I started watching The Biggest Loser again because there was this contestant on it, that I related
to. It was Rachel.
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She is younger than me (24)
and was heavier than I am. At one
point she was a very competitive swimmer. In fact, the episode
when she gets back in the pool actually inspired me to get back into the pool as
well. Well fast forward a couple
months, the DVR is at 100% and I finally this past week watched the finale:
The contestants who were sent
home, returned to compete for the at-home prize of $100,000. On average they lost
between 25-50% of their initial body weight.
They looked happy, younger, healthier and jacked out of their minds. Almost every contestant was grinning
ear to ear, and flexing their muscles to show how strong they are. I love
that. Strong is sexy.
The three finalists competing for the win were :
-David/409lbs/my first wife was
diagnosed with a brain tumor 6 months after we were married and died/I ate my
feelings.
-Bobby/358lbs/I'm gay/not out and
worried about it/I ate my feelings.
-Rachel/260lbs/I stopped
being a badass athlete/I work from home/I got sad/I ate my feelings.
The big reveal :
David comes out. He gets up on the scale. David loses 54% of
his body weight. He has shaved his
hideous beard. Looking good David! Trainers high five and hug, blow
kisses. The crowd roars wildly.
Bobby comes out. He gets up on the scale. Bobby loses 52% of his body weight. He looks drop dead gorgeous. Helllllo Bobby. (The live audience loses their mind because
he is that hot) Trainer Bob and he
share a wicked good hug and if I were Trainer Bob, I totally would have grabbed
his ass…..#missedopportunity.
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Rachel comes out.
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....The audience as well as trainers Bob and Jillian clearly stopped breathing for a few seconds. This was not a gasp for joy, it was a gasp
for air because Rachel looks like skeletor.
She had lollipop head and her arms look sinewy not muscular. The skin on
her face is pulled so tight it looks like she has had a very bad face lift.
(maybe she did?) She gets up on the
scale. Rachel loses 59.62% of her
body weight! Reminder she started at
260lbs. She weighs in at 105 lbs. She is 5'4'' inches tall. This puts her below the healthy body mass index. Um gross.
Trainers Bob and Jillian were "stunned." Rachel's trainer, Dolvett defended her on his Facebook page, "Biggest Loser is a journey that has its ups and downs. Please try not to look at one slice of Rachel's journey and come to broad conclusions. Rachel's health is, and always has been, my main concern and her journey to good health has not yet ended!!" NBC had no comment. Obviously.
I was inspired by this former
swimmer! Now I am disappointed. As an
athlete, I would expect a healthier approach to losing weight, not an extremist one. Whatever. She won. Was it about the money? If so, yeah for you. Go home, buy a couple of boxes
of girl scout cookies, chase it with a beer and gain 10 – 15 lbs so you look
like a normal human being.
The moral of the story biggest losers? Lose 50% of your body weight? = amazing. Lose 60% of your body weight and are below a healthy BMI? Calm the F down! In my opinion contestants next season should have to maintain a healthy BMI or be disqualified.
