
The Biggest Loser
Maintenance Phase
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The Unrealisticness of the Biggest Loser
The average contestant loses 16 pounds in the first week. The contestants are burning eight to 9,000 calories every day and exercise. They're usually taking in somewhere between 500 and 1500 calories a day. It is not remotely realistic without like a severe eating disorder to be losing this much weight in a week.
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