Sorry for the Biggest Loser Interruption!
Hi Everybody,
I’m so sorry that I wasn’t able to keep you updated for the last two weeks of Biggest Loser! My sister had surgery and then my husband and I took a vacation. We took a Royal Caribbean cruise to Cabo San Lucas. I didn’t see Biggest Loser…but I can tell you all about Biggest Gainer!!! LOL I will try to catch up this weekend. Sorry for the interruption.
Also, if you are new to commenting on this blog, I have to approve it before it will show up. Once I approve one of your comments, your other comments will post automatically. I did update and approve all comments today.
Thanks for your patience! Bloggergal1
Biggest Loser is back to Black and Blue
Hi Everybody,
As predicted, the contestants are no longer partners. They will be divided into blue versus black–Jillian’s team versus Bob’s team. The catch here is that one contestant will get to pick who goes to which team. The way this will be done is by spinning a wheel of covered dishes. Some of the covered dishes have fattening treats, one has a thousand dollars and one has the coveted “golden ticket”. My first thought was “watch Tracy get it”. Low and behold, she does. It is really hard for me to believe that she won this without help. Coach Mo thinks she has supernatural powers! I don’t want to think that Biggest Loser is controlling this game, but…
The contestants are all very nervous because they don’t trust Tracy and they know she’s playing this game to win. What I don’t understand is why anyone would go to her and ask her for what they want. I would have gone to her and lied and asked for the opposite of what I wanted. It would be worth a shot, right?
The teams are:
Blue (Bob): Tracy, Coach Mo, Allen, Liz, Rudy, Rebecca
Black(Black): Daniel, Shay, Abby, Danny, Amanda, Dina
Tracy carries on crying and acting like she’s some kind of martyr instead of the biggest biatch in Biggest Loser history. The only reason she chose that way was to divide up the partners to keep them from supporting each other. Of course, everyone is really out to get her.
There is a whole section of the show devoted to Dina not able to jump on a step. Is she not jumping due to not wanting to succeed or can’t she jump up onto that step? Don’t ask me. She doesn’t do it–at least that I saw.
Last night’s challenge reward is a video tape from home. Nice, but not immunity. The teams have to walk a course while carrying a platform with one of their team members on it. The Blue team has all the man power so this is pretty much a no brainer. Tracy knew what she was doing when she stacked her team. The Blue team wins, surprised? Rebecca tries to give Dina her video. Rebecca tells her now get on that step. Dina doesn’t take it because she says she has to “get on the step on my own”. Good for her.
We go through the family videos. The only one we don’t see is Liz. She goes to see Danny and asks him to watch her video with her. But she surprises him with his video instead of hers. That was really nice of her. Liz is such a nice lady.
The last chance workouts are brutal. Well okay, Jillian’s is brutal and Bob’s is hard but nothing like Jillian’s. Jillian’s last chance workout ends with Dina once again trying to jump up on that platform. She’s trying, but no cigar.
Weigh-ins:
Blue team: Tracy lost 7 pounds. Not even her own team is happy! Coach Mo lost 6 pounds. He was injured this week and couldn’t do much in the gym. Allen lost 7 pounds. Rudy lost 8 pounds. Rudy has lost 73 pounds so far. Rebecca lost 7 pounds. Liz lost 8 pounds.
Black team: Abby lost 5 pounds. Dina lost 6 pounds. Amanda lost 6 pounds. Danny lost 10 pounds. Danny has been able to stop taking all his medications. Daniel lost 11 pounds. Shay lost 16 pounds! Wow, that is amazing! I am so happy for her and I am especially happy for the entire black team. The underdogs (supposedly) pulled it off.
The Blue team will go to the elimination room and have to send someone home. Liz has the highest percentage of weight loss so she has immunity. Liz so wants revenge on Tracy and her other team members seem to feel the same way. Coach Mo realizes he hasn’t been able to carry his weight and tells the team that he should be the one to go home. Even though they can’t stand Tracy, they realize she’s stronger and losing more weight than Coach Mo. I can’t stand Tracy but I agree that the team will be better off with her than with Coach Mo. This isn’t about revenge, this is about finding the way to get yourself to the end of this game. Coach Mo is eliminated. I loved this guy and will definitely miss him.
That’s it for this week. Stay tuned…Bloggergal1
This week on Biggest Loser…
Hi Everybody!
It’s Sunday evening, the weekend is winding down and I’m looking forward to a new week and of course a new episode of The Biggest Loser. The promo says that the competitors are divided into two teams blue and black and this leads to one player having control of the game. I know I speak for all of us when I say, PLEASE, don’t let it be Tracy again. But, I wouldn’t be surprised if it is, would you?
With Julio being eliminated last week, we are back to even teams of two each. Of course, we do still have Abby and Tracy not able to compete. I wonder if the division of two teams is just for this week or permanent? It’s getting to be that time where Biggest Loser has to mix things up a bit.
I guess we’ll see on Tuesday! Have a healthy and happy week. Stay tuned…Bloggergal1
Which Biggest Loser Contestant Does Take Out Take Out?
Good Morning!
Last night’s Biggest Loser started with Shay confronting Tracy about putting her on the scale to represent her team. She told her that she was very hurt that she didn’t honor Daniel’s request to put him on the scale instead. Tracy lied straight to her face and told her she thought she was going to have the higher weight loss. Shay didn’t fall for it though. I think that Tracy’s expressions make her look a bit “out there”. Her eyes get wide kind of like a doe stuck in headlights. I don’t know what she’s thinking half the time.
Tracy meets with the Doctor and he tells her that her muscle injury is worse not better so she cannot workout. This means no walking, no swimming, nothing. Once again Coach Mo has the weight of the team on his shoulders. I wonder if he’s regretting his choice of partners. Although I’m sure he was regretting his choice last week when Tracy pulled all her shenanigans.
Allison breaks the news to the contestants that the kitchen is locked up for the next seven days. She tells them it will teach them how to eat out when they leave the ranch. They have to figure out what are their best choices using menus. To help them Biggest Loser conveniently has a book that shows the contestant’s “swaps”. So in other words, they are using the show to promote their newest book. In the end, Biggest Loser is all about the $$$.
Next up is a challenge. Each team is shown three different chicken dinners. They have to choose which of the three dinners is the lowest in calories. The dinners are pretty similar so its not easy. The orange team, the pink team and the brown team guess correctly. To break the tie, each team must guess how many calories in the lowest calorie dinner. Pink team wins and what a win it is. They win a year’s supply of healthy food. I would love that wouldn’t you? Imagine not having to decide what to buy and not having to pay for it!
The contestants are very careful about what they order when getting their food, but the food doesn’t come the way they requested. For those of us who have ever ordered out, this sounds familiar. But, it was too much so I think it was done on purpose.
Jillian and Bob take the contestants out for dinner to teach them how chose what to eat. They go to a Mexican restaurant. I’m excited because I think Mexican food is very fattening. The chips and salsa arrive at the table and they ask for them to be removed. If something is on the table, you will lose control and eat it. A quick aside, did you catch Jillian wink at Daniel? Anyway, everyone orders their food and Jillian and Bob approve but I didn’t really see them eating anything exclusively Mexican. Papaya salad, ceasar salad, grilled shrimp, etc. were some of the choices. So, in other words, you can’t eat traditional Mexican food if you are trying to eat healthy and not gain weight. Also, once again there is a promo for Biggest Loser’s new calorie counting book. I do think it sounds like a great book to help you if you want to lose weight.
The challenge for immunity has the contestants holding on to a handlebar and hanging on as long as they can. The begin by laying on a platform. The platform moves until it goes from horizontal to vertical. So basically they are hanging by their arm strength. Liz is the first in the water and next is her partner Danny. Amanda drops out next followed quickly by Rudy. Rebecca drops taking the Pink team out of the challenge. Dina is out for the Blue Team. Coach Mo is next to fall. Shay drops but what a boost to her that she hung in there for 10 minutes. Wow! Julio is next to let go. The challenge has come down to Daniel for the orange team and Allen for the green team. Both are very determined to win. Daniel has age on his side, while Allen has arm strength. Allen is first to let go and this means that Daniel and Shay have immunity this week. It couldn’t happen to a better team!
At the last chance workout, Coach Mo is panicked and works out too hard and his back is giving out. He thinks about quitting but Bob talks to him and he heads right back into the gym pain and all. I just love Coach Mo, don’t you?
Time for the weigh-ins. Everybody is worried because they had to order food out every day. With immunity, the orange team is first to weigh-in. Daniel doesn’t lose any pounds and Shay lost 5 pounds. Bob and Jillian think Daniel did it on purpose because he knew he had immunity. If he had water weight, next week it would result in a higher weight loss. I can’t decide if he would do this or not. Other contestants in previous seasons have. The rest of the weight losses are: Allen 7 pounds, Abby 3 pounds, Rudy 11 pounds, Dina 5 pounds, Liz 3 pounds, Danny 8 pounds, Coach Mo 8 pounds, Tracy 4 pounds, Julio 4 pounds, Rebeeca 4 pounds and Amanda 5 pounds. So how did Tracy lose 4 pounds without being able to workout AND eating a complete menu, hmmm? Is my sister correct in thinking that Tracy is a “ringer”? She keeps losing weight even though she can’t do any exercise–we should all be so lucky! So below the yellow line is the brown team Liz and Danny and the black team Julio.
The elimination is going to be tough. All three contestants are such great people and good contestants. No matter who goes it is so sad. I don’t think I can say it enough times that I would love to see the Biggest Loser keep everyone on the ranch for the entire season. The orange team chooses to eliminate Julio. The blue team chooses Liz and Danny. The green team chooses to eliminate Julio. The purple team chooses to eliminate Julio and this is enough votes to eliminate him. I sure hope he can lose the weight at home because he deserves a long, healthy, happy life.
That’s it for today! Have a great Wednesday. Today is my 31st wedding anniversary. I remember when we were first married thinking how far away 30 years of marriage seemed and now we’re past that and heading towards 50! We are very blessed to have each other and such wonderful family and friends. Stay tuned…Bloggergal1
What’s planned for this week’s Biggest Loser?
Hi Everybody!
This week on The Biggest Loser, the players learn how to order “take out” food because they are denied kitchen privileges all week. A week seems like a long time not to have kitchen privileges. I wonder if they have to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner “take out”? We’ll see on Tuesday.
Here’s hoping everyone has a great, healthful week. Some tips to consider:
***If you drink 16 oz. of water before each meal, experts say you will lose an additional 4 1/2 pounds in a three month period. Why? I guess it’s pretty obvious, the water makes you feel full and keeps you from overeating.
***Flaxseed is high in Omega-3 fats. Studies show that omega-3 fats help your body burn more calories and trigger hormones in your stomach that make you feel full longer. Grind up flaxseed and sprinkle it on your cereal or yogurt.
***Sniffing coffee beans can curb your urge to eat.
***A study shows that a woman will eat less and therefore consume fewer calories when she dines with a man than when she dines with her girlfriends. It didn’t say if this worked for men eating with women compared to going out with the guys, but I bet it does. After all when guys go out, they have a tendency to eat junk food and drink beer!
***Finally, a reality check on those fast food favorites. It would not be good if the Biggest Loser contestants chose to order these! A Coldstone Creamery Gotta Have It Peanut Butter and Chocolate shake has an incredible 2010 calories! A Caramel Pecanbun from Cinnabon (yummy–oops sorry!) has 1092 calories. The Smoothie King’s 20 oz. Hulk Strawberry Smoothie is good for you right? After all it’s loaded with healthy strawberries. But, it’s also loaded with 1044 calories! A Dunkin Donuts Coffee Cake Muffin comes in as the light weight but still has 620 calories! You would have to hike for about two hours straight to burn that many calories.
Hope the tips help! I’ll be back with your recap on Wednesday morning. Stay tuned…Bloggergal1