View Full Version : TV Show: The Biggest Loser


Nuro's Wife
10-20-2004, 04:05 AM
I don't know if any of you had a chance to watch this show last night; but I did. It is basically a weight loss reality TV show. I thought the show was Ok in terms of illustrating the importance of having support during weight loss and the importance of exercise. The one thing I wasn't too keen on was how they vote 1 person off at the end of each show. The true contest of the show is that the contestants are divided up into 2 teams and whichever team has the highest weight loss at the end of the week is the winner and the losing team must vote off a member of their team. The losing team actually voted off the person who had lost the least amount of weight during the week. She was also the smallest out of all of the contestants so reasonably she would not lose pounds as quickly as the others. I guess my real issue with this is because smaller people are prone to lose weight at a slower pace then why even allow them to participate in the show?!?!?! The person who gets voted off is supposed to be adversely affecting the group. I am not so sure that a slow weight lose is an adverse reaction. I just think this show might be sending the wrong message! UGH!!!