Ahhh temptation! Chit chatting over stuffed baked potatoes and all sorts of other junk.

I’m sorry, but the red team is seriously getting on my nerves. First they blast Jen and then claim they felt bad when she left? (Well, some did anyway. I think it was Kai and Heather who didn’t.)

Kim walked in to tell them about training at the beach all week, and the red team is sitting there looking like you literally threw them into the crevasses of the sofas. Let’s just say they were less than enthused and looked little like they’d even want to get on a treadmill at that point.

Blue team, however, clapped, “whoo!”-ed, and got all excited. Gah, I love Bob. These guys stood up, were excited, and pumped to do this.

Then Kenneth (red team) apparently got news that something was wrong back home - he called the CCU about his son. Critical care, probably due to an infection he got from a previous surgery, he thinks. Wow… I’m sorry but that had to be one of the most difficult things, and honestly was one of the things I was afraid of happening (with my parents, grandmother, something) had I made it to the show. This man decided to stay, work out, and try to get healthy for his family. The team got together and said a prayer, and everyone was crying, which I thought was sweet - for the most part. Hmm… Miss Heather. The biatch. Praying and crying for him. Crocodile tears, anyone? Grr I just don’t like her.

Kenneth says he stayed because he knew he needed to work through this by diverting his energy toward being healthy. Kudos, man… huge!

I about died when Bob lost the hubcap to his car… they’re filming them driving to the beach, and off it goes! Cool that they kept it in there I think.

I also caught Pam laying down on her belly when everyone else was doing the elbow raises. Grr. I think either she or Heather is my Suzy this year. For those of you who don’t know - I absolutely HATED Suzy and her little lispy baby talking whiny ass from last season. (And I think Matt sold himself short by dating/engaging/whatever her.)

Back to the beach…

So there were these sandcastles, see… and there were prizes inside, see… one was a chocolate candy with 175 calories, one was a carrot stick for 30, and the other? Well, the other was the grand glory of all glorious prizes, see… IMMUNITY.

Bob had told the blue team before they got there, “You play, you pay. ME!”

Dummy Pam wanted to go for it, and the team convinced her not to. The blue team also refused the temptation. Then? The Biggest Loser BBQ!

um. huh?

Okay, turkey burgers, salad with dark greens, fat free mayo… I’m down with that.

One thing I didn’t like is that they showed them eating and then going to sleep. I know, it’s time edited, but they need to clarify that sort of thing. Two shows in a row now they’ve done that.
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Adrian - North Dakota - one of the The Biggest Loser - AT HOME girls, broke down on her 3rd week, but has really poured all the weight off. She’s looking good, and was amazed at how many pants sizes she’d dropped in “like, a month” - very cool, chica - KEEP IT UP!!!

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In the morning, Bob got the blue team into Yoga. Mixed reviews from the team, but the red team did nothing but complain.

“Did I mention I hate yoga?” - Pam

“I never knew what this crap was until now.” - Nelson

Kim got pissed and drilled the hell out of them. Good.

“Yell at me? All it’s going to make me want to do is say ’shut the hell up’, it’s not going to make me want to work any harder.” - Kai

Un-freaking-real. These people have such an amazing opportunity, and not only did they lose last week’s weigh-in, they’re freaking whining over something like YOGA!?!? Damn…
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Ken - North Carolina TBL AT HOME: Rockin’ the weight loss, man! In the gym, with a trainer, and a hot green shirt that he gave us a before and after during in. AWESOME JOB!
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Challenge: Build sand hill until a member can climb and reach a flag suspended in the air.
Motivation: Winning team gets to open care packages from their families.

At that point, everyone burst into tears.

Balance: Team that wins picks the member of the blue team whose weigh in won’t count. Brian sat it out because of his knee (they had to pick one to sit out to balance the teams anyway).

LITERALLY LAUGHED OUT LOUD when Kenneth looked like he was humping the pile of sand in order to pack it down!!! They even had a “rear view” camera angle… was CRAZY!!

25 mins later - Blue team has a bigger pile, they’re trying to jump, but still too far away. I liked how the team mates laid up against the pile to prevent the sand from pushing out… great work on that.

40 minutes - still nothing. Red team is being bleeped out like no one’s business. “ing help us ing move the ing sand!” LOL
50 minutes - trying again. Marty from blue team is laughing at the thought. Nelson from the red team jumped and landed on Wylie… you hear Wylie screaming like something was broken - after commercial, he says he’s fine and they continue.
Over an hour later, they’re so freakin’ close. Red got it.

They were all bawling and exhausted, collapsing into each other’s arms, all while the blue team sat watching in despair.

The red team took turns showing off their care packages, it was sweet. Seriously so freakin’ sweet I couldn’t help tearing up… Even with Pam. It was especially hard with Kenneth, because of the photo of his son.

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John - Arizona TBL AT HOME - lost 80 pounds so far, and is the guy who found out he was diabetic as part of the show. The results from his tests since he left the ranch that day say he’s now a “diet controlled diabetic” and the doctor is very impressed and he about broke down too. That’s awesome… flat out, awesome!

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Bob took the blue team to work out their anger in the gym - I think that was awesome. Taking your anger, sorrow, sadness, all that out in the form of exercise is such a healthy thing I think!

Later, everyone pulled out their goal outfits and talked about them. Some of my favorite quotes from that?

“Fat girls in stilleto heels? It’s not good, you look like you’re drilling for oil. g-duhn, g-duhn, g-duhn” - Kai

“There’s this lady, and she has a secret, and I’ve never been able to shop there.” - Melinda

“My wedding ring. And that’s all I’m going to say.” - Brian

Last chance workout, they were slammin’ on the elipticals. I can’t hang on those damn things for 2 minutes, much less pump them out like they were!

Weigh In:

Red team chose Eric to be the one whose weigh in doesn’t count toward the total. Their logic made sense, and he was flattered by it but wished he could contribute to what the team lost as a whole. He went from 391 to 375 - 16 lbs gone.

(His face reminds me of the late Chris Penn…)

They weighed the whole blue team first.

Marty lost 16 lbs too, so that really boosted up the blue team’s emotions. Too cool.
Amy - down 8 lbs.

Red team did NOT look happy. Not at ALL.

Melinda - down 4
Tiffany - down 7
Red team members are praying.

Brian - down 8
Bobby - down 12! Gotta love the fireman!
Team total, even without Eric: 55 lbs gone! 3.34%

On to the red team: They need to lose 57 lbs in order to win.

Pam - down 6 (hmm. if you’re the smallest loser, they should dump you. like you did Jennifer for that reason.)
Heather - down 8 (bitch.)
Nelson - down 15 (amazing for a man who never knew what yoga was, ain’t it?)
(Is it just me, or is it sick of them to air a commercial talking about “body envy” and have it be for Herbal Essence shampoo? Just twisted.)

Kai - down 12 (this from a girl who doesn’t like being yelled at. look what it did for you, dummy!)
Wylie - down 18!

They won the weigh in at this point, without even getting to Kenneth.

Kenneth - 20 down. Holy shit. He talked about his son, cried, broke my heart. Holy shit. How freaking awesome that was.

Red team total: 79 pounds gone, 4.6%

I’m so upset. I don’t like the red team. Dammit. Marty got the immunity for elimination though, because he was the biggest loser on the team this week.

“Honestly, it was nice to knock the blue team down a notch or two. I think they were getting a little cocky.” - Pam (uber bitch.)
Elimination:

I really love the things Brian said about going forward and how if it’s him, he wants them to pray for him but know he’ll be okay and that he’ll be praying for them. If it’s someone else, for them to know that everyone there will be praying for them. These people all got super emotional and talked about how much they really loved each other and were inspired by each other.

Vote tallies:

Tiffany - 4
Melinda - 1

Everyone said that they did it because she was the strongest - she could do it on her own at home because they have faith in her. This one was really sad, and everyone was talking about how she’s still going to do it.

After the show - Tiffany’s gone up and down, but has lost a total of 33 pounds. She’s made healthy changes, which is a start. Her goal is to lose 50 more. You can do it, girl!

Next week? The Biggest Loser contestants go on a cruise, and they play the crew. The passengers? Their families. Oh god, another tear-jerker show!!!

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I know this was a long post, and I can’t help it. I love this show so much, I want to convince people who aren’t watching to do so. It’s really amazing…

Again, as it’s so obvious, I’m not cool with the red team. I’ve always been partial to Bob, and I think it’s for good reason that I prefer his team members more than those on the “nasty” crew. I think it’s the way he works with them that makes them behave in such a positive and appealing way. I love the blue team, baby!!!

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