Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser

Tracy, a contestant on the show, hit the nail on the head when she stated, "Your genetic make up means a lot, but the change in your metabolism, is not because of the show. We ruined our metabolisms because we were obese and didn't take care of ourselves....mentally physically and emotionally." You do not need to work out 6 hours a day to maintain a healthy weight, after you leave the show! I work out 45 minutes, 4 days a week. That takes care of it and I'm 66 years old!

And as far as the drug use, they can whine all day long about taking a caffeine pill, but let's get real and talk about Red Bull for a minute!

Bob Harper stated, "We were living in a time that obesity was killing us. That's why when Loser came around, the messaging, as controversial as it was, and is, we were just trying to shed light on a really terrible epidemic that was happening." And you think THAT has changed? Absolutely not, it's getting worse! Just like they said at the very end, obesity is now up 45% compared to 32% when Loser first aired! Our children are now obese, because they're eating too much fast food and being WAY too sedentary. Stop looking for a "magic pill!" Take responsibility, eat clean and exercise, it's that simple. A tv show won't change your life, only you can do that!

I watched The Biggest Loser with my wife at the time. Good grief, anyone who had watched the first season knew EXACTLY what they were getting themselves into. They'd seen Bob and Jillian get up in the faces of the contestants, and raise their voices as part of the motivation. ANYONE who was involved in team sports in high school has endured far worse than that. Joelle seemed to lock herself into a power struggle with her coach. She deliberately held back during training sessions as a way of holding onto that little bit of control. Her negative experiences on TBL seem to be rooted in the fact that her personality was completely unsuited for the show. Crying that there isn't "aftercare" for contestants after the show is the most entitled nonsense. Grow up. The program helped you lose a large amount of weight, it's on you to change your life if you want to keep it off. Caffeine as a scandal? C'mon.

I found it interesting and watched all 3 episodes. However as others have said, too many stories of people trying to play the victim. Yes, there was corporate greed from the producers, but that's pretty much how the world works. Everyone who went on the show after season 2, knew what they were signing up for. It's just sad that most of the people didn't take the lessons learned and gained all the weight back.

Honestly it was insufferable seeing Bob Harper and the producers acting as if they did mostly good things and not take any accountability for anything they made these poor people go through.

Anyone trying to lose weight should always exercise at their own pace and obviously should not be made to work out until they throw up and the fact that anyone thought this was okay is wild to me but maybe not too surprising as society does seem to hate fat people and that fact that a show like "The Biggest Loser" was ever a thing proves it.

I wish nothing but the worst for not only Bob Harper and the producers but everyone blaming the contestant in the reviews, still i'm glad that this documentary exists and i hope it opened some people' eyes if they didn't know about this already.

This show which could or should have been interesting was just a bunch of click bait. It was a reality show about a reality show. People being mad tv did tv things is comical. I remember plenty of these people having a much different story after the show for years but now they have clearly lost their shine so they are coming back for more.