TV

Weighing in on Distancing the TV

May 27, 2011
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This guest post from Jakob Berry will really please my wife. We’ve often talked about pulling the plug on our DirecTV but I always drag my feet. I don’t want to eliminate TV from my life, but I do feel that we’re paying too much for the amount of TV that we watch. There’s got [...]

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The Bet

January 13, 2010
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As I watched that part of the show, I was so tense. My mind was flooded with memories from my former fat days. In high school, I hated changing my clothes for baseball practice. I hated swimming at friends’ houses. I even hated going to the beach. I wouldn’t walk around my own house with my shirt off. I was so ashamed of how I looked and of what people might think of me that I just didn’t let people see me half dressed.

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The Biggest Loser: Still Loving It!

December 15, 2009
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I finally got around to watching the season finale of The Biggest Loser yesterday. Pam and I have been recording it and watching it together. But since I was gone last week for the finale Pam watched it without me. There’s a lot of news out there that deals with the controversial weight loss numbers [...]

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Why We Overeat

September 25, 2009

Way back at the beginning of the year, when Oprah was in the news again about regaining all of her lost weight, I remember thinking to myself that weight loss is very hard.  If Oprah Winfrey, with all of her money, personal trainers, personal chefs, and built in accountability checks can’t lose weight, how can [...]

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The Biggest Loser: Amazing Rapid Weight Loss Stories

March 24, 2008

My wife and I are totally hooked on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.”   I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I’m addicted to a reality TV show. Every Tuesday night, we put the kids to bed at 8:00, spend a few minutes cleaning up the messes of the day, and head downstairs to catch up with our [...]

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