Is that how Biggest Losers do it?

The biggest losers have 24 hour access to medical staff and under strict supervision. It's not sustainable, it's a competition.

you can do it many different ways...

People on Biggest Loser are also usually very, very obese.

When you're that big, frankly it's pretty easy to drop a lot of weight quickly. Larger body mass burns more energy just keeping it all alive. I experienced this first-hand.

As others have mentioned, it's also unsustainable to try and lose weight this way. They aren't establishing healthy habits and, sadly, many will put most/all of the weight back on, possibly more. I have also experienced this first hand.

They also cry a lot. Over everything. Their hormones and emotions are out of whack.

I agree and they literally are surrounded by trainers and stuff 24/7. That's all they have to do is work out. There is no day to day distractions. No kids to deal with, work to deal with, average life stuff. It's just here is your gym and here is your bed, tahdeedah go at it. That's why most gain weight back when they are done with the show and on their own, they had to face reality.

The people on Biggest Loser are usually severely obese. Those huge weight loss numbers are not just fat loss, it's mostly water weight. It's not healthy to eat 1200 cal/day and burn it off because at that number you are already in a deficit.

And from what some of the previous contestants have stated, one week doesn't usually equal one week. They go more than 7 days between most weigh-ins.

I read an article that most of them gain it all back cause the show does not deal with the underlying reasons why they eat etc. if all i did was workout all day i would be so buff it would be ridiculous, but that is not life, slow and steady wins the race

That sounds like a fast-track to Anorexia, to me.

I used to be Bulemic... I don't really recommend it. Was under a lot of stress at work, had too little time to eat... everything compounded till I couldn't keep food down for a few months.

You should figure out your Lean Muscle Mass & eat JUST enough calories to sustain your BMR at that lean muscle mass. For me, at 5'7 & 153lbs, my lean mass is 104lbs so I have to consume 1286 calories per day. I always eat to that amount, regardless of how much I work out. I could earn an extra 600 calories at the gym... & just not eat them. For me, this has worked. But of course, it's only very temporary.

When I get to my goal weight, I will switch to eating the BMR calories for my proper size, & eating back the exercise calories. But for weight loss mode, so far, this has worked. AND I haven't struggled with starvation mode.

The people on Biggest Loser are usually severely obese. Those huge weight loss numbers are not just fat loss, it's mostly water weight. It's not healthy to eat 1200 cal/day and burn it off because at that number you are already in a deficit.

Guess I need to understand the term deficit more. Got some studying to do. Thanks all

the concept of the built in deficit at 1200 calories a day is that it takes about 1500-2500 for most people's bodies to sustain basic functions (like breathing, heart rate) and then a few hundred extra for just walking around or sitting at a desk. For me, for example, that means that it takes 2300 calories a day just to keep my body at its current weight. I eat at 1650 a day, and exercise as well. This means that i'm at 500+ calories deficit (1 pound a week) in eating, and a little extra in exercise if I do not eat those calories back. Remember - it takes 3500 calories = 1 pound. So, 500 calorie deficit under your BMR (basal metabolic rate)/TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), depending on how you calculate it, will result i 1 pound each week lost. By netting 0 calories a day, you're actually putting your body in a position where it will start cannibalizing itself and eating muscle to maintain function.