<p>I missed it last night. What did Ron do, anyway, and who got voted home?</p>
<p>I never thought I would watch a reality show, but this one has me hooked. And as for the post a few above mine (that the show is arbitrary), it actually makes sense if you pay attention why some are sent home and others aren’t. OK, this isn’t the most mentally fit way for us to spend our time, but it’s such a great show.</p>
<p>I always wonder about the long term health effects of losing this much weight in such a short period of time. I have heard 1-2 pounds per week is all our livers can safely handle.</p>
<p>I went on Simeon’s protocol. Lost 17 pounds in 33 days without even a hint of exercise, never felt hungry, and have had no difficulty keeping it off.</p>
<p>^^^
So you think the lady who was voted off was sneaking some cookies?
And the ones losing the most are working the hardest? I think the young guy is winning cause young bodies burn fat more efficiently.</p>
<p>The 2 at risk for being sent home were Kristin and Helen. Ron had promised Kristin (and her mother Kathy) that he would watch out for her & never write down his name. However, microphones picked up (no video available) a whispered conversation where Ron told his son Mike to vote for Kristin, which resulted in her getting voted off.</p>
<p>Wow…Kristen! I am really bummed. She had done so well. Not only did she lose an insane amount of weight, but her personality has really bloomed as the person underneath has emerged. I cannot believe I am really into this! Anyway, I guess Ron took his promise literally. He didn’t vote her out. Clearly, he cares more about his son’s chance to win it all (and Kristen was in the way).</p>
<p>500 calories a day and injections of human pregnancy hormone, Mini? Somehow, I wouldn’t have taken you to be the type to be lured by fraud or faux medical quackery!</p>
<p>This show is stupid. It conveys unrealistic weight loss goals and doesn’t take into consideration that a lot of the weight they’re losing is water weight and muscle. It ain’t all about pounds!! Most of these contestants will balloon back up once they’re away from the resort and back to their real lives.</p>
<p>I also don’t like the “voting off”. This is a show in which winners and losers can be determined objectively. I think it’s simple - whoever loses the least leaves. Period. But I guess that’s not dramatic enough.</p>
<p>And I found Kristin unbelievably annoying last night. What was the snipe against Mike for winning a trip to NY? “What would he even do in NY???” Well, there’s a lot more to NY than shopping, Kristin. I’m sure an 18 year old can find a LOT to do in NY. And the bit about “Let Mike be a man and compete against me” - hello, Kristin - it’s a competition! He’d be stupid not to vote you off if you are his biggest rival! I just found her way too full of herself.</p>
<p>"500 calories a day and injections of human pregnancy hormone, Mini? Somehow, I wouldn’t have taken you to be the type to be lured by fraud or faux medical quackery! "</p>
<p>Actually, I used it to deal with a separate medical difficulty, where after a year, allopathic medicine had given up. My naturopath has 60 other patients on the same protocol, all with the same result. Simeon’s is very common in Europe (in some countries, covered by insurance) - the mega-billion-dollar weightloss industry here (speaking of quackery) hates it. Neither fraud nor faux. </p>
<p>The key issue around weightloss is metabolic rate. None of the standard weightloss regimens usually used here, from diet to exercise to pills, deal with it, which is why folks can’t keep the weight off.</p>
weight training…the more muscle you have, the more calories it requires to maintain this active tissue, thus increasing your basal metabolic rate.</p>
<p>The show never seems to educate people…it’s all just about silly stunts and weekly weigh-ins…if these people are staying the same weight, but decreasing BF percentage, that is progress.</p>
<p>Adding to UCB’s comment, I’ve found that the simplest way to rev up my own metabolism is just to drink lots of water. I have no idea why it works but it does.</p>
<p>I agree Chedva that Kristen was very annoying last night as well as bitter. Mike is not there to prove his manhood to her. He is there to lose weight, and to win the money.</p>
<p>Chedva, can’t answer your 2nd question, but it appears that Ron promised Kathy (Kristin’s mother) to watch out for Kristin when Kathy left. It may have been in return for keeping Ron there for one or more of the times he was up for elimination.</p>
<p>^ True…water is necessary for the biochemical reactions needed for your body to metabolize fat and carry waste products from your system. If you aren’t adequately hydrated, these reactions can’t function as efficiently.</p>
<p>Although, I do hate having to go pee more often…;)</p>
<p>Hormone injections, Mini? No thank you. Plus, I would never purchase anything that snake oil salesman Kevin Trudeau was pitching. There’s a reason he is known as an A-1 scam artist.</p>
<p>Didn’t know Trudeau pitches it, though since it is common medical practice in Europe, it doesn’t surprise me. By the way, the FTC has Simeon’s wrong: the injections are subcutaneous, not intramuscular (I could do 'em myself, but my wife the nurse did 'em); I didn’t have to stop ANY of my prescription drugs; did NOT have to eat only organic foods in the following 21 days; I know exactly what to do if I gain even two pounds (it involves eating a big steak). </p>
<p>Clothes have become a problem.</p>
<p>Instead of reading all the hype pro and con, read Simeon’s original papers from the 60s.</p>
<p>mini - have a family member who is looking into this diet. My quick scan showed lots of positive reports - but also a report from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. They put a bunch of overweight ladies on a strict calorie diet with some getting placebo injections. No difference. They did go on to say that HGH was not proven to be unsafe…but the conclusion was that it was ineffective in this particular study.
That said - hey - it’s working for YOU -so I wish you the best - and really hope you can keep it off long term. I really do believe that some people metabolisms are “stuck.” In fact, I might be one of the right now, but I’m trying the old-fashioned stuff first. Water, weight-lifting, and watching my calories. We’ll see. And yeah…I have a problem with MY clothes lately but I think it’s a different one than yours!</p>