Comments on: The Biggest Loser: Taking It Too Far?

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:07:53 +0000

In reply to Dr. J. Point taken.

By: Dr. J

Dr. J — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:24:29 +0000

I do not support the show.

I do not find the problem others seem to have with this young lady’s weight loss. If she was a professional athlete, like a pro basketball player for example, her daily workout would be just that. It’s just with her, she wasn’t replacing the calories. I think there is nothing wrong with fast weight loss especially for a young person who is under medical supervision. Additionally, because I was curious, I looked at the history of all the winners of the show to see how they have done with maintenance and the vast majority have done a very good job with that.

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:44:49 +0000

In reply to Steve. Yep, but where is the profit in that? ;)

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:16:23 +0000

Now, I know I’m going to be labeled as a “Marxist, socialist, tipping-over-left, Stalinist” for saying this, but if the money spent on producing this show was used instead to produce a publicly available series on diet change, that showed you how to apply concepts like choice architecture, we’d be ever so slightly better off.

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:56:51 +0000

In reply to Bara. Hahaha, yes, there's an argument! :D Seriously, I sure hope all this works out for her.

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:55:57 +0000

In reply to Jess. Yeah, that's what they say: it's all for the common good. They just want us to become better, healthier people. Why can't I believe it?

By: Bara

Bara — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 19:46:59 +0000

I was so dissappointed… she looked terrible. On the other hand, if i was to win 250 000 dollars, I would also stay away from chocolate for a while 🙂 So hopefully, she’s got it right in her head and she will gain some healthy kgs back.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 03:10:00 +0000

Nothing it shows is sustainable, achieve able or realistic for your average person. And that is sad because it is based on promoting and helping others achieve a healthy lifestyle, which clearly it doesn’t do!