On tonight’s episode of The Biggest Loser, Bob finally tasted success. Ok, so “tasted” probably isn’t the best choice of words (although it’s making me laugh as I sit here and type), but tonight marked the first time a blue team has been crowned the winner. Go Bob!

I don’t think that tonight’s winner was ever really in question. You could tell throughout the episode that the blue team was far more dedicated to their workouts than the red team. Even one of the cousins on the red team (the one who lost a LOT of weight) talked in her video diary about the fact that not all of her teammates were working as hard as they could.

Even with the inevitable win by the blue team, I really liked tonight’s episode. The reason – the focus on more the “real life” issues that people have with controlling their weight. They talked a lot about the girl on the blue team who turned to cigarettes when she had to give up her sodas. She is certainly not alone – some people feel that if you stop smoking, you will gain weight. I loved that Bob questioned why, with all we know about the dangers of smoking, why anyone would light up.

They also talked about food journaling, and the danger of going to Burger King “just once.” Even Jillian will admit (I think) that truly going to Burger King just once is fine. It’s just that there’s a big difference between going once a year as a treat and going once to Burger King, and once to McDonalds, and having dessert just once…it starts a bad cycle.

The only real way to lose weight it to burn more calories than you take in – also known as diet and exercise. I love that this show promotes this, and the fact that regardless of where you are starting, you can lose weight. I guess the only thing better would be if I watched it while on the treadmill.