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<\/a><\/p>\nFor Adrian, excess weight has always been a part of his life. Though he was thin as a child, by 10 he started to put on extra pounds and couldn\u2019t stay active enough to keep it off. Though he learned to cook from his grandmother and still credits her with his extraordinary culinary skills, he admits the food was prepared in saturated fat and wasn\u2019t the most healthy diet<\/a><\/strong> growing up.<\/p>\n Adrian and his wife currently have two children and are excited for a new baby on the way. Sadly, his first child, a daughter, was born prematurely and passed away when she was just six-months old. Adrian admits being the backbone for his wife and trying to keep her spirits up took everything he had to give. A self-described \u201cpeople pleaser,\u201d Adrian gave up on taking care of himself to concentrate on the people around him.<\/p>\n A few years later, Adrian would be rushed from a movie theater to an emergency room with heart palpitations. At the time his wife was pregnant with their second child. He remembers the sadness he felt, thinking about the loss of his first child, and the fact he might not live to see his second. He decided at that moment he needed to make a big change.<\/p>\n As a community activist and civic leader, Adrian works in the lives of families every day, trying to keep their spirits up and improve their situation. This season Adrian will need every bit of that motivation to make it to the Biggest Loser 13 season finale.<\/p>\n