Is the show Biggest Loser Show Realistic?

Biggest Loser Show has Big Health Problems

So this article has raised some questions about whether this type of show has now crossed the line of helping others to entertaining the general public by coming up with more drama and more drastic transformations, finding the heaviest people in American to transform in a few short months.

There was also this article that was written late last year regarding safety

Contestants Admit Dangerous Practices, Can't Speak Out

I think there are pro's and con's to this show, as anything and my hope is that a balance could be found and that ultimately, the care of the contestants would be more important than coming up with more and more drama to obtain more viewers.

This show is really awesome.  The trainers really seem to care and they have been able to breakthrough to some of these people who clearly were not ready to change from the start.   I agree that one must be pushed hard and go beyond their limitations in order to go to the next level.   We practice that at our gym all the time.  We put people who are overweight and out of shape in tough situations to overcome, so I agree with that. They inspire people all the time.  We always tear up when we watch it!  It is beautiful to see people conquer such a challenging area of life.  The show inspired us to start the Quest 12 program and many other programs around the nation.  It has put something more positive and meaningful back on TV.  So understand I am not a Biggest Loser Hater, just want to make sure people are not changed for a TV season to entertain us all , but for a lifetime.

Would really like to hear more stories about what happens to the people after the show.  Remember when Michelle won?  I had read she had to quit her job so she could keep up working out at least 4 hours a day to maintain her weight.  What percentage of these people are able to keep this up?   

It is similar to going on a diet.   You do something radical, you will definitely have results, but what happens when you back to real life and you cannot exercise 6-8 hours a day or have someone provide and help you prepare your meals.  You go right back to where you are.  If God gave you your perfect body tomorrow or 6 months from now, you would put it right back to where it was.  That isn't enough time to learn how to keep it that way.  The joy of this entire process is the journey!  The way there! 

We have to make small changes we can live with forever.  We cannot workout 8 hours a day forever, we can't go on a no carb diet forever, we can't drink Slim Fast or take diet pills forever, it will hurt us in the long run.  Gradually make changes and it will gradually come off and stay off.   Not only that, doing it this way gives your family the ability to do it also without expecting them to do something radical.

I am open to all opinions as I know there are some die hard Biggest Loser Fans, so share away!

Tae Bo® A Thon

During our Quest 12 program, we do our best to provide challenges for our participants. We decided to hold a private Tae Bo A Thon. What we do in this event is we have back to back Tae Bo classes with about a 10 minute break in between each class. The Tae Bo A Thon usually lasts about 12 hours total.

We had 54 start out at 9am this past Saturday and 38 were still standing at 8pm. It was so incredible. Many of the participants had just started getting into shape a few weeks ago.

We want to teach people that getting in shape is not about the physical, it is about the mental and spiritual. That we have the ability to go further, no matter what our circumstances are if we ignite our spirits.

At Fit By Faith, we truly believe that God gives us opportunities to be courageous, opportunities to break through our flesh so we can go to the next level and get those blessings He wants so much to give us, to dig deep and learn how to activate our spirits to prepare us for future warfare in other areas of our life.

The cheer that was heard at the end of this Tae Bo A Thon was one of the most amazing, victorious cheers I have ever heard. It was beautiful. The testimonies of what some of these participants had to go through, what happened to them before they even got there and what happened afterwards are just amazing and I do hope they will post their comments here.

Such an inspiration. Everyone should do something like this! God is so GOOD!