Anyone else watch The Biggest Loser?

I believe it...his arms tell the tale. Just the same, it is nothing short of incredible what some of these people have accomplished. I have never watched the show but as reality shows go, I think it is probably the best one out there. Perhaps it might inspire some others who were in Erik's condition to do something about their current state of health. Kudos to him!

My wife keeps me informed. It's amazing! I wonder if he's been eating at Subway? He could be some real competition for Jared. :joker:

If they hadn't said that was Erik, I wouldn't have known. He looks amazing as do more than half the people who started. They are all inspiring. I only wish more people would get their health in check like these people did. Alison

Ironically New York is the first state in the country to ban the use of trans fats. He has a NY T-shirt in the before shot. This show focuses on the importance of nutritional education and regular exercise (something lacking in our nation of abundance and creature comforts).

Weight loss is an amazing thing. We who are skinny cna never really know wha *** takes to lose lots of pounds. My mother was a super jock when she was growing u in Iowa. Then she had 7 kids. Most of my memories of her were thinking that she must be sick because she always ate such weird things and was constantly taking "her special" pills (it was the 60s). What is even more weird is that most of the diet information we have is based not on studies concerning over weight people or even normal wieght peope but diabetics.

it's a food. Is it? I would call partially hydrogenated oils more of a chemical process than a food. I think it's great that NY is banning artificial trans fats and I hope others follow suit.

It bothers me when the state begins to limit what people are eating...this is not a mood altering drug we are talking about, it's a food. First quality post in a long time, amen to this. As long as NY is legislating health, they'd be better served by making their fat populus work out 45 minutes a day than by banning food.

Knelson, Hydrogenating an unsaturated fat (oil) is a chemical process. Partially hydrogenated fats (oils) are a product of the process and something that one eats. Leo

So why not cigarettes then? How about alcohol? These things kill, kill, and kill you know. Trans fat is an easy target. There's too much money behind tobacco and alcohol to attack those industries. I read today (and I've heard this before) that marijuana is this nation's largest cash crop.

Having said that, it is a little troubling that a state is banning these fats to protect it's population. It bothers me when the state begins to limit what people are eating...this is not a mood altering drug we are talking about, it's a food. Yes, we should be able to eat food even if it kills us. We do have ample food labeling laws already in place to "protect" the population. As for fat kids, there are parents. Some people would argue that marathoning might be too much of a good thing for the heart. Should we ban it? Of course not. But then I live in a state that just legislated marriage and is working on religion in schools, so I guess every basic right is free game nowadays. I think I will have a glass of wine before mood altering substances are banned. I read the warning label. I'm not pregnant and I'm old enough.