Biggest Loser is all about Second Chances
Hi Everybody!
Welcome to the 8th season of Biggest Loser. This season’s theme is “Second Chances”. I started crying at the beginning of the show and didn’t stop until it ended. I feel so much empathy for this group of 16. I want them all to do really well and once again I know I’m going to feel bad that they can’t all stay on the ranch.
The show starts with the first Biggest Loser challenge. The contestant’s have to walk/race one mile. The person who finishes first has immunity this week and also gets to pick their partner first. The partner will also have immunity. Coming back this year for his “second chance” is Daniel from season 7. In case you don’t remember, he was the heaviest contestant ever. Now, he’s still heavy but he has lost a lot of weight (142 pounds!) and works out regularly. What I’m leading up to is that he was in the best condition and that helped him win the race. Two of the contestant’s, Mo and Tracey ended up having to go to the hospital at the end of the mile. Tracey was close to the finish line when she collapsed. All the contestant’s encouraged her and helped her finish the race. It was very special and heartening. You know, we hear so many negative things about people in the newspapers, on the Internet and on TV, it’s nice to see positive things. Wouldn’t it be nice to hear positive things everyday?
This season, the contestants get to choose who to partner up with. They will pick in the order of their finishes in the one mile race. Here’s a breakdown of this year’s contestants.
Allen is a 44 year-old firefighter/EMT who wants to be able to help people without his weight interfering.
Antoinne’s father died of heart disease at age 30 and he doesn’t want to follow in his footsteps.
Daniel is returning to the ranch for his second chance after being eliminated early during season 7.
Tracey gained a lot of weight because her husband is a Marine and she would eat to deal with the stress of his deployments.
Rudy played football both in high school and college. As a lineman, it was important for him to be big and his coaches encouraged him to eat.
Rebecca has suffered from childhood obesity. She weighed 235 pounds when she was 14 years-old.
Shay comes from a volatile homeho. Her and her mom were homeless for two years. Her mom had a heroin addiction. She was removed from her mom and placed into foster care from 5 years old to age 18. She has taken the place of Daniel as the heaviest contestant on Biggest Loser.
Danny is about to turn 40 years old and he and his wife have made a promise to change their lives for their own sake and that of their children.
Amanda is only 19 years old and doesn’t want to live her life in her current condition.
Liz wants to lose weight so that she can enjoy her grandchildren.
Mo or Coach Mo as he’s called is very active with youth and wants to set a good example.
Sean is a Youth Pastor that is also a very talented musician and singer. His weight keep him from performing and success.
Julio says that growing up eating Cuban food has made him gain weight.
Dina is devastated that her doctor says she can’t have any more children unless she loses the weight.
Abbey’s husband, her 5 1/2 year old daughter and her 2 1/2 week old son were killed in a car accident. She was the only one in her family to not be in the car when the accident happened. I can’t even imagine what she’s gone through in the last two years. I don’t know how she does it.
Alexandra is a 20 year-old college student looking to change her life.
Daniel was first up to pick his partner and he chose Shay. The other partners are Allen and Abbey, Rebecca and Amanda, Rudy and Dana, Sean and Antoinne, Liz and Danny, Alexandra and Julio, Mo and Tracey.
The contestants go to their first workout and find out that they will be sharing coaches this season. So they won’t be split up between Bob and Jillian. I think this is better. The focus should be to lose weight and not worry about what the other team is doing.
Since I need to get going, I’ll get right to the weigh-ins: Daniel lost 12 pounds and Shay lost 17 pounds. Rebecca lost 18 and Amanda lost 6 pounds. Rudy lost 18 pounds and Dina lost 8. Antoine lost 18 and Sean lost 22 pounds. Liz lost 10 and Danny lost 24 pounds. Allen lost 19 pounds and Abbey lost 15 pounds. Julio lost 13 and Alexandra lost 13 pounds. Coach Mo lost 19 pounds. Tracey still isn’t back on the ranch. This puts the black team Julio and Alexandra up for elimination. Only one of the two will be eliminated tonight. The vote was very tight between the teams, but Alexandra ends up going home. This really wasn’t fair to her since she lost 13 pounds at the weigh-in. The teams say they voted her off because she will have a better chance succeeding at home.
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