I know I said that i was not going to cover the Biggest Loser anymore this season because the show was bugging me so much but i have still been watching it and was horrified as much as I hope everyone else was when the Biggest Loser went to school.
What was with the crappy food at the school? When I was a kid I am sure that food was much better in school cafeterias. I know that the kids may want to eat junk food but come on who is making the kids eating decisions, their sweet tooth or the parents and schools? Tater tots are not a vegetable and having all your food deep fried is not good either. Kids like food that tastes good, are we to suspect that food that is good for you tastes like crap? I know that isn’t true in my house and probably not yours either.
Matt Hoover who was the winner of the Biggest Loser last season seems to have gained some weight, I know that can happen easily enough as he was very very ripped when he won the biggest loser last year but I always worry that one of these ex winners is going to let their weight balloon up and that would force a lot of people to lose their confidence in their own weight loss.
Dumb ads for the biggest loser club where driving me nuts last night. I know how the sales pitch works but it was a little heavy handed having people saying that thanks to their weight loss that they got a girlfriend, improved their marriage…really it is not just the weight loss that makes you more attractive but your confidence that makes the biggest difference.
Finally the show is in the final four and I think now we are going to get the finale next week. I will of course post about the finale as I do not know a lot of people watching the show and it is nice to get a bit of a conversation going with people that do in fact watch the show
Oh, one more thing. Renee reminded me in her blog post how broken up Erik was about the changes that Bob has helped him make and how he has “saved my life”. I thought that was a really nice touch. This show for these people no matter where the ego is for them is an amazing second chance for people that have screwed up the diet and exercise thing for the first half of their life.
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I agree with you on everthing but the quality of school food. I’m 16, and actually still in school. I always make sure to get plenty of napkins when I get a slice of pizza so that I can soak the greese of the top of it. At one point the fries were baked, but they’re back to being fried because they couldn’t figure out how to cook them right. The salads offered are always wilted and oxidized, the sanwiches have loads of mayo on them. Milk is offered and so is water but it’s 3x more expensive than soda and when you have a teenager’s budget every little bit counts. I suppose that one could bring food from home, but that requires that parents get food to make things to bring from home. Lastly,the snack machines are changing, even though they’re taking them out. The chips are fired in sunflower oil, baked apple tarts are avalible in the morning for breakfast (one of the most skipped meals of the day) poptarts and whole grain muffins are offered in stead of candy bars. But of course they’re taking this away from us.
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