I've Lost Faith In The Trainers On The Biggest Loser.

I was watching The Biggest Loser a couple of weeks ago and the woman, Jillian was talking. She was saying something about how the only thing that matters with the people she's training was losing pounds. She said people who are losing inches are just fooling themselves, that the scale doesn't lie...what??? Really? Yes I would like to weight a lot less but telling people that they have to lose pounds and that being a smaller size doesn't matter is only making matters worse. The pressure to do well on that show is bad enough, but to be told what progress you've made isn't good enough only serves to make the contestants feel hopeless. Honestly, I've never liked the way they do things on that show anyway. They seem to be more interested in getting huge results and squeezing all of the drama they can out of every week to get high ratings.

From what I understand that most of the people who lost weight on that show have gained most or all of the weight back. How is that helping anyone? That's why I've decided to quit watching it. That's the reason I quit watch Celebrity Fit Club because the panel pretty much said the same thing.

Depression

I am a depressive, have been for most of my life. This winter has been particularly hard since the economy is in the toilet, we (meaning the people in my household) are in financial trouble and I have had to deal with someone who is sick and doesn't want to admit it. All of this coupled with the S.A.D. that I have has been difficult for me to say the least. This is why I have ignored this blog. I feel quite guilty about it, and am hoping to be able to pull my butt up out of the darkness and do some blogging. I thank anyone who reads this regularly for your patience and appreciate that you're interested enough in what I have to say to keep coming back.

To anyone who is in my situation, know that you are not alone. Depression is something that happens a lot and is treatable. There are lots of places that have free therapy for those who cannot afford treatment or who do not have insurance. Many times these things are offered through county or city services, and lots of churches offer therapy as well.