I'm really tired of that guy on The Biggest Loser

The one who had Bariatric Surgery and gained his weight back.  He's always throwing in digs about his surgery and the poor choice he made in doing it.  It probably saved his life and what about the poor choices he made with what he ate to gain all that weight back.  Does he ever mention that, no.  I think everyone who gets this surgery is told, "it's not a magic bullet and you have to do your part".  Sorry, just want to get that off my chest.

Which guy?

 Sound like a Dumass. What did he do, guzzle milshakes, peanut butter and bon-bon while sitting on his ass for a year?

My wife and I were discussing the reason for having them weigh in without a shirt.?  Makes it troubling to watch.

Yeah, he feels the need to mention it every damn show too.  Seems like he's trying to condemn everybody who has had the surgery and has done well. 

I agree with the shirt off thing too.  It's not like the Tshirt weighs 5 pounds!  Gosh!  I think it's just an embarrassment thing, this is entertainment after all. 

My wife and I don't get the shirt off thing either.  Also, why do they wear their shorts below navel?  It's like they want to accentuate their belly and love handles.  Personally, I don't wear my pants or shorts like that.  I wear them just below my navel like I was taught when I was a kid.

As for bashing WLS you gotta' figure what the show is all about.  It's losing the weight on your own.  The show is now selling protein powder, scales, videos, exercise equipment, and their own "Biggest Loser Club" to help with weight loss.  They are just practicing capitalism.

I like the show.  I've watched all the seasons.  I admire what most of those people accomplish.  Hell, I'd love to be on there!  I'd love for someone to pay me my regular wages while I go and do nothing but exercise for several months with a paid trainer, have my meals provided and medical attention when and if I needed it.  That's my take on things.

I actually have to disagree with the consencous reply.  During the last show, I heard him say that it wasn't for him.  He never said that it wouldn't work for anyone else.  I am more annoyed how everything they show is about how he is doing everything for Mike.  Yeah, we get it, you feel guilty. 

Still like the show, though.

Scott, I agree with your disagreeing, but he has said things in the past like, "this time I am losing weight the "right" way" and each show he downs the fact that he had weight loss surgery. 

My point is that he should be saying even though I had WLS, I made poor choices and had I not made those choices I would not have so much to lose.  His WLS has to have some effect on what he is doing now, because he lost 10 pounds in a week deep into the game and he is injured.  This past week the Doctor who oversees them downed WLS as well.  Using scare tactics with pictures of ulcers that this guy had developed in his stomach, because of his WLS. 

What I don't get about the shirt thing is they don't wear their shirts in the beginning, but about 3/4 way through, they wear their shirts.  They started wearing their shirts either last week or week before.  Same way every season.  What is up with that?  Wonder if they just don't want to show some hanging skin even though they work out for most of the day. 

I really enjoy the show, but I have a couple issues with it.

Most people well hell it's probably small enough that you could say nobody and be closer to accurate, gets 24 hour a day assistance and 6 hour supervised workouts from professional trainers.  If everyone could find the time and money to not have to work for all those weeks, devote every waking minute to exercise and proper nutrition, then there would be no need for bariatric surgery, but that just isn't the case.

What I would like to see is a detailed breakdown of their daily exercise and their food.
I think it would be interesting to see what and how much they are feeding them.  It would be interesting to see what they did for the week to accomplish weight loss or gain.
Like a tally sheet that pops up next to them when they step on the scale each week.
This week Mikey at a total of 12,000 calories.  An example of a days worth of meals.   He had 5 workout sessions, one of which was a 1 on 1 session with the trainer.  During the week the ran 25 miles, biked 100 miles, and spend 12 hours on the weight machines.

Scott