Biggest Loser Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple
Hi Everyone!
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend! Did you incorporate Rocco’s tips or do as I did and say “the heck with it!”?
This week’s Biggest Loser takes the remaining contestants to New York City for makeovers. “Project Runway” champ Christian Siriano gives wardrobe advice. Not only do they get new looks, but they also get to appear on the Tyra Banks show. Click here for more details.
Has anyone checked out the contestants’ My Space pages? My sister suggested this and tells me that Vicky is very vocal on her site. Click here to check it out. You can search the main My Space page for each contestant by typing their first name and the words “Biggest Loser”.
With only a couple weeks left, things are looking pretty good for Heba, Ed and Vicky. Those three together definitely spells trouble for Michelle and Renee. The only chance Michelle and Renee have is to stay ABOVE that yellow line! At least they know they can count on each other.
So stay tuned….and have a great week…Bloggergal1
Biggest Loser Vicky is Playing for Keeps!
Hello Everyone,
As I said in my last blog, this week on Biggest Loser celebrates Thanksgiving and the NFL. Guesting on the show were NFL superstars Jerry Rice and Steve Young. They meet with the contestants and put them through NFL-style drills. The contestants are timed going through the drills. After they go through the drill five times, the contestants have to go through the drills one more time. The contestant that beats their own time by the biggest amount wins $15,000 of fitness equipment for the school of their choice. Once again, Vicky played everyone. She didn’t give her all in the first five drills and then was able to really do well on that last drill. Everyone felt she was clever enough to figure out what was going on and that she did it on purpose.
The night’s challenge was held on a football field. To eliminate each other, the contestants had to catch a football, run down the football field and put a football in a rack labeled with one of their competitor’s names. When the rack is filled with footballs–that competitor has been eliminated. Of course, the Blue team goes after the Black team and they focus on eliminating Michelle. She is the first one eliminated. Renee is the next eliminated. Now things get interesting as the Blue team competes against each other. Amy starts putting footballs in Ed’s rack. He was the one that the Black team was concentrating on. Vicky, Heba and Ed are all over the place. Ed only needs one football to be eliminated and Vicky heads down the field. Does she eliminate Ed? Nope, she puts the football in Amy’s rack. Amy is surprised, but we’re not! Amy manages to eliminate Ed. Heba eliminates Amy. So it comes down to Vicky against Amy. Vicky wins the competition and four tickets to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. As Michelle said “Once again, Vicky had everybody fooled.”
Next Rocco, my favorite chef, stops in to cook Thanksgiving dinner. He shows the contestants how to cook for Thanksgiving with a lot less calories and fat! Click here for recipes. As a special treat, the contestants get to eat Thanksgiving dinner with Rocco and will receive videos from home. The videos bring laughter and tears. “Aww…”
At the last chance workout, the Black team knows they have to work their butts off because the Blue team is gunning for them. Over at the Blue team, Bob is putting pressure on Ed because as a male he should be losing more pounds than he is.
On to the weigh-ins: Amy C. lost 5 pounds. Heba lost 7 pounds. Ed lost 9 pounds. Vicky lost 7 pounds. Renee lost 8 pounds. Michelle lost 10 pounds. Awesome for the Black team! You can’t help but cheer for the underdogs! Elimination is between Heba and Amy. You don’t have to watch the rest of the show to know who will be going home this week, do you?
In the elimination room,the votes go as expected. Michelle votes to eliminate Heba. Renee votes to eliminate Heba. Ed, of course, votes to eliminate Amy. Vicky is the deciding vote. If she votes to eliminate Heba, she goes home. If she votes to eliminate Amy, there will be a tie. Since Amy lost the smallest percentage, she goes home. Well, we know Vicky isn’t going to vote off her buddy Heba so it shouldn’t be a surprise that Amy is eliminated. Amy really messed up last week when she voted off Coleen and she paid for it dearly.
The last part of the show focusing on Amy is really touching and uplifting. I feel bad for her because she was just too naive to play the way she needed to to win this thing. But, she’s lost so much weight and she looks amazing and she can sing! If you can, check out the last part of the show to see and hear her. Next week, the final four get to fly to New York City for a makeover. So, stay tuned! Bloggergal1
Biggest Loser brings back Rocco!
Hi Everybody!
I hope you are enjoying your weekend! This week’s Biggest Loser is right before Thanksgiving. So naturally it will feature NFL stars. Jerry Rice and Steve Young will be making an appearance. They put the contestants through some NFL-style drills.
Also making another appearance on Biggest Loser this week is our favorite cutie chef Rocco DiSpirito. He’s going to teach our contestants how to make Thanksgiving dinner with fewer calories. I know I’ll be watching and taking notes. My favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is the stuffing/dressing. There goes a pound or two!
Obviously, Renee and Michelle are in a bit of trouble this week since they are so much in the minority. I don’t think it should be too hard for them to get Amy on their side. That would even up the votes. Since Coleen is gone and she was my favorite I’ll have to switch to Michelle. I would be cheering for Amy but she really annoyed me last week when she voted out my Coleen. I sure hope Vicky doesn’t win this thing!
Talk to you on Tuesday….stay tuned….Bloggergal1
The Biggest Losers Sweatin’ to the 80’s
Hi Everybody,
This week’s Biggest Loser started with Vicky’s reaction to Amy voting out Brady. There was a lot of bleeped words. I think even Heba is looking a little frightened of Vicky. Trainer Bob was dismayed to realize that his Blue team is falling apart. Vicky and Amy aren’t speaking and Trainer Bob is concerned that this will lead to their demise.
As promised, its 80’s week on the show. All the contestants got decked out in 80’s garb–leg warmers, headbands, etc. and then headed to 80’s style workouts. Jillian took her Black team to meet with a break dancer. I think they did a really good job learning. They were relaxed, had fun and looked great. Next Bob’s team had a workout 80’s style. I don’t know about you, but they just looked embarrassingly bad. It’s weird how all the uncoordinated contestants ended up on the same team.
Today’s challenge involved 80’s trivia and holding up weight. If you answer the trivia question incorrectly, water is added to your barrel and increases the amount of weight you are holding up. If you answer the trivia question correctly you get to pick who you want water added to. The last one standing wins some nice prizes and one choice prize. The choice is $5,000 cash or add 1 penalty pound to whichever contestant you choose. Ed ended up having water added to his bucket twice and so he was the first one out of the competition. Amy was the second one to let go. I thought that was strange because she didn’t even have extra water added to her bucket. Coleen was next (extra water added twice), followed by Vicky (water added once), then Heba (water added at least twice). The last two remaining were mother Renee and daughter Michelle. Michelle asks her mom to let go and promises to buy her a purse. Renee lets Michelle win.
Trainer Bob continues to try to mend the riff in the Blue team. They aren’t too enthusiastic about listening to him. Trainer Jillian works her Black team’s butts off because she knows they don’t have the numbers if they end up below the yellow line. Amy ends up apologizing to Vicky for voting off Brady. I sure hope she’s playing her. Blue team’s last chance workout is extra tough because Bob is convinced that Michelle will use the 1 pound penalty on a member of his team.
Before the weigh-in, Allison asks Michelle her choice between the $5,000 cash and giving someone a 1 pound penalty. Michelle decides to give the 1 pound penalty. Personally, I would have taken the $5,000. I don’t think 1 pound is enough to give up all that money, but we’ll see soon enough. Michelle chooses to give Vicky the 1 pound penalty.
Weigh-ins: Michelle: 194 – 8 = 186 pounds (8 pound loss) Renee: 215 – 8 = 207 pounds (8 pound loss) Ed: 273 – 11 = 262 pounds (11 pound loss) Heba: 238 – 7 = 231 pounds (7 pound loss) Coleen: 170 – 3 = 167 pounds (3 pound loss) Shucks, I love Coleen! Amy: 181 – 8 = 173 pounds (8 pound loss) Once again, Amy is the Biggest Loser. VIcky: 193 – 6 = 187 pounds (6 pound loss plus a 1 pound penalty). The two competitors below the yellow line are Vicky and Coleen. If the votes go along Team lines, Coleen will be voted out. But, it comes down to Amy once again. Will she stick with the Blue and vote Coleen out? Or will she go after Vicky? I’m sure you know how I feel and I think I know how you feel! Amy, please get Vicky out of there, please!!!
Michelle votes to eliminate Vicky. Renee votes to eliminate Vicky. Ed votes to eliminate Coleen. Heba votes to eliminate Coleen. Amy once again decides the elimination. Coleen is <sadly> eliminated. Darn, I really wanted her to make it to the end. I really don’t understand why Amy would vote Coleen off rather than the witch Vicky. If next week, the bottom two are Amy and Heba…who does Amy think Vicky and Ed will vote to eliminate? Same’s true if the bottom two are Amy and Ed or Amy and Vicky. I hope she knows what she’s doing!
Stay tuned and have an excellent week…Bloggergal1
Biggest Loser 80’s Style
Happy Sunday Everyone!
Wow, everyone had something to say about last week’s Biggest Loser! The “drama” seems to be drawing the viewers in. I’m surprised that a number of people are upset over the fighting and “game playing”. This is a daily occurrence on most reality TV game shows like Survivor and Big Brother. The difference seems to be that usually the viewers like the meanest most vindictive contestant on those shows. Biggest Loser seems to bring out the gentleness in its viewers. Everyone is cheering on the “good guys”. Okay, me too!
This week on the Biggest Loser is 80’s week. The contestants will dress the part and do 80’s style workouts. Check out Coleen:
She looks great, doesn’t she?
Of course, there’s friction in the house with two players not talking to each other. Hmm, I wonder who? LOL Hopefully, the good guys keep on winning and “losing”! Stay tuned…Bloggergal1
It’s Every Loser For Themselves!
Hi Everyone!
Tonight’s show started with the Black team telling the Blue team that Phil was voted off. Heba, Vicky and Brady were thrilled in a very annoying way. I hope they know that Karma can be a bitch!
As advertised all week, all the contestants returned to the ranch. The players were told that they would all participate individually. Allison informed everyone that one, only one person will return to the game and two, the person rejoining the game will earn that right at the challenge. Next, all the returning players weighed in. Coleen’s dad, Jerry, was not able to return to the ranch but he did weigh in from home and he’s lost a total of 41 pounds. Next to weigh in was Shellay and she lost 39 pounds! Tom Sr. lost 48 pounds and his son Tom Jr. lost 57 pounds. They are big guys and have a lot of weight to lose. Adam lost 35 pounds and his wife Stacey lost 31 pounds. Heba’s husband Ed lost 58 pounds. Philip’s wife Amy lost 47 pounds and he lost 68 pounds.
I cannot believe how evil Vicky is. When she said that she would like to see anybody come back to the game except for Phil I was shocked! Of course all hell broke lose between Philip, and the three meanest players in Biggest Loser history…Heba, Brady and wicked witch Vicky. If one of those three wins this thing I won’t be able to watch!
The challenge is for the voted off contestants only. They have to step up and down on a stair stepper until someone reaches 1000 steps. It quickly becomes a contest between Ed and Stacey. Ed is ahead for almost the whole time. Stacey pushes at the end with LT’s coaching but she just can’t overtake Ed. He wins the challenge which includes immunity. This gives the blue team another vote. Yuck!
Next, the contestants are surprised with last year’s Biggest Loser Ali Vincent and a nutritionist from Prevention Magazine. They met with everyone giving tips on how to lose and keep off the weight after leaving the ranch. As a surprise, Prevention Magazine gave each contestant $5,000 worth of free groceries.
At the weigh-in, Allison tells everyone that the two with the lowest percentage of weight loss will be below the yellow line. Everyone will get to vote for who goes home. However, there’s a twist coming up! The weigh-in starts with Ed losing 4 pounds. Since he won the challenge, he has immunity. Heba lost 9 pounds–a huge loss. How the heck does she do that? Coleen lost 7 pounds–another amazing weight loss! Amy C. lost 6 pounds. Michelle lost 6 pounds. Renee lost 7 pounds. Vicky lost 8 pounds and I have to admit I was bummed! I didn’t think she’d lose that much. Last to weigh in was Vicky’s husband Brady. He lost 6 pounds putting him in the bottom two along with Michelle.
The final surprise (twist) is that the contestants have no time to discuss the vote. They must go straight to the elimination room and vote. It’s pretty clear before the vote even begins that Heba, Ed, Vicky and Brady will all vote for Michelle to go home. Michelle, Renee and Coleen will vote to send Brady home. That leaves Amy C. Will she stick with the blue team or switch over to the black? She definitely is at a disadvantage with the blue team since the other members are extremely tight and will get rid of her as soon as they don’t need her vote anymore. If Amy votes to eliminate Brady it would result in a tie and the competitor with the lowest percentage of weight loss leaves and that would be Brady. GO, AMY!!! Sure enough Amy votes to eliminate Brady and out the door he goes!!!! I have to admit I really enjoyed it! I would have preferred to see Vicky leave but her losing her husband may take some of the air out of her sails. Karma baby…karma!
Stay tuned…Bloggergal1
Am I the Biggest Loser?
Hi Everyone,
I hope ya’ all had a great weekend. Mine was good–sorta! I can’t find my cell phone. I had a meeting at my home on Saturday afternoon and I know I had it then, but after that “poof!” it disappeared. So I think that qualifies me as the Biggest Loser this week, doesn’t it?
Well now that the election is over, we can concentrate on the Biggest Loser AND we don’t have to try to tune out every time a commercial comes on! As I mentioned in my previous post, eliminated contestants will return to the ranch. Notice I said contestants–plural. The NBC site says that specifically. They also say that no one should miss the first ten minutes of Tuesday’s show (8:00 p.m.).
This week’s challenge focuses on the 1980’s–changing the players clothes and workouts. I’ve heard hints of a rift in the house, but of course, that’s nothing new! Also, once again, there’s a twist when it comes to the elimination. Sounds like a week not to be missed!
By the way, if you are interested in Biggest Loser Families recipes, check out Oprah’s website: http://www.oprah.com/article/food/recipes/20081001_tows_recipes.
I’ll be back on Tuesday evening, so stay tuned! Bloggergal1
Who is returning to Biggest Loser?
Hi Everybody!
I hope you are enjoying your weekend!
Did you hear this week’s tease for the Biggest Loser show?
Big surprises and big shake-ups as eliminated contestants return to the ranch!
Hmm, I wonder what that means? I think NBC is trying to drum up some more viewers. If I get my way, Coleen’s dad will come back this week! I guess we have to stay tuned to see…Bloggergal1