I Finally Watched The Biggest Loser

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Last night I watched The Biggest Loser for the first time. I know, hard to believe, right? You’d think that someone like me would watch every season. The only reason I even watched it last night was because there was nothing else on last night except for Family Guy reruns that I’ve seen 100 times - plus, I thought it would give me good blog topics.

After watching last nights episode, I have a couple of questions for those of you who are avid watchers. First of all, if the point of the show is to support people to be healthier and lose weight, why eliminate people? Why not keep everyone until the end and then choose a winner based on who lost the most? I just think it would be a huge set-back to someone to be sent home on national television, already being overweight, for not losing enough. That could cause serious mental damage. Secondly, how in the world are they losing 15 pounds in one week?! That’s the kind of diet I want to be on…

When we were watching the show last night, I was watching these women weigh in, and, seeing their numbers, I realized that they were all at least 60 pounds heavier than me, most of them more. But seeing them on camera, I don’t see any difference, except for the shape of my stomach. I have that weird crease at my belly button line. I’ve always had that, even when I was at my heaviest - 255. I just still see myself as that big when I look in the mirror. Even though I see the change in my pictures, and even though I can fit into a 14 (and I can almost squeeze into a 12 now), I still see that “fat girl” when I look into the mirror. That one blonde girl on the show (I forget her name) really reminded me of myself. When I saw her sitting in the gym, I even asked my husband if I still looked like that, because I think that I do. This is me on August 30th, 08. This picture was my wake up call to lose weight. This is what I still see in the mirror.
I was 230 at this point. Terrible, huh? I know I’ve come a long way since then. I see it in the numbers, in my clothes - I just have a hard time when I look in the mirror. Is that normal? Will that go away after a while?

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