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NBC'S THE BIGGEST LOSER!

shene107
shene107
Posts: 54
Joined: 2004/03/16
United States
2004/10/23, 07:34 PM
THE NEW REALITY SHOW ON NBC CALLED THE BIGGEST LOSER WORRIES ME A BIT. FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW WHAT ITS ABOUT, THERE ARE TWO TEAMS OF PPL WHO COMPETE TO LOSE THE MOST WEIGHT,AT THEE ND OF EACH WEEK THEY ARE WEIGHED WHO EVER LOST THE MOST WEIGHT WHENS THAT WEEK. BUT ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE END CAN BE CALLED THE BIGGEST LOSER,AND LOSE THE MOST WEIGHT. AFTER THIER FIRST WEEK OF TRAINING,SOME PPL LOST LIKE 22 POUNDS! I THINK IT WAS A RANGE OF LIKE 3-22POUNDS. I WAS UNEASY ABOUT THIS. I SAW THEM DOING CARDIO AND WEIGHTS ,AND THE CLEAN DIET, BUT FOR DRAMATIC RESULTS LIKE THAT ONE CAN ONLY WONDER.
DX14AG
DX14AG
Posts: 1,055
Joined: 2004/07/22
United States
2004/10/23, 08:55 PM
I think it's all a lie that show
deadheadted
deadheadted
Posts: 123
Joined: 2004/05/31
United States
2004/10/24, 12:12 AM
It was mostly water weight. Carbohydrates use water for energy transport - by going on a low carbohydrate diet, you lose the need for that excess water and shed it. The bigger you are, the more water you have to shed.
shene107
shene107
Posts: 54
Joined: 2004/03/16
United States
2004/10/24, 08:05 AM
U MAY BE RIGHT THEY ARE ON LOW CARB DIET
ioioio
ioioio
Posts: 302
Joined: 2004/01/29
Kuwait
2004/10/30, 04:13 PM
hey SHENE107, could u please not use the caps lock, cause it's kinda annoying. But getting back to the show, it really is one huge lie. They are trying to manipulate the peoples opinion on weight lose.
Pritchard
Pritchard
Posts: 1,212
Joined: 2004/03/02
United Kingdom
2004/10/31, 03:09 PM
THERE WAS SOMETHING A BIT LIKE THIS ON BRITISH TV, BUT IT WAS WITH CELEBRITIES, IT WAS CALLED 'CELEBRITY FIT CLUB'. THERE WERE TWO TEAMS OF THE SO-CALLED CELEBS AND THEY GOT ON A BIT BALANCE WEIGHT AND THEY TEAM THAT GOT HOISTED INTO THE AIR AT THE END OF THE WEEK WERE THE WINNERS FOR THAT WEEKS.

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jonathanweaver
jonathanweaver
Posts: 576
Joined: 2004/06/14
United States
2004/11/01, 02:31 PM
Nice caps, pritch!
I know you simply did that for ioioio's sake...

I'll watch the show again this week. You have to realize that, like any other "reality" show, they are in the business of making television ratings, not skinny people. American Idol is in the business of making the number one television show in the world, not to make the best singer in the world.

Can anyone explain to me why Kwame made it to the final 2 on The Apprentice? Please!!! Troy ran the team EVERY time, but Kwame was a black male with a Harvard degree. DUH!!! It's about the ratings, regardless of what they say in the interviews. (I picked Bill from week 2, my wife picked Troy.)

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ky151
ky151
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Joined: 2004/01/20
United States
2004/11/01, 06:38 PM
I don't think Kwame made it to the final 2 because he is a black man with a Harvard degree. What does that have to do with anything, as if black people don't have degrees from Harvard? Obviously, Trump saw something in Kwame that Troy did not have. This was never a black and white issue...it was Bill who completed the tasks at hand based on the criteria set up by Trump and NBC execs. I'm sure Troy gained something from being on the show.

Ok, off my soap box!

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Quoting from jonathanweaver:

Nice caps, pritch!
I know you simply did that for ioioio's sake...

I'll watch the show again this week. You have to realize that, like any other "reality" show, they are in the business of making television ratings, not skinny people. American Idol is in the business of making the number one television show in the world, not to make the best singer in the world.

Can anyone explain to me why Kwame made it to the final 2 on The Apprentice? Please!!! Troy ran the team EVERY time, but Kwame was a black male with a Harvard degree. DUH!!! It's about the ratings, regardless of what they say in the interviews. (I picked Bill from week 2, my wife picked Troy.)


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Pritchard
Pritchard
Posts: 1,212
Joined: 2004/03/02
United Kingdom
2004/11/02, 11:44 AM
on the british big brother they made the conditions bad and virtually encouraged them to have a big scary brawl. i think that is crossing the line.

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A.D.F.
2004/11/02, 11:49 AM
Has anybody seen the "Trump or monkey" segments on Letterman? He puts up 3 photos with the faces covered up so only the tip top of the head shows. Two are monkeys. one is Trump. Then he lets contestants guess which one is actually Trump. They almost always pick a monkey.

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Charlie
pimple
pimple
Posts: 490
Joined: 2003/07/08
United States
2004/11/02, 03:29 PM
i saw an episode of the biggest loser yesterday and i thought it was funny how their scale worked... the guy steps up there and it shows all the different digits until the scale prints the actual value... 400, 380, 390, 405, 350, 351, 352, 400, 390, 360... such a dramatic scale... then when the red team lost, they played this real depressing music on the background... what a silly show...

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Pritchard
Pritchard
Posts: 1,212
Joined: 2004/03/02
United Kingdom
2004/11/02, 03:29 PM
i havent but i wish i had.

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Damselfly
Damselfly
Posts: 128
Joined: 2004/06/27
United States
2004/11/03, 10:50 AM
May I ask why ya'll watch a show/s that is pure fabrication and everything that is done on the show is for ratings? On top of the fact that what you are watching is clearly garbage? I hardly find demeaning people or people even demeaning themselves as a form of entertainment, sadly a lot of Americans do otherwise they wouldn't keep making more of these asinine shows............


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Damselfly

Whoever said that sunshine brings happiness never danced in the rain. \"unknown\"
2004/11/03, 10:56 AM
Damselfly, are you talking about Trump or monkey?? That is a highly socially redeemable and intensely rich in culture production. Otherwise I agree 100% with your views. I wish reality shows would go away. I also am tired of seeing autopsies on the police shows. What happened to good old graphic sex during the dinner hour???

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I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol


Charlie