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I watched the Biggest Loser the other night
I think that the show inspires people on many levels but I have a real problem with the message it sends regarding the amount of weight one should expect to lose in a week.
When you watch the weigh-ins on that show you see people in tears if they lose only 5 pounds in a week. That is ridiculous, and for most people it's about 3 pounds more than they should have lost for that week. Granted, we're dealing with the super obese on that show and the super obese have the potential to drop a tremendous amount of water weight over the first few weeks. So, for the contestants on the show it's reasonable to lose those big numbers initially. But they NEVER mention that joe blow who is 50 pounds overweight should not expect nor desire such numbers. IMO, they like the big numbers so they can sell their books. Their program is solid, but they need to be more honest about what healthy weight loss normally looks like. |
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What they don't tell people (aside from the blog websites) is these contestants work out.... 6 hours/day.
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Their site nutritionist stated you should expect to lose up to 1% of your body weight each week. If you lose more you're not eating enough calories.
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I think they need to have a male and a female winner because women are just not meant to lose weight as fast and easily as men.
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That's another observation I had. I know they go by percentage, but they've never had a female winner and I doubt they ever will with the current format.
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I agree. My wife has been working out and doing this diet with me and she hasn't lost 10 pounds yet. But it also didn't help her that she got the week long flu last week. But she still tried to eat right. She is always telling me if I can be married to a fat blob while I'm skinny.
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