The Biggest Loser (and my week 1 weigh-in!)

So, I knew of The Biggest Loser, but I had never really watched it before this past Sunday and Monday.  It's definitely an interesting show but I'm worried that it portrays a very unrealistic  view of weight loss.  On Sunday, one of the men lost 21 pounds in just the first week, but the trainers told him that he should have lost more.  Now, I get that he's a very large man (over 400 pounds) but 21 pounds in one week is insane as it is!  That should never be a disappointing number.  And yes, I know they workout 2+ hours a day and have a very strict diet, but I worry about the viewer who sees that and gets depressed when they're only losing 2 pounds per week, which is actually a really great number!  I was even more concerned on Monday when one of the contestants lost an additional 4 pounds in week two (again, an awesome number for only 7 days of work) and he commented that all his work amounted to nothing.  Nothing?!  Four pounds is NOT nothing.  I just worry about this men and women when they leave the "ranch" and go home and are losing more realistic numbers.  If four pounds is nothing, what will happen when they are only average 1-2/week?  Anyway, that's my rant about The Biggest Loser.  My hope is that any of you who enjoy that show (and I'll be honest, I'll probably keep watching) please keep in mind that if you're losing 1-2 pounds a week, you are doing great!  And if you have a week where you only lose 0.2 pounds, you're still moving in the right direction so I hope you can see that your hard work matters.

Alright, on to a review of my first week of Combat.

I am loving Combat so far.  The HIIT workouts are crazy intense, and the actual "combat" workouts are super fun while still kicking my butt.  And I love that the schedule is only 5 days/week, because that allows me to walk/run once a week as well.  I've been counting calories, and I've been surprised by how simple and easy it's been.  Even more shocking, I have tons of energy even though I'm only eating the recommended 1200 calories in this first week "metabolism kickstart."  I can only assume that the energy is a result of packing those 1200 calories with as much nutrition as possible.  I'm feeling great and am pumped to start week two!

Oh, and I promised to reveal my weigh-in results.

In the first week of Combat, I lost 5.6 pounds!  Now, my start weight may have been inflated because of all the junk I was eating, but either way, I'm pleased and am looking forward to week two.  Now, keep in mind, my goal is to lose 1-2 pounds per week, so weeks like this are an anomaly and not the rule for me.  In fact, I only expected to lose maybe 2-3 the first week, so I was certainly shocked on the scale this morning.

Stay healthy!