I’m hoping to get a couple more of these available over the next couple of days (depending on whether the first gets yanked) so keep an eye out.

For now, here is an ad featuring one of Season 3’s contestants, Dianne!

Dianne is another in a long and distinguished line of fat Mums to appear on the show, hoping to shed some kilos to give her more energy to play with her son. I doubt she will be the only mother with that goal in mind in this season, but here’s hoping she does well, for her son’s sake, if not her own.

The clip also has a figure from the Australian Bureau of Statistics that says over 49% of Aussies are overweight. Certainly not a fun fact to contemplate, but without knowing whether that is increasing or decreasing that’s less noteworthy than it might have been. I’d’ve picked a time when the number was quite a bit lower and say that it’s an x% increase since year y, just to make it a bit more sensational and dramatic. But the overall tone of the ad is fairly mellow or even melancholy, so perhaps it was decided not to go that route.

And for those keeping score at home, Dianne’s weight is listed at 115kg. Certainly not among the heavyweights of the competition, if you’ll pardon the pun. But the lighter ladies do tend to do a little better overall, since dropping a little weight is a lot more noticeable for them than it is for the 150kg and up girls.

With a young son I’m going to guess she might end up in Michelle’s camp, for that whole female-bonding thing. Anyone want to bet against me?