Has the biggest loser gone too far?

[lisaviolet]

I'm 5'5, and 115 pounds, so ten pounds heavier than the woman, but an inch taller. I'm not underweight in the least. I eat healthy, work out, and indulge when I want. 115 is a natural weight for me. I think the woman looks amazing, and not gaunt at all.

I bet you look great. And all bodies are different. Thank you for adding the "indulge when I want" with the working out and eating healthy. Everything is a balance for most people who do not have a weight issue. I think that gets lost at times.

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Did you watch it? Curious.

For me, it wasn't even her body. It was that her face had very deep lines that no young woman should ever have, in my opinion. That to me was enough to feel that she went too far for her body/build.

 

[lisaviolet]

Fashion magazines keep getting mentioned. I think most of the women, not all -but most, in them look fantastic. That's their body and good weight for most of them. Models are sought at a very young age with a lean/thin body type, that they already possess. Their faces don't look like that with the premature lines.

 

[mnrose]

I'm 5'5, and 115 pounds, so ten pounds heavier than the woman, but an inch taller. I'm not underweight in the least. I eat healthy, work out, and indulge when I want. 115 is a natural weight for me. I think the woman looks amazing, and not gaunt at all.

That's great for you. But, it is obvious in looking at her high school photos that it is NOT a natural weight for her. She was healthy in high school and there simply is no arguing that point. Her body was at a naturally good weight for her. Now, not so much.

 

[blingbowsparkles]

She was a powerhouse on the show. Totally dedicated and never lost sight of her goal. She really was incredible with her drive.

But if going vegan or doing this for the BL win is going to make a young woman look more than 10 years older than she is (in my opinion, some think she looks great) - no thank you. Maybe's that's vain, oh well.

But then again I know that it doesn't with veganism alone. I have friends that are vegan and vegetarian and they all look healthy and beautiful.

I guess beauty is in the eyes of the beholder because I think the BL contestant looks beautiful and healthy.

 

[LSmith]

Well, it's not okay because some of us were not bashing.

(And I have a friend who used to be very thin who complained about the same thing. So you're not alone. Also, this summer one of our friends lost some weight and she was always thin so it really stood out and people openly commented upon her arrival and I did think whoa no one does that if one of us gains. People just might comment quietly to someone else. )

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And here I imagined you were like Jillian, LSmith. Insert wink.

I don't know who I would choose between the three of them. I would say Dolvett but I don't know how I would concentrate.

Nope. I don't believe in humiliation. What Jillian did was abusive, in my opinion.

 

[Robinrs]

I am 5'4" and when I got married I weighed 97 lbs. I was thin but not underweight. 105 is not underweight.

I would love to be 105 again.

I think everyone is getting too hung up in the numbers. I don't care if she weighed any number she LOOKED dehydrated and ill. A person who has always been that size doesn't have the same issues as a person who just lost more than 50 percent of their weight.

Has this thread just become a let me tell you what I weigh and how it's okay thread? Good for you. Everyone is different. We're discussing a woman who put herself on camera to win a contest based on how much weight she lost. Duh, people have opinions. Now let me discuss the weight of the DIS board ladies.

 

[MINNIEsotanice]

She gave it all up for a boy. She was on the road to being an Olympic Swimmer when she met a German Exchange student. She fell in love and followed him back to Germany leaving her Olympic dreams in the dust. When her prince turned into a frog, she turned to food.

Yes you are right. Thank you, now that you say that it is exactly what aunt said. I knew there was something but couldn't remember what.

 

[FergieTCat]

How healthy is it to lose 155 pounds in 6-8 months? Will she be able to sustain the weight loss?

 

[mnrose]

And, another photo I found from her high school days:

http://stillwatergazette.com/2013/10/03/hiding/

In that article, she says she gained 130 pounds since high school. Making her high school weight about 130. That is a far more appropriate weight FOR HER. How much other people weigh or not is irrelevant.

 

[Nayan]

I think everyone is getting too hung up in the numbers. I don't care if she weighed any number she LOOKED dehydrated and ill. A person who has always been that size doesn't have the same issues as a person who just lost more than 50 percent of their weight.

That is exactly what I thought too.

 

[lisaviolet]

Nope. I don't believe in humiliation. What Jillian did was abusive, in my opinion.

Come on, I did not mean humiliation. And I agree with you. I too think she takes it too far.
She has really toned it down over the years though.

I meant in general personality. She's a tough cookie

 

[mrzrich]

Ok, first of all I didn't start this thread to bash anyone.

I started the thread because I think BL is portraying goals that are unattainable for the average person. I'm happy that she lost weight, but losing 155 lb in 8 months is unhealthy. The show needs to portray weight loss at a healthier rate.


On top of that, many viewers, especially young people don't realize that the journey started 8 months ago. The show makes it seem like the weight loss happened in a matter of weeks. This sets up young people to get discouraged and eventually fail or fall into unhealthy ideals.

BTW - every other person I've seen on that show still looks fat to me at the end.

Many of those people were 300 to 400 plus pounds 8 months ago. Surely you don't think they would be at ideal body weight in just 8 months.

 

[blingbowsparkles]

How healthy is it to lose 155 pounds in 6-8 months? Will she be able to sustain the weight loss?

I am not a doctor so I don't know but I am obsessed with my 600 pound life and many of them lose that much or more in a 6 month period. All are under the care of doctor and are encouraged to do so.

 

[lisaviolet]

I guess beauty is in the eyes of the beholder because I think the BL contestant looks beautiful and healthy.

It is.

 

[mrzrich]

I am not a doctor so I don't know but I am obsessed with my 600 pound life and many of them lose that much or more in a 6 month period. All are under the care of doctor and are encouraged to do so.

Those people have had weight lose surgery and are eating 1/4 of a cup of pureed food for dinner.

 

[FergieTCat]

I am not a doctor so I don't know but I am obsessed with my 600 pound life and many of them lose that much or more in a 6 month period. All are under the care of doctor and are encouraged to do so.

I've never watched that show either.

I can't believe a doctor would encourage someone to lose over 100 pounds in 6 months, but as I said, I don't watch these shows so I wouldn't know. (I wanted to amend this post to add that bariatric surgery is another story.)

I just wonder how many people can maintain the loss. It's a strain on the body to regain the weight.

 

[mrzrich]

The Daily news says that she is 5'5"


From the Daily News:

Frederickson, lost 60% of her body weight during about four and a half months on the show. At 5-foot-5 and 105 pounds, that puts her BMI at 17.5 — underweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

[blingbowsparkles]

I've never watched that show either.

I can't believe a doctor would encourage someone to lose over 100 pounds in 6 months, but as I said, I don't watch these shows so I wouldn't know.

I just wonder how many people can maintain the loss. It's a strain on the body to regain the weight.

Last nights episode had a girl that the doctor wouldn't even operate on until she dropped 30 pounds and he wanted it done in a months time. Like I said not a doctor so I don't know if it is healthy or not but the show follows them over a year period or longer and most have kept the majority of the weight off.

I mentioned in an earlier post about a friend who went vegan and lost about 45 pounds. She has continued to eat that way and has kept the weight off and it has been 3 years since the initial weight loss. She looks amazing .

 

[sonnyjane]

She gave it all up for a boy. She was on the road to being an Olympic Swimmer when she met a German Exchange student. She fell in love and followed him back to Germany leaving her Olympic dreams in the dust. When her prince turned into a frog, she turned to food.

As a former high school and collegiate swimmer, my curiosity got the better of me and so I looked up some of her swimming times. They are nowhere even CLOSE to Olympic caliber, and in fact my personal bests are faster than hers in most events. Obviously had she gone to college, maybe she would have made greater strides, but I think that the show must have played up the "gave up her Olympic dreams" angle for dramatic effect. She was pretty fast, don't get me wrong, but they really hyped it up if they're saying that she was almost an Olympian.

 

[Nayan]

I think everyone is getting too hung up in the numbers. I don't care if she weighed any number she LOOKED dehydrated and ill. A person who has always been that size doesn't have the same issues as a person who just lost more than 50 percent of their weight.

That is exactly what I thought too.