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"How do they stay motivated?"
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11-24-07, 09:01 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: How do they stay motivated?" |
I think the combination of having success at the ranch as well as the knowing they will be followed up with can provide the motivation that you may not have been able to do if you just stayed home the whole time.A lot of the lack of motivation is from having tried and not seen enough results. Once you know there is something that will work that is much more motivating than I've been on 10 diets in the last 3 years and never lost any weight so I'm not really expecting diet number 11 to do any good. I think the getting kicked off and needing to prove you can do it can provide some motivation they wouldn't have had at home as well as the knowing they will follow up on you for the finale. How many will be able to keep this up 5 to 10 years out is something I don't know if we know. I'm sure some people do eventually just go back to the way they were, but I think the shock of actually having something really work in a big noticeable way helps. After all that is why there are Diet Centers that have clients come and live at the center so they can have the experience that something really can work. While a fair number of those end up relapsing I think for some people they need to know it can happen and see actual results before they can believe it will work enough to really keep it up.
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YankeeDixieDoodle 442 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Daytime Soap Guest Star"
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11-26-07, 04:24 PM (EST)
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4. "RE: How do they stay motivated?" |
Yepper, there's a lot behind-the-scenes motivation that we don't see. Which could account for some seemingly "miraculous" attitude changes from one episode to the next. Still being in the game, after 14 eliminations, is probably pretty motivating, too. But, this motivation is external. And, it's only temporary. As is the 100K "awarded" to the "eliminee" who loses the most weight by the finale . But, once the finale is over, so is the external motivation. To continue losing weight and keep it off, will require internal motivation. Which some past contestants have apparently lacked? Many of them didn't attend the pre-season weigh-in, hosted by Ms Sweeney. Suggesting that many of them reverted to their old "pigging out" and "sitting around" ways?
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YankeeDixieDoodle 442 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Daytime Soap Guest Star"
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12-10-07, 12:29 PM (EST)
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6. "RE: How do they stay motivated?" |
I wonder if the few who showed up for the pre-season weigh-in were there by special invitation. To make the Biggest Loser method look more successful than it really is. Surely, the producers keep tabs on past contestants. To know who not to invite for a televised follow-up weigh-in.
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