{"id":27817,"date":"2010-08-24T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T06:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=27817"},"modified":"2010-12-15T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T18:43:18","slug":"elizabeth-ruiz-biggest-loser-10-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/elizabeth-ruiz-biggest-loser-10-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Ruiz: Biggest Loser 10 Contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keep up with Elizabeth Ruiz&#8217;s journey during <a title=\"biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Biggest_Loser_Club\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Loser<\/a> season ten. DietsInReview.com will update each contestant&#8217;s weight loss, as well as accomplishments, videos, and more following weekly episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Elizabeth now!<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"swfclipV4315517\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"481\" height=\"271\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/player.grabnetworks.com\/swf\/cube.swf?a=V4315517&amp;m=1531487\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\".\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/player.grabnetworks.com\/swf\/cube.swf?a=V4315517&amp;m=1531487\" \/><embed id=\"swfclipV4315517\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"481\" height=\"271\" src=\"http:\/\/player.grabnetworks.com\/swf\/cube.swf?a=V4315517&amp;m=1531487\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" base=\".\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" data=\"http:\/\/player.grabnetworks.com\/swf\/cube.swf?a=V4315517&amp;m=1531487\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age <\/strong>30<a title=\"elizabeth ruiz biggest loser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/elizabeth-ruiz-biggest-loser-10-contestant\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28905\" title=\"elizabeth ruiz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/elizabeth-ruiz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown <\/strong>Lawrence, MA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupation <\/strong>Medical Assistant<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Color<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teammate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Height <\/strong>5&#8242; 4&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Weight<\/strong> 244<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Weight<\/strong> 173<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Loss<\/strong> -71 \/ 29.10 %<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->Family<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Divorced<\/li>\n<li>No Children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mini Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Ruiz was an athletic, active child and teen who was part of the mediation team and student council. She was engaged to be married during her junior year of high school, and now divorced, Elizabeth associates her weight gain with her ex-husband.\u00a0 His possessive and jealous behavior created a lot of family issues, and it wasn&#8217;t until a traumatic stabbing that put him in a three-month coma that she was able to start the beginning of the end.\u00a0 He awoke with the mind of a child and his health changed drastically, which put Elizabeth in a caretaker position. She ultimately stopped caring for herself, putting Elizabeth in the tough situation of having take the steps toward leaving that unhealthy environment.\u00a0Elizabeth now works primarily from home with the goal of becoming a physician&#8217;s assistant. The health of her future patients starts with her own, which is why she has embarked on this crucial Biggest Loser journey.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/elizabeth-ruizs-biggest-loser-10-journey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/elizabeth-ruizs-biggest-loser-10-journey\/elizabeth-ruiz-BL10.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Elizabeth Ruiz's Biggest Loser 10 Journey  Slideshow\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Other Spellings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elisabeth, Eliza, Liz, Beth, Ruez, Ruaz<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-1825067-10419578?sid=BL10Bio\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/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 10 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>, sponsored by the Biggest Loser Resort, and each Wednesday you\u2019ll get the most current information on contestants and trainers, plus Biggest Loser recipes, interviews, giveaways, video recaps with Biggest Loser 8&#8217;s Shay Sorrells, and much more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep up with Elizabeth Ruiz&#8217;s journey during Biggest Loser season ten. DietsInReview.com will update each contestant&#8217;s weight loss, as well as accomplishments, videos, and more following weekly episodes. Learn more about Elizabeth now! Age 30 Hometown Lawrence, MA Occupation Medical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/elizabeth-ruiz-biggest-loser-10-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":[3687],"tags":[8,2931,3677,3778,3688,31,3746],"class_list":["post-27817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-10","tag-diet-tv","tag-elizabeth-ruiz","tag-expired","tag-health-news","tag-reality-tv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27817","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=27817"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37666,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27817\/revisions\/37666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}