Is that how Biggest Losers do it?

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  • siriusgirl
    siriusgirl Posts: 44 Member
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    Where did you find/figure out your lean mass info?
  • BeautifulKristen
    BeautifulKristen Posts: 281
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    You know what I really HATE this thread.. THEY ARE NOT SEVERELY OBESE!!. Some people are 180 and 240.. Watch the show before you judge it!!

    And the guidelines says in this forum. DO NOT DO WHAT MAGAZINES OR TV SHOWS DO! it is not healthy!!
  • Jkmumma
    Jkmumma Posts: 254
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    The biggest looser has a 16 week running time... Just under four months. A 1200 calorie a day and heavy workout schedule like that WILL work for the duration of the show. It does, for most people, take about that long for the body to scream and say HEY NO and protect itself by burning off muscle to preserve fat stores in reaction to the famine they are putting their bodies through.
  • Apazman
    Apazman Posts: 494 Member
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    the biggest loser, aren't those the peopel who have more than a 80% failure rate in the long run?

    although 94.7% of all statistics are false. :)
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,761 Member
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    They also cry a lot. Over everything. Their hormones and emotions are out of whack.

    I agree and they literally are surrounded by trainers and stuff 24/7. That's all they have to do is work out. There is no day to day distractions. No kids to deal with, work to deal with, average life stuff. It's just here is your gym and here is your bed, tahdeedah go at it. That's why most gain weight back when they are done with the show and on their own, they had to face reality.

    Haters (jk)...You are blowing my image of the show. Give them some credit. By the way are there really statistics out there about the percent that put the weight back on?

    Don't know if the numbers are out there, but from what I see, with the exception of a handful, all of them have gained back alot of wieght...not all, and I'm sure they are healthier than before the show, but just my observation is they stop losing and gain.

    Kudos to the ones that have maintained or lost, and changed their lifestyle. They DO give them the tools to continue to lose weight after the show.
  • dajero1
    dajero1 Posts: 78 Member
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    the biggest loser, aren't those the peopel who have more than a 80% failure rate in the long run?

    although 94.7% of all statistics are false. :)

    Is that a statistic? Ha Ha
  • lwagnitz
    lwagnitz Posts: 1,321 Member
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    NOOO don't do this. I did something similar.. on accident. I thought I was eating more than I was. I would lose like 10 pounds, gain 13. And I wasn't changing everything, working out every day. I was obsessive about it. I went and saw a dietician and I was barely breaking 900 calories a day, plus I was burning at least 700 at the gym everyday. I felt super tired and sick all the time. She told me my body was in starvation mode, and it would take at least 2-3 months to get my body back on track and those 2-3 months my body would still turn everything I ate into fat because I tricked my body into thinking I was starving and that it needed to store food. Just don't do it...
  • maremare312
    maremare312 Posts: 1,143 Member
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    They also cry a lot. Over everything. .

    lol 5lbs of cry today, good job guys!

    Haha, love this! Yeah I stopped watching that show years ago, too much crybaby nonsense and the trainers acting like therapists.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
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    Not sure if this was said yet....but they are treated like animals and purposely dehydrated right before they weigh in for the show as well as underfed and just badly treated
    There is a lot you don't see. I wanted to cry so bad and quit watching it when I found out. Just don't do that to yourself. You must eat at least 1200 NET which means after you subtract your exercise calories, you should have eaten 1200 still. It is so dangerous not to..I am studying to be a registered dietician and we learn the basics in our first course, which definitely made it clear there are a lot of risks with working out and not giving your body the fuel it needs to maintain your muscles and the rest of you.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
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    They also cry a lot. Over everything. Their hormones and emotions are out of whack.

    I agree and they literally are surrounded by trainers and stuff 24/7. That's all they have to do is work out. There is no day to day distractions. No kids to deal with, work to deal with, average life stuff. It's just here is your gym and here is your bed, tahdeedah go at it. That's why most gain weight back when they are done with the show and on their own, they had to face reality.

    Haters (jk)...You are blowing my image of the show. Give them some credit. By the way are there really statistics out there about the percent that put the weight back on?
    They blew their own image....
    http://www.bodylovewellness.com/2010/06/23/kai-hibbard-biggest-loser-finalist-part-3-of-3/
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
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    First of all remember that these contestants are morbidly or severely obese & have a lot of weight to lose which is why they can handle large deficits & always coming up with double digit losses every week. However as one gets smaller, it becomes more difficult to lose a big amount of weight & also in handling large deficits.

    Unless you have the similar body size, it isn't wise to compare yourself to them.

    I also agree that they purposely doing some dehydration a day before the weigh in & that isn't healthy at all. The first season winner said it in his myspace blog & he gained almost everything he had lost right after that season.
  • dajero1
    dajero1 Posts: 78 Member
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    NOOO don't do this. I did something similar.. on accident. I thought I was eating more than I was. I would lose like 10 pounds, gain 13. And I wasn't changing everything, working out every day. I was obsessive about it. I went and saw a dietician and I was barely breaking 900 calories a day, plus I was burning at least 700 at the gym everyday. I felt super tired and sick all the time. She told me my body was in starvation mode, and it would take at least 2-3 months to get my body back on track and those 2-3 months my body would still turn everything I ate into fat because I tricked my body into thinking I was starving and that it needed to store food. Just don't do it...

    Okay, okay, I won't. Thanks for caring.
  • w8sarge
    w8sarge Posts: 3,851 Member
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    I don't think it's a good idea. A lot of us here on MFP have tried all sorts of drastic diets over the years only to put the weight (and more) back on. Don't submit to the tyranny of the scale or think you should be losing several pounds a week.It doesn't work for permanent weight loss, cuz that torture only makes you want to escape it!! After the "diet" has worked you feel like rewarding yourself for all the suffering you endured!! Vicious cycle starts again.

    Try instead to take the long view, making small but steady improvements to your food choices and exercise habits that you can maintain and enjoy for the rest of your life. You'll be healthier and happier, I bet.
  • Kybelle132
    Kybelle132 Posts: 71 Member
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    You know what I really HATE this thread.. THEY ARE NOT SEVERELY OBESE!!. Some people are 180 and 240.. Watch the show before you judge it!!

    And the guidelines says in this forum. DO NOT DO WHAT MAGAZINES OR TV SHOWS DO! it is not healthy!!


    Most of them ARE severley obese...I am obese and I only weigh 160 at 5'2...the contestants get larger and larger ebery season....

    And nooo dont net under 1200 cals...your body wont like it very much......which means if you only want to eat 1200 cals a day....dont excercise...your body needs 1200 cals just to fuction not to mention the cals you will burn doing normal day to day things which will put you at a deficet to lose weight.
  • Kybelle132
    Kybelle132 Posts: 71 Member
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    They never really mention how many cals the contestants are eating in a day either.....Who knows maybe they are eating enough to sustain those workouts??
  • ajfc1971
    ajfc1971 Posts: 258 Member
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    I think if we all had access to a 24 hrs gym, just having to lookafter yourself, only the correct food in the fridge and cupboards this diet sorry heathly lifestyle lark would be a doddle. For all the rest of us it just hard work and persperation.!!!!!

    I need to be locked up in the biggest loser house for a bit lol x
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
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    They never really mention how many cals the contestants are eating in a day either.....Who knows maybe they are eating enough to sustain those workouts??

    I think they eat between 1200-1600 calories a day, depending on their size. So they are on huge calorie deficits. I would bet since they are working out 16 hours a day, the workouts are not as intense is they make them seem. Nobody could be going at full blast for 6 hours a day for several weeks at a time. Certainly not a couch potato who has only been physically active for a couple weeks.
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
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    If you are severely obese, I don't think its problematic to be on a huge calorie deficit for rapid fat loss. Its when you start approaching leanness when you need to start thinking about a more long term maintenance plan so that you aren't burning too much muscle mass or being overcome by hunger.
  • dajero1
    dajero1 Posts: 78 Member
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  • Healthy_Melva
    Healthy_Melva Posts: 91 Member
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    The people on Biggest Loser are usually severely obese. Those huge weight loss numbers are not just fat loss, it's mostly water weight. It's not healthy to eat 1200 cal/day and burn it off because at that number you are already in a deficit.

    Guess I need to understand the term deficit more. Got some studying to do. Thanks all

    the concept of the built in deficit at 1200 calories a day is that it takes about 1500-2500 for most people's bodies to sustain basic functions (like breathing, heart rate) and then a few hundred extra for just walking around or sitting at a desk. For me, for example, that means that it takes 2300 calories a day just to keep my body at its current weight. I eat at 1650 a day, and exercise as well. This means that i'm at 500+ calories deficit (1 pound a week) in eating, and a little extra in exercise if I do not eat those calories back. Remember - it takes 3500 calories = 1 pound. So, 500 calorie deficit under your BMR (basal metabolic rate)/TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), depending on how you calculate it, will result i 1 pound each week lost. By netting 0 calories a day, you're actually putting your body in a position where it will start cannibalizing itself and eating muscle to maintain function.

    This is really good advice. There are several thread on MFP that discuss whether or not to eat back your exercise calories. It seems that those who eat back 1/2 of their exercise calories lose their desired amount of weight per week, have good stamina, and feel they are changing to a sustainable lifestyle.

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