I watched it some last season, but only caught the finale of this season that aired last night. Unbelievable! At least a couple people on the show lost over 50% of their original weight.
The winner, Erik, went from over 400 pounds to under 195. Look at these before and after photos:
www.nbc.com/.../erik_before1.jpgwww.nbc.com/.../erik_finale10.jpg
Hard to even believe this is the same guy!
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To make it even more explicit: there are things that have both costs and benefits, and there are things that don't appear to have any significant benefits, perceived or otherwise, while having significant costs.
If you ban tobacco or alcohol a lot of people will feel that you have taken something away from them that they value. Even more so for cars or swimming pools. In Denmark they banned trans fats and no one really noticed, the food producers adjusted their recipes and that was that.
To make it even more explicit: there are things that have both costs and benefits, and there are things that don't appear to have any significant benefits, perceived or otherwise, while having significant costs.
If you ban tobacco or alcohol a lot of people will feel that you have taken something away from them that they value. Even more so for cars or swimming pools. In Denmark they banned trans fats and no one really noticed, the food producers adjusted their recipes and that was that.
