{"id":11168,"date":"2009-08-20T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=11168"},"modified":"2009-12-10T15:35:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T20:35:03","slug":"biggest-loser-8-rudy-pauls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-8-rudy-pauls\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy Pauls: Biggest Loser 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Follow along on Rudy&#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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/rudy-pauls-biggest-loser-journey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/rudy-pauls-biggest-loser-journey\/rudy-biggest-loser.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Rudy Pauls' Biggest Loser Journey Slideshow\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch now as Hollie Self interviews Rudy during week one on the ranch.<\/p>\n<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\/mxeCZra8Z5g&amp;hl=en&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\/mxeCZra8Z5g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age <\/strong>30<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"rudy pauls\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-8-rudy-pauls\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11253\" title=\"rudy pauls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/rudy-pauls.jpg\" alt=\"rudy pauls\" width=\"120\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Hometown <\/strong>Brooklyn, CT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation <\/strong>Engineer\/Operations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Color <\/strong>Blue<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight <\/strong>442<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Weight <\/strong>208<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss <\/strong>-234<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->Family <\/strong>Married, Two kids &#8211; 2 months, 3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Who puts the finish line 26.2 miles from the starting line?&#8221; &#8211; week 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Factoids<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sets Biggest Loser record for losing 100 pounds the fastest on campus in week 7, beating <a title=\"dane patterson biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/biggest-loser-7-dane-patterson\/\" target=\"_self\">Dane Patterson<\/a>&#8216;s record<\/li>\n<li>Completed week 12 marathon in first place, with a time of 5:12:41<\/li>\n<li>Season eight finalist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Videos<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"dane and rudy biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/biggest-loser-8-bonus-scene-dane-sabotages-rudy\/\" target=\"_self\">Dane Sabotages Rudy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>Rudie Pauls, Rudy Paul, Ruddy Pauls, Biggest Loser Rudy<\/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>Episode 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>Follow along on Rudy&#8217;s journey in Biggest Loser season 8. Each week we&#8217;ll update with accomplishments, weight loss, new videos and more. Watch now as Hollie Self interviews Rudy during week one on the ranch. Age 30 Hometown Brooklyn, CT &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-8-rudy-pauls\/\">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":[93],"tags":[8,2407,3677,3688,2257],"class_list":["post-11168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-health","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-8","tag-diet-tv","tag-expired","tag-rudy-pauls"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168","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=11168"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11247,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11168\/revisions\/11247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}