Re "The Biggest Loser" I wonder if some of it has to do with the amount of time they have to win the show and take off a huge amount of weight? Maybe too much too quickly messed up their metabolisms?
It took me close to a year to take off 22 lbs. and I've put 6 back on but I've maintained my current weight with very little problem for close to 2 years now. I do have a physically active job and I have to watch what I eat to a certain extent but I'm no longer counting calories, forcibly restricting them, or doing many of the other things I did to diet. I weigh myself once a month and it's consistently in the same 3 lb. range.
I feel very sad for the people from "Biggest Loser". Going from obese to regular weight and then not being able to maintain a healthy weight must feel so frustrating. Some of them may even be despairing. So hard.
Dagmar