{"id":20678,"date":"2010-04-28T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=20678"},"modified":"2010-04-28T15:32:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T20:32:01","slug":"oneal-hampton-biggest-loser-elimination-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/oneal-hampton-biggest-loser-elimination-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Neal Hampton&#8217;s Biggest Loser Elimination Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/oneal-hampton-biggest-loser-elimination-interview\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20689\" title=\"oneal-after2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/oneal-after21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On this past week&#8217;s episode of the Biggest Loser, <a title=\"o'neal hampton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/oneal-hampton-jr-biggest-loser-9-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\">O&#8217;Neal\u00a0Hampton<\/a>,\u00a0the competitive\u00a0yet\u00a0paternal contestant was sent home. But only after an incredible and inspirational stint on the NBC weight loss reality series.<\/p>\n<p>Hampton began his weight loss journey at 389 pounds.\u00a0On his last weigh in, he came in\u00a0at 265 pounds,\u00a0124 pounds less then when he began.<\/p>\n<p>Listen here as O&#8217;Neal talks about his natural camaraderie with the others and how his no-nonsense and open approach to life earned him the name &#8220;uncle,&#8221; by his fellow contestants.<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"Streaming\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/podcasts.dietsinreview.com\/components\/player\/player.swf?FlashVars=&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/podcasts.dietsinreview.com\/media\/2010-04-28_onealhamptonbiggsetlosercontestant.mp3&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=16777215&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xffffcc&amp;\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"290\" height=\"24\" src=\"http:\/\/podcasts.dietsinreview.com\/components\/player\/player.swf?FlashVars=&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/podcasts.dietsinreview.com\/media\/2010-04-28_onealhamptonbiggsetlosercontestant.mp3&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=16777215&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xffffcc&amp;\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" name=\"Streaming\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\nThis Midwestern father of four is easy to lend an hand and does not shy away from the emotionality of connecting to others. Throughout his stay on the <a title=\"biggest loser club\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Biggest_Loser_Club\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser<\/a>, we saw O&#8217;Neal shed many tears over his own journey and through empathizing with his fellow contestants&#8217; journey as well.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nTo everyone who may chalk their ill-health up to a aching joint or lack of motivation, he encourages them to just get off the couch and do it. As an\u00a0athlete and sports coach as well a former obese person,\u00a0O&#8217;Neal is no stranger to feeling the pain and burn of having worked out too much and having not worked at all.<\/p>\n<p>Today, he continues to lead the\u00a0healthy lifestyle he learned while on the Biggest Loser in the only way that O&#8217;Neal can: With integrity and with\u00a0an open heart.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing his continued progress on the Biggest Loser finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this past week&#8217;s episode of the Biggest Loser, O&#8217;Neal\u00a0Hampton,\u00a0the competitive\u00a0yet\u00a0paternal contestant was sent home. But only after an incredible and inspirational stint on the NBC weight loss reality series. Hampton began his weight loss journey at 389 pounds.\u00a0On his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/oneal-hampton-biggest-loser-elimination-interview\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[8,1625,3677,3688,14,2763],"class_list":["post-20678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-health","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-9","tag-diet-tv","tag-expired","tag-interviews","tag-oneal-hampton"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20678","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20678"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20693,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20678\/revisions\/20693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}