Biggest losers lost a little less
By Joel Myhre
January 9, 2008
With my participation in this contest, I have naturally had an interest in the show, "The Biggest Loser."
Last week, I was wowed by how much weight everyone lost. During this week's show, the weight loss, on average, had come down considerably, from 15 to 20 pounds to six or seven for the guys, and 1 or 2 pounds for the women. One woman even gained a pound.
What amazes me is how emotional people get when they don't lose that weight over a week's time. Anyone who has successfully lost weight -- and kept it off -- knows that what really counts is how much weight you have lost over, say, the course of six months, even a year.
More importantly, I figure that if I'm doing the right things -- exercising regularly, eating my vegetables, avoiding high-fat, high-sugar foods, watching my portions -- it doesn't really matter what my weight is.
Not to say it isn't frustrating when you have done those things, and then you still don't lose weight.
Just keep on plugging...
Regarding The Biggest Loser... they are emotional because the ones who don't keep putting up the big numbers are at risk to go home early, and would be out of the running for the big money prize... $250,000. Also, in the early stages of the game, they are part of a team (this season it's couples), and so there is extra pressure to not let teammates down. And, at the very first weigh-in, you know they all are very, very hydrated, if you catch my drift... it's not physically possible to burn 20 pounds of fat in a week's time. That's 70000 calories to be burned, or 116 hours of fairly intense cardio/aerobic exercise.
Regarding you... calories in, calories burned... is physiological law. If you're not losing weight, then you're fudging on at least one of the variables in the equation.
Regarding your bowling game... follow through!!!
;-)
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