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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 7:03 am
Actually I have to say that I disagree with Sunshyne about the twins. I have no idea obviously if they did dehydrate themselves, the part I disagree with is that you can tell by just looking at them. Hubby has a friend who lost 250 pounds in one year (this was about 10 yrs ago). He looked like an emaciated skeleton for at least 2 yrs after that, eyes sorta sunken, cheeks sallow. He never regained a single pound but just as with the arms and stomach, it does take awhile for the skin on the face to tighten up.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 9:50 am
I was stunned and amazed at how fit Julie and Hollie were at their final weigh in. No signs of fat, and how in the world did they lose their bums? I am so impressed and proud of them and the rest too. Me too, Kiersten! They didn't just lose the weight; they toned up, which actually may have added a few pounds of muscle weight. They looked fantastic. I couldn't get over Julie. Wow! It makes me want to buy the Biggest Loser Cookbook after watching her cook some of the stuff she could have at the ranch. I was happy for the twin brothers that they won. I think once Bill got home, they competed with each other and that helped both of them achieve their goals.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 9:56 am
Did anyone notice this... it was one of the earlier female weigh-ins, might have been Lezlye - when her weight loss was announced, she said, "and that's natural!" It appeared she was trying to make a little statement about some of the competitors using less-than-natural means to achieve their losses.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 12:19 pm
She said "This is real"
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 12:24 pm
Ketchup - thanks for catching that. I dreamed a few words up, didn't I? lol
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 4:28 pm
it does take awhile for the skin on the face to tighten up. your statement agrees with mine and adds some credibility to my observation. The twins should have appeared more 'loose skinned' on their faces and necks due to the amazing amount of weight lost. Instead, we had tight gaunt skin pulling lids slightly back. Also, lets be honest...how tall is Jim? 5'9 ? There is no way that 170 lbs is an exceptable weight for a man his size. 186 would be a healthy weight. anyways, glad its over but I can see why they have chosen to go with Teams. Look how successful the twins were because of their solid support of each other. regardless of whether any female teams or married teams can have a chance at a Monetary win next season, at least we can ensure that they will be successful in their focus and drive to continue to lose weight after the show ends. whoa a 43 word run-on sentence LOL My record is 64 tho 
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Wowprincess
Member
09-04-2006
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 7:21 pm
I read online today that the contestants have to sign strict contracts saying they will not have surgery of any kind (weight loss and fat related) during the competition. In the same article it was stated that the contestants are checked up on regularly during their time at home to make sure they are adhering to the rules.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 7:21 pm
Wow!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 7:46 pm
They must also sign to do Subway and Jennie-o spots in their home followup.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 8:02 pm
Top four plus other twin on Larry King tonight.. also Allison, Bob and Jillian. Larry managed to mispronounce Isabeau's name in several ways. and kept making comments about how much better their sex lives must be, etc. Julie claims to have dropped from size 22 to 2, while Hollie went from size 22 to 8 (which seems more likeley to me) and Isabeau from 26 to 10-12. I'm thinking that might be a 10 in plus size. Bill says his brother was the one who really wanted to go on the show, did all the interviews and then mentioned he had a twin and Bill was pulled in. Probably lost his brother his chance at winning.. as they said it was clear that the natural alliance of twins was going to be broken up. Not one mention of Kim.. Larry spoke to Jillian as if she has been there every season, too.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 10:29 pm
thanks sea, just catching the Larry rerun!! Tomorrow night Brad Pitt and Celine Dion?!! roflol!! and Sea, you think Isabeau 10/12 is hard - how about Oprah? She is also a 10/12!! I never could understand as I'm in the "BBB" sizes, and i just dont think I'm as big as oprah!! lol!!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 11:36 pm
Julie claims to have dropped from size 22 to 2, while Hollie went from size 22 to 8 I used to be size 7 at 117 lbs. I find their claims unlikely...but then again, look at those questionable weights LOL speaking of weight, I found the ONE and only pic of myself at 167 lbs in a bikini....and I look way thinner than julie at the finals. Sorry, but I truly do not believe the weights shown on the show.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 11:58 pm
Well, Julie said the size 2 was in a photo shoot and that could be some wacky designer sizing. And 10/12 could be a Lane Bryant type size, which is quite different. I thought it was funny when Hollie said she went from 22 to 8 .. she looked as small as or smaller than Julie. And Larry, being his usual clueless self, insisted on asking Isabeau, who clearly is larger. They certainly looked good, whatever their weight or size and it was Larry who brought up the size question.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, December 21, 2007 - 12:17 am
Was it just me, or was Larry a bit contemptuous and ignorant with his line of questioning? Of course, maybe he's always that way, I dunno. I've watched his show maybe all of 4 times in my life.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 21, 2007 - 12:53 am
Larry is a fossil.. and he's been that way for awhile. Recently he completely blindsided Marie Osmond by bringing up that her son had just gone into rehab. That story hadn't been announced and I guess Larry's team got the story, which would hit the tabloids the next day, but he didn't have anyone warn Donny or Marie ahead of time. Needless to say they weren't thrilled. Anyuway, yes, Larry is like that these days.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, December 21, 2007 - 3:54 am
I dont like Holly's haircut. It made her look ordinary, when before she was striking. I turned over to LK when it came on at midnight. The twins looked great and well hydrated LOL I was curious and it was even more apparent when they showed blurbs from the show and then the camera went right back on them in the studio. I thought the Sex comments were icky. Judging from all of the kids, I'd say these couples had pretty good sex lives BEFORE the weightloss LOL Never watched the whole thing but I thought it was interesting that kim wasnt mentioned.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Friday, December 21, 2007 - 6:29 pm
Just watched LK Biggest Losers and yep, really interesting that Kim was not mentioned at all and wasn't there when Bob and the hostess showed up. Wonder if she left on good terms or if there was problems. I thought Julie looked wonderful at the finale and very thin and beautiful in that outfit...I don't know about size 2's though...lol I went from juniors to 12's...skipped right thru the single digit sizes. Guess we have to remember the 10 to 15 lbs the camera adds. I agree, Hollie's new hair cut does nothing for her. Loved what Bob said about gastric bypass being a short term fix...you have to get into their head not just their stomach. Looking forward to the new series starting, maybe each team will have a female and make it more fair.
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Friday, December 21, 2007 - 8:32 pm
Looking forward to the new series starting, maybe each team will have a female and make it more fair. nope...the teams will be mixed.
Biggest Loser Couples
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Shel
Member
07-27-2005
| Friday, December 21, 2007 - 10:42 pm
Clothing sizes depend on what, where and who. Going though the mall last year, I started at a 5, went to the next store and was an 8, then the next was a 3 - 7 (depending on the who). At that point I gave up looking for numbers and just held stuff up to see if it was about the right size to bother trying it on. Manufacturers changed the numbers so that women would feel good about "being" a smaller size so that we would buy more.
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Snuffles
Member
07-17-2005
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 5:12 am
Looking for a link here... I was looking at some of their MySpace pictures, and one of the female contestants from this season had an xray picture that showed the bones/muscle/fat each in it's own separate color. The pic had a 2006 date on it, but I can no longer find it - it was a very interesting picture though. Has anyone seen that from their MySpace or even anywhere else. I'm very curious about it. Thanks
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 5:42 am
Clothing manufacturers have done the population no good through the years by changing measurements for sizes. In other words, through the years actual measurements for clothing sizes have been getting bigger and bigger. A number of years ago I came across a dress pattern (I used to sew) from quite a few years before that. Sizes and measurements given for the pattern -- definitely not today's!!!
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, December 23, 2007 - 10:38 pm
Sniffles - maybe a DEXA scan? Dual X-ray Absorptiometry http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwfit/bodycomp.html#DEXA
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Snuffles
Member
07-17-2005
| Monday, December 24, 2007 - 3:26 pm
Thanks Konamouse, I did look at the DEXA stuff and their pics are different than the one I saw, though there is a similarity. The one I saw was probably a simplified version of that, 3 colors, clear lines btwn bone/muscle/fat (like you could see the outline of what she'd look like at her ideal weight). I appreciate the link and effort though, I will keep looking and if I find it, I'll post the link too.
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Shel
Member
07-27-2005
| Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 5:17 pm
Snuffles, on Shaq's show he had the kids done in that machine. Some of them had so much fat the machine couldn't measure it all so the pictures just went off the screen. Was that maybe what you were thinking of?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 6:28 pm
If you have Fox Reality channel.. Sunday there will be a marathon of Biggest Loser Australia...
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