I said I wasn’t going to watch this season given this article about what some contestants go through to lose weight on/after the show and that the first season winner gained all of his weight back.
In watching the intros of the couples, I started crying. There is one father/daughter couple. They are about my dad and I’s size.
I thought about my dad. He died in 2004. I thought that if my dad were still alive, we could have gone on that show…
We would have won. My dad was hyper-competitive. I inherited my competitiveness from him. He was also a major charmer and would have convinced anyone to vote for anyone but us.
He died of complications of morbid obesity. He had a massive heart attack.
I am NOT going to be dead at 54.
We are watching it. It motivates us to keep on keeping on. I am not a candidate for the show yet, but I want to stop before I get there. I want to reach and enjoy retirement with my lovely wife.
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