Consultant – Peter Thomas bio
Having grown up under the care of a mentally ill mother, Pete Thomas spent his childhood between homelessness and the foster care system until he was a teenager. The poor eating habits he learned as a transient child caught up with him in adulthood, where he unwittingly gained 10 pounds per year after college.
A true yo-yo dieter, Pete tried many different diet systems and plans to lose weight. Each one led to a moderate weight loss, after which he would balloon right back to his former weight. All that changed in 2005 when the 415-poundeer was cast on Season Two of NBC’s hit reality show The Biggest Loser.
At the season finale of the show, Pete walked away with the $100,000 prize for losing 185 pounds in nine months – most of it at home. By combining what he learned on the show with his own study of the science of weight loss, he developed his life transformation program called Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever™. Now in his third year of teaching the program, he has helped hundreds of people gain a new lease on life.
As a full time motivational speaker Pete now travels and spreads his “Winning Principles” to sales organizations, businesses and groups nationwide.
“There’s a Winner Within You!”
SPEAKING
Pete uses a combination of humor, personal stories, and technical know-how to deliver his life-changing message. He has become a model of his primary speech “There’s a Winner Within You,” as he speaks from his experiences growing up in the foster care system due to his mother’s mental illness. It was in this unstable environment that he began to experience his struggle with weight, and paradoxically, where he learned the lessons that finally helped him succeed in overcoming this challenge.
Delivered with humor and passion, Pete’s talks cover topics such as “Winning in the Workplace” and “Team Work” to “The Most Important Number in Weight Loss.” Packed with stories from his own troubled childhood as well as inspirational episodes at The Biggest Loser ranch, Pete inspires and motivates every audience to which he speaks.
HISTORY
Peter met Wayne several years ago when they both were overweight and struggling in the Real Estate Business. They collaborated on several mortgage deals and even worked together at one Real Estate agency. Their friendship has continued through the lost of almost 600 pounds between them and each serves as the other’s mentor and sounding board. They can often be found at the Starbucks in Canton coordinating the other’s training and educational programs.
CONTACT
Peter Thomas
WinningMan LLC
2232 S. Main St.
Suite #362
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Fax: 206-203-4493
