Universal Ramblings

Shay Sorrells is one of the participants at popular reality show ‘The Biggest Loser’. She has lost more than 100 pounds in last 9 weeks. She is 30 years old.

She is a social worker by profession. She holds a masters degree in social work. Apart from her internship, she is also has 3 part time jobs. Her primary job is to motivate clients.

If we have a look at the family history of Shay Sorrells, she is the youngest girl amongst the three girls in the family. Her childhood was not what is expected of a normal family. When she was just 5 years old, she was send to foster care. She stayed their until the age of 18.

Shay has always been overweight. In fact, most of the members in Shay’s immediate as well as extended family are obese, including her two elder sisters. This was furthered in Shay’s case due to emotional turbulence in her life in last decade or so. Eating came in naturally to vent away the stress and the emotional disturbances and added to her already over weight body.

Cooking was considered as one of the important traits in Shay’s family. As a result, she started cooking at a very young age. Most of the times they fed on starch rich, oily food such as cheese, cakes, pies, biscuits etc.

The motivation to get in shape came from within and from the family. Shay wishes to shed weight, so that she can spend a healthier and better life with her husband and the step sons. She believes that losing weight and getting in shape would also help her to perform her duties well and motivate her clients better.

To know more about Shay, you can watch her at 10pm on the tonight’s episode, ‘The Jay Leno Show’