30- The Biggest Loser- A Body Image Reckoning

03/09/2025 19 min Episodio 30

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If you grew up in the 2000s, chances are you remember The Biggest Loser: dramatic weigh-ins, trainers screaming, contestants collapsing on treadmills, and the promise that extreme weight loss meant health and redemption.Now, Netflix’s new documentary Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser pulls back the curtain — and it’s even more harmful than we realised.Here’s what we unpack today:✨ The shocking behind-the-scenes realities revealed in Fit for TV — from starvation-level diets to life-threatening health risks.✨ The devastating aftermath: why so many contestants regained weight, and why it was never about willpower.✨ The generational impact on millennial viewers (like me and maybe you too) who absorbed its harmful messages alongside our mums, friends, and peers.✨ The anti-diet reframe: why exercise isn’t punishment, food isn’t the enemy, and your worth was never meant to be weighed on a scale.✨ Links & Resources* Note: If a link you're looking for mentioned in the episode is not here, the offer noted is no longer available or has expired.💜 My Website:  Free resources , blogs, upcoming events and more on my programs and myself! 👉 ⁠⁠⁠www.bingefreebestie.com⁠⁠⁠🆓  Free Masterclass: ⁠⁠Break Up With Binge Eating⁠⁠ (⁠https://bingefreebestie.easywebinar.live/event-registration⁠) . Learn the three triggers driving binge + emotional eating- and the exact tools to stop the cycle, without restriction.🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead 👉 ⁠Download it here⁠💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses 👉⁠ https://bingefreebestie.com/the-breakup/📲 Follow me on InstagramFor daily support, education, and anti-diet truth bombs.👉 ⁠@bingefree.bestie