I just finished watching the episode "let's do the twist". I really wanted to send a message to the players on this seasons show.

I've avoided reality shows like the plague - I have enough reality in life without watching it on tv.

For whatever reason:

* I started watching this program about a third of the way thru season 1 and I've been watching it ever since;

* unlike the team members in the first two seasons I feel for this group.

Members of this group have shown integrity and soul. It was so painful to see Pete voted off the show. It was also wonderful and heartwarming to see his arrival home and the absolutely fantastic total weight loss since he left the competition - because that was important to him.

I cried thru the last half hour of the show - but it was a good cry. The world is changing . . . slowly, painfully, it is changing and it seems that we are finally recognizing what is ultimately more importand than business, than work, than money . . . each other.