BIGGEST LOSER B.S. !!!!

I like My Big Fat Weight Loss Story. I think its on Style. Its real people who go to work and school and while they have a trainer they meet up with every month or so, they don't have someone with them 24/7.

We actually had Ron Morelli from The Biggest Loser season 7 I believe come to our local high school and talked about the show and his and his family's weight loss journeys! What we see on television is all for television. Jillian really doesn't yell like that, nor does Bob. When you see the big weight loss of like 15lbs it means their week was actually like 12-15 days. At the end Bob tells them they will gain on average about 20-40 lbs back because of real life. The days we see on tv are days when they don't lose any weight because they are filming and doing challenges so it's all hurry up and wait. They also do NOT have a chef. The food is there and they prepare it themselves. If they want something someone from production will go get it. It is up to them to eat right. They are shown how to weigh and portion their food, but it is completely up to them to use the tools. It is really quite interesting. The weeks before the finale are not what I expected for him to say either. It was craziness. Ron's book is called Fat Family to Fit Family. An excellent read.

Check out the British Show Supersize vs. Superskinny. They are only drawn out for a week and swap diets with someone completely opposite from them. Taking into account that they are just taking in another unhealthy lifestyle, they see how the other person struggles to eat their diet. Together the pair learns why they eat the way they do and different things they can do to help. Then at the end of the week they are sent home with a new eating plan and calorie goal and then check in about 3 months later. It's much more realistic and I still find it entertaining.

I agree that it is an unrealistic approach for well over 99% of us. However, there have been some pretty great stories of some of the spouses of contestants that lost similar amounts of weight while their partner was at the ranch.

I don't think anyone should expect to lose at that rate (nor should they really even want to), but it is interesting and inspiring to see that hard work and dedication can have such impressive results.

Completely agree. I watch it more for the contestants' stories than the competitive side of it.

All i have to say about that show is....I MISS JILLIAN

I love that show. Of course they are dropping mass amounts of weight because their full time job for several months is to lose weight and have no distractions like work and family. But I think no matter how you do it should be applauded - and many of them keep it off and help their friends and family lose weight to.

I can understand your frustration that it is not nearly that easy for most of us - but we shouldn't hate on how others get themselves healthy.

I agree, unrealistic. My wife said to me the other day you can lose 7-10 lbs in one week with no problem. I was like "for real!" lol. She had been watching too much Biggest Loser. Ha ha!

Well I agree a little bit with what you are saying, I think you are a little off with what you say. If you watch the show you can see that they teach them a healthy way to eat, and then they actually cook for themselves while they are in the house, and they are suppose to take what they have learned home with them. Also once you have lost that much weight there is no need to keep working out that much, because you can actually eat more. Almost every year they have past contestants on the show, and they have seemed to keep most of the weight off, and then they have the at home challenge where the contestants that get kicked off still lose a significant amount of weight while at home. I think the only thing wrong is that it might set up false hope for people trying to lose weight, but if you aren't smart enough to see that these people are working their butts off at least 6 hours a day than that is your own fault. There does seem to be a lot of hate for The Biggest Loser on these boards, but there are plenty of people on these boards that have lost weight, and put it all back on by supposedly doing it the right way.

Does anyone think there is much reality in Reality TV?

I mean, how many of us go about finding our life partners by having TeeVee people choose a bunch of hotties, "date" by way of a job, and make our selections while being half drunk?

I hate to say this ....but reality check with that Biggest Loser program. Yes it is nice that everyone gets into shape on that show, but reality is that they are working out all day long. Truth be that once they return to their regular daily life they won't be able to keep working out as the program makes them so of course some weight will come back on. What they need to do is truly work from someone's actual life style. Actual life!! Not this false impression that everyone can work out and leave their job 24/7. I cannot stand when someone says "Ohh look at the biggest loser they can do it so you should be able too"...Ummm yea I would drop like a squirrel if I had 24/7 workouts and a chef setting up what only I am allowed to eat. But I live in reality and it will take time to drop! So I think eliminate the "Biggest Loser" show and put up a show on "Reality Loser"!!!

Preach it!

I used to like watching it. I was motivated by people getting up and losing that weight, HOWEVER, it turned into a sore spot for me... I felt like I wasn't doing enough because "look at what they can do." It's very discouraging.

I have looked into this show alot becuase i just didnt get how they heck they did it..

so from all the articles i have read and information i have gotten..... here are some facts about th eshow

1. they work out for 6-8 hours A DAY...
2 they have a very low calorie intake due to the amount they eat and the workouts
3. they are checked daily by doctors because of the huge risks they take to drop so fast
4. they are told they are lucky and should be happy to be there daily.. even when they dont want to stay
5. they are taught how to dehydrate for weigh ins...
6. the weigh ins are done at random times... not on a set day.. sometimes it is five days sometimes it is 2 weeks before a weight in (explains the high numbers hey)
7. they leave the ranch and 9 out of ten gain the weight back.. the one that doesnt.. either starts to work for there health ranches or is at a gym all the time


in other words.. if i didnt work and could go to the gym all the time.. and not eat back my calories.. i could do it too.. and before a weigh in i dehydrated myself and did all i could to ensure i had no weight on me.. i could drop 5-7 pounds in a week too.. but then reality comes in.. work happens.. kids happen and guess what life isnt a reality show thanks i will take my 2 pounds a week smile and wave at the poor dehydrated saps from the shows...

I would like to see a season where it is about fat percentage drop, not weight. I think it would help because A LOT of people actually do use the show for factual information. Now, that is most likely never going to happen because it is exciting for people to see someone drop 15 lbs a week so the ratings might suffer with my version. I like seeing people's recomposition


edited for spelling :P

Actaully isn't it about fat % dropped? That's how you win, who ever drops the most fat %.

no it's percentage of total weight lost. the only time i've seen then discuss body fat% is when they meet with that dr. h guy. i think its safe to assume that most of the people (except the former athletes) at the start are starting with a relatively low percentage of LBM and high fat percentage, so most are probably gaining muscle due to newbie gains.

I would like to see a season where it is about fat percentage drop, not weight. I think it would help because A LOT of people actually do use the show for factual information. Now, that is most likely never going to happen because it is exciting for people to see someone drop 15 lbs a week so the ratings might suffer with my version. I like seeing people's recomposition


edited for spelling :P

Actaully isn't it about fat % dropped? That's how you win, who ever drops the most fat %.

no it's percentage of total weight lost. the only time i've seen then discuss body fat% is when they meet with that dr. h guy. i think its safe to assume that most of the people (except the former athletes) at the start are starting with a relatively low percentage of LBM and high fat percentage, so most are probably gaining muscle due to newbie gains.

Ah gotcha ya.

I have looked into this show alot becuase i just didnt get how they heck they did it..

so from all the articles i have read and information i have gotten..... here are some facts about th eshow

1. they work out for 6-8 hours A DAY...
2 they have a very low calorie intake due to the amount they eat and the workouts
3. they are checked daily by doctors because of the huge risks they take to drop so fast
4. they are told they are lucky and should be happy to be there daily.. even when they dont want to stay
5. they are taught how to dehydrate for weigh ins...
6. the weigh ins are done at random times... not on a set day.. sometimes it is five days sometimes it is 2 weeks before a weight in (explains the high numbers hey)
7. they leave the ranch and 9 out of ten gain the weight back.. the one that doesnt.. either starts to work for there health ranches or is at a gym all the time


in other words.. if i didnt work and could go to the gym all the time.. and not eat back my calories.. i could do it too.. and before a weigh in i dehydrated myself and did all i could to ensure i had no weight on me.. i could drop 5-7 pounds in a week too.. but then reality comes in.. work happens.. kids happen and guess what life isnt a reality show thanks i will take my 2 pounds a week smile and wave at the poor dehydrated saps from the shows...

Don't most people on here weigh-in dehydrated since they weigh themselves in the morning after they go to the bathroom? I know it's not the same, but so many people are mad at the biggest loser when just as many people on here gain the weight back, and are unhealthy with the way they lose weight. I mean you have people on this site with goal weights of 87lbs, and eating 600-800 calories a day. I see a post every week from somebody who said that they are rejoining MFP because they gained all of the weight back that they lost the first time they used the sight. Don't be mad at the biggest loser people just because they are on a TV show.

I read somewhere online that the tapings are actually every few weeks, and not every week as implied by the show. So if you see someone on there who has like 25 lbs in a week would most likely have lost that over 6 weeks.