Biggest Loser, Not Survivor for Fat People

October 30, 2007 10:18 pm     Posted in Body, Buzz, Reality  Candy -- NYU g+ page

biggest_loser I am over weight. That’s right, I know I am. I am not happy, I don’t “love being curvy” – that is all bullshit talk for people like me to feel ok with being fat. The media, regardless of what everyone says, either bombards you with: be jealous you are not skinny or stay fat and be happy about it. There was never a whole lot out there about seeking out a healthier lifestyle. Then came The Biggest Loser.


By Candy

I finally felt like there was a television show that understood me. That was, until this week. Neil, Ryan, and Amy – those fat bastards – turned the only pure television experience I have as an overweight, uninspired young woman into Survivor for fatties. Those f**kers “played the game,” which is code for turning into cowardly assholes, and gained weight on purpose thereby throwing off the whole comeradery of the show and its audience.

I am horrified, as a fan and as a person struggling with my own weight, that this show has turned into people sling-shotting their own weight to “play the game.” If that is the game, then I don’t want to watch anymore. Short of having them eat animal entrails, this show has turned into a farce. I watched because I needed to be inspired. Being foolishly inpired by these people, I have worked my way to losing 6.5 lbs. Not a big deal by any stretch, but you know what? It is time to inspire myself.

Losing weight at college, borders on f**king impossible. Between the drinking, cafeteria food and late night studying, it is NOT easy. Add to that, tomorrow is Halloween and now I have to watch all these skinny sorority ho-bags dress like french maids, or cats or whatever the hell the whore outfit is this year. All I am saying, is that I can’t look to TV shows to be inspired.

I have been writing for CollegeCandy for a while now, and all the time I have been trying to figure out where this is going. For me, it is an outlet – an outlet to try and find a way for us all to relate. Tonight, I learned it is ok to not be happy with my weight, but it is not a game. I need to take my life in my hands. Not through watching TV looking for inspiration, but rather inspiring myself at the expense of idiots who parade themselves as fools for all the world to see.

Thank you.

5 Comments on "Biggest Loser, Not Survivor for Fat People"

  1. Abigail says:
    Tue, 30th Oct 20075:27 pm 

    Ok…so now we are talking. I almost cried tonight and I TOTALLY AGREE. I watch TBL and I was so pissed that they started playing the gain/lose for weigh-ins thing. I always knew it would come down to someone trying this, but didn't think we would ever actually SEE them try it.

    I have gained 13 lbs at school and my mom gives me a ton of shit for it, but it is hard to get it off. I lose over the summer, and then gain it back when I get here. I have been trying to get a group of girls together to keep each other in check – but no one is in.

    Kat, if you are in – lets email

  2. Leah says:
    Wed, 31st Oct 20075:28 am 

    I think the bigger thing is NOT looking to reality TV for guidance.

  3. Molly says:
    Wed, 31st Oct 20078:08 am 

    I don't think it's wrong to look to TV, but you are right – self motivating is not easy, ESPECIALLY when it comes to weight. But I will say, diet is key. I know a girl who barely works out, but watches her diet and she has lost 10 lbs in about 2 months.

  4. erica says:
    Wed, 31st Oct 20078:23 am 

    when it comes to losing weight, i think it always helps to have someone to hold you accountable. a personal trainer would be ideal, but a friend to go to the gym with always works. and makes the time fly by.

  5. Alysse says:
    Wed, 31st Oct 20078:32 am 

    It's true, diet is key! Through high school, every time spring/summer came around I would start a new workout regimen. I never. Never. Lost weight. I was running 40 minutes 4 times a week, for 3 months, and nothing happened.

    When I graduated from high school I spent the summer watching what I ate, and I lost 12 pounds in 2 1/2 months. My mom (who was perennially on my case about my "booty") was flabbergasted.

    It makes sense, because not eating that delicious cookie is much harder than going running the next morning.

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