{"id":11170,"date":"2009-08-20T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=11170"},"modified":"2009-12-11T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T17:12:04","slug":"biggest-loser-8-abby-rike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-8-abby-rike\/","title":{"rendered":"Abby Rike: 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\/8ok93laLkQs&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\/8ok93laLkQs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eliminated Week 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow along on Abby&#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=\"abby rike biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-8-abby-rike\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13464\" title=\"biggest loser abby\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/biggest-loser-abby.jpg\" alt=\"biggest loser abby\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a>Age <\/strong>34<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown <\/strong>Mabank, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation <\/strong>Teacher<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Color <\/strong>Green<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight <\/strong>247<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final\u00a0Weight <\/strong>147<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss <\/strong>-100<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->Family <\/strong>Tragically, she lost her husband and two young children in an automobile accident in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Every role I cherished was gone&#8230; I have to believe I&#8217;m here for something way bigger.&#8221; &#8211; Week 1<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Watching your diet, counting your calories, moving &#8211; it works!&#8221; &#8211; Week 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/abby-rikes-biggest-loser-journey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/abby-rikes-biggest-loser-journey\/abby-rike-biggest-loser.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Abby Rike'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>Abbey Rike, Abbie Rike, Abby Rikes, Abby Ricks, Biggest Loser Abby, Biggest Loser Abbie<\/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>Eliminated Week 7 Follow along on Abby&#8217;s journey in Biggest Loser season 8. Each week we&#8217;ll update with accomplishments, weight loss, new videos and more. Age 34 Hometown Mabank, TX Occupation Teacher Team Color Green Starting Weight 247 Final\u00a0Weight 147 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/biggest-loser-8-abby-rike\/\">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":[58],"tags":[2258,8,2407,3677,3688],"class_list":["post-11170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-womens-health","tag-abby-rike","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\/11170","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=11170"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13463,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11170\/revisions\/13463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}