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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 6:35 pm
That's part at what I was getting at, Zgood - Joelle has issues, but not one person attempted to help her figure out what those issues were - and the times Carla WAS present she did nothing but berate Joelle. Joelle's gotta' figure out how to be her own friend, and then she's gotta' find BETTER friends than Carla! 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 7:45 pm
Based on what we were shown (and that's all we've got), people seemed to spend a lot more time berating Joelle than trying to help Joelle. Granted Joelle could have worked harder but she seemed to have similar issues that other people in the past were dealing with and they were treated with more kindness. I found the attitude of some of the other players rather supercilious (Aubrey stands out) considering their own rather modest success. No one including Bob seemed to want to talk with Joelle. All they seemed to want to do is scream at her. Some people respond to the screaming approach and others just shut down. Joelle shut down. One thing that I do like is that the teams' voting this year seems more based on who they think truly needs and wants to lose weight rather than the people they perceive as the biggest threat.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, February 06, 2009 - 1:26 am
That is true, Jimmer, BUT, they have now eliminated the two with the biggest potential for loss, Carla and Daniel.. and if either of them lose the optimum for their weights.. they would probably win. Not saying it will happen but they are gone. Red team seemed to be most motivated and they are gone. I suspect Black and Blue teams will be targets if they should slip for a week.. well Black is very vulnerable if they slip since they are on Jillian's team with is still in the minority. I think there are several people who are overly snarky without a real reason.. Aubrey AND Mandi, Tara and Helen and now Shanon. Well Joelle is gone, so hopefully they will just do their own work. The promo made it look like brown team is in trouble once again next time.
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Lardbrick
Member
01-16-2006
| Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 4:25 pm
Listening to Joelle's <55> dialogue, I have a feeling that if people did reach out to her all they got back was garbage. It's not easy talking to someone who doesn't make sense. Bob is used to contestants who don't want to work out and he couldn't get through to her.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 6:28 pm
I'm sorry if this offends anyone but this yellow team is driving me CRAZY! Wasn't the one girl just home? UGH
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Nerovh
Member
06-12-2005
| Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 6:33 pm
That girl boo-hooing over her family and refusing to work out before a weigh-in deserves what she gets if she gets the boot.
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Dannysgirl
Member
08-08-2007
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 5:57 am
Does anyone else think the purple team waterlogged since they had immunity? I think the Kristin did, hence the 2 lb gain so that next week they'll lose enough to stay. Was glad everyone respected Blaine's wishes to go home -- did NOT like that Bob was telling them who to vote for!
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 6:10 am
DG, I certainly do. If they follow the rules from last year the purple team will have to subtract two pounds from their weight loss next week, correct? All they would need to do is put a wall in between each team during challenges and announce winner at weigh-in. No-one sure who wins, no-one would risk water-loading. Wouldn't affect suspense of the challenge and would provide another ah-ah moment at the scales so win-win all around.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 6:13 am
Week 6: We open with Brown team worrying about their performance the past weeks.. how to improve. They feel bad for Carla, but lucky to have been up against them. They will sit with Bob to see what they can do differently. They want to be here to help the 16 year old brother. Alli appears and greets everyone.. they are all hanging out. She tells them they are heading outside. First-Ever Pop Challenge By the pool, we see color coded blocks lined up. Each stand on a block (of painted wood) on one foot. Question is how long can you hold it. Last to put foot down, wins. Something worth winning. Gets lonely on campus. Person who wins gets to re-connect with someone they love for 24 hours, here, on campus. Lots of tears. (Surprise, Mandi is crying.. wants husband to come). Filipe is asked about his wife.. would mean everything to him. Up on blocks, balance and game starts. 00:14 Ron/Brown out 00:22 Mike/Brown out 00:34 Kristin/Purple out (heart aching) Tara, Shanon struggling. Several people tease Tara (she's won so often) She tells us you have it or you don't have it. 02:24 Dane/Black out 02:30 ish Tara/Green out into pool Cathy/Purple out next Shanon windmills and falls, knocking out Helen, who looks none too pleased. Shanon/Pink out Helen/Pink out 05:12 Blue and Yellow teams still in, Laura/Green and Blaine/Black. (by the way, they are on one foot, but can put the other foot on top of that foot) Laura/Green out Sione/Blue out 08:13 final four Blaine, Aubrey, Mandi, Filipe Mandi says "Filipe, let me see my husband. Please." (ed GRR, so entitled this woman feels) Mandi tells us maybe that is bad, she knows he wants to see his wife, she grins, but SHE needs to see her husband. Filipe says in his heart he knew the right thing to do and he stepped off. Filipe/Blue out He tells Mandi he did it for her. Mandi and Blaine are quite unstable, suddenly. 10:25 Now Mandi starts in on Blaine. "Blaine." She grins and tells us that the mental game started. They want me to have this, they won't take this away from me. Voices tell Blaine to give it up. He asks Aubrey if she will let Mandi have it and Aubrey says of course. Blaine steps down. Blaine/Black out Aubrey/Yellow out Mandi "wins" Blaine says it was tough but he was home recently having the baby and she needed this. Mandi cries and thanks everyone. Bob meets with his team and sees that Silver team is gone. Says all he has to say after that weigh in he isn't surprised to see the Brown team. Crazy weigh in. We see Joelle losing 0 and Bob tells us one person does not make a team. He says to them, Brown team being below the yellow line two weeks in a row. Sione says the other weeks there were obvious people to go home, but.. anyway, as per the previews, we are supposed to be worried about Brown team now. (ed. Another "entitled" team) Bob sends people to gym and wants to meet with Brown.. says it has to be that they aren't eating enough. Bob will focus on Mike. Jillian meets with her team outside and Mandi tells about winning 24 hours with her husband. Jillian looks pained. Mandi says this will be good for me. Aubrey tells us that Rusty's support of Mandi before they came here was questionable. Jillian is concerned and says if ANYBODY was to win this, Mandi was the last person she'd want to win it. I question if you have enough autonomy at this point if it doesn't go well. Might make you homesick, guilty, sabotage, etc. Dangerous. Jillian sees spouses as being a threat. Mandi says she will tell him this is the new me. She's teary. Cannot change his mind this second. Bob tells us he loves doing yoga with his teams. Have to be mentally solid. In the gym Jillian working with Laura, not most motivated.. so much work. She says right things but no intensity. Half assed, phoned in.. Bob says good day to leave the ranch.. they will hike to Subway for lunch. And off they go.. he tells them they will run for awhile.. they are on a dirt trail. Ron is having trouble coming downhill. Bob tells us Ron can only do so much, and the team has been below the line, have to work with Mike. Bob tells them not eating here, grab a snack and we go 2 more miles to another Subway. Immunity Challenge We see a set up .. a series of stations with a bar.. team mates stand on opposite sides of the bar at their station and hold another bar over their heads (at least they have the bars at different heights, depending on the team, so the tall black team's is higher than the shorter pink team's. They hold as long as possible. If their bar touches the cross bar, red light goes on. Last team standing wins immunity. Teams say have to win this. Blue says they can do this all night. Black team knows the second they go under the yellow line they will go home. They use one arm but have been able to switch 01:00:00 Alli tells them they have to decide and stay with one arm up. This is brutal, we are told. Blue team says they were looking at Allison and BUZZZ Blue team out 01:20:00 01:45:00 Alli points out it is cold and getting colder by the minute. Brown team out Black team out Pink, Green, Purple, Yellow in 02:00:00 From now on, you will be keeping BOTH hands on the bar Pink team out 03:00:00 Yellow team out Tara taunts Kristin, who says this will end differently (Tara outlasted her on the long jumping challenge) Tara calls Kristin "pumpkin". Laura says her hands are numb. Kristin says why don't you drop out. Tara says no way, they need this. 03:20:00 03:30:00 04:00:00 Midnight 38 degrees 04:35:00 Tara says let's wager.. if we don't get immunity and go below the line we'll be gone. Just give us immunity and we won't vote you out, they say to Purple team. Purple team isn't impressed. Laura says her arms were killing her. Green team out YAY! Purple team (Kristin/Cathy) wins immunity. Tara cries We see Mandi's husband looking uncomfortable in the yellow bedroom as Mandi approaches. They hug. She was so excited to see Rusty. Dream come true. Mandi, no surprise, cries. Rusty appreciates her, says her face looks different. She tells him she is down 45 lb. Now Mandi tells us in a quavery voice it was good to see her husband but she want to see her boys.. it is HAARRRD. We see the boys coming up the stairs and there they are. Cuties, both of them. She's afraid the time will go so fast, no time to enjoy them. First hour summary for those with acute short term memory loss And more angst over Brown team. Other teams meet Rusty and the two cute sons. 4 year old wants ice cream for breakfast. Mandi makes scrambled eggs and turkey bacon. Helen makes them a low cal chocolate "shake". Mandi wants to put her husband through the workout paces. He's working out, not her.. Bet Jill would be scowling. Rusty says he supports her. The kids try the tread climber machine and the bikes. Mandi is ready to prove Jillian wrong. They go to walk the mile. Camera zooms in on the 24 hour fitness sign. We see Bob's team walking and Bob appears on a golf cart. Kristin is so happy to tell Bob they beat the Green team and won immunity. Bob is ecstatic. He jumps for joy. Says Kristin deserves it. He lets purple team ride with him, others run to the gym. In the gym: Last Chance Workout Krsitin wants to be under 300 lb. Bob wants Brown team to be above the yellow line. He concentrates on Blue team and Mike/brown. Ron is proud of him. Jillian tells her team to run a mile. She says last chance workout is crappy and miserable and lasts from morning to night. Tara worries, she's been losing big numbers and needs immunity in case this is a down week. We see 10 am.. 9 pm Jillian says we have NO votes, cannot fall below the line. Aubrey says she is really distracted, thinks of HER husband and her four kids while Mandi has her family there. She breaks down and cries. Jill gives her a pep talk, since she's even talking of leaving. Jill says it is exhausting, miserable, sucks, she gets it. Mandi ambles into the gym and is confronted by Jillian. Mandy cries. Jillian says this is exactly whey I didn't want you to win. Mandi sobs and says she will work out all night but please let me spend the last hour with them. Jillian isn't happy, says ok. Tells us she was worried the husband would be a distraction. she tells the rest of her team, Mandi has been with her family all day, hasn't worked out at all. Mandi now has her husband and boys crying as they say good bye. Rusty tells her he supports her and he'll be OK. Mandi cries. They leave. Mandi cries more. Weigh in Under the usual moon, teams march through the dark up hill to the gym to weigh in. Alli says all season long we have talked about how important your partner is to your success. Tonight is no exception. Purple team is the only team guaranteed safe. Only one team will fall below the yellow line tonight and everyone else will be voting to send home one member of that team Stunned looks. Combined % of loss will determine which teams will be safe. Purple first. Kristin is looking for a milestone. Wants to go under 300 lb for the first time in 8 years. Who knows, perhaps they water loaded.. Cathy is down 4 lb but Kristin is up 2 lb. Bob says this is "shocking". Next up: Pink team. Shanon is in tears already. They each lose 5 lb. 2.16% and they are in first for now. (FF thru commercials, but still blinded by seeing Donald Trump and Dennis Rodman) And they are safe now, but will Tara rag on Laura? Laura loses 3 lb and Tara scores 11. Green team next. Tara has been questioning if Laura has been doing enough. To be safe, they have to have lost more than 10 lb. Shocked looks all round as we go to commercial Tara is speechless. Alli points out this is quite unusual. With a 2.85% loss, they are safe. Pink still vulnerable. Now the Blue team is up and to be safe they have to lose more than 13 lb Sione is worried.. he's never been on the ranch without Filipe. And he won't be for now. they lose 21 lb, Filipe 10, Sione 11. Filipe also breaks below 300 lb. This moves them into first place. Pink still not safe. Black team must have lost more than 13 lb to stay safe. Helen says they keep dropping down. She thought here we go again, below yellow line. The guys lose 9 lb, Blaine 4, Dane 5, so they will be vulnerable for now and Pink team is safe for the week. Blaine is really upset, despite breaking the 300 lb mark. Jillian is grim. Of all the weeks to take the hit. Their % is only 1.41, well below the others, so far (except the immune team) Yellow team only needs to lose more than 6 lb Mandi looks queasy. She tells us it was hard to find time with her family there. Jillian (in the third outfit we see in 5 min) says Mandi missed workouts, Aubrey was crying, if they don't do well I'm going to kill them. They live another day, because they have lost exactly 7 lb. LOL Mandi lost 6, Aubrey only 1. So much for distraction. Mandi says cut it close and it sucks, sure I'm safe, but one of my team members could be going home. Blaine and Dane look subdued. One team left, Brown team. In order to avoid falling below yellow line for third week in a row, you need to have lost more than 9 lb. Bob says his reputation is on the line. If they are below the line, I have failed. I'll blow up. Of course we go to commercials. Bob's reputation is safe! Mike loses 13; Ron loses 5. They are safe and Blaine or Dane will go home. They move into 3rd place for the week. Black team, you have fallen below the yellow line; one of you will be leaving. Jillian and her teams are quiet and teary. Bob tells his peeps, "Dane and no one else". Elimination Blaine says it will be hard to leave Dane, they do better together. He almost wishes both could go home. Blaine tells people he hopes they will respect what I want. Please, send me home, okay, please. That's what is best for us. I've lost a lot of weight, only have 50 more pounds. Don't get me wrong, I want to be here but I can do it at home, learned what I had to here. We note that Kristin is wearing skull earrings and there is a poster with Ali on it. He says Please. Tara cries, etc. Sione says give us a few minutes to talk about it. Tara says either way it sucks. Mandi says you either decide to play the game and send Dane home or follow your hearts and send Blaine. Ron says I know Blaine wants to go home and see his baby, but I look at it as.. I think Dane could do it at home. Mandi, for some reason, says you know how you said Damien pushed you, Dane pushes us. (is she trying to foil her own team or what?) The other team says, but you sent Damien home! Helen says we begged you to send Joelle home and not Damien and you guys wouldn't listen. Aubrey says who are WE to decide? THEY said between their own team, Dane wants to be here and Blaine wants to go home. Cathy narrows her eyes. Aubrey says if you want to play the game play the game, if you don't, don;t, or . whatever. (this yellow team, sigh) Helen snarks to us.. "Do not tell me that you're not playing a game" cuz everybody in this house is playing; cut the shit, let's get to the vote. We're all playing the game. Kristin tells them all BS aside, you send Dane home because he's a bigger threat and its a game play move and Blaine stays here or vice versa, next week we're gonna be in the same exact situation. Tara breaks in, if it doesn't make a difference, we've been at a disadvantage.. Kristin says you always expect us to make the decisions with a heart and then the moment it is our turn it is game play. I can't trust the fact that its going to be made the same way. If I did not have immunity right now, my ass would be GONE and I guarantee you. Tara breaks in, you really think that I would want to take you and not to stop you from having a baby (?). Kristin cries and says I would beg and I would plead and tell you how much I wanted to stay here. Tara You don't think I have a heart, or we have a heart. Helen, we know you all do, but . and three are talking, but say other influences in the game (Bob?). Tara scoffs, but Kristin yells, then why did Joelle stay here and why did Damien go home? Tara says nothing. Kristin tells us Jillian's team sent Damien home and kept Joelle here; that was a game play move. They sent the stronger person home, they kept the weaker person here, even though that person expressed the desire not to be here. It showed a lot about the character of Jillian's team. She says to the group, how do we trust, we make the decision from our heart, Blaine wants to go home and then next week it backfires on us. And that's why I'm SO conflicted. Sione says he's also heard Dane say he really misses his family, so what do I do? Dane misses his family. Dane misses his family, so what do we do? If we go one way, in your opinion, we're game players, if we go the other way, we're not Tara says but Dane told me I don't want to go home until I'm done Sione.. well why don't we all go home and then he can stay. Mandi says Blaine wants to go home, Dane wants to stay; DONE. Like, I don't understand what the debate is about. Sione tells us he told Filipe whatever name he wrote down, I'd back him up 100%. Voting All subdued. Tara feels she will be so lost without both Dane and Blaine here. Pink team: Dane Brown team: Blaine Green: Blaine Blue: Blaine! Purple: Blaine Wow, surprisingly, Blaine will go home. Alli tells Blaine he's not the biggest loser and off he goes. (Bob is going to be pissed.) Blaine tells us it is all good, he'll be healthier and a lot sexier. See ya on the flip side. We hear from Blaine's wife and daughter.. Blaine drops his big pants and looks thinner. We see him running on a road, he wants to do an Iron Man before the finale. bikes to gym, swims, runs. He has lost 86 lb to date. and for the fourth week in a row we get an ominous teaser about Brown team and Mike having to lose a bunch to keep his dad safe. And, after gaining 2 lb, can the heaviest woman on campus bounce back? This leaves Bob with: Ron, Mike, Filipe, Sione, Kristen, Cathy, Helen and Shanon. And Jillian has Dane, Tara, Laura, Aubrey and Mandi.
Trainer color | Name | Age | Height | Starting Weight | Previous Weight | Current Weight | Loss | % | Total Loss | Week 6 | | B prp | Kristin | 28 | 5'6" | 360 | 301 | 303 | +2 | team | -57 | immune | B prp | Cathy | 48 | 5'8" | 293 | 268 | 264 | -4 | -0.35% | -29 | immune | | B blu | Filipe | 26 | 5'11" | 364 | 308 | 298 | -10 | team | -66 | safe | B blu | Sione | 28 | 6'0" | 372 | 316 | 305 | -8 | -3.37% | -67 | safe | | J grn | Tara | 23 | 5'9" | 294 | 240 | 229 | -11 | team | -65 | safe | J grn | Laura | 24 | 5'9" | 285 | 252 | 249 | -3 | -2.85% | -36 | safe | | B brn | Ron | 54 | 6'0" | 430 | 366 | 361 | -5 | team | -69 | safe | B brn | Mike | 18 | 5'11" | 388 | 330 | 317 | -13 | -2.59% | -69 | safe | | B pnk | Helen | 47 | 5'6" | 257 | 216 | 211 | -5 | team | -46 | safe | B pnk | Shanon | 29 | 5'5" | 283 | 246 | 241 | -5 | -2.16% | -47 | safe | | J ylw | Mandi | 30 | 5'9" | 263 | 221 | 215 | -6 | team | -50 | safe | J ylw | Aubrey | 28 | 5'5" | 249 | 224 | 223 | -1 | -1.57% | -26 | safe | | J blk | Dane | 27 | 6'4" | 412 | 334 | 329 | -5 | team | -83 | below | J blk | Blaine | 27 | 6'8" | 365 | 303 | 299 | -3 | -1.41% | -64 | line eliminated week 6 | | B sil | Joelle | 41 | 5'8" | 309 | 278 | (252) | | | (-57) | eliminated week 5 | B sil | Carla | 36 | 5'8" | 379 | 339 | (292) | | | (-87) | eliminated week 5 | | J org | Daniel | 19 | 5'8" | 454 | 394 | 353 | | | (-101) | eliminated week 4 | J org | David | 23 | 6'0" | 393 | 377 | (347) | | | (-46) | eliminated week 4 | | B red | Nicole | 37 | 5'8" | 269 | 251 | (193) | | | (-76) | Home eliminated week 3 | B red | Damien | 31 | 5'11" | 381 | 351 | (307) | | | (-74) | eliminated week 3 | | J wht | Estella | 63 | 5'8" | 242 | 233 | (199) | | | (-43) | Home eliminated week 2 | J wht | Jerry | 63 | 6'3" | 369 | 343 | (259) | | | (-84) | eliminated week 2 | | Numbers in () are as reported when eliminated teams are shown and a number is given)
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 6:22 am
The yellow team continues to be SO entitled; very irritating. I think Kristin waterlogged and I guess she should since that seemingly has happened most weeks so far.. but I think she was shocked that she gained. Tara and Mandi seem always ready to blame their partners, who are doing less at the moment. I really don't enjoy Tara's and Mandi's mind games. But Mandi was not just home.. she wanted to go when Joelle won and of course Aubrey was home for awhile.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 6:58 am
That yellow team so needs to go. I am over both of them. Purple team so water-logged this week, it's not even funny. Even the look on Kristin's face seemed to say "Ooops, maybe I did too much!". Last night showed Bob telling his team how to vote, for some reason I just don't think that's right. Maybe Jillian does it too, and we just don't see it. But I think Bob is more into having a person on his team win the game more than the future these people will have. Good for them that they didn't listen to him. The 'pep-talk' that Bob did to Mike was nothing more than a dang guilt trip. I don't think he needed that much pressure put on him atm. But he did lose 13 lbs. But still, this burden is going to be his downfall. I am really liking Bob less and less this season. Kristin mentioning when they picked between Joelle and Damien could not really be compared to this situation. Blaine and Dane were on the same team and the decision was made between the two of them. Damien and Joelle were not partners, and no decision was made, and no one offered to go home. Even tho it was game play that they voted Damien off, they cannot compare the two situations. I really believe that if it was decided between partners who wants to go home, the others would oblige. I still like Tara, and she is picking up the slack for Laura. I would be secretly concerned too about my teammate not pulling their weight. At least she shows support for Laura. I would be happy seeing her win it all. She is right tho, one week she is not going to be able to pull those double digits. I guess Helen and Sharon did not get the memo that everyone was going to vote Blaine off. I was really surprised that the purple team voted the way they did.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 8:01 am
Damien and Joelle were on the same team, Bob's and Jillian's people came and asked them who they wanted to go home and they said Joelle, so Jillian's team voted Damien out. The week before that when it was Orange vs White. This week Jillian's team expected that they could keep the black team member they saw as better for them.. and they succeeded, but I can see where some of them were upset about that. I hope purple at least got Tara to promise to not vote them out in return for keeping Dane, not that I expect Tara to honor that but she was trying to make deals and promises earlier.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 8:35 am
But they were not partner's. I can see the difference in that. The black team came to a decision to which one they wanted to stay. I see that as totally different than them being on the same team and neither one volunteers themselves out. I can see where gameplay can override needs and wants. I think that if Ron and Dan were up, and Ron sacrifices himself, I think people would honor that. I cannot see Joelle and Damien and this issue the same. I wonder if the purple team did make a deal with Jillian's team in case they are up next week. I don't seem them as being up next week since Kristin waterlogged the heck out of herself. I didn't know she was married at all until this episode. It's weird how you know so much about some people and then other's you don't know jack. I still can't believe that Mandi was asking everyone to give up on the family reward. I hope that comes back and bites her on the butt. I wonder what she would have done if it was her and another person up there who didn't have a husband or kids, like Tara or Laura. Ugh, I didn't want her to win. How funny though that Audrey was the one who only lost 1 lb and Mandi was the one who carried the team over the yellow line when it was her husband and kids that were there for the 24 hours. There were some deeper issues with that, and Jillian showed that last night. I'm thinking her husband was not happy at all with Mandi going, and probably gave her grief right up to her leaving for the show. It seems like the brown team is in trouble again next week. I wish they would split the partners up.
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 7:36 pm
i hope yellow goes next. if green falls below the line...tara will be gone. she is my favorite. it is unreal how much weight that girl has lost in such a short time.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 7:45 pm
Actually, Joelle has said she wanted to go and Damien very much said he wanted to stay.. but that wasn't honored.. Jillian's team wanted Bob's team to lose someone who lifted them up (Damien) and keep Joelle. Not there isn't as big a difference between Dan and Blaine, but they seemed to think he was inspirational to them. Personally I'm glad he's getting the chance to be on the ranch longer and Blaine DOES have a new baby at home (of course that might make it more difficult for him to be really disciplined in his workouts, but that's what he has to cope with for life, anyway. I just think Jillian's team had some nerve expecting Bob's team to take the high road, when then did not.
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Freetimefinally
Member
01-26-2006
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 11:56 am
I'm getting to where I still ebjoy watching the show but wish the producers would change it up a bit to keep me watching and not just having it on as backgound while I do other things. Here are some things I thought wthey could do. 1. Show more easy healthy cooking recipes instead of recapping after every comercial. (Many of us have already mentioned we would like this) 2. Show more of what they do then just the gym workouts. They could do this on the website and not the show. How long they hike a day, workout in the gym, swim , do yoga. 3. Show us some stretches that would be good for an overweight person to prepare before exercising. Our bodies don't bend as they did when we were younger/smaller. I know they don't just hop on the machines and go for it. 3. This is the first show I have ever seen them shown in a room with a sports doctor having muscles iced down and worked on(they were in this room when the recieved the phone call from Bob when he went home with Joell). It would be nice to hear how to help with simple problems. When to ice/ when to use heat / Even when you need to possibly go see a doctor. How to choose a good pair of shoes and how good socks make a huge difference. I do relize this could be a lawyer thing for giving out medical advice can easily be sued. 4. If the trainers are lacking in an area bring in a friend to help. I do feel neither of these trainers are knowledgable for water arobics but it could benifit those overweight by helping take strain off of some of their knees. Especially Ron. Anyone else have ideas. I did tell my kids we could go eat lunch if we walked there today. It was a 4 mile walk total.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 2:13 pm
Wow Free, I never even thought about them doing water aerobics. Though I have heard from past contestants that they also did a lot of swimming everyday too. Ron could totally benefit from that. And I've done water aerobics, and they can kick your butt! They do have something on their site that does go more into detail with advice, diet, and exercise. Don't know how much detail they go into with everything, but unfortunately they charge you for it!
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 3:13 pm
Immunity - Thanks Rissa. I have been trying to figure out a way to eliminate the water logging. I hate it. But a contestant would be a fool not to do it. Yellow Team - I am so glad I am not alone in disliking this team. When I think of the red and white and orange teams going home I dislike them even more. Green Team - I actually like Tara’s game play. There is something about her though that takes it over the top and makes it unlikable. She acts like someone who took a course in how to be on a reality show. The determination, the tears, the scheming, all textbook. Purple Team - I was happy they won the challenge. Mostly because I couldn’t’ take another green win. I am impressed with mom’s determination and results. Pink Team - Boy did they not get the memo. Their team left them hanging when they voted for Blaine to go. I also admire the mom on this team even if she seems a bit goofy to me. The daughter is not impressing me much. Black Team - They are dangerous. The rest were lucky they had a bad week. Brown Team - Continue to annoy me but I was happy Michael had a big loss this week. Hope he is on track. Ron is doing great considering his restricted abilities. Freetime - great point about water workouts for Ron. Wonder if the ranch is warm enough that time of year. Blue Team - If I was on Bob’s team, I would be looking to get rid of the blue team. For one thing they could win this. For another, their interaction with the yellow team gives them extra protection. I think Bob is entitled to his opinion about who should go. Bob used to be my fav but I have switched completely to Jillian though I still can’t stand her yelling. Hurts my ears. Singles? Will they be playing as individuals from here out?
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 4:09 pm
This is only the second season I have watched this show. Can someone tell me who the trainers were on all the past season's winners? For some reason I think the trainer's might get a little bonus if someone from their team wins it all, lol. I guess it would be hard for the trainers not to have some kind of an opinion during the game. I'm sure they really get attached to their team, and it would be hard to see any of them go. But I think it was a little tacky for Bob to turn around to his team and tell them exactly who they needed to vote off.
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 5:06 pm
My trainer was p.o.ed about Bob saying that there was not a lot that he could do with the dad on the brown team because of his knee/weight. She has me doing a lot of water work. I do chairside cardio and weights. I do resistance, stretches, jog/stride laps in the water. I've used in the past a nustepper which is great for someone with knee injury and obese. I would love to buy one. I am surprised that they don't use one on the show or have people doing water works. In fact lately the only time that someone has been in their pool by the dorm is when they have fallen in on the last show. I know in the past, Jillian had one person working out their cardio in the pool. I did not care for Bob telling the Brown team's son who was already crying that it was all on his shoulders, the responsibility. Talk about being a drama queen. The kid was already crying and he already felt responsible despite it being the dad's responsibility, too. I thought Bob was trying to make more drama for the show. Also, he said he would vomit if the brown team went below the yellow line. I am starting to think that he is anxious because he could not help Joelle and he has lost more season finales than Jillian who has come from behind.
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 5:07 pm
An article about Daniel is in this week's People.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 5:25 pm
Zgoodgirl, Jillian has been the trainer for the person who has won every season except for the one season that she did not participate (which Bob trained the winner defeating the other trainer Kim) and the season that Ali won (where both Bob and Jillian trained Ali at different points in the game).
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Whitebobcat
Member
01-23-2009
| Friday, February 13, 2009 - 10:17 am
A new interview with Carla & Joelle from Biggest Loser is now available at Reality Check Radio and can be found at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Reality_Check/2009/02/13/Reality-Check-Radio
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Friday, February 13, 2009 - 11:02 am
Thanks Jimmer! Wow, no wonder Bob is playing the game right along with his team.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2009 - 2:54 pm
I saw a commercial today advertising Biggest Loser tryouts coming up soon at a local gym and at the end was a quick upper body shot of Heba saying how great the show was for her. I don't know if this was shot prior to her being on the show last season or recently, but it appears that she has gained back a good bit of weight based on her face and upper arms/chest area if this was shot recently. It was quite a difference from her December weight at the finale show.
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