Don't like biggest Looser am I nuts

MainePam
on 1/8/09 6:10 am - Bucksport, ME

Ok lets see if i can explain this. I think that overweight is such a intense emotional and physical problem. I feel like they are using the people to watch for the audience's pleasure. I do not like shows like that....
Hope I explained myself anyone else feel like that ????

peggy76
on 1/8/09 6:20 am - girardville, PA

RNY on 02/23/09

ur not alone... u should read... the previous post a few post down in this forum.. What's Happening To Me?? its all about those shows.. well an more... lol

kathy S.
on 1/8/09 9:06 am - Pensacola, FL

RNY on 11/07/07

I'm of a different mindset. I think that while they are very unrealistic in how they go about the contestants losing weight, I know that the show has inspired thousands to lose weight. So much so that thebiggestloser.com has gone from a free website to a paid website with a membership fee. The show is very popular and I believe they do a good job at selecting people who will relate to most everyone who is suffering from being overweight.

I never felt like they were exploiting the contestants at all even through the latest controversy. Why does it take the heavier BMI contestants to appear on the show to cause so much controversay?

So, I may be in the minority on this board, but I find the show inspirational and I rarely miss an episode.

kathsum

Jobsies
on 1/8/09 11:08 am - Pitman, NJ

VSG on 09/22/08

Kathy...i love the biggest loser. I find it an inspiration!

14 pounds lost before surgery. My first ticker is when I hit onderland: this was my goal when I started on this journey. I want to focus on that right now...once I get there I can reevaluate.

My second ticker is my dream goal. Even if I only visit there for a short time, it would be nice to see that number just once. I am pretty sure I'll need plastics to hit this goal.

Stella-Blue
on 1/8/09 12:40 pm, edited 1/8/09 12:40 pm - Where the four winds blow me safely home, NY

RNY on 06/03/08

I watched it a few years ago a couple times but I stopped watching the night they pressured a man to work out till he was puking in the bushes. That's a bit much.

Start: 487 lbs (8/07) Lost 81 lbs pre op on South Beach. 406 lbs at surgery (6/08). 179 post op, by 2011. I lost 308 lbs. Gained 98 while pregnant (2012-13) lost all but 25. My goal is to be 179 again!
Two years after that.... photo c2781653-fea8-4141-8cac-f0889127d077.jpg I could not be happier.

(deactivated member)
on 1/8/09 1:11 pm - Winona, MN

RNY on 02/04/09

I would agree with Stella and I don't think that they are realalistic they devote 24/7 to excersizing and they have profesional people to come in and cook for them and what not and how is that even posible for any of us to stop our daily lives to work out all the time and for us to hire someone to cook for us. My mom keeps tellin me that if they can do it so can I and I don't think that she understands that they can cuz thats all they have to do is excersize and let people cook for them it would be interesting to see if people from the first season or whatnot were able to keep the weight off once they got back to reality.

Katie1977
on 1/9/09 4:59 am

Katie1977 has deleted this message.

Katie1977
on 1/9/09 5:02 am

Oops.Didnt mean to delete....Iam pretty sure the first season winner has gained all of his weight back.

Stella-Blue
on 1/9/09 11:01 am - Where the four winds blow me safely home, NY

RNY on 06/03/08

poor guy...I wonder if it was the guy I saw get sick?

Start: 487 lbs (8/07) Lost 81 lbs pre op on South Beach. 406 lbs at surgery (6/08). 179 post op, by 2011. I lost 308 lbs. Gained 98 while pregnant (2012-13) lost all but 25. My goal is to be 179 again!
Two years after that.... photo c2781653-fea8-4141-8cac-f0889127d077.jpg I could not be happier.

Bonamy
on 1/10/09 5:25 am - Wyoming County, NY

VSG on 08/20/09

On the second to last episode of The Biggest Loser: Families, trainer Bob mentioned that Season 1 winner, Ryan weighed as much today as he did when he first came to the house, indicating he had gained all the weight back and saying he had "learned nothing."

Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Loser_(Season_1)

What I did not like was that trainer Bob said this just shows RNY is not the solution, you need to change your habits.

No it is not a solution, it is a tool that makes people have a better chance at a health life than diet and exercise alone. I won't argue the statistics, we all know them. It just shows his ignorance that he would dismiss a surgey that has a proven success for many people.

How can he compare 16 hrs a day to exercise in a dedicated environment to a man who obviously disregarded the doctors instructions post-op. The show previously excluded anyone that had surgical weightloss procedures, I honestly don't think it is fair to even have him in there against the other contestants.

HW 365/SW321 Walk or Run 200 miles in 2010

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