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"Weight Loss By Percentage"
I think it would be more interesting if they could give consideration to each contestant's weight loss as a percentage of total body wieght instead of just raw pounds. One way would be to give immunity to the person on the losing team with the highest percentage weight loss that week. This would even the playing field for the smaller people.

Below shows each player's weight loss as a percentage of their starting weight. Note that Andrea, not Dana, actually had the lowest percent weight loss from the losing blue team. Should SHE have been the one sent packing?



Name Orig. Wgt Lbs. Lost % Loss
Aaron 261 20 7.66%
Matt 310 22 7.10%
Kelly M. 242 15 6.20%
Kelly Mac. 223 13 5.83%
Ryan 330 19 5.76%
Gary 227 125.29%
Lisa 236 104.24%
David 250 10 4.00%
Maurice 436 13 2.98%
Dana 175 5 2.86%
Andrea 215 6 2.79%
Lizzeth 167 3 1.80%


What do you think? I will try to update this table as the show progresses.


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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
 RE: Weight Loss By Percentage SilverStar 10-25-04 1
 RE: Weight Loss By Percentage volsfan 10-25-04 2
   RE: Weight Loss By Percentage pmspml5 10-26-04 3
 RE: Weight Loss By Percentage SurvivorBlows 10-26-04 4
 RE: Weight Loss By Percentage hunterjax 10-26-04 5
 Episode 2 Results MTW1961 10-27-04 6
 RE: Weight Loss By Percentage ladro 11-07-04 7
 Week 3: MTW1961 11-23-04 8
 RE: Weight Loss By Percentage MTW1961 11-23-04 9
   RE: Weight Loss By Percentage MTW1961 12-21-04 12
 RE: Weight Loss By Percentage Bebo 12-08-04 10
 RE: Weight Loss By Percentage Queene1979 12-08-04 11
   RE: Weight Loss By Percentage enixela 12-22-04 13
       recap episode last night dramamama 12-22-04 14
       RE: Weight Loss By Percentage Bossettes Baggee 06-28-05 15
 RE: Weight Loss By Percentage ob2il 10-29-05 17
   RE: Weight Loss By Percentage Lasann 11-02-05 18

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10-25-04, 07:50 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
I think... you have too much time on your hands.

I'm just kidding!! That table is totally something I would do and it is a really good idea! Why aren't the shows "creators" as creative and logical as you are? It would probably just be too much for their little brains to figure out.

Anyway, thanks for the comparison! I look forward to seeing the results for the upcoming shows!

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Wow, Maurice really did let his team down, didn't he??

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2. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
MTW...Great idea! How bout placing the charts in the summaries? Or, we can keep them here. Whatever you think is best! I agree with you that it would even out the playing field!


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3. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
I wish they would have given them 1 point per inch they lost. I started to working out and found that for the first 3-6 weeks I lost very little weight (10 lbs) but went down 2 sizes. It would make things a little more even for those that are not as big as the others.
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4. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
I agree this "pure pounds lost" idea seems kinda unfair -- naturally the biggest you are, the more you have to lose, and therfore theorically have an advantage
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5. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
I totally agree. I still don't believe they can make it all the way through the season without changing the method of weight loss calculations. The playing field is already so out of balance since one team has one less player now.

Anyway, I think it's very interesting that Maurice only lost .12% more of his original weight than Dana did. I can't understand why he didn't lose a lot more. We only saw him cheating on the diet once at the breakfast. A guy that that big should have lost way more during the first week of a dramatic shift in diet and exercise. On Jillian's diet he must be eating a quarter of the amount of calories he was eating before the show. Baffling!

Thanks for the calcs.

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10-27-04, 07:53 PM (EST)
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6. "Episode 2 Results"
This time, I'm creating two tables. One gives their cumulative weight loss, the other gives their weight loss percentage this week:

Name Orig. Wgt Tot. Lbs. Lost Tot. % Loss
Aaron 261 27 10.34%
Kelly M. 242 17 7.02%
Ryan 330 225 6.67%
Kelly Mac. 223 14 6.28%
Gary 227 14 6.17%
Matt 310 19 6.13%
Lisa 236 114.86%
Andrea 215 9 4.19%
David 250 10 4.00%
Maurice 436 13 2.98%
Dana 175 5 2.86%
Lizzeth 167 3 1.80%

Name Orig. Wgt Epi. 2 Lbs. Lost Epi. 2 % Loss
Aaron 261 7 2.68%
Andrea 215 3 1.40%
Ryan 330 3 0.91%
Gary 227 2 0.88%
Kelly M. 242 2 0.83%
Kelly Mac 223 1 0.45%
Lisa 236 10.42%
David 250 0 0.00%
Maurice 436 0 0.00%
Lizzeth 167 0 0.00%
Matt 310 -3 -0.97%


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11-07-04, 11:04 PM (EST)
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7. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
agreed that the 'total pounds' competetion is totally unfair. Only 3 or 4 of the largest guys have a chance to win. But then the "competition" is really secondary, the show is really about putting a bunch of emotional freaks into an extremely streessful situation in order to get broadcast worthy reactions.
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11-23-04, 12:13 PM (EST)
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8. "Week 3:"
Here are the results from week 3. The BOLD RED indicates the player eliminated this week. The regular red represents the players previously eliminated.


Name Orig.
Wgt
Tot. Lbs
Lost
Tot.
% Loss
Aaron 261 36 13.79%
Matt 310 35 11.29%
Kelly M. 242 27 11.16%
Ryan 330 36 10.91%
Lisa 236 23 9.75%
Gary 227 21 9.25%
Kelly Mac 223 19 8.52%
Andrea 215 15 6.98%
David 250 17 6.80%
Maurice 436 21 4.82%
Dana 175 5 2.86%
Lizzeth 167 3 1.80%

Name Orig.
Wgt
Epi. 3
Lbs. Lost
Epi. 3
% Loss
Matt 310 16 5.16%
Lisa 236 12 5.08%
Ryan 330 14 4.24%
Kelly M. 242 10 4.13%
Aaron 261 9 3.45%
Gary 227 7 3.08%
David 250 7 2.80%
Andrea 215 6 2.79%
Kelly Mac 223 5 2.24%
Maurice 436 8 1.83%


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11-23-04, 12:52 PM (EST)
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9. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
Here are the results from week 4. The BOLD RED indicates the player eliminated this week. The regular red represents the players previously eliminated.


Name Orig.
Wgt
Tot. Lbs
Lost
Tot.
% Loss
Ryan 330 49 14.85%
Matt 310 46 14.84%
Gary 227 32 14.10%
Aaron 261 36 13.79%
Kelly Mac. 223 29 13.00%
Kelly M. 242 31 12.81%
Lisa 236 29 12.29%
Andrea 215 23 10.70%
David 250 25 10.00%
Maurice 436 35 8.03%
Dana 175 5 2.86%
Lizzeth 167 3 1.80%

Name Orig.
Wgt
Epi. 4
Lbs. Lost
Epi. 4
% Loss
Gary 227 11 4.85%
Kelly Mac. 223 10 4.48%
Ryan 330 13 3.94%
Andrea 215 8 3.72%
Matt 310 10 3.23%
Maurice 436 14 3.21%
David 250 8 3.20%
Lisa 236 6 2.54%
Kelly M. 242 4 1.65%


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12-21-04, 08:10 PM (EST)
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12. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
Here is an updated table wth results from weeks 1 through 8. The BOLD RED indicates the player eliminated this week. The regular red represents the players previously eliminated.


Name Orig.
Wgt
Ep.
1
Ep.
2
Ep.
3
Ep.
4
Ep.
5
Ep.
6
Ep.
7
Ep.
8
Tot
Loss
Tot. % Loss
Ryan 330 1931413 3 16 9 380 24.24%
Gary 227122711543 650 22.03%
Kelly M. 2421521040143 250 20.66%
Maurice 4361308141113 555 12.61%
Lisa 236101126295 247 19.92%
Andrea 2156368772 --39 18.14%
Kelly Mac 22313151048----41 18.39%
David 250100786------31 12.40%
Matt 31023(3)1610--------46 14.84%
Aaron 2612079---------36 13.79%
Lizzeth 16730------------3 1.80%
Dana 1755--------------5 2.86%


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12-08-04, 10:43 AM (EST)
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10. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
I'm so glad that the percentage is coming into play now that it's individual.

You know the difference between you and me? I make this look good.

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11. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
I think they should have done it by BMI instead of percentage. If it had been done that way this is how it would have been:

Name Start Finish Difference
Ryan 43.5 34.6 8.9
Kelly 41.5 33.8 7.7
Maurice 59.1 52.8 6.3
Lisa 37 30.7 6.3
Gary 32.6 26.7 5.9
Andrea 33.7 27.9 5.8

I think that this way would have been more fair.

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12-22-04, 04:01 PM (EST)
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13. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
wouldn't it make sense at this point to look at the amount of body fat they've lost? i noticed in the recap episode last night that they had been weighed in the tank, which i though was to measure body fat. considering that muscle weighs more than fat, and some of the contestents are putting on some serious muscle, they should be rewarded in the weigh-in. i wonder if the producers are considering doing this, since they showed that pool weigh-in?

those before and after photos were inspirational! i don't even know these people and i'm so proud of them!!

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14. "recap episode last night"
was a major bore. What is with the reality shows taking the p*ss out of everything with their frikkin cheesey recaps and finales. I agree that the pictures were great, but I would have rather seen the show. I missed the first few minutes, so maybe they had some good reason for boring us to tears with those smarmy clips and "insider" shots. good god. Anyway, I digress: I meant to say that I think it's a good idea to switch to body fat. Muscle does weigh more, and that should count for something.
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15. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
I basically agree with what you've said, and I particularly like that you took the time to compile the tables. On the other hand, I think that the (network executives ?) changing the rules in the middle of the "game" took away a LOT of entertainment value for me. Instead of one complete and finished show, it feels like I've viewed a third of two separate shows, and not finished watching anything. (ie: Where's the real closure ?.....)

But to get back to your point, I've got to ask how come the show was not strictly focused only on establishing who lost the highest percentage of original body FAT ? It would be more fair, and less (circus-y ?). (Personally, I thought the biggest loser just might be the (moderator ?)...) In the "long run", the biggest winner could just be the one who lost only a little weight during the show, but permanently changed their (behavior/habits/self-image), and continued to regularly lose additional (weight/fat/inches), while the (tv-types) just continue to get fatter and fatter (attitudes ?)....

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17. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
weight loss by percentage is good - but i think it should be a percentage of weight "to be lost to attain ideal weight". If it is only percentage of total body weight, someone who originally weighed 400 lbs can lose 50% of body weight and still have more to lose, whereas someone who originally weighed 200 lbs, if he/she lost 50% of total body weight, would only weight 100 lbs and be seriously underweight.

Any thoughts on this?

Also, i think i read somewhere that women biologically have a higher bmi and i wonder if it isn't unfair to use that when teting men against women.

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18. "RE: Weight Loss By Percentage"
That's a good idea. I wonder from week to week how the smaller people are going to be able to keep up with the numbers of the larger. And women do have more body fat, genetically. It's there to protect the fetus in the event of lack of food for awhile.


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