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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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