The Dead Weight

So the newest season of Biggest Loser started last night. And hey, here’s some good news, I weigh less then all the guys on the Biggest Loser. You might say, “Big deal, Andy, all those guys are super fat.” And yeah, I understand that, but the alternative is that I weigh more than some or all of those guys and that would definitely be bad news.

As I’ve mentioned before, I think one of the greatest arguments against losing 10-20 pounds per week as they do on the Biggest Loser is the fact that as the weeks progress the guys start wearing shirts when they weigh-in. Why would they need shirts? Shouldn’t they look even better after dropping 110 pounds? You would think, but I guess when you do that over the course of a few months it’s not always a pretty site. Obviously biology plays a huge part in things but I feel if you have 150 pounds to lose you’re probably going to look better in the end if you lost 1 pound a week for 3 years as opposed to 15 pounds a week for two and a half months. At least that’s my guess.

Speaking of biology playing a big part, you could definitely see that in regards to the people on those scales on the Biggest Loser. The guy who weighed in the least had one of the most jacked up looking bodies up there. Some guys will gain 75 pounds and look like they swallowed a watermelon — they have a big, tight stomach and torso. It’s not a hot look, but I feel lucky to fall into that category as opposed to some of the guys standing there on the scale who looked like someone stapled a garbage bag half-full of Halloween candy to their chest. That’s a rough look. And I’m guessing if anyone is not going to bounce back physically after losing a bunch of weight, it’s those guys. Those are the guys who lose 180 pounds and you can tell they have their skin folded like a flag at a military funeral and tucked nicely into their jeans.

Okay, time to quit. I just grossed myself out.