The following post is a guest post from Maggie King, a contestant on the Season 5 of “The Biggest Loser” and Gyminee user:
As the year anniversary of “The Biggest Loser” Season 5 finale approached on April 15, I found it necessary to take a good hard look at the past 12 months of my life. I moved to Boston, started working three jobs, made amazing new friends (while still holding on to my old ones), found a great trainer, had tons of fun…and gained 10 pounds!
How would I feel knowing that I put such incredible, intense effort into making myself a healthier person only to gain it all back? I do not want to be one of those “Biggest Loser” contestants to gain their weight back. I refuse. Plus, losing 70 pounds in 6 months really showed me what I’m made of, showed me how strong I am, and showed me that it can be done. When I saw that scale tipping more and more to the right, I just knew I had to make a change.
One of my best friends from San Francisco and I had discussed keeping ourselves accountable for working out, eating right, and losing weight before two of our other friends get married in July. However, we had found it somewhat difficult with the 3 hour time difference to keep ourselves on track as much as we’d hoped. This wedding is very important to a group of about 10 of my friends, since it is the first time we will all be together since we worked at a summer camp 2 years ago. It is especially important to me because it will be the first time my friends are seeing me since I have lost my weight.
Since my Californian friend sent me the invite for Gyminee, we have been cheering one another on and making sure that we are staying true to our tasks. It has been really fun keeping each other accountable even though we are a whole country apart. Having gym buddies on Gyminee makes me feel like I am back on “The Biggest Loser” ranch. I feel motivated through the support of others and hope that I can help my gym buddies feel the same way!
xoxo
Maggie
From Andy: We are really pleased that Maggie is doing a great job at tracking her workouts on Gyminee. Maybe she will take advantage of the food options soon. 
You can follow her progress or invite her to be your friend by visiting her locker room page.
