{"id":95826,"date":"2014-02-13T18:20:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T23:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=95826"},"modified":"2014-02-14T10:04:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T15:04:33","slug":"biggest-loser-nutritionist-cheryl-forberg-rd-approves-rachels-dramatic-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/biggest-loser-nutritionist-cheryl-forberg-rd-approves-rachels-dramatic-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Loser Nutritionist Cheryl Forberg, RD Approves Rachel&#8217;s Dramatic Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nutritionist <strong><a title=\"Cooking with Cheryl Forberg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/rediscover-the-importance-of-flavor-in-your-cooking-with-cheryl-forbergs-flavor-first-cookbook\/\">Cheryl Forberg<\/a><\/strong>, RD, has worked with contestants on &#8220;The Biggest Loser&#8221; since day 1. The James\u00a0Beard\u2013award winning chef and educator has been a behind-the-scenes fixture for <strong><a title=\"Cheryl Forberg returns to Biggest Loser after taking season 13 off\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/dietitian-cheryl-forberg-returns-to-biggest-loser-in-season-14\/\">almost all of the 15 seasons<\/a><\/strong>, coaching contestants on all things food\u2014from portion control, to nutrient content, to to healthy recipes. In fact, she was in almost constant contact with season 15&#8217;s controversial winner, <strong><a title=\"Rachel Frederickson says she feels great after 60% weight loss\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/i-feel-absolutely-great-biggest-losers-rachel-frederickson-speaks-about-her-win-and-shocking-weight-loss\/\">Rachel Frederickson<\/a><\/strong>, according to an <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/cheryl-forberg-rd\/biggest-loser-rachel-frederickson_b_4776328.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Forberg just penned for the Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cheryl-forberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95828 aligncenter\" alt=\"cheryl-forberg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cheryl-forberg.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cheryl-forberg.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cheryl-forberg-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what she had to say about Frederickson:<\/p>\n<p><em>I am always asked if I&#8217;ve had favorite contestants over the years. Naturally I do, but I haven&#8217;t singled anyone out. Rachel Frederickson would definitely be high on this list. From the beginning of the season, she has been positive, inquisitive and focused, in terms of learning and living the eating plan I teach.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>When Rachel returned home in late October (after becoming a finalist) she couldn&#8217;t have been more motivated to continue on her successful trajectory. She sent me photos of her cooking creations and always posed great questions about continuing to improve her food choices and nutrition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;m extremely proud of Rachel. I am confident she will continue on her path to find her ideal weight and I am excited about her future.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Biggest Loser trainers on the season 15 finale\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/biggest-loser-trainers-speak-out-about-rachels-weight-loss\/\">Biggest Loser Trainers Speak Out About Rachel&#8217;s Weight Loss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Cheryl Forberg explains USDA MyPlate Icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/new-usda-myplate-icon-fills-plate-with-less-says-cheryl-forberg-rd\/\">New USDA MyPlate Icon Fills Plate with Less, Says Cheryl Forberg, RD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Recipe: Shrimp salad with Avocado Aioli\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/biggest-loser-recipe-grilled-shrimp-salad-with-avocado-aioli\/\">Biggest Loser Recipe: Grilled Shrimp Salad with Avocado Aioli\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nutritionist Cheryl Forberg, RD, has worked with contestants on &#8220;The Biggest Loser&#8221; since day 1. The James\u00a0Beard\u2013award winning chef and educator has been a behind-the-scenes fixture for almost all of the 15 seasons, coaching contestants on all things food\u2014from portion &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/biggest-loser-nutritionist-cheryl-forberg-rd-approves-rachels-dramatic-weight-loss\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,18],"tags":[8,10578,9,782,2535],"class_list":["post-95826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-fitness","tag-biggest-loser","tag-biggest-loser-15","tag-biggest-loser-meal-plan","tag-biggest-loser-recipes","tag-cheryl-forberg"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95826","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\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95826"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95832,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95826\/revisions\/95832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}