This is the reality, that these people share the same problems as the rest of us and that those problems can be overcome.

I think people will really hook into that and he will be really inspirational to any bigger people who watch and think it's all just too hard because as he shows, you just have to make that start.

Things are a bit different this year in that it's not just about weight loss, we have people here who are trying to get their lives back on track for a number of different reasons,

North Carolina is not exempt from the problems of the rest of the nation. A lot of people are scared of Part D -- they don't know if it's going to help them or hurt them.

My research helped me understand she was a human being with all the problems and foibles the rest of us had. She had a lot to hide, she thought. She wanted to preserve a sense of her own dignity. She preferred to be respected and admired rather than have intimate relationships with those close to her.

You get much more of a personal story this way, following the trials and tribulations through the eight weeks of diet and exercise and coming out the other end another person.