Biggest Loser – Too Fat to Dive!

Are You Too Fat to Dive?

On last night’s Biggest Loser, on NBC, we discovered that contestant Lance Morgan, from Texas, had previously pursued a lucrative career as a commercial diver.   Lance was raised on a farm, eating a typical farmer’s diet of meat and potatoes, he was always instructed to finish everything on his plate… a  dieter’s nightmare!  As Lance grew older, he gained weight, but was working as a commercial diver and was in demand.  However, as the industry began to get stricter on health and safety, Lance found himself without a job because of his weight.  Since losing his job, he has been unable to lose enough weight to return to his beloved profession and now him and his wife, Melissa Morgan (the second member of the red team) have found themselves with a significantly reduced family income.

Lance Morgan - Too Fat to Dive

Healthy Scuba Diving Weight?

When you go diving, anywhere in the world, you will notice people of all shapes and sizes participating… that’s one of the beautiful things about diving.  Essentially, to dive recreationally, you don’t need to be in amazing shape and a few extra pounds certainly won’t stop you from enjoying this amazing sport.  Lance Morgan, incidentally, currently weighs just over 330lb, having lost over 20lbs in the first two weeks of the show.  For a healthy BMI, he should way about 220lb.  It’s difficult to put an ideal weight on scuba diving, but what’s for sure is that the better shape you’re in, the more you’ll get out of your scuba experience.

Fat People and Scuba Diving

Scuba diving requires a lot of energy, even though you don’t feel like you’re exerting energy while diving.  In particular, diving requires aerobic fitness, if you have good lung power, you will be able to dive for longer as you will be using less air from your tank.  Also, fat people will find it harder to attain neutral buoyancy and will need more weights on their belt than a skinny person to be able to dive effectively.

Lance Morgan, Commercial Diver

Biggest Loser’s Lance Morgan is on a mission to lose enough weight to get back to work.  He is on the right track, and I think he will be one of the finalists, if not the winner.  He has a great attitude and is truly motivated… I just hope he can stay at the ranch long enough to get his life back.  Good luck Lance!

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