03/27/2024

Vicki Clark

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Biggest Loser autospy roomThe third episode of the 17th season of The Biggest Loser will air  Monday evening starting at 9pm on NBC. Two Bladen County residents, a mother and daughter duo, Vicki and Lauren Clark, were chosen to be in the televised contest and are inspiring others to live healthier lives.

The two local ladies are on Team Jen, all wearing black.  Jen’s team lost for the first time having to vote one of their team members off the show. According to the show’s weigh in Monday, January 11th, Vicki lost a total of six pounds during the week and Lauren, her daughter, lost a total of four pounds. The Bladen County mother and daughter didn’t lose as much as they lost the previous week, but lost enough to keep them in the game.

On Monday, January 11th the host revield the week’s temptation was food. All the contestants had a wake up call with a trip to an autopsy room.  Vicki had a front row seat to Dr. Huizenga’s presentation about what unhealthy eating does to the human body.

The two ladies explained their motivations and goals for being on the show on The Biggest Losers’ website.

Vicki_Clark_BSharing her biggest motivation for going on “The Biggest Loser,” Vicki Clark says, “I want to look like the picture of physical and spiritual wellness that I promote in my life’s work.” Vicki was born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, and grew up with two siblings in nearby Bladenboro, where she still resides with John, her husband of 35 years. She completed the Women’s Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and has five adult children, including her daughter and teammate, Lauren. Vicki says emotional eating contributed to her being overweight most of her life, except for a short period in high school. Now 54 years old, 237 pounds and suffering from hypertension, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, metabolic syndrome and spondylolisthesis, she says, “I look forward to being physically active with my eight-year-old grandson and the rest of my family, who enjoy bodybuilding, trail running, obstacle course racing and playing sports.”

Lauren_Clark_550Overweight most of her life, Lauren Clark was bullied and teased for much of her childhood and turned to food for comfort. She was born in Lumberton, North Carolina, the second oldest of five children, and raised in Bladenboro, North Carolina, where she still lives. Lauren graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in nutrition and dietetics, and works as a nutritionist but worries about what her clients and others in her profession think about a nutritionist who is overweight. Now 234 pounds, the 32-year-old single mother of a nine-year-old son says, “I’ve realized it’s time to stop worrying about what others think or say and to start living for me and mine. I want to be healthy for my son and to stop the unhealthy habits I’ve passed on to him, to be an active mom and to be the example I’m supposed to be in my community as a nutritionist.” She is also licensed to teach Zumba and enjoys Crossfit, but says she doesn’t deal well with her emotions and still reverts back to emotional eating. Once she loses the weight, Lauren looks forward to running again, being able to get in the pool and go down water slides with her son, and sharing what she learns on the ranch to help others going through similar struggles.  

Tune in to NBC, Monday evenings at 9pm to see how the Bladen County natives do on the Biggest Loser journey.

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