The Biggest Loser Last Night
Did anyone else watch last night? I was so annoyed with the tone that Allison Sweeney used, at the director’s instruction no doubt, when anyone lost less than 10 pounds. It was like, “Oh, you poor dear, you only lost 2 pounds this week.” Too bad they actually stayed hydrated for a change! Reading what some former contestants have said about what they put their bodies through to lose those extreme amounts of weight has left me a little wary of the shows over all message anyway. How they gain 10 pounds in a week just by drinking 64 ounces of water a day once they leave the show and such. Last week I was also annoyed that Bob thought it was great to see one of his female team memebers working out to the point of throwing up. Maybe it’s just me, don’t really think so though, but if I’m throwing up during a workout and don’t have a stomach bug, then my body is trying to tell me to back off.
For the most part, I do enjoy watching this show, but I have now put it in the leagues of all the other prime time shows - something I don’t let my children watch. There is no way I’m going to let my 4 year old daughter think that the methods used on the show are the proper way to lose weight. Obviously my daughter and son will see their Dad and I working to lose weight. My goal as their mother, though, is to give them all the tools they need to never have to lose weight. There is no quick fix as The Biggest Loser tries to imply. It is slow and steady as Ash pointed out in his blog. That is the example my kids need, not Bob, Kim and Jillian.
Great review. I think so many “reality shows” are so far out there they do not set a good example. I know about the quick fix diets I have tried in the past, but the havoc they cause on your body plus you gain the weight right back, and even more! Yoyo! Find something you can live with the rest of your life (usually trial and error)and throw in some form of exercise each day and you are set. It’s slow and you may stall out after so many pounds and need to readjust your plan, but that is REALITY. Love your attitude. Marge
i agree to some extent…I love the show, but no one in the real world has that kind of time to work out. I do wish I had a Bob or Jillian pushing me on my workout. I think that might help me when I am trying to rationalize not working out or going the extra mile I am capable of. I do believe that no child needs to be exposed to those type of things. I don’t need a young child needs to all of a sudden wonder if they are “fat”….
That is why I quit watching that show. I watched the first season and that was it. It is very motivational to watch it but what they go through to lose the weight is just unrealistic. Us average joes won’t go to those extremes and most of the people on there can’t keep up with that once they go home. To each their own I guess but to workout to the point of making yourself sick, just not healthy.
Well, you keep up what you are doing and I am sure your kids will have a great example to follow. Hope you have a great day Diane!
I like the show as well and weill keep watching it cause for some weird reason it motivates me but it pushes it way to far i think like pushing those big tires last week omg there is no way i could have even came close to doing that i would have been rolling inside of the tire..
goodluck on ur weight loss!!!
I like the show, but you are so right about it being taken to extremes. No one needs to be pushed to the point of throwing up or any other physical ailment. They want to make it look like there is no chance at loosing weight without personal trainers and we all know that isn’t true. Everyone is capable of loosing weight it just takes time there is no get thin quick magic pill (if there was i’d be on it), hard work and willpower go a long way.