How Many Suspected or Already Knew This About Biggest Loser
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tishka11
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When selected to be contestants on the show...the producers/people who run the show actually ask the people to GAIN weight before they begin filming so that that results will seem more dramatic!!!
Friends of the family's were selected and were told to gain weight before filming began!! Couldnt believe it! Absolutely disgusted that they would risk people's health for a show!! (although i guess that is sort of what they do to all the contestants anyway through massive and rapid weight loss)
I know im in Aus but i assume its the same for most countries' versions
How many people already knew this????
Anybody else think this is completely wrong??
Friends of the family's were selected and were told to gain weight before filming began!! Couldnt believe it! Absolutely disgusted that they would risk people's health for a show!! (although i guess that is sort of what they do to all the contestants anyway through massive and rapid weight loss)
I know im in Aus but i assume its the same for most countries' versions
How many people already knew this????
Anybody else think this is completely wrong??
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gaining weight is probably the healthiest thing the show has the people do for the entire duration of their engagement with the production.
and yes, this is common practice. those before/after shots of people using weight loss products and dvds? those were professional fitness people that purposefully put on weight for the before shots, then rebounded to their normal weight for the after shots.
it's tv. believe nothing.0 -
I've wondered about that. Mainly from the "before" footage, which shows them eating/binging, being inactive... And I think, if they were really concerned about their health, would they encourage them to, for example, show their favorite foods, or to go on a binge in front of the camera?? It just seemed... odd. But given the things I've heard about BL in the past few days, I wouldn't put them past it.0
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I agree with DavPul. I already knew that biggest loser is a very unhealthy weight loss game show (and all the many unhealthy things they put people through).
And I've also seen the video that a fit guy did showing how body builders can do before/after shots of themselves with fakery for selling weight loss scams. Here it is: http://youtu.be/M957dACQyfU0 -
gaining weight is probably the healthiest thing the show has the people do for the entire duration of their engagement with the production.it's tv. believe nothing.0
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But I love this show hahah. As long as it's inspiring me, fake or not, oh well!0
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Nothing really surprises me with reality TV. Sad but true.0
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I did not know it or really suspect it though it does not surprise me. As one said, this is actually healthier than what they ask them to do during the program. The only thing "reality" in "reality tv" is... well,............ the title.0
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Hate this show. But my kids make me watch it. Sigh0
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I agree with DavPul. I already knew that biggest loser is a very unhealthy weight loss game show (and all the many unhealthy things they put people through).
And I've also seen the video that a fit guy did showing how body builders can do before/after shots of themselves with fakery for selling weight loss scams. Here it is: http://youtu.be/M957dACQyfU
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO WATCH THAT VIDEO BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR NEXT BEACHBODY OR JILLIAN DVD0 -
I have no idea whether it's true or not, but if it is I wouldn't be AT ALL surprised. The amount of derpitude on that show is quite high.
Inb4 someone comes in to defend it like they do in Dr Oz threads.0 -
I agree with DavPul. I already knew that biggest loser is a very unhealthy weight loss game show (and all the many unhealthy things they put people through).
And I've also seen the video that a fit guy did showing how body builders can do before/after shots of themselves with fakery for selling weight loss scams. Here it is: http://youtu.be/M957dACQyfU
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO WATCH THAT VIDEO BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR NEXT BEACHBODY OR JILLIAN DVD
Not all Beachbody DVD's before and afters are faked. I know this for a fact as I was one of the before/after pictures used in a P90X ad back in 2008, and the pictures were untouched and taken by my current but now ex-from-Hell boyfriend, lol.
But I would agree with this had you said that it only refers to the people in the workout videos or the original professional ads.0 -
I didn't know that. But then I'm not surprised. It is a reality show after all. We also have to remember that the contestants on the Biggest Loser have all the time in the world. In the real world people have to be at work or at school for most of the day and just don't have the time that the people on the Biggest Loser have. I think it creates very unrealistic expectations and actually causes more harm than good.0
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didn't know that. kinda glad hubby stopped me from auditioning.0
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When it comes to TV, trust no one! haha0
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beachbody works. did it for 6 months, Debbie Seibbers Slim in 6 (just the first disc start it up was totally in the dark about calories and lack of knowledge about being healthy.) lost 26 pounds and 40 inches0
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i was watching an episode yesterday where they had their daily menu written out - 3 meals came to 1097 calories... and thats with at least 3 hours in the gym... no eating back exercise calories for them!!!!0
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I absolutely believe it, but how do you know?When selected to be contestants on the show...the producers/people who run the show actually ask the people to GAIN weight before they begin filming so that that results will seem more dramatic!!!
Friends of the family's were selected and were told to gain weight before filming began!! Couldnt believe it! Absolutely disgusted that they would risk people's health for a show!! (although i guess that is sort of what they do to all the contestants anyway through massive and rapid weight loss)
I know im in Aus but i assume its the same for most countries' versions
How many people already knew this????
Anybody else think this is completely wrong??0 -
It's a TV reality show. It's there for ratings and entertainment and nothing more. No one should believe that the producers give a crap about the contestants.
This is also a good interview with a former BL contestant that sheds a lot of light on what goes on behind the scenes: http://www.bodylovewellness.com/2010/06/09/kai-hibbard-biggest-loser-finalist-part-1-of-3/0 -
The amount of derpitude on that show is quite high.
shouldn't that be "blerpitude"? with a BL for Biggest Loser??
the show that Chris Powell does is much better, but even he injects some broscience into his regimen (e.g. carb cycling in the weekly diets for the morbidly obese).0 -
Also notice in the first several episodes that during the weigh in that the women are in sports bras and the men remove their shirts. Then at around the last 6 weeks they are all wearing shirts during the weigh in. Interesting what image they are trying to project by doing this.
I would think anyone would lose weight exercising a min of 6+ hours a day and keeping your calorie in take low.
I would be interested in knowing how many gain the weight back after the show is over and what support system they receive after they have left?0
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