The Dreaded Red (Line) and Another Love Story

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL

This week, week 8, the Biggest Loser contestants had a chance to all win immunity if, as a team, they lost 70 pounds.  Sounds like a crazy number, but then came the ops to lower that number.  Enter “the kids,” who were asked 5 questions regarding nutrition.  Each correct answer took one pound off of the 70.  The kids did well, getting 4 out of the 5 questions correct.  Next the kids had a chance to earn more pounds off for the contestants by performing some physical challenges, as they did in the beginning of the season, trying to beat their earlier numbers/times.  Thankfully, they all did better than they did 8 weeks ago.  Good thing! Now the goal for immunity is 61 pounds.  Still a lot for 8 people, 4 of them female.

In the gym, emotions run high as they often do by this time of the season.  Gina can’t handle Joe and she walks off (again) but Dolvett brings her back and gives her her own space away from Joe.  Joe is pissed she gets a personal trainer.  Jillian has a melt down when she asks Alex to run for 5 minutes on the treadmill and she can’t.  Jill asks Gina to do it and Gina tells Jill to leave her alone, which doesn’t fly well with Jillian who asks Gina to leave and then starts yelling at Bob and Dolvett.  She keeps screaming that this behavior is unacceptable and as much as I relate to what Jillian is ranting about, I think she handled the whole thing unacceptably!  All I could keep thinking was “hello, Jillian—YOU are the trainer who has only 1 contestant left from your original team….”  Maybe running for 5 minutes isn’t everything!

The challenge takes place on Long Beach and it’s a digging challenge.  Teamwork.  If they find all the green arrows and get them to the finish line in 30 minutes they can shave another 10 pounds off of their goal number.  Blah blah blah, Gina isn’t a team player, but somehow they pull it off with 4 seconds left.  Now they need to lose 51 pounds, much more realistic.

Jared of Subway diet fame stops by to bring the contestants lunch.  This part always just cracks me up, especially since I remember being told that Jillian makes them spit out the Subway after they take a bite…Just because you can lose weight a certain way (cutting calories) doesn’t mean it’s healthy or smart, but Jared tells the contestants that Subway saved his life and since it’s been 15 years since he lost all the weight, who am I to question?!?!  And….the winner of this season will be appearing in a Subway commercial with Jared.

I admit to missing most of the last chance workout, so I am not sure how that whole rope building,  team building thing went, but next was the weigh in.  The numbers were all pretty low for the show, but still great for anyone else!  Danni lost the most, 7 pounds and entered ONEderland!  YAY!!!!  She has such potential to be THE Biggest Loser.  Joe looks great down another 6 pounds and looking like the athlete he once was.  My boy, Jackson, pulled a 5 and was very happy with that.  Alex, 3…Jeff, 4….Gina,4…and Francelina is last to weigh in.  We already know that she and Jeff have gotten very close and now if she loses more than 2 pounds, that will send him home—2 or less, and she goes home.  She puts up a 2 and falls below the dreaded red line and is sent home.  At home we see she has also entered ONEderland, and tells us that while she and Jeff got close on the ranch, they have actually become a couple since her elimination.  Another love match made on the ranch where losers are always winners.

I gotta admit…I really miss some of my old favorites.  Hannah and Olivia.  Sam and Stephanie (who are expecting their first child) and Ali who I wonder about as we haven’t seen much of her.  Actually, we haven’t seen much of any of the old timers.  Makes me wonder.  Maybe Jared has the right idea….