The Biggest Loser - October 2013 - Discussion: There will be spoilers! (Page 3)

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Scoop-THE-BIGGEST-LOSER-on-NBC-Tuesday-January-28-2014-20140110

Per this link and an NBC press release, it is 1/2 mile, not a mile swim.

That makes a lot more sense. I hope it isn't a suffer-fest for them and they continue to enjoy triathlon as a way to train.

Yes, that sounds more reasonable.  Perhaps the site I found the link from didn't pull the 1/2 over because otherwise the wording is exactly the same.

Kind of disappointed in the triathlon.  I had hoped that David could finish a little closer.  I knew everybody would fall behind on the swim, but the gap just got bigger from there. 

Glad to see Bobby stuck with it and completed the swim, even with his anxiety. 

The swim was a half mile, not 600 by the way.  They MUST have had some open water practice with the wet suits!    If not, they have have an above average ability as a group to do their first OWS. 

I am just glad I think I could have beat Rachel on the overall time    I am tired of hearing how proud she is over herself...  I am skeptical about Rachel's ability to win, she is still a very long way from 50% weight loss.  My money is on David.

I liked Marie and I am so impressed with her "after."   I hope she kicks butt in the at home prize.

Yup, the outcome was a no-brainer with Rachel winning by a long shot, and why not?  She has the advantage of a strong swim and athletic background partnered with being the contestant hauling around the least extra weight 'baggage'.  I flinched when I saw dear Bobby struggling and struggling with the swim, so huge kudos for him to complete the swim and the race!  It was disappointing that there were no position changes during any point of the race.  How they went in the water is how they finished.  Of course I was disappointed they didn't show more of the bike portion or even a better idea of terrain.  The finale should be interesting.

I didn't think she was too skinny, but I was shocked at how skinny she was. I mean she was regular person tiny. Not tiny for a BL contestant that lost a lot of weight. She crushed it 59.6% loss...is that like the record?

And Toomey... she killed it. Holy Cow... she destroyed all the other at home contestants. As usually they all did really well. Some still big, but still had great results...certainly a big step in the right direction.

You know, all types deserve to have a chance... but when you line up in your season against a young former athlete... I mean nobody has a chance. Youth wins for burning fat and working hard, and former training wins the head battle of knowing you can train hard. It's almost unfair. You have to find a way to get rid of them at the start or you never will.

She did great.

While I thought Rachel was too thin for my taste, I can appreciate the arguments of how the BMI scale is not for everyone, etc.  I do think that the weight of 105 for a 5'4'' individual is very clearly very thin.  It was going to be hard for her to lose the requisite amount for a winner, so she obviously went to extremes to do it. 

What worried ME the most was how she looked and behaved.  She was a bit dopey and she tripped up the stairs.  There was an article on our local news (where she's from) about her workout routine including 3 spin classes a day and working out 4-6 hours a day.  They did emphasize that she had "healthy smoothies and lean protein to fuel herself".  Obviously she wasn't fueling herself enough, but I'm glad she wasn't entirely starving.  That level of overexercising and dedication to calorie counting is not normal behavior, even for a contest.  If it were, we would see everyone in contention for the at home prize.  This girl clearly has some kind of disordered eating problem: she was too heavy before, also a problem, and she admitted to medicating with food.  I really hope she seeks the advice of a real medical professional on how to go back to normal life, normal eating and normal exercising. 

My guess is that she will either gain it all back or continue in this crazy direction and end up with a medical problem (or death).  I hope she ends up finding an equilibrium at a healthy weight and dedication to fitness/food, and I will gladly eat my words.

I would have considered her underweight (i stopped watching BL a while back but someone mentioned this so I tuned in for the last bit).  She looked awful and unhealthy.  the look on jillian's face was priceless, and I don't think she was gasping in a good way

I did not watch the finale, but after all of the hype went googling for photos.

I think she looks... good? She looks like an athlete here. Looks like a lot of US here BTers. How many of us go to great lengths to get to "race weight" and work out for hours on end, what most of the world would call "unhealthy"? And many of us coming from an overweight/"tri'ing for weightloss" background. Just my opinion, but some of us need to take a look in the mirror. 

IMO, the video made her look worse.

Just my 0.02.  I didn't watch the season this time but saw the finale was on so recorded it to see the final results.  I didn't watch it but suddenly caught all the controversy about the "too thin" on the interwebz.

Honestly, I guess that's what you get with your 15 minutes of fame.  Can't win for trying.

Seems there is a VERY small window for "perfection".  Most of the contestants that I saw?  I was telling myself they could still lose 20-30 (even while I was sitting on the couch and could lose 20-30 myself).  Then this girl kills it, and suddenly she lost too much?  Man, can't win.  Put a TdF cylist up there and they would be "too thin"  A ballet dancer, same.  Even though they are studs athletically.

MEANWHILE, I'm guessing most of the comments are not coming from health professionals and from obese couch potatoes that watch this for entertainment.

Oh, BTW!!!  Anyone see Dallas Buyer's Club?  So Matt get's basically anorexic for a movie role and he get's awards (along with his costar).  This girl does it for health (and yeah, 250k) but get's criticized...  Interesting world we live in, no?

Ha, I don't think TdF riders and ballerinas (or CW, if you've read her book and her struggles with anorexia) are the best comparisons to make here......  or maybe they are.....

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But I do like the insult that those that think she is too skinny are all obese couch potatoes.   Seriously?