Thoughts on The Biggest Loser finale?
Warchortle
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sad really0
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It's sad. That's why I dont watch weight loss shows, eventually someone was going to go to far.0
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I haven't ever watched the show but I did see a video of her coming out and then her weighing in. I thought she looked pretty decent for her frame, except her face seems to be too bony now, but that may just be her features. And since that's all I saw of it that's all I can judge it and her on is the superficial, sorry about that!
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Im hoping Rachel got that thin just to win that show. She went to the extreme and i hope she gains atleast 15 back.0
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Bob and Jillians facial expressions tell all. I wish I had seen Dolvettes face as i am sure he too was shocked. I feel bad for him. It seems that people are blaming him for Rachels obvious huge weight loss. He is responsible while they are at the Ranch. He can't be held responsible for what she did once she left. I can't judge the situation from my house but it sure appears that she has lost a whole lot of muscle and fat. There was nothing to her. I don't want to get jumped on for my opinion but she really did not look healthy. I hope she is okay though. She worked hard to win.0
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Yeah, I think the looks on Bob and Jillian's faces said it all.0
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250 grand is a big motivator. I don't watch so...... to each their own.0
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According to stats, she was 151lbs when she left the ranch and 90 days later, she's 105lbs. That's 46lbs in 90 days. Wow!
I started at 150lbs and am two inches taller than her. 90 days on, I lost 25lbs only and thought that was good, lol.0 -
There's a lot of incentive to lose it big - that's a lot of money for an average person. Honestly, I thought she looked too thin, especially for being on TV... I hope she swings back to healthier ground and stays active and strong and stays in touch with her inner athlete... I pray she relooks at her relationship with food and doesn't go down the path of the other extreme... Extremes either way are just not healthy.0
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Being in Australia, I haven't seen it, but it's popped up in news sites here. I investigated a little, and since her BMI is underweight, I would have thought perhaps they could use this as a condition of the show. That you cannot go under a BMI of 18, as to go underneath this is irresponsible to the viewing public.
I guess I'm saying that her feat should disqualify her from winning, as it goes too far. Not that she doesn't look great, but she's teetering on the edge of an eating disorder and we don't want to promote that. If you're strong willed enough, I'm sure it's easy enough to put everything else aside for a few months and just focus on losing enough weight to get to that point of victory. Still, that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.
They may need to rethink the way that winners are crowned after this. It could be a starting point for others to do the same, until we see anorexic winners. That is completely against the message of the show.0 -
Dolvett seemed proud it showed a brief moment after her weigh in.... I don't agree with the measurement that occured for her to be successful but I dont blame Rachel for it.
TBL producers, trainers should have worked with them at home, the rules of the final weigh in should have been different maybe two winners one male and one female since their body types are differernt or at least a certain weight and if they reach it they get a share of the money0 -
Yes, it's tricky. Women and Men are certainly different in the way their bodies react. And I guess it's hard to put a blanket rule on what is considered far enough. But something needs to be addressed to make sure this isn't going to be the way forward.0
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I think she looks great. Arms are a little skinny for my personal taste. But then again, many say my arms are too muscular.
Kudos to her.
In b4 skinny shaming..... Oh...too late.0 -
Going from one eating disorder to another isn't progress... this has nothing to do with skinny shaming.I think she looks great. Arms are a little skinny for my personal taste. But then again, many say my arms are too muscular.
Kudos to her.
In b4 skinny shaming..... Oh...too late.0 -
Going from one eating disorder to another isn't progress... this has nothing to do with skinny shaming.I think she looks great. Arms are a little skinny for my personal taste. But then again, many say my arms are too muscular.
Kudos to her.
In b4 skinny shaming..... Oh...too late.
Eating disorder?!?
Of all the different BMI charts I checked, she is at 18 BMI on the lowest one. 18.5 is the cut off for healthy. So I guess anybody with 25.5 BMI has an eating disorder too. Maybe I should call everybody with a 25.5 BMI disgustingly fat, since that's what is being said about her all over this site.
Yet we all know BMI charts are BS. But in her case they are accurate, right?0 -
You should try reading articles on people who've either worked on The Biggest Loser or been contestants. They have a very tight disclosure agreement with severe financial penalties if anyone talks about their inner workings. Excluding any measurement of any kind the show promotes eating disorders behind the scenes.
Going from one eating disorder to another isn't progress... this has nothing to do with skinny shaming.I think she looks great. Arms are a little skinny for my personal taste. But then again, many say my arms are too muscular.
Kudos to her.
In b4 skinny shaming..... Oh...too late.
Eating disorder?!?
Of all the different BMI charts I checked, she is at 18 BMI on the lowest one. 18.5 is the cut off for healthy. So I guess anybody with 25.5 BMI has an eating disorder too. Maybe I should call everybody with a 25.5 BMI disgustingly fat, since that's what is being said about her all over this site.
Yet we all know BMI charts are BS. But in her case they are accurate, right?
If you think being thin equates to being healthy you've completely missed the point.0 -
For $250,000 I'd go a little overboard too - she didn't know how much she needed to lose to win and I think she won by only 5% which was 13 pounds. If she gains that back in muscle she'll look great.
Going forward hopefully the show will put limits in - DietBet does for their contests. The show could always come up with a crowd voting tiebreaker or something.0 -
You should try reading articles on people who've either worked on The Biggest Loser or been contestants. They have a very tight disclosure agreement with severe financial penalties if anyone talks about their inner workings. Excluding any measurement of any kind the show promotes eating disorders behind the scenes.
Going from one eating disorder to another isn't progress... this has nothing to do with skinny shaming.I think she looks great. Arms are a little skinny for my personal taste. But then again, many say my arms are too muscular.
Kudos to her.
In b4 skinny shaming..... Oh...too late.
Eating disorder?!?
Of all the different BMI charts I checked, she is at 18 BMI on the lowest one. 18.5 is the cut off for healthy. So I guess anybody with 25.5 BMI has an eating disorder too. Maybe I should call everybody with a 25.5 BMI disgustingly fat, since that's what is being said about her all over this site.
Yet we all know BMI charts are BS. But in her case they are accurate, right?
If you think being thin equates to being healthy you've completely missed the point.
I never said it did. I said being, at most, a few pounds under weight doesn't make her unhealthy, anorexic or deserving of ridicule. No more than a person who is a few pounds overweight.0 -
Didn't see this, but Supernatural had a great weight loss episode this week!0
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I guess you're not familiar with how low dietary fat causes drops in hormone level and is generally is not recommended for an extended period of time... especially for women.
You should try reading articles on people who've either worked on The Biggest Loser or been contestants. They have a very tight disclosure agreement with severe financial penalties if anyone talks about their inner workings. Excluding any measurement of any kind the show promotes eating disorders behind the scenes.
Going from one eating disorder to another isn't progress... this has nothing to do with skinny shaming.I think she looks great. Arms are a little skinny for my personal taste. But then again, many say my arms are too muscular.
Kudos to her.
In b4 skinny shaming..... Oh...too late.
Eating disorder?!?
Of all the different BMI charts I checked, she is at 18 BMI on the lowest one. 18.5 is the cut off for healthy. So I guess anybody with 25.5 BMI has an eating disorder too. Maybe I should call everybody with a 25.5 BMI disgustingly fat, since that's what is being said about her all over this site.
Yet we all know BMI charts are BS. But in her case they are accurate, right?
If you think being thin equates to being healthy you've completely missed the point.
I never said it did. I said being, at most, a few pounds under weight doesn't make her unhealthy, anorexic or deserving of ridicule. No more than a person who is a few pounds overweight.
You're assuming that I'm hating on her because she's thin: wrong.0 -
I guess you're not familiar with how low dietary fat causes drops in hormone level and is generally is not recommended for an extended period of time... especially for women.
You should try reading articles on people who've either worked on The Biggest Loser or been contestants. They have a very tight disclosure agreement with severe financial penalties if anyone talks about their inner workings. Excluding any measurement of any kind the show promotes eating disorders behind the scenes.
Going from one eating disorder to another isn't progress... this has nothing to do with skinny shaming.I think she looks great. Arms are a little skinny for my personal taste. But then again, many say my arms are too muscular.
Kudos to her.
In b4 skinny shaming..... Oh...too late.
Eating disorder?!?
Of all the different BMI charts I checked, she is at 18 BMI on the lowest one. 18.5 is the cut off for healthy. So I guess anybody with 25.5 BMI has an eating disorder too. Maybe I should call everybody with a 25.5 BMI disgustingly fat, since that's what is being said about her all over this site.
Yet we all know BMI charts are BS. But in her case they are accurate, right?
If you think being thin equates to being healthy you've completely missed the point.
I never said it did. I said being, at most, a few pounds under weight doesn't make her unhealthy, anorexic or deserving of ridicule. No more than a person who is a few pounds overweight.
You're assuming that I'm hating on her because she's thin: wrong.
You want to talk about body fat percentage? I don't see anybody slamming Jillian who is at 13% body fat. THAT is unhealthy for most women, causes amenorrhea as well as osteoporosis. But it's all good because she has a lot of muscle and doesn't LOOK unhealthy.0 -
Going from one eating disorder to another isn't progress... this has nothing to do with skinny shaming.I think she looks great. Arms are a little skinny for my personal taste. But then again, many say my arms are too muscular.
Kudos to her.
In b4 skinny shaming..... Oh...too late.
Eating disorder?!?
Of all the different BMI charts I checked, she is at 18 BMI on the lowest one. 18.5 is the cut off for healthy. So I guess anybody with 25.5 BMI has an eating disorder too. Maybe I should call everybody with a 25.5 BMI disgustingly fat, since that's what is being said about her all over this site.
Yet we all know BMI charts are BS. But in her case they are accurate, right?
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My thoughts exactly. The amount of people shocked, disgusted, and appalled by a woman who may or not be a few pounds underweight says a lot about the state of our country. Because the truth is she is closer to being at a healthy weight than 70% of adult Americans. I guess we are just used to seeing our own fat that when we see a thin person, we automatically label her anorexic and unhealthy.
Look up pictures of women who are actually anorexic. She is far from it.0 -
Catching up on it right now. I already saw that there is some controversy. All I can think is who does Allison's hair and clothing? I rarely like anything she wears or how her hair is done.
What is going on with Bobby's pants when he was walking out.... oh, and hilarious joke about thinking about Rachel!
....and Rachel just walked out. She looks like a skeleton. I thought she looked so much better during the triathlon. Much stronger.0 -
I just want to be here to maybe read the responses for now (I think).0
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Yeah if I'm being completely honest, if I were to see her at the beach or at the grocery store or something, I wouldn't think she was vastly underweight. I wouldn't think she has an eating disorder and I'd never guess she'd lost 155 lbs. I think she looks great. Skinny, but great.
I think we can have a really hard time seeing people comparatively. It's the reason our friends and family want to say, "Don't lose any more weight," when we're nowhere near underweight. We just look different than we're expected to.
If no one had the "before" picture to compare to, no one would be shaming her for looking the way she does.
I hope she does not have an eating disorder. I do know, though, that even losing slowly and healthfully can lead many, MANY people to disordered eating and exercise patterns. I won't judge her.0
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