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Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 8:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hamsterlady a private message Print Post    
And here goes Matt. Says more important than the money or the game is that he's been sober for 9 months tonight. Matt's lost a total of 157 pounds and a percentage of 46.31%

Matt has won!!!! Yay!

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Matt even beat out Pete for the biggest % of loss. What a great feel good show!

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hamsterlady a private message Print Post    
Beach, I hadn't even realized that Matt beat Pete out percentage-wise. That's just amazing.

I agree about this being a feel-good show. It was so wonderful to see how far all of these people have come in their weight loss. I can't wait for next season.

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
A new season starts in January titled "Special Edition." It pits couples, families, and military personnel against each other.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scorpiomoon a private message Print Post    
LOL! Best freaking line from the finale:

Matt's friend at the bar: "What should we toast too? The Biggest Loser or the the Biggest Crybaby?"

LOL! LOL! LOL!

It was truly shocking how god everyone looked.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Yay! Matt! I think the finale showed him to be more in control of himself than the entire season.

Suzy looked great! She could be my trainer any day.

Seth looked freakin' great and Pete...WOW! Dr. Jeff looked 30 years younger and Ryan...holy crap!

Notice that Nick didn't show...I wonder why...I have a few theories but I'll leave them alone for now.

Biggest Loser III starts in January. Glad we don't have to wait another year for it.

I'm going on a diet.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 8:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scorpiomoon a private message Print Post    
Oops. I meant how "good" everyone looked.

Just to add: The women looked stunning, but, to me, many of the men looked a bit freakish. I think Pete lost too much weight.

Snuffles
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07-17-2005

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Snuffles a private message Print Post    
For Dr. Jeff, looking 30 years younger is a huge deal since he's only 43 (but he did look older than 43).

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 11:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
i bet nick has kicked himself a thousand times now, for not going along with jullian ways, i bet he fast going back to his original weight. i figure pete has done alot of strenght training and has allowed his body skin to stay more toned, and jeff hasnt been at much as the other guys, hence more lose skin. i also noticed the gals didnt have saggu arms like most who lose and dont tone up at the same time, so i guess if you do weights, strenght training your body tones up better when losing alot of weight?? its making me think alot, since i am disabled and hurt alot and cant do alot of physical exercise but i am determined to lose weight, i will have to find a way to live push through the pain and stiff and locked up joints to do alot of strenght so i wont be so saggy, anyone else want to weigh in? their thoughts why jeff has excess sag, and alot of the others dont have it so bad?

Marebear
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09-27-2002

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marebear a private message Print Post    
Thanks so much for the spoiling everyone :-) We have had power outages here from the blizzard and our NBC channel is still out so I missed the show. It's great to have this board to be able to find out what happened.

Secrey50
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09-15-2005

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Secrey50 a private message Print Post    
I absolutely loved this show. They all did wonderful! Poor Suzie, to loose second place by one pound, ugh.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
I think the saggy skin has more to do with your age and skin type than it does anything else. And amount lost, of course. But probably the strength training helps tone your muscles which would help. A weight Dr. once told me that it takes 6 months for your body to reabsorb extra skin, so I guess after 6 months of being at a stable lower weight you would know what is going to be reabsorbed and what is not. They do have surgery for that, you can go to a burn center and donate skin.

Sue
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06-02-2005

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sue a private message Print Post    
Great show! Was happy to see Matt win but they truly all looked wonderful. The differences were amazing. Will be looking forward to the next one.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
I felt sad for Matt that his friends are acting the way they are.

It was a good show and some of them looked spectacular. Seth had a real 6 pack going on with just a little loose skin still. I thought Suzy seemed pretty hopped up last night, almost like she was putting on a show. I hope she sticks with it. (I did note she had the my "aunt helen" arms going on even though she was toned on top, probably will just take some time)

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scorpiomoon a private message Print Post    
I felt sad for Matt that his friends are acting the way they are.

I didn't feel sad for him. What do you expect from people whose only connection to Matt was that they all used to drink together?

Not only that, Matt isn't exactly the most warm and fuzzy person. I can't help but wonder, if the situation were reversed and it was one of his friends who had made a change, would Matt would have made snide, sarcastic comments as well?

Matt's whole life seems to be a big mess. It wasn't just about his weight.

Personally, I think Marr needs to get his newly skinny butt out of Nowhere, Iowa and create a new life for himself elsewhere.

On another note...

The scene with Suzy at the restaurant really, really bothered me.

She freaked out because nothing on the menu was healthy enough? WTF? It's not like they were dining at Burger King. She couldn't have had some chicken or a salad?

But let's just say there was absolutely nothing to choose from. What's wrong with having some "unhealthy" food in moderation? Restaurant eating doesn't have to be all about choice. It's an exercise in portion control.

That scene sent out the message: "If you want to lose weight you have to give up everything. (Everything but Jello, that is.) Life sucks when you have to give up everything, but, oh well, you still look good!"

Spoton
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09-16-2005

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 1:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spoton a private message Print Post    
I felt that both Matt and Suzy's comments about changing their relationships with their old friends was quite good. You DO have to alter relationships when you set off to change yourself. Matt has given up food excesses AND drinking, but still wants to keep his old friends. Suzy struggles privately with her food demons, and was doubly bothered when in the public arena surrounded by old friends who are eating without those constraints. I see myself with those same struggles when I am serious about a food program.

Bmagikal
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bmagikal a private message Print Post    
Scorpio...I think Suzy had a problem w/ the menu cuz she was still in the running for the money. I think she'd have selected something that was "acceptable" had the game been over. Every food choice she made could have been the difference of winning or losing the game.

I do think she was a little overboard in her manner, but she seems to me to be rather emotional about everything; blowing things way out of proportion and always crying... makes for good footage.

She looks really great tho and should give herself a pat on the back for all she's accomplished.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
As Oprah always say, it ain't the food that makes you fat! (Actually it was probably Bob Greene, her trainer.) People who are overweight generally medicate their feelings with food, just like alcoholics medicate themselves with booze. Suzy is probably still adjusting to having to deal with things like stress instead of just chowing down on some brownies or something. Same with Matt - he was probably having to face his own emotions for the first time in years - he had obviously eaten and drinken about 200 pounds of emotions in the last years...

I thought they were both a little over-the-top with their emotions but understand that is part of the process.

I was hoping for Seth to win. IMO he looked and seemed the happiest and best adjusted.

Taterheadtwo
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09-29-2005

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 3:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taterheadtwo a private message Print Post    
Alisons ;; wow very good idea , sugestion, i would never had thought of donating lose skin to a burn unit, thx, if i am so lucky to keep losing another 80 pouns( i already have lose skin side of my chest and a big roll on botom of my tummy, i will contact several burn centers and see if i could donate the skin.. in fact i hope the contestents also hear this very good sugestion, maybe they could donat and help defray the cost of removing the lose skin, and finally even though i give in /up to easy when my body get racked with bad join pains, i am determined to again keep working at losing 80 more pounds, ive lost 50 so far, i want to lose all the weight in hopes my bad joint and body pains will be less, i once loved to walk, back then i would go hiking 10 miles are more way back into the woods, really miss seing the outdoors like i once did...also i watched the show and didnt pete lose the mostweight of all the contestants?? ( i know he was voted out and was able to compete for the big prize.)

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 6:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
Everyone looked fantastic. They probably could've cut at least 30 minutes off this super-long finale, but it was great to see everyone so trim. I did feel bad for that one woman who was one of the first voted out. She looked like she was trying to be a good sport, but you could tell she wasn't too thrilled to be there when she hadn't lost as much weight as the others.

Regarding Suzy and the restaurant, I thought she was getting upset because of her friends' insensitivity. They were going on about how delicious their food was, and one of them was prodding Suzy to at least dip her fork in the sauce to taste how good it was. I didn't think that was very supportive. It's one thing to order a healthy meal, but to have your friends urging you to taste what you're missing can't be fun. She sure was a bundle of energy at the final weigh-in, though. She reminds me of Kristin Chenoweth.

After seeing Pete's results, I'm so glad they did the $100,000 prize for the outcasts. He looked amazing. Imagine losing 185 lbs. in 6 months!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I thought it was 9 months.

Happygal
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11-15-2004

Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happygal a private message Print Post    
9 months, I think you are right. Matt mentioned that it had been 9 months since he quit drinking, and I was under the impression that it was when he went off to the ranch...i.e. arrive at the ranch on March 1, 2005.

Sasha
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07-22-2005

Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sasha a private message Print Post    
I thought Seth handled going to a restaurant much better than Suzy. Seth made a good choice, asked the waiter to not bread the fish and to provide grilled vegetables instead of mash potatoes. He didn't get all upset and confused. He obviously took a lot of lessons with him. Suzy on the other hand acted way to dramatic for my taste. As for Matt he was always dramatic.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I doubt there would be a reduction in cost for surgery even if you are donating the skin.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
Roxi, I have been told that there is a burn center in DC that will do the surgery for free if you are willing to donate the skin - however, I must admit that is just word of mouth and not something that I have seriously checked out. However if I were in the situation of having a lot of loose skin I would definitely check it out! My skin is still covering a lot of extra fat!!