05-22-16, 01:02 PM | |
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More revelations about The Biggest Loser
Have you guys seen this article?
Biggest Loser drugged us so we'd lose weight: http://nypost.com/2016/05/22/biggest...x-contestants/ Apparently some former contestants wanted to come forward after the other study was published to point out that the study didn't have all the facts about what went on behind the scenes.
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05-22-16, 11:18 PM | |
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I hate that show.
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05-22-16, 11:52 PM | |
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That show is so extreme that I believe plenty of shenanigans have gone on behind the scenes. The fact that contestants are cut off from the outside world indicates that producers use brainwashing methods to manipulate vulnerable people. It's like how the Bachelor's producers cut off contestants from the outside world and force them to sit around all day and talk about dating the Bachelor and 25 women think they have fallen in love with the same guy and cry like the world is ending when he sends them home (even though they only spoke to him for 5 minutes).
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05-23-16, 01:39 AM | ||
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Thanks for sharing that link Colleen, I've watched the show for one season years back, when I found it was aired locally, Jillian was one of the trainers at the time, I had no idea of all of the horrors the show involved.
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05-23-16, 05:48 AM | ||
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As for people being crazy to stay, I don't know... I think many are so desperate. The show is presented to them as 'we're saving your life.' As one woman said in the article, Dr. Huizinga told her she better lose this weight or she was going to die. I think people, as Fitboop said above, are put in this environment and it can be very hard to rebel. |
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05-23-16, 06:40 AM | |
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Yoni Freedhoff wrote a Facebook post to make it clear that his quotes were misrepresented.
It's a public post, so I presume it's OK to post: 'Today you're likely to come across a Biggest Loser article with some quotes from me. Wanted to let you know how badly the reporter misrepresented my actual statements to her. Consequently I can't recommend or share the piece as judging from how my words were used, it's difficult for me to trust the rest of the story.' I thought I'd chip in, as I too have a lot of time for Yoni and I would hate for his views to be misinterpreted. |
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