"biggest-loser-8-allen-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-8-allen-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen Smith: Biggest Loser 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kAMnOpNP98g&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/kAMnOpNP98g&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eliminated Week 11 &#8211; <a title=\"allen biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/allen-smith-biggest-loser-elimination-interview\/\" target=\"_self\">Hear Allen&#8217;s Interview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow along on Allen&#8217;s journey in <a title=\"biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Biggest_Loser_Club\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser<\/a> season 8. Each week we&#8217;ll update with accomplishments, weight loss, new videos and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"allen smith\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-8-allen-smith\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11255\" title=\"allen smith\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/allen-smith.jpg\" alt=\"allen smith\" width=\"109\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Age <\/strong>43<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown <\/strong>Columbus, IN<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation <\/strong>Firefighter\/EMT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Color<\/strong> Green<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight <\/strong>325<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Weight <\/strong>209<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss <\/strong>-116<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->Family<\/strong> Married, 10-year-old daughter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;You don&#8217;t have to face any challenge alone. If you think you do, you don&#8217;t.&#8221; &#8211; Week 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/allen-smiths-biggest-loser-journey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/allen-smiths-biggest-loser-journey\/biggest-loser-allen.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Allen Smith's Biggest Loser Journey Slideshow\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Try the Biggest Loser Diet at home! With the online program you&#8217;ll get access to meal plans, fitness guidance, peer support and much more. It&#8217;s your way to lose like the contestants<\/em><em>.<\/em><strong><em> <a title=\"biggest loser\" href=\"http:\/\/trk.digitalhourglass.com\/fwd.php?pixel_id=35&amp;vendor_id=126&amp;placement=BiggestLoserBlog&amp;page_id=234\" target=\"_blank\">Join Now!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Spellings<\/strong> Alan Smith, Allen Smyth, Alen Smith, Biggest Loser Allen, Allen Biggest Loser<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>DietsInReview.com is your Biggest Loser 8 Resource<\/strong>. Sign-up now for the <a title=\"biggest loser newsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/newsletters\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser Newsletter<\/a> and each Thursday you&#8217;ll receive:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A chance to win a Brita pitcher and Filter For Good water bottle<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Episodic video recaps by Biggest Loser 7&#8217;s Mike Morelli<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Exclusive elimination interviews<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Biggest Loser recipes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>And much more!<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eliminated Week 11 &#8211; Hear Allen&#8217;s Interview Follow along on Allen&#8217;s journey in Biggest Loser season 8. Each week we&#8217;ll update with accomplishments, weight loss, new videos and more. Age 43 Hometown Columbus, IN Occupation Firefighter\/EMT Team Color Green Starting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-8-allen-smith\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687],"tags":[2254,8,2407,3677,3688],"class_list":["post-11162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","tag-allen-smith","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-8","tag-diet-tv","tag-expired"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11162"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14967,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11162\/revisions\/14967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}