Big Loser

Well - I FINALLY got to see some reality TV last night. The Yankee game is on a channel that has all my shows - but last night I was able to see Losers in action.

Big Loser is about 12 folks. All overweight. They are competing for $250k and the title of biggest loser. They are split into groups of 6 and they compete with the help of trainers and diets to see which team will lose the most weight at the end of the week. The team that loses the most weight as a whole wins. The team that falls short needs to vote off a team member.

There is a competition during the show that awards the team that wins a 5 lb bag of lard. This bag of lard is then added to the other teams weight loss.

I liked the show. Its got that motivational feeling.

It actually made me feel a little motivated to get back into a healthy eating plan as I have elected to go off the Atkins / dieting as a whole for a while. Then my Mom sent me a picture from her visit a few months ago. Can you say double chin!

I hope that once the show is over that they will follow the progress of the winner. I know last night the first girl that was voted off (because she didn't have too much weight to lose) had continued what she had learned and taken off an additional 15lbs since she had exited the show.

I think that its got a good premise - I am sure there will be things in the upcoming weeks that border on mean and I will have to comment.

But all in all....its worth a peek.

Secondly - Please cross your fingers for the Yankees to win tonight against Boston. As many of you know HB is a huge Yankees fan. Life around the Casa De Jacquimarie is a little tense due to the recent loss of games to Boston.