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There’s a short interview with Sam in today’s Sydney Morning Herald where he talks a little about how he got to be so big and what has spurred him to get on the show this season.

Sam is 19 and weighs 154 kilograms, a problem he puts down to two things: fast food and the university lifestyle.

I assume “university lifestyle” is university speak for “beer”. Maybe one of my university friends could confirm that for me?

The problem with him claiming that as his problem is that at 19 he’s probably only been in university 2 years at most. So either he has really piled it on while at uni, or he was actually a porker during high school as well. It’s doubtful his university lifestyle has been helpful in this regard, but I think he’s avoiding a bit of responsibility there.

Also, confirming an earlier rumour I posted, Sam does in fact do a sport related course at university:

I do a sports management course, which is pretty ironic. I was the only guy my size and I could hear people say it. I hope that after I lose weight and go back to uni I will have a better time.

This makes it much more obvious why he might have been having a hard time at uni. Even if he’s not planning on being an actual athlete, it’s hard to take someone seriously in such a field when they’re obviously so inept at the field itself.

I guess this makes Sam another contestant likely to finish the show and go into the training business themself. Let’s just hope he gets his own weight under control before trying to charge others, unlike some ex-contestants!

You can see the rest of the fairly short article on the SMH website.