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The Biggest Loser: Head to Head Challenge
 Posted by Trish Milburn Feb 15 2012, 12:01 am in The Biggest Loser, Trish Milburn, weight loss This week’s twist on The Biggest Loser was that each trainer was to pick one person to go home from his team and to go with him/her. That person’s weight would be the only one to count for the team for the week. Bob chose Daphne and Dolvett chose Conda, setting up a head-to-head challenge between the two women who’d just had words the night before over Adrian going home. There is a wee part of me that wonders if the show runners set this up for drama’s sake. After Bob left, Chris complained to her black team that she felt betrayed by Bob not choosing her after she asked him after last week’s weigh-in for additional help. I think Jeremy had it right when he said that anyone left behind could have felt that way but they didn’t. None of them deserves special, extra help more than any of the others. I didn’t have a good feeling about the black team’s chances at the weigh-in when I saw their low energy level in the gym. The red team had just come off a week without Dolvett, so they knew what to do and had a good team workout leader in Kim. The black team didn’t seem to have that. Back in Michigan with Conda, we finally found out what happened in Conda’s past that set her on the path to being so defensive. While she was in high school, her parents split up what seemed like a happy family due to her father’s drug problems. Her mother told Dolvett that she believes Conda still hasn’t forgiven her father for that. Conda admitted that it’s the reason she and her brother, Jeremy, are so close, because they depended on each other during that difficult time. Even though she still rubs me the wrong way at times, I do see her beginning to change a little bit. Hopefully by the time the season is over, she will have dealt with more of her issues and set herself on a path to being a happier, healthier person. At the ranch, the challenge had the teams digging their way through sand under logs in order to be able to get all their teammates plus a heavy dummy under the series of logs to the finish line. At stake were letters from home and a 1-pound advantage for their player at the weigh-in. The red team won, giving Conda that advantage. The last-chance workouts had Conda working out with a high school girls basketball team and Daphne climbing the 103 floors of stairs in the Willis Tower (the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere) in under an hour. Yeah, I’m pretty sure I can’t do that. I loathe stairs. At the weigh-in, the red team won Conda another 1-pound advantage, making it an overall 2-pound advantage, by losing the higher percentage of weight. That was the dedication in the gym working for them. Mark lost 10, Kim and Roy both lost 9, and Buddy lost 7. The lowest loss was Kimmy’s with 4. On the black team, the highest loss of the on-ranch team was Chism’s 7. Lowest was Megan, also with a 4. My favorite moment though came when Cassandra hit her weekly goal of a 6-pound loss to make her total loss 50 pounds since coming to the ranch. She was so excited. I just like her a lot. For the portion of the weigh-in that counted, Daphne weighed first and lost 12 pounds. To beat her, Conda needed to lose more than 10 pounds. She came very close with a 10, at which point she started crying. As Daphne said, she was glad to win but it wasn’t good to see Conda cry. I had another head-scratching moment at the final vote. Despite the fact that Kimmy only lost 4 pounds and Roy lost 9 and in the long run can probably help the team the most, Roy was sent home. Those voting for him questioned his dedication and his mental place at this point in the game. I know he missed some portions of the workouts, but he still managed to pull a bigger number. Oh well, I’m not seeing everything that happens, so I don’t know the whole story. And I have nothing against Kimmy. She seems like a nice person. I just found the choice interesting. It seems that attitude matters more to the red team than loss numbers. What did you think of this week’s episode? Would you have kept Roy and voted someone else off? Do you think you could have climbed those 103 floors of stairs?
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I’ll confess I don’t watch but I DO read your updates! And I was hooked on the line: “It seems the attitude matters more to the red team than loss numbers.”
I say kudos to them! I truly believe weight loss is about health and long-term success has way more to do with attitude than the numbers on the scale!
I can’t imagine dropping 10 lbs in a week. I have 20 lbs left to go and the idea of losing that in 2-3 weeks is boggling! LOL
You make an excellent point, Donna. I totally agree. I just found it interesting within the confines of a show where surviving one more week on the ranch depends on those numbers. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I wish they did a reunion show at the finale like Survivor does, where we could hear the contestants talk about the things we didn’t see, their motivations, etc.
The red team has some negative group dynamics and alliances going on. I’m guessing that Kim is in with the “in crowd” and Roy was not. It is interesting and sad that the woman who gave the most to be a leader (Kim) lost the least. It may be a fluke, but it is thought-provoking.
Yeah, I’m not digging the dynamics on that team. Very negative vibe. Actually, Kim lost 9 pounds and was safe from the vote by having the highest percentage of weight loss on the red team. It was Kimmi (I know, it gets confusing) who had the 4-pound loss. Kim is the former pro wrestler, and Kimmi is the shorter lady who is probably in her 40s maybe 50.
Thanks for clarifying. As it’s probably clear to all, I did not see last night’s episode. I was celebrating Valentine’s Day with the fabulous boyfriend! How did your yummy, homecooked, healthy yet festive V-Day meal go?
Went well. And it was nice not to have to fight the crowds at a restaurant.
Trish, I had similar feelings as you did about Conda. It helped to understand more about the traumas of her life, but it wasn’t enough for me to like her (as she is portrayed on this show). I am mystified at the team loyalty towards her.
I hope the producers didn’t purposely portray the drama. I’m thrilled that Daphne won. It is a great vindication for her, but I’m not sure it has helped her assimilate with being on the ranch. And, from the previews, it looks like more drama involving her is coming.
This might be what some people like in reality TV, but it makes the show unpleasant for me to watch. I don’t like seeing people be nasty to each other.
As for Roy. He must have done something to be ousted from the group so thoroughly. I was surprised it wasn’t Kimmi. So was she, I think!
I was happy for Daphne, too, and I totally agree about the drama making the viewing unpleasant. It really takes away from the positive message I believe the show has offered in the past. I wonder if a drop in their ratings precipitated this new direction. I certainly don’t like it.