Michael Ventrella came in as the largest contestant ever – 526 lbs.
I think I’d be lying if I said I thought he’d make it all the way through the competition.
At 6’3″ and only 30 years old, Mike was definitely headed to an early grave. There were several times watching him struggle through a workout or coming to grips with who he was and who he wanted to be, that I questioned whether or not he would succumb to the overwhelming “journey” that was ahead of him. In order for him to get to a healthy weight, he needed to lose somewhere near 290 lbs. That’s two average sized people!
So my roommate and I have a full slate on our livingroom DVR. We are total Bravoholics, from Real Housewives to Flipping Out to Make Me A Supermodel – we watch them all. We also seem to have a very strange penchant for crime shows like CSI (NY, Miami and Las Vegas), Numb3rs (not really so much), and Criminal Minds. I think our favorite of the crime shows is Criminal Minds. We start watching on Friday night on A&E and don’t finish watching until sometime Sunday night. Totally hooked. Like we were totally devastated when Garcia got shot. Like she’s part of our family, too.
