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Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
It is starting again this coming Tuesday!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oh thanks so much, Jimmer!!!

Seamonkey
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Moving this info which seems to be interview pertaining to the new season..


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Lotsofkids
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08-11-2007

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 11:44 am
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INTERVIEW WITH BOB AND JILLIAN

Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels dish about 'The Biggest Loser: Couples'


By John Bracchitta, 12/23/2008

To many, Bob Harper is seen as The Biggest Loser's level-headed trainer who rarely loses his cool with his contestants.

However, according to Harper himself, that reputation may change after the second edition of The Biggest Loser: Couples, which premieres Tuesday, January 6 at 8PM ET/PT on NBC.

"Let me tell you, I actually just saw this episode and this one girl tested me to - tested me more than I've ever been tested on the show," Harper told Reality TV World in a recent media conference call. "I mean you're going to see me on this show have a nervous breakdown on this girl. I watch and it was like, 'Is that me? Did I do that? Was I yelling that much?' It was definitely a challenge, man, let me tell you."

"You're going to see me at my wits end this season. You're going to see me just... [Jillian Michaels] always likes to joke about me because I always make this comment about, 'It's not about the push-up, it's about changing your life," Harper added later to reporters. "But sometimes, you know what, it's just a push-up. Just do it and quit thinking about it so much. That's the point - I just kind of got to that point."

Harper was joined on the call by fellow trainer Jillian Michaels and The Biggest Loser: Couples producer Mark Koops, who both also had their own challenges and anecdotes regarding the show's record-setting cast, which includes the show's two oldest players ever, its youngest male contestant ever, its heaviest female contestant ever, and the heaviest contestant in the show's history.

Koops told Reality TV World that the show had gone to such a length to include so many different types of people in the show in an attempt to inspire each of the show audience's different demographics that it was possible to change their lives if they wanted to.

"I think that's what hopefully the show is about: inspiring different communities. Whether that be people who are, like, 'Oh, I'm retired. I can't do it. It's too late,' or, 'I'm too young. I don't need to worry about it now,' or 'My culture says it's okay,'" Koops told Reality TV World. "I think we're looking to try and inspire every aspect of American society that it's not too late to make a change.

Harper said that the inclusion of two teenage contestants -- Mike Morelli, an 18-year-old student from South Lyon, MI who arrived at the ranch weighing 385 pounds, and Daniel Wright, a 19-year-old student from Willow Spring, NC who arrived at 454 pounds -- were also evidence of the increase of teenage obesity in America.

"It just shows you that we are living in an epidemic, and we at [The Biggest Loser] really want to put a light on this situation and try to do our part in helping that community of people," Harper told reporters. "There's a young generation out there that really does need our help and I think that the inspiration that we give to adults we really want to focus on kids in that way, or teenagers in that way, in this season."

Both Harper and Michaels told reporters that the show's diverse cast had also presented a new set of challenges for them as they attempted to get their contestants into a regular workout regimen. While Michaels admitted that she hadn't had much trouble with some of her heavier, but younger contestants, she told reporters that working with her older contestants had been more difficult.

"I think where I have run into some snags are with the contestants who are significantly older, and their body is showing true wear and tear of abuse - you know, 63, 66 years of abuse," Michaels told reporters. "That's really when you're in trouble and that's when you've got oxygen masks on the treadmill and limitations with regard to duration of exercising. It's very, very difficult to train those older contestants."

"You'll see one contestant on Season 7 that is 54-years-old, 430 pounds, and this is a man that had his stomach stapled, had his jaws wired shut, and... he's been living in a war zone and his body really shows it," Harper added.

However, Harper said that despite the challenges that the contestants had faced upon arriving at The Biggest Loser ranch and immediately going from "zero to 100 miles an hour" for their workouts, the results had "inspired" everyone on the show.

"What you really see, and which I love so much about our show, is triumphs of the spirit," Harper told Reality TV World. "These people overcome the obstacle of carrying all this weight. They're going to push themselves to new limits. And I mean, some of the stuff that they weren't even aware that they were able to do - just inspired us all."

Koops added that viewers have to look no further than this fall's The Biggest Loser: Families season to see how contestants could overcome unlikely odds and drop their excess weight.

"I think the results we saw on [The Biggest Loser: Families finale], from people like [Jerry Skeabeck] who is 50-years-old [shows] there is no excuse. You can make a change today if you make the right choices. And I think, Bob and Jillian... are laying out the roadmap for all of America of how to make the right choices on a day-and-day level to really, you know, affect change, and I think the inspiration they provide is something that they should be incredibly proud of."




Angelicfairies2
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07-19-2004

Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 5:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Angelicfairies2 a private message Print Post    
Good a new season the quicker to forget about those other people that ruined last season!

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 12:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
just posting thoughts - somewhere there was a post on a previous contestant (Marty) who got married to another contestant - and they're expecting...

I'm having a hard time with editing on this show.......

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 3:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Hmm Matt and Suzy from season 2 have two children .

Marty and Amy from season 3 have a child due in July, 2009.

The wikipedia is a fabulous source of info on all the seasons in all countries:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggest_Loser

Note that they have a good start on the new season, with names and heights and colors so far..

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 6:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Wow, no comments yet? Not that I was looking for any, since I'll watch it when it airs on the west coast and take my notes.. just came to check on the names.

Csnog
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 7:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
I catch this from time to time and want to ask if the people who work with Jillian loose the most weight each season?

Gosh they all lost a lot of weight.

Why not keep them together for their health?

Oh a twist.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
I thought there were an awful lot of people... and I had hoped the twist was to just lose weight and no gaming...

*duh!!

Why are the old guys named Jerry?? I was tired just watching Estella and Jerry! I seriously dont think they stand a chance to lose as much as the young people!

and Ross (Brown team) had gastric bypass! So did that contribute to his losing 32# in one week? Amazing!

When I watch the show I want to exercise! Yet I dont...

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
We watch this show with our little girls (who inexplicably love this show and Bob and Jillian). I haven't watched the whole show yet but wow these contestants are big this season and the health of some of them is pretty rough. Bob and Jillian's expressions are pretty funny. I hope the contestants are a little less acrimonious than some of them were last season.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

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i doubt they could be worse

Usleopard
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Good - Carla went home. What a bad attitude! Every time she said something she was talking smack. Get over yourself!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 12:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Ah, it could have been prompted, the smack talking.. and she did go home.

I agree, KL.. it would be hard to be more acrimonious than last season. Maybe this twist is to keep them from forming couple alliances?

Reader, guess Jerry showed you.. 25lb! Really, it is harder to lose at our age (I'm almost up to them) but it can be done.

I think they are really going in for "saving lives" this season, and thus, the bigger contestants. It used to be that the biggest women, especially, didn't do well, but Heba proved them wrong on that. Of course we have even bigger people this time.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

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Week 1:

Bob and Jillian tell us we are the fattest country in the world.. deal with it.

11 couples, more than 3.5 tons, including the oldest couple to ever make the show (Estella and Jerry, white team, both age 63), the biggest woman, Carla (Silver team) 379lb, the youngest man, Mike, age 18, 388lb and the sickest, 45 medications, Carla (Gray team) stopped drinking and smoking, wants to lose weight, Ron has had teeth wired shut, Roux en Y exclusion surgery, etc., red team (Nicole and Damien) wants to lose weight for their wedding, green team is former models, and the biggest player ever, Daniel (Orange team), 454lb at age 19.

Scenes of arrival, workouts, Bob and Jillian yelling, Jerry collapsing.

RMAO!! Starting with "Amazing Race" type music, "right now, 11 couples are waiting in a hotel in Hollywood (Sheraton Universal) to find out if they made The Biggest Loser". Phil, er Alli, comes in to tell them to pack their bags, they are on the Biggest Loser.

Hugs and tears ensue.

Bus trip to gym and ranch..

First Workout:

Have to do it alone.. no trainers. Of course Bob and Jillian are watching via camera (sort of like Clinton and Stacy on What Not to Wear). Some of the teams are lost at sea.. (and by they way Bob calls it "silver" not "gray" team.. ) So, Bob and Jillian bust into the gym. The teams are stoked. Jerry is already dizzy. and we see a medic (presumably) check him out. Jerry goes down.. and they go to a Brita commercial.

We hear that there will be blogs from kicked off contestants and more at http://www.neversaydiet.com

Back to a repeat of Jerry's fall. Bob says that was one of the scariest things he's seen at BL house. An ambulance comes and Alli takes Estella out to talk to the rescue people before Jerry is taken away to the hospital for testing.

So.. now to get trainer teams organized. Bob and Jilian each get to pick a team and that team picks the next and so on. (Shades of Survivor!)

Daniel is afraid of being picked last.

Jillian picks White Team (Stella, with Jerry at hospital).

Bob picks Silver team.

White picks Black team (Jillian/White/Black)

Silver picks Blue team (Bob/Silver/Blue)

Black picks Green team (Jillian/White/Black/Green)

Blue picks Red team (Bob/Silver/Blue/Red)

Green picks Orange team (Jillian/White/Black/Green/Orange)

Red picks Pink team (Bob/Silver/Blue/Red/Pink)

Orange picks Yellow team (Jillian/White/Black/Green/Orange/Yellow)

Pink picks Brown team (Bob/Silver/Blue/Red/Pink/Brown)

Now Purple is alone and unpicked but they are positive and given the choice of trainer and they pick.. Bob!

(Bob/Silver/Blue/Red/Pink/Brown/Purple)


Time for first weigh-in:

Jillian:

White Team: Estella and Jerry (grandparents, husband/wife). (Jerry not there but later we learn that he weighed in at 369lb) Estella weighs 242lb. Total of 611lb.

Yellow Team: Aubrey and Mandi (sisters). Aubrey, 249lb, Mandi, 263lb, total 512lb.

Green Team: Laura and Tara (former models. Laura, 285lb, Tara, 294lb, total 579lb.

Black Team: Blaine and Dane (cousins, young fathers. Blaine is at 365lb, Dane at 412, total 777lb.

Orange Team: Daniel and David (best friends. Daniel at 454lb, David at 393, total 847lb.

Average team for Jillian: 665.2lb


Bob:

Pink Team: Helen and Shanon (mother and daughter. Helen, 257lb, Shanon, 283lb, total 540lb.

Purple Team: Cathy and Kristin (mother and daughter). Cathy, 293lb, Kristin, 360 lb. Combined total 653lb.

Red Team: Damien and Nicole (engaged couple. Damien at 381lb, Nicole at 269lb. Total 650lb.

Blue Team: Filipe and Sione (cousins from Tongan family). Filipe at 364lb, Sione at 372, total 736lb.

Brown Team: Ron and Mike (father and son). Ron starts at 430lb, Mike at 388lb, total of 818lb.

Silver Team: Carla and Joelle (best friends). Carla weighs 379lb, Joelle, 309, total of 688lb.

Average team for Bob: 680.0lb

During the weigh-ins the faces of Jillian and especially Bob, are priceless!

Now for first real workout.. Bob is blown away by the size of this season..

We get a product placement for a neat gadget called the Bodybugg (Bob and Jillian were on The Doctors this morning and the whole audience got these and I was really envious.. they $250 - $350) They keep track of calories you take in, and those you work off all day and works with a computer, but you still have to type in all the food you eat.

Jerry returns, tells us his BP dropped when he started working out. He joins his wife and teammates and finds out Jillian is his trainer.

Biggest Loser has teamed up with a food bang.. lose a pound, a pound of food is donated.. they kicked it off donating 14,000lb of food to represent all the weight lost on BL to date.

Challenge: Night time in downtown Los Angeles.. bridge..

Bridge between old and new life.. challenges on the bridge . 250,000lb of sand, get through it, hit their colored flag and come back through the sand. Top 5 teams compete again, and then top 2 race a third time. Winning team gets immunity. (Let me point out that it might help to be tall, in this challenge).

Top 5 teams: Yellow Team, Black Team, Blue Team, Green Team and Red Team

Top 2 Teams: Yellow Team, Black Team

Immunity Winners: In a photo-finish, Black Team

Meet with Dr Huizinga for baseline medical test results:

Body Mass Analysis, Bone/Tissue Analysis, Endurance Testing, MRI Scan.

Ron is first, seems 3D reconstruction of his body. Lots of abdominal fat, fat in liver, despite the bypass surgery that left his stomach the size of an Egg. Mike is there too.

Pink team next: Both 50% fat, Shanon has cholesterol issues, Helen, a smoker, has a bio age of 60 (she's 48)

Black team: Very small lung capacity due to diaphragm pushed up high due to abdominal fat., and in liver enlarged. Diabetes, High BP, cholesterol.

In gym we get a Jillian product placement for drinking water (Brita Filter for Good and Brita pitcher or sink filter) Orange team contributes to the plug.

Bob yells at team for Last Chance Workout.

Bob tells us that Joelle/Silver team does more talking than working out.

Jillian works with Laura; she needs more mental work.

Weigh-in with Alli

She says there will be no elimination. People celebrate, but.. Nine of them are going home!

Each team will weigh in. The team with the highest combined % of weight loss will be above the yellow line, but Black team is only couple who are safe tonight, because they won immunity and the only other couple safe will be the couple that wins the weigh in.

The nine teams that fall below the yellow line have to choose one to go home from their team.

Alli says a lot to think about. Jillian and Bob are confused.


Trainer
color
NameAgeHeightStarting
Weight
Current
Weight
Loss%Week 1
J
blk
IBlaine276'8"365351-14teamImmune
J
blk
IDane276'4"412392-20-4.38%Immune
B
brn
Ron546'0"430398-32teamSafe
B
brn
Mike185'11"388366-226.60%Safe
J
grn
Laura245'9"285272-13teamHome
J
grn
Tara235'9"294273-21-5.87%Ranch
J
wht
Estella635'8"242233-9teamHome
J
wht
Jerry636'3"369344-25-5.56%Ranch
J
org
David236'0"393377-16teamHome
J
org
Daniel195'8"454424-30-5.43Ranch
B
blu
Sione286'0"372349-23teamHome
B
blu
Filipe265'11"364347-17-5.43%Ranch
B
red
Nicole375'8"269251-18teamHome
B
red
Damien315'11"381364-17-5.38%Ranch
J
ylw
Mandi305'9"263251-12teamRanch
J
ylw
Aubrey285'5"249236-13-4.88%Home
B
prp
Cathy485'8"293281-12teamHome
B
prp
Kristin285'6"360341-19-4.75%Ranch
B
pnk
Helen475'6"257245-12teamRanch
B
pnk
Shanon295'5"283270-13-4.63%Home
B
sil
Carla365'8"379368-11teamHome
B
sil
Joelle415'8"309296-13-3.49%Ranch


So Black team is safe, due to immunity and Brown team is safe, due to winning the weigh-in.

Other teams have to send a member home, but there is a way back. <gasps> You will go home, and after 30 days, if your team mate has managed to stay in, you will get to come back.

(Bob and Jillian look as confused as I am..) Mike points out that this changes everything, now you want the person who stays to be able to work hard and bring back the other. Kristen says this does send the message that most people do need to lose their weight at home.

The teams go off to make their decisions.

Pink: Shanon wants her mom to stay so she won't start smoking, etc. Says either you go or we both go.

Red: Nicole says she pushed herself, done things they didn't think she could do.

Yellow: Both worried they will stay and be at fault for losing.

Blue: Filipe says he knows if he goes home, he'll get to come back, says Sione is their leader.

Silver: Joelle asks how much Carla wants to stay. Carla, with attitude, says she wants to stay, she needs Joelle to be a team mate and she was disappointed to be in last place (huh? Carla had more to lose and lost less than Joelle)

White team kisses and says they have the answer.

Orange team says they've decided, hug, love you.

Blue team hugging.

Green team hugging.

Yellow team is still scared.

Elimination

See chart for those staying and those going home.

Kind of sad, IMO, to break apart the teams this early, but I guess we'll see how it goes.

We see promo of Bob going off on someone.

This leaves Bob with: Ron, Mike, Felipe, Damien, Kristen, Helen and Joelle.

And Jillian has Dane, Blaine, Tara, Jerry, Daniel and Mandi.

Dannysgirl
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I think this group seems to be so much better than the Vicki/Heba drama - they really seem like they'll be more about getting health and helping each other (from the previews). I felt much better about last nights episode.

Reader--me too, I always want to start exercising while watching, yet I never get off the couch!

Panda
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 6:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
I think it's sad to break them apart this early too, what an emotional rollercoaster it must be for them!
Good show -I am sure some game play will come into it sometime down the road, I really hope these people do lose weight!
I felt bad for the two youngest guys.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 7:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
'Biggest Loser' Contestant Charged With Domestic Violence

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/18428031/detail.html#-

Ohiomobprincess
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11-07-2003

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Interesting show last night. I needed a positive BL episode after what Vicky has done to the show.

I don't like the going home twist though. I understand why, but after week one for 30 days is a bit too soon.

Babyruth-Thanks for posting the link. It looks like Shanon has a bit of a temper and a wild side.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Wow Babyruth - thanks for sharing that - altho it seems rather trumped up - or escalating of tempers - really flour? Its not the first thing I would've thought of to throw at someone! Hope she gets a good lawyer and a better tenant! There is a lot of drama - (wonder if it had to do with her dieting - so many bad jokes can come out of this very serious situation!!)

Panda - those boys had a great attitude, but I too felt said, just watching them walk up the steps, it made my body ache - I know I get too emotional!!

Dannysgirl - They were so very supportive - or were shown that way (to make up for the hate of last season?)

and Sea - when Jillian had first pick, and she picked Estella and Jerry - I wanted to tear up!! I thought for sure she'd pick a boy crew - that is game play (Remember when Bob got to REpick a team and picked ALL the guys! and Jillian still won!)

So it seemed to me that Bob and Jillian are much more friendlier to each other now! They've made a couple of appearances on shows!!

Yoda
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08-11-2005

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Glad to see a new season...miss seeing Michelle but glad I don't have to listen to Vicki anymore.

I loved the first workout on their own (what was the silver team lady thinking on the parallel bars?) and Bob and Jillian secretly watching.

I hated that so many had to leave after only one week; it almost seems cruel to get their hopes up of being on the show and then sending them home after only one week...I hope they do well and show the rest of us that it can be done at home.

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
So Ron had bypass surgery...?.
How can that be fair on this show...
Just wondering

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I didn't like this twist at all. Didn't even get to know them, and half go home? It just seemed cruel, and I"m not at all entertained by cruel. Couldn't bear to watch the end and see who went home.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I haven't seen it yet but it seems pretty mean to me. They get them all enthused and happy about being there and then they are sent away.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
So does that mean there will be no eliminations for one month so that everyone sent home has a fair shot at coming back?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
According to Sea's recap:

You will go home, and after 30 days, if your team mate has managed to stay in, you will get to come back.