#1 NBC Owns Your Story When you sign on to be a contestant on the Biggest Loser (a reality tv show where contestants compete to lose weight), you sign a contract that says NBC owns your personal story and that you cannot talk badly about the show ever.

#2 Hotel Lockdown Contestants are not allowed to leave their hotel rooms when the show is not filming.

#3 Phone Access Contestants are not allowed to make phone calls during filming for at least the first 6 weeks. After 6 weeks phone calls are allowed but for only 5 minutes.

#4 Extreme Workouts Contestants workout at least 4 hours a day and sometimes up to 8 hours. For people who are not used to exercising, this can be extremely dangerous.

#5 Sadistic Trainers The trainers use psychological torment and verbal abuse on the contestants. Trainers would say things like, "You’re going die before your children grow up" and "You’re going to die, just like your mother." Also, "We’ve picked out your fat-person coffin."

#6 Restricted Calorie Intake A healthy amount of daily calories is considered between 1200 and 1600 per day. However contestants on The Biggest Loser were restricted to less than 1000 calories per day.

#7 Unhealthy Diets Even though calorie intake was incredibly restricted, contestants were not allowed to eat food that was nutrition dense. Trainers had to approve all of the contestants food which usually consisted of diet foods and artificial foods.

#8 Contestant Injuries Contestants have been known to have muscle injuries and worse that require immediate medical attention. The main reason is that they are not allowed to rest and are subject to extreme workouts.

#9 Psychological Damage Contestants are subject to psychological damage, a lot of it resembling Stockholm Syndrome.

#10 Ongoing Medical Problems Many contestants suffer from medical problems long after the show is over, a result of losing too much weight too quickly.