The Biggest Loser At Home Program

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• Established: 2004
• Founder: NBC Studios
• Headquarters: New York, New York
• Stock symbol: CMCSA and GE
• Accessibility: Online
• Diet Type: Low-fat, low-calorie
• Gender: Male and female
• Celebrity Endorsements: Jillian Michaels, Bob Harper, Dolvett Quince, Anna Kournikova, Alison Sweeney

BACKGROUND

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The Biggest Loser TV show has garnered countless fans and inspired those that want to lose weight. Most people feel that they could never get cast on the show, but there are ways that you can follow along with the contestants and create your own success story. BiggestLoser.com, formerly known as Biggest Loser Club, is an online version of the diet and exercise program that the contestants follow at the Biggest Loser ranch. Trainer Bob Harper, a renowned personal trainer, says that those following the home-version likely will not realize the same results as those on the show simply due to circumstance. The contestants are in a highly focused environment for 12 weeks or more, without influence of typical daily stressors like children, work and chores.

BiggestLoser.com's online tools give you specialized menus based on your preferences and tracks your exercise. You won’t have to eat anything you don’t like while on this program, which is a plus. You will be eating three meals and three snacks each day so hunger shouldn’t be a problem either. For your meals, there are included recipes and a tie in so that you can move meals to your food journal. You don’t have to count calories, carbohydrates or fat when following the Biggest Loser diet.

All of the numbers are worked out for you based on the information you provide in the online dashboard. If you are looking for a vegetarian meal plan or want to exclude certain things from your diet, those options are available. There are charts to keep up with your progress and message boards so that you can chat with other members. You will also find videos and motivational articles throughout the site. With each new season of the show, BiggestLoser.com stays updated with the contestants and trainers.

The Biggest Loser TV show has continued to grow in popularity with each season as contestants work to lose weight and become the winner of the coveted $250,000 grand prize. The winner is the person who loses the highest percentage of weight at the end of the season. There is also an at-home prize of $100,000 that the eliminated contestants compete for.

The Biggest Loser season 14 premiered in January 2013 with trainers Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels, and Dolvett Quince and a new batch of 18 contestants. For the first time ever, three of those contestants are teens. The program has grown in popularity so much that there are versions of the show airing in numerous other countries around the world.

Those who want the full Biggest Loser experience can also check out the Biggest Loser Resort with locations in Ivins, Utah, Malibu, California, and Niagra, New York.

PRO

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• Fitness and diet programs available from the show
• Chat with The Biggest Loser experts and contestants
• Access delicious recipes from the show
• Personalized meal plans
• Shopping lists available
• Customized fitness program, including circuit training you can do at home
• Connect with the show's trainers
• Access to message boards
• Personal progress journal

CON

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• Sample exercise plans not available
• Doesn't give detailed membership information
• Grocery list for one week of meals can be intimidating
• Not likely to see weight loss like that on the show

DIET and NUTRITION

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You get to set up all of your preferences when signing up on BiggestLoser.com. You have the option of cutting certain things from your diet like dairy, eggs, tofu, red meat, eggs, pork and poultry. You can also select a vegetarian or low cholesterol diet. If you want to make changes at any time to your preferences, these options are always available to you.

Once you go through the process of setting up your profile, you are given a meal plan for the day that includes three meals and three snacks. There is a chart that monitors weight loss progress featuring your starting weight, current weight and goal. If you follow the meal plan with the foods and recipes suggested, there is no need to count calories. The program does all of that for you. The below meal plan is a sample of what is offered with the exclusion of tofu selected as a preference:

• Breakfast – Biggest Winner Breakfast sausage; muesli with blueberries

• Snack – Hardboiled egg; raisins

• Lunch – Heather’s Mexican Rollup with chips, salsa and corn
• Snack – Balsamic-roasted broccoli with toasted sesame seeds
• Dinner – Steak with mushroom sauce; red potato with skin; steamed cabbage; Smart Balance
• Snack – Baked Bananas Supreme

You can easily swap out meals that are suggested that might not appeal to you, and the recipes are available when you click on the details of the meal section. If you choose the meals suggested, you can simply add that meal to your meal log without having to manually enter it. This can be helpful so that you don’t have to break down all of the ingredients and amounts on your own. You can select the weekly view so that you know what you will be eating in the days to come and can shop accordingly. The site offers a shopping list so that you know exactly which foods to purchase to prepare all of your meals each week. There is a daily analysis breakdown on the site for your meals, this shows the target ranges for your calories, carbs, fiber, protein, fat and sodium.

You'll also have access to many delicious healthy recipes that are enjoyed by the show's contestants, most of which can be found in the show's series of cookbooks developed by Chef Devin Alexander. Some of these tempting dishes include:

• Better Blueberry Pancakes

• Biggest Loser Breakfast Burrito

• Parmesan Pepper Sweet Potato Fries

• Roasted Red Pepper Dip

• Mom's New Beef Stew

• Sweet 'n Spicy Pork Tenderloin

• Pumpkin Walnut Snack Muffins

• Chef Rocco's Mint Chocolate Chip Frozen Yogurt

EXERCISE

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To personalize your plan on BiggestLoser.com, you can select which days you want to do cardio and which days you want to strength train. It is recommended that you avoid strength training on consecutive days though. Your workout assignments will be directly based on the information you enter. Just like with the diet preferences, you can change your fitness preferences at any time. You are able to choose your cardio and strength training exercises. The amount of calories you should burn during your workout is listed so you can select anything that will help you burn that amount of calories.

There is a tutorial on how to choose the proper exercise. This tutorial will help you choose the proper intensity and determine the proper heart rate range for your workout. Keep in mind that your daily calorie burn requirement will vary depending on how many days you select for cardio and strength training exercise. BiggestLoser.com offers an extensive database of exercises for you. Simply find your exercise, enter the minutes you spent doing it, and you will see the number of calories you burned. Below are just a few of the cardio exercise options:

• Aerobics (low or high impact)
• Step Aerobics (low or high impact)
• Belly Dancing
• Bowling
• Cycling
• Calisthenics
• Elliptical Trainer
• Heavy cleaning
• Kickboxing
• Pilates
• Volleyball

One of Biggest Loser's major sponsors is Planet Fitness, a nationwide gym chain that offers memberships for only $10 per month without any contracts. If cost has been a barrier for you to join a gym in the past, consider joining these no-frills fitness clubs.

CONCLUSION

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A program that has captured the hearts of millions and inspired people across the country to finally stand up for themselves to make important, life-altering changes, the Biggest Loser and its BiggestLoser.com program brings a plan for success to you at home. You'll follow customized diet and exercise plans created by the same fitness and nutrition experts who've helped hundreds on the Biggest Loser reality series.

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Wikipedia

''The Biggest Loser'' is an American reality television show that began broadcasting on the NBC network on October 19, 2004. The fifth season began January 1, 2008. As of April 2008, NBC is casting for a sixth season.

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