Tracey Yukich was a contestant on the eighth season of The Largest Loser and she or he claims she “died” whereas competing within the first problem of the present.

For the eighth season, producers made all the contestants run a mile alongside the seaside to earn a spot on the present. Anybody who didn’t full the run can be mechanically eradicated from the season.

Tracey thought she would be capable to end the run with out a difficulty, however she ended up having a medical emergency through the problem.

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Whereas showing on the Netflix docu-series Match for TV, Tracey stated, “In my head, I’m like, ‘I can run, I’ve received 4 children. I’m operating after them on a regular basis.’ But it surely was the longest mile ever.”

Tracey collapsed simply earlier than reaching the end line.

“I don’t keep in mind so much,” she stated. “I keep in mind listening to the helicopter. I simply felt like I used to be floating. After which my grandpa was there. After which I noticed darkness. However then I noticed gentle. So I knew, I knew I died that day.”

Tracey additional defined, “My organs had been actually shutting down. I didn’t understand that I had rhabdomyolysis. And rhabdomyolysis is your physique’s approach of claiming, ‘I’m going to close down on you.’ It began with my liver, then it was in my kidneys after which it goes to your coronary heart. And that’s the place I virtually died.”

The present’s physician, Robert Huizenga, says he wasn’t conscious of the problem earlier than it occurred. Whereas there have been talks of sending Tracey residence instantly, she was allowed to remain and compete.

Tracey stated, “I believed it was my fault as a result of I used to be fats. I knew I needed to make some adjustments in my life with a purpose to be the most effective model of what I wished out of life. I don’t wish to be disrespected. I don’t wish to be yelled at. I don’t wish to be harmed. I don’t need you to inform me what I can do and might’t do. I needed to put myself first to do this.”

“I felt like my weight and all the pieces about it was one thing that continuously was bringing me down. I wished to vary my life, and I do really feel like at the moment that it was, like, my solely hope,” she added.

Tracey weighed 250 kilos when she began the season. On the finale, she weighed 132 kilos, for a complete weight lack of 118 kilos. That was 47.2% of her beginning weight!

Look again at earlier than and after photographs for all 18 winners from the present.

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