WOW!!!! 10 Pounds in one week...

Its not like they're on some fad diet....they're working hard

They are on a TV show; giving up their normal life to spend most of their day exercising and having their food monitored. What happens when the TV show is over and they have to resume their normal lives; their jobs, the school runs, the family BBQs?

They're also are dehydrated when they weigh in. That might have something to do with it.

No one is saying that you can't lose weight if you overtrain and diet. Keeping that weight off is a different story. In one week they didn't lose 10 pounds of fat.

You guys are hung up on the TV aspect of it...I'm not concerned if they gain their weight back....What I'm saying is..weight lost can be done at a calorie deficit and rigorous training....people on this site seem to think the contrary..don’t get ,e wrong..I love this site

I'm concerned that they gain the weight back because that leaves The Biggest Loser being the equivalent of a modern-day freak show....come have a laugh at the fatty training themselves to death and guess what, when we dump them they'll put it all back on again and damage their health. Woo hoo!

I haven't seen a single person say that if you restrict calories enough and train to death you won't lose weight...of course you will, but you'll also damage your health. I did a VLCD of 500 calories a day for 4 months and lost nearly 60lbs....and then I came off it because a) it wasn't sustainable and b) blood tests told me that my red blood cell Magnesium levels were dangerously low, my B12 levels were down and my hormones were messed up. I put ALL the weight back on in around 6 months and was worse off (higher body fat percentage) than I was when I started.

It's not about losing weight, it's about being healthy and making small, sustainable lifestyle changes that can be maintained - often for life.

I watched a follow up, and more kept the weight off than a average people. Reckon if you manage to stay a while, they've done a lot of work on you psychologically and you'll do well. They eat smart and exercise smarter! It is more than you can do in everyday life, but it clearly works! I actually think it's a great programme and it's great how they do work on them psychologically which for most Obese people is incredibly important! X

The measure of weight loss success is not in how fast you lose it, but in whether you manage to keep it off.

It'd be interesting to see a study of all Bigger Loser contestants 5 years down the line to see how many of them have maintained their loss.

I agree.

TBL goes against everything sensible about weight loss. If you think about it, regular exercise, portion control and sensible choices are all done to the extreme in TBL to get optimal results in the fastest possible time. This is simply not sustainable. As we all know, good weight loss and maintaining that employs all thre of these tactics, but far less intensively.

When they go back to their real lives, most gain again simply because when you have a full time job, kids etc, you cannot exercise for hours a day and that is actually how they get most of their calorie deficit.

The principles are there, but the show is nothing more than entertainment, so don't expect the same kind of losses.

I watched a follow up, and more kept the weight off than a average people. Reckon if you manage to stay a while, they've done a lot of work on you psychologically and you'll do well. They eat smart and exercise smarter! It is more than you can do in everyday life, but it clearly works! I actually think it's a great programme and it's great how they do work on them psychologically which for most Obese people is incredibly important! X

Was the follow-up one of those where they pick a handful of previous popular contestants to check up on, or did it give hard data on total number of participants across all seasons and a break-down of how many had kept the weight off, how many had continued to lose and how many gained?

I was watching the Biggest Loser last night…there was a female who lost 10 Ibs in one week….she wasn’t excessively overweight….I know they workout maybe 4 hours a day. However you always hear people saying don’t over train…I know she’s not doing the TDEE-%20 method…I’m sure she wasn’t eating 3000 cals a day. My concern is everyone always advise you if you hit a plateau…to increase your cals, your training too hard for the cals you’re eating..blah…blah..blah…and yet its working for here and the rest of the contestants…makes you think..

10 lbs of fat? Or 10 lbs of water and muscle as well.... Cause that's less impressive...

Keep in mind you don't see everything on the show. There is a lot that goes on off camera to help them reach those crazy loss amounts.

They eat very little and exercise for hours upon hours each day. It is definately not healthy. They have doctors there sure but what happens when they leave the show. A lot of them have tough times trying to keep the weight off since they lost a decent chunk of muscle along the way.

Far too many people try to get weekl losses like the people on the show. The show is terrible in my opinion because they do not lose in a healthy way.

A few seasons back a young woman had to leave the ranch because she had a stress frature in her hip. Yeah, no thanks.

i hate t think of the damage they are doing to their metabolism while on that show. if they thought it was bad before... yikes

Judging by the people who've kept large amounts of I'd say their metabolism are fine. People worry about that way too much in my opinion. Eating 400 calories and netting 400 calories is totally different and a concept many don't understand.

netting 400 calories is in no way healthy. period.

Depends on your weight. It's fine if your very overweight. It reversed my high blood pressure , high heart rate and reversed my type 2.diabetes. Once you get close to goal it isn't healthy, but when over weight it's fine I've worked with many professionals, and my stats show it's done me good. My bloods are now perfect. I know once I get to 180lbs I'll increase calories, but for now it's absolutely fine, just as it is for BL contestants.

Also on 6 months bed rest, I maintained weight whilst eating a good amount, so my metabolism is fine. I'm not saying 400 net is right forever, but it's fie when you have a lot to lose!

Way back in 2000, I lost 10lbs in one week. I did nothing different. I was on a low carb diet. Went from 185lbs->175lbs. I knew that I had lost some weight because none of my clothes were fitting properly, but I was rather shocked when I went on the scale.

I then ate a slice of cheesecake that night.

Its not like they're on some fad diet....they're working hard

They are on a TV show; giving up their normal life to spend most of their day exercising and having their food monitored. What happens when the TV show is over and they have to resume their normal lives; their jobs, the school runs, the family BBQs?

There has been quite a few of them that have gone on to take part in the exercise DVDs for the show, become marathon runners, personal trainers, etc.
I know it's just a TV show but I believe they are given sound advice to keep the weight off and they are taught a lot about fitness and diet in the time they are on the show.
I'd imagine quite a few of them manage to keep it off.

You guys are hung up on the TV aspect of it...I'm not concerned if they gain their weight back....What I'm saying is..weight lost can be done at a calorie deficit and rigorous training....people on this site seem to think the contrary..don’t get ,e wrong..I love this site

I was losing a lot of weight when I was throwing up everything I ate. So I guess you're right, it can be done. I just wouldn't recommend it.