The Biggest Loser

[smharris1971]

Does anyone else watch the show? It's the only "reality" show I've ever cared to watch. I enjoy watching their transformations. It is sad, however, to see the contestants getting bigger and bigger each season.

[latebloomingmom]

I used to watch this show when Jillian was still on it..not sure if she still is..but
I was always afraid that one of those really big guys ( or girls) was gonna drop dead from a heart attack.

[smharris1971]

I used to watch this show when Jillian was still on it..not sure if she still is..but
I was always afraid that one of those really big guys ( or girls) was gonna drop dead from a heart attack.

She's not on the show anymore. Too bad, I liked her.

I know! If I remember right, there have been a couple of participants that have been sent to the hospital over the years. Fortunately, they've been able to return!

[GirLInterrupted]

I used to watch it, really enjoyed watching the transformations as well. However, it is really sad to see a lot of them gain the weight back after the show.

[smharris1971]

I used to watch it, really enjoyed watching the transformations as well. However, it is really sad to see a lot of them gain the weight back after the show.

It is sad! The trainers preach to them that this is a lifestyle change. But, you have to figure that a percentage will revert back to their old habits. Just a shame that they have such a great opportunity and just throw it away!

[dazlittle]

A previous winner of biggest loser UK lives just around the corner from me, If memory serves me right he won about 4 years ago and has still kept pretty much most of the weight off. I still see him jogging past my house a couple of times a week and he even works in the health industry now teaching children about diet and exercise at school seminars.

[tsoden]

Personally I love the show. I guess the sad thing is that, they focus on a rapid weight loss to get them on track, but for most people this is not optomistic. When you see them upset on the scale after losing 5 lbs in a week... I find that pretty sad. I mean for some, a 1 to 2 lb loss in a week is FANTASTIC.


The other thing is, they do not preach well for the cardio aspect vs large people. There are paramedics on hand in case of emergencies, but the reality is, someone that large at the beginning is in GREAT DANGER of stressing their heart is they intend to go full boar into cardio rather than take a staged approach to it. I fear for those at home who may not realize this and do just that.... go full boar and putting themselves at risk....

[discdoggie]

She's not on the show anymore. Too bad, I liked her.

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Nearly every trainer I know (myself included) hates Jillian. She's an idiot. I bought "Master Your Metabolism" and bad enough it was filled with un-truths, she would even contradict herself---sometimes on the same freakin' page. What a moron. She's on The Doctors now. Seriously? The Doctors??? She's not a doctor. She's BARELY a trainer.



Bob became vegan a year or two back and now looks like he's dying of AIDS or cancer. Someone get that poor man some meat!!!!

The tennis player/model? Are you kidding me?


The new dude trainer is hot, though. He should keep his mouth SHUT and his shirt OFF.




The Biggest Loser "weeks" are not true weeks, either. The cycles from weigh-in to weigh-in are usually around 11-12 days.

The men are on 1900 cals a day and the women are on 1200. They do up to four hours of low intensity/steady-state cardio (treadmill walking, usually) per day. Those "sprints" you see, and all the strength work, tire-flipping, and iron moving? That's all acting for the camera. Very little of it is done in actuality.

[Big_Sky_Guy]

Wife and I have watched for years...wife is done with it. Even though last spring was pretty drama-less, she is just not into the drama of who stays/goes.

Jillian is a nut job. It is apparent that she sees the process more along the lines of your body is a machine, lets see what the redline is! I remember watching her train one of the Samoans, having him straddle jump onto a bench with an "X" frame. The moment I saw the setup I told Genevieve, "He's gonna roll an ankle." Sure as hell, he caught the frame and went down like a sack of potatoes! She could have easily chose a different bench or used a box, but instead chose to put her person at obvious risk. Lost most of my respect for her approach at that point.

Wife and I both read her book. Lotsa mumbo-jumbo bro-science that contradicted itself mixed with some good stuff. Just have to do your own research to know which was which.

[Amplify]

Yeah the drama is a bit much, but I do like the training. Once in a while you'll get someone who pushes themselves like a son of a bitch, and it's inspiring to watch. Sam Poueu of season 9 was one of those people.

[smharris1971]

Nearly every trainer I know (myself included) hates Jillian. She's an idiot. I bought "Mater Your Metabolism" and bad enough it was filled with un-truths, she would even contradict herself---sometimes on the same freakin' page. What a moron. She's on The Doctors now. Seriously? The Doctors??? She's not a doctor. She's BARELY a trainer.



Bob became vegan a year or two back and now looks like he's dying of AIDS or cancer. Someone get that poor man some meat!!!!

The tennis player/model? Are you kidding me?


The new dude trainer is hot, though. He should keep his mouth SHUT and his shirt OFF.




The Biggest Loser "weeks" are not true week, either. The cycles from weigh-in to weigh-in are usually around 11-12 days.

The men are on 1900 cals a day and the women are on 1200. They do up to four hours of low intensity/steady-state cardio (treadmill walking, usually) per day. Those "sprints" you see, and all the strength work, tire-flipping, and iron moving? That's all acting for the camera. Very little of it is done in actuality.

Oh don't get me wrong. I though she (Jillian) was good entertainment. Yes, I felt the same way when I saw that she was on The Doctors. Hadn't read her book, nor have any interest in it.

I like Bob, and very true he does look sickly these days.

Anna as a trainer?? I'm not buying it. She's there as a pretty face for TV.

Not sure what I think of the new guy.

[Big_Sky_Guy]

I will say that I expected TBL to use Anna as T & A and they have kept her fully dressed. Good on em for not going where everyone (I) expected em to go.

[smharris1971]

I will say that I expected TBL to use Anna as T & A and they have kept her fully dressed. Good on em for not going where everyone (I) expected em to go.

I expected the same thing. They did that several seasons back with some other hottie. Can't think of her name (not a known celeb). She only lasted the one season.

[discdoggie]

Anna as a trainer?? I'm not buying it. She's there as a pretty face for TV.

Not sure what I think of the new guy.

Also a pretty face.






The torso ain't too shabby, either!

[DaniGrrl]

I love the show - the transformations are inspiring. But I worry that people think it can be done that way in real life. Because it is a TV show and so NOT real life. I've also heard that when they talk about "one week" on the show, it is more than that in reality but the average viewer doesn't really know that, again giving people false ideas about what can be achieved. And I don't necessarily think it's healthy to be working out as much as they are. How do they not get overtrained?

I have always been a huge fan of both Bob and Jillian, but I hate when they start talking to the contestants as if they have a degree in psychology. I have Master your Metabolism and I think it needs to be taken with a grain of salt. I think there's some truths in there but also a lot of stuff that's BS. She's a big believer of no carbs at night because of hormonal crap and I took it as gospel for a while but I eat carbs every night now and haven't gained a pound. And she is so ridiculously extreme when it comes to chemicals and cleaning products, medications, etc. Sorry - I'm not giving up my birth control pills because they're excess hormones or my Clorox bathroom cleaner in favor of vinegar - you need heavy-duty stuff for that job! She also says to not go to restaurants who put your leftovers in Styromfoam. Seriously?

I had to laugh one day, though - Bob posted on his ******** page that he was craving egg whites one morning so he ate some and you should have seen the backlash from the vegans! It was comical.

Anna is a joke and I've heard she's out after this season. I don't know who was worse - Anna or Cara Castronuova(or however you spell/say it). She was horrible, too.

[GGRAY2020]

Great Show as a trainer I love the motivation it gives to people that feel it is to late great trainers well educated! They band the use of any sup with caffeine a plus for their size and starting point! I know by the RESULTS Jillian has gotten over the years that their aren't many trainers out their with her motivation skills! Outside of that I don't trust any video that she puts out as a third party wish she would do one from ground up applying her true teachings!!

[fitinidaho]

I love the show.

Not Judging the trainers.

I think they should have a show for "The Biggest Gainers" I want to see how they can transform skinnyfat people. Then I would sign up...lol.

[kimm4]

I don't watch it every week, but I did catch it last night. Apolo Ohno was on it...oh my...

[discdoggie]

I don't watch it every week, but I did catch it last night. Apolo Ohno was on it...oh my...

Speedskating.



It does a body good.

[tsoden]

I expected the same thing. They did that several seasons back with some other hottie. Can't think of her name (not a known celeb). She only lasted the one season.

that Blondie Kim for a few seasons back?? could not stand her. Eye candy maybe... but her morals for the contestants were pretty sucky.

[kimm4]

Speedskating.



It does a body good.

He just recently did a nude photo shoot for some magazine, but I can't remember which one? My sister sent me an email a while back asking me to get her the issue for xmas.

I normally like the bigger guys, but I would make an exception for him...

[jeremymatzke]

It's not the same without Jillian

[NJ77]

Jillian's face kind of looks like a snake face to me.

I have an idea to create The Biggest Gainer where extremely in-shape contestants gain as much pure fat blubber as possible in the shortest time. And for the challenges, they would need to do embarrassing things with their newly out-of-shape bodies in public like hoola hoop with their shirts off in a crowded mall.

[induced_drag]

He just recently did a nude photo shoot for some magazine, but I can't remember which one? My sister sent me an email a while back asking me to get her the issue for xmas.

I normally like the bigger guys, but I would make an exception for him...

I like that women find his body attractive.....it means there is hope for us guys with butts waaaay too big. I played hockey for 20+ years and all that skating certinally has an effect that never goes away. It came to be known as "hockey butt".....but speed skaters surly have it too.

[discdoggie]

Jillian's face kind of looks like a snake face to me.

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That's because she used to be a dude.


sorta serious.



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[GuyJin]

I have only seen a few episodes on YouTube so I can't say for sure if the trainers are that good or not. Pretty faces and bodies sell don't'cha know, so there is a sales pitch in there somewhere.

As inspiring as some of the transformations are--and even more inspiring is if they keep the weight off--one has to inject a little reality. Someone wrote that the men are on 1900 cals a day and the women are on 1200. It doesn't take a genius to figure out there will be dramatic (in many cases) weight loss when one is going from excess cals a day to a (mostly) controlled diet. These people have been eating in excess of what their baseline rate (whatever that is) is for years, so fewer calories combined with exercise will cause the weight loss. The rub is, can they keep it off? Some can and many cannot.

I also have to agree with the poster who mentioned doing strenous exercise when their bodies aren't ready for it. Many of these people are grossly overweight and if they've been sedentary all their lives, then their hearts--not to mention the rest of their internal organs--must be under a tremendous strain. Sudden bursts of activity may do more harm than good. I hope the show's producers have qualified doctors standing by, just in case. One never knows.

Overall, it's a good thing to exercise; it's a bad thing when you go about it the wrong way. Some of the trainers are nothing less than bullies, from what I've seen. Can't blame some of the participants for breaking down and crying under the browbeating. It's a tremendous psychological strain for them. Many of them have been fat all their lives and then to be on TV, being yelled at to "DO ONE MORE!" and not getting it, and THEN being embarrassed by their trainer, well, who can blame them for wanting to quit?

[DubfromGA]

Does anyone else watch the show? It's the only "reality" show I've ever cared to watch. I enjoy watching their transformations. It is sad, however, to see the contestants getting bigger and bigger each season.

I've honestly never been able to watch this show.

My reasons were that I simply couldn't handle it. The show was too real for me in that it was a direct reminder that I could certainly be on there and that should certainly do something about my state.

I took advancing from the "should" do something to the "must" do something before I kicked my arse into gear.

Watching it today reminds me of how sick my thinking and my body were.

I wish to focus on where I'm headed not where I was.


In time, though, I'm sure I'll be able to watch it without an overpowering feeling of self anger. In time.



There are some truly brave folks on there.

[tsoden]

I've honestly never been able to watch this show.

My reasons were that I simply couldn't handle it. The show was too real for me in that it was a direct reminder that I could certainly be on there and that should certainly do something about my state.

I took advancing from the "should" do something to the "must" do something before I kicked my arse into gear.

Watching it today reminds me of how sick my thinking and my body were.

I wish to focus on where I'm headed not where I was.


In time, though, I'm sure I'll be able to watch it without an overpowering feeling of self anger. In time.



There are some truly brave folks on there.

For all it's faults, I still think this show is a good motivator.

[StressMonkey]

I'm a total sucker for shows where people have fitness transformations.

Yeah the drama is a bit much, but I do like the training. Once in a while you'll get someone who pushes themselves like a son of a bitch, and it's inspiring to watch. Sam Poueu of season 9 was one of those people.

Agreed. Tara was my all time favorite. It was just awesome watching her dominate the competitions (especially the one where they were pulling cars). I read that she just was selected as a spokesperson for a gym chain. Good for her.

Did you know that Sam was critically injured this year?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/19/showbi...ppl/index.html

[Big_Sky_Guy]

Dub- glad you made the changes!

I was headed to 235 and ~ 50% BF about 15 years ago. I have stretch marks on my spare tire!

I still am an emotional eater and do best when I keep my stress levels in check and I work out no matter what. Good luck on your journey!