I got to watch another episode of Slimpossible Season 3, that I talked about here. There were a number of interesting things in this episode.
First, this time, there was no recorded weight gain. In fact, all the contestants lost weight. In the previous two episodes, there had been cases of no weight loss or even some of weight gain! A friend of mine had argued that the weight increase may have been due to muscle gain, but I really doubted that for three reasons:
- First, gaining muscle is not something so simple, that an overweight person who has only recently started exercising can do. If it was, many more people would be muscular.
- Secondly, from the exercises we are shown the contestants doing and from the diet tips we have been shown, muscle gain was highly unlikely, especially a lady gaining half a kilo of muscle in a week.
- Third, one of the contestants said she got injured and had presumably slackened in their exercising, and had therefore gained weight.
This week, the ladies the ladies all lost weight, and the show host made mention of that. I think one of them had lost as much as 2.5 kilos in a week. I later wondered if the weighing scale at the studio had been tampered with, to save the image of the show.
Secondly, when this season started, the host had said the competition was to last 12 weeks. This is now the 13th week, and there was no mention of a finale. I wondered if the extension was done to allow the contestants to actually lose weight, this being a weight loss programme and all. Maybe the counting was interrupted by the London Olympics.
The third thing was that there were some ladies from previous seasons who were invited to Friday’s show. They weighed in as well, and one of them allegedly weighed 65 kilos. My wife and I really doubted this figure, based on our visual assessment of the lady in question and a comparison with people we know who weigh around 65 kilos.
Fourth, I noted that this time there were no diet tips for viewers at home. In at least one previous episode, they showed a sample allegedly healthy breakfast which included tea with added sugar. There was no mention of restricting the amount of added sugar. Maybe it should have been no surprise that the contestants were gaining weight.
Fifth, as the programme was ending on Friday, they listed what the competition winners would get. There was no mention of the prize money that had been publicised earlier on and that was there in at least the previous season.
Interesting.
Baba Amor's Thoughts 
my dear mentor, i see your concern, lossing weight aint easy especially if your target is close to 40kgs. long term is more effective than this 16 week programme i guess or am i consoling myself hehe.that is all i can say.
Hi Vickie!
Thanks for reading and for commenting.
It is true that weight loss is not easy. This is especially because it usually involves change of habit – changing from things we enjoy to those that are better, but more challenging.
It is also true that a long term approach is usually more effective. The problem is that many times we want results quickly, otherwise we may lose momentum. It can be done fast, if you are disciplined and ready to work harder than those going for a long-term plan.
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I can certainly identify with those who think if they are still at 189 lbs after three weeks, claim it’s muscle. I’ve counseled enough patients who believe this. First , it could be a plateau if they were at this weight for a long time previously, perhaps hormones, same old-same old food choices, or a myriad of other reasons including emotional, unconscious eating, etc.
I’m not familar with this show but it sounds like the equivelent of “The Biggest Loser” in America. Can’t wait to see what you write about next!
Thanks for visiting and for commenting!
I have not watched Biggest Loser, but from what I read I think it is similar – lose more weight than your competitors.
I also do not know what I will write next! 🙂
Well written.
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person upset: Diets really cause you
to put on pounds in the long term which has become more and more evident in the excess weight epidemic that\\\\\\\’s
hurting this kind of processed food, minimal exercise era. Are you concerned that stadium seating have
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no means in any smart way) of men and women than we have ever have previously and that is essentially before over twenty years only. Our children experience being overweight associated
circumstances for instance diabetes and coronary disease.
I just read that in a study 70 overweight North american youngsters in the age range of 6 to 19 were actually subjected to many battery of medical tests to check out the consequence that the diet filled with fats had on their young physiques. The results have been eye opening. All had
high cholesterol levels as well as were inside the high-risk group of acquiring heart disease and heart failure that a few subjects were already
revealing signs of.
Will there be any sort of hope
for all of us? I contemplate your answer should be certainly. Apparently
virtually all we need is without a doubt a little bit of diet and exercise. We all need to embark on doing it Immediately!
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