Anyone else watch The Biggest Loser?

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.jpg www.nbc.com/.../erik_finale10.jpg Hard to even believe this is the same guy!
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  • Former Member
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    Well, if we want our kids to live a long healthy life, we can rip them out of all existing activities and have them play violin and swim. As a side benefit, we won't have to argue endlessly about which sport deserves the most "respect." It'll be swimming if you value a long life. (I guess we could still argue about which sport is best if we want to live a short risk-filled life full of MonkeyLaLas and TFs.) Do you think guitar would work instead of violin? Are fiddling and swimming the only two activities that stimulate that particular lymph system? It was not violin, it was the work of the conductor who moves his/her arms in a motion that stimulates the lymph system much the same way swimming does. Hey, any exercise is great I think. I am not trying to argue that swimming is best, I was just pointing out a factoid..or theoroid as it might be called.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Well, if we want our kids to live a long healthy life, we can rip them out of all existing activities and have them play violin and swim. As a side benefit, we won't have to argue endlessly about which sport deserves the most "respect." It'll be swimming if you value a long life. (I guess we could still argue about which sport is best if we want to live a short risk-filled life full of MonkeyLaLas and TFs.) Do you think guitar would work instead of violin? Are fiddling and swimming the only two activities that stimulate that particular lymph system? It was not violin, it was the work of the conductor who moves his/her arms in a motion that stimulates the lymph system much the same way swimming does. Hey, any exercise is great I think. I am not trying to argue that swimming is best, I was just pointing out a factoid..or theoroid as it might be called.
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