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Kellsma
Member
08-27-2002
| Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 9:21 am
I also hate the gameplay. I know I have said this many times but I wish no one had to go home so those that really need the ranch can stay and truly benefit from this. They have to remember this is not just a game but it can truly impact many peoples lives. I was so proud of Adam, wow, he looks amazing. Good for him. I wish each week they played for prizes or something and then the final winner was determined by % of weight loss; however, even that is not always fair as some people need to loe 50% of their weight and for some, that would not be possible or healthy so it is very tricky to fairly determine a winner. Plus, the body can do strange things during weight loss and you can't have huge numbers every week. It does not mean you are not doing everything right but sometimes your body does what it wants.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 9:49 pm
adam was the only heavy one in his family EXCEPT his mom. I forgot how goodlooking his brother was. When i see a family of thin inshape people and one fat one, i see someone who always felt like the ugly duckling and didnt even try. I cant remember fredo's family. Seemed that most of the men had thin families. I know Rick the older guy who went home the other week did. His wife was almost painfully thin.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-28-2004
| Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:16 pm
The game play is probably the main reason I really don't find this show inspiring anymore. Its just another reality show.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-18-2004
| Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 3:27 pm
Agreed Nick. It's become more game play then losing weight and that's why some of them gain the weight back.
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Sarasmile
Member
02-09-2007
| Wednesday, November 03, 2010 - 6:50 am
Loved last night's show with the Marines. It really shook things up a bit! I like that they're trying different things - this epi took us out of the game play somewhat and showed us a different side to some of the contestants.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 03, 2010 - 7:10 am
Frado's gameplay finally came home to roost didn't it? It showed all of them how ill-prepared they are to come back to the real world where you have to make choices...obvously some of them were better at making the good choices than others. You can't simply use the excuse "we had no control over our food" and get away with it when Ada managed to lose 7 pounds, as did several others. It is all about choices people! Ada is now one of the smaller contestants but she is a BEAST! I'm sorry Anna paid the price for the black team's loss, but she does seem to cope better at home than she did on the ranch. Can Elizabeth go next? I'm so tired of seeing her fall out every time the going gets hard. Brendon freaked me out with that bald round head of his...it reminded me of the President in that old Kurt Russell movie "Escape from New York" - just a big pink head on a big body.
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Sarasmile
Member
02-09-2007
| Wednesday, November 03, 2010 - 7:40 am
Yes, please - Elizabeth can go next!
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, November 03, 2010 - 8:23 am
This show has fallen off my radar due to preemption from basketball and now the election over the past 2 weeks.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Thursday, November 04, 2010 - 3:23 am
I'm so tired of seeing her fall out every time the going gets hard. its called asthma. I dont understand why we arent seeing her using her inhaler. Jillian could have killed her during the First Episode. Those inhalers can cause the heart to just Race and Pound = increasing blood pressue. To continue exercising vigorously is to basically ask for a Sudden Death event. Elizabeth is still HUGE. you can see she is fighting for breathe by the way she holds her mouth. My family has asthmatics, i'm have asthma and I've seen people come into ER in full out respiratory Attacks --- sometimes dying. I dont think elizabeth is in good enough shape for this show. Camp Pembleton proved that. oh and as for the Buffet choices, i read something that said that there WAS small portion options and healthier choices. IF someone wanted to Give themselves Pork sausages and Bacon it was available, but no one was forcing them to eat it. fredo and that other guy that gained a lb... GAME play
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, November 04, 2010 - 6:37 pm
I didn't know she had asthma. I was worrying she could have a heart problem and was wondering if a doctor had checked her out thoroughly. I don't know if Fredo was once again playing the game this week. Apologizing beforehand, etc..kind of of fake. Also, if they lost they had an expendable person. Too bad once again the 3 women didn't go together to get one of the 3 men who are in an alliance on their team out...someone like Fredo perhaps. This show would be more fair if the person who lost the least was evicted. Stop the gameplaying. Next week, Fredo will be a big loser and safe...shock...not.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Friday, November 05, 2010 - 2:27 am
at some point every season I do this post. It would be EASY to screen for gameplay cheating. A simple urine test could show whether a person is waterlogging or whether they Didnt drink so they could be an extra lb lighter. either way, if this show was TRULY about health, they could eliminate cheating
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, November 05, 2010 - 7:05 am
I think these contestants are heavily screened for overriding health issues that would prevent them from participating in these vigorous exercises...I think Elizabeth has more of a mental issue with her asthma than a physical one...I don't know how to say it without it sounding weird, but I got the feeling that Jillian knows exactly how much her asthma can affect her and wants her to push past her mental barrier...I know that's confusing, but I don't think the people who screen these people for medical issues would have allowed Elizabeth on the show if she wasn't potentially healthy enough to participate. I'm not saying that Elizabeth is using her asthma as an excuse, but I think she gets panicked and thinks that she is going to be unable to do what she is doing and once that happens she triggers an asthma attack, whereas if she could just push past the panic then she would be able to go forward. Basically she psychs herself out.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Friday, November 05, 2010 - 9:01 am
I agree Roxip. I have seen this problem with a lot of health issues. Not just asthma. And she might get help on the show but I really wish she was long gone. Can't stand her damsel in distress schtick anymore.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 6:26 am
there are plenty of "experts" that feel asthma is Psycosomatic. in other words, they put it on when they feel stress. However, if it is exercise related, food related or Scent related asthma, it is NOT affected by emotion. Basically, if she requires an inhaler, a doctor has diagnosed her with asthma not hysteria. BUT then again, she was abused by the ex. She could have emotional issues on top of her asthma. It would be more obvious to jillian or Bob what is a legitimate problem and what is panicking
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 7:33 am
I'm not saying that she doesn't have asthma, and that she doesn't require medication...but I'm sure like so many other things that better health will improve her quality of life. I dated a guy once who, when he got stressed, had seizures. He never had a seizure disorder but that is how he was conditioned to react to stress (this was a very strange family...I think they lived for one of their family members to get disability!). It was very weird.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 7:42 pm
IMO, this show is losing it. Letting one person pick the pairs was a disaster. They're giving the contestants way too many opportunities to be gamers, and it takes away from the main reason they're supposed to be on the show. I don't care for it at all.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 12:12 am
I agree. It's bad when one of the contestants calls them out (Lisa) for doing it, and then they STILL go ahead and do it. It should be a disqualification or they should add some pounds or something! Not a fan of the "live Bob moment" either (for one thing he spoiled that it would be a man going). I like seeing the contestant's routine at home and also how much weight they lost (which they didn't do this time).
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Nanalinda
Member
08-06-2005
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 12:23 am
I missed the last 15 min or so of the show 2nite. Can someone plz tell me who was voted off & how much weight did the last pair of girls lose? Thanks
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 5:40 am
Jesse and Aaron were voted off. Jessica lost 12# Ada lost6# That's my recollection anyway.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 7:47 am
That sounds right to me.
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Knightpatti
Member
12-05-2001
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 8:28 am
so disappointed how last night's show played out!
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Chitchat58
Member
07-25-2008
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 9:21 am
Just starting watching this season a couple of weeks ago. Are Fredo and Brendon running the show? They seem to be in charge of the order of who goes home every week. I'm amazed at how different they are playing the game this year. It seems like the only incentive to lose weight is the money. It used to be about losing the weight in the beginning.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 10:44 am
Each year the producers introduce more and more crap into this show that "changes the game". They obviously WANT gameplay. For the first time, I put off even watching this show. I watched week one and then just saved the shows until the past weekend when I had a marathon of the next 5 shows. So I'm not as invested in it. From the very beginning, the various activities have pretty much put the guys in charge and so they remain. Could be the producers didn't want yet another female with a pink shirt to win.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 1:01 pm
I actually think a female (Ada) could possibly win, if she is given the chance. I think she saw the writing on the wall this week where she stands in the hierchy of the boy's alliance. Fredo and Patrick kind of started this alliance out and pulled in Brendon. I don't really know when Mark got really involved. Ada has kind of been the fourth person in that alliance but now she's on the out's. It will be interesting to see if they try to draw her back in this week. Glad Jessie called out Patrick last night.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 3:33 pm
I've not appreciated the way Fredo plays and Brendon either the last cpl wks. Now, throw Patrick in the mix. I liked Aaron & Jessie the best of the men and now they're both gone. It was not fair to Jessie at all. Jessica stepped up a notch to me. Being paired w/Ada was a good fix for her. Lisa and Elizabeth need to go home! I guess Ada, Jessica, & Mark are my choices for F3 at this point.
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