{"id":15094,"date":"2009-12-15T14:44:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T19:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=15094"},"modified":"2010-05-25T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T01:43:12","slug":"oneal-hampton-jr-biggest-loser-9-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/oneal-hampton-jr-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Neal Hampton, Jr.: Biggest Loser 9 Contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keep up with O&#8217;Neal Hampton&#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 O&#8217;Neal Hampton now!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"oneal biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/oneal-hampton-jr-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15846\" title=\"oneal biggest loser\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/oneal-biggest-loser.jpg\" alt=\"oneal biggest loser\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Age <\/strong>50<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown<\/strong> Minneapolis, MN<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation <\/strong>USPS Station Manager<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Color <\/strong>Yellow<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teammate <\/strong><a title=\"sunshine biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/sunshine-hampton-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\">SunShine Hampton<\/a>, daughter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight <\/strong>389<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finale Weight <\/strong>230<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss <\/strong>-159<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family <\/strong>Married, 4 Adult Children<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Factoids<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Returned <a title=\"biggest loser recap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/biggest-loser-recap-season-9-episode-5-with-amanda-arlauskas\/\" target=\"_self\">week 5<\/a> to earn a spot back on the ranch. Lost 51 pounds in 30 days at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mini Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a competitive person. O&#8217;Neal&#8217;s competitive drive definitely derives from his love of sports. Known as \u201cBig O\u2019Neal,&#8221; he has been a coach and player of football for more than 35 years. After a recent asthma attack, his oldest brother died before his 58th birthday. This untimely death served as a wake-up call to O\u2019Neal, and he is now dedicated to becoming healthy and losing the weight for good.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/oneal-hamptons--biggest-loser-9-journey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/oneal-hamptons--biggest-loser-9-journey\/oneal-slideshow-image.jpg\" alt=\"View O'neal Hampton's Biggest Loser 9 Journey Slideshow\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Spellings <\/strong>O&#8217;Neil, Oneal, Oneil, Big O&#8217;Neal, Hamptons, Hapton<\/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>Keep up with O&#8217;Neal Hampton&#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 O&#8217;Neal Hampton now! Age 50 Hometown Minneapolis, MN Occupation USPS &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/oneal-hampton-jr-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":[93],"tags":[8,1625,3677,3688,2763],"class_list":["post-15094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-health","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-9","tag-diet-tv","tag-expired","tag-oneal-hampton"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15094","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=15094"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22123,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15094\/revisions\/22123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}