Forgetting Bob & Jillian

Got on the scales on Friday.  I lost 2.6 pounds.  That’s a total of 6.6 pounds since starting the first day of the rest of my life for the 1,047^th  time,  on Monday, May 2.

I should have been excited; instead, I felt a little defeated.

And I’m blaming it all on "Biggest Loser."

One of my favorite train wrecks, "Biggest Loser” I watch on the DVR weekly.  It’s impossible to watch live as you will undoubtedly poke your eyes out when it takes an entire hour to weigh in people. (Cue dramatic music — about to reveal weight — then, BAM! A commercial.)  I figure when fast-forward was invented it undoubtedly was in response to shows like "Biggest Loser."

So, I stood there in my bathroom a little bleary eyed and sighed.  I am planning to lose about 100 pounds.  In my dreams, inspired by "Biggest Loser,” I drop 20 pounds a month, reach goal weight by October and celebrate with Bob & Jillian.  Not sure what color team I would be on; would hope for purple as it is one of my favorite colors.

Reality: Weight loss is hard work.

It isn’t normal or healthy to lose a large amount of weight overnight. People on "Biggest Loser" have the luxury of isolation.  It’s much easier to exercise five hours a day when you have nothing else to do.  It’s also easier to eat “healthy” when you aren’t in the real world of food.

I’ve decided that maybe it’s actually unhealthy to watch "Biggest Loser."  Time to focus on what is working, no matter how gradual, and forge ahead.

And so I do, 6.6 pounds dropped, 93.4 pounds to go . . .