Comments on: My Obsession with The Biggest Loser http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/my-obsession-with-the-biggest-loser/ Random musings from the radical feminist Christian antiracist left - some having to do with Ubuntu Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ubuntucat http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/my-obsession-with-the-biggest-loser/comment-page-1/#comment-3173 ubuntucat Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:24:13 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=846#comment-3173 @mc I'm not sure what umbrella "these shows" you're fitting <i>The Biggest Loser</i> under, but they actually do talk quite about diet, and you see it especially after the contestants have left the ranch and need to live, eat, and exercise on their own for months before the finale. The talk about diet is actually one of the things I like about the show. @Adam Thanks for the extra health info. @biff I can't believe you guys DVR it also. That's hilarious. Yeah, I can't stand when they try to drag it out, especially during the weigh-ins right before the final weight numbers come out. Where do they get these scales that go so deep below and far above the actual weight and yet seem to be digital? @mc
I’m not sure what umbrella “these shows” you’re fitting The Biggest Loser under, but they actually do talk quite about diet, and you see it especially after the contestants have left the ranch and need to live, eat, and exercise on their own for months before the finale. The talk about diet is actually one of the things I like about the show.

@Adam
Thanks for the extra health info.

@biff
I can’t believe you guys DVR it also. That’s hilarious. Yeah, I can’t stand when they try to drag it out, especially during the weigh-ins right before the final weight numbers come out. Where do they get these scales that go so deep below and far above the actual weight and yet seem to be digital?

]]> By: biff http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/my-obsession-with-the-biggest-loser/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 biff Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:34:24 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=846#comment-3086 that's funny dude. Leah and I totally love this show. Definitely DVR though, as it gets dragged way out. They stacked the deck against Jillian this year though. I guess they had too since she's never lost. By giving her all the parent/child, and bob all the married couples, statistically she's at a disadvantage. All her contestants are automatically 2nd generation obese. Bob's may or may not be (though some probably are). If there are genetic predispositions for obesity (there probably are many) they are more likely to cluster around Jillian's contestants. Bob's are more likely to be due to lifestyle (again by selecting obese couples, they select obese lifestyles). Obviously there are both sets of factors on both sides, but inbred obesity is more likely to cluster with Jillian. Even then, she's doing pretty well. that’s funny dude. Leah and I totally love this show. Definitely DVR though, as it gets dragged way out.

They stacked the deck against Jillian this year though. I guess they had too since she’s never lost. By giving her all the parent/child, and bob all the married couples, statistically she’s at a disadvantage. All her contestants are automatically 2nd generation obese. Bob’s may or may not be (though some probably are). If there are genetic predispositions for obesity (there probably are many) they are more likely to cluster around Jillian’s contestants. Bob’s are more likely to be due to lifestyle (again by selecting obese couples, they select obese lifestyles). Obviously there are both sets of factors on both sides, but inbred obesity is more likely to cluster with Jillian. Even then, she’s doing pretty well.

]]> By: Adam http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/my-obsession-with-the-biggest-loser/comment-page-1/#comment-3077 Adam Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:43:45 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=846#comment-3077 Being overweight is a serious health problem, especially when combined with smoking. I have recently learned that there is a connection between obesity and cancer. It works this way: obesity increases the risk of diabetes and thus uncontrolled blood sugar levels. Cancer, fast multiplying cells in the body, runs on fuel and that fuel is blood sugar. Smoking gets the cancer going, blood sugar keeps it going and it goes fast. Our family has lost two members in the past year to the arthritic of obesity+smoking=cancer. One was 74 and the most recent one was 44. Being a normal body weight and a non-smoker greatly reduces your chances of dying from cancer, especially prematurely. Being overweight is a serious health problem, especially when combined with smoking.

I have recently learned that there is a connection between obesity and cancer. It works this way: obesity increases the risk of diabetes and thus uncontrolled blood sugar levels. Cancer, fast multiplying cells in the body, runs on fuel and that fuel is blood sugar. Smoking gets the cancer going, blood sugar keeps it going and it goes fast.

Our family has lost two members in the past year to the arthritic of obesity+smoking=cancer. One was 74 and the most recent one was 44.

Being a normal body weight and a non-smoker greatly reduces your chances of dying from cancer, especially prematurely.

]]> By: mc http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/my-obsession-with-the-biggest-loser/comment-page-1/#comment-3069 mc Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:32:34 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=846#comment-3069 Personally these shows annoy me because I never see anyone trying to form a coherent diet - or if they are, it doesn't get into the show. News and entertainiment shows focus on exercise as a method of weight loss because it enables them to avoid the low-carb/low-fat debate. Personally these shows annoy me because I never see anyone trying to form a coherent diet – or if they are, it doesn’t get into the show.

News and entertainiment shows focus on exercise as a method of weight loss because it enables them to avoid the low-carb/low-fat debate.

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