From The Past: February 10, 2009

I have been meaning to share this with you for a week now.

Last Tuesday on The Biggest Loser, a woman only lost two pounds after being at home and trying to lose weight for a month. Thirty days and only two pounds is not good. The woman said, “I am stronger. I did things at home that pushed me just as hard as Jillian pushed me here. I know I built muscle. I know I built endurance. Um, so I’m back to build some more and that’s what’s necessary to shed the fat off anyway so I’m going to do it.”

Regarding this comment about muscle, Alison Sweeney (the host) asked Jillian (one of the two trainers), “Are there times, Jillian, when the body totally changes and the weight doesn’t reflect it?”

Jillian replies, “No. That’s bull sh*t. She lost two pounds; that’s all she lost. That’s okay. You’ve got five kids. You need to lose a hundred pounds and that’s what we’re going to do. Don’t candy coat it. It is what it is.”

Bob (the other trainer) said, “It’s real. It’s reality. She lost two pounds. There was no muscle. I always talk about excuses. There are no excuses here. This is real. She lost two pounds. Thank God she’s back in this house.”

Jillian states, “I can’t stand the bull crap that goes on around weight loss. Trainers pull that trick on clients all the time – ‘you’ve lost nothing, but you’ve gained muscle’ – oh, wait, I love this one – ‘you’ve lost inches even though the scale hasn’t moved’ – WHAT?!”

I love it that they are letting people know that this doesn’t make sense. The number on the scale has to change for there to be a change with your body.