The Biggest Loser: Your Metabolism and Your Faith

There's a lot of heavy, depressing news following the release of a study that looks at the regain of weight by most of the Biggest Loser contestants. As a dietitian who has worked in weight loss efforts -- patients in my office, bariatric center at Cedars-Sinai, and who was the on-air dietitian for 3 reality shows including Shedding for the Wedding from the BL production team, I must weigh in as the results -- while not surprising -- are mostly not being interpreted in a helpful or healthful way, and instead I'm hearing victim-speak such as "no wonder I can't lose weight, I've got Biggest Loser metabolism issues." Alright friends -- let's cut to the chase on what we can and should learn from this study. WHY THIS STUDY IS NOT FOR YOU You are NOT a biggest loser contestant. I repeat, you are not a BL contestant. You have not left your real life behind to head to a ranch where your sole purpose day in and day out is to exercise more, eat less, and be on TV competing for great sound bites, visuals, and results to enable an award-winning show to continue. No disrespect to my colleagues on the show -- but let's be crystal clear about what is really the number one goal of the show. So unless you are following a 4+ hour a day highly intense exercise regime and monitored diet to the exclusion of anything else in your life, this one's (study results) not for you. DOES THE BL DIET WORK? Yes. The show has proven that with its results -- that the BL diet and exercise program works... at...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news