Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The Biggest Loser

Anyone watch The Biggest Loser?  Well, I’m hooked.  I have watched it year after year.  Some of these stories are so inspiring.  And the weight these people lose is remarkable.   I don’t think I’m necessarily in the same game as these people.  I figure I only need to lose about fifty pounds.  Yes, that’s all.  One large Costco-sized bag of dog food. 

However, I still imagine myself on there losing dozens of pounds each week.  I can see myself running miles on those treadmills and lifting heavy weights.  I can see myself transforming quickly from overweight-huffing-up-the-stairs person to fit-and-can-run-a-marathon goddess.  Of course, this is all in my mind.   The reality of my participation consists of sitting comfortably on the couch watching them sweat.

I think I eat right and have actually lost some weight just by watching what I eat.  I don’t really keep track of my calories, but I do tend to read labels from time to time.  And it’s appalling how many calories are in stuff.  If you don’t already read the labels, just start.  You’ll be shocked!

I still hope that one day I’ll get off my butt and actually lose the weight and become this fit, athletic person.   So it seems I have two options:  gain a bunch more weight, try out for The Biggest Loser, hope I get selected to participate, lose all of the weight, all while not being booted off the show… OR… I could just do it on my own.

Life is hard enough without trying to make it more difficult.  I guess I should do it the easy way.

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