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    7 Jan 2009
    mayibefrank: Call me a loser, but … Last night was the premier of the fifth — and biggest — season of The Biggest Loser. And, obviously, I was very, very excited. I’m quite devoted to the show, and I’ve been watching since season one. Part of the reason I’m obsessed with the show is its ingenius combination of my favorite two television elements: Reality Cheese and Weight/Body Image Issues. Golden. Plus, they taunt people with tables of doughnuts, and I love Trainer Bob. I also not-so-secretly wish I could be a contestant. I’D GET SO THIN! And I’d happily gain several hundred pounds to partake.How fun would that be! Pass the quesadillas! Anyway, I was not disappointed by last night’s episode. My favorite team, so far, is pictured above. Dave and Dan. Dave and Dan are 23 and 19. Dan is one of the youngest contestants in the history of the show. He is also the heaviest. He lost 30 pounds last night. And he got all teary — the only time he earnestly and independently attempted weight loss in the past, it took him three months to lose that much weight. And he gained it all back. It was also hilarious/tragic when he couldn’t get over the big pile of sand in the relay competition. My other favorites are the old couple — so cute. And Gramps literally fainted as soon as he entered the gym and had to go to the hospital. REALITY GOLD. Carla is also great — she is the heaviest female contestant to be on the show, has really cute hair, and shook the gym and all the hidden cameras when she fell off the paralell bars. The former smoker/alcoholic is also great, as are the Polynesian cousins and the former models (who a friend of mine already hates and refers to as ‘the C U Next Tuesdays’). But, seriously, what were these girls modeling? Even their model pictures they ain’t smaller than a 10. And they’re so out-dated-blonde-pretty. Sears circulars in Cleveland? Anyway … What surprised me most about last night was how many of my close friends LOVE the show. My neighbor stopped by to say she was already crying 20 minutes in. I spent the whole two hours texting two other fans in real time (We chatted about what parts made us emotional, which parts were hilarious, and who we related most to, and what our biological ages probably are (I’m 90 and my liver is 30 cm). Also, Jillian has to be a lesbian). This morning, I discussed it with two other people — one of whom watched with a friend and another admitted that her boyfriend who watched with her was now hooked. One of them suggested a Fantasy Biggest Loser League. Each participant selects a team and gets a point for each pound the team loses each week. Additionally, each week at the beginning of the episode each participant will predict which team will win the weigh-in. If he or she is correct they will be given 20 bonus points. We have not established a prize. But, I think I’m in. And I call Orange. I’m fine. if we weren’t friends before, we must be friends now. i call the black team. start strong. end strong.

    mayibefrank:

    Call me a loser, but …

    Last night was the premier of the fifth — and biggest — season of The Biggest Loser. And, obviously, I was very, very excited. I’m quite devoted to the show, and I’ve been watching since season one. Part of the reason I’m obsessed with the show is its ingenius combination of my favorite two television elements: Reality Cheese and Weight/Body Image Issues. Golden.

    Plus, they taunt people with tables of doughnuts, and I love Trainer Bob. I also not-so-secretly wish I could be a contestant. I’D GET SO THIN! And I’d happily gain several hundred pounds to partake.How fun would that be! Pass the quesadillas!

    Anyway, I was not disappointed by last night’s episode. My favorite team, so far, is pictured above. Dave and Dan. Dave and Dan are 23 and 19. Dan is one of the youngest contestants in the history of the show. He is also the heaviest. He lost 30 pounds last night. And he got all teary — the only time he earnestly and independently attempted weight loss in the past, it took him three months to lose that much weight. And he gained it all back.

    It was also hilarious/tragic when he couldn’t get over the big pile of sand in the relay competition.

    My other favorites are the old couple — so cute. And Gramps literally fainted as soon as he entered the gym and had to go to the hospital. REALITY GOLD. Carla is also great — she is the heaviest female contestant to be on the show, has really cute hair, and shook the gym and all the hidden cameras when she fell off the paralell bars. The former smoker/alcoholic is also great, as are the Polynesian cousins and the former models (who a friend of mine already hates and refers to as ‘the C U Next Tuesdays’). But, seriously, what were these girls modeling? Even their model pictures they ain’t smaller than a 10. And they’re so out-dated-blonde-pretty. Sears circulars in Cleveland? Anyway …

    What surprised me most about last night was how many of my close friends LOVE the show. My neighbor stopped by to say she was already crying 20 minutes in. I spent the whole two hours texting two other fans in real time (We chatted about what parts made us emotional, which parts were hilarious, and who we related most to, and what our biological ages probably are (I’m 90 and my liver is 30 cm). Also, Jillian has to be a lesbian). This morning, I discussed it with two other people — one of whom watched with a friend and another admitted that her boyfriend who watched with her was now hooked.

    One of them suggested a Fantasy Biggest Loser League. Each participant selects a team and gets a point for each pound the team loses each week. Additionally, each week at the beginning of the episode each participant will predict which team will win the weigh-in. If he or she is correct they will be given 20 bonus points. We have not established a prize. But, I think I’m in. And I call Orange.

    I’m fine.

    if we weren’t friends before, we must be friends now.

    i call the black team. start strong. end strong.

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