The biggest loser

The ONLY way you could lose 22 lbs in a week is with some crazy water loss.

Honestly, I think the show will be very unhealthy. People will be doing anything to drop weight FAST. Hello, eating disorder! There's not much sense in losing the weight so fast that your metabolism is destroyed and your body is left more unhealthy than it began. I have a friend who lost 100 lbs on a crash diet and she has spent years trying to repair the horrible damage done to her body. While I think it's cool that they're bringing obesity into the spotlight and putting a human face on how difficult it is to lose weight, this will give America the WRONG idea and I think it's horrible. It's also horrible that they seem to want to showcase these people in bathing suits so that they are humiliated and America can gawk. Low.

I watched too Ovetta!  I also wondered if there was a bunch of water weight loss.  I thought they got weighed at the end of a hard day of exercising.  And maybe they didn't drink any water for weigh in. 

Who knows?  It is an interesting show - it's cool to see people pushing themselves.  I just hope they are doing so safely!

Great Kim. I'll try that! :0

Seriously though I'm torn. It's great to see a show about a real life problem - losing weight. Most reality shows are so phony with their gorgeous hunk saying he can't find a mate and has to resort to a television show. Gimme' a break. Looking at this show there's no question these folks need to lose weight.

But I was appalled when the team members started ragging on the biggest guy because he ONLY lost 13 pounds and they felt he should have lost more. I mean you're safely only supposed to lose 1-2 pounds a week. It was so unrealistic in the way you're supposed to lose weight, you know, healthy, and without putting too much stress on your body. I'd be curious to see how the show progresses when they stop losing water weight and have to lose some real weight?.

My sentiments exactly. I'm very worried about these people. ONLY 13 lbs?! It took me 4 months to lose ONLY 13 lbs! But it's stayed off for twice that at this point and will continue to stay off. I'm damn proud of doing it. What happens when these people gain some muscle weight, which will lower their weekly "loss"? Will they be castigated for that?

Castigated. Great vocabulary word.

I didn't see this show, but I heard all about it! I too wonder if they are trying to humiliate these poor people into losing weight...? Some folks said it was a really inspirational, while others said it was downright awful and humiliating. I don't know... I hope the contestants are not being exploited for the sake of TV.... but at the same time, they did KNOW they were going onto a TV show which entailed a contest to lose weight. So, I guess I'm torn and I cannot comment without seeing it.

I can say, however, that a 22 lb weight loss in a week is bizarre and unhealthy. There's no way that can be good for a person. Better to take it off gradually... Although I did hear the contestants are working out **5** hours a day!!!! OMG.

LW

Some of those folks looked like they were gonna cry after they *only* lost 3 lbs! I was thinking "No, that's great! What are you thinking?!" Even one guy who lost 7 lbs looked sad. And I couldn't believe when the guy who lost 22 lbs last week and didn't lose any this time, the other team was jumping for joy! Ugh!

I had it on mute because I was on the phone with my sister, but did anyone ever point out that that's NORMAL? They really need to let a medical professional talk on their show about what's normal, what's healthy and what's dangerous. Because this is ridiculous.....

Yeah,

I was afraid this was going to happen. That after losing the water weight the real slow weight loss would begin and people would be getting sad because they can't lose a lot. I really wish this show would do a disclaimmer on how you're really supposed to lose weight. It's like the Atkins show or something. It's crazy and wrong.