Losing Weight really FAST

I hate that weight loss has become a competitive sport. :huh:

I have read an article about the biggest losers fast weight loss methods. And they were losing a huge amount of weight and wherein losing 10pounds a week or more looks fantastic and losing like 3 or less is like more frustrating. Mostly of the contestants gained a lot after the show.



Article says::

Take Ryan Benson: The 2005 champ admitted he was urinating blood after fasting and dehydrating himself toward the $250,000 prize. Not very admirable press for "The Biggest Loser," and Benson believes he's been ignored by the show in return. Then there's Season 3's Kai Hibbard, who has blogged she and others would dehydrate before weigh-ins and stack on clothing during workouts when cameras weren't rolling. She gained 31 pounds in two weeks after the show, mostly by staying hydrated. Great, about 10 million viewers unknowingly tuning in to dehydration TV.


I'm shocked about gaining 31pounds in 2weeks! That's a fastest weight gain, I ever heard in my entire life!

Is a biggest loser week longer??

I have heard about them being dehydrated and going to lengths, esp toward the final. Also its clear to see what being hydrated does to their bodies when one wins a free pass for that week, drinks water, looses very little then the next week has a mega loss due to water weight and of course whatever they lose that week.

I do enjoy biggest loser and like that they have started to show nutritional bits and stuff but feel it gives unrealistic view, they dont work, they do nothing but workout, dont go to the shops to choose and buy food etc, its unrealsitic.

I lost alot of weight with a very low calorie diet and within 2-3 weeks of stopping it had gained about a stone. I wasnt even eating badly. My hair also started to fall out.

Fat again and trying to do it right this time!

Eh, the nutritional bits are really just built-in commercials for the packaged food sponsors of the show... frozen smoothies, cereal bars, Subway, whatever. I personally HATE those parts of the show, they're so stilted! "Oh hey, are you guys hungry for a healthy snack?" "Sure, I was thinking of having ...." ugh

That said, I watch the show while I run on the treadmill sometimes : X But it's obvious to anyone who's made it as far as MFP that a lot of that weight loss is not going to be lasting because of how it's achieved!

So why is Biggest Loser not treated the way other "unhealthy" and unrealistic methods of weight loss are on MFP? Why is everybody do darned hooked on it? Since repeatedly losing and gaining is less healthy even than staying fat, and since it's "obvious" that the "weight loss is not going to be lasting because of how it's achieved," why would it be appropriate here?

I have a problem with the problem people are seeing here.

There are other sports with weigh ins that tend to require dehydration to meet.
Wrestling, UFC, Boxing, Powerlifting... even some bodybuilders dehydrate. This is nothing new. Personally, I'd spend all day every day working my butt off and working on dehydrating myself over and over again, every week to make all that money.

These guys know what they are in for, they even have medical professionals there to oversee it and make sure they survive! Yes, they aren't losing the healthiest way, but you have to also realize they are not dehydrating themselves nonstop for the whole show, its bits and pieces. The water weight is probably the last few days every week, so the rest of their loss is still a real loss.

I've had to "cut" weight through dehydration before to make a weigh in, it sucks. It really does, they are basically in a special sport, where its a fact of life.

Most of those people will gain weight back as well for two reasons.
1. Because of the rigorous training and process, they are not learning to maintain a lower calorie deficit on their own.
2. Part of it is water loss, so a percentage (my estimate about 10-25%) of it will bounce back on as soon as they finish.

Yes, this isn't something the average person could handle, but these guys signed up for it. I believe that those people, whether they win or not deserve kudos because they are truly working harder than 95% of the average dieters out there. I guarantee by the time they exit that show, they are healthier than they have ever been in their lifetime!

I wont be back to argue, go ahead... I have to go to the gym and do my own stuff.... but why down on the show for paying people to do it. The contestants know whats going on beforehand. Is it the whole "The Media is misleading us!" Well, buddy. This isn't the first time.