The Biggest Loser At Home Program
Learn to follow the Biggest Loser diet and fitness plan at home with this convenient online program.
QUICK FACTS
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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
- 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
- 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
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:
EXERCISE
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
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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''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.
User Feedback
(Page 3 of 9, 171 total comments)Maria
This plan has helped me lose close to 40 pounds. I do recommend you join a bootcamp team or go on the message boards frequently. Community support has what has kept me going!
posted Nov 12th, 2009 2:18 pmSexy Ann
Like the books, but the online diet is not the same as the books, way more carbs than the book says you should eat
posted Oct 26th, 2009 11:20 pmnicesmile30
i have lost 85 pounds so far
posted Oct 7th, 2009 2:30 pmphil
love the biggest loser and the online program is solid the biggest loser books are great as well
posted Sep 15th, 2009 8:56 pmKerrydolly
What ur doing is more than amaizing! I really like to be part of it.
posted Sep 15th, 2009 3:16 amKathy Hitchcock
I went to GNC in Ashtabula and Mentor, ohio to get protein shake and other biggest loser supplies I was very disappointed because the men at each place to me this stuff was not good and that if and when i decide to lose real weight come back and they will get be really good protein shakes etc. they discouraged me and i didn't buy the protein drink i had tried samples from my daughter and i felt good and felt like this was for me. Please help I need to lose 50-60 pounds. I very discourage how GNC at both places trashed the biggest losers products. thank you Kathy in Andover, Ohio
posted Jun 19th, 2009 9:24 amI also have been applying the biggest loser way of eating to my diet and have lost 15 lbs since April 28th. I feel healthier and stronger, have a bit more to go but I am going to make it. You can eat healthy and still enjoy your food. Stay strong.
posted May 27th, 2009 10:22 amestella
hi am estella i am 13 years old i whigh about 290 pound i believe that it will really work for me if i had sorporters like u gays i reallr reallr need your help i want to be able to have fun with my friends and not be ashame of my self people make fun of me i want to bea able to do things but i can't because of my weight i really need help from u gays plase plase i want to make a ghange in my life and for onces be able to have fun with my friends go out to play and stop hiding my self plase help me i want to be better.
posted May 15th, 2009 1:02 pmJennifer Robel
it's truly an amazing diet !
posted May 5th, 2009 8:58 pmeurica
its amazing..i just watched the show & it makes me say 'UNBELIEABLE!!'
posted Apr 26th, 2009 11:02 amjbini547
The Biggest Loser Diet is easy to follow and is a lifestyle change not a diet. The website gives you meal plans that you can swap out portions of meals if you don't like them. Recipes are included. Most recipes are tasty. It is the best plan I have tried so far. Currently lost 24 pounds. If you are serious about losing weight, I would definitely recommend joining the online program it would be MUCH easier than trying to follow a book. If you join for just one month you will be able to see how to follow the plan so you can do it yourself.
posted Apr 14th, 2009 12:38 pmkim mair4e
is get heard for me i wood like some one give me idea.
posted Mar 28th, 2009 10:52 pmcilla222
I found this today by mistake today at Stop & Shop In MA. They had it for $6.99 I bought the Chocolate Deluxe. It is not to bad at all. I think it would be really good mixed in a blender.
posted Mar 19th, 2009 2:58 pmbrenda
to whom this may cocern i brenda perez am 25yrs of age i wiegh310 or a little bit more i need help i wanted to know how can i go on the show
posted Mar 12th, 2009 4:41 pmTraci
I've been doing the diet plan, but I'm not to sure I'm doing it right. Does anyone have any suggestins?
posted Mar 10th, 2009 9:22 pmcarole
on the show bob was talking about a protein drink that would help jump start your metabolism and I can not fine it in any store, can you help. He said you now can buy it on line but again I can not fine it. Can you give me a web site that sells it. Thank you
posted Feb 27th, 2009 7:49 pmAudrey
Hi, I would love to see a Canadian version. My husband is over weight and type 2 diabetic. I am 5 ft and over weight with high chlosterol(very high). Trying to figure out what to eat is really hard. Would love a shot at the show!!! Would love to meet Bob!!
posted Feb 19th, 2009 6:55 pmMaryAnnErwin
I have found it to be one of the best diets I have tried. I especially like the daily meal plans with recipes and shopping lists included because I don't have a lot of time to figure the meail plans myself. It has a very good variety of food offered which prevents bordem. With the planned snacks included I have been less hungry then when using other diets.
posted Feb 11th, 2009 1:39 pmPhyllis
Jillian, & Bob,
posted Jan 31st, 2009 3:55 pmI think you guys do a great job doing what you do with the people on the show. I wish I had someone to motivate me in such a way. I'm just a little under 5' and I weigh about 320. I have a HUGE stomache, so it's very hard to do much. I am very proud of all those who come on the show to make a change in their lives, and if they just happen to be the Biggest Loser, the money is just an added bonus. God Bless you all. Phyllis
brooke
hi i want to lose alot of wagiht im 10 and i waughite 115 pounds
posted Jan 21st, 2009 7:01 pm