THE BIGGEST LOSER TV SHOW
SAW A DISCUSSION POST ON 'THE BIGGEST LOSER' TV SHOW. THIS IS MY OPINION AND I WELCOME YOURS. Reply #4 - 01/28/09 8:25pm I despise the show, and although I rarely watch it, I did last night after a friend asked me about it. I thought I'd give it one more try (watching). Personally I do not find it inspiring or entertaining. I find it sick, cruel, irresponsible, humiliating, and dangerous. Feel sorry for any obese person so filled with shame and desperation that they would get weighed on a "cattle scale" in front of the whole world. People then being shamed because 6 to 10 lbs. a week was not ENOUGH, is truly depressing and enraging to me. Any doctor will tell you 2 lbs. a week is a realistic, healthy amount. People should lose 100 lbs. in a YEAR if they need to. I predict this show will end amid great scandal when a person DIES because of this show. Either from the forced brutal workouts or from suicide. That show really plays with people's minds, and the minds of very obese people are brittle from a lifetime of taunts and shame. Reply #4 - 01/28/09 8:25pm
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I agree. I watched the first show and turned the channel after 20 min.
I don\'t watch the show ... but these are all the reasons why not. I work with many ppl with eating disorders and the primary goal often is to nurture good self worth and esteem in order to make any lasting behaviour changes. Shows like this are for entertainment and do not have the person\'s best interests in mind. Do it your own way, at your own pace - choose activities that fit for you, get the supports you need to make them stick, and enjoy the rewards they bring. Weight loss is a bonus.
Thanks, needt2bme. It\'s scary to think that THE BIGGEST LOSER is for \"entertainment\" (as you state above). I only watched it a couple of times and formed a very negative opinion of it. I also feel people who are NOT obese watch it for \"entertainment\" which is really despicable.
I watch the show once and awhile, it often gets me disgusted but it also does inspire me. I think these people are at a point in their life where wanting to be healthy overshadows any feeling of humiliation. This show has inspired alot of people to lose weight, not many shows on tv can take credit for being very worthwhile. In the end the contestants and many others are better for the experience. To each their own.
The show just scares me sometimes. I hope I\'m wrong, but I still feel someone will die.