Nai |
Name: Atikom Laksanapanai |
Nickname: Nai |
Country: Thailand |
Age: 26 |
Occupation: Insurance Agent Trainee |
Pre-Contest Weight: 137 kg |
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Living in Bangkok, Thailand, glib, confident Nai is not your average overweight Contestant. He is not self conscious about his size and finds that personally, his daily struggles with weight are to do with not finding clothes that fit him and not being able to travel on public transport, rather than shyness or insecurity.
This is in part due to the way Nai was raised, as well as perhaps the society that raised him, as according to Nai, ‘Thai society seem to accept big people,’ . Nai comes from a part Chinese part Thai family where food has always been a big part of all family gatherings. In fact as Nai comments, ‘Most Chinese I assume that they love fat people, they think that it's good, that it's a sign of richness or it's a sign of wealth’, and his Chinese grandmother has encouraged him to fatten up since was a child. He is also an avid online gamer and blames his sedentary lifestyle for putting on weight.
Nai has tried to lose weight before, however the routine of exercise he completed did not work for him, and he resorted to taking diet pills, which ended up with a trip to the hospital due to sever chest pain.
Nai finds food comforting, and is very honest about how grumpy he tends to get when anything interferes with his meals! However after his father’s death due to obesity, Nai had a wake up call that forced him to take action. This family tragedy has inspired him to face his bad lifestyle and eating habits, and turn to the Biggest Loser for help. Determined, confident and strong, Nai believes he will work hard enough to stay in the game for the long run, change his life around and become Asia’s next Biggest Loser.
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