Hi, I'm Pierre...

And I’m an overeater.

Shows like my 600 pound life and The Biggest Loser should inspire one to live a healthy lifestyle. It should inspire viewers at home to get up off the couch, put down the pizza and get active.

For me it seems to do the opposite and it has been that way for years. I remember watching The Biggest Loser ten years ago and at the same time smashing a large oven pizza. This wasn’t a onetime thing. In fact it became a weekly ritual.

There were times I rode a stationary bike while watching the show but that was only a couple of times. In my first couple years of marriage I made a...