Starting Over Talk - Peer Coaching Support Site

Yes, I saw it... and most everyone had the same impression!

Great kick off... Nice variety of people and great twist to the plot this year. The black team will be pulled in next week so there will be 3 teams competing. I knew Jillian was coming back based on the forums over at NBC... But many are saying they wished they hadn't known that spoiler.. It would have made the new twist a bit more dramatic!

How about that Jerry!? 62 years old.. (gotta read his bio) first one to reach the parachuted coaches...(to ensure a spot on the squads and be team captain) and he picked the better of the 2.. (imho anyway) then he lost 31 lbs the first week!

He kicked butt this week!

Saw the preview show and thought it was ok....Didn't know the gossip about Marty being married......I probably knew it last year and just didn't think about it!!

It was a good show starter.......hey if a 62 year young man can do it then there is no excuse why I can't loose this last 10 pounds!! I'm sure that if I was to keep at it all day in training, and eat what is given to me I could do it!! But i have this thing called a job, and have to prepare meals that are good for us all.......so I eat less and work out when it is possible 3x a week!!

It's going to be interesting to watch them all shrink!!

Three workouts per week sounds good to me. I used to go at least 5 days per week but not lately. LOL.

I do wonder about making the contestants pull on an airplane. That seems like a lot of stress on these out of shape people's backs. If you hurt your back in the beginning, how are you going to keep up with all the physical training? I would hate to look like a wus, but I would not have strained by back on that plane challenge no matter how much I wanted photos of loved ones. LOL.

There's another thing I don't get. Why did the girl who got sent home keep saying she wanted to go home? Why do they do that?

I know the 62 year old did well, but soon his teammates will turn on him. Remember the guy who was so nice and tried to be very fair a couple of years ago? I can't remember his name but he was African American and in his 50's I think. I was a big fan of his. He was selected to desigate some subteams. He could have matched the people up so it was likely they would do poorly and he would reap the benefit, however, he didn't do that. He was fair abou it so everyone had a fair shot. I knew it they would do it. They stabbed him in the back the first chance they got and voted him out. His best friend no less.

I hope this new older man remembers that lesson. It's eat or be eaten. LOL.

Did any of you see the show last night? It was really great. Some of the attitudes of the women are very surprising. Why are they losing so little weight?

Didn't they used to wear their team t-shirts to the voting room. Why did they not do that last night? Just curious.

Apparently according to info during a chat last night at NBC's website with Jillian (the black team's trainer) the 2 women on her team who've lost small amounts both have issues.. One has a known low thyroid issue and the other is coming off birth control pills which supposedly can also mess up your system. I got that info from someone who was at the chat.. I wasn't myself so I didn't hear it from the horse's mouth.. I wonder if they'll bring these issues out in the forefront to educate the viewing public. I mean thyroid issues are fairly common and I myself have a low thyroid so I'd be interested in seeing this explored more. I don't know why they'd knowingly pick someone dealing with this... It would seem obvious they wouldn't be able to compete the same.. Not sure about the BC issues with the other woman.. Maybe it will just take a couple more weeks to get her system adjusted and the bc chemicals out.
(If they knew they were coming to the show... why didn't they get thyroid and bc issues addressed first..?) I guess thyroid issues can develop..

I am enjoying the show.. I was surprised it was 2 hours again.. I hear the show will run 90 minutes this season though. I guess because they have 18 (originally) contestants.. That is now down to 16.. Maybe it will run longer into January now.

As I mentioned I am dealing with a low thyroid and losing weight is really really slow.. and can be very discouraging. I'm going in tomorrow for another blood test .. I'm hoping it shows it's still sluggish and that they'll up my dosage. Then I hope I'll have a little steadier of weight loss.. Watching the show is an encouragement... But wow... some of those guys have already lost 40 lbs. (the old guy!)

As for me, I guess slow and steady is a better way to go so that my body can adjust as we go.. I've got a long way to go!

I buy the story of the thyroid issue. I too have had a sluggish thyroid in the past. I'm getting it checked out again next month when I see my endocrinologist. I have done research (sorry I don't have the links handy), but it said that sometimes just a regular test for thyroid issues is misleading. You can have a problem that must be uncovered with additional special tests. If you are seeing a GP and not a specialist, they may miss it. I wonder if that is what happened to me in the past. I'm going to find out if that is my problem this time. I have a very wonderful endo now, who is a leading doctor in his field.

But, why allow the woman on the show if she came on with a handicap that will cause her to fall behind and get voted off. That is cruel IMO.

I don't buy the birth control pill story. I used to be on them. I think they made me retain fluid a little more, but to have a strong impact on weight loss, I just know. That sounds fishy. Maybe she had some other medical issue.