Does anyone have any connections… I could help those contestants move through their transformations in a whole new way. Clearly, I need to meet somebody that knows somebody…
I’ve weighed in on the Biggest Loser television show before. It’s kind of a love/hate thing for me.
Let’s start with what I don’t love about it first:
I don’t love any form of insanity around eating or exercise and the contestants are put through really extreme workouts and what appear to be crazy-low calories for their weight/amount of exercise.
Hence… the insane amounts of weight loss.
Which is another part of the problem for me. ALthough most of these people are dangerously obese on the show, and anything they do to reduce stress on their bodies is overall a good thing- really rapid weight loss takes it’s toll. For one thing, it’s not easy to be cut off from society and then re-launched in a new body.
There are REASONS that go way beyond eating/exercise that people people put on that kind of weight- and psychologically, many people will feel too emotionally “unsafe” and vulnerable returning to their lives without better emotional and self-soothing skills.
Which they don’t teach much of on TBL- man, I wish they would hire me. I KNOW I COULD HELP!
The version of TBL I’d most like to see is a behind-the-scenes show. I want to see how they recover after those workouts, what kind of medical care they require, if they get massages (doubt it) or physical therapy.
I am still stymied when I see so many obese and out of shape people jogging on treadmils- MY body hurts when I jog, and I don’t have that weight pounding on my joints..
Which brings me to some of what I love about The Biggest Loser-
It’s got a lot of heart. The courage of the contestants is amazing- on so many levels. Plus it’s very inspiring to know that if they can do it, you sure as hell could work a little harder, eat a little cleaner, aim a little higher.
It’s easy to love the contestants, and for many of us to admit “there but for the Grace of God go I”, right? We watch because we can relate. Because we’ve been out of control, because we’ve sometimes gone to places we swore we’d never go whether physically, or emotionally, or in other ways.
We understand the shame. We understand the regret. It’s humbling.
Humility is a good thing- it brings you back to self-reflection around where we ourselves need more help, more health, more commitment, or more heart.
That’s really why I watch (esp the first episodes).
One other thing theyre doing that I really like- on http://www.BiggestLoser.com, you can click into the “Pound for Pound Challenge” which lets you pledge an amount of weight YOU want to lose- food banks in your area will donate a pound of food for each pound you lose.
I love that. And so I pledged. It’s nice when you can connect your own personal goals to a bigger cause that helps somebody else.
It’s day 6 of my no sugar/no flour/no alcohol detox- and I’m feeling well.
And yes, I worked out longer and harder in honor of the biggest loser group.
Much love to you-
Lisa
PS (here comes the little plug…)
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