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What is the most weight lost on Alone?

Alan Kay, star of History channel's Alone, lost 60 lbs. during his voluntary exile to the wild of Vancouver Island, where he had to hunt, build his own shelter and deal with weather and predators. In this exclusive clip from the finale, Kay also admits to psychological distress.

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Scrounging for food in the wilderness will really take off the weight – especially if you're forced to sup on slugs from time to time. Alan Kay, star of History channel's Alone, lost 60 lbs. during his voluntary exile to the wild of Vancouver Island, where he had to hunt, build his own shelter and deal with weather and predators. In this exclusive clip from the finale, Kay also admits to psychological distress. Kay, 40, tells PEOPLE there wasn't much on the menu: "Limpets and seaweed were the staples. I also had mussels, crab, fish and slugs sporadically." Kay says he noticed the weight loss quickly. "Around the 14- and 21-day period, it became obvious to me I was losing [weight]. It was during these times I experienced an extreme loss of energy as well," he says. "At the end of my stay on Vancouver Island, my belt could wrap around to my tail bone. I went from a 38-in. waist to about a 31-in. waist. And this looks strange on me, as I am 6'6″," Kay adds. "Looking in a mirror for the first time after coming out of the woods was surreal; the only part of me I recognized was my eyes." When he came home, his first treat was "a chocolate bar from the rescue team. It was the least they could do, as I learned they drank my coffee en route to pick me up. My first meal was steak, baked sweet potato, asparagus in a bleu cheese cream sauce and chocolate torte." When asked if he kept the weight off, Kay says, "Of course not. This obviously was not a healthy, slow, sustainable weight loss plan. This was extremely rapid. Best quick weight-loss plan on the market today!"

The Alone season finale airs Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on History.

*Reporting by EMILY STROHM

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Upon returning home, and after the show aired, the family chose to move out of the woods and buy a home. Fowler has also left the boat building industry and is a full time YouTuber, Producing a series called "87 Days", reviewing all the Survival and Bushcraft tricks that kept him alive for so long.

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Fowler, as he’s known, was born in Vermont, where he grew up enjoying outdoor adventures with his parents. After high school, he studied boat building in Maine and discovered such a knack for it, that he began building boats as a career. At age 21, he permanently moved to coastal Maine and bought two and a half acres of rugged, wooded land. During this time, he spent his days making boats, and every free moment playing in the wilderness. Zach and his family started a self-sufficient lifestyle, living in a hand-built home that included a yurt to pursue their dream of living off-grid. After successfully applying to History Channel's hit survival show Alone and beating out 5,000 other applicants, Fowler and 9 other contestants were each sent into the the wild Andes Mountains of Patagonia with 10 carefully selected survival items and camera equipment to document their solo adventures, separated from the modern world and human contact, to survive as long as possible. The last person standing would walk away with the half-million dollar prize. After 87 days surviving alone eating only 63 fish and 2 birds, the producer and Zach's wife showed up to tell him that he was the winner. The prize money changed everything for the Fowler family. Upon returning home, and after the show aired, the family chose to move out of the woods and buy a home. Fowler has also left the boat building industry and is a full time YouTuber, Producing a series called "87 Days", reviewing all the Survival and Bushcraft tricks that kept him alive for so long. He also produces videos about slingshot shooting and Vlogging about what it is like to win $500,000.

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