Elizabeth Ruiz was a contestant on the 10th season of The Biggest Loser.
She was eliminated in week 11.
Biography[]
The middle child of five, Elizabeth was a very active child and teenager. She was athletic and competitive in school and was part of the student council and mediation team. She became engaged when she was a junior in high school, and associates her weight gain with the abusive and unhappy marriage that followed, as well as poor diet, lack of exercise, and general self-neglect. She has asthma and sleep apnea, is pre-diabetic, and her weight and poor health left her feeling like she was close to the point of no return unless she made a change. Now 31, divorced, and 244 pounds, Elizabeth is working towards her biology degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She's ready to make a big life change and improve her health, and looks forward to dancing, skydiving and traveling once she loses weight.
The Biggest Loser[]
- Starting BMI: 41.9
- Starting weight: 244 lbs
- Week 1: -12 lbs
- Week 2: -3 lbs
- Week 3: -6 lbs
- Week 4: -5 lbs
- Week 5: -5 lbs
- Week 6: +1 lbs
- Week 7: -9 lbs
- Week 8: -4 lbs
- Week 9: -5 lbs
- Week 10: -4 lbs
- Week 11: -15 lbs
- Ending weight: 173 lbs
- Weight lost: 71 lbs / 29.10%
- Ending BMI: 29.7