The Biggest Loser

IndyHannah

I was just watching old episodes of the biggest loser (season 2) and in the first week some of the guys were dropping 28lbs. That's got to be unhealthy right?? :huh:

biggphatdaddy

They've done big articles and undercover things about that show...there are a lot of dirty things going on there...like dehydrating to cut weight...people that have been on the show have come forward with a lot of really nasty accusations...

IndyHannah

Really?! But they all look so awesome at the end. Grrrr!!!

jrich1

Its mostly water weight and working out 25 hours a day

MFPfriend

Yep, there was an article about one of the contests and his desire to be the winner. He didn't drink anything for 2 days before the show, and didn't eat anything either. Apparently, right before he went on stage to weigh in, he was urinating blood.

Personally, I still watch the show- because they are losing weight (even if it's unhealthy), and their are changing lives. Also, it does have some good tips that anyone could use. But if you gave me the oppurtunity to go on the show... um, no thanks!

laughingdani

I am a fan of the show so maybe I am biased but I don't think that Bob and Jillian are encouraging the dehydrating thing. It doesn't surprise me that some of the contestants have done that or are doing that but when they are only focused on winning the money then I could see why they would. I have seen many times on the shows where the trainers are telling the contestants to eat more, although I know it has been edited for TV. Its all about how many cals they are burning. It is possible to lose that much if you are burning an ungodly amount of cals everyday. Which they are. I have had the pleasure of meeting a few of the contestants from past shows. I met Ali, the first female winner, and have read her book. She says that they workout 8-12 hours everyday and then during breaks they are constantly walking to keep burning cals. I am sure some of the bad allegations going around are true, but like I said I don't think that the trainers are encouraging it. Who knows. No one really knows the truth.

MFPfriend

I am a fan of the show so maybe I am biased but I don't think that Bob and Jillian are encouraging the dehydrating thing. It doesn't surprise me that some of the contestants have done that or are doing that but when they are only focused on winning the money then I could see why they would. I have seen many times on the shows where the trainers are telling the contestants to eat more, although I know it has been edited for TV. Its all about how many cals they are burning. It is possible to lose that much if you are burning an ungodly amount of cals everyday. Which they are. I have had the pleasure of meeting a few of the contestants from past shows. I met Ali, the first female winner, and have read her book. She says that they workout 8-12 hours everyday and then during breaks they are constantly walking to keep burning cals. I am sure some of the bad allegations going around are true, but like I said I don't think that the trainers are encouraging it. Who knows. No one really knows the truth.

Oh, I don't think the trainers are encouraging the dehydration. I'm pretty sure the contests just REALLY want to win, and will do anything.

laughingdani

I am a fan of the show so maybe I am biased but I don't think that Bob and Jillian are encouraging the dehydrating thing. It doesn't surprise me that some of the contestants have done that or are doing that but when they are only focused on winning the money then I could see why they would. I have seen many times on the shows where the trainers are telling the contestants to eat more, although I know it has been edited for TV. Its all about how many cals they are burning. It is possible to lose that much if you are burning an ungodly amount of cals everyday. Which they are. I have had the pleasure of meeting a few of the contestants from past shows. I met Ali, the first female winner, and have read her book. She says that they workout 8-12 hours everyday and then during breaks they are constantly walking to keep burning cals. I am sure some of the bad allegations going around are true, but like I said I don't think that the trainers are encouraging it. Who knows. No one really knows the truth.

Oh, I don't think the trainers are encouraging the dehydration. I'm pretty sure the contests just REALLY want to win, and will do anything.

Exactly!! AND you never hear of the "gameplayers" winning. It's always the ones that actually listen to the trainers and do it healthily that win.

SHBoss1673

No, I doubt they are encouraging it either, no self respecting trainer would ever encourage dehydration, as it's dangerous and doesn't accomplish anything besides short term weight loss (and light headedness, and dizzyness, and nausea...etc).

Also you have to remember the starting weights some of these people are at. When you're 500 lbs, losing 28 lbs in your first week is not that bad. A combination of severely restricted calories, high levels of exercise, and the idea that they have so much available extra energy to burn that their body won't miss a beat with energy to burn all play a roll.

Unfortunately for most of us (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) those kinds of loss are out of reach and unsafe.

JE55Y

It's an extreme workout. They are basically atheletes by the end of it. I imagine that even a little bit of exercise and a little less food for someone as big as the people on that show would produce massive weight loss straight away.