Biggest Loser Disapointment

I agree - I was looking for the "wow' results of former seasons. I did think the mom of four (Lisa?) looked fantastic and toned and she was obviously losing still at 138. The cop looked great and so did all of the top 5, especially Danni. I thought Joe, the older guy and former athlete, looked like he was much more muscular than the younger two in the top five.

It's amazing what happens when you go back to normal life...you don't get to work out 6+hours a day and have all your meals cooked for you...

Agreed. They don't have time to go and work out all the time, they have jobs and a life.

I think my biggest view of that was Season 12.

John lost SO MUCH. He also didn't go back to work and just kept working out till the finale.

Becky didn't get to lose so much. She had to go back to being a teacher, she had to support her family. Yes, she went to the gym after work most of the time, but she didn't stop her job.

We have this unrealistic view of how they're all going to be so tiny at the finale! TC and Micheal looked great they both lost so much! But, they didn't reach a goal of under 200lbs by the finale so CLEARLY they did something wrong in SIX months.
I liked how everyone looked at the finale because all the at home people had realistic weight loss.

I think that show is one of the single worst influences on people trying to get healthy.

It's basically like watching the lottery for financial planning advice.

I think that show is one of the single worst influences on people trying to get healthy.

It's basically like watching the lottery for financial planning advice.

Good analogy.

The mother of four, and all of the top five looked great. Danni was a little over made up. No longer looked like the home town girl. Joe ought to know how to train, with his professional past. The cop looked great. He is from Sapulpa, small town near my home of Tulsa. Way to go! Going back to real life has to be tough after a twelve week focus like that. None of us have time to commit year round like that. There's something called making a living that gets in the way. Congrats to all of them, though. They have come a long way towards a healthy future.

I was really surprised at how great Lisa looked. I also really enjoyed the kids. They looked amazing. But I do have to say, I was really pulling for Jeff, he has been one of my favorites from the beginning. Joe and Jackson were also up there in my faves. I know that the Biggest Loser is not realistic in that they eat extremely low calories and work out several hours a day, but their transformations are inspiring. I just hope they keep their healthy lifestyles and are happy, I know many of the past seasons contestants were not happy even after the show. I have not really watched Biggest Loser until this season and the main reason I was watching was because they incorporated the children and made awareness for childhood obesity.

Loved Danni the entire way through and figured she'd win it, but man!!!.....I really wanted Jackson to win something, I love that guy!! He had such a turnaround, ah well.....Danni worked it the entire way and deserved it, but hope to hear more from Jackson in the future in other ways - maybe he'll get a sponsor or something.

I thought that they all looked pretty good and did a good job at home. This is how much they lost at home:

Danni - 26
Jeff - 58
Jackson - 40
Joe - 22
Gina - 29
Alex - 31
Francelina - 39
Michael - 45
David - 45
Lisa - 71
Pam - 51
Cate - 45
Nathan - 74
TC - 95

Not sure how long they were home, but these are much more realistic and healthy weight losses than they have on the ranch, and they are more likely to continue to eat healthy and work out now that they've added this to their routines (especially the ones that went home earlier than others).

The overall weight loss was indeed impressive. I thought that Jackson, Jeff, and especially Joe looked wonderful. One must know, though, that every time the contestants weigh in they have put themselves through days of "making weight" practices, so that they are fasted and seriously dehydrated in order to pull good numbers on the scale.

Danni's musculature was truly stunning...I think she has a gorgeous figure. Her stylist should be shot, though, I thought Danni looked like a trollop from the neck up. I was stunned by Lisa's figure, but to tell the truth, I thought she looked 15-20 years older than she did on the show. She just looked so dried out and depleted.

All in all, I imagine that during the build-up to the finale, the contestants have been obsessed solely with dropping pounds on the scale, to the exclusion of all else. Anywhere else in the world, such a mind-set would be diagnosed as an eating disorder.