Biggest Loser contestant Mel Russell talks to Woman’s Day about her time on the show.
**Starting weight: 108.4kg
Elimination weight: 88kg**
How do you feel now that you are out of the Biggest Loser competition?
Its mixed emotions. I’m so excited to be going home to my family. I said I didn’t want to go home until I was in the 80s and I hit that. I’m 88kg and I’m stoked with that. I feel so much healthier and stronger. You’re tired from training but I’m feeling a real buzz at the moment and know there’s no way I’m going to stop now that I’m out of the house.
Who didn’t you get along with?
It’s no secret I didn’t get along with Kelly. She was a real manipulator. She didn’t train very hard and that frustrated me. She started spreading stories that weren’t true and trying to hook in with the Red team. She was trying to get people to vote against me and telling people there are alliances with people that never happened. When she left, things rose up again and it was much more positive. Gerard was very negative. I found that hard to deal with. He would never celebrate his weight loss. The divorce definitely had an effect on him. He kept saying, “When I did Jenny Craig I lost this much weight and I’m not losing that much here.” It was hard for the trainers to deal with that.
Has this experience made you more confident to enter into your first real relationship like you hoped it would?
I’ve still got work to do and I’m looking forward to getting there and have no doubt I will before the reunion. I wouldn’t say I’m ready to put myself out there but I’m much more willing to do it. I’ll be confident enough to walk along the beach and not be covered up. I’ll need more toning but the only thing I joke about is I might need a boob job.
Who would you like to see win?
I’m crossing my fingers Damien will win. We gave up our space for him last night. He’s a fantastic person. He Jules and I have formed a great friendship. His journey is so much longer than everyone else’s. He needs to be there and have Shannon next to him.
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