The Biggest Loser

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somethingnew987

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How do people on The Biggest Loser lose so much weight so quickly? I mean I know they work out all day, but to lose 9-10lbs a week consistently is amazing! They never look unhealthy or anything. But yeah, I just thought about that show and I have decided that I am going to do all I can to lose as much weight in the next 6 months as is possible (while still being healthy). I dont want to limit myself to 2 lbs of loss a week. I think its possible to do, and I am going to do it!!!
 
The biggest loser is a little extreme. The cameras make these people work that much harder, if you were on a tv show to lose weight do you think you'd slack? I wouldn't, they don't do anything but lose weight. Still, it is possible to lose substantial weight every week just don't deprive youself or risk hurting yourself by undereating or overworking.
 
I would be very cautious about emulating the weight loss methods they use on that show. Just think about what it would take to lose 9 lbs. a week. That would be an average daily deficit of 4,500 calories!

So let's assume your basal metabolic rate is around 3000 calories (that's probably on the high side, but it makes the math easier). Now let's say you put yourself on a totally unhealthy, not recommended diet of 1,000 calories a day. This would mean that just to make the 4,500 calorie deficit, you would have to put in an additional 2,500 calories in exercising, or about 2.5 hours a day of intense exercise.

If you had a much healthier diet of around 2,000 calories, you would need to work of 3,500 calories a day in exercise, or about 3 1/2 hours of intense workout.

Remember, the people on the Biggest Loser have round the clock medical supervision and trainers. This is something most individuals can't afford to do.

I don't want to discourage you from losing all that weight -- but I think to a certain extent the Biggest Loser fosters the notion that a "quick fix" is all that's necessary to conquer your weight problem. The 100 lbs. that it took years for you to put on, can all come off with six months of incredibly hard work.

For a small number of people, maybe. For the vast majority of people, no.
 
i think it really all depends on what the starting weight is - at the beginning I was losing 3 -4 lbs a week eating 2200 calories a day and barely exercising - if i really put my back into it - and didn't have a job - more wouldn't have been that difficult...

the real big losers (from what i've read of that show) had a lot to lose..
 
yeah, I have a LOT to lose so I am hoping the first 50 will come off pretty easily and quickly and after that it will slow down. Right now I am not really counting calories, but I know I dont eat more than 1500-1800 a day. I have also started walking 3-4 miles a day, adding in a little more running every day. So if I can average 4-5lbs a week for the first 5-6 weeks, it will be ok if it slows down some later.
 
There is no limit to how much weight you can lose, that is until you have no body fat.
If you had a generous 2100 cals a day but exercised and burnt 2000 calories a day, you would lose tons of weight safely because you are not depriving yourself of food.
 
No idea what this program is, but the LAST thing you want to do is loose that much weight in such a short period of time!

Just see how happy they'll be when they're stuck with tons of flabby skin and kidney stones, oh and btw, the skin can only be removed with very expensive plastic surgery.
 
Well if you have seen the show, when they come back and they are at their perfect weights, they never have a lot of loose skin. I am a little worried about it, but since I am 19, my skin is very elastic. I am sure that I will have a little bit of loose skin, but I dont know if I would be able to avoid that no matter how slowly I lose weight. I am willing to have plastic surgery later if I am unhappy with how my body looks. But, I have a little faith that my body will hold up pretty well under the pressure.
 
Biggest Losers can turn to Biggest Gainers if they don't watch out.

The best way to lose weight is the slow and steady way, in fact, just about the way you put it on.

However, I must admit, no-one wants to take 20 years to lose the weight they suddenly (after 20 years) want to lose.

The AMA recommends a pound a week weight loss as healthy. Plus, your skin is more likely able to keep up with this kind of weight loss, and not have to be 'fixed up' by tummy-tuck procedures that will cost you an arm and a leg, metaphorically speaking.

The problem with speedy weight loss, is that, most often, the Loser's mind is still stuck in the place that s/he was when s/he was getting Big.

I've been watching our Biggest Loser in Australia with great interest. The presenter for the last 2 sessions was one of the Biggest Losers on one of the shows. However, during both the series, this lady has noticeably balooned with her weight - yes, during the filming of the series!

Another of the contestants who'd done pretty well in the standings, has done about the same.

So what's the problem here? Doesn't the Biggest Loser show fix the Weight Problem that these people have?

It surely doesn't, and if it does, it does so more by accident than by design.

Firstly, the show is all about entertainment: loads of 'tricks and traps' to make the show 'fun' or 'interesting'.

Secondly, all there is to fixing the mind of the contestants, the source of the reason that the contestants have become this huge, is some high-powered mind-bashing now and then.

Spare us, I say.

The only real way to lose weight is to start from the source of the problem, the mind. And to fix the source.

Guys and Girls: look at your own beliefs: What you believe is possible for you, what you think is trapping you, or where you feel trapped. Look at your past values, what was important to you, why you feel that somethings like eating only 'tasty' food is important, for example, or finishing off your plate is important. Or that exercise is *not* really important (except as a way to help you lose weight).

Check out what you really *feel* about yourself, your meals, and your health, and even, your children who are subconsciously learning all the 'lessons' that you are (quite unaware, but) teaching them about how to eat.

Guys and Girls, look at your own pre-programmed notions about the many factors that have brought your bodies to where they are now. Start opening your eyes to the fact that you may often be on 'automatic', programmed by years of beliefs that have shaped your behaviors.

Wake up, become aware about how your mind works to keep you fat (or still struggling to become lean).

Wishing you all the best.

Melroy
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