I hate the Biggest Loser!

huntindawg1962

Don't let what other do on any TV show discourage you. I don't know that we are qualified to say what they are doing is right, wrong, healthy or not? Any of us on the path are really wishing we had some magic that would make us lose everything we wanted this week and promise ourselves that we would not gain it back. Remember - they are doing it as their full-time job for many hours per day in the gym whereas the rest of us have real lives that get in the way of gym time for 6-8 hours EVERY DAY.

Too - they also have nutrition coaches, doctors (as others have said) - trainers (more than the couple we see on TV), etc. The players there also have tricks they use weekly in their "game play mode." Oh, and a $250K motivator, too.

I guess I would say I am more shocked at the people there on the show that only post 3-4 lb loss weeks than I am when I hear (or even I experience) a no or 1-2 lb loss week for myself!

Keep going! And remember there is more to it than what the scale says even though that is the one metric we all focus on the most.

AllTehBeers

I think as much as they try to teach good habits at the ranch, all they are doing is creating unrealistic expectations in the competitors heads. They had a follow up show on one of the guys that won biggest loser and he gained a lot of the weight back that he lost. How do you go from working out 8 hours a day to real life where sometimes you can only fit in a half hour in with out feeling like you're going to fail anyways?

The also are hidden away with cooks and only healthy food available and aren't (for the most part) exposed to things like family get togethers and parties where there is a buffet of food and alcohol. In their mind they probably feel like one bite will void all the hard work they did.

Losing weight in huge amounts like that teaches you nothing about living a long healthy lifestyle. Just like some fad diet. You can lose the weight, but as soon as you get off of it, the weight comes back, and usually with more. To actually succeed in creating a lifestyle, you have to learn about yourself and what works for you through trial and error and patience.

1 pound is great so keep up the good work!

teenytinii

On the Biggest Loser their one week is more like 2. The show has become a 2 hour long infomercial for all sorts of processed foods. That life style is NOT sustainable or healthy. Unless you are morbidly obese if you are losing 1-2 pounds a week you are doing great. To hell with any of the naysayers!

agreed!!!

sebbysmommy

I stopped watching when it turned into nothing but a big commercial for their products and their sponsors. Just irritates me to no end when they do that, like I am so stupid I don't know they are acting?!

nnylee

You lost a POUND. Do you realize that is A LOT? It is a lot!!!

You lost THIS. Rejoice in that!

esteelewis

What they do on the show is very unhealthy and puts a lot of strain on the body. Remember these contestants are being monitored all day by doctors. Due to the unhealthy nature of what they are doing they need to be monitored closely.

Here is a guide for setting appropriate weekly weight loss goals that are healthy and sustainable:.
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

LOVE! Thanks for posting this. I agree
I am morbidly obese and I don't lose much more than 2 lbs a week. I exercise, I eat right, I drink water. But I would rather it be slow, steady and sustainable than drop 10 lbs a week like the Biggest Loser people. I don't want to kill myself at a gym working out 7 hours a day and eat 1000 calories (or so) like they do on the show. I would rather lose 100 lbs in a year, going at a rate of 2 lbs a week, than lose it in 3 months...gain it back once I stop being hardcore, and probably have a whole gamut of health problems.

I looked into gastric at one point. My dietitian told me the first year you drop so quickly a lot of people get pasty pale skin, will start to lose their hair, will get really ill, and generally have other medical issues creep up because your body is not equipped to deal with losing weight that quickly. Yeah I said no to gastric on the spot.
Slow, steady and natural. Sustainable. That is the way to do it.