Mr Pig Stuff wrote:
Flagpole wrote:The worry is that she developed an eating disorder. I'd have to see how she is another 6-12 months from now... bet long term it is a non-issue. She did what she did to lose the weight so that she could win the cash. There's probably a bigger chance that she will get fat again than she will stay so super thin.
Agree, and also with others up-thread about this being an extreme contest and the inability of the majority to maintain the loss-- or even a healthy weight-- when back in the real world, amid an obesogenic US culture.
As part of the setup, NBC apparently pays for contestants to be gluttonous, to provide good-and-shameful "before" video and top off weight so early-episode losses are big. Here's a note from the Minneapolis paper gossip columnist related to previous BL contestants:
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/65358287.htmlPoor young woman will now and forever be judged by her weight and figure the day she won. Imagine her in a grocery store/section and having others scrutinizing everything she puts into her cart.
The important line in the above posts is "as Part of the setup". In other words these shows are DECEPTIVE (shocking,I know). First of all to take severly overweight people and have them running around and cranking up their heart rates like they do is IDIOTIC! As someone commented on this woman "she hardly looks like the same person!". In my opinion the skinny woman is exactly that, A DIFFERENT PERSON! None of her features match up. This happens more than people think. The original person probably had a heart attack or some other problem and they had a stand in win the contest. As Arthur Conan Doyal said " Crime is common. Logic is rare".