biggest loser...?

Well.. today was weigh in for the biggest loser.. I lost 5.4 kilos in the last two weeks. Mark lost 6kg. Dale has yet to weigh in. Pretty sure I win for percentage body weight lost.. but I can see mark arguing he lost the most weight. My BMI is now 25. Bernie (the nurse) says I should aim for 22- in fact that is the company standard. At any rate, we are going to keep it up- and hopefully by the end of my contract I can be at BMI 22 (which for my height is about 68kg)
Princess has quite strict rules on weight- if your BMI is over 28, they won’t hire you. Basically, you have to be fit and able to carry out emergency duties. If your BMI is over 28 (obese) then you can’t carry out your emergency duties properly and you might put people’s life at risk. If you are already working and your BMI goes over 30 (I think) they give you a certain amount of time to get back into the healthy weight range and put you on a diet.
However, that being said – Mark’s BMI is 28 and there is no way he is obese… at all! He only barely looks overweight.. like me really. I think BMI might be a bit unfair for tall, well built people (like myself but especially Mark). Perhaps they should think of a different way of measuring it.
In other news, James left last week. His contract still had 4 weeks left, but he was over it. I understand where he’s coming from – he’s been at sea for 5 years. And I mean, if you don’t want to be a cruise director, then what are you working towards? I think he’s ready to try something new and I wish him the best of luck with everything.
To replace James, we have a new ACD called Hersh. It’s nice to have some new blood on the team- I can feel myself working harder. Hersh is a really good host and it will be great to watch him and keep improving my skills.
Today I’m IPM in Jamaica… I’m missing the crew tour. They are going to swim with dolphins. I AM SO JEALOUS. Anyway, Mark and I are IPM partners again, so tomorrow in Grand Cayman and on Friday in Cozumel we are going to make up for being stuck on the ship today.
At the moment, I’m just tweaking my music game show for tonight- I’m adding in a segment where I impersonate ethel merman, liza minelli and carol channing and they have to guess who I am.. haha I’m so lame!