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chrisleakfan4life · 03-06-2012, 11:58 AM

That Robert Gibbs guy was contacted by Powell's agent which probably means he will end up on the show sometime down the road.

Gibbs is going to get the help he asked for, I applaud him for having the stones to put himself out there and i applaud ABC and Powell for probably saving that mans life. If you have to look past that and start chiming in about how crazy the shows are than you've got issues.

Dreamliner · 03-06-2012, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisleakfan4life

Have you guys ever actually watched Extreme Makeover Weight loss edition?

Each episode spans a year

Chris meets the contestant, takes them out to a facility in California to get medically examined and weighed in.

He heads to the contestants house and spends 90 days with them, training them how to exercise and how to eat right.

After that he leaves, and the contestant goes back to their normal every day lives and they have to take what they learn and lose weight.

It's a tv show, of course its not realistic to take 3 months off to lose weight. However the contestants do learn a great deal about exercise and nutrition/diet.

The whole "pushing a car" thing was a challenge, nothing else. He doesn't have these people out there pushing cars every day, they're usually doing regular exercise like every day people. These challenges also usually come after they've lost a decent amount of weight. The whole point of the challenge is to show these people that they can do some extraordinary things and their weight isn't an excuse. One girl pushes a car around a track, another guy climbs all the stairs in the sears tower.

As far as the biggest loser goes, there are plenty of examples where contestants who don't make it onto the ranch come back and join the group who was there.

One season a group of contestants didn't make it, and they came back later on and they had lost more weight than the people on the show.

I haven't seen anybody die from going on these shows, and they rarely get injured.

The show may not be "realistic" because these people get so much time off from work, but from an exercise and dieting standpoint its not extreme like you're making it out to be.

I have seen Chris Powell and the nicest thing I could say is that he is probably marginally better than Biggest Loser, which is horrendous. Word is that Anna Kournikova is applying to become a trainer!

LeafUF · 03-06-2012, 12:39 PM

Never watched either of these shows, but I do like Fat Chef.

**G8rChuck85** · 03-06-2012, 12:47 PM

I tried watching The Biggest Loser one season. I didn't like all the house drama and game playing. Seemed to me like the typical reality show.

Dreamliner · 03-06-2012, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisleakfan4life

That Robert Gibbs guy was contacted by Powell's agent which probably means he will end up on the show sometime down the road.

Gibbs is going to get the help he asked for, I applaud him for having the stones to put himself out there and i applaud ABC and Powell for probably saving that mans life. If you have to look past that and start chiming in about how crazy the shows are than you've got issues.

People lose weight by undertaking all sorts of extreme and unnecessary strategies. We are allowed to register criticisms of certain weight-loss strategies without being told that we've got issues.

LeafUF · 03-06-2012, 02:02 PM

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I have seen Chris Powell and the nicest thing I could say is that he is probably marginally better than Biggest Loser, which is horrendous. Word is that Anna Kournikova is applying to become a trainer!

I'd let her train me. But no one really needs her when we already have Zuzana from Body Rock.