Extreme Weight Loss left me sad...

I love me some Chris & Heidi Powell.

Something about a man who isn't afraid to cry & hug other people - I just think Chris is adorable.  & I've admitted my girl crush on Heidi a zillion times.

I love Tuesdays when Extreme Weight Loss is on.  & we didn't get one story - we got two.

The one that really hit me was Christy's story. 

This woman was talking about her childhood & how she was bullied growing up.  It was really harsh.  People gave her a letter in school talking about how she didn't fit in, how she didn't have the right clothes, how she was fat & she needed to leave the school.

Kids are cruel.

& like that's an option. OK - I'll just leave this school.  #stupid

All this piled on a child's shoulders - she attempted suicide.  I mean, really attempted - not any of this cry for help stuff. She jumped in front of a truck on a road.... I couldn't believe her story.  Broke my heart.  The irony of the whole thing - they told her her weight is what saved her life.  She said something about the one thing she was trying to get rid of was the one thing that wouldn't let her leave. 

& the even more messed up part?  Her mom totally didn't even see things the same way Christy did.  She talked about the car being on black ice.  Denial was all over this family.

I was ready for a life change for her.  Chris calling her when she's out in a parking lot at 2 am eating fast food.  He made her walk up the steps to the Stratosphere & meet him.  It looked like she was going to push herself to do this...

.... & then it turned fast.

In the first 'Fight or Flight' work out, she even admitted that she is the first person to turn & run when things get hard.  With Chris by her side though, he wouldn't let her.  She would keep screaming "Don't bully me Chris" & I knew she had some deep seeded issues....

Because of a home situation with her mother having dementia, she couldn't stay long with the Powell's... & it didn't take long for her motivation to go downhill.  Chris surprised her & did a weigh in on the spot & you could tell she was ticked off.  The weigh in showed she had already gained weight & was back in the 300's....

Chris made her pack her bags & come to where he & Heidi could keep an eye on her...

The attitude she brought was awful.  The lack of motivation was ridiculous.  She had yelled at Chris & he told her to walk back to the gym - only like a mile.  Girlfriend got a TAXI!!!!!!!!!!! Are you kidding me?

I've never seen it done before, but Chris & Heidi ended up talking with her & pretty much told her that they could see she wasn't ready for this, had no desire to change her life & sent her home...

... after wards, she even admitted to production that she set herself to fail so she could get out of doing this.

How sad is that?!?!!?

She had this amazing opportunity in front of her & she didn't want it. Threw it away.  Totally sabotaged it on purpose.

All I kept thinking was here was this lady who obviously is sad in life, who tried to commit suicide once in her life, she was walking away from something good... staying in the place that left her miserable.

The other story, Kenny - was fantastic.  He was a former Marine & he had the heart & fire to get the weight off. & he did it.  His wife was so supportive & she was beautiful!  But she reminded me so much of Heidi ... I had tweeted that & Heidi responded back to me....

@RebeccaJoKnits :) She's a sweetheart #EWL
— Heidi Powell (@RealHeidiPowell) August 20, 2014

Yep.. .me & Heidi are best friends now, I can just tell....

This show always encourages me, but last night, it left me just feeling so sad... for Christy.  Wondering how she's doing.  Wondering if she's ready to try again.  Wondering if she's EVER going to be ready.

Things like that make me look at myself & say I don't want to be like that when it comes to becoming healthy....

I don't want to not try.
I don't want to sabotage myself for failure.
I don't want to ever give up on myself.
I don't want to walk away from opportunities.
I don't want to ever stop pushing myself.

I guess the story of Christy, though she failed, still inspired me....

Did you watch Extreme Makeover?

 

Do you have a girl crush on Heidi?

 

Or a crush on the adorable man that is Chris Powell?

Biggest Loser getting called out....

The Biggest Loser always has intrigued me. 

The changes in the people - the Result show - how cute Bob Harper was - how cute Dolvett is...

What happened to Bob lately? He's got on the Grunge-express lately.  Even had that weird 70's porn mustache.  Creepy.

But I don't know if anyone else saw THIS article from one of the past contestants, Kai Hibbard,  calling them out on 5 things that they cut from the season she was on.

Yeah - I know reality shows aren't really reality....

I mean, really?  That many people really wanted to 'smash' with Snookie?
You know that's set up...

& I always wonder what goes on behind the scenes of this show.

It's all too perfect - or flawed - sometimes. Right? 

She claims that they would only show relationships on there if your mate was skinny. 
Think about it - that's true.  There's usually someone at home that is thin as a rail wanting their chubby buddy to slim down.  Not many people are on the ranch with someone heavy at home.  Not much of a story I guess. 

Its also crazy to think of how she talks about how the show has control over you.  Hiding you away from everyone - not letting you talk to anyone for weeks at a time.  What is this?  The Pentagon?

At least he's skinny... they'd show him trying to find his Snow White

They also apparently time things to make it look like you've worked out 10 minutes & then you're puking & ready to quit.. just like society wants everyone to think fat people do.  But instead these people have worked out 6 hours already.... 6 HOURS? I can't think of much of anything I want to do for 6 hours straight... every day.... unless its playing Belle in Disney World.  That may be ok.

Kai also talks about the product placement. On her season, it was milk, which they had to drink for the cameras because "yum, its good for you"... but then spit it out because "no - it has calories"... I always wondered how they do those stupid product placements. That's one thing I hate about the Biggest Loser. 

Hey - come here gang, let's make a breakfast with Jenny-O sausage for the fun of it, since we're all just sitting around the kitchen doing nothing.

  Corny as heck.

She also talks about the physical & mental issues it causes after you get home.  Can you imagine?  I always said it would have to be hard on a body the way they make these people work out. I know at my weight, I have issues when I work out 1 hour a day. I can't even get in my mind how I would feel working out all day long. The wear & tear.  & then going home, you probably feel like someone is going to be there cheering you on to work out hard enough to where you puke.

Good times.

You should read the article for more details of it all.

None of it really surprises me, in the least.  I wish more people would speak out on it because I think it paints a picture for people trying to loose weight that isn't exactly the truth.

Plus, I just love behind the scenes gossip & dirt :)

& yeah, I'll probably still watch when its on next season.... just because I am amazed at how hard people push their bodies.  Not that that's a good thing. 

& in the mean time, I'll be watching the show I love the most... & that no one has written in as being a workhorse slave driver... Extreme Weight Loss Edition

See?  No slave driver... a hot dad

Please - no one tell me anything bad about Chris Powell. I love his show.  It takes one year to get the weight off.  Better then a few weeks.  & changes made in your home.  You don't have to go to a ranch.

Chris Powell always gets my vote...

but I will do a post on him if he gets a 70's porn moustache himself