Biggest Loser aka Biggest LIAR!!

[Tuckervill]

I am so glad you posted this! When I saw the 3:53, I thought NO WAY IN HECK did he run that in 3:53! And now to find out he didn't even really finish. What is the point of lying about this?!?!

Last season, there was a contestant who was supposedly in a size 10. She went on and on and on about being a size 10. I'm looking at her on the screen going there is NO WAY she is in a size 10. I think she was like 5'3" and 170 lbs. at that point. So why lie about it? I don't understand.

If they are trying to inspire people to lose weight and exercise, the least they can do is be honest about it.

I am 5'3-1/2" and weigh between 165-170, and I wear a size 10. Just FYI.

Karen

[michelem]

FYI

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/show...-marathon.html

[Zen]

I am 5'3-1/2" and weigh between 165-170, and I wear a size 10. Just FYI.

5'2, 140 size 12
It depends where you shop

[RolliePollie]

I am 5'3-1/2" and weigh between 165-170, and I wear a size 10. Just FYI.

Karen

Oh sorry...no offense. My mother is 5'3" and wears a size 10 at 135 lbs., so I was thinking there is no way she'd be a 10 at 170. And I'm 5'6" and if I weighed 170, I'd be in a size 12 or 14. I guess it's stupid of me to base my thinking on just a couple of person's size and shape. I should know better...you just can't guess a person's size or their weight. I still don't believe the contestant was in a size 10 though. You're right Zen...there is a huge difference in sizing between brands. I have one pair of size 6 jeans that fit me, but I am not a size 6!

Anyway, I still think Biggest Loser exaggerates if not downright lies. The marathon lie is inexcusable.

[greycoral]

Last season, there was a contestant who was supposedly in a size 10. She went on and on and on about being a size 10. I'm looking at her on the screen going there is NO WAY she is in a size 10. I think she was like 5'3" and 170 lbs. at that point. So why lie about it? I don't understand.

If they are trying to inspire people to lose weight and exercise, the least they can do is be honest about it.

I am 5'3-1/2" and weigh between 165-170, and I wear a size 10. Just FYI.

Karen

I'm exactly the same as Tuckervill. It's not that far fetched. I am not curvy at all though, no hips, no butt lol.

[Selkie]

Doesn't the show's title say it all, in more than one way?

[OakLeaf]

If this were the biggest inaccuracy on TV, they're welcome to it IMO.

I'm a lot more worried about the more serious things they misrepresent.

[Tri Girl]

You mean like that working out for 7 hours a day 7 days a week and not being exposed to eating in the real world? I'd probably do a much better job in an isolated environment like they have. Trying to do it while working full time and doing all the things you have to do on a day to day basis is a whole different ball game, huh? That show just isn't my favorite anyway- especially now.

Isn't it funny how every body is so different? I'm 5'3" 160 and I wear a size 14. When I was 135 I wore a size 6. Funny!

[short cut sally]

I don't enjoy watching those shows, although my riding partner really enjoys them. I was given a sour taste when I watched something similiar last year or so. A husband and wife were losing weight, they had a trainer to help them with everything. They "completed a marathon". He swam 500 yards I think, with the floaty board as he got tired, the wife biked 12 miles flat and the trainer completed the 3 mile run. THEY were credited for completing a "marathon" and they were telling everyone they just completed a marathon. NOT in my book...last time i watched one of those "reality" shows. Yes, wife and hubby lost weight which was great, and they completed some goals, but it wasn't reality...ok, its just mho..

[michelem]

If this were the biggest inaccuracy on TV, they're welcome to it IMO.

Still not that big of a deal in the scope of things, but this really reminds me of the recent inaccuracy of the gal swimming the Atlantic:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...tQrNgD967CGLG0

later redacted:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...tQrNgD967CGLG0

It's tough to believe anything these days . . .

[roadie gal]

We watched the Biggest Loser religiously for the first 2 seasons. At that time it was about losing the weight and not game playing. It was truly inspiring to see those people, who were desperately overweight, losing it.

Now so much of the show is about the game and winning the money. The ones with immunity will drink water before the weigh in so it looks like they haven't lost as much to give them insurance for the next week. (For those who don't watch, the percentage that you lose each week determines who gets thrown off. The week that you have immunity - you get it by winning a challenge - you don't have to worry about how much you've lost because you're not going home. If you drink water, you weigh more. So the next week you're starting off higher than you would have without the water and it looks like you've lost more at the weigh in.) I can't even watch the show anymore. I do check the "before and after" pictures online. But I can't watch the drama and the cheating.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Doesn't the show's title say it all, in more than one way?

Yeah, makes me really glad I haven't watched tv in 11 years.

[Selkie]

Yeah, makes me really glad I haven't watched tv in 11 years.

Aside from news and "The Closer," I'm right there with you.

[katluvr]

I admit it...I watch it!
I am amazed at the weight loss...but wonder how many keep it off. (again, they work out home many hours? what do they eat? and how much rest do they really get!)

I do think it "inspires some". Last years winner was "kicked off early, then got to come back and won the whole thing. Meaning she really lost the weight OFF the show. Yeah, she probably got a gym membership and trainer for free.

I a few episodes ago they were "locked out" of the gym. So they had to work outside. They all whined and worried they would not lose weight by not having the gym. One trainer "hated" it, too. It was a shame they did not show how to enjoy sports or other things in the real world and enjoy the great outdoors.

As for the marathon falsified---yes, I am very upset about that. Sometimes you are just not ready for that distance. So show him doing a 5K or 10K or even 1/2. And "cheaters never win"--he'll gain the weight back fer sure!