The winner of Biggest Loser Families is…
Hi Everyone,
Biggest Loser Families Finale started out tonight with the elimination of either Heba or Ed. In case you forgot, America voted which of the two they wanted to see in the final three. When Heba and Ed came on the stage, I must admit, I gasped. They really have done an amazing job with their weight loss. My husband was so surprised at how pretty Heba is. In a very surpising turn of events, 84% of America chose Ed! Is that because they think Ed can’t win and they don’t like either of them? I have no idea. So the final three contestants are Vicky, Michelle and Ed.
The first four “at home” contestants were next out on the stage. Adam and Stacey lost a good deal of weight, but Tom and Tom Jr. didn’t look like they lost as much. I think its going to be pretty tough to beat Heba’s weight loss, but we’ll see.
Adam is the first one to be weighed. He lost 80 pounds for a total percentage weight loss of 23.5. Stacey lost 65 pounds for a total percentage of 29.41. Next up is LT with a loss of 87 pounds and a total percentage weight loss of 24.37. Tom, LT’s father, lost 78 pounds and a total percentage weight loss of 24.84 percent. This puts Stacey in the lead for the $100,000 prize.
Colleen and Jerry and Shellay and Amy are the next four out on the stage. These four lost a ton of weight! Remember that Jerry’s inner age was 76 years old when he started on the show? Now Dr. H. says his inner age is 52 which is very close to his real age of 51! Losing weight is about getting healthy…looking great is just a bonus.
On the scale next is Jerry. He lost 115 pounds for a total percentage weight loss of 30.26. Woohoo Jerry!!! Colleen lost 64 pounds for a total percentage weight loss of 29.36. Shellay lost 74 pounds for a total percentage weight loss of 34.26. Amy lost an amazing 104 pounds with a total percentage weight loss of 43.51. Amy is now the one to beat.
Next up are Philip, Amy, Brady, Heba and Renee. Philip doesn’t even look like Philip anymore and his wife Amy looks great too! Philip weighs in with a weight loss of 151 pounds with a total percentage weight loss of 45.62…wow! Amy P. lost 105 pounds with a total percentage weight loss of 45.85. That’s an incredible weight loss. Brady lost 171 pounds with a total percentage weight loss of 34.31. This isn’t enough to beat Amy P. She’s currently in the lead. Renee lost 106 pounds with a total percentage weight loss of 39.70. Amy P. still holds the lead with only Heba left to weigh. Heba lost 138 pounds giving her the win over Amy P. She walks away with $100,000.
By the way, hostess Allison Sweeney is very pregnant. I don’t know how she wore those high heeled shoes!
Okay, now on to the final three contestants and the crowning of the Biggest Loser. After reminiscing about their individual journey’s, the three come out on the stage. Ed comes out first. We saw him at the beginning of the show. He’s lost a lot of weight. Next on stage is Vicky. She also lost a lot of weight, but it still doesn’t make me like her! Michelle comes out last and of course they saved the best for last. She can go right out and get a modeling job!
Ed is the first of the three to be weighed. He lost a total of 139 pounds for a total percentage of weight loss of 41.49 percent. Vicky lost a total of 101 pounds for a total percentage of weight loss of 41.06. She lost to Ed by 1 pound! Michelle is last up. She lost 80 pounds before leaving the ranch. She needs to lose more than 100 pounds to beat Ed and win $250,000. Michelle lost 110 pounds and became the newest winner of Biggest Loser. Nice to walk away with $250,000 and a weight loss of 110 pounds isn’t it? Yay for Michelle! She was so nice and really deserved to win.
Allison announces the next season of Biggest Loser will start on January 6th. Once again, it will start with couples/families. One of the contestants is the biggest to ever be on the show and one of the couples are the oldest to ever compete. So enjoy the holidays, stay tuned and I will see you back here in just a few weeks! Bloggergal1
Biggest Loser Viewers Get Their Say This Week
Hi Everyone…Happy Sunday!
There are only 9 days left to the Biggest Loser finale. We are down to the final four: Heba, Ed, Vicky and Michelle. This week we, the viewers, get to vote who is eliminated. I think it’s pretty obvious that if Vicky falls below that line, she’s outta there! My opinion is that Michelle is safe this week no matter what because I can’t imagine that “America” would vote her off.
This week will have a peek into this past season showing all the ups and downs (yes, pun intended!) The challenge involves wearing a suit that weighs the amount of pounds each contestant lost. I think that sounds interesting because originally they were carrying that around all the time!
Have a great day…stay tuned…Bloggergal1
Who are Biggest Loser’s Final Four?
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New York City here comes the Biggest Loser! First stop is a hair salon. Hair cuts, highlights and hair color changes abound. Next stop is Macy’s with Christian Suriano. He helps them find new updated styles to match their new updated shapes! Christian lets them pick their own clothes but when they go to him he nixes everything and picks out clothes for them to wear. His fashion tip? A good, stylish shoe in basic black is a must. To add to that…my dad always said if your shoes are shined and clean you will make a good impression.
The contestants appear on the Tyra Banks show. Michelle comes out first and is surprised with a reunion with her dad. Next to come out is Renee. She talks to Tyra about how amazing it is to reconnect with her daughter through the show. Then out comes Renee’s husband (awww!!!). Next to appear is my favorite contestant (NOT) Vicky. I think they put a bit too much makeup on her. Tyra surprises her with her sister. Heba is up next. She’s surprised with her brother who has promised to take her on a trip. Last is Ed who is surprised with his dad. Christian surprises all the contestants with $1000 gift cards from Macy’s.
After the show, the contestants go to Times Square and guess who pops up on the huge screen? Yep, Jillian and Bob to tell them just because they are in New York doesn’t mean they are on vacation. The next day all the contestants manage to get in a little exercise while spending time with their “loved one”.
Back in Los Angeles, the contestants meet with their coaches. There is a lot of concern that they might have had too much fun and not put in enough work. The night’s challenge is to hang in a glass cube 15 feet above water for as long as possible. The winner gets a spa vacation. Vicky quits almost immediately but is really afraid to jump into the water. Heba drops into the water after about 18 minutes. Ed after saying “sorry” drops next. Once again its mother against daughter. Renee drops to allow Michelle to win. But Vicky is still sitting up on the side of the box afraid to drop. She carries on and cries and cries and finally jumps into the water when Ed goes into the water to coax her. I think she always has to be the center of attention but the show makes it look like she’s had some major breakthrough. Okay, whatever.
The last chance workouts have all the contestants working really hard because they know how important this weigh in will be. First up at weigh-in is Vicky. She lost 4 pounds this week. Renee lost 4 pounds. Michelle lost 5 pounds. Ed lost 3 pounds. This puts him below the yellow line. Heba lost 7 pounds. This puts Renee below the yellow line. With three votes against her, it looks like Renee will be heading out the door tonight. But it all depends on Vicky. Will she get rid of one of her own alliance and vote off Ed or will she stick with her alliance and vote off Renee? Of course Michelle votes to eliminate Ed and Heba votes to eliminate Renee. Vicky sticks with her alliance and votes off Renee.
So that leaves us with the final four…husband and wife team, Heba and Ed; Vicky and the only black team member Michelle. Now the weight loss is what matters the most. Go, Michelle!!! There is just one more week before the finale. Stay tuned! Bloggergal1
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 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
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
Is Biggest Loser’s Brady a sandbagger?
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So why should tonight be any different? The Biggest Loser Families show starts out with Phil crying about his wife leaving. Nothing new there. Seems like someone’s always crying on Biggest Loser.
Trainer Bob cornered Vicky and Brady about their small weight loss amounts. Just as my DH said last week, Bob thinks something is up with Vicky and Brady. He came out and asked them if they were deliberately not losing weight. Of course they say no, but their faces told another story. I’m so proud of my DH!!!! He saw this way in advance. Hey, maybe trainer Bob reads this blog!
The temptation competition was really interesting. The teams had to pick which one of two items were healthier to eat. I really enjoyed this section because it gave practical information and some surprising information as well. Who would have thought that a multi-grain bagel with light cream cheese would have more calories than a ham and egg english muffin? The blue team won the competition and a 40 pound advantage in the upcoming challenge.
To tell you the truth, I debated whether to even comment about the little encounter between Heba and Phil. In my opinion, Heba’s just trying to cause trouble between Phil and his team mates. Well, it didn’t work and Phil’s team rallied around him–enough said.
The challenge had each team holding up the amount of weight they lost while hanging 50 feet in the air. Because the black team lost the temptation competition, they had to hold an extra 40 pounds. That’s a lost of extra weight! After a half hour, one of the four members of the team had to let go. Blue team chose Vicky and Black team chose Michelle. This put a lot of pressure on the remaining team members. Phil couldn’t hold on so he let go leaving Coleen and Renee holding all the weight. FIrst Coleen folded and of course Renee couldn’t hold on herself. This gave the Blue team the advantage of being able to pick one of the other teams members not have their weight count.
Commercial time! Bob promotes Extra gum to his teammates. Last chance workout time! Sweat, pain, sweat pain…well you get the idea!
Finally, it’s time for the weigh-ins. The Blue team chose to have Michelle sit out the weigh-in. She lost 2 pounds. Renee lost 3 pounds. Coleen lost 2 pounds. Phil lost 3 pounds. The Black team is definitely in trouble tonight! Brady is the first of the Blue team to be weighed. He lost 13 pounds this week. So what do you think of that? Is he a sandbagger? Just remember…what goes around comes around! Vicky lost 2 pounds. Heba lost 6 pounds. Amy C. lost 6 pounds.
The Black team must send someone home, however, Renee has immunity because of losing the most weight. Since Michelle and Renee are mother and daughter and will vote together, they have control of this decision. Phil and Coleen both campaign to save themselves, but Phil admits he’s homesick. Renee, Michelle and Coleen all choose Philip to be eliminated. I know this makes a lot of you happy! Me? I’m just happy it wasn’t Coleen.
Don’t forget about the Biggest Loser trainers appearing on Oprah this Thursday. Have a great week!
Love bloggergal1
Which Biggest Loser Breaks a Record?
Hi Everybody,
As we narrow down the number of contestants, I’m enjoying Biggest Loser a little bit more each week. We’re down to eight now–two family couples remain. Will it help Michelle/Renee and Vicky/Brady? Since they haven’t been broken apart that extra vote may be the difference between staying and going. I’m still rooting for Coleen. I liked her and her father from the start and I think she’s done great considering he was one of the first to leave the show.
This week NBC says that one of the contestant’s will break a weight record. Could it be Brady? He hasn’t lost as much weight as he should have considering his size. Could my DH be right and he’s going to pull off a huge weight loss this week? Or will Heba be the one? She’s traditionally lost a large amount of weight each week. Also scheduled for this week’s show is a test of the contestant’s knowledge of calories. So stay tuned on Tuesday at 8:00 p.m.!
In other news, the Biggest Loser trainers will be featured on the Oprah show this week. The show is scheduled for Thursday, October 30th. Bob and Jillian will share the weight loss methods that they use to help the contestants on The Biggest Loser. I’m looking forward to this because they really don’t tell you enough about the weight loss on the actual show. We very rarely see what the contestant’s are eating except for when NBC wants to promote one of its sponsors. Want an advance preview? Check out this article on Oprah’s website: http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/health_omag_200412_weight .
That’s it for now. Have a great remainder of the weekend. Love Bloggergal1
Biggest Loser Black Team Dominates!
Hi Everyone!
Tonight’s episode started with each of the trainers taking their team to a different kind of workout. Bob took his team to a gym where they teach a Cirque de Soleil-type workout involving hanging from a trapeze or balancing with a ribbon. As you could imagine, this wasn’t easy to do and it wasn’t very pretty looking either!
Jillian took her team to an outward bound-type workout. It involved climbing and overcoming any height fears. Jillian used the experience to help Michelle and her mom Renee bond. Coleen overcame her extreme fear of height–better her than me! More hugs and tears all around.
Next Bob had his team learn how to defend themselves against an attacker. Of course, Heba kicked the attacker’s butt and then in her usual “showoff” way, she pretended to spit on him. Just what you’d expect her to do.
The contestants had their six week check-in with Dr. H. Since everyone is working out and losing weight, Dr. H. was able to give good news all around. I wonder what my “body” age is? I’m thinking its improved since I’m working out so much lately. I’m probably better off not knowing, ya think? If I was told that my body’s age is older than it really is I’d probably go eat a bag of chips!
Tonight’s challenge was a balancing act. The contestants had to balance and walk around on a ring over water. Every complete revolution around the circle resulted in a point. The first team to reach 25 points wins the challenge and a video from home. If a someone falls off, they are out. The only way players can get back into the game is if everyone (on both teams) falls off. Well, very early on, all the blue team falls off. Coleen falls off from the black team leaving Michelle, Renee and Phil. They make it around for 15 points before Michelle falls off. Phil falls off at 16 points. Renee keeps going and going and finishes the challenge herself bringing the victory to the Black Team. Vicky saying that the challenge was lame made her look like a poor loser. I think even Brady was embarassed for her.
The black team’s prize of being able to talk to their families through a live video feed was, of course, emotional and filled with happy tears. Thank goodness all the “sweetness” on Biggest Loser doesn’t result in calorie gain!
The last chance workout had Jillian screaming and contestants crying and sweating. In other words, business as usual. Is it really necessary to take it this far?
Brady and Amy ran to Heba to squeal that Phil tried to influence them and get them to vote her off. The question is who really is “playing” who? Are Amy and Brady using Heba? Heba needs to realize that there are two of them and only one of her.
Finally, it’s time for the weigh in’s. Renee lost 7 pounds. Michelle lost 7 pounds. Coleen lost 8 pounds. Phil lost 7 pounds. The black team lost a total of 29 pounds this week! Amy C. lost 6 pounds. Heba lost 5 pounds. Vicky lost 8 pounds. Amy P. lost 2 pounds. Yikes! What happened there? Brady lost 3 pounds. Bob and his team were shocked. This gave the blue team a total of 24 pounds but remember they have an extra person. Black team wins the weigh in, so the blue team must send home one of its members. Hmm, I wonder who it will be?
Since Brady, Amy C. and Heba are an alliance they all vote to eliminate Amy P. Coleen and Amy P. vote to eliminate Brady and break up the alliance, but of course they don’t have enough votes. Amy P. is out the door. So now here’s an interesting thought brought up by my DH. He thinks that Brady is deliberately NOT losing weight. Since he knew that he had the votes to stay, he didn’t lose as much as he could so that later on he can have a huge weight loss. I’m not sure if that is even possible, but as I said, the DH thinks it is. I guess we shall see.
Amy P. looks really pretty and happy off the ranch and back with her family. Good for her!
Here’s hoping you have a great week! Love bloggergal1