Am I the only one so over The Biggest Loser?? I know it is a game, but Vicky is a little annoying to me. I don't believe for one minute any of that crap that there is no alliance- did you see her grin as Brady was denying it?? Also, they were cooking something up. How else do account for that Cheshire cat smile during weigh ins? Ok- I am done with my rant. Just my 2 cents.

Well I was ever into it so my being over it having watched two episodes is probably not unexpected. :grouphug:

I also hate Jillian.

I watch it for entertainment. Plus I like the training tips.

See, I think most of the training is bunk. They are pushing those people way too hard and that is not effective training. Making people run on a treadmill until they puke? Sorry, not good training.

I think they design a lot of the challenges and stuff to make the contestants look stupid, too. Hey, look at the fat people on the slip 'n slides, look at them hanging from ropes upside down!

Never watched enough of it to know who you're talking about. I saw maybe two episodes and the show disgusted me so much I couldn't stomach another. Taking obese people allegedly desperate to lose the weight and get healthy, and turning it into a ratings game by trying to sabotage their weightloss efforts in front of the viewing audience. Dramatizing the struggles an obese person has to try and make the next episode a cliffhanger (the one I saw & remember, showed an obese woman in a kitchen sobbing and bawling, saying "But... I'm... just... so... hungry..." My integrity is still worth something to me.

Making people run on a treadmill until they puke? Sorry, not good training.!

that goes against everything i've been taught in my personal training. i get pushed (because i will not do so on my own) - but not to the point that i need to hurl.....do i crash on the basketball court after doing windsprints & ladder drills - yes. there is nothing healthy or positive about training to that point. i was bit disappointed.

I watch it faithfully, watching the types of exercises that work. I've also liked watching fat people turn into skinny. I actually tried out for the show.

teri

Don't know how to fit it in with my actual activities.

tivo helps one sqeeze that time in.

I watch it faithfully, watching the types of exercises that work. I've also liked watching fat people turn into skinny. I actually tried out for the show.

teri

Another faithful BL watcher here. I absolutely love it. I cry during every episode! I love that they've started showing updates at the end of each episode too, showing the person that got kicked off how they look today.

I won't go so far as to say it's inspiring though. The only thing that show has inspired me to do is to NOT try out for Biggest Loser! :sad_smile: They push too hard, and they encourage drama with the way they do the weigh-ins. I hate that a 5lb weightloss in one week (which is great!) can become a bad thing if your team needed you to lose 7lbs, ya know? And it bugs me that people will sabotage themselves (and drink lots of Water the night before the weigh-in) just to "play the game" one week, so then they put up high numbers one week later when it looks like they've lost a lot more then they really have.

Like for instance, this week the guy on the Blue team (Brady) only lost 3lbs. That's bullsh!t if I've ever seen it! He bulked up on water the night before the weigh-in, I guarantee it. Especially given the grins that he and his wife were shooting at each other before he got on the scale. And next week, he'll probably lose 20lbs and be the biggest loser of the week! It's those kinds of situations that irk me.

I'm addicted to BL because it really is an entertaining show. But I like BL for the same reasons I like all those other reality shows, and that's the drama. I don't watch BL for any kind of diet/exercise tips.

i was bit disappointed.

This is why I think Bob is a better trainer than Jillian.

Like for instance, this week the guy on the Blue team (Brady) only lost 3lbs. That's bullsh!t if I've ever seen it! He bulked up on Water the night before the weigh-in, I guarantee it. Especially given the grins that he and his wife were shooting at each other before he got on the scale. And next week, he'll probably lose 20lbs and be the biggest loser of the week! -

Wow, I had no idea they did crap like that.

I'm addicted to BL because it really is an entertaining show. But I like BL for the same reasons I like all those other reality shows, and that's the drama.

Whereas I tend avoid the drama-filled ones. My favorites are all about accomplishing things. Though I do watch Big Medicine ... probably because I can relate to the people more.

Like for instance, this week the guy on the Blue team (Brady) only lost 3lbs. That's bullsh!t if I've ever seen it! He bulked up on Water the night before the weigh-in, I guarantee it. Especially given the grins that he and his wife were shooting at each other before he got on the scale. And next week, he'll probably lose 20lbs and be the biggest loser of the week! It's those kinds of situations that irk me.

yeah i have NO DOUBT that Brady water loaded. i personally think that should be considered cheating and an automatic below the yellow line.

i watch it for the transformations... and you do get a few determined people (Ali last season and i cant remember her name right now for this season - yellow team - girl maybe begins with a C ???)

Colleen. GO COLLEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone here know how to post polls? If so, how about posting a poll to ask who would go on biggest loser if WLS was not an option for them?

I think I'd stay fat before I'd embarrass myself on national TV.

I'd go. In a heart beat. I am despirate to be healthier.

teri

not unless the workout clothing/gear was overhauled that the contestants wear. :wink_smile:

not unless the workout clothing/gear was overhauled that the contestants wear. :biggrin:

That's one problem I have with the show. They force the women to wear sports bras so that their belly hangs out. And the men can't get on the scale without taking their shirt off.

At first I thought the men were just trying to get rid of that extra pound by taking off the t-shirt and flip-flops, but that's not the case. I read in one of the contestant's Q&A blogs a few seasons ago that the weigh-in is actually first thing in the morning - the morning after the last chance workout. They weigh-in as soon as they get up but the contestants don't find out what they weigh. Then they film the "weigh-in" that night. How's that for trickery??? :wink_smile: