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The Biggest Loser Couples Recap / Review for March 10 2009:  This episode was possibly the best episode ever produced!  Being a long-time fan this episode had it all.  The ups and downs of the elimination vote, betrayal, mutiny and revolt by team member against their trainer combined with tears, sacrifice and betrayal.  This was by far one of the most exciting episodes ever and that is the opinion of so many of us here at I Choose Thin.com.

The show started off with a very brief recap of last week’s episode and then went right into the weigh-in where it was all left off at last week.  The scene quickly showed Mike on the scale and Alison Sweeney telling the world that he had to lose more than nine (9) pounds to ensure that all were safe from elimination.  The scale quickly revealed that Mike lost eleven (11) pounds and everyone was safe and nobody had to go home.  Ron, the Dad of Mike, walked up to Mike and gave him a big hug and told him how proud he was of him.  There were tears in Ron’s eyes and the openness of emotions revealed a deep bond between father and son.  Allison told Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels they had to leave as the teams had something to do.

Sensa Weight Loss System

Allison informed the players that week # 10 was starting right then and there and that the rules for that week were changing.  This week the players were going to only compete against one player from the opposing team.  Those players would compete head to head and the overall team that had the most wins would be safe from elimination.  The twist was that there was going to be a challenge that would decide who would get to choose what those teams would be.

The challenge to decide who would have the power to pick teams, had the players compete doing what is referred to as “wall sitting.”  The competing players had to sit with their backs against the wall, without a chair.  In this position a ball about the size of a volley ball was placed on their thighs.  The players that dropped their ball, would be eliminated.  On The Black Team Helene and Sione sat out the challenge to ensure the team sizes were even.  The results of this challenge were as follows:
Ron lasted a mere 23 seconds because of his ongoing issue with his knee.  Cathy went down next followed closely by Aubrey, at the 2 minute mark.  At this point the only players that were out of it were The Blue Team members.  Mandi was the only one left for The Blue Team and then Mike and Laura were out which left it against Mandi and Tara.  The two were trying their very best when Mandi just gave out and fell.  It was less than one second later that Tara fell to the floor.  With Tara winning the competition she was the one to decide who would be facing off each other for the weigh-in.  Tara was so weak from her efforts that she could not even stand.

With Tara getting to choose the players that would face off one another the game offered tremendous interest to the viewers.  Tara received no help from her team as to what choices were to be made.  The choices were hers, and hers alone.  She even stated how much pressure there was on her because if her team lost, it would have been her fault, as she picked the teams.  The teams that she chose were as follows:

BLACK               vs.                    BLUE
Mike                                              Cathy
Sionne                                          Mandy
Filipe                                            Kristin
Helen                                            Ron
Laura                                            Aubrey

After the teams were chosen, the amount of trash talk by The Black Team was pretty loud.  The Black Team made many, many statements about how bad they were going to beat The Blue Team.  Kristin told the camera that The Black Team was sending someone home this week.  With this scene over the commercial break began.

When the commercial was over Bob Harper was seen looking over the shoulders at his players and striking up a discussion about how important fiber was in their diet.  This was one of those paid advertisements that are built into the show to get you to purchase a specific product.  In this commercial Bob was pushing fiber one barsbecause of how much fiber they contained.  Gosh, how we hate those things, but we did hear someone in our audience say “we should go but them and see how they taste.”

Once that online commercial was over and the show really started Bob was talking about how the new match ups were going to pan out.  Jillian too was quickly commenting about the new game rules and Bob then told Aubrey to “wipe the floor with Sione.”  Jillian then faced the camera and was afraid her team was “too cocky and complacent.”

The scene shifted to the players working out in The Biggest Loser gym and Helen said “Jillian killed us, she really killed us.”  As all of the scenes went by it was obvious that Jillian was not giving any time to train Filipe.  Filipe then looked in the camera and stated Jillian trained all of his teammates and she never gave him, his time.  He spent well over two hours on the treadmill and then Jillian just left.  The camera showed Jillian outside the building chatting with some people and Filipe alone in the gym.  His frustration level was getting very high, but that paled in comparison to his anger and contempt for Jillian.  Filipe even stated that “Jillian was ignoring me, Jillian walked out and never worked out with me.  That is bullcrap, when I was on Bob’s side he never gave up on me.”

Day #4 was the opening script on the next scene and there was everyone showing up at 24 Hour Fitness for their next challenge.  It was an off campus challenge that had 4 parts to the competition.  The winning team was going to win 24 hours of luxury. 

The challenge consisted of having to move twenty four, six pound medicine balls (they had handles) all around the building.  It started off with Ron and Filipe in a swimming pool.  All the balls had to go from one side of the pool to the other.  While Filipe swam, Ron walked.  Filipe quickly gained a large lead which was followed up with the next phase pitting Sione against Cathy.  They had to carry the balls up a large flight of stairs.  With this phase The Black Team still commanded a winning and large lead.  During the third phase of the challenge it was Mandi against Tara.  Mandi was catching up and they were seen crawling under bars of varying height.  The fourth phase had The Blue Team still in the rear pitted against Helen and Aubrey.  They had to run a fairly long distance and do 24 squat thrusts holding the balls over their heads, for each set of balls they carried.  The scene led the viewers to believe the competition was closer than it really was, but the end result was a win by The Black Team.  The win was really astounding as it was not even close as you saw Aubrey heading back for more balls when Helen claimed victory.  The Black Team won the 24 hours of luxury challenge.

The Black Team was then seen driving away in a limo with The Blue Team looking on at them.  The Black Team was then seen gloating about how The Blue Team had to work out while they were relaxing.  The scenes were really kind of rude and many of us were rooting for a Black Team failure.  While all of this was going on Kristin pinned a photograph of Sione on her treadmill to motivate her to beat him at the weigh-in.  The Black Team was then shown getting ready to eat while The Blue Team was at the ranch getting ready to eat.  The Blue Team was choosing food out of The Biggest Loser Cookbooks while The Black Team was getting ready to eat at a restaurant.  The next scenes were of over indulgence and recklessness by The Black Team members.  There were shots of them ordering massive amounts of food and many of those choices were bad food choices.  It really showed America that these are just typical people in an extraordinary situation.  It showed that they really did not appreciate the opportunity they had on The Biggest Loser campus.  They were eating Kobe Beef Sliders, jumbo shrimp cocktails and lots of mashed potatoes.  The girls were the worst with Helen leading the charge of stupidity.  There were even film clips of her smoking a cigarette and then they all started to drink shots of liquor at the table.  You would think they could stop smoking with opportunity The Biggest Loser presented them.  Soon they were seen drunk in a bar and eating fried chicken tenders and french fries.  Poor choices were all around, except for Mike.  He was absent from the binge and we think it was more a statement about his character, than his age.  The Black Team ate/consumed 15,563 calories while The Blue Team only had 1,612 calories.  If this is any indication of their future actions then the campus was a big waste of time for The Black Team.

The second hour of the show started with everyone being sworn to secrecy by Helen to not tell Jillian of their binge day out.  It was obvious that Jillian had some inside information about her team’s actions because she was shown grilling them for an explanation as to their actions the night before.  Jillian asked “who drank?” and she received blank stares.  Then Jillian was shown looking into the camera saying “Why should I care if they don’t?”  “Why do I lay up at night thinking of ways to help?”  When she kept asking the questions she slowly received her answer that they drank and at first everyone thought it was funny, except Jillian.  When she asked Helen why she smoked the response was “because they were safe working out on The Biggest Loser Campus.”  That answer flipped out Jillian Michael’s and she said “you’re right, it is so much safer on The Biggest Loser Campus and you won’t get lung cancer because you are here.”  Jillian then went completely nuts and said “go smoke till you die in an iron lung.”  That was when Filipe stepped in and started to yell at Jillian.  This was when there was a revolt against Jillian on campus.  Filipe then brought up the accusation that Jillian had not been a team player to him and she did not help him in the gym.  He then said that she let him down and she had no right to talk to them like that when she had disrespected him.  He kept banging his fist on the table over and over and then walked out of the room with Sione close behind.  Jillian did not say one word, which is also a Biggest Loser first.

After the commercial break Jillian told the camera that they ran to Daddy and then they were seen walking up to Bob Harper.  They told Bob what had happened and that they wanted to train with him.  Bob looked puzzled and angry all at once, yet he said he would train them.  The next scene was quite funny as Bob made light of the situation of the last chance workout.  Bob would tell one player on The Blue Team to work harder to kick the butt of The Black Team player that was right there next to them.  Over all it was a cute scene and it was so true when Bob stated that this was “the craziest last chance workout in Biggest Loser history.”  Jillian then walked into the gym and saw her two players training with Bob Harper and she said she was glad.  She was happy that she did not have to deal with it all and that she was happy they were with Bob.  There were many, many scenes of the last chance workout by all of the players.

As the weigh-in scene began Jillian stated to the camera that her team “did not deserve to win, their 24 hours of luxury turned into 24 hours of binging.”  The weigh -in was interesting because each team member was only competing against the player that was chosen by Tara.  You must remember that Laura held an extra vote from the previous week and that she would be able to cast it no matter who went to the elimination room.  The weigh in went as follows:
Tara 200/200 lost zero pounds.
Jillian responded with “zero weight reflected her actions”

Mike 276/278 lost 8 pounds to Cathy 246/242 lost 4 pounds. Black Team won this point.

Laura 226/227 gained 1 pound to Aubrey 203/200 lost 3 pounds. Blue Team won this point.
As the scale showed Laura’s weight gain, the ever love-able Kristin mouthed “Oh my God”, but no sound was uttered.

Filipe 275/274 lost 1 pound to Kristin 270/263 lost 7 pounds. Blue Team won this point.
Kristine then stated that Filipe was “beat by a girl” in that ever friendly tone of normalcy Kristin portrays.

Stacey’s weight loss totaled 67 pounds with help from Jillian’s program!

Helen 193/189 lost 4 pounds to Ron 343/337 lost 6 pounds. Black Team won this point.

As we entered the final portion of the weigh-in it, was Sione against Mandi.  It all came down to this moment and it appeared that The Black Team was about to be punished for the binge eating they did while off the ranch.  The shocker really came when the result ended up being Sione losing 6 pounds with Mandi gaining 2 pounds. 

The weight gain was a total show stopper and the silence seemed to last waiting for someone to announce it was a joke.  The end result was that The Blue Team was beat again and someone from The Blue Team was going home.  Mandi only had to lose 4 pounds to win and she gained 2 pounds, to send her team to the elimination table.  Aubrey was seen and heard saying “How in the fu** did that happen?”  Black Team won the weigh in.  Bob said that the reason she gained weight was because the stress she was under was huge.  Stress causes a person to not lose weight and that it was stress related.

Back in the bedrooms of the ranch the scene started with Ron saying it was time for Mandi to go home.  Aubrey said she would not vote off her sister and then Aubrey and Mandi cornered Laura from The Black Team to devise a plot.  They said they would all vote for Cathy and that would force a tie vote, to be decided by The Black Team.  With that tie vote the sisters could stay, or at least give them another chance to survive another week.  The scene was set for there to be a tie and then The Black Team would decide.  At this time Aubrey kept saying she was ready to go home but her team kept saying Mandi needed to go.  The scene was set for Aubrey and Mandi to double cross their team to survive to play another day.  The votes were as follows:

Laura (Black Team member with vote power from last week) voted for Cathy
Ron voted for Mandi
Kristin voted for Mandi
Cathy voted for Mandi
Aubrey voted for Cathy

At this point the stage was set to double cross her own team and yet Mandi decided to sacrifice herself to save her sister.  With one vote, Mandi voted for Ron and double crossed Laura, to prevent The Black Team from having elimination power.  With her sister in tears Mandi essentially voted herself out of the game by voting for Ron.  Her vote was a wasted vote and that meant that Mandi was the player voted off the show.  The person eliminated from The Biggest Loser on March 10 2009 was Mandi.

During The Biggest Loser Moment there were many scenes showing Mandi at home with her family and the word at I Choose Thin is that Mandi really looked hot!  Mandi really looked great and she has proven herself to be one selfless individual for the way she voted.

The preview for next week showed players returning home for a visit with their families.  Mike meeting his very obese brother will be an intense moment.  Make sure you join us for another complete review and recap of The Biggest Loser. 

This is a fairly interesting video where Jillian Michaels talks about some of the players like Sionne and Fillipe sneaking off campus and

Overall, the short video clip is interseting to Biggest Loser fans.

February 3, 2009 Episode of The Biggest Loser, Recap, Week #5:  We here at IChooseThin.com are gigantic fans of The Biggest Loserand what the show represents.  We know how hard it is to lose weight and this show provides help in turning up the level of motivation we all need to lose weight.  We invite you to read the recap and bookmark this blog for future updates and articles.  Also, please check out our massive and information filled website at IChooseThin.com where the information is always free and helpful to all that desire to shed those extra pounds. 

There were eight teams at The Biggest Loser ranch this week when the show started and at the start Bob Harpergave his team a pep talk by the pool right before they went in to the weigh-in.  At the same time Jillian Michaelswas giving her team a similar motivational talk.  In one of the cut away, editorial camera shots, Jillian voiced her opinion that she felt sorry for the returning team members.  She was afraid for the returning team mates because she felt as if they did not know what they what getting themselves into.  The big difference this week was that there was a weigh-in within the first ten minutes of the show.  This weigh-in was for only the returning team members.  The prize for the winning team was immunity for the winning team.

After 30 days off the ranch the returning players each weighed in and these were the results;

Pink Team (Shannon) 277 pounds to 255 for a total loss of 15 pounds.

Green Team (Laura) 272 pounds to 265 for a total loss of 7 pounds.

Purple Team (Cathy) 281 pounds to 273 for a total loss of 8 pounds.

Yellow Team (Aubrey) 236 pounds to 234 for a total loss of 2 pounds.

Blue Team (Sione) 349 pounds to 324 for a total loss of 25 pounds.

The Blue Team took the win with the 25 pound loss with the total percentage of body fat lost at 7.16%

During this weigh-in Jillian was giving a pep talk to those contestants telling them that The Biggest Loser needs to be compared to the Olympics of Weight Loss.  She went on to say that the Ranch kind of warps reality and that the pounds lost there are higher than what a person would normally lose when at home.  Jillian went on to say that at home to lose 12 pounds in 6 weeks would be great.  During that same little talk to Jillian there were a few more cut away comments where Jillian Michaels said that it is all B.S. to be told that if you only lose a few pounds that is because you gained muscle.  She also made the statement that it is impossible to lose weight but not lose any inches on your body.

During a cut away shot of Bob he said that Carla is in this to win it because she was giving it her all.  He was afraid that because of her teammate she had to work harder because Joelle was not working hard enough.  Bob was afraid that Joelle would be the cause Carla would be sent home.  Bob stated that Joelle‘s workouts were inconsistent and that meant that Carla had to work twice as hard to just ensure survival on the ranch.  Later on Bob said it had to be 10X harder to survive the vote.

During a shot while in the gym Jillian cornered Aubrey of the yellow team on a treadmill.  Jillian confronted her 2 pound loss in 30 days and told her it was all an excuse and that there was no way she had been working out 4-5 hours a day.  Jillian stressed that they needed to get to the root cause of the weight issues Aubrey was dealing with internally.

The Challenge

The weekly challenge found all of the teams at a dam.  They were not on the top, but down in the water overflow area which was completely dry.  The winner of the challenge had the option of taking either a two pound pass or $5,000. 

The challenge found a long pipe slightly higher than the waists of the players.  There was a rope wound all around the pipe and the only way to unwind the rope that the players were attached to, was to climb up and over and up then under and then up and over and then under again.  This had to be repeated dozens of times and was very tiring and a lot harder than it looked.  After they had un-wrapped the rope they had to pull the attached rope a set distance to be the first to cross the finish line.

The winner of the challenge was the Yellow Team with the Blue Team not very far behind.

After the challenge there was the usual quick message from Jillian discussing how important it was to get to the root cause of a person being overweight.   Jillian feels very strongly that the reason people are obese has little to do with food.  Sure the person has to eat to get obese but she likes to get to the reason why people overeat.  That is a Jillian Michaels trademark, weekly conversation with the contestants.

The Weigh-In

The teams weighed in as teams and their total weight was what determined who won and who lost.  The Yellow Team that won the challenge chose to take the two pound pass and left the $5,000 in the hands of the host, Allison Sweeney.

The results of the weigh-in were as follows;

The Blue Team

Filipe: 331 to 308,  lost 3 pounds / Sione: 324 to 316, lost 8 pounds

The Yellow Team

Mandi: 227 to 221, lost 6 pounds / Aubrey: 234 to 224, lost 10 pounds

The Silver Team

Carla:  348 to 339, lost 9 pounds / Joelle: 234 to 234, lost ZERO pounds

After Joelle weighed in the entire process kind of stopped. A cut away scene of Aubrey (Yellow) saying she was shocked with the results because Joelle had not GAINED any weight. Aubrey said that Joelle had not worked hard during the week.  She went on to say that Joelle was full of excuses and that she did not know what she was talking about.  Bob shouted out that he was not surprised by the zero on the scale.  He stated that it was a reflection of her efforts and that the scale never lies.

The Black Team

Blaine: 312 to 303, lost 9 pounds / Dane: 345 to 334, lost 11 pounds

The Green Team

Laura: 265 to 252, lost 13 pounds / Tara: 252 to 240, lost 12 pounds

The Brown Team

Mike 339 to 330, lost 9 pounds / Ron 370 to 366, lost 4 pounds

The Pink Team

Helen: 225 to 216, lost 9 pounds / Shanon: 255 to 246, lost 9 pounds

The Purple Team

Kristin: 312 to 301, lost 11 pounds / Kathy: 273 to 268, lost 5 pounds

The results of the weigh-in were that the Brown and The Silver Team fell below the yellow line and both were up for elimination.  During the one hour before the vote for elimination the entire house sort of attacked Joelle and her lack of motivation to work hard to lose weight.  All during the heated exchange of words Carla chimed in to verbally assault Joelle and the fact that she did not care about being sent home.  Carla was furious about the attitude Joelle showed the world when she hesitated to answer the simple question as to whether or not she really desired to be on The Ranch anymore.  Eventually Joelle mounted a feeble defense about working hard and the entire house of players rolled their eyes in contempt for the words she was uttering.  The quiet Shanon from The Pink Team blurted out that Joelle did not even know what planet she was on, let alone what ranch.

When Mike and Ron pleaded their request to stay, they both shed tears and clearly stated they worked hard and did not want to go home yet.

The Vote

The vote went quickly tonight with everyone voting to get rid of The Silver Team.  The little placards they write the names on all had Joelle in big letters while Carla was written in tiny letters.  The players would have liked to send home Joelle and kept Carla. 

The person voted off The Biggest Loser February 3, 2009 episode was the Silver Team Carla and Joelle.

Joelle said she was offended by all of the remarks thrown at her and as the players all gathered around Carla to say goodbye, Joelle was ignored and walked out all alone without so much as a word to anyone.

The Biggest Loser Moment

The Biggest Loser Moment was different this week.  It started off with words on the screen that Carla and Joelle had not seen each other for months.  The meeting quickly turned into hateful comments being hurled back and forth and Carla said that Joelle had not given her best.  Joelle said that she was no longer friends with Carla and walked out of the room without another word.  The meeting was not a pleasant encounter.

The Biggest Loser Moment went on to say that Joelle lost 31 pounds since she left the ranch and that Carla had lost 40 pounds.

February 10, 2009 episode of The Biggest Loser,Recap, Week #5:  We here at I Choose Thin.com being the huge fans of The Biggest Loser and the message it sends about the common person trying to lose weight provide this update to keep the other dedicated fans in touch with what they may have missed.  This being the 100th episode of the show sort of makes it a milestone that was not even referred to on the show, which was a slight surprise.

The show started with The Brown Team talking about how they fell below the yellow line two weeks in a row even though they had been each burning about 10,000 calories a day.  Since they still had not lost the weight needed they knew they would have to do something different this week.

Allison walked into the house and announced there was about to be a challenge and the prize for that challenge was the privilege of a family member to visit on the ranch for 24 hours.  As they walked out to the swimming pool area it was noticed there were team colored wooden blocks arranged in a group near the pool.  These blocks were meant to be stood on with one foot until everyone fell off and the last one standing would be the winner and get to see their family. The results were as follows:

Brown Team Ron lasted less than 15 seconds, Mike also of The Brown Team lasted 22 seconds, Kristin from The Purple Team lasted 24 seconds and Dane from The Black Team held out 2 minutes 23 seconds.  The next to fall off the wooden blocks happened in the following order and there were no posted times for when they fell.  Tara from The Green Team, Cathy from The Purple Team and then Shanon from The Pink Team fell off and fell into her Mom Helen, and they were both out.  Helen was quite annoyed as the camera cut away.  Then Laura from The Green Team went down followed by what was heart touching and interesting when Mandy from The Yellow Team pleaded with Sione to step off so she could see her family.  Sione from The Blue Team stepped off and then there was only Blaine from The Black Team and Aubrey from The Yellow Team.  Mandy then pleaded with Blaine to step off and Blaine said he would as long as Aubrey said she would step off also.  Everyone complied and that left Mandy to the one to win the challenge and allowed her to have a visit from her family.

Bob Harper then walked into the house for his first appearance on the show and he said that he was not surprised that the Silver Team was sent home and The Brown Team survived the last vote.  Bob  then said that The Brown Team needed to make some changes and then Sione chimed in stating that The Brown Team had to step it up or they might have to send them home.  Bob then said that the reason The Brown Team was not losing weight was because they were not eating enough.  Bob Harper then said “Stop thinking and (start) eating more.”  Bob went on to say that since Ron had a bad knee that Mike needed to work twice as hard to save his father from being sent home. 

The next scene was Jillian talking to her group and Jillian said that Mandy winning the challenge was the worst outcome because she thought it would cause all of her emotional problems to surface.  Jillian went on to say that sometimes if one spouse loses weight the other non-losing spouse may cause problems.  Jillian went on to say this win would only make it more difficult for her to focus on losing weight at the ranch. 

After a commercial break Bob Harper was seen putting his group through the paces of a Yoga workout.  Kristin from The Purple Team made a comment as to how spiritual a person Bob Harper was and Bob then cut in saying that yoga is a great workout because it helps a person deal with the mental issues of weight loss.  Filipe then stated that Yoga may look easy but it made him sweat.  Bob then made the statement that “Yoga is the fountain of youth.”

Jillian then was shown working out with Laura from The Green Team and Jillian made the statement that Laura is not the most motivated person in the house.  Jillian then said that Laura was full of platitudes and that she was really half-ass and had little emotions in the statements she made.  As the workout progressed Jillian had Tara come over and told her that if Laura did not perform her boxing workout correctly that Tara was to slap her team-mate.  Once this was suggested Laura increased her workout intensity and there had to be no slaps given.

When the show returned from a commercial break an infomercial about Subway sandwich shops began.  Bob told his team they had to walk to eat and ended up walking quite far.  We will not repeat the infomercial because it really is just an anti-TIVO commercial, but that does not mean we do not believe in the healthy food sold there.  It is better that a burger place.

The challenge started on a chilly night as Allison was wearing a fur coat, which she looked great in, by the way.  The challenge theme was that each team had to hold up a bar, over their heads, while facing their team mate.  Between that bar was another bar and if the bar that was being held up were to be let down, they would touch. This would cause a red light to turn on.  The winner of this challenge would receive immunity from elimination.  Blue Team made the statement that there were sure to win and then the challenge began.  The challenge started at 8Pm and lasted for over 4 hours and 40 minutes.  After the first hour the players were all there and then they were not allowed to switch arms any longer.  At two hours they had to hold the bar over their head with both hands on the bar.  The results were as follows.

The Blue Team was the 1st team out when they became distracted.  The Brown Team followed soon thereafter and following them The Black Team was also out of the contest.  This left only the woman since all the men already lost.  After two hours The Pink Team succumbed and the Yellow Team was after them.   This left only The Purple Team and The Green Team playing.  As the comments were being made that the challenge was similar to the two teams left playing last week, Laura dropped the bar causing The Green Team to lose.  The Purple Team won immunity by winning the challenge.

The next scene began with Mandy’s husband Rusty showing up on the ranch.  They were apart 6 weeks and he said to her “Your face looks so much different” and Mandy said “I lost 45 pounds.”  Mandy then cooked her family a healthy, organic breakfast before she took them on a workout and the husband agreed it was really hard to do.

As all of the teams were out walking when Bob Harper pulled up in a golf cart and was really happy The Purple Team won the challenge. He then gave The Purple Team a ride back to the ranch in the cart.

Bob  later said to the camera, and America, that if The Brown Team falls below the yellow line then he has “met the first team he has not been able to help”.  At the start of the last chance workout Bob Harper singled out Mike from The Brown Team and told him that he had to work harder to keep his Dad, Ron, on the ranch.  Mike said that is why he was the first one in the gym and Bob said he needed to be the last one out of the gym also.  Mike was soon shown to be in tears and Bob said “Mike was crying because of the reality of his Dad hit him”.   This is Ron’s last chance and Mike needed to help him because it was a life and death situation for Ron.

Soon we saw Jillian starting her last chance workout as a clock on the screen showed 8:00Am.  Her workout lasted all day long as the scenes flashed 12:00, then 3:00 and as the scenes flashed it was 9:00PM.  Jillian said “we have no votes” and we must not fall below the yellow line. Aubrey was seen breaking down in tears and Jillian then showed her emotional side, as she does weekly.  Jillian then told the camera, and America, that she had to work her team really hard because they had less votes and that all of the drama in the house really sucked but she had to help them all  and punish  them through the weigh-in.

As the weigh in approached it was revealed that Mandy spent most of her time with her family and little time working out, as Jillian predicted would happen.  Jillian said the family did become a distraction.  The scene of the family leaving the ranch was fairly sad but from an outsider’s perspective she was crazy to risk her spot on the ranch when the entire goal of being on the ranch was to become healthy enough to live longer and see her family years longer.

The results of the weigh-in were as follows:

The Purple Team: This team had immunity and there was some definite game play because Kristin gained 2 pounds and that only sets her up for next week.  Kristin shed a tear of disappointment but we here really believe it was all an act. 

Blue Team:   Filipe 303/299 lost 4 pounds, Sione 316/329 lost 5 pounds  3.37 %
Green Team: Tara 252/229 lost 11 pounds, Laura 252/249 lost 3 pounds 2.85%
Pink Team: Helen 216/211 lost 5 pounds, Shanon 246/241 lost 5 pounds 2.16%
Yellow Team: Mandy 221/215 lost 6 pounds, Aubrey 224/223 lost 1 pound 1.57 %
Bob then told the camera in a cut away camera shot that “my reputation is on the line, I think I’m gonna’ throw up.”  As the Brown Team stepped on the scale…
Brown Team: Mike 330/317 lost 13 pounds; Ron 366/361 lost 5 pounds
The next statement Bob said was “see what happens when you listen to me America?”  In reference to the fact that in order to lose weight a person has to eat and not try to starve it off.
Black Team: Blaine 303/299 lost 4 pounds, Dane 334/329 lost 5 pounds
The Black Team lost the weigh-in and the twist was that the vote would be to only send home one of the players on the team and they had one hour to choose before the vote.
After the commercial break the show resumed with Blaine asking to be sent home.  He stated he only had 50 more pounds to go and that he could do that at home.  This is when the show got good.  The players started to bicker about how now they were being told to vote with their hearts, yet when they asked to send home Joelle the other team played the game and sent home a strong player.  The arguing and emotions started to rise.  It culminated when Kristin blurted out “Why did Joelle stay and Damien go home, your team tricked us”.

The vote was as follows:

The Pink Team: Held a grudge and voted for Blaine.  The Brown Team had Ron pleading that if he were to be asking to sent home they would honor his wish, so he voted for Blaine.  The Green Team picked Blaine as did The Blue Team and The Purple Team, which showed some character on Kristin’s part.

The player sent home for the February 10th 2009 episode of The Biggest Loser Couples was Blaine from The Black Team.  He walked out amid a tearful and huggy goodbye.

The Biggest Loser Moment showed Blaine had lost a total of 86 pounds to date and spoke of his intention to participate in an iron man competition before The Biggest Loser Finale.

See you next week!

The Biggest Loser Couples Recap / Review Season 7 Finale May 12 2009;  This is it! The final episode of the season.  A three hour live event unfolds and we learn who the third finalist will be.  Tonight is the night where we look back on the journey each of the players took, we find out who will be the winner of The Biggest Loser Season 7.  This is the event everyone has been waiting for and we have it all here for you to read.   Learn who will have the winning player, will it be Bob Harperor will it be Jillian Michaels?  Will Jillian take home another win?

The show started its live broadcast with the lights dimmed and spotlights glaring behind the final four players.  Allison started talking about Pete and how four years ago he was over 400 pounds and now weighs almost half that much.  Julie from three years ago looked great and Bernie who won $100,000 now runs marathons and how Michelle who dropped 14 dress sizes is planning a perfect wedding.  Allison then spoke of how we will see the way the lives of players have changed and how we were going to see them live.

Allison went on to say how 22 people arrived to compete for this largest group of players yet.  She said it was the season with the sickest, biggest, youngest and oldest of players.  The look back on the season began.

Back to the day when all of the players arrived at the ranch on day #1.  Each of the players told the camera that they were at the end of the line.  That they needed help and they came to the ranch.  The flashbacks showed Bob Harper yelling at Joelle and Jillian Michaels screaming at player after player.  The challenges were shown one after another and how the players went from being obese to world class athletes.  Helen told America that she would never doubt herself again.  Kristine cried and told the camera she was worth it.  After 179 days and almost 1,500 pounds later the players were getting ready for another weigh in to see he was not going to be in the final three players.

Ron told America that his kids were fat because of the fact that he made them and helped them become that way.  This was the episode to see who would win the $250,000 and claim the title of The Biggest Loser.

Allison said there was one more weigh in and the only thing left between them was the scale.  Before they got to that she had to reveal who was the one who got voted off by America.  Before she did that she wanted to show America what the players looked like today.

The first player introduced was Mike.  He lost more weigh on campus than anyone in the history of The Biggest loser.  When Mike walked out he looked amazing.  He looked slim and very trim.  Mike said he heard everyone when he was backstage freaking out.  Mike said he was thrilled to have his Dad with him and how his father helped him while he was at home.

Ron came out, busting through the paper photo of himself, looking not only thinner but must younger.  Allison said he was the sickest player ever and now Ron said he felt great and wonderful.  Ron said it did not matter who got to stay for the final three because they both won because they were able to lose the weight.

Allison then said she had the results from the American vote.  They went to a commercial and when they returned she told the audience the player voted to stay for the final three was Mike.  Mike was allowed to stay and the father, Ron was sent home.  Mike became the third finalist.

Then Allison said that America would, for the first time ever, get to vote a player for the next season.  The camera then showed a recording of Erinn who plead her story of how she became 239 pounds.  She went through her journey of how she became obese and why America she vote her on to the next season of The Biggest loser.  Then Allison introduced Erinn live on stage.  Allison then introduced America to Amanda and then a recording showed Amanda at 19 years of age and 257 pounds.  She spoke of how she was too embarrasses to attend senior prom because of her weight.  She said her life was on hold because of her weight.  Amanda and Erinn were both very cute blonds and they both wanted your vote.  Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels both appeared on a big screen TV and told them they had to report the the gym right now.  Jillian told them to get to the gym because one was going on the show and the other was going to the hospital.

Allison then brought out the first at home contestant to weigh in.  That player was Estella and then her husband Jerry.  They both looked great!  Then Damien followed by Nicole who both looked really thin.  The camera went on a flashback of how Jerry passed out while in the gym.  That flashback showed a very obese Jerry and Jerry today screamed that man was gone.  Dr. H. then came on camera telling America how great he has done.  He told America how all of the medicines he was on he no longer takes.  Jerry was now full of health.Allison then asked Nicole a question of her dress size and then told all of them to get ready for the weigh in.  It was almost as if all the attention was on Jerry and the other players were just back drop.  The show then went on to talk about the pound for pound challenge and how it was affecting America.  The total pounds pledged was 2,926,027.  Almost 3 million pounds have been pledged.  General Mills then pledged that for every pound pledged, they will match it pound for pound.  This offer is open till May 31, 2009.  Go to Biggest Loser.com for details.

The first scene of Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels in their makeshift gym putting through the Season 98 contestants hoping to be voted onto the show.  Allison then said it was time to start the weigh in.  The first player to be weighed in was Estelle.  Estelle told the camera as to why she needed to lose weight and then there were shots of her exercising and losing weight.  Estelle was all smiles as she got on the scale.  When she first arrived she was 242 pounds and now she was 159 pouds which means she lost 34.30% of her body weight.

Jerry then stepped up to the scale and we were reminded that at the age of 63 he was the oldest player ever on the show.  The flashback scenes were of how he lost weight and how he sweat and how he was able to take charge of his life.  He would be around for his grandkids now.  When he arrived he was 369 pounds and now he was 192.  He lost 177 pounds!  He lost 47.07% of his body weight.   WOW!!!!!!!!  He took the slot of a possible win away from his wife.

Damien was then introduced and during his flashback he said he wanted to be fit dad and not fat dad.  He said he now works out everyday and how he was doing it with his wife.  Allison said he would look good in his tux at his wedding.  His starting weight was 381 and he now weighed 245 pounds which means he lost 136 pounds for a total % weight loss of 35.70.  He did not come close to pushing Jerry out of the winner’s circle, but he really did look great and his efforts showed.

Nicole then had her moment and she was shown how she needed to lose weight for her fiance and for herself.  She said she needed to fall in love with herself again.  She said she deserved to be in the wedding gown of her dreams.  Her starting weight was 269 pounds and Allison told her to stop hugging Damien and get on the scale.  Her current weight was 146 for a weight loss of 123 pounds and a total percentage of weight loss at 45.72%.  She came close to beating out Jerry, but fell only a bit shy of knocking him out of the $100,000 prize.

Sione and Filipe were then introduced and they both looked great as did Carla Joelle.  Joelle and Carla lost weight, but it was not as dramatic as the previous players.  Joelle said that what Bob Harper did with her was alright and now she was okay and was happy.  Filipe and Sione spoke of how they want to help their culture lose weight and how the program was going great.  Sione and Filipe did a very cultural Tongan dance onstage.  They looked very happy and Allison said you have never seen that on live TV before.

After the commercial Jerry was now 64 and still in the lead.  Sione then stepped forward as the camera flashed back to how he spoke of how those of the Tongan culture had a weight problem and how he wanted to help his people.  Filipe was shown working out with others and his children.  His wife said he has returned to become the person he once was.  Sione’s starting weight was 372 and now weighed 226, which means he lost 146 pounds for a total percentage weight loss of  39.25%.  He looked and did great, but it was not enough to beat out Jerry.  Filipe was then shown at his starting weight of 364 pounds and then was shown at that weight and he really looked fat.  He then was shown as his journey progressed and how he was able to lose the weight.  He went from a starting weight from 364 pounds to 229, for a total loss of 135 pounds and 37.09% total weight loss.  He did not beat Jerry but Sione and Filipe did look really thin, slim and trim.

Carla was then introduced and that she weighed 379 pounds and was the biggest woman ever on the show.  There was a few flashbacks of how she looked and how she was able to lose the weight on and off the campus.  When she stepped on the scale she went from 379 pounds to 251 pounds having lost 148 pounds which is a very impressive and commendable number.  Her total percentage lost was 33.77%.  Jerry still had the prize of $100,000 in his sights.

Joelle was then introduced and the theme of the story was how she argued with Bob Harper and others.  She said since she left the ranch she was sorry for some of the things that were done to her and also what she did to others.  She said she had realized she was now accountable to the Biggest Loser.  She started at 309 pounds and weighed in at 229 for a weight loss of 80 pounds.  25.89% was lost and anywhere but the Biggest loser this was a great number.  She was happy and she deserved her moment because 80 pounds is great!!!

Next that came out was Blaine and Dane, who were cousins.  Then Mandi and Aubrey strutted out on stage also in their suits and dresses.  Blaine and Dane then spoke about how they ran a marathon and flashed medals as proof they ran.  We feel as if this was stated only because they wanted redemption for not running a marathon and claiming they did earlier.  Regardless, they did it and we love them and wish them the best.  Allison spoke to Aubrey about being a parent and how great she was able to balance the fitness and families.

While they got into their Biggest Loser weigh in clothing Bob and Jillian were shown working out Erinn and Amanda.  They each pleaded for a vote to stay for season 8 before they went to a commercial.

The next up on the show was Blaine to be weighed in and the flashbacks began of Dr. H. and how sick Blaine was and how he was addicted to food and how he had to stop and how it had to be now.  Blaine said he was a much better role model now to his children.  When Allison told him how many pounds he had to lose to beat Jerry, Blaine snickered because he knew it would not happen.  His starting weight was 365 and his today’s weight was 249 for a total loss of 116 pounds for a total percentage loss of 31.78%.  He did not beat Jerry, but he looked great.

Dane steeped on to the screen and the flashbacks showed him speaking of how his son was drinking alot of water to make his “stomach stick out like Daddy.”  This was a moment that he decided he had to change.  He told the camera that no matter what happens he already won in his life.  His starting weight was 412 pounds and today he weighs 258 pounds which means he lost 154 pounds for a total percentage loss of 37.38%.  He did not beat Jerry either.  Allison congratulated him and then introduced Mandi.

The flashbacks of Mandi spoke of how humiliated she felt and then there were scenes of her exercising and how great she felt in her new life.  Her starting weight was 263 pounds with her current weight of 171 pounds having lost 92 pounds with a total percentage loss of 34.98%.  Mandi did not push Jerry aside.

Aubrey was now introduced as having to take care of her five kids and flashbacks showed her children starting to become obese.  She said that when she came home from the ranch, she gained nine pounds.  Her starting weight was 249 pounds and she lost 55 pounds for a final weight of 194 pounds.   Her total percentage weight loss was 22.09%.  We expected her to not  have the big numbers as the show was always talking about how hard it was for her with her five kids.  Anywhere but on the Biggest loser 55 pounds would have been great.  Sadly enough, this number was not nearly good enough for the standards of the ranch.

Jerry still held the lead with seven players left to weigh in.  Mother daughter team Cathy and Kristine walked out Kristine had hot blond hair.  David walked out with Daniel.  David and Daniel looked like they lost weight, but they still were over weight.  Kristine was then asked about what it was like to be on the cover of a magazine and she said it was wonderful.  Mom, Cathy spoke of how she brought it home to the family.  Daniel and David said it was a hard road and even if they lost 100 pounds, they were still obese.  They had to realize they could lose 100 pounds and then another 100 pounds.  They said they would never give up.  After a commercial and a costume change the weigh in for Cathy began.  The flashback showed how she was a recovering alcoholic and how she quit smoking.  She knew that if she did not lose weight she would die.  She said she was now powerful and ready for life.  Her starting weight was 293 pounds and now weighs 198 pounds for a weight loss of 95 pounds for a total percentage weight loss of 32.42%.  She was not able to budge Jerry holding on to the lead for the $100,000 prize.

Kristine then told the camera in a flashback how she weighed more than football offensive lineman.  She said that the Biggest Loser has allowed he to live the life she always dreamed of living.  Her starting weight was 360 pounds and her new weight was 193 pounds.  Her weight loss was 167 pounds and her percentage of weight loss was 46.39%.  She came close to beating out Jerry, but it was not enough.   She received a standing ovation.and then gave Jerry a hug.

David then was shown how his journey has gone and he told America what a struggle it is for him to lose weight.  His starting weight was 393 pounds and his current weight was 350 pounds.  He lost 43 pounds for a percentage of weight loss of 10.94%.  We are happy he was able to do that and we hope he does well in his future.

Daniel flashed back about how he was always picked on as a child.  He was the heaviest person ever on the Biggest Loser and the flashbacks showed him working out with Jillian and how he did not want to be the fat kid anymore.  He said he was ready to lose weight.  His starting weight was 454 pounds.   Today he weighed 312 pounds for a 142 pound weight loss.  That came out to be a 31.28% weight loss and he should be proud of himself.  That was alot of weight for a person to lose.  GO DANIEL!!!

The next player out was Laura followed by Shannon and then Ron.  The camera flashed back to the scene when Shannon was voted off the ranch.  She spoke of how she did it for her Mother and she said it worked out well for both of them.  Ron said he was going to be happy for whomever won the contest.  These players went off stage to change clothing while Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels were seen working out the two girls trying to gain a shot on next season of the Biggest loser.    After the commercial Allison said she was shocked that Jerry was still standing there as trying to claim the $100,000 prize.  Jerry said the weight loss was easy once he let his mind go and let his body just lose the weight.

Laura was then shown how she lost weight and how she now liked to be the girls guys WANTED to dance with.  Her starting weight was 285 pounds and she now was 199 and lost 86 pounds for a total percentage of 30.18% total weight loss .  Jerry was still in the lead.  Laura did look young and her smile looked even better.

Shannon was then shown in her flashback sequence of how she looked obese and now that she was thin, she said it was gone forever.  Her starting weight was 283 with her current weight of 191 for a total loss of 92 pounds and a total % lost of 32.51%.  Jerry was still in the lead with only Ron to weigh in.

Ron was shown at his starting weight and he said he was the reason why his family was overweight and they were not going to do that anymore.  Now he said he changed his life and now he will be a role model in the other way, referring to being thin.  His starting weight was 430 pounds and his current weight was 238 pounds for a total weight loss of 192 pounds for a total percentage of weight loss thatwas not revealed on the show. If you want to know, do the math. .  Jerry won the at home prize of $100,000.  He then picked up Jillian Michaels and then his grand kids came out and hugged Jerry.  After having spent only two weeks on the ranch, Jerry was able to beat out all of the other players on the show.

Allison then spoke to Bob Harper and Jillian and Bob said how emotional this season was for him. Jillian then said The Biggest Loser was changing America and it was not just about being fat then skinny.  Jillian said it was about being able to achieve one’s dreams.

After a commercial Allison introduced the winner of Biggest Loser Australia.  The winner was 57 year old Bob who lost 193 pounds and Tiffany, his daughter (?) lost 119 pounds.  They photos of before and after were incredible and  he said he fainted on his first day also.  How do we here in America get that cable channel?  hmmmm

The next segment of the show was with Mike in a flashback of how hard it was to lose weight and how he was never going back again.  Bob Harper told Mike he needed to work out all night if needed.  Mike said he went from a shy timid boy to  a man.  Mike then said he wanted to help his brother, Max be able to lose weight.  Mike then said he wanted to be in the finale and he was only 18 and he said he had his whole life ahead of him and he was not going to let anything stop him now.

The two season 8 hopefuls then  were shown exercising and that it would be soon time to see who was voted to stay on the ranch for season 8.  After a brief commercial Helen started to speak of Helen.  The flashback sequence showed how she transformed herself from being really fat and how she began to exercise and lose weight.  She said the first day was crazy and she did not think she was going to make it.  Helen spoke of how important it was for her to stay on the ranch. She was 48 years old and she worked her ass off and kicked everyone’s butt because it paid off.  She said it was the first time in ten tears she wore a dress.  She said she felt beautiful again for the first time in a long time.

Tara was then introduced as having won 12 challenges and how she never went below the yellow line and how she set record after record on the ranch.  At the first weigh in she was in tears and said enough was enough.  She said the first workout was really hard and how she was changing her life.  Scene after scene was how she won challenge after challenge.  She told the camera she wanted to win because she did not want to fail.  Tara did not look like the same person who arrived on the ranch.    She said she has become the person she never was, but always wanted to become.  She went on to say how she wanted to be on that stage knowing she did everything she could do to win.  If she did win she knew she deserved it.  Off to a commercial we went…..

The three remaining players then introduced.   Mike was then back on the stage and then Helen was seen for the first time and she looked realllllly thin.  She was wearing a tight, hot and pink dress.  She spoke of how she trained with tractor tires and stair running,  She said she worked out like crazy and Allison said she looked great.

Tara then came busting through her fat, life-size photograph in a  tight green dress, with blue sides that fit like a glove.  Allison told Helen and Tara thaty could talk later.  Tara said it was hard to do it at home and yet she did her best because she was a competitive person.  Allison then said the order of weigh in was up to Tara and she chose Helen, Mike and then Tara herself would weigh in.  After the commercial break, the final weigh in for season 7 would occur.

When the break was over the two player hoping to be on season 8 were brought on stage.  Allison said the one who did not win would get a Biggest Loser at home program.  The winner to stay on the show was Amanda.  The first person to be known to be on season 8 of the Biggest loser was, and is Amanda.

The show shifted to Helen talking about how hard she worked on the ranch and how she worked her ass off.  When she spoke her voice was echoed for the effect of having been in the past.  The final weigh in began.

Helen stepped on the scale with a starting weight of 257 pounds and her current weight was 117 pounds which means she lost 140 pounds!!    WOW!!!  Her total percentage of weight loss was 54.47%

Mike was next on the scale and his flashback said he did everything he could do.  He said he was on top of the world.  The echo effect was there again as he said he wanted to be the Biggest Loser.  His starting weight was 388 pounds and he was sarcastic in his snicker when told how many pounds he had to lose.  I guess he knew he would not win.  His current weight was 181 for a total weight loss of 207 pounds.  His total percentage of weight loss was 53.35%.   He was not able to beat Helen.  Allison said he lost more weight than he weighed right now.

Tara was the last one up and Allison did the flashback intro. again.  The echo effect had Tara talking about how she was going to lose weight and how she was not EVER going to fall below the yellow line.  Tara said she was proud of herself and when she walked up to the scale, she looked like a model.   Allison said Tara and Helen competed in more challenges than any player befor in Biggest Loser history.  Allison said she was unbeatable all season.  Her starting weight was 294 pounds and her current weight was 139 for a total weight loss of 155 pounds.

Helen won The Biggest Loser Season seven (7)) .  Once again the Pink Team won.  Once again Jillian Michaels won and beat out Bob Harper.  Jillian Michaels has never been beaten on the Biggest Loser.  Helen was the winner of  The Biggest Loser of Season 7

There was no mention of what the next season of American Biggest Loser would be like or when it would start.  Thanks for stopping by IChooseThin.com.