{"id":15668,"date":"2010-01-03T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=15668"},"modified":"2009-12-30T15:45:38","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T20:45:38","slug":"interview-with-sam-poueu-and-koli-palu-biggest-loser-9-contestants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/interview-with-sam-poueu-and-koli-palu-biggest-loser-9-contestants\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Sam Poueu and Koli Palu: Biggest Loser 9 Contestants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"koliMeet Sam Poueu<\/a> and Koli Palu<\/a>, two of the newest contestants joining Biggest Loser season nine. These Tongan\/Samoan cousins weigh-in at 372 and 403 pounds respectively, and say they’re ready to get themselves and their families in better health.<\/p>\n

With a history of athletics, both as athletes and coaches, Sam and Koli will no doubt prove to be forces on the Biggest Loser ranch.<\/p>\n

We had an opportunity to speak with them during their first week at the Biggest Loser<\/a> ranch. Listen now as they prepare to take on their weight loss journey.<\/p>\n

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Please note that due to limited phones at the Biggest Loser ranch, audio may come across broken.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sam had not previously watched the show, but Koli had. Koli’s parents were huge fans of the season seven Tongan cousins, Filipe and Sione<\/a>. He says he was inspired to see two strong Tongan men on the show, and also hopes to follow in their footsteps of creating a new appreciation for health and wellness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Sam Poueu and Koli Palu, two of the newest contestants joining Biggest Loser season nine. These Tongan\/Samoan cousins weigh-in at 372 and 403 pounds respectively, and say they’re ready to get themselves and their families in better health. With … Continue reading →<\/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":[8,1625,1,3688,14,2768,2767],"class_list":["post-15668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-health","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-9","tag-diets-in-review","tag-expired","tag-interviews","tag-koli-palu","tag-sam-poueu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15668","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=15668"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15671,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15668\/revisions\/15671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}