{"id":15068,"date":"2009-12-15T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T18:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=15068"},"modified":"2010-05-25T20:51:05","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T01:51:05","slug":"melissa-morgan-biggest-loser-9-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/melissa-morgan-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Morgan: Biggest Loser 9 Contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eliminated Week 12 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keep up with Melissa Morgan&#8217;s journey in <a title=\"biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Biggest_Loser_Club\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser<\/a> season nine. Each week DietsInReview.com will update each contestant&#8217;s weight loss, as well as accomplishments, videos, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Melissa Morgan now!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"melissa biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/melissa-morgan-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15838\" title=\"melissa biggest loser\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/melissa-biggest-loser.jpg\" alt=\"melissa biggest loser\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Age <\/strong>39<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown <\/strong>Aspermont, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation<\/strong> Attorney<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Color <\/strong>Red<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teammate <\/strong><a title=\"lance biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/lance-morgan-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\">Lance Morgan<\/a>, husband<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight <\/strong>233<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finale Weight <\/strong>143<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss <\/strong>-90<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family <\/strong>Married, 2 Children<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Videos and Interviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"melissa biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/interview-with-melissa-morgan-and-lance-morgan-biggest-loser-9-contestants\/\" target=\"_self\">Exclusive interview week one at the ranch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mini Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melissa&#8217;s most healthy years were as a teen and in her 20s, while she was involved in softball and daily workouts. Melissa then got married and put on a full forty pounds during the first three years, adding another 20 pounds after the birth of her children. During law school, Melissa chose to eat out instead of having healthy meals with her family. When it comes to her clients and the courtroom, nothing gets in Melissa&#8217;s way. Yet, at the gym, Melissa can give every excuse not to go. Losing weight will help Melissa obtain a life-long goal and develop a new fit lifestyle. Melissa\u2019s tenacity and sheer determination provide the mental stamina to achieve her weight loss goal, but she needs to work on the emotional and physical capabilities also.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Spellings <\/strong>Mellissa, Melisa, Mellisa, Malissa, Mirgan, Morgen, Morgans<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-1825067-10419578?sid=BL9Bio\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lduhtrp.net\/image-1825067-10419578\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Shop the Official Biggest Loser Store\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DietsInReview.com is your Biggest Loser 9 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><\/strong> and each Wednesday you\u2019ll get the most up to date information on contestants and trainers, plus Biggest Loser recipes, interviews, giveaways and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eliminated Week 12 Keep up with Melissa Morgan&#8217;s journey in Biggest Loser season nine. Each week DietsInReview.com will update each contestant&#8217;s weight loss, as well as accomplishments, videos, and more. Learn more about Melissa Morgan now! Age 39 Hometown Aspermont, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/melissa-morgan-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\">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":[3687,58],"tags":[8,1625,3677,3688,2757],"class_list":["post-15068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-womens-health","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-9","tag-diet-tv","tag-expired","tag-melissa-morgan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068","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=15068"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22130,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068\/revisions\/22130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}