Biggest Loser - Season 8

My shameless addiction to the Biggest Loser is being fed again – the new season began and last night I sat and watched the first episode. Good lord, everyone and their moms cried during that show. I admit that I got a little teary-eyed when the one contestant told the story of her ENTIRE FAMILY dying in a car accident two years ago. Seriously – how does she have the energy to get out of bed? That’s an inspirational story, right there.

Though, I do have to admit that I get tired of the intentionally inspirational talks from Bob and Jillian (especially Jillian). They’re just ridiculous. And I usually skip over the deliberation over who’s going home, because really? I don’t care. I just don’t. They all say the same thing – “I think I should stay because my family needs me, because I want to have children, because I want to live a fuller life, blah, blah, blah.”

I think they could shorten the show by a half hour at least and cut out half the talk. I want to see them screaming in the gym, I want to see the challenges, and I want to see their final weights. Really, I wish they’d do the weigh-in in quick succession. A quick-round weigh-in. None of this “suspense” crap, because I’m not really in suspense. I’m just annoyed, so I end up skipping that, too, and just find out who’s below the yellow line.

This will do me good, though. When The Biggest Loser is on, I am more motivated to get out and run, to be active and to drink more water. There’s nothing like looking at a 475-lb woman to remind myself that it happens in little slips here and there.

Favorite moment of the show? Said in sobs “I would just sit on my bathroom floor eating oreos and crying, with the door shut because I didn’t want no one to see me!” If it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny.

I can’t wait to see how their weight loss comes along!