Dieting Reality - Tomorrow Is NOW!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Yesterday I had my ACE fitness health post. In it was the statements below & I asked you to come back for more today:
If you’ve ever watched the popular television reality show “The Biggest Loser,” you know that a healthy diet and physical activity is a winning combo for weight loss success; and even more critical in trying to maintain it. What the Hollywood producers don’t tell us, however, is that several contestants have ballooned back to their original weight or regained significant pounds months after leaving the show. That is because they no longer live in a controlled and supervised environment competing for “drastic and unrealistic” change. A true lifestyle change means slowly adapting to healthier behaviors in everyday living.
Now saying this, we know that many have kept the weight off too & most likely saved their own lives. But on the flip side, many have not kept it off. Back in November 2009, I wrote a post about Insanity and Weight Loss. I put this quote in that post: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing year after year and expecting a different result." Please take a moment to read this post if you never got to OR re-read it if this statement is calling to you & sounds all to familiar.
Then, in November 2009, I wrote this post: Eating & Weight Loss Reality - Tomorrow Is NOW. In that post was the below:
BUT, we all know for every success story, there are many that put the weight back on & that was the case with Eric, a winner from a The Biggest Loser a few seasons ago. Eric has put on almost all the 200+ pounds he lost on the show. They met up with him and he said this about what he told himself: TOMORROW IS THE DAY THAT THIS DOES NOT GO ON ANYMORE AND I KEPT LETTING THE TOMORROWS GET AWAY FROM ME.......
Well, after the end of last season of The Biggest Loser, they invited Eric to come back at this season's finale & show that "he can do this". That he can get back to being healthy again. If I recall, Eric said that the limited diet & the crazy workouts were too stressful for him. Bob even told him that he has to find a better way. Find workouts he likes to do & take a more sensible approach to eating better. I think Eric was going to try the boxing workouts like what I did at LA Boxing.
So, I was watching something last week and low & behold, a story on Eric. Remember, he was going to take the slower sensible approach to losing that weight for this season's finale. So.... he was at The Biggest Loser Camp and per the show he was on 1100 calories per day & working out 6 hours per day!!! Doesn't this sound like exactly what he did on the show & did not work for him the first time!!! Insanity, I would say! Doing the same thing that did not work for him last time. How will he sustain the loss this time if he lost the weight the second time by not learning the slower & more sensible approach that he can live with day in and day out. He even admitted to the fact that this type of approach to weight loss was not right for him.
Listen, I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope Eric keeps the weight off this time. I like him a lot but I don't get that he went back to this type of way to lose weight. To me, I am thinking he was not going to meet a certain goal by the season finale so the "powers that be on the show" asked him if he wanted to do the Biggest Loser camp so he would look great for the finale. I may be wrong but that is the way my thought process goes! Personally, I would rather have seen him a bit heavier BUT losing the weight in a way every day folks do, not the 6 hours per day & very limited calories for him!
So, as you are probably guessing, I have more to say on this tomorrow but a little different take for your minds so please check back!
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What you are is what you have been, what you will be is what you do now.
-Buddha
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yesyes FITNESS ISNT ABOUT FITTING in to one mold or path
we need to carve out and create our OWN PATH to healthy living...
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It seems we're an instant gratification society, so patience and long-term results don't always hold as much appeal as "get it done now!" does. I can't imagine working out for six hours unless that was my job and I LOVED it. I enjoy working out - very much so - but two hours a day is my max, and that's only if I've skipped a day and am shooting for a weekly goal that requires it.
Yikes... Slow & steady wins the race. We've been told that since we were kids, but it's tough when all around us is the "have it now" mentality.
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I agree with you. The slower approach is better. Who has time to workout 6 hours a day in real life? Better yet who wants to?
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I watched the "where are they now" type episode of The Biggest Loser after last season. I saw how he went from winning to gaining it all back.
I think sometimes we push ourselves too hard and inconvenience ourselves to do what he did, and that's why I didn't "stick".
I'm happy that I've maintained what I lost. That to me is a big step in and of itself. Now time to push the envelope again. I'm almost looking forward to my move to Boise with Scott because he's really into working out, and I'm more about the food, so I think it will be a winning combo in having a healthy lifestyle in general
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i did not see the story, but i agree with you. what eric did on the show at first and what he's doing again, is not reality. one cannot live like that. i mean, does he not have a job? how can anyone be productive on 1100 calories and have the time to work out 6 hours a day? slow and steady wins the race.
i wish him all the best, hopefully he will learn how to lose the weight properly.
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I would like to suggest that when you are looking for an activity that you like, to realize that for most successful people, liking to exercise may have nothing to do with their "just doing it." Sometimes being able to say, " Just DID it," is the best you are going to get
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This is so sad! I have lost 20 pounds in 14 months. I don't skip chocolate, cheese, nuts, wine, bread, or other goodies--in moderation. Occasionally skip a workout without stressing. Continuing to tweak my habits for my life. How much more to lose? No idea. For me it's not about the scale it's about my behavior/mindset. Thanks for your blog
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I am not surprised that TBL took the extreme approach with Eric the second time around. The popularity of the show is based on the dramatic results. Sadly, I think that if the show took a healthier approach it wouldn't be on the air anymore. If the goal of TBL was to teach sensible weight loss strategies, they wouldn't have contestants working out 6 or more hours a day and there wouldn't be product endorsements for 100 Calorie Packs and other less than healthy choices.
My post today is about the new series Food Revolution with chef Jamie Oliver that promotes a sensible approach to overcoming obesity. I hope this series will teach the public that we can't be taken in my get-thin-quick schemes and that it is necessary to develop a healthy lifestyle that, in the end, will lead to weight loss.
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I am the original turtle in weight loss, but I have kept off 100 pounds for almost 2 years now. It took me about 4 years to lose that 100 - which would never have gotten me on BL.
It's all about changes that you make that you can do forever. There is no way I could eat 1200 calories and exercise several hours a day for life. No way. So, I'll take the slow road thankyouverymuch
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