So I have not won the work-based Biggest Loser Challenge and I realized why.
Not because I didn’t lose weight, I did – nearly six per cent of my body weight – and not because I didn’t get smaller – I did, I nearly dropped an entire size and I think I look much better- but because I wasn’t in it to win the money.
When the challenge started I used it as a chance to kick off some lifestyle changes I procrastinated making – back to running more often, choosing some not-so-carb-heavy-cheese-covered lunches and drinking more water.
Others started to lose weight with their eye on the money at the end. The person that one looks like they’ve been starving themselves, 15 per cent of their weight and they were not very big to begin with. His first goal? Is to gain weight back.
Now, I don’t think he broke the rules (nor am I made because I should I have one – I think I was 8th overall), but I feel like that wasn’t the point. The point was a health challenge. I guess that has been people’s argument with the show, The Biggest Loser, also.
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