1338: Fit for TV, GLP-1s, and the Cost of Extremes

CONSISTENT by Primal Potential

Elizabeth Benton

Money, Self-improvement, Inspiration, Transformation, Motivation, Affirmations, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Selfhelp, Weightloss, Education, Loseweight, Goals, Nutrition

5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Episode Summary:
In this episode, I’m unpacking the new Netflix documentary Fit for TV about The Biggest Loser—and the uncomfortable parallels to today’s GLP-1 craze.

On The Biggest Loser, contestants were willing to humiliate themselves, punish their bodies, and risk their health for rapid results. Fast forward 20 years, and we’re seeing the same mentality play out in a different form—this time with injections.

Just like the show, GLP-1s promise dramatic, fast weight loss. But behind the glamor lies a dangerous truth: severe caloric restriction, significant muscle loss, and a metabolism that slows to a crawl. And when the meds stop—because of side effects, cost, or insurance changes—most people find themselves right back where they started, but worse off.

This isn’t about hating the drugs. It’s about raising a flag. It’s about questioning our obsession with extremes and asking: why are we willing to do the most drastic things for a quick fix, but so resistant to the slow, sustainable path that actually works?

The truth is, real change doesn’t come from the extremes. It comes from mastering the basics and building consistency—the thing no one wants to talk about because it feels too slow. But slow is the only way that lasts.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why Fit for TV is a cautionary tale for the GLP-1 craze
The hidden costs of extreme approaches—whether it’s reality TV or injections
How muscle loss and metabolic slowdown set you up for long-term struggle
Why the slow, unglamorous work is the only thing that sticks
How to shift out of the “one chance” mindset and into daily, consistent action

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It’s not flashy, and it’s not about overnight transformations. It’s about consistency. It’s about proving to yourself that you can stay in the game. It’s about freedom from the cycle of starting over again and again.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	If you want to be more consistent, you're in the right place. I'm Elizabeth Benton. Welcome to
0:07.1	Consistent, a podcast by Primal Potential that is for all of you who feel frustrated by your lack of
0:13.3	progress or overwhelmed by all the change that you want to make in your life. Here, we stop frantically
0:20.5	chasing new habits and start
0:22.6	strategically building a structure of consistency. Let's get into it.
0:29.5	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the primal potential podcast. I am Elizabeth Benton,
0:34.4	and I'm probably going to piss you off today, At least maybe about 30 to 40% of you.
0:40.8	Okay. We are going to talk about the new docu series called Fit for TV. It's all about the biggest loser.
0:49.8	And we're going to talk about GLP1s, which I have done before. And if you don't know what GLP-R, GLP-1s are, think like the OZempics, the semi-glutides, the weight loss injections.
1:01.8	Most of them are in that GLP-1 category. And I've done an episode on GLP-1s before.
1:08.4	And you might think that it's weird to talk about that and this docu series on the
1:13.6	Biggest Loser, because obviously those drugs weren't being used for weight loss back then,
1:17.7	but here's what happened. I was watching this docu series about the biggest loser and how people
1:26.4	were going to these extremes to lose weight.
1:29.0	And then it turns out that it was damaging their metabolism and the show got canceled.
1:32.8	And almost everybody on the show not only ended up gaining the weight back, but being in a less
1:38.3	healthy position despite what from the outside seemed like everybody's dream come true.
1:43.4	In fact, I've talked about it before how for me at that time, I really thought,
1:48.2	oh, if I could go on the biggest loser, that would be just the biggest gift in my life
1:52.0	because I'd finally lose the weight.
1:54.5	And everybody's missing the problem.
1:58.3	And it's happening again.
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