Peace and Fitness

Tears on my Pillow or…I’ll Miss you, Sam!

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Some mornings I wonder what I will blog about.  This morning I wish I had time to blog about TOO many things!  My gardenia bush is filled with blooms and this morning the first one opened.  The smell of gardenias makes me high and I can believe how many of them I am going to have this month–just another reason I love the warmer months.  I have also gotten back in my swimming pool as of this past weekend.  Once I get in for the season, I like to try and get in at least every other day and do some laps as well as just float and let my muscles relax after a long day, a long week…a long winter!  Mitch came home with 2 new floats yesterday, so I will definitely be doing some relaxing of the body and mind on those.

But alas, today is the day after BL, and more specifically, the much anticipated make-over episode.  Can I say holy fn sh*t on my own blog?  I think I can.  The contestants looked fantastic and this was THE best make-over episode that I can remember.  I loved the texts and emails I got during the show last night!  Sam, Koli, Daris, Sunshine, Michael and Ashley ALL looked amazing.  Sunshine looked so incredibly stunning and exotic.  Daris totally blew me away with his new look.  Koli looked a little like Clark Kent with the glasses on.  Michael looked great without all the hair, but I was sad that he had to be alone shopping, still in the Big and Tall man’s shop.  Having lost just short of 200 pounds, he cannot lose sight of how far he has come!  Ashely is a beautiful woman and I was relieved to see that I was wrong about them changing her hair color!  She was beaming…and Sam.  What can I say about Sam?  He is gorgeous, sexy, totally built and reminds me of The Rock (of wrestling and movie fame).

The challenge was a good one, but all that work for a one pound advantage??? Like Mitch said, couldn’t it be a one pound advantage AND 10,000 bucks or something?  2 and half hours on jacob’s ladder to hell and all Koli got was a one pound advantage?  Well, I shouldn’t say that because he and Daris (who just gave up at that point) must have burned an enormous amount of calories during that challenge as they both had great numbers at the weigh in.  Clearly Koli did NOT need the advantage pound.

I was really excited for Ashely who lost double digits last night.  The weigh in did not go nearly as well for Michael and Sam who were both below the yellow line.  I watched the elimination with very mixed emotions.  Dreading the week Sam would finally have to go home (because he is so THERE in his weight loss journey but I didn’t want to see him leave) I hated to think of Michael, who still has a good 100 pounds left to lose, home doing this on his own, yet.  I think it would have hurt his self-esteem and sabotaged his efforts.  In the end the contestants really did have to place themselves first and they sent the very strong competitor, Sam home.

Seeing him walking into the apartment he now shares with his new love and fellow contestant, Stephanie, was very touching.  Talk about lives being changed at the ranch!  I would imagine there is a very special bond between two people who meet in such extreme circumstances as they did.  They both looked incredible running and working out on the beaches of California and I can’t wait to see them again at the finale.

I no longer have a favorite left on the show.  Koli showed a side I don’t love in the past few weeks.  Sunshine is beautiful but I find she cries way too much.  Daris is great and I would love to see him go all the way, but after giving up last night after he was soooooooooo close, I don’t know.  Ashely would make a good winner and still has a good amount of weight to lose in the final time at home.  Same goes for Michael, who makes us all a little crazy, but I did love him week 1 and picked him as my ” first instinct,” winner.  Time will tell.

Happy Cinco de Mayo.  Every day really is a holiday!

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  1. Ted and I were totally amazed at the makeover last night. I still have visions of all the contestants and how fabulous they look. I had to hold back the tears as they flashed back to the beginning of the show when they were so heavy and out of shape. This show should be so motivating to people everywhere.

    The challenge was really grueling and my heart went out to Daris. He and Koli are like lean machines. I cannot believe that they were on that ladder for 2 and a half hours.

    I was so pleased with the show last night. I loved the makeover, but I agree with you about Michael. My heart sank as he went shopping, alone. I was rooting for Michael the entire time, but now my heart is swaying a bit. I am not really sure who I want to be the BL. I have become attached to all of them…..expecially Daris!!!

    • Rita…i thought about you and how this was your “virgin” makeover show with regard to BL and i KNEW you would just be loving it!!!! i ditto all your sentiments!

  2. OK – Got really busy at work yesterday and never had a chance to post here, but I really want to add my 2 cents.

    Having been an obese person for most of my life, I watch BL with a different perspective than most of you.

    RE: The Jacob’s Ladder Challenge. You have no idea how much your self esteem and confidence suffer from being fat. These people have only been at the ranch for 16 weeks! They’ve been fat for many many years! 16 weeks is NOT enough time to make a complete journey – be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. I didn’t find it surprising that Daris quit. I didn’t think it indicated a character flaw on his part either. It just shows how short 16 weeks really is. Although they’ve all made incredible progress, I think it’s unrealistic and overly judgemental to find him lacking in some way. He reassessed a situation and decided (rightly so – IMO) that the pay off was not worth any more of his time and effort. Doesn’t mean he believes HE HIMSELF is not worth the time and effort – just that particular challenge.

    He absolutely showed what he’s made of in the Last Chance Workout when he fell of the TM (running 12 MPH!) got right back on and finished the sprint. Did you hear Bob say that he didn’t think he or Jillian were capable of doing the workout they had Daris do? I saw Daris’s strength (more than Koli’s) during that challenge! I say go Daris – Win the whole thing – You can do it!

    • I love it, Carol, when you add your 2 cents!! I value your input so much, coming from a place where you can much better relate to what these people are going thru! And like i said, it would have been much more motivating to stay on that thing endlessly if there was more than a single pound advantage as the payoff….sometimes you have to be soft to be strong…maybe that’s where daris soars above koli….great points carol…thank you–i wish everyone would put their 2 cents in, but I know a lot of people would rather just read and not respond…there is a place for all of us 🙂

      Rita…I will check out the video as I am sure others will, as well….

      Carole, the friend that passed away yesterday is actually part of the gruber crowd from brookyln–if THIS does not put some perspective on things for gruber, i don’t know what will!!!! The last time Mitch and I saw this guy Barry was a couple of years ago at a party given for Michael in honor of his life, while he was still here to enjoy it….he just may outlive everyone else!

      Carole and all…coincidently, without Lisa having read the blog yet today, I just got a picture of her and another friend, Alice, enjoying a cocktail somewhere with a lot of atmosphere in the background…they are both wearing those funny pods that open up and people stick on their noses (i think we used to call them Pinocci-nose or something)–they are in the midst of living this very day as if it were their last…GOTTA LOVE IT!!! One of these days I will add photos to this site…oxox all