Who’s the biggest loser now?
was a revolution and nowhere more so in the weight loss shows. Gone were the worthy programs giving cooking demonstrations and advice on exercise routines. Now we had “The Biggest Loser” with hours of footage showing sweating bodies in the search for prizes. In the midst of all this grunting and groaning, new stars were born. These were the personal trainers, the tough-talking drill sergeants of the jogging machines whose job is to bully the contestants into ever greater efforts to lose an extra pound or so. Leading from the front has been Jillian Michaels. She is inspirational, always getting her contestants to go the extra mile (or two). She sells all this pain with the message that, through personal effort and self-discipline, you can change your eating habits, rebuild your body and regain lost quality of life. It’s therefore all the more surprising to see her name linked
