Stupid Spandex Shorts!

Did I mention that I love the show Biggest Loser?  It’s one of my favorites along with The Next Iron Chef, The Next Food Network Star and Food Network Challenge (specifically the cake decorating competitions).  I know…two extreme sides of the spectrum right?  Losing weight while eating a carrot stick with a 1/4^th scoop of pine nuts, running on a treadmill until you either puke or fly off and put a dent in the wall behind you, being forced to walk on a tightrope across the grand canyon of valleys balancing a bowling ball in each hand or walking back and forth a mile of beach sand carrying a penny each time until you pile up $500 – all of this while trainers who, did I mention, say they love and care about you, yell and scream in your face trying to make you face the reasons why you became this way in the first place.  Now, that’s good TV!  I’d be in trouble if I went on that show though.  My excuse would be, “ummm…because I like food?”  Then I’d be forced to do 50 more pushups until I gave them an answer that made me cry like a baby or run out of the gym like a loser.  I wish people on the show voted people off fairly.  I guess it would defeat the purpose of making it interesting to watch – the drama of “game-play”.  She lost -4 pounds total but I’m going to keep her because she’s not a threat and eating all the donuts in the house so I don’t have to.  But he is struggling to get to 50 pounds lost, does everything right, works hard, and motivates people, but his pants are tighter than mine so I’m voting him off because he’s competition.  Stupid spandex shorts!  It would definitely give people more incentive to work their butts off, literally.  If I’m at the bottom, BOOM, I’m automatically gone.

Then we have the Iron Chef and Food Network Challenges.  I ask you!  What could be more fun that watching someone design, carve, and frost a cake to look like a gigantic, but realistic, box of Cheez-its?  Or a cake in the shape of Trump Tower with real windows and a fondant Donald at the top shouting “Your Fired!”?  It’s priceless, I tell you.  The Next Iron Chef just had it’s finale this past Sunday.  My favorite didn’t win, but at least came in second.  I’m hoping that The Next Food Network Star will be on soon.  Aarti was the winner last season and was my favorite, incidentally, from day 1.  I guess, in the end, I just really just love interesting challenges that cut it close to the finish.