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                                                                                                   ouble wow!
                                                                                                   That’s what
                                                                                                   you will say
                                                                                                   when you get
                                                                                       Dto know her.
                                                                                        Her professional credentials
                                                                                        are exceptionally impres-
                                                                                        sive.  Alexander is NBC’s
                                                                                        The Biggest Loser chef, a
                                                                                        specialist in healthy comfort
                                                                                        food, best-selling author,
                                                                                        weight-loss coach, and her
                                                                                        media appearances include
                                                                                        The Today Show, Dr.  Phil
                                                                                        and CNN.
                                                                                           Her personal life is
                                                                                        equally inspiring.  “I was
                                                                                        bullied brutally as a kid
                                                                                        because I was fat,” she says.
                                                                                        “I tried every diet under
                                                                                        the sun from the time I was
                                                                                        eight until the time I was
                                                                                        fifteen, but I just kept gaining
                                                                                        weight.  I eventually realized
                                                                                        that I am incapable of fol-
                                                                                        lowing a diet and didn’t have
                                                                                        success until I started to cut
                                                                                        calories in creative ways.
                                                                                        That’s what set me free.”
                                                                                           Alexander not only lost
                                                                                        70 pounds, she has kept it
                                                                                        off for almost 30 years with-
                                                                                        out sacrificing her love for
                                                                                        cooking and food.  “To be
                                  LIVE                                                  be a chef,” she recalls.  “Oth-
                                                                                        honest, I never planned to
                                                                                        er people figured out what
                                                                                        I could do and encouraged
               THE DECADENT LIFE                                                        me.  That’s how my career
                                                                                        came about.”
                      WITH DIABETES                                                     healthy life without cutting
                                                                                            Living an awesome

                DEVIN ALEXANDER SAYS YOU CAN HAVE IT!                                   out a love for food has
                                                                                        earned her a reputation as
                                                                                        the go-to-expert for deca-
                                                                                        dence without consequence.
                                         By Patricia Danflous                              “You don’t have to
                  Wow! That’s how most people respond when they first                   deprive yourself to be fit
                  meet Devin Alexander.  Her thick, glossy hair perfectly               and healthy,” she frequently
                frames her glowing complexion.  Her trim figure reflects                advises.  It is that philoso-
                                                                                        phy and a strong commit-
                 strength and energy.  It is her sparkling smile however,               ment to helping others that
                               that you will always remember.                           motivated her to approach
                                                                                        the American Diabetes
                                                                                        Association (ADA) for

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