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Fiona Falkiner reveals how she almost put back on 30kg she had lost on the Biggest Loser


‘I was too ashamed to train at the gym!’ Fiona Falkiner became a recluse as she struggled to keep off her 30kg Biggest Loser weight loss amid ‘anxiety-related insomnia’, ‘self-loathing’ and ’emotional eating’

The former Biggest Loser contestant dropped a whopping 30kg on the reality TV show in 2006.

But Fiona Falkiner has revealed she became a ‘recluse’ after the program finished and almost put back on the weight that she had lost.

Speaking to news.com.au, the model said she was privately struggling with ’emotional eating’ , ‘anxiety related insomnia’ and low self-esteem.   

Troubles: Fiona Falkiner, 36, told of how she started eating blindly while training for Dancing With The Stars (pictured in promotion for show) in 2006

 Troubles: Fiona Falkiner, 36, told of how she started eating blindly while training for Dancing With The Stars (pictured in promotion for show) in 2006

Fiona said she began eating blindly while training for Dancing With The Stars in 2006 – just months after Biggest Loser wrapped.

Expected to shed even more weight and appear ‘sexy’ on the dance floor, the media personality said she turned to food to comfort her nerves and anxiety. 

Fiona, 36, said she was relieved to be voted first off the show after being sick with nerves – but then started suffering from anxiety and her eating problems continued.

‘I became too ashamed to train at the gym – on the rare occasion I’d go out there would be someone who would make a comment about my weight,’ she said. 

Fiona later said she was left crushed when a woman approached her at the airport to ask her if she was the contestant from the reality TV show.

Hungry: 'I started getting home at night and just eating anything and everything in sight - trying to settle that feeling of a thousand birds flapping around in my chest,' she said (pictured before Biggest Loser)

Hungry: 'I started getting home at night and just eating anything and everything in sight - trying to settle that feeling of a thousand birds flapping around in my chest,' she said(pictured in Budapest last year)

Hungry: ‘I started getting home at night and just eating anything and everything in sight – trying to settle that feeling of a thousand birds flapping around in my chest,’ she said (pictured before Biggest Loser left and right in Budapest last year)

Struggling: Fiona, 36, said she was relieved to be voted first off the show after being sick with nerves - but then started suffering from anxiety and her eating problems continued

Struggling: Fiona, 36, said she was relieved to be voted first off the show after being sick with nerves – but then started suffering from anxiety and her eating problems continued

‘I said ”yes”, and she said ”wow I thought you lost so much weight what happened?”’

‘My self-loathing, disgust and embarrassment grew,’  Fiona candidly shared, adding that she ‘found myself in the grips of anxiety related insomnia’.

Luckily for Fiona she has found a way of being kinder to herself and enjoying a healthier lifestyle. 

‘Instead of training and dieting with the end goal of being skinny, I threw out my scales and instead focused on how good I felt by simply practising a healthy lifestyle.’

Recluse: 'I became too ashamed to train at the gym - on the rare occasion I'd go out there would be someone who would make a comment about my weight,' she said

Recluse: ‘I became too ashamed to train at the gym – on the rare occasion I’d go out there would be someone who would make a comment about my weight,’ she said

Her revealing interview comes after she shared photos of herself a picture of happiness with her girlfriend Hayley Willis.

The ex-Biggest Loser host shared a series of photos from their holiday on Instagram, including one where the two women are seen speeding across the water on a boat.  

Fiona has reportedly been dating the sports reporter since September last year, and a source told Woman’s Day magazine in January that their relationship is serious.

‘Fiona has told her friends that she has never been this happy, and getting married to Hayley is definitely something she would love to eventuate,’ said the source.

Content: Her revealing interview comes after she shared photos of herself a picture of happiness with her girlfriend Hayley Willis

Content: Her revealing interview comes after she shared photos of herself a picture of happiness with her girlfriend Hayley Willis 



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