Reality TV

The Biggest Loser Season 7 – January 27, 2009

I think Bob’s Team was in shock that Joelle was still on campus…but now they just have to work harder to stay above that yellow line.

Now while all the contestants (well maybe not Joelle) loves to be on campus, Blaine was really wanting to be at home to see his wife give birth to their fourth child…Alison surprised Blaine with the opportunity to go home…Blaine got to see the new addition of his family, a son, come into this world…an added motivator for Blaine to become healthy.

In honor of it being Super Bowl Week at The Ranch, Alison gathered all the players to have a healthy tailgate party with the help of Chef Curtis Stone. I smell a contest grilling…each contestant had to decide how many calories were in each plate of food…the winner got to send Curtis to their at-home teammate to learn how to cook healthy. Daniel won the contest, and was able to send Curtis to North Carolina to visit David. A secondary prize…Daniel got a free two-pound pass at the next weigh in.

I think David really needed this prize…as we all saw over the past weeks at home, David was still patronizing his favorite buffet, and continuing his unhealthy eating lifestyle. After Curtis’ arrival in North Carolina he helped David, from grocery shopping, down to preparing the food…David found out how easy & tasty healthy food can be to prepare and eat.

Following the Super Bowl theme, contestants faced off on the field with the help of NFL MVP Kurt Warner…the prize was immunity…it came down to Helen and Joelle, but Helen picked up her game to ensure that her daughter, Shanon would be returning to the ranch.

The workouts this week seemed smooth for almost everyone, even Joelle was giving it her all…but Daniel had it hard…and fears were setting in, but Daniel was able to achieve great things when he ran for 5 minutes straight at 5mph…Jillian’s team cheered him on to a personal victory!

One of the most important weigh-ins…this single weigh-in determined what teammates would be returning to the ranch. Another surprise came, as the at-home teammates entered the gym prior to weigh-in, but one of the would not be here for long.

The numbers were in…this week just sucked…really…two of the youngest players (Mike & Daniel) were both below the yellow line with their teammates. I really felt so bad for Daniel because his partner, David, was not motivated to be at the ranch, and was content in eating himself to death. In the back of my mind I am wishing that Daniel & Carla were partners…two of the largest contestants on the biggest loser who really wanted to lose weight.

It was sad, but I knew that Daniel was going to be going home…I wish more people voting had the mentality that Tara did…she was pissed at Dave…doesn’t he realize that 250,000 people tried out to be here, and Daniel needs this, David needs this, and Tara wants him to be here…David just doesn’t get it, but Tara wanted to make him get it…the experience is amazing.

To recap, Daniel lost 60lbs in 4 weeks, was able to stop taking his oral diabetes medicine, and at the point others were leaving the ranch, he had already lost 101lbs…maybe we will see a new record for The Biggest Loser. David only lost 46 lbs, and kick smoking.