Biggest Loser Australia - the Singles Edition!

Episode 2 of The Biggest Loser done! Last night I cried my way through the whole episode. There is something about watching it, now that I have travelled (and still am travelling) the journey from obese down to a healthier version of what I was, that I can REALLY relate to. I really am FEELING the contestants this year.

I have heard many mixed views on the 'singles' version. Some love it, some absolutely hate it. It definitely has a lot of focus put on it. I know there are plenty of overweight people who are not shy retiring wall flowers hiding away at home. They are outgoing, loud and funny. They put up a front of confidence, but deep down would love to have someone to share their journey in life with. I know, because I was that person in the past. In face, my whole life I had been single, until the age of 29. I was an outgoing independant woman, seemingly full of life, but there were plenty of times I felt down about being on my own.

I was lucky that once I met someone, my partner loved me, even at the size I was. I was around 95kg at the time, and only got heavier.

Should she have encouraged me to lose weight? I don't know. The size of me didn't worry her, but should she have looked at it from the health perspective? Looking at photos now, she says she can't even remember me looking the size I was.

I do know though, that a lot of the things this year's contestants have revealed that they are feeling, I have felt before, both as a single person, and someone in a relationship. And I, for one, am going to love watching their transformations as first and foremost, they begin to love themselves.