The Biggest Loser’s Sam Poueu and Stephanie Anderson have fallen head over heels for each other. They had their first kiss during week three and it’s been all lovey butterflies in the tummy since then.
Sam is moving to L.A. after the finale so they can be together.
“I never expected to find love while working on me,” Stephanie says. “But Sam is like no one I’ve ever met. He brings out the best in me.”
The happy couple dished on finding each to In Touch,
When did you first become friendly?
Sam: Stephanie first caught my eye when we were in finals week. My cousin Koli knew it. He said, “If she makes it to the ranch and you’re there as well, I know you’re going to try to talk to her.” But I offered her a piece of gum in the van and she gave me the cold shoulder. I felt like a peasant.
Stephanie: I didn’t hear him! Finals week was all a blur for me. He did introduce himself to me and my mom on the first day when we went to the ranch. I remember thinking he was very cute and there was some flirting. My mom remembers the flirtation between us from before she left the first week, so it was very early.
Were you working out together?
Sam: Yeah, definitely, especially as the relationship grew. Here on the ranch, there’s not much else to do but work out.
Stephanie: And we ended up finding a love for a lot of similar things. We were two of the first to embrace running. I remember Sam ran for 10 minutes and I thought, “If he can do it, I can do it.” We just pushed each other and went hiking a lot and did spinning together. I think we just found a joy in spending time together and trying to include that in our workouts. Early on I think we both just wanted to say, “Hey, let’s make sure that we don’t get off track here.” We came to an agreement that if either one of us ever felt like we were jeopardizing our time that we would talk about it and make an adjustment. And that never was the case.
What attracted you to each other?
Stephanie: He stepped on the scale the first week and said he was the most confident fat guy in America. Not only did that get a laugh out of me and I thought it was endearing, but I had been known by friends and family to be confident, but I had been faking it for so long. So to see someone who genuinely is confident, it was just very attractive. His family values are huge. He’s very respectful and communicative, which is hard to find in any man. He’s patient, compassionate, handsome. Overall, he was such a wonderful man that I thought, “I really want to see what this is about.”
Read the rest of the interview at In Touch!
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