Who Gets to Hang Around a Week More on the Biggest Loser Ranch?
Hi Everyone,
Last night’s Biggest Loser began with Tara all upset because Jillian told Mike to vote Laura off. Jillian goes ballistic on her and tells her she’s selfish wanting to keep Laura there when she so clearly needs to be home to heal. Of course at the end of the conversation, they are hugging.
The luxury competition is a food and fitness quiz. There are four questions. The person who gets the most correct will win a 3-day all expense paid trip to NYC to visit Good Housekeeping Institute and lunch in the executive dining room. The first question is:
According to the packaging, how many servings in a 7 1/2 inch frozen pizza? The answer is 8 servings. The manufacturer does this to make the nutrition information look acceptable. In actuality the calorie count on this pizza is HIGH. None of the players get this question correct.
The second question: Which fat is the heart healthiest? Olive oil is the heart healthiest choice. Everyone gets it right except for Ron.
Question three: Which ground meat has the least amount of fat? Ground turkey breast. Notice that the answer is ground turkey breast. Ground turkey actually has quite a bit of fat in it. Ron, Mike and Kristin get it right. Kristin and Mike have 2 points each.
Last question: How many extra steps do people take who wear a pedometer? The answer is an extra 2000 steps. Ron, Helen, Mike and Kristin get this one correct. Mike and Kristin are tied.
We go to a tie-breaker. How many calories in a fried fast food fish sandwich with tartar sauce? Mike guesses 635 and Kristin guesses 435. Kristin thinks Mike is way too high but I actually thought Mike was going to be low. The answer is 640 calories. Mike was only off by 5 calories and so he wins the trip to NYC. I’m really happy for him because if you remember way back when he gave his free food for the year away. Don’t forget…What goes around comes around!
When Bob’s team explains about the nutrition quiz, Bob is concerned that they didn’t do better. He gives them a video camera to film an entire day of eating. When he sits down later on in the show to watch the tape, he’s not happy. Are they eating too many calories? Nope–too little. Probably they are doing this because of the tape but Bob tells them they need to eat enough because they are training so hard. Also their breakdown of protein, carbs, etc. is not correct. I think this is a really difficult area. It’s too bad we can’t all have our own nutritionist standing next to us when we are making our choices, isn’t it?
Let’s move on to tonight’s challenge. Each contestant will be in a cage 45 feet above the ground. Each cage has a rope attached to one end and they must hold on to the rope. If they let go of the rope, the cage falls. You need a ton of upper body strength plus no fear of heights to beat this one. The winner wins $10,000 OR a one pound advantage at the weigh-in. Mike is the first to let go of his rope. He is terrified of heights and doesn’t even try. Kristin was scared but concentrating. Filipe starts fooling around trying to get the others to lose their concentration. Tara and Filipe are exchanging barbs. Helen is annoyed that Filipe is being such a jerk. Ron’s rope slips and he’s out of the competition. Filipe is hunched over and straining. He can’t hold on anymore. Left are the three women. Tara looks strong as can be. Kristin slips. It’s down to Tara and Helen. They are now hanging on for over an hour. Tara is just standing there waiting for Helen to fall. Helen is struggling but Tara doesn’t even look like she’s sweating. Inevitably, Tara wins another one. She will say at the weigh-in whether she wants the one pound advantage or the $10,000. Hmm, I wonder what she’ll choose?
As usual, I fast forward through the last chance workouts. But I stop when I see Mike crying. He sits down to talk to his father about his weight issues. He’s upset that Ron let him and Max get really heavy just like him. I think this is a big milestone for Mike.
Time for the weigh-ins. In a very surprising decision, Tara takes the $10,000. Holy cow, she’s taking a chance this time. She’s betting on herself that she lost enough weight on her own. She lost 5 pounds this week. Did she make the right decision? Next up is Ron. He’s had some good losses in the past few weeks, can he keep it up? He lost 4 pounds this week. This puts him below 300 pounds. Helen only loses 1 pound this week. She’s devastated. This keeps Tara safe so she made a good bet and won $10,000. Mike lost 8 pounds. This keeps him safe for another week. Filipe lost 3 pounds this week. It’s not enough to keep him safe. But it saves Ron from elimination. Last to weigh-in tonight is Krisitn. She has to lose more than 2 pounds to stay safe. She gains 1 pound. Everyone is shocked, especially Bob. This means that either Helen or Kristin will be going home.
Tara is the first to reveal her vote for elimination. Tara votes against Kristin because she feels Helen is supporting her. Of course it doesn’t hurt her in the competition to get rid of Kristin. Filipe votes against Helen because he and Kristin are very close. Next up is Ron. He votes to eliminate Helen. He tells Helen that he promised Kristin’s mother he would take care of her. Mike votes to eliminate Kristin. This makes it a tie and the person with the lowest weight loss is eliminated. Kristin says goodbye today. Kristin is annoyed that Mike thought only of himself and eliminated her. It’s ridiculous for her to think like this. The whole point of the game, it is a game you know…is to WIN. Why wouldn’t he do what is right for him? Good for you Mike!
I loved Kristin but let’s face it she gained a pound this week and that sealed her fate. See you all next week…Bloggergal1
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