First of all Hi Corrina!! Long time no talk!!
I just wanted to comment on one other thing with Daris that struck me (maybe this has already been mentioned...) But, what is his Body Fat?? He is already 195lbs how much more can he lose? And, if he was traning for a marathon, he may have turned some of that remaining body fat into lean muscle. I remember the first season (or second???) they measured body fat and they do not do that anymore. I think that is a very important piece that we are missing....Daris just may be at his best weight, in which case good for him!!!
I too think Jillian and Bob were far too harsh. I think the self-sabatoge comment was way over the top. It makes for good tv for NBC I guess.....
Hi Amy! It has been too long! How have you been, girl??
I agree, I miss the body fat testing. I can't imagine they aren't doing it anymore, I think they probably are just not sharing those % numbers. Darris knew his %, so they must have access to that info.
I tried to impart a lesson to my DD regarding the marathon: Koli "ran" the whole way, finished in 6:08. Michael and Ashley alternated walk/run and finished in 6:26. So walking did not hurt them at all really, probably helped them quite a bit. Guess that Jeff Galloway guy must be on to something huh
Yes, Galloway definitely has some things going for his method Agreed, Koli did not look well during the second half, and probably could have paced himself more carefully/benefitted from walk breaks. But I do have to point out that while it might not have given him a dramatically better time than Michael and Ashley, and not to take anything away from the accomplisments of those who walk or run/walk a marathon, it is still a distinct accomplishment to run an entire marathon at whatever speed, especially for someone who at the same time last year weighed over 400 pounds.
I don't really care which of them is in the final 3 - I don't think they stand a chance against the greater potential losses of Michael and Ashley. But who knows. Each one of them "deserves" it.
Also, regarding the voting off of Sunshine vs. Michael, no way to tell what Sunshine would have done with that week, but Michael definitely "needed" to be there - evidenced by his freak out. He really seemed to be in a better place after that! It's good he was with Bob when it happened.
Finally, regarding the previous players losing the weight vs. keeping it off - definitely two different things. I have never thought that Biggest Loser was a great model for healthy, sustainable weight loss. Of course, what is? I've read somewhere that something like 95% of people who lose weight will gain it back at some point - talk about depressing! If they are finding people to be on the show who are that large, odds are most of them do have some sort of food addiction/issues, and the campus is like being in rehab - yes you can get them clean and slimmed down in that environment, but unless they learn to manage their addiction and have ongoing support etc. it is going to be hard to stay on that path long term.
Koli's statement that he never wants to go back reminded me of a similar statement I made to an uncle at my wedding 14 years ago, prior to which I'd lost @60 pounds. The problem is, being at goal weight is like standing at the top of a slippery slope and it takes a lot of work to stay on top of it, no matter how much you say you want to. Unfortunately, maintaining is not as dramatic as losing, and it gets relatively little attention. There are thousands of books, websites, threads and support groups for losing. How many are there for maintaining? I have found 2 books on maintaining weight vs. thousands on losing. Some weight loss programs have like WW, or OA have a "maintenance" component. That's the extent of it, from what I can tell. We don't even have a specific "weight maintenance" thread on the DIS, unless I have missed it. I am grateful to be able to continue on with the BL challenge thread as a maintainer, though.
Not long now and we'll be at the finale!!! Should be interesting to say the least. I hope we get some answers on Michael and Ashley!!