Jeremy Bradley- She is the Biggest Loser -- wow, I never thought I'd hear that to be a good term -- but she's the Biggest Loser and damn proud. Helen Phillips is joining us on the line right now. Hi, Helen.

Helen Phillips- Hi, how are you?

JB- I'm good, thanks. How are you?

HP- I'm wonderful. I feel like I'm on top of the world.

JB- And you're looking great, too.

HP- Thank you.

JB- Well, congratulations on the win. It was a long way to get you there. You started -- I don't know how much you like looking back at this -- you weighed 257 pounds.

HP- Yeah.

JB- You finished and you weighed 117.

HP- Yup. I lost a whole person, how 'bout that?

JB- (laughing) And you became a new person, too.

HP- I did, I did. This journey that I was on was absolutely incredible. Because, when I first walked onto that ranch, I didn't even know how to turn a treadmill on, you know, and when I walked off of it I was finishing it running a marathon. It was an incredible amazing journey and the things that I learned the most is that it was a slow process, you know? I didn't know how to turn the treadmill on but the next thing you know, I was walking it, then I was running it. And then, five, six minutes became seven, eight, 10 minutes and I lost five pounds. Then I was like, "Oh, this is working." I didn't believe in myself in the beginning, I didn't. And then it was like, "Oh my god, that five pounds, it turned into 10 pounds and then the 10 pounds turned into 15 pounds", and then I was walking and then I was jogging and then I was running. It was just like this process that became almost addictive. I love to exercise now. I get up early and I can't wait to go to the gym. I'm like, "Who am I?" My family's like, "Oh my god, you can't wait to go to the gym? Look at you, you would never even utter the word gym. You wouldn't even know what the gym was." And now, I'm encouraging and hoping that everybody else out there realizes that in the middle of their lives they can make the change. It's never too late. I'm 48 years old, I've lost 140 pounds. I feel like I'm 30 years old now. I can do things that I never dreamed imaginable. And that feels good. I have this sense of accomplishment. I have a drive. I want to go backpacking, I want to go canoeing, I want to go, you know, do these crazy things that people do -- run marathons -- and I'm looking forward to it and that feels good.

JB- Let's rewind to the beginning. How much weight did you think you might be able to lose?

HP- In the beginning, I thought when I first got on the ranch and realized how hard it was, I thought, "Oh my god, I surely will die here." I never thought I would last long. Maybe I'll lose, if I'm lucky, 50 pounds and I will probably be voted off because these people are stronger than me - they're younger, they're stronger, they're going to succeed. But, like I said, I realized that it's a possibility for me. "Oh my goodness, I lost seven pounds this week. Oh my gosh, I can run now. Oh my god, look at what I did in the gym, look at what I just learned. Oh yeah, the nutritional part of it: yeah, eat this, don't eat that." It was all coming together for me and as that came together, so did my self esteem, so did my drive to improve my life, so did the dedication and determination. And then, I became competitive. I'm like, "Oh my gosh, what's that? Oh my god, I want to win? I want to do this?" Who wants to pull a car on their back? You know, I do, I want to do that! Give me that harness, hook me up because I'm going to try it, I'm going to do these things. It felt good to feel that drive.

JB- in the beginning, you said, you felt like you could die there like it might not be possible.

HP- Right.

JB- And, I'm sure seeing Jerry collapse in the gym wasn't any help.

HP- Yeah. And how 'bout Jerry winning the at-home prize, huh? I mean, 64 years old and he did it at home. It's a possibility. It doesn't matter how old you are, you know what, it's a hard road. It's not easy by all means. It's hard, it takes dedication, it takes drive. But, if you're willing to give the dedication and you have the determination, you're going to see the results.

JB- Those results are also thanks in part to the trainers during training. A lot of contestants don't appreciate what they do or the things they say during training. Do you have a different opinion of it now?

HP- I do. I always respected my trainers. Bob and Jillian are incredible trainers. They are… [sigh]… I don't know, I gotta tell you, I've learned everything from the two of 'em. It was an amazing journey with them. They were always there to help train you, to help push you, but they were there emotionally there for you, too. The two of them together are incredible. Buying and watching their DVDs and reading their books is, like, a perfect way to get started, I'm not kidding. They are… they truly care. They truly care. They not only care about your physical being, but they care about your emotional being. So, I had the best of both worlds having both trainers.