Ren and I watched Fat March the other night. It's a new weight loss/reality show on ABC. For some reason, any show involving weight loss has become a guilty pleasure of mine. I’m obsessed with the Biggest Loser, got sucked into Shaq's Big Challenge etc. Maybe it's because I've never had to overcome anything as tumultuous in my life other than the fact that I work all week to pay off loans for two degrees that are of little help in my profession but that’s a blog for a different day.
The show begins with twelve contestants who are tasked with walking 500 miles, from Boston to Washington, D.C. Each walker is supposed to finish the journey, which would result in a $100,000 prize. Not really much to say about the show to be honest. There was your normal catch-all of contestants; a preacher who cried too much, a "diva" who actually left the contest after two days and roughly 13 miles of walking, the mom you know will be hot after she drops a few pounds and the normal gaggle of endearing folks who you really want to lose weight.
Fat People Crossing next 500 miles.
There was one contestant,
Anthony , who I am pulling for to lose more than just weight. I mean... is that necessary? Ren giggled every time they interviewed him and flashed his name and descriptor up on the screen.
"Anthony - 25-year-old virgin"
Has he done nothing but NOT accomplish this one feat? Clearly the weight-loss will help that battle.
By the end of the first show, they’ve already slimmed down to 10 contestants (in addition to the diva, the team voted off the biggest dude Shane because they all would have had to make up the 13 miles he missed cause because of stress fractures in his feet - and when people leave the prize money each person can walk away with drops $10,000) and left me yearning for Bob the trainer from the Biggest Loser to whip these bitches into shape.
And can we talk about the fact that this show is called "Fat March?" I am shocked no one has a problem with this. How about changing "Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader" to "I'm a Moron."
-posted by Ariel
