Try to contain your excitement. I am bubbling over, myself, can't you tell?
Why, you ask? So kind of you.
September is finally HERE! Oh, the anticipation, a nectar upon which I suckle with the best of 'em, has been killing me all summer. Along with September, other two prime months of tele-anticipation are July and January, and they together make up the great triumvirate of Reality TV Season kick-offs.
Two weeks from today starts the next installment of The Biggest Loser, and this time it's Husbands and Wives team vs. Parents and Children team. Well, not children......I think you have to be at least 18 and of course at least like 250lbs to play, but you know, kids of those gigantic parents who are also now gynormous themselves and have at least a healthy dose of blame and of course a lot of love and support for one another. So lovely.
Last season's winner shed HALF herself to win the title "Biggest Loser" and the $250,000 prize. If that ain't inspirational, I don't know what is.And as a Fantasy Game expert, creator, and addict, I am constantly on the look out for that which inspires. What we love to watch, love to read, love to follow......these are what make great Fantasy Games. That and a pinch of televised shit talking.
Along with the general life changing, life saving kind of Old Yeller feel good goodness, add a some tears, oxygen mask aided breathing, work-out stimulated hurling, and OH, it's a winning hour in front of the boob. This is not fiction here, mister, this is real life issues, finally being given their platform.
According to the CDC, nearly one third of adults in the U.S. are Obese. That's not just overweight. That's OVER overweight. About 20% of kids in the States are at risk for clinically obese as well, and this is causing all kinds of health problems, from type 2 Diabetes to early vascular disease, to a growing epidemic of chub-related taunting that is sweeping the nation.
Enter Biggest Loser. Enter Fantasy Biggest Loser. Obviously, for those biguns whom weight loss is a daily struggle, this game is the perfect way to become more involved in their own personal cure. But it's also a great educational tool for those folks who are not scale haters and ho-ho hunters. We should all know more about the mental, emotional, metabolic, and lifestyle connections to the fastest growing health threat in this country. If we were each a little bit more compassionate about why this is happening, we could each do our part a little better to "chop down the mountain" (as my acupuncture professor used to say). This is truly a societal problem, so as a society we need to band together, play a game based on a show, and therefore better understand the biggest of the big.
Homeboy lost 164 pounds!! and he did it in hardly three months!! and he learned ways that he can keep off the weight, stay fit, stay healthy, and stay tan!!I for one, feel it is my duty to support this kind of public service programming, and also, more specifically, to dominate my friends in a Fantasy Game based on said public service.
Won't you join me?
Stay tuned.........
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fascinating. i honestly only ever thought that people liked to watch this show because they liked to watch people who were all effed up in one way or another deal with just how effed up they are in a public arena. i agree with you that obesity is a real issue about which we should raise awareness. i just never believed that this show was actually doing that in a productive way. but i can admit when i might be wrong. though, that said, i do still find the show too depressing to watch. maybe it's the hidden wasp in me that cannot handle people airing their issues in public. for this reason, i will also never concede the point that those reality shows about drug rehab are acceptable.
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