The Biggest Loser

"The Biggest Loser" is a show that sucks me in.  I have not watched it every season, but when I have, I always get something positive out of it.  

As a Weight Watchers leader, I have had mixed feelings about the show as the amount of weight these contestants lose each week is unrealistic in the "real world" and it not considered a healthy weight loss rate.  But, how can you not be inspired by these people.  Yet, I wonder out of all of the contestants they have had, how many of them were able to sustain their weight loss?  See?  Conflicted.  Weight management is a lifelong journey.  I know first hand that I will never be cured and I will never be finished with my weight management efforts until I am well, you know... done, done.  

So, here are a few tidbits that I have picked up this season on "The Biggest Loser" that I hope will speak to you as well.  The doctor on the show was telling one of the contestants that she has diabetes.  She was surprised and looked devastated and then he said "if I told you that you had cancer, would you find the time in your day to get chemotherapy?"  She nodded "yes".   Then, he said that "you need to take this disease just as seriously and find the time in your day to exercise and make better eating choices". I'm paraphrasing, but you get the gist.  That was a light bulb moment for me, we can find time to do so many different things in our day and it is so easy to have exercise not be one of them and it is slowly killing us.  Our bodies are meant to move!  So, let's do it!  I'm game, are you?

Another quote that I love from the show comes from the contestant who was voted off this week.  She has the sweetest personality and seems like one of those people who do things for everyone else, but not for themselves.  Sound familiar?  Many people, especially women, are like that.  Anyway, she said that she has been in a rut for many years, but after being sent home she knew that she could do it on her own...and she is.  She said "what did I do with that rut I was in?  I ran over it!" I love that.  She is training for a marathon.  Speaking of which, I have my first half marathon of the year in 11 short weeks, so I'm off to hit the pavement; how are you going to move your body today?   Good health is not a chore; it's a gift!