NBC's long-running hit reality show The Biggest Loser provided undeniable results for contestants,
like massive weight loss and enormous lifestyle changes.
But was it all legit, and were those changes all positive?
As it turns out, no, not really.
Here's why The Biggest Loser is totally fake.
While contestants appeared to be weighed once a week, that period actually changed based
on filming schedules, according to Season 3 runner-up Kai Hibbard, who has frequently
spoken out about her negative experience on the show.
"I'm saying that it would be most times longer than a week, and I believe once in my season
it was less than a week, but it wasn't always a week, no."
This means audiences at home witnessed large fluctuations in how much weight the contestants
would appear to lose from week to week.
"It's actually 20 days later that you see somebody dropping 30 pounds."
Season 2 contestant Suzanne Mendonca told the New York Post that a show doctor advised
contestants to eat baking soda to fight dehydration, but she alleges that recommendation was designed
to covertly make them retain water and thus be eliminated, so that more dramatic contestants
could stick around.
"Did you take it?"
"No, I did not.
I just walked away from it.
There was no way I was going to ingest baking soda."
Mendonca also told Entertainment Tonight that she regained 130 pounds after leaving the
show.
"There's so many unhealthy things they do on the show that are not sustainable in real
life."
She told the GLOBE,
"I was eating baby food.
I'd wrap myself in garbage bags to sweat.
We would use the sauna for six hours a day.
People were passing out in the doctor's office."
Other contestants went even further with their allegations, claiming staff encouraged them
to take illegal drugs, including Adderall and the FDA-banned weight loss substance ephedra.
2008 contestant Joelle Gwynn, who was coached by Bob Harper, told the New York Post,
"He goes away and his assistant comes in.
He's got this brown paper bag that's bundled up.
He says, 'Take this drug, it'll really help you.'...
I was like, 'What the f--- is this?'
I felt jittery and hyper [after taking it once]."
Authorities launched an inquiry into the show in May 2016.
The program has denied the accusations, saying in a statement,
"We prohibit the use of any illegal substances, in addition to the many other rules and procedures
of the show that are designed to ensure safety."
Past contestants have revealed that the televised weigh-in scale isn't actually even a real
scale.
"When they step on the scale, don't even know their real weight and how much they dropped."
She added that contestants are weighed two days prior to the episode's weigh-in.
An executive producer eventually set rumors about the scale to rest, telling the Today
show that contestants are, indeed, weighed beforehand and the weigh-in on the big, snazzy
scale is just a prop used for television.
Contestants desperate to stay on the show sometimes resorted to extreme and dangerous
measures to lose a few last-minute pounds.
Season 1 winner Ryan Benson wrote on his blog that he was so desperate to win that he abstained
from eating solid food for the last ten days before the final weigh-in.
And for the entire last day, Benson claims he put absolutely nothing in his body, not
even water.
He wrote,
"In the final 24 hours I probably dropped 10-13 lbs. in just pure water weight.
By the time of the final weigh-in I was peeing blood."
"I sat in a sauna, and I ran on a treadmill in a rubber suit and did whatever I could,
you know, it was very unhealthy what I did."
While the show made it clear that contestants were exercising constantly, it didn't show
just how much.
According to The Guardian, competitors were actually grinding out six to eight hours worth
of exercise a day.
Not only is this far more workout time than is recommended by doctors, it's also much
more than the average person could reasonably commit to.
"I can't…"
"YES YOU CAN!
Don't you can't me."
A National Institute of Health study confirmed several contestants' claims that the show
wreaked havoc on their metabolisms and left them prone to quickly gain back the weight
they lost, and more, after returning to regular life.
The show has denied the allegations.
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(ENG SUB)There is a song that has sorrow and joy at the same time? MAMAMOO - Wind Flower MV reaction - Duration: 11:04.
Hello everyone. This is GoToe
Today's MV is MAMAMOO new song WIND FLOWER in BLUE'S album
This is 3rd album of 4 season 4 color project
1st, Starry Night
2nd, Egotistic
and this is for SOLAR
Solar's color, BLUE
and S from Solar
So, BLUE'S
Remembering the first and second images is still alive, and it is time to see the third one, and 2018 is almost over.
Let's take a look at what kind of melody and lyrics this time
Unlike the old music video, it feels very rough
Previous film feeling
I think here is HONGKONG
The concept of this song is lonesome?
Feeling of this MV is really sensitive like IG
I will try to interpret it
Concept of MAMAMOO is always certain
They are talking about the loneliness after separation.
So far is the overall feeling
I think here is HONGKONG
I am sure when I see that buildings
A double-decker bus that is like the symbol of Hong Kong
How can the concept change so much every time they make series?
If you listen to all three songs, it's really different.
Especially in concept of each MVs
Oh... I know that place, that building is so special
Like previous film movie
Failed in last scale
Shooting in Hong Kong is the best choice
Had I not liked you then
When I think about autumn, the first emotion that comes to mind is desolate, so all the latest songs are songs on the theme of farewell.
That is real MOVIE
They never smiled in this MV yet
I saw a laugh when HWASA danced
But main emotion of this song is Lonesome i think
I want to go abroad.....
Fail
Coming coming...
LONESOME>..
There are not many cases where the middle of the song is empty like this.
COOL
Nice production
The appearance of the master of the pub
It seems to be watching Hong Kong movies in the 80s and 90s.
Look at her!!
OMG
It seems like friends are gathering and comforting after separation.
FORGET HIM!!!!!!!!
Mcdonald...?
MCdonald.. Soft icecream at the end...?
At the end they seem to forget laughing
Mcdonald... Icecream...
Yes we saw WIND FLOWER, their new album BLUE'S
Obviously I saw a music video and I feel lik seeing a movie
I've never imagine a mood like this
If you have seen the first and second series, you will agree.
It's hard to find a common part of a singing song in the same group
The atmosphere and feelings are all different. This time they seem to be singing the dullness of autumn.
But it is not sadness, it seems to overcome the sadness at the end.
As you can see from the lyrics, the wind makes me feel better, There is a lonely, happy night.
Typical songs focus on the sorrow of parting, making the listener feel sad
If not, I can show courage as 'I can live without you.'
But it's the first time I've ever heard a song with both.
That is MAMAMOO
As I mentioned before, the atmosphere of this song and the atmosphere of Hong Kong goes well together....
If you've been to Hong Kong, you know, the nightlife in Hong Kong is world famous.
There are so many buildings in high buildings.
At night, all the buildings will light up and fire the laser.
But do you know about Hong Kong Noir movies?
He wears a long trench coat and has a really lonely figure with a toothpick in his mouth.
So there is no better city than Hong Kong to express these two opposing feelings.
There is nothing more to say about the song. I can always believe and hear
It's amazing how they thought I would embrace both joy and sorrow in a song.
And it is even more wonderful to express it perfectly
The music video is really unique.
As you can see from the music videos of other singers, this is not the case.
While expressing lonely emotions, they show a black and white screen or a distorted screen, but they seem to have actually gone past
It does not just mimic it, but it always shows something.
It really looks good because it gives the impression of going to the 80s and 90s.
RESPECT them
For example, like this
Normally people could wear a pants and a jacket for me to feel like a boy.
But they actually dress up as men.
It looks really good because it shows something so surely without imitation
Never disappoint. Believe and listen
I am already looking forward to what the fourth series will look like.
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