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Take a bunch of VERY obese men and women, put them to diet and work their behinds till they vomit and some more after that, promise them a huge prize and you’ve got The Biggest Loser. With 2 fitness trainers who know how to work them well.

I’ve really enjoyed this show for quite a long time already. Even if my skinny/fit self doesn’t need to watch this, the show has been a delight.

The beginning is always similar: you’ve got some very “big” people who can’t quite guess how they got there, but surely realize they need help. Almost all admit their diet was far from being correct and, after seeing what people eat here in the USA, I am totally shocked. I mean a simple ‘burger&fries’ menu has more calories than I should be eating IN A DAY. Most of them tripled or quadrupled their normal intake, not working out (we do have some busy schedule, let’s face it) and have taken morbid proportions.

This is their wake up call.

The show grinds them and works them out, forces a diet and a lot of lifestyle changes. The 2 trainers are more than mean sometimes, but in the end, you cannot have progress without a lot of work.

One thing I absolutely love is THE TRANSFORMATION. Some contestants don’t have the will and strength to go all the way, so few remain similarly “big” as they used to be. The sad thing is some don’t learn anything from their experience. We’ve also got some who, even if not having exceptional results, are still improving their lives tremendously and I do believe their constant work will make it worth it. And there’s the occasional winner who sheds pounds like getting undressed and stays the same. These are the true winners (even if few of them don’t actually come in first), since their lives have changed forever.

It’s amazing to see how these people change their lives. The start as the “eat way too much couch potato” and end up being athletes. Come on, they even run the marathon, something I couldn’t do myself, though I am pretty fit and slender.

The show is ridden with commercials. You can ignore them (in the end Subway to have a lot of heavy-calorie stuff and I could live without Brita) and focus on the main thing. You can also leave aside all the drama and sometimes idiotic talks, what’s left is a pretty decent show that allows us to see how some people choose to solve their problem and how much work and dedication goes into this.

June 16th, 2010 | Reality-TV | No Comments »