Low Carb Diva

Link: http://www.lowcarbdiva.com/blogs/index.php/2009/04/15/fat-people-can-t-jump

Last night on The Biggest Loser Laura was told that she had a stress fracture in her hip. The doctor told her that it was from the level of exercise that she was doing, she was training like an Olympic athlete instead of the out of shape overweight girl that she is.

While I like the weight loss results on this show I always cringe when I see the workouts that Bob and Jillian put these contestants through. It seems that the network executives at NBC have decided that just watching fat people sweat and gasp for breath is not interesting enough. Now we have to have them carry each other on their backs, lift 4-5 times their body weight, jump on and off a step stool and more.

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