Biggest Loser couple announce they're getting a divorce... two months BEFORE their first baby is due

PUBLISHED: 15:34 EST, 8 May 2013 | UPDATED: 01:46 EST, 9 May 2013

What appeared to be a fairytale love story is over as a reality show couple are splitting before the birth of their first child.

Biggest Loser couple Sam Poueu, 28, and Stephanie Anderson, 33, who met during 2010's season, got married in April 2012.

But now, barely a year later, seven-month-pregnant Anderson released a statement announcing their split.

'It is with great sadness that my marriage to Sam Poueu is ending,' Anderson said. 'Thank you in advance for respecting our privacy during this difficult time.'

Over: After just 13 months of marriage and two months before they are due to welcome their first child, Biggest Loser couple Sam Poueu and Stephanie Anderson announced they're getting divorced

After collectively losing 241 pounds in body weight on The Biggest Loser, Sam and Stephanie Anderson seemed to be on their way to a long and happy life together.

Sam managed to lose 136 pounds after taking part in the show, and ended weighing 236 pounds, two pounds less than his target.

Meanwhile Stephanie dropped over 100 pounds.

By episode three of the show they were dating and Sam proposed on the show. They married in the same San Francisco Catholic Church where her parents had wed 39 years earlier.

The wedding came 8 months after Sam almost died after falling 54 feet from a fire escape.

$Sam Poueu and Stephanie Anderson\ncontestants on 'The Biggest Loser' who found love while on the show, go for a morning workout\nLos Angeles, California - 08.05.10\nCredit: (Mandatory): Owen Beiny / WENN.com$

Happier times: The couple, seen here in 2010, was dating by the third episode of the show and Sam proposed to Stephanie on air. They wed in the same church as her parents

The couple lost 241lbs between the two of them - but nonetheless Stephanie was thrilled to see her bump grow with their first child

However Stephanie helped nurse her man back to health, and after they were married for nine months they announced this past January that they would welcome their first child in July.

Personal trainer Sam told US Weekly : 'Just from the experience of her being my caretaker post-accident, it was a dead giveaway that she'd be a fantastic mother.

'That was an early sign for me that our child is going to have the best mother ever.'

Sam woke up in hospital with a punctured lung, severed kidney, shattered pelvis, fractured tibia, and traumatic brain injury after his accident in September 2011.

Pound cake to beefcake: Sam became a personal trainer after losing his flab on the popular TV show

Pound cake to beefcake: Sam became a personal trainer after losing 136lbs of his flab on the popular TV show

But he said their good news has put all of their bad memories in the past.

He said: 'Given everything we both have been through this past year, this [pregnancy] eclipsed everything.

'It put everything back into perspective. I felt like this was one of the many reasons God kept me alive during the five-story fall, so I could be the father of my wife's baby.'

And his wife revealed he is now returning in kinds some of the care he received from her during his recovery.

Stephanie, 33, said: 'Sam has been wonderful. He rubs my feet!

She also said he took great care of her early on in her pregnancy when she was "too exhausted to do anything.'

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The account executive added that now she is 'feeling really good. I'm starting to feel changes in my body, and I'm excited to see the full out belly!'

The duo had planned to find out the baby's gender in February.

Stephanie said: 'It is such a joy and a testament to what we've been through that we've been able to go through some of the hardest chapters in our lives and start this new chapter with such positivity. It's exciting.

'It means the world to both of us. We met to fall in love and start this family.'

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It takes a long time to recover from traumatic brain injury. There were at least 10 months where I woke up unexpicably angry when I was recovering from my head injury. It went away after the swelling went down and my skull stopped feeling so pressurized.

- LC , Washington DC, 09/5/2013 19:41

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Why the heck don't people try to make things work anymore!!!

- OMG , London, 09/5/2013 18:27

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Do anything to get in the media????

- liz , Florida, United States, 09/5/2013 17:38

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In the world of reality TV, it hard to believe anything is real. Oh well this frees them up to do more reality TV.

- James Towne , Toledo, United States, 09/5/2013 15:47

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Head trauma changes a person, mood swings, sometimes violent, irrationality, and in general he could be a different person than what she married. Its unfortunate. And no, no one works on their marriage anymore, if its broke throw it away. our grandparents would be disgusted.

- Peanut , Seattle, 09/5/2013 15:34

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Traumatic Brain Injury can have severe, long-lasting, & scary effects on a person's personality. I would guess that's a major factor.

- Sarah , Washington DC, United States, 09/5/2013 15:28

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pregnancy hormones.

- mrsAYL , USA, 09/5/2013 15:22

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Doesn't seem like tried too hard to fix things. That's a real shame, given that a child is due soon. Would be nice to see them put divorce plans on hold and devote themselves to figuring out what went wrong and can it be fixed. They didn't quit on their weight loss. Why quit on marriage?

- LyndaB , Naugatuck USA, 09/5/2013 14:04

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They're the biggest losers alright...

- Right_of_ctr , New York, United States, 09/5/2013 13:51

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They're the biggest losers alright...

- Right_of_ctr , New York, United States, 09/5/2013 13:51

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