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"Though some have questioned the extreme 155-pound weight loss of The Biggest Loser&amp;apos;s latest winner, Rachel Frederickson, the former professional swimmer could not be more excited or proud of her accomplishment.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nUs Weekly spoke to the happy victor in a conference call where she revealed her reaction to Tuesday night&amp;apos;s win.&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;Oh gosh, I just see a strong, confident woman, and I feel great,&amp;quot; the 24-year-old gushed. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x2019;ve never felt this great, and it&amp;#x2019;s very exciting!&amp;quot;\r\nAt 5&amp;apos;5&amp;quot;, Frederickson revealed that after starting the show at 260 pounds, her current weight of 105 pounds was her goal.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Now I&amp;#x2019;m really at maintenance mode, so now it&amp;#x2019;s gonna be about doing a yoga class this day, a spin class this day, and I think I&amp;#x2019;m going to try dance classes because I don&amp;#x2019;t have a lot of rhythm, but I think it&amp;#x2019;d be fun to just add totally new things in!&amp;quot; she confessed.&amp;#xA0;\r\nAfter more than seven months of hard work, exercise, and eating right, Frederickson has not let the critics get to her.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;#x2019;ve never felt this great before,&amp;quot; she continued. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x2019;ve officially found that proud, confident girl that I&amp;#x2019;ve lost! I was an athletic, national level swimmer, and to have that athlete come back again is a truly, amazing feeling. I&amp;#x2019;m going to embrace the new me and continue this journey and my body is going to balance and find this rhythm with this new maintenance and it will be perfect.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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