Million Dollar You Transformation Nation Top 10 Finalists

Dr Oz Transformation Nation Finale, Million Dollar Winner

The time has finally come.  Dr. Oz has been talking about the “Million Dollar You” contest all season and today was the finale for the million dollar contest!  He invited weight watchers, Liz Losefsberg on to the show to announce who the winner was amongst the top ten finalists!  The show was exciting from beginning to ends.  the finalists all told Dr Oz what was their secret to their weight loss success!!  They talked about their strategies that really worked, and what really helped them to achieve their weight loss success!!  So, who were the finalists you asked :  Here are the finalists to the Transformation Nation weight loss challenge

Million Dollar Challenge Finale Finalists :

• Stella Ortega – She lost 45 pounds
• Mary Ellen Brunaugh lost 21 pounds
• Stephanie Lewis Vance lost 45 lbs
• Karl Nielson lost 88 lbs
• Sheila Haines lost 30 lbs
• Sharona Sankar King lost 25 lbs
• Michael Lamb lost 48 pounds
• Mercedes Moebuiss lost 38 pounds
• Jen McElroy lost 46 pounds
• Dawn Villanueva lost 43 lbs

So, How Did The Finalists Lose All Their Weight?

Well, each of the finalists had their own strategies and they all weren’t on the same weight loss plan, but at the beginning of the contest Dr Oz set for the guidelines to the Million Dollar Challenge.  Here are the 7 steps to follow for the contest.

7 Steps

• Tell a friend
• Calculate your BMI
• Connect with your doc
• Learn your families health history
• Get more sleep
• Asses your stress
• Start new fitness habits

The show was exciting because you knew that by the end of the show that their could only be one winner of the challenge.  However, each one of these finalists were winners in Dr Oz’s eyes (and everyone else’s for that matter).  Throughout the entire finale episode, they top ten finalists talked about their weight loss tips and what really pushed them over the top, and what helped them to get past their weight loss plateaus that they came across along the way.  Fight cravings, energy, motivation, diet plans, etc…. You name it, if it worked for these finalists it was talked about on today’s exiting episode!

The Million Dollar Challenge also was filled with weight loss tips by famous celebrities and health gurus such as Deepak Chopra, Jennifer Hudson, and even Oprah Winfrey.  All in all over 3 MILLION lbs were lost in total on the challenge.

The show was full of more than just the finalists too!  The audience was full of participants that thanked Dr Oz for changing their lives! In fact the audience had lost a 1000 pounds during the contest!  That’s a lot of weight folks!