does anyone watch this show? i started watching it this seaon. i wish i had a trainer like they do. they really push them, like i would like to be pushed. i might look into hiring a trainer. does anyone on here have one, and if so how much is it?

jason r

jason,

not only would you need a trainer to get the results you see in the show, but you would also need not to work or have anything else to do except exercise. They work out 3-4 times per day, plus keeping physically busy the rest of the time.

And you will need a personal chef..

The thought of me being on national tv in my sports bra while being weighed makes me want to go out and run about 5 miles!

I would absolutely love to be on that show....if all you could do was work out and eat health bc you didnt have a choice and bc you had access to a fab trainer...man the weight I could lose :thumbup:

I would love to know what the first show as about as we had HURRICANE damage in INDIANA and lost power from Sunday through Wednesday night! That is one of the few shows I try not to miss (TiVo). For me, it is motivating to watch.

I think a personal trainer is a great idea if you can afford one...or my YMCA does a free 12-week program with a trainer for a new membership.

~~anne

I love the show and have watched it from the first season. I could never do what they do, pushed or not, but hope to be able to do some of that soon. It has all ways been an inspiration for me and now with my band, maybe it will be more of one. Glad they have the original trainers on.

And you will need a personal chef..

The thought of me being on national tv in my sports bra while being weighed makes me want to go out and run about 5 miles!

I agree ... I can't believe they make those people stand up there so naked for the weigh ins! At the end, when they have lost weight, the women wear tank tops, not the sports bras like they wear at the beginning.

That seems cruel to me!

I watch it for motivation to get off my butt and move!

I found by accident today online with BOB doing 5 min. office workout. I love some of the things I seen him doing and talking about. Now this is not the same as working out with him like in the Biggest Looser, but it fun and quick. he tells and shows you how to target the harder parts of your body. 5 minute office workout...I bookmarked it so I wouldn't loose it.

The linl didn't work for me, all I got was a smiley do steps/ As for the show love it. If you go to www.nbc.com and then biggest loser you can watch week 1. I managed to miss it as well. I look at the ladies who weigh around my weight and think omg, I didn't know I looked that bad. I mean I'm short and its not to often I run into shorter females under 89. But I love the showm I get so into it its crazy. My hubbys been watching it with me the last couple of seasons and now that hes doing the 1200 calorie diet with me the show last week seemed even better. When I look at my eliptical I know I'll never work out like they do but I will get there. Oh, and NO there is no way I could stand there in front od the world in a sports bra and shorts on a scale. I don't even want to put my hubby through that. Ughhhhhh. I think its great though that they can do it

To answer the ops question. I pay $40.00 per hour for my trainer.

Hey, Saundra, THANKS! I just finished watching week 1. Will they have week two up at some point?

I've always relied on my TiVo to make sure I didn't miss it...but no one in my area had power!

~~anne

One thing I'd like to see with that show is some follow up episodes for 12 months, 2 years and 5 years later. Sure, if given all the time in the world to do nothing but exercise, a personal trainer, personal chef and the motivation of being publically humiliated on national television if you slack off, just about anyone can lose substantial amounts of weight! But what happens afterwards? How many of them keep it off? For how long? How easy is it for them to maintain their new look?

Aha! Found it!

Okay...so did anyone see last night's show??? I was so disgusted at how the producers "forced" the yellow team home. I think they rigged it so he'd gain and they knew he'd go home.

I think he should have gone home and I don't think he should have been there, but it drives me nuts. As soon as Alison said that no one would vote, I KNEW.

And, I think the scales are fixed. I hate it, because now it makes me doubt Ali's win last season and I LOVED ALI.

What's anyone else's take on that?

Anne, you can watch each episode after its aired if you miss any more of them.

I don't know if I think it was rigged, it looked to me like he was retaining fluids when they were checking his leg out which of course could explain his gaining 2 pounds. It happens to me. I'd like to think thats what happened and that the scales aren't riggged, I feel the same way about the trainers, cooks, staff, audience, it would be a huge motivator for anyone.

Likewise i also wish they'd do follow up. I think Alis kept hers off but I'd have to go back and check the site.

My hubby and I both love watching the show and will continue. We both said he was going home the first time she said no one would be voting, but we also don't know how exactly the show is pieced together since its not real time.

Just a pennies worth

I think he NEEDED to go home...and the progress he made while home is amazing!

He definitely was retaining Fluid and I think that should have been talked about at the weigh in instead of making it look like he'd cheated somehow. I've seen patients gain up to 15 lbs in a DAY from retaining fluid.

If the show ended today, I would be happy knowing how well he did Healthwise after going home. My dh was watching with me and he has many health problems and, I think, feels he can't exercise, etc... I think the show encouraged him but we'll see.

I loved the relationship he had with his daughter.

~~anne