Did the Biggest Loser Shed More Dead Weight?

Watching the Biggest Loser last night, I shed a few tears.  It gets me every time I see families reuniting, the look on the kids’ faces as they see their mom or dad again. And the speeches, well don’t get me started again…

Am I just a sap? Probably, but I’m okay with that.

Liz’s speech about taking care of everyone else but always putting herself last really resonated with me as a mom.  I saw the women in the audience nodding their heads while Liz spoke.  Because of course this is a common problem among us moms.  It is so easy for us to push ourselves down to the bottom our daily to do list…or even falling off entirely.  I thought back to the times when I’ve eaten the kids’ leftovers as my “lunch”, the times I’ve given up a workout so the kids can have a play date, and well, you know what I mean, because we all do it, don’t we? Our children, after all, mean the world to us!

I, for one, have finally realized that putting my health first (gasp) means that I have the energy to be a better mom and that I’ll be a happier and more calm mom as well.  Not to mention the kicker…my husband and I are the primary role models for our children. If we don’t take care of ourselves, how do we teach our children to take care of themselves? So perhaps we shouldn’t look at it like we are being selfish by taking care of ourselves, but rather that we are giving the gift of health to our children instead.

Gosh and it only took me most of a decade to learn this!

Moving on to the weigh in…I can’t believe it. Double digit weight loss again!  Amazing and inspirational, of course. But I wonder how the average viewer who is following along at home (like Liz, who sat and watched while eating ice cream) feels when they only lose a pound or two, or – gasp – gains over the course of a week?  Most of us don’t have the option of leaving our families to lost weight and get fitter for months at a time. I hope people don’t get discouraged, because weight loss and fitness is a lifelong journey, not a week long goal.

Let’s see…what else did I want to say…? Right. The product placement.  Am I the only one irritated by the blatant product promotion during the show? Or am I just being grumpy because I skipped eating ice cream while I watched? 

Still, those two little gripes pale in comparison to the good the show does when it comes to drawing attention to the need to make a true commitment to being healthy and fit.  Cheers and applause for that!

Finally, down to the nitty gritty.  What did you think of the challenge? Would you have pulled yourself over a canyon from 200 feet in the air? (Gosh, I had flashbacks to my recent adventure Zip Trekking…this looked way scarier! …but, I could have done it I think.)

Were you surprised by Rebecca getting voted off?  How did you feel about that? Was she the right pick?

Hit me up, let me know your thoughts in the comments.