Nicole

Age:                22
Weight:          178 pounds
End weight:    151 pounds
Total weight loss: 47 pounds
Height:            5’ 6”
The lowdown: After contracting meningitis, Nicole packed on so much weight that she gave up on her lifelong dream of becoming a professional dancer. When she lost her dancer physique, her confidence went with it.
Her downfall: A typical student diet of cheap, high-calorie foods.
Fitness Goal: To be fit enough to try out for a pro-cheerleading squad

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Since filming finished, Nicole has continued to stay fit and healthy. She kept up with kickboxing, training 5 times a week and has just recently had her first fight. "It was a lot of fun, I didn't win and I got a really bad bloody nose but everybody said I did really well," she says. Nicole recently slimmed down further in order to fight at 145 pounds, making her 10 pounds lighter than at the end of her X-Weighted journey. Nicole kicks ass!

She also kept up with her dancing and while at university was co-captain on the Western Dance Team, and was dancing at least twice a week as well as doing regular performances. "This summer was kind of hectic, what with finishing school and moving back to Toronto, so I haven't been dancing for a couple of months, but I'll get back to it," she says.

Nicole has graduated from university and is just about to start full-time work with the federal government. She is no longer with the boyfriend who was with her during filming (they broke up pretty soon after filming finished) and is having fun dating.

Nicole says that she loved being part of X-Weighted, and probably wouldn't have been motivated to make such positive changes in her life without it. "I love the show because it got me in to kickboxing, and if I hadn't done it I wouldn't have met all the great friends that I train with. Kickboxing is such a big part of who I am now," she says.

September 2009

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