Do you like this show?
I do, with caveats. I have watched most of the seasons via Hulu, I caught a few of the earlier ones on TV but only been keeping up with it each week during the last two seasons (although we've canceled cable so if they release another season it will be Hulu for me!).
Caveats... obviously the lifestyle is unsustainable and unrealistic for the viewer at home. They work out like literally 6-8 hours or more per day eating 1200 cals a day for women and 1500 for guys (not anywhere near enough food for that level of physical activity!) and I've read that they do a lot of dehydration prior to weigh-ins to make sure the # is as low as possible. And "weeks" can be 3 days or 17 days depending on production needs. Also, even though the whole point of the show is that if you want to lose weight you have to change your lifestyle, I do think a lot of the contestants treat it as a cure-all and that's why so many rebound after the show ends.
But, a lot of the contestants have kept the weight off and gone on to fitness careers or served as role models for their communities. Overall, I do like the message that weight loss comes with changes in eating and physical activity which I believe 100%. I find the show motivational (although I remember one distinct night many years ago watching the show with a friend and we were sharing a tub of Nestle Tollhouse cookie dough eating it with a spoon!
) and I like to follow the contestants on instagram to see how they're doing.
I also LOOOOVVVVEEE Bob Harper with a passion.
A funny note... because I have seen so many seasons... there was sooo much more drama in the first seasons. You used to have to vote people off, they weren't eliminated by weight loss alone. People would form alliances to sway the voting and have "secret" conversations "off-camera" (even though they know they are mic'd!) and of course if you vote against someone and they end up staying, tensions get high. ESPECIALLY with the seasons where the contestants are family or spouses. Oh LORD there were some dramatic seasons a few years ago! Now with weight loss alone causing the eliminations, the last few seasons have been a bit boring as far as reality TV entertainment goes.