Winner of "The Biggest Loser" gains 20 lbs.

I saw her about a month ago on one of those daytime talk about celebs...type of shows. I never watch them usually but happened to catch were she was on. At the time she had mentioned she put on 15 lbs and she really did look much, much better. Hopefully she is able to maintain this weight. She looks great.

Winners of The Biggest Loser almost always gain 20 pounds within a month of the finale. Prior to the finale, they do whatever they can to weigh less, including limiting water and sweating out as much as possible. They step on that scale VERY dehydrated. She probably weighed 10 pounds more within 24 hours of regular eating and drinking. Several former winners have disclosed these methods. If I'm recalling correctly, one of the men gained 30 pounds within a month of the finale (purposely - he returned to regular eating and reached that higher, healthier weight).

What I would love to see would be a show that followed the progress of people throughout a year and didn't make them feel like crap if they don't lose weight for every weigh in. Yknow, a show that would actually make viewers realise that it is do-able and can be done in a healthy way. I don't think many people have been inspired to lose weight in a healthy and manageable way after watching Biggest Loser.

But I guess that wouldn't have the entertainment factor that networks love....

for a quarter of a million dollars i'll diet down to an unhealthy weight too and not give a damn what other people think of how i look. LIES. i don't a bunch of cash to stop giving a damn what other people think. i do that now for free.

Someone is 5 pounds underweight and people say she looks disgusting.

Someone is 50 pounds overweight and people praise them for being so beautiful and brave.

The double standard is infuriating.

Just so we're clear the only people praising people 50 pounds overweight are also overweight. It's a bit of a false equivalency really, as if the groups who say those things must be the same people or reflect upon each other when really they aren't.

It's insane that people would use this woman as some kind of 'Skinny Chick Discrimination' rallying cry when A. She isn't an example of a healthy looking underweight woman and B. She's admitted she did it to win and never had any intention of staying at that weight. She's a game player, not a figurehead for a cause.

She is not the bandwagon you're looking for.

Thank goodness! She looked AWFUL! She looked anorexic. I hope she maintains a healthy weight!

I'm sure she and her quarter million dollars are all ate up about what you think.

Someone is 5 pounds underweight and people say she looks disgusting.

Someone is 50 pounds overweight and people praise them for being so beautiful and brave.

The double standard is infuriating.

Just so we're clear the only people praising people 50 pounds overweight are also overweight. It's a bit of a false equivalency really, as if the groups who say those things must be the same people or reflect upon each other when really they aren't.

It's insane that people would use this woman as some kind of 'Skinny Chick Discrimination' rallying cry when A. She isn't an example of a healthy looking underweight woman and B. She's admitted she did it to win and never had any intention of staying at that weight. She's a game player, not a figurehead for a cause.

She is not the bandwagon you're looking for.

It doesn't matter whether she looks healthy or not. She lost weight in the first place because she felt terrible about herself. How would you feel if you worked so hard to lose all that weight only to have the entire country say you look horrible?

We all acknowledge that she lost a dramatic amount or weight because she wanted to win a boat load of money. Can you honestly say you wouldn't have done the same?

She went to the extreme to win the jackpot, can't say I blame her at all. Heck we just had a guy that I work with that lost 45 pounds in 90 days just to win the "Biggest Loser" contest they had here. There is no way that was healthy, I assume he existed on a diet of spinach and water just to hit those numbers. Crazy!

Stop looking for other people to be a scapegoat for your problems.

She did it to win, she's healthier now. End of story.

Sooo, how do they know she gained 20 lbs.? Or she told the press herself?

Either way, she looks much better...and love that dress.

Someone is 5 pounds underweight and people say she looks disgusting.

Someone is 50 pounds overweight and people praise them for being so beautiful and brave.

The double standard is infuriating.

Just so we're clear the only people praising people 50 pounds overweight are also overweight. It's a bit of a false equivalency really, as if the groups who say those things must be the same people or reflect upon each other when really they aren't.

It's insane that people would use this woman as some kind of 'Skinny Chick Discrimination' rallying cry when A. She isn't an example of a healthy looking underweight woman and B. She's admitted she did it to win and never had any intention of staying at that weight. She's a game player, not a figurehead for a cause.

She is not the bandwagon you're looking for.

It doesn't matter whether she looks healthy or not. She lost weight in the first place because she felt terrible about herself. How would you feel if you worked so hard to lose all that weight only to have the entire country say you look horrible?

We all acknowledge that she lost a dramatic amount or weight because she wanted to win a boat load of money. Can you honestly say you wouldn't have done the same?

Do not imagine that the money wasn't always first and foremost in her mind and that it was all about 'I'm fat and fell bad' for this woman. She was all about the competition from day one. And there's nothing wrong with that (Like I sad, she's a game player. Ain't nothing wrong with playing the game, I'm the first person to admit I'd drop all kinda of stupid weight for a quarter of a million dollars.)

Nothing I said implies otherwise. I'm saying don't make the situation something that it's not: It's not about Skinny girl body shaming and it's not about Rachel feeling 'bad' because people were saying she didn't look good; she doesn't gaf. She knew it was extreme, she knew it wasn't her ideal weight, and she did it to play the game not to look good (I don't imagine she thought she looked good). That's why she put on 20 pounds and calls that her 'Perfect/Ideal' weight. She always intended to be in this spot, she just took a pit stop on the side to pick up a check.

It doesn't matter whether she looks healthy or not. She lost weight in the first place because she felt terrible about herself. How would you feel if you worked so hard to lose all that weight only to have the entire country say you look horrible?

We all acknowledge that she lost a dramatic amount or weight because she wanted to win a boat load of money. Can you honestly say you wouldn't have done the same?

SMH.

If she was doing it to win a bunch of money, I seriously doubt she gives a crap about people saying she looked horrible. And clearly she was not happy or able to sustain that weight since she gained 20 pounds. So why is this a freaking discussion?

Someone is 5 pounds underweight and people say she looks disgusting.

Someone is 50 pounds overweight and people praise them for being so beautiful and brave.

The double standard is infuriating.

Just so we're clear the only people praising people 50 pounds overweight are also overweight. It's a bit of a false equivalency really, as if the groups who say those things must be the same people or reflect upon each other when really they aren't.

It's insane that people would use this woman as some kind of 'Skinny Chick Discrimination' rallying cry when A. She isn't an example of a healthy looking underweight woman and B. She's admitted she did it to win and never had any intention of staying at that weight. She's a game player, not a figurehead for a cause.

She is not the bandwagon you're looking for.

It doesn't matter whether she looks healthy or not. She lost weight in the first place because she felt terrible about yourself. How would you feel if you worked so hard to lose all that weight only to have the entire country say you look horrible?

We all acknowledge that she lost a dramatic amount or weight because she wanted to win a boat load of money. Can you honestly say you wouldn't have done the same?

I'd cry myself to sleep on my piles and piles of money.

She looks fine. Not that you can tell how healthy a person is by a picture on a website, but...from what she has said, she won a contest, took her money, then got back to a weight that wasn't as extreme for her body type. Seems ok to me, but then again, it also seems clear to me that the show is a steaming pile of obesity porn and not a paragon of inspiration.

Damn right. It's an awful show that promotes awful habits and gives people really skewed expectations of weight loss (Why can't I lose 12 pounds a week/I only lost 2 pounds what am I doing wrong!) It has very little redeeming value (Except I guess it got Ruben Studdard some PR this year.)

And that's all a whatever. She played a game, she won the game, she's done playing and is now in a spot where she's happier. Let's not pretend there is any more to this situation than that. She's counting her cash, enjoying some cookies, and working on her acting career. (I'm sure the PR will help. I'm not at her for that either. Play the game girl, get money.)

Stop looking for other people to be a scapegoat for your problems.

She did it to win, she's healthier now. End of story.

Is she healthier now? I doubt it.

The extreme weight loss was not just fat..it was a large amount of muscle too...

Chances are the weight she gained was fat tho...again how is that heathier.

she's healthier because now she can afford to pay her health insurance premiums

Stop looking for other people to be a scapegoat for your problems.

She did it to win, she's healthier now. End of story.

Is she healthier now? I doubt it.

The extreme weight loss was not just fat..it was a large amount of muscle too...

Chances are the weight she gained was fat tho...again how is that heathier.

she's healthier because now she can afford to pay her health insurance premiums

HAHA! for realz. Plus I am sure she is still in a healthy fat% range even if her weight gain is all fat. Give me a break. We don't have her numbers to really know and can only see her results. Without data what can we really know.....