Triathlon on The Biggest Loser Tuesday?

Are the three events pizza eating, beer drinking and couch sitting?

Have to check it out.

Another TBL fan! 

I watch it too, but lately it's gotten a bit annoying. They had a tri last season and it was something like a 50 or 100 m swim, a 6 mile bike, and 1.5 mile run.

On a related but slightly different note, remember Ryan Benson, the guy who won the very first season? He's back to 300 lbs. I think he started the show at 330, so he's managed to keep 30 lbs. off.

That is so depressing how the first year winner won.

The show I like but honestly what women who weighs 166 expects to lose 5 pounds in a week. Kae is amazing but I think it sets up regular folks like me and you to unrealistic weight loss ideas.

Doing it fast isn't good for you. Could you work out 4-5 hours a day and eat 1200-1700 calories depending on your weight? 

I've lost about 95 in 4.5 years...yep that is incredible slow but I didn't play games with my weight and I see it as a lifestyle change not a diet.

I'll be interested to see how the tri plays out. 

I'm not sure if this is a serious question or not but it depends on how much change you're had in your life since you started tri training. I've lost 30 lbs since last July and I thought it was mainly because of my training but then I realized all the lifestyle changes that come with tri training. I eat better when I'm training....I keep training because I like it and I continue to eat better because it affects my training when I don't. I can't eat like we used to, I feel awful for hours afterwards. 

I like the show too, my husband thinks I'm weird. Anyway, last season they did one also. It was short, something like 200/6/2. It seems really short for us but for those folks it seemed like the finish was unattainable and it was neat to see them finish and to have that sense of accomplishment.

I love Biggest Loser- to me it's just motivating to see how much these people change their lives. It doesn't surprise me that one of the winners had put back almost all of his weight. Think about how many people lose weight on any program only to put it back on. I know I've had this happen to me. The only way for it not to happen is to stay with the changes you've made and not got back to your old habits.

Very hard for some.

BTW, While Bob is my favorite, I just have to say that Jillian rocks!!!

I loooove this show too, and I confess, I keep track of the competitors on their blog on ivillage. A lot of the workouts they show are my kinda workouts- lots of natural exercises, functional movement stuff. 

But Suzanne, you LIKE Jillian?  I throw things at the TV when she starts in.  She makes me insane. I heart Bob. If I were in charge, though, I'd make them dress more professionally, I can't stand the teenybopper tshirts and Bob's cargo shorts. 

One thing about the show that bugs me is that every contestant is so good looking, it almost seems like they pic the contestants based on how incredibly HOT they will be after weight loss! 

Hopefully it won't be like the tri they did on the Bachelor .... swim some laps in a 15 yard pool, ride an excercise bike for "x" distance and then run laps around the pool .... what a joke that was.

But if I remember from other seasons, don't they have a real pool in their facility?  At least a 25 yard one?

The show is inspirational but depressing at the same time because from my understanding most of the people end up gaining all the weight back and more after the show is over.

there are likely quite a few guys around who wouldn't mind being ordered to "HTFU" by Jillian ... interpret the meaning of the "H" however you like...

I like Jillian as well.  I think deep down that she's a very genuine person who really cares about the people she trains. She lost a bunch of weight herself so she knows what everyone is going through. Sure she's tough, but these people need that. You don't get to be 300-400 lbs. by having self-discipline.

BTW - Anyone else think Bob is gay? Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm just sayin'.