Loser's Gary Breathes Again
Once Mo got booted, most Biggest Loser fans were rooting for Gary Deckman to claim the $250,000 top prize. But it wasn't meant to be for the 40-year-old Brooklyn dad, who lost to Ryan Benson by one measly little point. (FYI, the winner's victory was determined by a combo of weight loss and body-fat loss percentages.) Here, Deckman — who lost 71 lbs., slimming himself down to 156 — tells TV Guide Online why, in his case, losing is everything.
TV Guide Online: Were you upset that you lost the game?Gary Deckman: I was disappointed. But I was happy with the weight that I lost, and winning would have been the icing on the cake.
TVGO: A photo from your youth revealed you were quite the skinny hottie! What happened?Gary: I was 18 in that picture. I had been smoking cigarettes since I was a kid, and by the time I was 21, I quit smoking. Within a year or two af
Tue, Jan 18, 2005
