The Survivor Series on CBS: Why do all the contentants come all lean and fit with no fat on them?

[PingSpike]

You're going to an island where you will likely be starving. So what do you do before you go there? Go on a diet to lose those excess pounds...no one wants to see fat people on TV.

If I were going that show, and I was a reasonably fit person already with little body fat...I would eat a cake everyday before I got on the show, and maybe practice fishing or something. Think about it. When you first get there, you've got hardly any way to get food...so you're going to be running off your fat stores...if you have no fat stores you may look great for the TV to start with but you're going to run down and weak the whole show.

You'd need that extra energy to learn how to hunt assuming you'd never done it before. Remember the first survivor? That gay guy who won was a huge fatass to begin with. But he had the energy to learn to spear fish at the beginning...and since he was the only guy who knew how to do it no one wanted to kick him off. They needed him for the food he brought in.

By the end of the show, the women all look like a walking skeletons because they were so thin to begin with. But hey, the camera adds ten pounds right?

 

[blackdogdeek]

1. they want to look good on camera
2. they want to be in shape for the game, so they workout
3. richard was the only heavy winner(tina, skinny woman; vecepia, skinny woman; brian, skinny man; amber, skinny woman; ethan, skinny man; etc)

 

[Hammer]

there's heavy people on that show. rupert, richard, etc

 

[WhiteKnight]

I agree about the skill development part. I can't understand why some of them might think to practice firebuilding or something before they go. I did Boy Scouts so I've had a lot of experience with that sort of thing, but it's been a while and you can bet I'd be brushing up beforehand if I ever did something like that.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
1. they want to look good on camera
2. they want to be in shape for the game, so they workout
3. richard was the only heavy winner(tina, skinny woman; vecepia, skinny woman; brian, skinny man; amber, skinny woman; ethan, skinny man; etc)

1. Thats what a figure, even though its devoid of logic...since rotting a jungle makes even pretty people look kind of gross.
2. Well, you can have lots of muscles and good stamina and still have a spare tire. It'll slow you down some, but if you're low on energy its going to be a bonus more than anything. You body is going to eat that muscle when your calorie intake drops anyway.
3. I havn't seen more than about a half a season of the new ones. But I noticed they were giving them rice to eat even when they had no food. So it looks like they've largely removed the need for food element...which really cheapens the entire show IMO. I know its just a show but god doesn't sprinkle rice on people just because they can't hunt worth a damn. The show is survivor, not 'fail at hunting and eat rice for a month'.

I guess I just don't like the show that much. It was a good idea, but its just become real world versus road rules in the woods with everyone b|tching at each other the whole time. It could be a good show if they just let them starve.

Edit for typos.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Which body type do you think would be best fit for survival in the wild (the real thing not Survivor)? The fit/lean person or the really fat computer nerd?

I think the answer is pretty damn obvious. I hate Survivor btw.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
1. they want to look good on camera
2. they want to be in shape for the game, so they workout
3. richard was the only heavy winner(tina, skinny woman; vecepia, skinny woman; brian, skinny man; amber, skinny woman; ethan, skinny man; etc)

1. Thats what a figure, even though its devoid of logic...since rotting a jungle makes even pretty people look kind of gross.
2. Well, you can have lots of muscles and good stamina and still have a spare tire. It'll slow you down some, but if you're low on energy its going to be a bonus more than anything. You body is going to eat that muscle when your calorie intake drops anyway.
3. I havn't seen more than about a half a season of the new ones. But I noticed they were giving them rice to eat even when they had no food. So it looks like they've largely removed the need for food element...which really cheapens the entire show IMO. I know its just a show but god doesn't sprinkle rice on people just because they can't hunt worth a damn. The show is survivor, not 'fail at hunting and eat rice for a month'.

I guess I just don't like the show that much. It was a good idea, but its just become real world versus road rules in the woods with everyone b|tching at each other the whole time. It could be a good show if they just let them starve.

Edit for typos.

1. they apparently smell bad too 😀

2. the thing is, if you're in shape, people will keep you around longer just because you will be a benefit during the challenges. this one guy osten was really strong and even though he didn't work and just kept complaining that he couldn't take it, people still kept him around just because he was strong.

in the end the only he was cast off was that he actually just quit the show, which was the first time that has ever happened.

3. the all-star one was pretty good because they gave them nothing really. they didn't even have fire for about a week iirc. sometimes they'll get food as part of a reward challenge but they don't really ever just give them food.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Which body type do you think would be best fit for survival in the wild (the real thing not Survivor)? The fit/lean person or the really fat computer nerd?

I think the answer is pretty damn obvious. I hate Survivor btw.

Well, I think I was a bit unclear in my original post. I think a fit person who is also slightly overweight would benefit the most. Of course a really fat computer nerd is screwed, but if you're strong and have some decent stamina along with some fat I think you'd be at an advantage over the guy who has a six pack. At least in the long term.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Which body type do you think would be best fit for survival in the wild (the real thing not Survivor)? The fit/lean person or the really fat computer nerd?

I think the answer is pretty damn obvious. I hate Survivor btw.

Well, I think I was a bit unclear in my original post. I think a fit person who is also slightly overweight would benefit the most. Of course a really fat computer nerd is screwed, but if you're strong and have some decent stamina along with some fat I think you'd be at an advantage over the guy who has a six pack. At least in the long term.

Yeah, but have you noticed that they also shag like bunnies while they're there? The in shape guy gets more play on the island.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
1. they apparently smell bad too 😀

2. the thing is, if you're in shape, people will keep you around longer just because you will be a benefit during the challenges. this one guy osten was really strong and even though he didn't work and just kept complaining that he couldn't take it, people still kept him around just because he was strong.

in the end the only he was cast off was that he actually just quit the show, which was the first time that has ever happened.

3. the all-star one was pretty good because they gave them nothing really. they didn't even have fire for about a week iirc. sometimes they'll get food as part of a reward challenge but they don't really ever just give them food.

1. No smellivision yet, so unsure on that. 😀
2. Yeah, doesn't really make sense. I would have booted the lazy guy even if he was good at the challenges.
3. I didn't watch any of the all star one, I wanted to but just never had time. I did see one though where they got rice, and I was led to believe that they just always got it regardless of whether they won a challenge or were doing good, etc. I could be mistaken though, I didn't watch a lot of it. It was probably the series that started of men versus women.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Which body type do you think would be best fit for survival in the wild (the real thing not Survivor)? The fit/lean person or the really fat computer nerd?

I think the answer is pretty damn obvious. I hate Survivor btw.

Well, I think I was a bit unclear in my original post. I think a fit person who is also slightly overweight would benefit the most. Of course a really fat computer nerd is screwed, but if you're strong and have some decent stamina along with some fat I think you'd be at an advantage over the guy who has a six pack. At least in the long term.

Yeah, but have you noticed that they also shag like bunnies while they're there? The in shape guy gets more play on the island.

I'd be after the cash myself. The inshape guy could probably get plenty of tail while not on the show. There usually seems to be some sort of resentment when two members get it on from the rest of their tribe.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Which body type do you think would be best fit for survival in the wild (the real thing not Survivor)? The fit/lean person or the really fat computer nerd?

I think the answer is pretty damn obvious. I hate Survivor btw.

Well, I think I was a bit unclear in my original post. I think a fit person who is also slightly overweight would benefit the most. Of course a really fat computer nerd is screwed, but if you're strong and have some decent stamina along with some fat I think you'd be at an advantage over the guy who has a six pack. At least in the long term.

Yeah, but have you noticed that they also shag like bunnies while they're there? The in shape guy gets more play on the island.

I'd be after the cash myself. The inshape guy could probably get plenty of tail while not on the show. There usually seems to be some sort of resentment when two members get it on from the rest of their tribe.

Yeah, but when you get some on national TV, the whole world knows you a pimp.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Yeah, but when you get some on national TV, the whole world knows you a pimp.

LOL.

Wouldn't the entire world knowing I'm a player make it more difficult for me to use women for sex though? I guess the pimps probably don't think that far ahead.

 

[Valhalla1]

shag like bunnies ? uhh.. no. Survivor isn't some lame dating reality show, theres no shagging going on. Only time it might have happened was this last season, All Stars, Amber and Rob M. might have but I seriously doubt it

in fact, the whole 'survival in the wild' isn't even the main point of the show. its just like an added 'bonus'. Survivor is a social game, look at the winners - almost never do the hard working, shelter building, etc guys win. More often than not, its the under-the-radar weak female that wins