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January 12, 2005

Biggest Loser

Tonight was the finale for THE BIGGEST LOSER, just to let you know I am a sucker for weight loss shows. I watch stomach stapling, diet success stories, I lost it(the show), I have watched the Discovery Health Body Challenge, Oprah, etc. If it talks about weight loss success and people who struggle to succeed I am there. I have never shed a tear while watching any of them but I have come close. I definately can feel waves of emotion during any given program as I watch people struggle, fail, have success, and make choices. For me it makes for must see TV. I suppose I can relate way too well.

Ok, onto the Biggest Loser. Great show, I actually had thought about signing up. Both for season one and now season two(since i am on the lifestyle kick again). The chances of me being picked are one in a million, but let me tell you (at least in my daydreams) I would have won. Taking my initial weight loss from last year and comparing it to the winner's weight loss. I would have cleaned his clock!

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Ok so from my memory according to his last LIVE weigh-in in 6 months he took off a combines total of 55 points (adding body fat percent lost and percent of weight loss). My points for my first six months of weight loss were 34% weight and 23% fat making my total points 57. (ALL WITHOUT A BUTT KICKING TRAINER) Anyway, perhaps I could have been the biggest loser. Given my attitude and personality I might have never made it to the final 3, but you never know.

I never applied(to any reality show) because it is totally selfish. There is no way I could leave my wife and kids for a few months for any amount of adventure or money or weight loss. Although let me tell you as I ran last year I thought about a diet reality show and winning. I day dreamed about what it would be like and what I would do if i won. For a few weeks I imagined myself competing against the Body Challenge people on TV. Anyway it is amazing the things my mind thinks. The good news is my mind kept me busy while I ran and the fun thoughts of a winning prize at the end of my weight loss was a fun pretend motivation.

So what would I do with my Biggest Loser Prize Money?

I am glad you asked, cause you know, I have given it some thought ;)

not that these things add up to any specific dollar amount, just come along with me.

1. An in ground heated swimming pool with deck & pavilion for outside entertaining. This would be my wife's prize for being there for me. Don't kid yourself I would also selfishly use it for exercise to keep off the pounds

2. A few thank you gifts for about a dozen friends & family who really have helped and encouraged me when i needed it. I would have also written them a nice note, but a nice gift would make sure they knew how much i appreciated them. I probably would have thrown them a thank you party and had some fun with that. perhaps at my wife's new pool.

3. For my kids, I would redo the fence border around our property and move it in a few feet and run an asphalt walkway(similar to a golf cart path) around our whole property for them to ride bikes, skate boards, rollerblade, etc. Plus I would get them a go cart of some sort so they could ride that around too. This would be good for family exercise. (the roads near my house are awful to do anything on, traffic is bad)

4. Add a family room with flat screen HDTV(one of those 6 footers from LG) entertainment center and extra bedroom to our house for more room.

5. Also add a game & exercise room with equipment to keep up my physical activity to help me keep the weight off. I would also splurge on the cyclone pinball game from williams I always wanted and perhaps the Indiana Jones and Donkey Kong Video Game to. This would be for ME :)

6. If there is any money left over(and since this is just a dream, there is) I would take my family on a long vacation. somewhere where we could have fun relax and not worry about anything for at least two weeks. Cause it takes a week just to start to chill out

Okay did I just blow all my prize money? probably. but anyway since this exists in my mind I can take it all back and start from scratch. Perhaps next time I will concentrate on paying off my mortgage and putting money aside for college.

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I apologize from my selfish rambling, but since I am in an odd mood I thought I would share. It isn't often I let you into my crazy old brain.

Posted by smitty at January 12, 2005 1:09 AM

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