Category Archives: Robert Seaman (alternate)

Confessions of a professional dieter

I am a professional dieter. This is my fourth time trying to lose 100 pounds in my life. The first time was with Optifast, a diet where all you have are shakes and I lost my weight. Then it was time to start working real food back into my life, and boy did they come back in. I put the weight back on [...]
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You can’t always starve yourself to lose weight, as Rob finds out

I am a big man. I read a blog Mike Sadowski wrote about a movie and in there he mentioned that he has gotten a different perspective on the mindset of an obese person since getting to know the people in the contest. I let some people into my mindset – now I’ll share. I am not a touchy person [...]
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The structure Rob needs

I wanted structure and boy did I get it. I started Weight Watchersin Stroudsburg on Saturday mornings and met a wonderful group leader.  Linda asked me if it was OK to share with the group. When she asked if anyone read the Pocono Record and if they new about the contest most of the room did. I like [...]
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Rob has lost 100 pounds, but still needs to lose more

I recently mentioned to my wife that I had printed out the application for “The Biggest Loser” on NBC. Charlene was supportive but concerned about what would we do to get by without my salary for a year. A couple of days later while she was going through the Pocono Record she noticed the contest running [...]
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