Today is Day 6.Yesterday I received a book "The Big Fat Truth" by JD Roth. I bought it used on Amazon.It is NOT a "magic pill". The work that one would do as a result of reading the book would be the "magic" that transforms the person who reads it. It is NOT a diet book.It is a "how to" guide to establish proper mindset.JD Roth believes the reason people are fat has nothing to do with the food they are eating and more about what is going on emotionally, secrets kept, past abuse,emotional trauma etc.. "There can be no breakthrough without a breakdown," is an example of phrases that are written in bold type in parts of the book. There are some inspirational sections in some of the chapters about people and events from the shows Biggest Loser, and Extreme Weight Loss because JD Roth was a producer on these shows. It is written about how to establish personal mindset. He asks the same 20 questions that are used during auditions. There is a 30 day plan which is not a meal plan. Day one "Walk thirty Minutes" and thereafter walk thirty everyday."Page 86 through 90, Five reasons you might be fat": covers coping skill, hiding, punishing behaviors, emotional emptiness, stress.
Today is Day 6. My knee joints really hurt today. It's after 12 noon and I have not had a shake yet. I am going go to the lake park and walk today as the roads are still icy out in the country where I live.
Sounds interesting MaryL. Let me know what you think about it once you've read it. It really does all begin in the mind.
I always had issues with those shows. I recently read an article about contestants on The Biggest Loser and how rapidly (and sadly, shamefully) most of them regained their weight. The question the article lead with was, "Have you ever wondered why there is never a Biggest Loser reunion?". Because they've all gained their weight back and sometimes more. The lifestyle was just not realistic or sustainable. 8 hrs in the gym, very restricted diets to lose as much weight as possible in a "week", (which was actually more often 2 or more weeks to make it look more dramatic) and lots of emotional abuse. Their metabolisms took such a beating that most of them, when tested even years after, were still showing damage to their resting metabolic rates. I often wondered why, when 24 hour Fitness Gym was their sponsor, and they prominently display sings all over their gyms that 1 to 2 lbs a week is the healthy goal, this show would treat people like garbage if they didn't lose 10, 20 or more. Like I said..I had issues! lol!
That said, I'm sure there are some interesting insights and suggestions to help support a healthier lifestyle, and emotional healing if that is needed. Our perception of the world around us and our place in it shapes all our decisions, including those that impact our habits and behaviors, and eventually our food choices and health.
It wouldn't be fair to participants if they were ever led to believe that they could return to their old lifestyle, not maintain their diet and exercise and not expect to gain at least some, if not all of the weight back. The fact is not all participants gained the weight back. Those that did not gain the weight back continued their program as if they has never left the shows- that is they continued to watch their diets and exercise.
Same thing happens with Cambridge. Those of us who do not maintain vigilance towards the programs regain our weight. That's sad but true.
Six Biggest Loser contestants who gained weight back went on to lose weight on a whole foods plant based diet as the article indicates.
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That sounds really interesting! It says it is going to be on the "Z Living Network". Unfortunately my cable company doesn't have that channel listed. I'll have to see if I can find it somewhere else like Hulu or something. Hopefully this time it won't be a competition and they will experience the support and healing that they need for long term success.
My issues were never with this person specifically. It was the producers overall treatment of the cast to get the ratings they wanted which was not in the contestants best interest. One of the trainers was even caught and penalized for giving her team diuretics to win a weigh in. Some contestants have confessed they were given stimulants to accelerate weight loss and they have talked about other tactics that were detrimental to their well-being such as all night gym workouts, not drinking water or eating the day before, etc. The focus was all wrong in my opinion.
Weight loss is a very personal challenge and already taxes our emotions to honestly confront our own truths. It's hopefully a healing process, physically and emotionally. Making it a competition for $250,000 adds an element that can bring stress and other negative emotions when the focus should be on recovery and creating a new "normal" to carry us through. Those are my feelings anyway.
