Watching BL inspired me to push my workouts further.  And to not give up even when I got injured.  Now I consider myself a "runner" (albeit a slow one) and I have completed my first 1/2 Marathon (yes, I walked a good bit of it but I finished) and am now working towards another three runs (5k, 10k and 1/2 Marathon). 

Wow!  Your article sure brought lots of comments, some not so favorable.  I am a huge fan of yours, Days and the Biggest Loser.  I need to loose 30 pounds and am on my way.  I was a bit discouraged this past week so it was good timing to read your article.  I do schedule gym time each day and am changing my eating habits. (I never did like a Ceasar salad.LOL)  I do sincerely believe that your eating habits have to change and become your new lifestyle.  For me that has been the hardest part.  However, being healthy is more important to me.  Thanks for caring enough to campaign for people (and pets) regarding their health and fitness.  You are truly a wonderful person!

Our family loves the show! You look great!!! Very inspiring...We are on the road to healthy healthy healthy!!  Thank you Ali

I love that blue dress you wore at the BL finale, can you tell us about that. Thank you for pointing out that just cutting calories is not the answer. That what some places point out as healthy is not. I  have learned with the BL to stop drinking calories! So except for a bit of skim milk in my DAILY bowl of cereal for breakfast (which I do need to find another solution to calcium and vitamin D) - I only drink water for the rest of the day. I quit smoking recently which has resulted in me becoming FAT again. I do have to get back to my good habits - my reunion is 6 months away.

I have never watched biggest loer but I see that it has helped you and others and i lose 25 pounds maybe i should watch it for fod tips my eating habits are not that good 

Ive learned a lot about just the food, i thought that any salad was good for you because its a salad, but i learned also that a ceasar salad is actually bad for you, and just this season when the contestants went shopping i learned how many calories were in a frozen pizza wow i had no idea, and also progresso soup i tryed that the other day and wow it is soo good. Then the temptation you had this season with the chinese food that was a surprise for me when i saw all the calories in the food, im glad that i can still eat fortune cookies and not feel guilty about it though :)

Excersice ive never really been into it when i was growing up, but once i watched the biggest loser and saw the transformation form day one to what they look like at the finale, WOW. i get soo surprised everytime. I also realize that it is possible to do it at home, if you eat good and keep doing the excersices. These last couple weeks has been bad for me. i went to the docs to get something checked out, and once again my bp was high and she finally said the medication word. Its not high enough yet to get me on them but high enough to watch. She said if it doesnt go down ill have to eventually go on bp pills and at 18 i was dissapointed. Ive been working out and eating right so that doesnt happen...once i heard that i was like why keep working out if its obviously not working. After acouple of days to think do i want to be on bp meds at 18 of course not. So after i was done thinking about it i said im not going to let that get in my way, im not going to let that happen to me. im not going to just give up and let my bp win so to speak.

 If some one wants to do something tuesday nites i tell them that im busy... i have a "date" those nites. They ask with who...i tell them with The Biggest Loser! its funny to see their faces after that. The show is part of me it seems. I love it and im glad of how it helps ppl get better health.

Good Afternoon,

I have to agree with the others reguarding Ali. I have watched her grow up. When she took over the BL as host. That realy excieted me. She is very talented and very real!

I'm a Lupus patient. I was diagnosed in April 2010. I had a cross road put before me and a big one! I would watch season after season of how people like me and weighing about the same made these changes.

I knew I couldn't do the exact exercise because of my disease and the pain that comes with Lupus.

So, I started Nutrisystems and watched BL each week. I followed the ups and downs of each week. That kept me in check.

In March of 2010, I weighed 278. Today, I have lost over 130lbs.

I had only watched the Biggest Loser a few times over the years, but just started watching it on Netflix, I watched season 12 and thought it was real nice, then started season 11. Wow, I have been so much more motivated this week at the gym. I'm in shape but looking to drop a couple pounds and keep toning up, so this week when I could feel myself slowing down, all I could hear in the back of my head was Jillian yelling. To see how people who weigh twice as much me are doing more then me is great motivation!