Playground taunts aside, I welcome the tag — loser. As a child, no one ever called me thin, but I was a pretty decent athlete. With a decided lack of video games, I spent most of my free time in ball fields and back yards, which meant I usually worked off my caloric intake. Over the years, less outdoor activity, an increase in, well intake, and the slowing metabolism that comes with age have led to a broadening of my ... uh, my horizons. Maybe it's the tradeoff for the wisdom. Some believe fitness is the past tense of fatness, but it doesn't have to be that way. You don't let your business practices lapse. We all get into comfortable routines, and it's human nature to look for shortcuts and find excuses to explain away the inactivity. But no more — it's time to buckle down, and I've gone to a sacred American institution to find inspiration — television. In this case, "The Biggest Loser."
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