Biggest Loser Club
Train with Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels
BACKGROUND
Nearly five years ago NBC introduced some of the biggest losers television has ever seen- and audiences couldn't have been more enthusiastic about embracing them and cheering them on. "The Biggest Loser" will begin its eighth season in the fall of 2009 and has grown to become one of the most popular programs on TV. Not only has Biggest Loser touched millions of Americans- but now reaches more than 50 countries, with places like Australia and Guam hosting their own series.
Each season the show introduces teams of people battling serious weight problems. During the fifth season, the show had ten teams of two couples competing to win; in season 5 they introduced a teams-of-two couples format; in season 6 they hosted a families format, season 7 returned to couples and season 8 will go back singles.
In the beginning, the teams are competing to win a cash prize of $250,000 and the title of Biggest Loser; but after a few weeks, they start to discover themselves and become more interested in getting healthy. The player who loses the highest percentage of body fat during the program wins. But ultimately, they all go home big losers who've won even more.
As the popularity of the show increases, so does the audiences' interest in trying it for themselves. The Biggest Loser Club now makes all of the expertise and tools used by the contestants available to you at home. 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, without influence of typical daily stressors like children, work and chores.
Trainers Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper have each published books with additional fitness and diet insight. During season five, Biggest Loser partnered with Bistro M.D. to provide the Biggest Loser Meal Plan, a home delivery meal service with healthy, chef and doctored designed menus.
In addition, The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge located in Utah offers a structured, affordable and weight-loss program for those who want to lose weight The Biggest Loser way but without all of the cameras and popularity. The resort accommodates adults and teenagers and emulates the same successful features of the NBC hit reality show with its calorie-controlled and chef-prepared meals, energetic workouts, motivating personal trainers and helpful dietitians.
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PRO
- 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 Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels
- Access to message boards
- Personal progress journal
CON
- Sample exercise plans not available
- Club Web site doesn't give detailed membership information
DIET and NUTRITION
You'll receive a personalized meal plan when you join the Biggest Loser Club. It's typically low-fat and low-carb.
You'll also have access to many delicious healthy recipes that are enjoyed by the show's contestants. 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
If you really want to eat the way the Biggest Loser trainers and chefs advise, try the new Biggest Loser Meal Plan, introduced during Season 5. These chef-prepared meals are delivered fresh to your home each week, with your breakfast, lunch and dinner for each day. They are low-fat, low-calorie and low-sugar, ideal for even a diabetic.
EXERCISE
This will certainly be a key component of the Biggest Loser Club program. Be ready to get up and move. Follow advice from trainers on the site. Jillian Michaels, Bob Harper and former trainer Kim Lyons each have books, DVDs and online videos demonstrating ideal fitness plans.
CONCLUSION
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 Club brings a plan for success to you. You'll follow customized diet and exercise plans created by the same fitness and nutrition experts who've helped dozens on the Biggest Loser reality series. The club allows you be a part of the phenomenon that has helped more than 100 others proudly call themselves losers.
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Related Diets: Bob Harper, Bob Harper: Are You Ready!, Jillian Michaels, Jillian Michaels: Making the Cut, Biggest Loser Meal Delivery Plan, Kim Lyons: Your Body, Your Life, Biggest Loser Resort
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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I joined the biggest loser club and was supposed to receive 3 books. Can anyone tell me how long it takes to get these? I have not received mine yet.
I want to be on the show I have tried to find some way that I could be on the show I really need it and it would be and honnor to be on the show.
Hey I have watched Biggest Loser and I think Its a good thing that yall are doing.I weigh over 250lbs. and I would really think that it would help my self-esteem if i was able to get help with loosing the weight.And I know that it would be alot more comfortable and Healthier too.Your Trainers and Coaches help the people on the show so I know that they could help me.
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I want to be on the show tell me how I can be on there Ineed it
I'm wondering how to begin the process of getting on the show. Does anyone know?
i would like to join the show to lose weight. Im 250lbs. I feel that if i lost weight i would feel alot better about my self. I know with a little help from the trainers and coaches I can lose weight.
i WOUD LIKE TO BE A CONTESTANT ON THE BIGEST LOSER, I AM 5'2 WEIGH 190#, HIGH BLOOD PRSEURE AND ASTHMA, IF I COULD LOSE THE WEIGHT MY QUALITY OF LIFE WOULD BE BETTER. I LOVE YOUR SHOW, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT INSPIRATION TO ME. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN DO WITH A LITTLE HELP FOR ALL THE GREAT TRAINERS AND COACHES.
I just want to lose weight to feel better for myself as well as for my family
What happened to Kelly's partner (the other half of the yellow team). He wasn't at the final show??
watch your show every week. I do walk 4-5 miles at least 4-5 days a week. BUTT I have more weight too shed off like 80 more lbs. I've done 33 lbs so far. My thing is beside the walking, I have a hard time too get too the gym in the afternoons too start toning up my legs and arms and stomach area. love too be on the show to get me started on the gym thing. Love too have that Jillian to be in my face and pushing me too the limit.Congratulations too all the winners on the show that just ended.
I would like to be a contestant am a single parent of a 10 year old that watches me look a hawk. He wants me to play sports with him but the weight I carry is holding me back. In school I was an athelite
Where's Paul? I wanted to see how successful he was. I guess he gave up, that's too bad. Jillian is my idol. I would love her to kick my butt into shape. I would love to be on the show and find the true me again. I'm somewhere under all this fat and need help, I can't seem to get out of my slump. I need someone to motivate me and keep me going. The show is a great motivation to want so much more out of my life than being overweight. Please help, I would love to be on the show. Consider someone from North Dakota.
I have watched the biggest loser every season since it started. I would love to be a contestant. But being a single mother it is not too easy to leave my son and my job...I really need to lose the weight...I have hypertension and high cholesterol. I am 4' 11" and I weight 195 pounds. I have tried to do it on my own but I find it so hard to stick with it. I don't really have much of a support system. It is hard for me if I don't have someone to push me....I would love someone like Jillian or Bob to push me everyday. I want to look and feel better. The show this season was awesome...I was so inspired by all the women and their determination . To see a women finally win was the best thing ever....I hope someone will read my comment and consider me as a contestant on an upcoming season. I would love to see my sons face when I reached my goal. thanks.
I love the show, and all I can say is: ALI......WOW!!! a true inspiration.
I would like to be a contestant on the next show. In school I played all kinds of sports and also water skiied a lot. But, after graduating High School and going to work there was no coach to push me to get up and get moving. I have a 10 year old son, that watches me like a hawk(Like the way I eat) and I too am a single parent, he is at his normal weight for a young man. But, I'm 5'4" and weight over 350 lbs. I need the help to lose this weight so my son does not lose ME.
OMG! The season finale was awesome, everyone looked great! Poor Roger, had he not be chosen as a finalist he would have one the $100,000 from the kicked off group. Instead, he leaves empty handed (of money) but does he ever look great. He needs to stop losing and just maintain so he does not look gaunt. Way to Go Roger... AS FOR ALI,,, SHE IS AWESOME! Congratulations.
I would like to be a contestant, and I dont have a fancy house, I weight 247, .I dont know how to get my self off the couch, just would like to get started amd shown how to count calories and how to eat right
Hi my name is tara and im 14 years old and my weight is 305 i been heavy my hole life and i have tried every diet and it wont work i would really like that u would please bring me on your show and i want u to work me as hard as you can because i want to loose and i need the bigest loser show to help please help me phone number 1360 8801342 thank you
hey my name is amanda iam 23 and iam 254lbs.i have one child and am a single parent and i would love to be on your next show with bob are jullian and iam from new orleans,La sense the age 12 i have been big and i always try to lose it and never work. As of now i work out at the French Riveria Spa and iam on a diet 1000 calories a day i dont eat after 8pm. So if you decide to consider me please email me thank you. h
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