Biggest Loser is making feel like running at 9:15 pm lol

I agree. Watching them bust their butts make me feel like my 1.5 hour workout was a joke =.=

*EDIT' 29 pounds lost in a week!?!! Thats... impossible...

Plus I think when you are that big, and you go from nothing to daily workouts, you drop weight quickly initially but it will taper to a healthier sounding weight loss speed.

Yeah, I can't even imagine what kind of calories they would have to eat per day to even maintain such a weight. They could lose weight even just eating a regular amount of calories (like 1500). But I do know what you're talking about with the run...they inspire me so!

Oh yes I have cried!

And as far as the big numbers being dropped you have to keep in mind that last season they contestants started taking Jillian's supplements. She talked about it on Rachel Ray, thats why they broke so many records and there wasn't really a huge plateau week either. I take the fat burner supplement and at first I took it for two weeks then stopped to see if I felt a difference and I did, I could go longer and harder in workouts and saw 2lbs more weight loss and more inches lost while on the supplements so I'm back on them. Walmart sells a two week supply for 30 bucks, every where else I've looked has a one week supply for 20 bucks

I've never really watched the show before..........
I know it inspires a lot of people to lose weight....... and that it's a game & a competition....................

BUTT......... in watching the new season starting tonight,
I'm appalled at how much the contestants are expected to do at the beginning!!! :noway:

They're hugely out of shape, have probably not exercised in a long time.... if ever?
They're expected to ride 26 miles on a stationary bike the first challenge! I couldn't do that!!!!
Did they even get to stretch or warm up? Any instruction?? Can you spell I-N-J-U-R-Y???

It seems so cruel & inhumane to me. In a normal training situation, I seriously doubt a trainer would push someone of those heavy weights soooooo hard at the start of a workout program. The two Tongan guys lost 47 lbs. the first week, hello!!!!

The stories are heart wrenching........ I feel for all of them so much. :sad: :flowerforyou:

Oh yes I have cried!

And as far as the big numbers being dropped you have to keep in mind that last season they contestants started taking Jillian's supplements. She talked about it on Rachel Ray, thats why they broke so many records and there wasn't really a huge plateau week either. I take the fat burner supplement and at first I took it for two weeks then stopped to see if I felt a difference and I did, I could go longer and harder in workouts and saw 2lbs more weight loss and more inches lost while on the supplements so I'm back on them. Walmart sells a two week supply for 30 bucks, every where else I've looked has a one week supply for 20 bucks

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!

I've been looking for a good weight loss supplement to take. I haven't been taking any vitamins or supplements since I've started working out and I know I need to take something to replenish. I'll give them a shot!

I've never really watched the show before..........
I know it inspires a lot of people to lose weight....... and that it's a game & a competition....................

BUTT......... in watching the new season starting tonight,
I'm appalled at how much the contestants are expected to do at the beginning!!! :noway:

They're hugely out of shape, have probably not exercised in a long time.... if ever?
They're expected to ride 26 miles on a stationary bike the first challenge! I couldn't do that!!!!
Did they even get to stretch or warm up? Any instruction?? Can you spell I-N-J-U-R-Y???

It seems so cruel & inhumane to me. In a normal training situation, I seriously doubt a trainer would push someone of those heavy weights soooooo hard at the start of a workout program. The two Tongan guys lost 47 lbs. the first week, hello!!!!

The stories are heart wrenching........ I feel for all of them so much. :sad: :flowerforyou:

They have plenty of doctors, and staff on hand, they know what they're doing. The problem with so many people today is that they think they cant exercise hard like that because theyre too big and this just keep shoveling food down their throat and feeling sorry for themself. The biggest loser shows them as well as america that, yea you may be over 400lbs but you can get on a bike, you can pedal hard and push yourself and end up drenching in sweat and you're not going to die! Stupid stuff like "just take the stairs" or "park farther away" is not going to make a difference in people who are MORBIDLY obese. They will die at too young an age because of their weight and learning to push themselves and realize what theyre capable of is the entire reason why biggest loser works and has helped so many people, not just contestants but regular people sitting on the couch watching it.