{"id":15077,"date":"2009-12-15T14:10:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=15077"},"modified":"2010-05-25T20:44:50","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T01:44:50","slug":"maria-ventrella-biggest-loser-9-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/maria-ventrella-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Ventrella: Biggest Loser 9 Contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eliminated Week 3 &#8211; <a title=\"maria biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/maria-ventrellas-biggest-loser-elimination-interview\/\" target=\"_self\">Listen to the interview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keep up with Maria Ventrella&#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 Maria Ventrella now!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"maria biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/maria-ventrella-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15199\" title=\"maria biggest loser\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/maria-biggest-loser.jpg\" alt=\"maria biggest loser\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Age <\/strong>51<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown <\/strong>Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation <\/strong>Corporate Travel Agent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Color <\/strong>White<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teammate <\/strong><a title=\"michael biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/michael-ventrella-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\">Michael Ventrella<\/a>, son<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight <\/strong>281<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finale Weight <\/strong>167<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss <\/strong>-114<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family <\/strong>Married, 3 Adult Children<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Videos and Interviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"maria biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/interview-with-maria-ventrella-and-michael-ventrella-biggest-loser-9\/\" target=\"_self\">Exclusive interview week one at the ranch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mini Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maria has taken on the responsibilities of caregiver for her disabled husband and chronically ill mother, leaving her with absolutely no time for herself. Maria\u2019s weight has been a continuous issue as the adult years of her life have progressed. This is especially true after the passing of her father who was the core of the family&#8217;s foundation. Maria has reached a point in her life where her weight is now hindering her abilities to not only help and care for others, but also for herself. Maria wants to set an example for her family and friends by helping them realize the importance of good health not only for self, but also to better care for loved ones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/maria-ventrellas-biggest-loser-9-journey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/maria-ventrellas-biggest-loser-9-journey\/maria-ventrella.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Maria Ventrella's Biggest Loser 9 Journey Slideshow\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Spellings <\/strong>Marria, Mario, Ventrela, Vetrella<\/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 3 &#8211; Listen to the interview Keep up with Maria Ventrella&#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 Maria Ventrella &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/maria-ventrella-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":[58],"tags":[8,1625,3677,3688,2759],"class_list":["post-15077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-womens-health","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-9","tag-diet-tv","tag-expired","tag-maria-ventrella"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15077","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=15077"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22126,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15077\/revisions\/22126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}