Thats not always easy. Sadly you seem to lack knowledge of the subject and are just judging everyone as if we all have the exact same genetics. I am 38. I weigh 185lbs and 6 foot tall. I can eat whatever I want and it doesnt have any impact on me. Now I know people that eat a 10th of what I do yet they gain a lot of weight from it because genetics is against them. I dont have to work to maintain my weight but millions do. A lot of people applaud those that lose weight because, for them, it is not an easy task. Its about over coming the odds when the odds are against you.

Before you continue to judge others out of lack of knowledge, take few hours to research it then maybe you will understand it better.

I dunno... Darken him up a little bit and he looks a lot like a lot of middle eastern people i know.

Even has the same balding pattern/haircut choice as most middle eastern people who lose their hair.

People will praise anyone that gets rid of a chronic vice whether it be tobacco, sex, over eating, gambling, or anything that harms them. It is considered bettering yourself. They will not praise them if it involves harming others. That is the real difference.

This must be a thread coming out of the fat that Georgia and the South are really fat.

If by exploited you mean they can win 250K for losing weight not mention they get the top trainers in the world, all free equipment and food and they're basically saving there lives since some of them are at the brink of heart attacks and other diseases.

Some shows are a little worst and it may seem like they're being exploited but hey whatever they can do to lose weight thats fine by me, obviously they don't want to live disabled there whole life.

I'd say half the people down here are really fat (Born in Chicago, myself) with no intentions of ever improving themselves but no.  I saw a story on CNN yesterday about a guy that lost a lot of weight.  Now, he can play basketball with his family, etc.  Good for him but not something I'd consider newsworthy.  It was a fluff piece, I guess.Anyway, that's the origin of the thread.

well, that kind of praise goes beyond normal. I was assuming the small comments by the people that know them and notice when they lose weight.

People like drama.

99.9% get fat beacuse they are lazy and eat too much and that's the truth.
there's no chance in hell that in the last 20 years that all of them suffer from some kind of disease or bad genes.

I mainly cut the really absurd habits I used to have, such as eating nearly an entire large bag of Lays potato chips in one sitting (they're just so damn addictive!) and eating most of a frozen pizza at 2 in the morning, coupled with adding more veggies and all natural foods to my diet. But beyond that, I didn't change my eating habits that drastically.

It takes an effort to come back from a bad situation. That would be why. Its inspirational for other people in the same situation to revert it.