Biggest Loser aka Biggest LIAR!!

[GLC1968]

My H and I were a little confused too. When they stated the distances, we both went HUH? That's a half-ironman and we were ready to chalk it up to a mistake (I laugh when people talk about being a bike racer after riding an MS150...they aren't liars...they just use different terminology), but when they said they did a marathon in 3:53? I was a bit surprised - and to hear that they drove part of the way? That rots, plain and simple.

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.

I'm 5'4" and 170 lbs and I easily wear a size 10 dress. Actually, I have a dress that's an 8 that I can still wear too. It all depends on the shape of the person, the clothing and the brands you are buying.

[Wahine]

I have to saw that I gave up on television and the media a long time ago and here's part of why...

I was involved in a made for TV athletic event that was 7 separate events with a point system etc. All of the athletes were hand picked for the show based on an athletic profile but I'm sure also looks, lifestyle. They wanted to make the people involved interesting. So they had us all do individual interviews and fill out forms with information about ourselves. When the show finally came out they commentators took a bunch of my background information and twisted it to make it more extreme and interesting to the public. The even added completely false stuff. In addition, I was injured during the first event and had to get 17 stitches, according to the announcers I was nearly dead and had to get 35 stitches. They twisted the interviews around to make people fit into certain stereotypes... one girl was type cast as the footloose and fancy free climber living out of her RV. In reality she was b*tchy, grumpy and a very poor sport.

Producers do all kinds of cr@p to get ratings and viewers. I am not at all surprised by the falsifications.

I don't watch TV anymore for news or anything "real". I watch the occasional episode of The Office for a good laugh. That's all it is... fictional entertainment, doesn't matter what program you're talking about.

[Crankin]

I have seen bits of the show, mostly because it is on opposite my favorite show (NCIS). Now, I have class on Tuesday nights, so I rarely get home before it's over. But I did see the bit about them "finishing" the marathon. And I remember distinctly saying to my husband that something seemed funny about that time.
And anyone who says they are "religious" when they are discussing something like this (a lie) makes me well, feel not very charitable.

[tulip]

I'm 5'4" and 170 lbs and I easily wear a size 10 dress. Actually, I have a dress that's an 8 that I can still wear too. It all depends on the shape of the person, the clothing and the brands you are buying.

Yes, it completely depends. I'm 5'6" and for most of my adult life until a couple of years ago I weighed around 145. I was between a 10 and 12.

[michelem]

FWIW on the sizing issue, I am approximately the same height and weight I was in high school (eons ago!), definitely larger measurement-wise. Way back then, I wore a size five. Today, I wear a size 00 (double zero -- what kind of ridiculous size is that???). Give me a break. This is a marketing ploy, plain and simple. They call it "vanity sizing," hoping that women will want to buy more if they can fit into a smaller number. Sigh . . . it works the opposite for me because it is so difficult for me to find anything that fits!

[emily_in_nc]

What michelem said -- I wore a 6 or 7 all the way through high school and college. Now, at the same weight, I wear a 2, sometimes even a 0. Size inflation for sure. Sure, it's nice to wear a "tiny" size, but frustrating when you never know what size to buy, since some stores are much more prone to size inflation than others....higher end stores are the most prone to this, it seems, so their customers will feel good about themselves.