See where the solid of the TV display and Netflix series 'Bringing Sexy Back' — from Paula to Ned — are now

Australian reality presentations are taking on our Netflix queue, however we aren't complaining. Joining the ranks of Instant Hotel and Back With the Ex is Bringing Sexy Back — the Down Under model of The Biggest Loser (now not Justin Timberlake's hit single, simply when you have been wondering). 

Hosted via Samantha Armytage, the weight loss series follows 12 people as they attempt to lose weight and take regulate in their lives. With just a little assist from private trainer Cameron Byrnes and stylist Jules Sebastien, the contestants are given a makeover after Sixteen weeks to turn off their results. 

And spoiler alert: all of them shed some severe kilos. However, what audience would possibly not learned is that Season 1 of Bringing Sexy Back aired in 2015 — so the place are the participants these days?

Keep reading to see the Bringing Back Sexy cast now. 

Episode 1: Ned Leithhead

When audience first met Ned he was 28 years previous, dwelling together with his ma and pa, courting his female friend, Becky, and suffering with his weight. The "truckie" described how after riding all day, he used to be not motivated to figure out, but after being fired for being obese and weighing in at 171 kilograms (thats 376 pounds for us Americans), he used to be decided to make a metamorphosis. 

"I knew I was stacking it on but to get this far, it's just shattering," he advised host Samanth Armytage. "You can let it bring you down or you can use it to motivate you, and it's going to motivate me all the way." 

At the finish of the episode, Ned dropped 46 kilograms (one hundred and one pounds) and went from forty four p.c frame fat to 23 %. Plus, he was once ready to get his dream process using a highway educate and proposed to his girlfriend, who said yes to his proposal. Three years later, Ned is preserving the weight off and showing off his body on Facebook. 

Episode 2: Sam and Gary

Sam and Gary, a married couple with two boys, Lachlan and Declan, had been getting ready to have fun their 15th wedding ceremony anniversary — however weren't glad that they let themselves go. Weighing in at 218 pounds and 264 kilos respectively, the couple vowed to never devour takeaway again and underwent a strict vitamin and workout regime. 

At the finale, Sam and Gary seemed totally different, with Sam weighing in at One hundred sixty five kilos and Gary dropping to 202 kilos. Unfortunately, the couple has now not up to date their Facebook page in over a yr. 

Episode 3: Lisa

Lisa Wilson used to be made up our minds to get again to her "Sharon Stone" weight. "I haven't alway been overweight," the single mother advised cameras. "I quite often got told that I looked like Sharon Stone. I'd love to go back to look like her. That would be fabulous." With the fortify of her daughter, Lucy, Lisa was once decided to drop the pounds. 

At her first weigh in, Lisa weighed 129 kilograms (284 kilos) and through the finish of her episode, she had shed over Forty kilograms (88 pounds) — just in time for her daughter's debutante ball. Today, you can follow Lisa on Facebook here. 

Episode 4: Courtney and Vicki Gollings

The mother-daughter duo teamed as much as lose weight together — after admitting they were the simplest overweight contributors of their circle of relatives. Initially, Courtney, who weighed in at 101 kilograms (222 pounds), wanted to get again to a dimension 10 whilst her mother, Vicki (224 pounds), revealed she couldn't bear in mind the last time she felt sexy. 

Fast ahead a few months, both mom and daughter confirmed off their spectacular weight loss. Vicki dropped to 174 pounds whilst Courtney dropped to 173. Together, they dropped just about 50 pounds. Today, Courtney is protecting the weight off, still along with her now-fiancé, Jarom, and no longer the "ugly sister."

Her mother has additionally kept the weight off four years later, and nonetheless updating fans on Facebook.

Episode 5: Livio 

When we first met Livio, he was once a chef and father of 2, who used to be planning to tie the knot along with his fiancée Holly. However, he had one major stipulation: "I'm not going to marry her looking like this," the then 37-year-old mentioned at the time. Determined to get from his current weight of 118 kilograms (260 pounds) back to the 80 pounds we used to be weighing when he first met his wife-to-be, Livio started working out with resident instructor, Cameron Byrnes. 

As anticipated, Livio did get with regards to his objective weight, weighing in at eighty five kilograms (187 kilos) at the finish of the episode. And he made good on his promise and married Holly looking better than ever. Unfortunately, Livio has not shared a new photograph on social media since in over two years. 

Episode 6: Paula Beckton

Former suit model and Wet 'n' Wild woman Paula revealed she "used to turn heads" back in the day — and does not recognizer herself in the reflect. "People seeing me how I am today, compared to what I was, it's embarrassing," the mom-of-four said on the display. "I'm a pleaser, to please everybody else but in that process I've let myself go. It's really frustrating and I am a shadow or an oversized shadow of the person I used to be." 

Shifting the focal point back on herself, Paula, 39, went from 222 kilos and forty five p.c frame fats to A hundred sixty five kilos and 33 p.c frame fat. Today, Paula is going by Paula Beckton Vowell, having married her then-boyfriend Mark, and appears even slimmer than her ultimate look on the show. 

Episode 7: Dimity and Verity 

"Pretty much every diet you can think of, we tried," sisters Dimity and Verity said on the display. "Jenny Craig, Lite N Easy, Weight Watchers, Michelle Bridges, Celebrity Slim — and we try to do them together to stay focused — the herbal weight loss pills, the non-herbal weight loss pills that you get from the doctor, drops you put on your tongue so you don't get hungry. It would be easier to tell you what we haven't tried." 

Dimity and Verity ultimately weighed in for host Samantha, and were surprised to see 242 pounds and 2 hundred kilos, respectively, on the scale. Fast ahead 4 months, the blonde beauties had been appearing off their impressive weight loss and makeover to the crowd. Dimity dropped 21 pounds whilst Verity shed 40 pounds of her own. Unfortunately, it seems Dimity and Verity have been retaining a low profile on social media since showing on the truth show. 

Episode 8: Karlie and Glenn 

Karlie "blamed" her fiancé Glenn for jumping from a dimension 10 to a size 18 — but fortuitously Glenn promised to lose weight right along with her. "I was really loving the gym and fitness and right into eating well," Karlie, 30, explained. And then I met Glenn, become really at ease and complacent, and was much more thrilling than spending time at the health club. And we kind of let that slip."

She continued, "Currently, once I look in the reflect I see lumps and bumps and issues, , that I'd slightly now not be there."

The couple joined forces and in combination misplaced a total of 39 kilograms (85 kilos). Plus, they walked away with a $10,000 wedding ceremony registry as a parting reward. Not too shabby.

Stream Bringing Sexy Back on Netflix now. 

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