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I've been watching the the Biggest Loser Asia since from day one until the finale

King David

No longer known as the Gorilla Man but Chimpanzee!

First of all, I'm happy for David Gurnani that he won US$100,000 & a brand new Renault. Although he deserves it, I can't help but notice that he body looks kinda frail because if you look at his picture, he's more of an anorexic rather than being healthy!

If it's true that David is really being underweight, then I can safely conclude that the Biggest Loser has failed to reach it's objective besides earning money, which is to educate viewers & contestants on the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle as well as maintaining an optimal body weight rather than just losing weight for the sake of winning a prize. Is the show all about losing weight or achieving a healthy body?

But that's okay, I just hope that during next season they would revamp their format by clarifying all the flaws from the previous season. I still enjoy watching this show though because as a future PT myself, I could learn from the contestants PTs on how they motivate their clients as well as designing exercise programs that suit them.

David may be the Biggest Loser Asia, but he is only by title. There are also other big losers, if not the biggest whom had shed tremendous amount of weight. They may have not won valuable prices, but they definitely have won back their lives in terms of able to play games & sports again, walk confidently in public or even do simple tasks such as picking up an object from the floor.

Example like Garry Holden who is one the contestants. Even though he was kicked out earlier, he continued his journey of losing weight outside the competition on his own. When he came back as a guest on the Biggest Asia finale (can't find any pictures though damn), I was God smacked!

He's much slimmer than before & during the show he did something unusual, proposing to his wife on his knees infront of the audience! He couldn't do it when he was obese but now he can. If you ask me, to do something like that is priceless compared to a bank cheque & a luxurious car.

Ikram, your ordinary Joe. Or is he?

So David is not only a winner because everybody who participated in the competition have also won something which is their self-esteem. Another person who also lost weight but did not join the show is Ikram who used to weigh in at 139kg (that is like two people in one!) but he managed to shed a whopping 71kg & he did it all on his own, amazing!

His story really touch me because he also shared that there are alot of things he couldn't do when he was obese but now it is possible thanks to his new found body. He's also planning to get himself certified as a PT so that he can help others like him that have weight issues to accomplish their fitness goals for a better life.

My favourite, Carlo Miguel though only got 2nd place


Martha Lai, very 'panas' if she can lose more weight


Aaron Mokhtar, our only M'sian contestant

When they introduce Aaron during the finale, they first showed the M'sian flag on screen. For the first time I dunno why, but I actually felt somewhat proud when I saw the flag soaring high in the sky. Yeah I know for most of us when we think of M'sia, we would go like "Yerr, yuck!"

But because of people like Aaron & Ikram, they had shown me that anything is possible if you put your mind, heart & soul into it even in a place like here in M'sia where alot of our circumstances to succeed are very slim. Despite the corruption, injustice & yada yada, I felt that...maybe, just maybe, there is still hope left, if we really try to do something about it.

Funny isn't it? By just looking at the flag, a hint of pride stirred in my heart


Is it worth fighting for something impossible? The only way to find out, is to try ~