Betty,

My decision to pursue fitness as a very big part of my life isn't just from a desire to lose weight. . . in fact, losing weight has nothing to do with wanting to be fit.

If I could be fat and do all the things I want to, I would.

But proper exercise boosts fitness, corrects structural problems, and helps ensure a better quality of life.

I understand you wouldn't put yourself through what they did, and neither would I, but I don't want to discount what an inspiration it is to see people committed to achieve a goal do so.

So I watched the reunion show last night. It was an interesting concept of the weight % and the body fat % lost. However, I think it might have been a bit skewed. Women obviously need to maintain more body fat than men to remain healthy - therefore focusing on % of body fat lost may not be the best thing. Especially for those that didn't have an overly high % in the first place. Bleh anyway - I can't believe how great everyone looked. It was definitely inspiring.

They did look great, didn't they?

I thought the men had an advantage too in that calculation, but I have to say, in the end, Dave had probably done the best job so I didn't have a problem with him winning. The only one I thought might have done better was Andrea. She did a fantastic job of getting pretty buff looking, she was obviously working out a lot!

Val

The only thing I didn't care for about the program, is elimination. Instead of voting to send a person home,ala "Surviver style" they should do something else.

Also, how fair is it, that one of the people who got voted off, won $100,000, but Gary, who came in 2nd, got nothing?

Jim,

I was thinking the same thing. Kind of a bite in the butt if you ask me. However, my outlook is that each one of them, at least the top 3, will get some kind of endorsement deal with a food company or exercise company. Look at some of the other things that people from realty shows have gone on to do. My God, Jared is a household name, and he ate Subs and walked. Look what these people have done.

It is my hope at least, that each one of them get some reward for doing what they've done. Not only are their results inspirational, they should each get cash for getting on the first episode and weighing in with their shirts off. That took some big , well you get the point.

I didn't start watching till the end, but I found it inspirational, and will watch it again next season. One of my guilty pleasures.

Some people do change. Like he said, he went into it stone cold to not get attached to anyone - things do change- so do people's dispositions toward others when they get to know them.

I watched it all season - usually on repeats, but by the end of the season I was Tivoing it on NBC. I really enjoyed it.

But I was not happy with the ending - for the reason Jim and EXlarge mentioned. I don't think it was fair and it left me with a bad feeling that neither Gary nor Kelly Min got anything (that I know of) and someone who got voted off earlier did. And I believe he had a lower percentage (though not by much). I understand that they wanted to show how they did when they thought they weren't doing it for money anymore, but still.

Anyway, I was hoping they'd announce that they were giving each of them Gary and Kelly) $50,000 or something. That would have been much better I think. I didn't hear that. But then I fast-forwarded through a lot of it because I was ticked.

I did not watch the whole series and as a matter of fact only saw 2 of the programs right before the final episode when some network was doing a weekend marathon of the old episodes.
By the time I saw them Ryan was OK personality-wise and I have no reference for the comments about his "bad" attitude. I can say that I have known "fat" people (and he was one of the fattest) that are defensive after years of learning to cope. I am not suggesting that was an excuse for him. I do not know him. But I do know people like him.
And 2nd, though many people were rooting for Moe (me included and I was damned proud for him when he won that race near the final episodes), I was surprised at how little weight he lost. I mean you hafta like a guy like him and feel for him...but many times those with a great deal of weight to lose can lose at a much faster rate (in pounds measured). When he was losing so little (relatively), I was just wondering about his food program. This is not a cut...this is coming from a guy who was bigger than him with a gimp leg barely able to do any exercise (and certainly not able to even get around that stupid track they did in a walk!)...and almost twice his age with as slow a metabolism as you can get who could out lose him without the fancy menus and exercise programs. Now I loved him. I just was disappointed in his progress COMPARED only to the others. I am proud of the health gains he made for himself.

I completely agree! Ever since they'd announced everyone was on their own and they'd be using weightloss% + fatloss% I was thinking it wasn't a good way of measuring. It was completely unfair to Mo. He would have had to lose 109 lbs to show a 25% decrease in weight%. And I understand it is possible considering Ryan lost 122lbs, but Ryan weighed 100lbs less than Mo to begin with. He was able to move better. And Lizzeth and Dana had no chance either. They both were only slightly obese compared to the others. There was no way either of them was winning the $100,000.
I'd be interested to see how a woman around 300-350lbs would make out in the competition. I hope they cast someone around that weight next season.
I think before season 2 they need to come up with a more fair way of ranking the players' weightloss.

Mo's reward is a new life. . . I don't think he's complaining.

They all have a new life - Gary's reward is 20 years given back to him - at the very least. I'm sure that they were all padded well with sponsor packages - maybe some more than others. When you participate in a reality show like that, there is compensation and many endorsement opportunities as well. But just check out how they look - and most importantly, how they FEEL!

Some of them will probably have a chance to be on future reality TV shows as well, especially the single ones who reach their goal weight and look hot. I see a "Biggest Loser Bachelorette" coming up for Andrea or Kelly Min, or Aaron (not sure if he is single).

maybe one will end up on surreal life.. hey it did wonders for flavor flav!!!! gotta love flav, but anyways...
I hope when biggest loser 2 starts they show pics of the originals so we can see if they maintained.