Yayness! The two hour premiere of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” starts in 30 minutes, folks! Stay tuned for “liveblogging” of the show!

If you’re not familiar with liveblogging, basically I’ll be writing about the show as it happens, and republishing this very post at every commercial break. I encourage you all to do your own liveblogging in the comments section and carry on interactive conversations as we go along!

At the end of the show, I’d love to have a little “recap” chat with you all here in the comments, so stick around, and get started early! ;)

(In the meantime, check out my recaps of last season: The Biggest Loser - Season 3)

First liveblogging entry begins at 8:00pm EST (Understand that this post will inevitably include “spoilers” if you’re in another time zone! I take no responsibility for ruining anything for you! LOL)

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“America’s weight loss show is back, and this year, it’s bigger than ever!”

The biggest surprise this year is the third team, the black team, trained by none other than JILLIAN MICHAELS! I’m so psyched for this - she looks like she’s doing this “torturous boot camp style” - off campus.

We’ve got a paramedic, a 62 year old grandfather, and a single mom whose life was devastated by Katrina. These contestants look bigger than ever before, especially the women. (Might be why I didn’t make it on this year - they all look shorter and larger than me, and I’d heard a rumor they were going for that this year.)

Tempers look like they’re going to flare up quite a bit, and we’ve got some puking and screaming and straining. It’s gonna be great, gang!

Oh, and this year, we’ve got no Caroline Rhea - instead she’s been replaced with “Sammy” from Days of Our Lives (whose character I hate!) Alison Sweeney - who has actually experienced weight issues and she’s overcome them (unlike Ms. Rhea)

First round of contestants:

Neil, 25, Chemical Engineer
Hollie, 28, Teacher
Patty, 34, Senior Loan Officer
Bill, 40, Financial Planner (with his twin brother)
Bryan, 29, Music Teacher
David, 31, Cowboy/Rancher
Jerry, 62, IT/Project Manager

Alison talks about her experiences, and how she’s really honored and excited to be here.

Nabisco sponsors the $250,000 prize this year. No more Jell-O!

Bob and Kim jump from a plane to land in the desert, and the contestants have to race to meet them. The first who reaches Bob is captain of the blue team, and who reaches Kim is captain of the red team. Alison tells them that the captains pick the teams, but 6 of them will not be picked. Already people are freaking out (we fans know better - they go with Jillian). The only way to guarantee a spot is to be the first to reach either Bob or Kim.

We watch Kim jump, and they play over her explaining that she’s not the new kid on the block any more. “Red team has no idea what’s in store for them.”

Bob jumps, and the voice-over talks about how he’s going to be tougher than ever, and that he “will be there every single step of the way”.

Damned Emergency Broadcasing bulletin… and it mutes out the end of the segment as they begin the race to find Bob and Kim…

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It seems to be about a mile run out to find Bob and Kim. It’s embarrassment time - they show all the fat people running through the desert, and then show them walking… Jerry flies past a couple people. Kim yells to them to keep coming, “RUN!!”

A couple of them have the right attitude - they don’t care if they’re not first, but they’re going to keep going because they want to show whoever the captain is that they’d be a good team member by not giving up.

Bob yells out some encouragement, but he can’t even believe they had these overweight people running through the desert. Jerry’s in the lead, and is NOT giving up. There’s something to say about age and determination! Jerry is now the Blue team captain. (I’d have run to Bob first too.)

Phil makes it to Kim… but they all make it. One guy takes a girl’s hand and encourages her to keep going with him.

Amber, 30, Paramedic - cries the whole rest of the way, she was last. Everyone goes out and gets her… OMG… alright, my first teary moment of the season!

Everyone’s going to the “Last Chance Diner” - and ooooh, “Six people are going home…” LOL

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Last Chance Diner - in the desert.

Everyone’s sharing their personal stories. One woman used to be a size 5/6, and now appears to be in the very high 200’s.

Another woman talks about her wedding photos in her husband’s office, and how she won’t go to his office holiday party because she doesn’t look like that anymore.

One woman is the only overweight member in her family - she’s 21. One of her goals is to run a road race with her family because she never has been able to.

The woman who suffered in Katrina says, “I have thought that I would’ve been better off having ‘went with the house’.” *sniffle* :(

Some of these people are over confident. Others are tugging on the strings of the bleeding heart captains (not to say they’re insincere).

Jerry (blue) picks first - Kae - 27, ex-US Army private.
Phil picks next - Bryan - 29, Music Teacher.
Jerry picks - Neil - 25, Chemical Engineer
Phil picks - Amber - 30, Paramedic (the one who was last)
Jerry - Patty
Phil - Amy - 28, First Grade Teacher
Jerry - Nicole
Phil - David

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Personally? I hope all the egotistical people wind up with Jillian so she kicks their hineys. LOL

Last two picks for each team…

Jerry - Ryan - 29, Lawyer
Phil - Leslie - 34, Paralegal Katrina victim

The reactions of the remaining six are priceless. I don’t know if I’m really happy to know in advance their fate. I think NBC could’ve made it more interesting for the audience by NOT telling us about Jillian at all. I mean, there are plenty of ways they could’ve eluded but not told us flat out what’s going to happen.

The twins are going to Jillian together!

Blue and Red teams are getting on the bus - Bob points to the “leftovers” saying he wants to see them thin at the finale. Unreal… LOL

The rest are kind of laughing out of emotional distress… “I still feel like the fat kid in line at gym class.”

I already don’t like Hollie… “They didn’t pick me because they feel I would’ve eventually been a threat.” UGH.

Jim, 40, Police officer - omg I love him. Love his accent. Eeep, he’s gonna be a HOT cop!

These people are killing me… crying, “why not me?” :( What torture!

Alison says goodbye… and here comes the masked bike rider! She passes the bus…

This rocks, do you guys agree or what? THIS TOTALLY ROCKS!

The “leftovers” are walking back into the diner… and Jillian pulls up, Julie says “Who’s that? Oh my god… Oh my god… Please tell me that’s Jillian!”

They’re all freaking out, and smiling, and holy crap this is emotional! “Black is where it’s at!”

I think I’m going to actually love Jillian this time around…

In two weeks, the black team will re-enter the game. Jillian’s hoping to “wipe the floor with Bob and Kim.”

Red and Blue team pull up to Alison at the Biggest Loser campus - no frills, no ranch, no comfy beds. WOW!

Changing for the first weigh-in… everyone’s talking about how they’re dreading it, some haven’t been on a scale in years.

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Weigh In

Phil - Red team captain - 403
Amber - 295
David - 368
Leslie - 255 (closest to me so far)
Bryan - 346
Amy - 297

Jerry - Blue team captain - 297
Kae - 225
Ryan - 374
Patty - 280
Nicole - 279
Neil - 421

For weights, they’re pretty balanced. Some are tied but of different sexes, but they pretty much average out to make even teams.

Bob and Kim talk about how emotional it was to watch these people be ashamed…

Jillian’s already having the black team flip monster truck tires across the desert.

Jillian: “Beatings, beatings, beatings, beatings… and more beatings.”

She’s reallllly beating this into them, too!

No excuses, they need to do it, no saying, “I’m sorry” - everyone suffers when someone says that, 20 jumping jacks with huge sandbags over their heads.

Now they’re flipping the tires back and forth.
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Blue team - Bob puts them on a incline of 5 to START out. He says his workouts are hard because he wants them to remember what it takes to basically burn off a supersized big mac meal.

He then ups them to an incline of 10.

Kim has the red team holding “plank” position for what feels like hours to them. Then they jog, then they do pushup steps (pushup, move to the side without standing, repeat).

Amber wants to go home already - but Kim knows that she’s just going to have to spend more time with her, encouraging her. She’s sensitive and feeling bad about being last to finish the race on the desert, and now here during workouts.

Bob talks about nutrition with the blue team. Going over everything, carbs early in the day, protein later. He pushes “Wrigley’s Extra gum” instead of eating when you’re craving something - the “chew factor”.

They’re reading books, drinking water, and eating protein. “If it had a mother, it’s protein.” I love Bob!

Kim talks about balance. Carbs, protein, fat. Tells the team their bodies are toxic right now, and they need to work hard on balance.

Team surprises: they get blindfolded and are following each other in a line to some surprise. No one knows what to expect. They take off their blindfolds, and we go to…

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We go to tables of junk food. Tables with contestant names, and loaded with what each of them had consumed in a week. It was REALITY CHECK TIME.

Cutting one soda a day = a weight loss of 8 lbs. in a year.

Kim dumps everything on the floor, bob starts trashing the food, Kim grabs something really fatty and gross, squishes it between her fingers and asks if they want that in their arteries. Bob says that all the food’s gone, forever.

MUCH better than giving them a chance to eat it like they’ve done before!

Black team is training HARD. I mean, I’m reallllly glad I’m not there on Jillian’s team! LOL They’re pulling each other with straps, screaming in pain, calling Jillian psychotic, crying…

Hollie says, “I’m getting there. I’m getting stronger.” in between tears. But now she is starting to believe in herself.

Jillian’s looking to get her team REVENGE. SWEET REVENGE.

Red and Blue at the airport.

Goals - to lose 125 lbs, 150, 180, 220… that weight, is excess baggage. :)

Challenge

Bags have their excess baggage (weight totaling the amount each player wants to lose - their goal) in them. The first team to load up their bags and cross the finish line wins. But it’s not the baggage they have to move across the line. It’s the airplane!

Letters from home for the winning team.

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Blue team’s ahead - Amber from Red falls.

No one’s running anymore… blue team is slow and steady but they’re working together in a line and getting loaded up.

Blue team’s at the front of the rope, door’s closing, and they’re pulling the plane. Red team’s still loading plane, and then start pulling. No one’s moving their planes…

Red team get’s theirs rolling first, taking the lead. Their plane is moving fast. Blue team is just NOT budging.

Red team wins by the entire length. Blue’s plane NEVER moved. I don’t know if they just had the wrong people at the back trying to get the wheels moving or what… weird!

Red team gets their letters from home. Blue team is thoroughly upset… maybe this will get them to bust a little more booty from now on. All of the red team is crying and laughing and reading out their letters.

Red team does a cheer… “One. Two. Three. LIVE!” I love it…

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(Incidentally - I had a little panic attack here… the power went out for a few minutes! I was freaking… LOL But all is back on and we’re back on track now (obviously) so it’s all good!)

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When Kim wears camoflauge, it’s time for the last chance workout.
Bob’s got them really doing a slow, intense workout. Red team is kicking butt.

Jerry’s so cute - repeating “Age is only a number.” over and over again while on the elliptical. Patty threw up “like a man”.

Weigh In

RED TEAM
Bryan - already looking better - 331 (15 down!)
Leslie - 246 (9)
Amy - 287 (10)
David - 348 (20!!!)
Amber - 288 (7)
Phil - 377 (26!!!!!!!)

Total: 87 pounds lost (4.43%)

BLUE TEAM
Patty - 267 (13)
Ryan - 359 (15)
Nicole - 271 (8)
Neil - 399 (22) - broke out of 400’s!

We check out the black team’s weigh in on NBC.com… (video on lower half of the page)

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Kae - 205 (20!!!) - unHEARD OF for a woman! Bob cried… this is amazing!
Jerry - 266 (31!!!!!!!!) - okay, I’ll say it… HOLY SHIT! This man is 62 years old!

Total: 109 pounds lost ()

Red Team - Phil can’t be voted off this week, since he was the team’s biggest loser.

Amber’s letting people down. She’s getting verbally beat down by the rest of the team, and saying that she’ll give 100%. Kim’s bawling… “This is your life here!”

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Red team comes to the elimination room.

Leslie - “Given different surroundings, I hope they succeed.” - Amber
Amber - “I’ve learned a lot this week. This is a competition.” - Leslie
Amy - Amber
David - Amber
Phil - “The comfort level just isn’t right here.” - Amber

That’s it - she’s done.

It’s always hard to watch the first person go… it always seems to be a personality conflict that makes the decision for the team. As of now, she’s dropped 65 pounds… a way to go, but she’s doing very well. This is approximately 3-5 months right now, since she left campus, so to lose that much in that short a time is still really great. She’s gone from a size 28 to an 18, and hopes to be a 10 by the finale.

Next week: The black team comes to campus, Kim pulls the “Ugh, no way, I can’t believe she’s back!” jealousy move… cute, Kim… cute!

So what do you all think so far? All in all, I think this season’s going to kick a TON of ass! :)

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