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The Biggest Loser, Face Off
 Posted by Trish Milburn Jan 18 2012, 12:05 am in The Biggest Loser, Trish Milburn, weight loss This week’s episode of The Biggest Loser tackled the excuse of “I don’t have time to eat healthy.” So of course they had a food temptation. Contestants were faced with a Chinese buffet. (Interesting tidbit: There are more than 41,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., more than McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King combined.) Whomever at the most calories got to decide the face-offs for the week and earn a 2-pound advantage at the weigh-in. By face-off, I mean that this week there would be two-person match-ups. They would compete against each other on the scale, and whoever won that match-up would earn a point for his or her team. The team with the most points at the end would win the weigh-in and not have to face the elimination room. The red team chose not to eat anything, but the black team decided that one person would eat two fortune cookies for a total of 60 calories. Cassandra stepped forward to eat them, and thus got to choose the match-ups: Nancy vs. Joe Megan vs. Buddy Kimmy vs. Gail Lauren vs. Jeremy Roy vs. Emily Mark vs. Chris Kim vs. Chism Conda vs. Cassandra The black team ended up a point down before they got anywhere near the scales because Joe quit the show, the first person to ever do that. He said he missed his family. Now I don’t know how I would react in that situation, but it seemed a squandered opportunity when so many people want to get on the show and change their lives. The other head-scratching moment of this week’s episode was Conda’s accusation that Cassandra cheated during a friendly challenge in the gym in which the trainers had the face-off pairs compete against each other in pop challenges. To settle the matter, Dolvett set up another challenge, which Cassandra also won. Conda seemed annoyed that she lost and continued to talk trash throughout the episode, even to Dolvett when he said he didn’t think she was giving it her all after her 3-pound loss this week. Bob went to visit the aqua team and took them to the gym for a workout. The teams competed in a challenge where they had to pump buckets of water and get them through an obstacle course. At the end, they poured the water over blocks of ice to melt it away to get a prize inside. The red team won video chats with their families. Despite the fact that Joe’s departure put his team in the hole, the black team pulled out a victory at the weigh-in. One person (Jeremy) got a double-digit loss with 11; Roy was the biggest loser on the red team and thus was safe from elimination; and Cassandra lost 8 pounds, ensuring that she is the biggest loser on the ranch so far. I was glad she won because her attitude seems so much more positive than Conda’s. When the red team went into the elimination room, I thought it would be either Conda (small loss and negative attitude) or Nancy (older and small losses, only 2 pounds this week) to go home. But in a surprising vote, Lauren was voted out. She didn’t see it coming either. But since coming to the ranch, she’s now lost 53 pounds and has run a half-marathon in under three hours. She hopes to run a full marathon next and wants to weigh 150 at the finale. I don’t know if it’s because it’s still early, or the contestants aren’t as big, or there aren’t really any standout personalities, but this season is off to a slow start for me. Anyone else feel this way? My favorite contestant after this week is Cassandra. We’ll see how I feel in the weeks to come.
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I enjoyed last night’s episode – probably because I quickly had someone to root for (Cassandra/black team) and root against (Conda/red team).
I did think the red team was a bit sanctimonious about not eating (which is probably more about me right now than them). I was a bit uncomfortable that the black team seemed to bully Cassandra to eat the fortune cookies when she started to have second thoughts after volunteering. The threat of having to compete against a loved one would have influenced me to eat in that situation most likely.
I wondered if Joe was looking for an excuse to quit – scared of the hard work, feelings coming up, etc. Seemed like a mistake.
I never saw Cassandra cheat. If anything, Conda was because she was nowhere near knees high or step high (when lifting it). That accusation seemed out of the blue, and Conda got uglier and less appealing as time went on. I wanted her voted off. She probably has issues, needs to learn how to handle her emotions, should talk to a counselor, but I flat out don’t like her at the moment.
I felt so sorry for Lauren when she was voted off. The action did not make sense (unless it was just singleton bias – which of course I’m not going to be for at all), and she was so shocked by it. I would have wanted to tell the folks on the team off. Her hugging them and wishing them well right before she left may show she is a better person than I am.
I’m just going to agree with everything you said. I’m always curious how I would feel if I saw everything that happened and wonder what we’re not seeing that leads to what feels like out-of-the-blue occurrences. I thought the Joe thing was a little odd when he said it was harder after his brother was voted out, especially since his brother said he wasn’t spending much time with him.
Ratings info from M. Berman:
Elsewhere, two hours of The Biggest Loser on NBC (4.3/ 7 from 8-10 p.m.) finished 19 percent below one year earlier (5.3/ 8 on 1/18/11) and could use a rest, no doubt. That led into Parenthood, which dropped to a third-place 3.7/ 6 at 10 p.m. As always, the variation between Parenthood and the competition will be smaller among adults 18-49. Here is the half-hour breakdown for The Biggest Loser:
The Biggest Loser (NBC)
8:00 p.m.: 4.3/ 7 (#4)
8:30 p.m.: 4.1/ 6 (#3t)
9:00 p.m.: 4.3/ 7 (#3)
9:30 p.m.: 4.5/ 7 (#2)
Joe wasn’t the first one to quit Biggest Loser. Remember Rulon? The Olympic wrestler from a couple seasons back? He quit, although it was toward the end, not the beginning. I wonder if Joe felt guilty about his brother, because he really didn’t bond with him like I think he brother had counted on. That is one family that deserves counseling. A toxic father wounded them, for sure.
I also agree with you both on all else.
It made me angry that Lauren was voted off. She did nothing to deserve that. I think they should have voted off the grandmother, who doesn’t seem like she is destined to ultimately stay the course. Good for Lauren that she’s done so well at home! I hope she wins the $100,000.
I do remember Rulon! I wonder how he is. I always wondered if he couldn’t deal with the emotional break through that was coming his way – Jillian knew how to push his buttons. If I remember correctly, his partner/relative (brother?) was doing wonderfully and had even started some fitness club in their Iowa town. He might have been able to help Rulon.
The grandmother did seem to have a bit of an attitude, but it was hard to notice after Conda unleashed hers.
Best wishes to Joe and his brother. Joe seemed to be depressed and regret his move a bit when he was at home. Hope they both are able to get better.
Once again, I missed the first episodes. I was thinking it started late in January. I really appreciate your commentary so I can catch up.
It seems to me the “winter” season usually has smaller numbers, as in the number of contestants and their weight.
Has anyone seen Jillian in her new Doctors show? I don’t even know when it’s on or what channel.
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