The Biggest Loser

I couldn't help but laugh at myself Tuesday night as we sat eating a late supper, while NBC's reality show "The Biggest Loser" was being aired. There I was - with one of my favorites for supper - KFC's fried chicken and a double order of mashed potatoes and gravy.(Don't forget the scratch-made biscuit!) A BIG man's meal, with all the calories and fat that is recommended for my next 27 meals, all in one!
If you don't know the show, it's basically NBC's version of "Survivor", with weight-loss being the goal of the participants/players. They are put through rigorous exercise routines and placed on calorie-pinching, habit-altering diets. I've yet to see any of KFC's "original" included in the meal plan!
So, what I'm I laughing about? Here I am, needing to lose a few pounds(tons) myself, and I'm being entertained by this grueling training-camp that these guys are going through. No food, tread-mills, stair-climbers, and every kind of torture they can impose on these poor people.(I've always said that the first stage of Hell will be 100 yrs. on a stair-climber. Folks you don't want to go there!) I'm laughing at the fact that I'm willing to be entertained, and even pulling for these people that are doing something that I desperately need to be doing myself. That's the world we live in today. A lot of spectators and commentators that are judging and critiquing everyone else on something they should be doing themselves! I mean, com'on Eric, "get your fat backside off the couch, and do a little stair-climbing yourself." It surely wouldn't hurt to get a little exercise. It may be that I'm in denial, but I'm not even going to go there - the "diet" thing - Who needs one anyway?
Do you see my point? How many of us sit by watching someone else do the things that we know we should be doing ourselves? Maybe it's something at home that we know we could do, that goes undone; something at work, school, or even our church. Maybe we sit back and criticize everyone who is involved doing the thing, while not lifting a finger to help make things better. If that's the case, I'll guarantee you one thing, you're the Biggest Loser! Get off the couch and help make a difference - It all starts with you! Who knows, you may make it to the next round?