@leahhopehealth: I watched The Biggest Loser documentary on Netflix and I’m guessing it still didn’t even scratch the surface of the lasting trauma so many contestants walked away with. It’s really no surprise. The whole thing looked incredibly traumatic, even though to a lot of people (like myself) it was entertaining. It looked cutthroat. It often looked heartless. But at the same time…it also looked like something I wanted. I actually auditioned for the show twice because all I cared about was losing weight as fast as possible, by any means possible. Becoming healthier never even crossed my mind. I just saw this finish line version of myself in a smaller body and that’s all I wanted. I didn’t want to live differently, I wanted to look different. I didn’t want to gain health, I just wanted to lose weight. I didn’t want a new lifestyle, I wanted a new body. But if you don’t think past the results, you can’t keep them. If we’re only results focused instead of habit focused, we’ll get discouraged when things don’t happen fast enough and we won’t be able to maintain the results if our habits don’t match them. I know I would have gained all the weight back if I had ever been a contestant. My mindset and lifestyle wouldn’t have shifted to support the results, which means they couldn’t be sustained. I thought I wanted results that were fast but what I really needed was results that would last. And that doesn’t come from a new body, it comes from living a new life. I’ve never been more grateful for rejection. 💜

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Thursday 28 August 2025 13:16:38 GMT