Biggest Loser...How Did That Happen?

OK, now that I've had a li'l time to calm down, I'm ready to discuss what happened to Kristen on the Biggest Loser.  As you may know, I get a li'l emotional over this show...mostly because I'm addicted to it!  But this past Tuesday was DEVASTATING.  Kristen totally worked her ASS off.  How the HELL did she GAIN a pound?

OK, I have my theories.  It may have been that time of the month.  But at the rate she was exercising that should at least have canceled that out.  Bob was upset because the team wasn't eating enough calories.  They were for normal dieting, but not enough to fuel those 'extreme workouts'.  We all know that eating too few calories causes weight gain and at this stage of the game, she shouldn't be monkeying around with her metabolism!   Now here is another topic that we rarely discuss...stress.  My niece in nursing school just got through learning about the endocrine system and she listed three things, sumpn', sumpn', and cortisol which is released by stress and will make you gain weight when out of control.  Now we all know that BL is slap full of stress, but Kristen was really having the hardest time dealing with it, so I'm thinking that had the most to do with her gaining that skinkin' no good pound.  What do you think?

Mary 

Can they sneak food into that place? 

Good point Babs!  As far as I know, there is all kinds of food in the refrigerator that is supposed to tempt them and it is up to them to fix their own food.  I never would have thought that any of them would actually eat the bad food, that's how they'd get sent home and she definitely didn't want to go home.  I'm not saying she was eating the bad foods, but we'll never be able to know whether she did or not.  If it were me I'd be a model contestant up Jillian's butt all day long picking her brain!

Mary



 

Calories are calories - whether you get them from good food in the frig or bad food from those evil food smugglers!

In my support this is the biggest problem with most dieters.  They think that because it's a "good" food they can eat as much of it as they like.   Calories count, whether you want to believe it or not.   I've tried every short cut and every gimmick and at the end of the day, it comes down to calories consumed against calories burned.  You can slice it and dice it any way you want. 

Hey, I have a good question for ya, since you know this low calorie diet bidness forward and backwards.  She went to the Big City, hehehe, to get a makeover and they were there for a while.  If she ate a lot of calories while she was there and didn't lose any weight for that week's weigh in, is it possible that she could have still been dealing with those calories for this week's weigh in?     Hmmmm

Mary 

Absolutely - and she could have smuggled some stuff in with her.  Ya know food addiction is like heroin for some of us!

My husband and I were so upset.  She was both of our favorites.  Now I'm trying to figure out if I want to be mad and ignore the show, or watch the rest of it.lol 

I immediately thought of what Bob had them do.  Remember the video of them eating?  They wasn't barely eating anything!  Then he made them up thier calorie intake.  I'm just wondering how much she started eating!  Even eating the  right amount of caloiries, I know my body would shut down for a while after barely eating anything for 16 weeks. 

Plus you mentioned stress, she was wayy stressed this week.  

I'm sorry to see her go. :(

Now Holl....you know just as well as I do that BOTH of us are going to watch that show til the bitter end...the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

So if Kristen was your favorite, who are you pulling for now?  According to Ron, HIS SON will win!  Who is he, the Godfather?  Don't EVEN get me started!

Mary 

Well you can get me started.hehe  I don't like that man much...enough said. :)  He always has good intentions, but ya know where that leads too.

Oh I know in an instant who I want to win now...Filipe!!

 me too Hol, I was voting for Kristin but now that she is gone Filipe is my new choice, I used to like Mike and Ron but after this last week, I think Ron is two faced! and I think Mike is to young to really understand  what it means to be a MAN and take on a real challenge! I hope Filipe wins!