New article on the NY Post: Apparently contestants on "The Biggest Loser" were also given drugs to help with the crazy weight loss, which may also play a part in the serious weight rebound.

A friend posted this earlier on FB. I'm not even surprised. This show is so twisted, but again - not surprised it's okay with the world to torture obese people on national TV for the amusement of everyone. UGH.

and yet - even with that negative publicity - there is probably a mile long line of people who would like to be on a the next BL season...  for a chance to lose weight...make money and get their 5 min fame.. 

wowowowo

that is crazy stuff

I took phenteramine (i.e. the bad/effective part of phen-phen).

Didnt lose much weight and now my heart "shudders"

Wasnt worth it at all.

Wow. That's crazy, and yet-I'm not surprised. 

I never watched the show. I didn't like the way the contestants seemed to be treated just in the commercials for the show.

I wonder if any of the former contestants have had WLS. I haven't looked to find out yet. Would be interesting to know. 

Edited for bad spelling. 

I did read the article and it did site one contestant as returning home and gaining all his weight back.  He then had gastric bypass and is now at a normal weight. 

I am not surprised.  I had always wondered about that.

What DOES surprise me is that anyone actually believes that doing something like this television show will allow them to  maintain their weight loss (unless they are independently wealthy and can continue to spend every day the way they do while on the show... but since most people have to go back to jobs and/or families, it isn't possible).