Mel Russell is one of the contestants on the Biggest Loser show in Australia. She is 24 years old and her starting weight on the contest was 108 kilograms which converts to 239 pounds. At six feet tall she's quite a bit taller than the average Australian woman. She works at a food magazine as an advertising coordinator and has to share offices with skinny snobby fashion magazine types. She's never had a boyfriend and feels her weight is the key problem.
She's done really well in her first four weeks on the show. She has already lost 30 pounds.
We wish her great luck and lots of determination as the contest proceeds.
