The Biggest Loser Documentary & The One Question We're All Asking

There's a new Netflix documentary that's made us rethink one of the biggest reality shows from the 2000s—The Biggest Loser. We all watched Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser, but it was the raw and deeply personal responses from one of our producers that will stay with you.

And super guru Mel Robbins is human after all. Holly explains why Mel broke down over her friend's kitchen while Jessie and Mamamia's Deputy Editor Stacey Hicks unpick jealousy and reveal who sparks the green monster for them in their lives.

Plus, if you were to increase productivity, what would you enforce? A 3pm free diet coke, compulsory mouth tape, a social media ban? We discuss.

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• 15 years ago, Mel Robbins hit rock bottom. She's now the most listened to woman in the world.

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