Lose to Win

I have had a weekend which has been both frustrating and relaxing.

As I've said before, I recently started an online tutoring course. Part of this course involves posting on a discussion board. Now I'm not an expert but I believe I can do this (I often browse the help boards here on blogger for answers to problems). Unfortunately I haven't been able to access the boards properly on the site we're using. I have spent a lot of hours trying and feel I'm getting behind with the course, which I don't want to do. However, I've asked for help and we'll see what can be done by the tech people. That was the frustrating part.

Knowing that I couldn't do the work I wanted to do freed me up to do something completely pointless. The weather here in BsAs has been awful (like the worst British winter days although not as cold) so there's no incentive to go out. On the other hand, U has channels on her tv that I don't (I've been going to hers to watch Dr Who every Saturday) and Sunday was a 'Lose to Win' marathon. I don't know if this programme is on in the UK but basically two teams compete against each other to lose the most weight for a prize. We watched four competitions (eight hours tv) which consisted of 'Engaged Couples'- prize, a dream wedding; 'Restaurant Families' - prize $50,000; 'Military Wives' - prize $50,000 and 'Families who'd had a Crisis' - prize $50,000. In fact the biggest prize for all these people was the improvement to their health and confidence. The format was totally repetitive (something you notice after watching back-to-back episodes) but the results were astounding.

Of course the best bit was sitting on the sofa, drinking diet coke and eating brownies while criticising the whiny girls.

Hypocrite? me? whatever do you mean?