{"id":15110,"date":"2009-12-15T15:17:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T20:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=15110"},"modified":"2010-05-25T20:39:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T01:39:15","slug":"sam-poueu-biggest-loser-9-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/sam-poueu-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Poueu: Biggest Loser 9 Contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keep up with Sam Poueu&#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 Sam Poueu now!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"sam biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/sam-poueu-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15856\" title=\"sam poueu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/sam-poueu.jpg\" alt=\"sam poueu\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Age <\/strong>23<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown <\/strong>Rohnert Park, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation <\/strong>Youth Football Coach, Security Guard<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Color <\/strong>Grey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teammate <\/strong><a title=\"koli biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/kolinaisi-koli-palu-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\">Koli Palu<\/a>, cousins<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight <\/strong>372<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finale Weight <\/strong>230<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss <\/strong>-142<\/p>\n<p><strong>Family <\/strong>Single<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Videos and Interviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"sam biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/interview-with-sam-poueu-and-koli-palu-biggest-loser-9-contestants\/\" target=\"_self\">Exclusive interview week one at the ranch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Factoids<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"sam and stephanie biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/biggest-losers-sam-and-stephanie-are-dating\/\" target=\"_self\">Sam and Stephanie are Dating<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mini Bio <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sam was born on the tiny island of American Samoa. At only eight months old, Sam was adopted by his uncle and aunt, who live in the United States. Growing up in a large Samoan family, being heavy was normal. There were always numerous family gatherings with plenty of food. Sam now works mainly in security with an abnormal schedule; he works late nights and sleeps during the day. Sam also volunteers as a youth football coach. This pattern does not help establish healthy eating habits as he normally eats at late or odd hours. Not only does Sam want to become healthier and mange his weight, but he also wants to develop better eating and fitness habits. Many people in Sam\u2019s family have diabetes, hypertension and gout. Sam believes that if he can do this for himself, he will be a great example to his family and many others in his culture. He intends on winning The Biggest Loser and sharing what he learns to his large family (where he is one of more than 150 grandchildren and great-grandchildren).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Spellings <\/strong>Sammy, Samuel, Samm, Pouou, Palu<\/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 Sam Poueu&#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 Sam Poueu now! Age 23 Hometown Rohnert Park, CA Occupation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/sam-poueu-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":[8,1625,3677,3688,2767],"class_list":["post-15110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-health","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-9","tag-diet-tv","tag-expired","tag-sam-poueu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15110","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=15110"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22118,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15110\/revisions\/22118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}