Could you do The Biggest Loser Program? - Page 2

CurlsNCuffs · 09-22-2008, 06:51 PM

I couldn't do it - wouldn't want to do it!

I don't think I would like/enjoy exercise to that extreme - I like my workouts right now....makes me feel good. Don't think that would.

Gladsome · 09-22-2008, 07:14 PM

I'd love to have a trainer...
However, I wouldn't be able to go on national television and step on a scale!
If I could only eat 1200 calories and had to burn 4000

They would have to put me in a wheel-barrow and prop me up for the shows!!!!!

Atkins works fine for me.

oobladee · 09-22-2008, 07:27 PM

Sure, I could do it. At that ranch with no job, housework, etc. I dream of being able to work out like that for days on end. I know for me when I am working that hard, my hunger is extremely depressed. I'd love to see how a lifestyle like that would affect my stubborn gut.

I find it fascinating that some people still do not lose all that fast, even under such extreme circumstances. Shows to go ya that the same old formula stuff does not work in some folks.

Like some have said I am underwhelmed at the media message, yet again, that says it has to be fast, quick, now.

Not real sure that the lessons learned will stick over time for these folks. I was reading about one ex-BL who works out 4 hours a day to maintain...come now, how likely is that for most mid-income folks?

LCShadows · 09-22-2008, 09:56 PM

I had a chance to meet Poppy (from the year they did States). She said they exercised 4-6 hours a day. It was cardio and weights, but most of it was interval training (mixing cardio with weights).

Every time I've seen that show I think, "Man, I don't want to see their knees when they hit their 40s and 50s." Great way to support your local knee replacement surgeon.

cleochatra · 09-22-2008, 10:02 PM

The show makes me mad because they show obese people as quivering globs of molten fatness in front of chocolate fountains. It makes us all look like ridiculously out of control adipose-laden lamers with no minds of our own.

berries&cream · 09-22-2008, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by LCShadows

Every time I've seen that show I think, "Man, I don't want to see their knees when they hit their 40s and 50s." Great way to support your local knee replacement surgeon.

I was actually thinking that would be my biggest problem with trying to do the competition. Not being tired but just being injured. My ankles can only take so much, and my knees would certainly rebel. They must have been doing mostly easy on the joint exercises? I just can't see someone who weighs 300 pounds pounding their feet on the ground for 4 hours a day and not needing surgery on day one.

TaDa! · 09-23-2008, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by cleochatra

The show makes me mad because they show obese people as quivering globs of molten fatness in front of chocolate fountains. It makes us all look like ridiculously out of control adipose-laden lamers with no minds of our own.

That is right on!! And have you all noticed how at the begining of the show, the ladies are in sports bras and spandex so that they look humiliatingly awful .. and at the end, they have them in tops that cover the belly and suit their figure??!! and the men bare-chested at the beginning, but covered up at the end ... I cannot tell you how angry that makes me. I really feel like those people are humiliated publicly for media "Wow" factor. Gross.

AllieCat0817 · 09-23-2008, 06:21 AM

No I couldnt or wouldnt. Its unrealistic and drastic and not necessary. Thank God for Atkins!!

Alison Jean 71 · 09-23-2008, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by TaDa!

That is right on!! And have you all noticed how at the begining of the show, the ladies are in sports bras and spandex so that they look humiliatingly awful .. and at the end, they have them in tops that cover the belly and suit their figure??!! and the men bare-chested at the beginning, but covered up at the end ... I cannot tell you how angry that makes me. I really feel like those people are humiliated publicly for media "Wow" factor. Gross.

Exactly - and for those reasons I just will not watch it. It is degrading - yes the contestants know it and still sign up for it but I cannot handle the humiliation they are put through.

AllieCat0817 · 09-23-2008, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Alison Jean 71

Exactly - and for those reasons I just will not watch it. It is degrading - yes the contestants know it and still sign up for it but I cannot handle the humiliation they are put through.

Then you really couldnt watch it this season. Jillian treats them like DAWGS this season, very theatrical and overly mean. I mean it. But Im still watchin.

cleochatra · 09-23-2008, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TaDa!

That is right on!! And have you all noticed how at the begining of the show, the ladies are in sports bras and spandex so that they look humiliatingly awful .. and at the end, they have them in tops that cover the belly and suit their figure??!! and the men bare-chested at the beginning, but covered up at the end ... I cannot tell you how angry that makes me. I really feel like those people are humiliated publicly for media "Wow" factor. Gross.

I agree. I guess they have to make the obese look absolutely dysfunctional and anti-fashion in order to fully 'transform' them. They take these people, use them up, get their ratings and then toss them out into the world on their own under sets of circumstances where you just can't exercise for hours a day and have food monitored, let alone the added pressure from lack of competition or support that drives many to continue to accomplish their goals.

Sleepy · 09-23-2008, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by TaDa!

That is right on!! And have you all noticed how at the begining of the show, the ladies are in sports bras and spandex so that they look humiliatingly awful .. and at the end, they have them in tops that cover the belly and suit their figure??!! and the men bare-chested at the beginning, but covered up at the end ... I cannot tell you how angry that makes me. I really feel like those people are humiliated publicly for media "Wow" factor. Gross.

and did you notice after the show most of these people go on to the health profession or are going on tours giving speechs and pep talks to people. sorry but you did this on a show, congrats on your weight loss but working out 8 hours a day, eating a supervised diet does not make you an expert on anything....anyone could lose weight that way

LoserMom77 · 09-23-2008, 08:37 AM

I also dislike the show. It's just the networks using people's eating disorders for their own benefit...and I just don't think it will be sustained by most...or even could be sustained. It offers little in the way of advice to help the overweight public...because of that, it becomes little more than "let's watch the fatty" entertainment. I'll skip it.

Tiffany2288 · 09-23-2008, 08:44 AM

They workout for 6-8 hours a day but only tell the public that is 5 hours a day. I am friends with Bill who won two seasons ago and he also said that they have one cheat day a week. It's sunday and they can eat whatever they want, they don't tell the public that either. It shakes up their metabolisms and they fell sluggish, bloated and crappy afterwards so they are desperately looking forward to eating healhty at their next meal.

Not every contestant partakes in the cheat day, some chose to skip...Bill did and won.

They also do the weigh-ins in the am on an empty stomach but don't tell the contestants what their numbers are....they then come back at night to film the "weigh in" again and their weight has been progammed in from earlier that day.

They are heavily supervised by doctors, trainers and sports rehab docs daily.

I am a HUGE fan of the show and love to watch it for motivation. I wish I could have Jillian as my trainer!

Tiffany2288 · 09-23-2008, 08:46 AM

Check out their transformation.....they did an amazing job!
Weight Loss Twins - Bill & Jim Germanakos Homepage.
BIll won the grand prize and Jim won the take home prize.

JerseyGirl1969 · 09-23-2008, 08:53 AM

Yes, they look great. I have tried the concept of cheat day and find it just brings me back to square one for the whole month.

AllieCat0817 · 09-23-2008, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Tiffany2288

I wish I could have Jillian as my trainer!

As evil as she is this season? All for theatrics' purposes? Ugh.

Tiffany2288 · 09-23-2008, 09:46 AM

Yes, I have always liked a boot camp mean trainer. I did gymnastics for 12 years as a child and consistently came home complaining my coaches were too easy. I would probably do really well in the military cause I like that mentality.

I have a friend trains me now and he sucks, he is too nice and lets me slack off....but he is free! I told him that he needs to watch The BIggest Loser and train me like Jillian does.....he hasn't

LoraJR72 · 09-23-2008, 10:22 AM

We have one of those hard a$$ trainers at my gym. He has clients lifting kettle bells, walking around with a giant weighted sled, boxing, jump roping, lots of football moves. I get tired just looking at them.

JerseyGirl1969 · 09-23-2008, 10:42 AM

You can train hard without your trainer being a complete a--hole during the session. I get all out of my trainer as described above. She works me as hard as Jillian, but is way nicer.

Margot 65 · 09-23-2008, 10:46 AM

BTW, The Australian Biggest Loser Season 1's Winner Adro, lost his weight eating low carb/high protein. But you never heard that mentioned on the show.

amiga74 · 09-23-2008, 11:59 AM

after watching the premier on youtube:
i would love to have the oppty to workout with a trainer like the Biggest Loser folks do for months on end. these folks are really, really, really lucky and fortunate.

i love to work out, so when i see them whining and grumbling, i get kinda angry!

NurseMonkee · 09-23-2008, 12:04 PM

I could do it if I was on the show and had no responsibilities. Nutrition and exercise could just be my life! LOL.

Not sure I could do it at home, well, at least not at that intensity and pace.

I wouldn't mind Jillian as my trainer even if she is a B----.

AllieCat0817 · 09-23-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseyGirl1969

You can train hard without your trainer being a complete a--hole during the session. I get all out of my trainer as described above. She works me as hard as Jillian, but is way nicer.

There you go. Personally if I were on the show, I'd slap the heffa.

flatferenghi · 09-23-2008, 01:16 PM

but I know i could not do a fraction of the physical activity they do. I congratulate them all in that department. So the answer is NO!!! Love & Profits: FLATFERENGHI

JerseyGirl1969 · 09-23-2008, 01:19 PM

Ferenghi, yes you could. it's all about how/what you build up to. They work up to their abilities, not get dumped into high intensity and advanced moves right off the bat.

claire26 · 09-23-2008, 01:20 PM

I wouldn't because I know exactly what would happen. I'd go on, lose it all super quickly, then as soon as I was out of there I'd gain it all back even faster because I lost it too fast and I ate carbs! Then I'd have giant stretch marks and feel awful and there would be ugly photos of me in the "where are they now" sections of the tabloids.

I think it's just cruel what they do to those contestants. The thing is before I found this WOE I used to wish I could go on there. I was so desperate to find a solution back then. Thank goodness I found Dr. A and this board!! I much prefer it this way!

myanv · 09-23-2008, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by AllieCat0817

There you go. Personally if I were on the show, I'd slap the heffa.

LOL i'm with you. I am just not the type that gets motivated by being yelled at.

09-23-2008, 09:46 AM	#48
Tiffany2288 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NYC/NJ Posts: 1,057 Gallery: Tiffany2288 Stats: 149/129/118 5'4 WOE: Atkins 72 Start Date: Aug 15th 2008	Yes, I have always liked a boot camp mean trainer. I did gymnastics for 12 years as a child and consistently came home complaining my coaches were too easy. I would probably do really well in the military cause I like that mentality. I have a friend trains me now and he sucks, he is too nice and lets me slack off....but he is free! I told him that he needs to watch The BIggest Loser and train me like Jillian does.....he hasn't Last edited by Tiffany2288 : 09-23-2008 at 09:53 AM.

09-23-2008, 01:16 PM	#55
flatferenghi MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,274 Gallery: flatferenghi	i haven't watched it lately. but I know i could not do a fraction of the physical activity they do. I congratulate them all in that department. So the answer is NO!!! Love & Profits: FLATFERENGHI

09-23-2008, 01:20 PM	#57
claire26 Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 182 Gallery: claire26 Stats: 203/178/132 WOE: Atkins Induction Start Date: May 2008	I wouldn't because I know exactly what would happen. I'd go on, lose it all super quickly, then as soon as I was out of there I'd gain it all back even faster because I lost it too fast and I ate carbs! Then I'd have giant stretch marks and feel awful and there would be ugly photos of me in the "where are they now" sections of the tabloids. I think it's just cruel what they do to those contestants. The thing is before I found this WOE I used to wish I could go on there. I was so desperate to find a solution back then. Thank goodness I found Dr. A and this board!! I much prefer it this way! __________________ 203 202 201 200 199 198 197 196 195 194 193 192 191 190 189 188 187 186 185 184 183 182 181 180 179 178 177 176 175 174 173 172 171 170 169 168 167 166 165 164 163 162 161 160 159 158 157 156 155 154 153 152 151 150 149 148 147 146 145 144 143 142 141 140 139 138 137 136 136 134 133 132!!! Here's my new blog: thinhotandhealthy.com

09-22-2008, 06:51 PM	#31
CurlsNCuffs MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,329 Gallery: CurlsNCuffs Stats: 240/147/125 WOE: Atkins Start Date: April 2, 2003	I couldn't do it - wouldn't want to do it! I don't think I would like/enjoy exercise to that extreme - I like my workouts right now....makes me feel good. Don't think that would.

09-22-2008, 07:14 PM	#32
Gladsome Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 544 Gallery: Gladsome Stats: 198/167/155 5'5" WOE: Atkins Start Date: 4/3/08	I'd love to have a trainer... However, I wouldn't be able to go on national television and step on a scale! If I could only eat 1200 calories and had to burn 4000 They would have to put me in a wheel-barrow and prop me up for the shows!!!!! Atkins works fine for me.

09-22-2008, 07:27 PM	#33
oobladee Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Far North, Cali Posts: 324 Gallery: oobladee Stats: Top BMI: 37; Currently: 30-31 WOE: Moderate fat & cals/hi protein/low carb Start Date: March 2006	Sure, I could do it. At that ranch with no job, housework, etc. I dream of being able to work out like that for days on end. I know for me when I am working that hard, my hunger is extremely depressed. I'd love to see how a lifestyle like that would affect my stubborn gut. I find it fascinating that some people still do not lose all that fast, even under such extreme circumstances. Shows to go ya that the same old formula stuff does not work in some folks. Like some have said I am underwhelmed at the media message, yet again, that says it has to be fast, quick, now. Not real sure that the lessons learned will stick over time for these folks. I was reading about one ex-BL who works out 4 hours a day to maintain...come now, how likely is that for most mid-income folks?

09-22-2008, 09:56 PM	#34
LCShadows Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 254 Gallery: LCShadows Stats: Highest: 349; Started LC 307.5/CW 294.5/Goal 120 WOE: Atkins72 whole foods Start Date: CS: Jan. 2008; Sugarfree July 4th; LC 7/11/08	I had a chance to meet Poppy (from the year they did States). She said they exercised 4-6 hours a day. It was cardio and weights, but most of it was interval training (mixing cardio with weights). Every time I've seen that show I think, "Man, I don't want to see their knees when they hit their 40s and 50s." Great way to support your local knee replacement surgeon.

09-22-2008, 10:02 PM	#35
cleochatra Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 7,847 Gallery: cleochatra Stats: 350/264/125 WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 1, 2008	The show makes me mad because they show obese people as quivering globs of molten fatness in front of chocolate fountains. It makes us all look like ridiculously out of control adipose-laden lamers with no minds of our own.

09-23-2008, 06:21 AM	#38
AllieCat0817 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Southeastern Coastal SC Posts: 11,738 Gallery: AllieCat0817 Stats: 213.5/133.5/140 WOE: Atkins Maintenance Start Date: 5/23/03	No I couldnt or wouldnt. Its unrealistic and drastic and not necessary. Thank God for Atkins!!

09-23-2008, 08:37 AM	#43
LoserMom77 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mississippi Coast Posts: 30 Gallery: LoserMom77 WOE: Atkins Start Date: September 22, 2008	I also dislike the show. It's just the networks using people's eating disorders for their own benefit...and I just don't think it will be sustained by most...or even could be sustained. It offers little in the way of advice to help the overweight public...because of that, it becomes little more than "let's watch the fatty" entertainment. I'll skip it.

09-23-2008, 08:44 AM	#44
Tiffany2288 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NYC/NJ Posts: 1,057 Gallery: Tiffany2288 Stats: 149/129/118 5'4 WOE: Atkins 72 Start Date: Aug 15th 2008	They workout for 6-8 hours a day but only tell the public that is 5 hours a day. I am friends with Bill who won two seasons ago and he also said that they have one cheat day a week. It's sunday and they can eat whatever they want, they don't tell the public that either. It shakes up their metabolisms and they fell sluggish, bloated and crappy afterwards so they are desperately looking forward to eating healhty at their next meal. Not every contestant partakes in the cheat day, some chose to skip...Bill did and won. They also do the weigh-ins in the am on an empty stomach but don't tell the contestants what their numbers are....they then come back at night to film the "weigh in" again and their weight has been progammed in from earlier that day. They are heavily supervised by doctors, trainers and sports rehab docs daily. I am a HUGE fan of the show and love to watch it for motivation. I wish I could have Jillian as my trainer!

09-23-2008, 08:46 AM	#45
Tiffany2288 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NYC/NJ Posts: 1,057 Gallery: Tiffany2288 Stats: 149/129/118 5'4 WOE: Atkins 72 Start Date: Aug 15th 2008	Check out their transformation.....they did an amazing job! Weight Loss Twins - Bill & Jim Germanakos Homepage. BIll won the grand prize and Jim won the take home prize.

09-23-2008, 08:53 AM	#46
JerseyGirl1969 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,399 Gallery: JerseyGirl1969	Yes, they look great. I have tried the concept of cheat day and find it just brings me back to square one for the whole month.

09-23-2008, 10:22 AM	#49
LoraJR72 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Over the river and through the woods... Posts: 4,418 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: LoraJR72 Stats: 186/132/127 - 5'6" WOE: Egg/Protein Fast Rotation Start Date: October 20, 2008	We have one of those hard a$$ trainers at my gym. He has clients lifting kettle bells, walking around with a giant weighted sled, boxing, jump roping, lots of football moves. I get tired just looking at them.

09-23-2008, 10:42 AM	#50
JerseyGirl1969 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,399 Gallery: JerseyGirl1969	You can train hard without your trainer being a complete a--hole during the session. I get all out of my trainer as described above. She works me as hard as Jillian, but is way nicer.

09-23-2008, 10:46 AM	#51
Margot 65 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Eh! Posts: 3,148 Gallery: Margot 65 Stats: 210/167/TBD WOE: Hi Fat/Low Carb & Grain Free Start Date: March 2008 (after pregnancy gain)	BTW, The Australian Biggest Loser Season 1's Winner Adro, lost his weight eating low carb/high protein. But you never heard that mentioned on the show.

09-23-2008, 11:59 AM	#52
amiga74 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: austin Posts: 1,696 Gallery: amiga74 Stats: 150/140/135 - 5'7.5 WOE: super-slow via moderation/organic	after watching the premier on youtube: i would love to have the oppty to workout with a trainer like the Biggest Loser folks do for months on end. these folks are really, really, really lucky and fortunate. i love to work out, so when i see them whining and grumbling, i get kinda angry!

09-23-2008, 12:04 PM	#53
NurseMonkee Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 347 Gallery: NurseMonkee WOE: Lower Carb Start Date: 7/13/08	I could do it if I was on the show and had no responsibilities. Nutrition and exercise could just be my life! LOL. Not sure I could do it at home, well, at least not at that intensity and pace. I wouldn't mind Jillian as my trainer even if she is a B----.

09-23-2008, 01:19 PM	#56
JerseyGirl1969 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,399 Gallery: JerseyGirl1969	Ferenghi, yes you could. it's all about how/what you build up to. They work up to their abilities, not get dumped into high intensity and advanced moves right off the bat.