Okay, I wanted to tell you guys about some of Buddy's new features that you might not know about, as well as some features you might be able to look forward to in the future.

If you haven't yet noticed, one of the major new features is that you no longer have a "Booster Page." Instead, you have a "Profile," which is much like your Facebook profile but BETTER.

The Weight Loss Buddy profile you have allows you to do more things than a Facebook profile. For instance, you can see how others view your profile, which I don't believe you can do on Facebook. You can upload assorted media to your own wall, making it fully interactive.

Another feature that is similar to Facebook, but entirely new to Buddy, is one that allows you to access your buddies' pages by clicking on them through posts they leave on your wall. This makes for smooth transitions between buddies.

Through your profile, you can edit basic information that you want presented to your friends on your profile.

As for the future, Buddy's administrator is working on a new feature that will allow you to chat with your buddies in an instant-message-type fashion. This will allow for instant communication between you and your buddies, leading to more constant and immediate suport for you and your weight loss goals.

What do you think about the changes to Buddy? What other changes would you like to see done?

SPOILER ALERT: This post is about last night’s episode of The Biggest Loser, so if you haven’t seen it yet, you might want to wait to read ahead.

Okay, let’s talk about last night.

I want to have a weekly re-cap of The Biggest Loser because it is a show that I know many of us watch and LOVE.

Like I said last year, I never watched this show EVER until the episode where Mike and his dad were finishing the marathon and everyone went back and helped his dad finish. Cried my eyes out and have been hooked ever since.

I’m glad that was the episode that started me going because it was pretty much what they played off of in their first challenge.

In their first challenge they had to cross the same finish line Season 7’s contestants had to after their marathon, except Season 8’s contestants only had to go one mile instead of a whole marathon-which I’m glad about because that would be WAY too much to make them start off with a marathon.

For some of them, the mile was way too much. Tracy made it just past the finish line before she passed out. While all the rest of the contestants talked about how they were scared and it was a wake up call, I sat on my couch thinking the very same thing, and hoping she would be okay.

I want to talk about the stories. I cried for about a half hour after hearing Abby’s story. That woman seems like she is probably so sweet, and to have your entire family ripped away from you in a car accident is probably one of the worst things that can happen to a person. I really hope she makes it to the end because she truly deserves something to feel happy about.

I was also touched by Shay. When she walked away from that ladder the first time and said she quit, I wished I was there to push her (though I do think Jillian does a good enough job of that). I cried when she got on the scale, knowing that she had let herself get to that point because I often think that about myself.

I am partially biased this season because I actually know Amanda. We used to work together at Cedar Crest Village, a retirement community for senior citizens. She is from one town over from my hometown and I have been cheering for her ever since I found out she was going to be on the show last season, when America voted her on. I was disappointed with her when she saw she did not lose as much weight on the first episode as her teammate, but I know she will do great. She really is such a beautiful girl.

So those are my thoughts on episode 1. What are yours?