The biggest loser winner Patrick House, Call it a numbers game. After six months of intense training, dieting and sheer willpower, Patrick House stepped onto the scale and into the winner's circle as the champion for season 10 of "The Biggest Loser."
The 6'2" former college offensive lineman wowed the live audience on Tuesday night's finale with a total loss of 181 pounds from his original 400 pound frame. He then promptly burst into tears, hugging his wife and two children as confetti rained down onto the stage.
House, 28, originally from Vicksburg, Miss., called his journey to the win "an emotional, lifestyle change."
Prior to joining the show, House was pre-diabetic and had a whole slew of health issues, including sleep apnea, high cholestoral, high blood pressure.
"If I don't make that change and the way that I am, I'm going to die young," an emotional House said in a video flashback from the beginning of the competition.On Tuesday night's live finale, however, it was a very different man who stood tall with wife Bradley, who herself lost 53 lbs. while her husband was on the show, and sons Colton, 4, and Caden, 2.
House, who was previously unemployed before starting his intense regiment at the "Biggest Loser" ranch with trainers Jillian and Bob, has accepted a position at the MindStream Academy in South Carolina, where he'll help teach and mentor teens with weight issues.
"It's the perfect way for me to pay it forward," he said, refering to the season's emphasis on giving back.
Alfredo "Frado" Dinten, a 43-year-old former U.S. Marine Corps from Santiago, Chile, came in second after House, losing 162 pounds from his original 367, and Ada Wong, 28, a tech company consultant from San Jose, Calif., followed in third after losing 99 pounds from her original 258.
"I came into the ranch feeling really empty as a person, and it had a lot to do with always seeing that perfect American family you see on TV," Wong, the fan favorite said. "But being on 'The Biggest Loser' has changed my life, and has made me come a long way, and now I know that anything is possible."
