The biggest loser finale

[Wulfgar]

Pretty incredible. At 48 years old the winner went from 257 lbs to 117 in 24 weeks.

I own a personal training business. All day every day of my life it seems I hear people complaining that it is soooooo hard to lose 5,10,15, 20+ lbs. And these are young active people who have a history of exercise.

I have decided I am going to tell all my trainers and my personal clientele that they have to watch the biggest loser for motivation. If these people can go from obese blobs of shit to less than half their original bodyweight in 6 months there is NO EXCUSE good enough to me why every fucking person in the world cannot achieve their fitness goals..


Anyhow. Just wanted to say Kudos to all the peeps on that show who stayed the course and transformed their lives for the better and set an example to all the fat lazy fucktard Americans out there killing themselves and their children. proving to the world we are so fucked up we cant even control what we stuff our faces with that it CAN and should be done. That people can take responsibility for something important in their lives.


ok. I am off my soap box.

 

[PICK3]

you're fat

 

[SoKlueles]

I love that show

 

[Smurfy]

That's too much weight loss in too little amount of time though. I wonder is they starve those people or make them take unhealthy amounts of fat burning supps/

 

[ortiz34]

the easiest part is taking it off

I went from 270+ to 155lbs in under a year

It comes back, that's the tough part. Keeping it off for 10 years+

 

[Smurfy]

the easiest part is taking it off

I went from 270+ to 155lbs in under a year

It comes back, that's the tough part. Keeping it off for 10 years+

yep I did something similar and yes, the harder part is keeping it off. when you go at it, the weight just melts off when youre fat. it really does

 

[stosstruppe]

Ya as others said, taking it off is relatively easy, keeping it off is a whole different ball game.

 

[ponyfitness]

I would like to see them do a show on 1 year later with ALL the contestants and see how many of them gained some/all of the weight back.

Also, you have to realize that these people on the show work out for 3-4 hours per day on average, have all their healthy food available at all times, full support system and they don't have to worry about things like work and family. It is not a realistic view of the weight loss process for the average person AT ALL.

I give them great props for doing it - however it has been proven that for the finale the winners have gone to extreme measures including dangerous supplements.

 

[Sub-Zero]

dont you keep it off by continuing to excersise and eat right? that seems easy enough,

id agree with wulfgar, the hardest part is getting your fat ass up and having everyone laugh at you on your way to the gym. once ur lean and ripped then u can look forward to the gym and continue eating right cause u see it works. keeping it off is easy

 

[jnevin]

Yeah the show is unrealistic if some obese person at home is thinking they can do the same thing in the same amount of time, but it's still pretty inspirational.

Plus, I want to bang the trainer. The female one. The female one with bobos.

 

[Smurfy]

dont you keep it off by continuing to excersise and eat right? that seems easy enough,

id agree with wulfgar, the hardest part is getting your fat ass up and having everyone laugh at you on your way to the gym. once ur lean and ripped then u can look forward to the gym and continue eating right cause u see it works. keeping it off is easy

anyone who has lost a significant amount of weight will tell you that keeping it off is indeed the most difficult part. just sayin

 

[jnevin]

I see a bunch of former fatties making excuses for being born again fatties in here.

 

[eliteandy]

dont you keep it off by continuing to excersise and eat right? that seems easy enough,

id agree with wulfgar, the hardest part is getting your fat ass up and having everyone laugh at you on your way to the gym. once ur lean and ripped then u can look forward to the gym and continue eating right cause u see it works. keeping it off is easy

Thats what i did. I wouldnt say keeping it off is easy but its easier. Ive never went back over 200 since i dropped below it. Even during the winter eating like shit.

 

[ortiz34]

Yeah the show is unrealistic if some obese person at home is thinking they can do the same thing in the same amount of time, but it's still pretty inspirational.

Plus, I want to bang the trainer. The female one. The female one with bobos.

I was watching it and thinking of you ex
She's def more ripped
I'm 50/50 on her face
Kinda like a horse

 

[eliteandy]

Yeah the show is unrealistic if some obese person at home is thinking they can do the same thing in the same amount of time, but it's still pretty inspirational.

Plus, I want to bang the trainer. The female one. The female one with bobos.

She's pretty manly bro

 

[jnevin]

I was watching it and thinking of you ex
She's def more ripped
I'm 50/50 on her face
Kinda like a horse

Yeah her face is kind of meh, but she's also got that exotic look, so that makes it less meh. She's a ripped brunette. Jnev like.

 

[Bikini Mod]

I dunno, this will sound REALLY SIMPLE, but you just don't buy any clothing that is bigger than what I have in the closet - period.

As soon as your clothing gets tight, you either cut back on the desert/alcohol and/or add the cardio back into your training. Has worked for me for over 12 years.

Also try to keep your clothing style somewhat body-conscious (ie - tight fitting) as opposed to really loose fitting stuff that doesn't show your body. This way you are always physically reminded of how you look/feel.

Again, simple shit but works.

 

[Bikini Mod]

As for the show, I've only watched it a handfull of times and some of the trainers are awesome and some SUCK ASS asking their older, horribly out of shape clients to perform movements that someone who was much younger and in GOOD shape would have difficulty doing. As a former personal trainer myself, shit like that IRKS ME.

 

[Smurfy]

I see a bunch of former fatties making excuses for being born again fatties in here.

definitely not making excuses. just saying its not EASY.

 

[ponyfitness]

As for the show, I've only watched it a handfull of times and some of the trainers are awesome and some SUCK ASS asking their older, horribly out of shape clients to perform movements that someone who was much younger and in GOOD shape would have difficulty doing. As a former personal trainer myself, shit like that IRKS ME.

They got in trouble a couple of seasons ago because 1/2 the participants got injured while they were training due to doing crap they had no business doing like jumping and running.

 

[Bikini Mod]

They got in trouble a couple of seasons ago because 1/2 the participants got injured while they were training due to doing crap they had no business doing like jumping and running.

I see crap like that all the time in the gym. One would think that a nationally televised program such as this would have a budget big enough that they would only hire QUALIFIED fitness professionals, peeps who understand how fragile an out of shape (especially someone that is over the age of 30) body can be, how easily they can do injury to themselves.

Beating THE CRAP out of a client is not only negligent, but irresponsible IMHO.

I think THE WORST example of this I ever saw in the gym was a man who I guesstimate to be mid 40's to mid 50's with typical corporate bod - skinny legs and arms, big hard belly (looked like maybe the guy could have played football in high school), asked to JUMP UP on a platform elevated by 4/5 risers and land on the BALLS OF HIS FEET, his heels hanging off of the edge of the platform, then have him hop back down.

I was like - YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUKKIN KIDDIN ME! I would never ask ANYONE to perform this movement. What could the benefit possibly be that it would outweigh the obvious risk of serious injury?!?!

On the TV program in question it was where they asked a 40 something guy who had an old knee injury and was 50 to 100 pounds overweight, sedentary for near the last 20 years to complete an obstacle course that was mandatory for firefighters to complete in order to pass muster to apply for the job. I was like, "WTF IS THAT TRAINER THINKING?!?!"

I genuinely feel sorry for people who are doing what they think is best by paying for the gym membership, trainer and near starving themselves to death all in desperate attempts to regain their health and fitness.

 

[musclemom]

Keeping off a large amount of weight lost is harder than losing it, particularly if you've been extremely overweight to obese from the time you were a child. Crash diets work just fine, until they're over. It's maintenance that's a problem and this is all the more true when you lose upwards of 30% of your body weight in three months. How much of the weight those people are losing is muscle mass? How many of them have gained back some, all or even more than they lost within five years? What good is that?!

Why do those people want to stay on that ranch? Because they've got a personal trainer pushing them to work out 4+ hours a day, and they have their meals monitored and set out for them. Not a lot of people who can manage that kind of discipline in real life.

Google "the truth about the biggest loser." People starve themselves, dehydrate themselves, do whatever they need to do to make that weight and win that money. They gain a bunch of it back immediately. Sure, it's inspirational, but completely unrealistic and sets people up for unreasonable goals, i.e., if I don't lose at least 8 to 10 lbs a week then I'm doing something wrong, when a normal, healthy, maintainable weight loss is really 1 to 2 lbs a week.

 

[Bikini Mod]

Keeping off a large amount of weight lost is harder than losing it, particularly if you've been extremely overweight to obese from the time you were a child. Crash diets work just fine, until they're over. It's maintenance that's a problem and this is all the more true when you lose upwards of 30% of your body weight in three months. How much of the weight those people are losing is muscle mass? How many of them have gained back some, all or even more than they lost within five years? What good is that?!

Why do those people want to stay on that ranch? Because they've got a personal trainer pushing them to work out 4+ hours a day, and they have their meals monitored and set out for them. Not a lot of people who can manage that kind of discipline in real life.

Google "the truth about the biggest loser." People starve themselves, dehydrate themselves, do whatever they need to do to make that weight and win that money. They gain a bunch of it back immediately. Sure, it's inspirational, but completely unrealistic and sets people up for unreasonable goals, i.e., if I don't lose at least 8 to 10 lbs a week then I'm doing something wrong, when a normal, healthy, maintainable weight loss is really 1 to 2 lbs a week.

^^^ What she said.

I would like to see a "Biggest Loser Reunion Show". I want to see how many of these people kept the weight off (within 10 pounds) and how many people have continued to increase their level of health and wellness once they had put themselves on the path to enlightenment.

 

[Wulfgar]

i think they bring back the people sometimes. like 1/2 have kept the weight off. The other half have put some back. and like m1 is fatter than when he started


All I am saying is that at least the show motivates people. People need something to forklift themselves out of thier houses and away from the fridge.

 

[jnevin]

Keeping off a large amount of weight lost is harder than losing it, particularly if you've been extremely overweight to obese from the time you were a child. Crash diets work just fine, until they're over. It's maintenance that's a problem and this is all the more true when you lose upwards of 30% of your body weight in three months. How much of the weight those people are losing is muscle mass? How many of them have gained back some, all or even more than they lost within five years? What good is that?!

Why do those people want to stay on that ranch? Because they've got a personal trainer pushing them to work out 4+ hours a day, and they have their meals monitored and set out for them. Not a lot of people who can manage that kind of discipline in real life.

Google "the truth about the biggest loser." People starve themselves, dehydrate themselves, do whatever they need to do to make that weight and win that money. They gain a bunch of it back immediately. Sure, it's inspirational, but completely unrealistic and sets people up for unreasonable goals, i.e., if I don't lose at least 8 to 10 lbs a week then I'm doing something wrong, when a normal, healthy, maintainable weight loss is really 1 to 2 lbs a week.

lol @ how much muscle they're losing. It's not like these people are ex linemen that got fat. They're a step above shut-ins.

 

[musclemom]

i think they bring back the people sometimes. like 1/2 have kept the weight off. The other half have put some back. and like m1 is fatter than when he started


All I am saying is that at least the show motivates people. People need something to forklift themselves out of thier houses and away from the fridge.

I'm not arguing with you, Wulf, but I'm also saying it's just not that simple. For some people food is like booze or drugs or sex or gambling, it's how they respond to life stressors. They need to learn proper nutrition, absolutely, and everyone needs to develop the habit of daily exercise, but saying "just stop overeating" is looking at the problem from too simplistic of a perspective. They need different coping skills because, unlike the gambler, the alcoholic, the drug addict, the sex addict, or the cigarette smoking, they can't just quit eating.

And I really do think showing people losing 10 or more pounds a week is disheartening as hell to someone who is just embarking on weight loss.

 

[Wulfgar]

I totally agree. the show is to the nth degree and sets people on their own up for failure if they aspire to those unrealistic numbers without being in a similar situation.

The gradient approach always works best. But people tend to need a hard kick in the ass even to begin that.

 

[musclemom]

I totally agree. the show is to the nth degree and sets people on their own up for failure if they aspire to those unrealistic numbers without being in a similar situation.

I think that's what bugs me the most. They print the disclaimer about consulting a physician before starting a weight control program but not word one about how dropping that much weight is virtually impossible for the vast majority of people.

 

[Bikini Mod]

From Wikipedia about Season 2 of the show (dunno if this is indicative of ALL the seasons, tho)

[edit] Did They Keep the Weight Off?
Prior to the start of season four, a special episode was shown revisiting past contestants to see if they kept the weight off. Only Pete was weighed, but Matt and Suzy appeared in a video clip. Matt and Suzy are now married and have two children.[2]

Although, like everyone else featured except Season One's Andrea, most had gained weight since his finale; Pete was the only one to take his shirt off to show that he had kept up his muscular tone. Weighing in at 241 pounds, he had gained 25 pounds since the end of Season Two.[3]

 

[monteman]

My wife and I watched the whole season. Hey it's better than some of the other garbage on television! The contestants are no doubt under supervision and in a controlled environment... blah blah blah. But none the less, they actually do the work and lose the weight. There's something to be said about that in my book!

We really liked Mike and Tara. I wanted Tara to win and wifey wanted Mike to win. I really hope Mike can help his brother soon and I'd love to hear an update on him!

As for Helen... I think she threw her daughter under a truck earlier in the season when she let her daughter home so that she could stay, very selfish on Helen's part. Did you see her daughter in the finale? She still had some weight to lose imho. I'm a new parent and I'd do anything possible to help my kid out in that situation... even if it meant going home.


other thoughts:

Tara is a hottie now! I'd love to hear what she's doing now and see some present day pics.

They really do drag things out and make it boring.

I hate the product promos during the season!

Jilian (the female trainer) is freakin hot too!