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1/27/2009 Episode of The Biggest Loser.  Bookmark this website for updates on The Biggest Loser episode scheduled for January 27, 2009.  This site is a HUGE Biggest Loser fan and wants to provide you with the latest events of the show.  We will recap and go over the entire episode.  You will learn how the player was sent home and all the emotions that were involved.

Tonight was a pretty good show.  The partners were brought back to the ranch to witness the weigh in, but were not part of the weigh in. The returning partners weigh in is scheduled to take place in the first ten minutes of the show that airs next week on February 3, 2009.

Bob Harper stated that Joelle was doing “excellent” and that he has seen an awakening in her spirit.  Blaine left for two days to be with his wife for the birth of his child, who arrived healthy.

Australian Chef Curtis Stonearrived to show everyone how to make healthier food choices.  There was going to be an award to the winner of the challenge for a two pound pass and a visit at their home with Curtis Stone.  The contestants had to guess what the calorie content was for some dishes of food, without going over.  These were the choices:

Chicken wings, ranch dressing and celery:  Total calories were 991 and Dan guessed 800 to win.

Bread bowl chili with sour cream:  Total calories were 1165 and Kristin guessed 834 to win.

7 Layer dip:  Total calories were 1765 and Helen guessed 1500 to win.

The semi final winners then advanced to the final round where they had to guess the calorie content of Curtis’s meal.  Dan guessed 230 to win the final round and the 2 pound pass for his home bound partner on the next weigh in.  Having won the challenge they then went off to a Wal-Mart to buy groceries from the fresh produce center.  It was interesting to see Wal-Mart on the Biggest Loser as we here have no memory of them ever being advertised.

It was at this point that a map flashed across the screen showing that the Biggest Loser Ranch is located in Malibu, California.  (We only throw that in because so many people have asked where The Biggest Loser Ranch is located.)

Bob Harper then brought in some platforms to make his trainees jump up onto.  He wanted to help them grow in confidence and to show them they could reach those heights from a stationary position and jump onto them.

The scene now shifted to a football field for all of the contestants to play against one another for team immunity.  The challenge was for them to have to get five footballs in every other player’s box and be the last one on the field.  To everyone’s surprise, Kurt Warner arrived on the scene and  he is a football player extraordinaire.  He has been the NFL MVP twice and was also the MVP for Super Bowl 34.   He was there to motivate the players but he appeared to take a liking to Dan as it was seen in the distance him prodding him along to finish.  The contestants received 5 balls in the following order.  Filipe, Tara, Dane, Kristin, Mandy, Dan, Mike, Joelle, and the one who never received 5 was Helen and she won the immunity for herself and her daughter Shanon.

We then switched to a staged scene, with all involved doing some bad acting showing us, the audience, the benefit for eating a certain cereal.  Bob, quit the commercials, please!!  Either that or get better scripts!!!

It was not until we were half way through the show before Jillian Michaels showed up on the scene.  She said a comment about Dan that he was more talk than he was action and that he did n0t follow through on what he said he was going to do.  Jillian was disappointed with him, or at least it seemed to show through to us, the audience.   During a round on the treadmill Jillian kept yelling at Dan and then Dan fell down.   Jillian just kept yelling at him to get up.  Jillian made him get up and he almost started to cry and then Jillian went into one of her classic touchy feely what is at the core of your weight problem conversation.  She got him up on the tread mill and then pushed him to a point of a run where he was able to achieve a completion.  From that point on she stopped tearing him down and tried to help build him up.  Dan was upset that he was never going to be able to achieve his dreams of being thin.

At the start of the weigh in all of the contestants that were sent home walked into the Biggest Loser Gym.  The players were then weighed in and the results were as follows. Ron and Mike (Brown) lost 7 amd 9 pounds respectively.  Blaine (Black) lost 11 pounds Dane (Black) lost 15 pounds, Filipe (Blue) lost 13 pounds and gave a heartfelt thanks to Bob Harper.  Tara  (Green) lost 12 pounds, Kristin (purple) lost 12 pounds, Mandi (Yellow) lost 10 pounds, Dan (Orange) lost 12 pounds, Joelle (Silver) lost 10 pounds  Helen (Pink) who had immunity, lost 6 pounds.

The two teams that had the lowest percentage of weight loss for the week were the Brown Team and the Orange Team.  The teams then went to debate who should stay and who should go home.  David the home bound partner revealed he could lose the same amount of weight at home, and kind of sort of said, that he would not mind going home.  This outraged some of the players.

Orange Team = Dan and Dave

Brown Team = Ron and Mike

The votes were as follows.  Pink Team (Helen and Shanon) voted to send home Orange, Yellow Team (Mandi and Aubrey) voted to send home Brown, Purple  Team(Kristin and Cathy) voted to send home Orange, Black Team (Blaine and Dane) voted to send home Brown, Green Team (Laura and Tara) voted to send home Brown.  Silver Team (Joelle and Carla) voted to send home Orange and the Blue Team (Filipe and Sione) voted to send home Orange.

The end result of the vote for The Biggest Loser January 27,  2009 was to send home the Orange Team, Dan and David.

For the recap at the end of the Biggest Loser Moment ,Dan has gone on to lose 60 pounds and David lost 46 pounds.  Dan no longer needs to take his oral diabetes medicine and David said he quit smoking

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The Biggest Loser Recap / Review March 17 2009:  This episode of The Biggest Loser started off where last weeks episode ended, and that was at the elimination table.  The tears and the emotions were running high as the elimination from the previous week was now freshly being shown as part of the start of this episode.

As the scene was ending Alison Sweeney said that it was not over yet and then The Black Team walked into the elimination room.  Alison then said someone else was going home and then it was announced that everyone was returning home to be in their normal lives for one week.  Then the scenes shifted back and forth between the players who were mentioning that they had been on the ranch for ten weeks now and how they were excited and yet afraid of returning home.  Alison wished them all luck and then reminded them that their friends and families would be a distraction and they had to return in one week for the next weigh in.  Helen told the camera that she was afraid because of all the bad choices she had made the last time she was off The Biggest Loserranch.

Soon there were scenes of airplanes and the destination of all the players as the planes were flying and as they traveled through the airports and all the way to their front door.  Then there weree scenes of each of the players walking in the front door of their homes.

Tara, who has lost 94 pounds was greeted by her teary eyed mother who cried out that she “looked like a different person.”  Aubrey, who has lost 49 pounds was met at the airport by her husband and he did not even recognize her.  Laura, who lost 58 pounds was met by her Mom who was amazed.  Helen, who lost 68 pounds was saying that she was “always a yo-yo dieter” was met by her entire family wearing pink shirts.  Her husband was amazed and stated that he “can’t believe how thin she got.”  Sione who lost 95 pounds walked in with Filipe who lost 91 pounds.  Filipe’s wife said “it was as if 1/2 of him was gone and he looked like a different person.”  Cathy who lost 51 pounds was met by her husband who said “I had to take a double look” to be sure it was her.  Kristin, who lost 97 pounds was met by her sisters who looked almost as if they were twins.  Ron, who lost 93 pounds was met by his wife who said he looked incredible and that he looked fantastic.  Mike who lost an incredible 110 pounds was met by his brother Max who is very over weight.  When Max saw how much weight his brother and father lost he started to cry.  It was at that moment when Max realized that he was the now the heaviest person in his house.  Ron, the Dad, said that “his reaction made me feel bad.”  Up until this point of the show, it was by far, the most touching moment.

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After a commercial break the door bell started to ring at the homes of all the players.  When they answered the door, they each had what appeared to be a large Biggest Loser cookie tin right outside.  When the tins were brought into the homes it was revealed to contain nine large sugar cookies and one DVD.  The DVD had Alison explaining to all the players that there was a challenge about to start.  They each had to run a 1/2 marathon, which consisted of 13.1 miles.  The person with the fastest completion time would win a $10,000 prize.  The only catch was that if a player ate a cookie, then they could tack on five minutes onto the time of any player they chose.

Sione stated that it was not about the money, it was about a life change.  He said he was not going to eat a cookie and he would run and give it his best time.  Up until this point the only person who appeared to have eaten a cookiewas Helen and she said she was giving the five minute penalty to Tara.

The next scenes were of the different players out running.  Some were outdoors while others were inside on tracks.  As the scenes progressed there were many shots of the players in a struggle to finish the run.  Tara said she just had to “keep going” while Sione, at the 12.6 mile mark said “finish this.”  At the final 200 yards Sione could not run anymore as he was getting cramps in his leg and he had to lay down on the road.  He said he never felt such intense pain before and he had to stop.  That cramp cost him some time which caused the final results to be as follows;

Tara:       2:24:19
Sione:     2:25:57
Helene:   2:49:19
Aubrey:  2:53:02  (Mandi, who was voted off last week ran with her)
Cathy:      3:15:21
Mike:        3:19:38
Laura:      3:24:00
Filipe:      3:24:05
Kristin:    3:43:45
Mike:        Completed a 4 mile walk in 1:52:34 and stopped because of his bad knee.  He said that he never had any expectation to go the full 13.1 miles and was proud that he was able to walk the four miles.

The next few scenes were moments of the life of the players in their everyday moments.  Seeing Aubrey loading her five children in the family van was a job in itself.  During this time she discused how important it was for her to find the time needed to exercise and take the needed time for herself.  Kristin was shown leading her family on a treadmill saying “I need to stay focused.”  Laura told the camera that she was taking Jillian Michaelsadvice to do “cardio, cardio, cardio.”  Mike and Ron were in a pizzeria with some really tastey looking pizza and cookies.  (They both resisted the food)  Laura told her husband to chew gum to help his cravings for sweet stuff.  Helen showed the most emotional scene as she was shopping with her husband in a grocery store.  She said she was afraid of returning to her old ways of “cake and bread” and was afraid to be in the store.  Helen then said “something clicked” and then said “I started to make the right choices, I got this!”  She was in tears as she stated this to the camera.

There was then a quick commercial with Bob Harper talking about Bayer Counterto test your blood sugar level as the second hour of the show started.  This hour began with Aubrey walking into the home of her father and it was revealed that he is well over 500 pounds.  Aubrey tried to speak to him about his weight problem and told him that he will die soon if he does not get started.  Despite the rebukes by the dad about how he was starting, it was obvious it was not really his intention.  Chances are, he will more than likely do nothing and die before his time and become part of the obesity statistics of the world.  It was very clear to the camera that Aubrey did not get her message through to him.  It was a very sad momnent indeed.

Next there were scenes of the players packing up to return to the the ranch and as they arrived Alison met them in the gym to reveal the outcome of the 1/2 marathon, and who won the $10,000.  The times of the players revealed that the only two possible winners would be either Tara or Sione.  It was soon revealed that Tara had the best time ,but unfortunatly for her, Helen was the only one to eat a cookie, which applied a five minute penalty to cause Tara to lose and Sione to win.  Tara was shocked and angry all at once because Helen had no reason to eat that cookie and assign the points to her, as she had no chance of winning.  Once again it revealed the lack of maturity, or common sense of Helen.  She really ticked off Tara, who had good reason to get angry at Helen.  Sione won the $10,000 and said when the show was over he planned on using the money to take his family on along vacation. 

The next scenes were the first scenes with Jillian Michaelsand Bob Harper.  By the lack of their presence on the show it is starting to become obvious that the viewing audience is being weaned off their presence on the show.  It is starting to become obvious that they may not be back for the next season.  Jillian told the camera “They won’t know what hit them” while Bob said “back in my house.”  He then voiced his frustration as to the fact that The Blue Team has not won a single weigh in.  It was an odd workout for all because of their absence from the ranch.  Everyone was just trying to get back on track.

At the weigh in, it was once again The Blue Team against The Black Team.  The results were as follows;

BLACK TEAM
Mike:      278/270 lost 8 pounds
Laura:     226/220 lost 6 pounds.    Jillian told the camera “She changed (referring to her @ home) Thank God!!!
Tara:        200/198 lost 2 pounds.    Jillian comforted Tara telling her she over trained.   Jillian then became annoyed with Tara because she was not listening and became so upset over only losing 2 pounds and told her “you are not the trainer, Listen to me.”      
Sione:       277/273 lost 4 pounds.   Jillian made the statement that he had such a poor showing because he was not working out with her anymore.  She stated that was a reflection of his “horrible weight loss.”
Helen:      189/182 lost 7 pounds

The Black Team lost 34 pounds for a total of 2.35% body weight lost.

BLUE TEAM  
Aubrey:     200/195 lost 5 pounds
Ron:             337/327 lost 10 pounds.  This was an emotional scene as the son, Mike, walked up and gave his father a hug.  Mike then told the camera how happy he was and how proud he was of his father.  He bragged about how old he was yet still able to lose so much weight. Bob Harper said “Can I get an Amen, Thank you Jesus!!!”  Ron had now lost a total of 103 pounds.
Kristin:         263/264  GAINED 1 pound.  Bob Harpersaid “Kristin is not ready to go home yet.”
Kathy:            242/241 lost 1 pound.

The end result was that The Blue Team lost again.  They have never beaten The Black Team.  As Bob was leaving, Kristin was in tears and she said to Bob “what if there is no next week?”  Aubrey was upset because she “had an awesome week and yet she could not celebrate.”  Ron said “losing is getting old” while Aubrey feared that her success at home may cause her to be sent home tonight.  Cathy said that “she was ready to go home, to protect her child.”

The players then went to the elimination room to vote off the next player and the vote was as follows;

Aubrey voted for Cathy and Ron voted for Cathy also.  The real tear jerker was when it came time for Kristin to vote because she wantted to honor her Mom’s wishes, but did not want to vote her home.  Then Kristin revealed she voted for her Mom and Cathy became the next player to be voted off  The Biggest Loser.  Kristin was the player voted off and sent home on The Biggest Loser March 17 2009.

The Biggest Loser Transformation moment was touching as Cathy revealed that it felt so good to be healthy as she is a recovering alcoholic and that she went from one addiction to another.  Booze, then food and then exercise and finaly being healthy.”   She said “you can change your life” to the camera.  She went from 293 pounds to 215 pounds, as of tonight.  Then, her other daughters were on the screen telling they lost weight since Mom came home.  One daughter lost 15 pounds, while the other lost 48 pounds.

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to visit next week when The Biggest Loser reveals who will be the first woman to lose 100 pounds while on The Biggest Loser ranch. 

The Biggest Loser episode that aired on February 24, 2009 was sort of interrupted by a speech by the President and the final portion of The Biggest Loser will be on TV tomorrow, February 25th, 2009.  That is the episode that will determine what player is sent home.  Only one hour of the show aired tonight and what happened is reviewed here.  As the show started there was an interview with Helen, from The Pink Team talking to the camera about her doubts that her daughter Shanon went home.  There was alot of talk “on the street” about how selfish Helen was to have let her daughter be sent home.  That selfishness did not show on this episode, at least none we feel needs to be mentioned in this recap of the show.

The teams soon learned that they were all going to be split up and new trainers would be assigned.  How this was all going to work out was through a challenge and then the flip of a coin.  The challenge consisted of starting from the prone position, which really meant lying in the mud, the player had to get up and jump to touch a coin hanging over them.  After touching the coin the players were then required to get back into the mud in the prone position.  The first player to touch The Biggest Loser coin 100 times would win the challenge.  The winner of the challenge would then be allowed to choose the trainer and then that choice would also include the team mate.  The player that came in last place would HAVE to use the other trainer while everyone in the middle would have their fate decided by the flip of The Biggest Losercoin.

The race was a runaway with the only real competitors being Sione and Tara.  It was really close and it all came down to less than just a couple of seconds with Tara muscling it out to claim victory.  The mud that was on the ground made this a very difficult challenge because the water and the mud really wore the contestants down quickly.  The outcome of the entire challenge was The Blue Team being in second place had to flip the coin to decide whether they keep their trainer or have to switch.  The coin flip was not merciful and The Blue Team Sione and Filipe were forced to switch sides to become Black Team players.  Sione and Filipe were really not happy about having to train with Jillian.  They were not being disrespectful to Jillian Michaelsin any way.  They were just very upset that they had to leave Bob Harper.

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The Yellow Team (Mandi and Aubrey) ended up being on the new Blue Team with Bob Harper while Dane went over to the new Blue Team.  When it came to The Brown Team Ron and Mike had the choice to decide which team they wanted to be training with.  It was shocking to see them decide to split up and Ron went to The Blue Team while Mike went to The Black Team.  They both agreed it would be best if they split up because that would give Mike a better chance at staying on The Biggest Loserranch longer.  The Purple Team (Kristin and Cathy) just ended up together on the Blue Team.

New Blue Team members: Ron, Kristin, Cathy, Aubrey and Mandi.

New Black Team members: Sione, Filipe, Dane, Mike and Helen.

The change of trainers and team mates was not received very well by anyone on either team.  Bob pulled his new team together and started to cry.  This was portrayed as Bob Harper’s cracking and he stated that “it was the hardest thing he ever had to do on The Biggest Loser.”  There was a lot of crying by both Bob and the players over the split.  It was interesting that Jillian Michaels did not get that upset and that all of emotions by Bob Harpershowed, were in direct contrast to his emotions during Bob Harper’smeltdown with Joelle.  It has left some here wondering if this episode of crying by Bob Harper was nothing more than a silent request for redemption with the American public?  Maybe all the heat Bob took made him want to show the world he really is not a raging, raving and cursing person.  Who knows.  Just a thought!

After a commercial break the episode lead right into a series of commercials built into the show.  The opening scene showed a player opening the new Biggest Loser book; 30 Day Jump Start.  The attention then shifted to Jillian Michaelsplugging Ziplocstorage bags and how they will benefit people trying to keep fresh, healthy food fresh.

The next scene was a first in Biggest Loser history.  They players were required to keep two bikes going for 24 hours.  The team that had traveled the greatest distance in 24 hours would win the challenge and that team would gain a 3 pound advantage at the weigh in.  As the 24 hour clock ticked to zero there were scenes showing all of the different players getting on and off the bikes.  There was alot of complaining and griping and at one point The Blue Team called for a truce to just stop.  At the moment when it looked like they were all going to quit, Sione stepped in and said he would not quit.  He said that he wanted to finish it for himself.  He said that he has always given up on losing weight in the past and this was not going to be like that.  Sione rallied everyone to go all the way to finish the 24 hour bike run.

The winner after the 24 hour challenge turned out to be The (new) Black Team with 301.9 miles to The (new) Blue Team having gone 264 miles.  Tara had rode an incredible 58.8 miles, all by herself, to lead her team to the victory.

Then the show just ended and the next thing we saw was something about The President making a speech.  Not that we are not interested in what he had  to say, but that is not why you came here. To learn what has happened in Part II of this episode of The Biggest Loser CLICK HERE for the latest information.

The Biggest Loser Couples Recap / Review March 31 2009; The show started off with a flashback to last week’s episode and the discussion of who needed to be sent home.  The discussion revolved around Ron saying that Filipe needed to go home and this really annoyed Filipe.  Filipe said that he wanted Ron to be sent home.  This seemed out of revenge and the viewer could tell this was a simmering emotion that Filipe was carrying inside of himself.

Kristin was then speaking to the camera and said that you never know what is going to happen on The Biggest LoserRanch and the next scene showed all of the players walking onto the gym.  When they were walking into the room they were greeted by Ali Vincient, who won two seasons ago.  She was also the first female to win the contest of The Biggest Loser. 

The players were met not only by Ali but also the rules of what was about to happen.  Everyone was told that everything was about to change on the campus and that three players that were sent home earlier in the year were about to come back for another chance to be on the show and come back to the ranch.  With that said Nicole (Red Team), Estella (White Team) and David (Orange Team) all came walking back into the room.  Estelle had lost some weight and it was disappointing to see how little weight David had lost.  What was a real shocker was to see how much weight Nicole had lost while she was at home.  She looked really thin and healthy.

What happened next was a mini-weigh in of the returning players.  As it turned out, Estella lost a respectable 45 pounds and David lost 46 pounds and still weighed in at 347 pounds.  What was a real shocker was the fact that Nicole had lost a whopping 87 pounds and that amounted to losing 32.34% of her body weight.  Nicole was the player that earned the right to return to The Biggest Loser Ranch.  It was also revealed that Nicole had the second highest % of weight loss among all of the players at the ranch, other than Tara.  This fact shocked the entire player roster into a state of shock, especially Tara and became the topic for the rest of the show.  Everyone now feared Nicole as the biggest threat.

Tara stated there was “a new person in the house.” and Helen showed Nicole around and then got her alone to warn her of how hard the game was being played.  This scene quickly gave way to a series of scenes that showed player after player having a private conversation with Nicole.  There were scenes of all the players giving Nicole advice and it ended with Nicole telling America that she just needed to watch her back.

Soon it was early morning and Nicole decided to go for a run.  While on that run she met Tara and Tara was shown almost in a frenzy talking quickly about facts and statistics of the players on the ranch.  Nicole later told the camera that Tara was talking so fast and that she really did not trust Tara at all.  This entire conversation took place on what was called The Presidential Mile, which apparently is the road that approaches the ranch.  We only mention this because we have no record of it ever being discussed before.

Bob Harper then appeared for the first time of the episode and we saw him walking into the house and his mouth was wide open when he saw Nicole and how much weight she had lost on her own, at home.  Bob Harperwas in complete, un-staged and utter shock at how skinny Nicole had become.

Jilian Michaelswas first seen having a conversation with Tara.  It was apparent that Tara was about to have a complete emotional breakdown.  Tara started to ramble about how she felt about life on the ranch and then Jillian was talking to America about how Tara had all these emotions bubbling inside of her.  Tara then confided to Jillian that she was afraid to go home because she did not want to go back to her old habits and gain all her weight back again.  Jillian said the conversation was really good because Tara was able to see the fact that she had emotional issues  with weight loss for the first time. 

Bob then walked into the gym with Kristin and Sione.  Both players expressed concern to Bob about the fact that if Mike fell below the line, that he would vote to save Mike.  They just acknowledged to Bob that they were concerned with the loyalty of Ron to their team.  Bob Harpersaid they were right and they had better just start exercising.  

Next there was a commercial built into the show with Jillian promoting a cereal and the importance of breakfast.  Then lo! and behold!  she just happened to have a convenient box of cereal in the cupboards that she suggested they eat for breakfast.  Gosh how we hate those Tivo proof commercials that are built right into the show.  This commercial transitioned into scenes of all the players working out and then we saw Ron walking on what we were again told is The Presidential Mile.  Ron approached Bob and told him he was having chest pains and was dizzy.  Ron said he felt like “someone was standing on his chest.”

Soon we saw Ron leaving the campus in an ambulance and being told that he was suffering from internal blood loss, and they did not know why.  He was met by Dr. Huzienga who told Ron he needed to have a double balloon enteroscopy.  What we soon learned was that he did not have a heart attack but instead was suffering from two bleeding ulcers in a portion of his stomach area that he no longer used.  Ron had weight loss surgery years ago and the section that had the ulcers were the area that had been bypassed.  He was also told that he was a very lucky man.  He was able to return to the ranch but he would be returning with a severe disadvantage.  The hospital had filled him with nine bags of saline solution, which is just salt water, and also two pints of blood.  The salt water could prove to be a huge problem at the weigh in as it could have a major impact on his weight.

Soon there was the challenge and the players were all walking out towards a large swimming pool in the night time air.  There were greeted by last season Biggest Loser winner Michelle Aguilar who was hosting this challenge.  This contest consisted of 40 ropes strung across the width of the pool for each player.  These ropes all went under an individual player’s wooden platform.  Each player had one rope hanging vertically over their head that they could hold onto with one hand.  The players had to see who would be able to balance on their platform the longest as individual ropes were pulled away from underneath the boards.  As each rope was removed it became more and more of a challenge to remain balanced and not fall into the pool.

One by one the ropes were removed and the players started to fall into the pool below.  The order of their falling was as follows:

Mike, Filipe, Laura, Tara, Helen, Nicole, Mike and then soon all that were left was Kristin and Sione.  Sione then gave Kristin what could only be referred to as a “death glare” because he had an intent to remain long enough to win the contest.  After the one hour mark Kristin lost her balance and fell into the pool.  Sione had won the contest and the right to have a one pound advantage at the weigh-in.

Soon there was another cheesy built in anti-Tivo commercial about storage containers.   As the show progressed we heard Bob say he was going outside to do their work out and went to Muscle Beach at Santa Monica, California.  Jilian Michaelswas seen in the gym stating this weigh-in was “fear based” because the odds were stacked against her and her team.  Nicole was seen crying at the beach to Bob because she was so happy to back on the show.  Then Bob told her that she needed to settle down because if she remained so stressed, it could affect her weight loss.

Ron soon walked into the bedroom of his son Mike and it was a joyful reunion but Ron told Mike of the big disadvantage he would have at the weigh-in because of his hospital stay.

The weigh-in began and Alison Sweeney was back and it was revealed that she had her baby and was glad to be back on the show.  The weigh in then began and the results were as follows;

Nicole:  182/187 GAINED 5 pounds
When Nicole stepped on the scale and it was revealed that she gained five pounds the faces on everyone was that of shock,  Tara had a faint smile and Bob said it was all the stress she held inside of herself and Helen made the comment that “light bulbs went off” as the other players realized that they each had a better chance to stay another week.  Nicole had lost her immunity since she gained weight. 
Kristin:  255/251 lost 4 pounds
Laura:    213/214 GAINED 1 pound  When she saw she gained weight she started to shed tears,  but was able to hold them back.
Tara:  195/189 lost 6 pounds.  She said she “finally got it” about weight loss and that she knew why she was there and why she got there and the fact that she never wanted to be overweight again.  It was the “aha moment” that Jillian had been hoping Tara would one day have.
Helen:  177/171  lost 6 pounds
Sione:  266/260  lost 6 pounds
Filipe:  262/256  lost 4 pounds
Mike:   264/253  lost 11 pounds.  He was very happy with that weight loss and someone in our audience made the comment that “hey he is not a bad looking kid.”  It was obvious the physical changes that were going on with him at this weigh-in.
Ron:  317/320  GAINED 3 pounds.

The elimination had come down to the recently returned Nicole and the loving father, Ron.  The next scene showed the players pleading to stay and the arguments went as such:
Nicole;  ” I am trying really hard to be strong and not break down.”  She went on to talk about how everyone was so loving to her when she arrived and that she hoped they would all be true to her and how they spoke to her on the day she recently returned to the ranch.  Ron said “Week #4 I asked you to save my son, now I am asking you to save me”  Mike (the son) then stated that his Dad needed to be on the ranch.”  Ron then revealed to that he has now been below the yellow line 5 times already.  The vote for elimination went as follows:

Mike:   Voted for Nicole   ”My choice was easy.” He voted for Nicole to save his father.
Filipe:  Voted for Ron.  Mike got upset and semi glared at Filipe and then there was discussion as to whether Filipe had lied about how he was going to vote.  Sione defended himself and stated he never made any promise to save Ron.
Laura: Voted for Nicole because “Nicole scares me and Ron needs to be here.”
Sione:  Voted for Ron and said all the discussion about who needed to be there was nonsense.  He went on to state that soon everyone would soon be home and they needed to be able to live off the ranch.  Sione said that he did not care if he was sent home because “I’m gonna kill this at home.”
Helen:  Voted for Ron and said “I was glad to see Nicole” and that she voted with her heart.
Kristine:  Voted for Nicole because “Nicole deserves to be here, but does not need to be here.”

The person voted off The Biggest LoserCouples 31 March 2009 episode was Nicole.  She had only been back on the ranch for one short week and again she was being sent home.

The Biggest Loser Transformation Moment was centered around the fact that Nicole was going to purchase her wedding drees.  There were flashbacks to when she went shopping when she was a size 24 and then she was shown in her dress today, which was a size 12.  Nicole had lost a total of 105 pounds and has the goal to get down to a size 8 dress.

Next there was the scene that spoke of the deal for anyone who signed up for 24HourFitness.  They were advised that if they mentioned The Biggest Loser the initiation fee would be waived.

Next week’s previews were shown very quickly and it has something to do with the players eating alot of cupcakes on some sort of binge that really upset Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels.

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The Biggest Loser Couples Recap / Review April 14 2009; This episode was the one that the contestants on The Biggest Loser Ranch look forward to the most.  After many weeks of sweating and workouts they were treated like royalty and Hollywood stars.  This is really the first time they get to show off the new bodies they have worked so hard to obtain.  This episode is the one where they receive a complete makeover from head to toe.  They all had their hair done and receive all new designer clothing and generally just had fun.  Fashion guru Tim Gunnhelped transform the players in this “makeover” episode.

The show started off with Filipe missing Sione going home from the previous week.  Filipe sat down with Kristine and talked about the goodbye note he received from Sione.  He said Sione was not just a partner, but one of his family.  Sione was all choked up as he spoke to the camera about how he had to become a better competitor.  Kristin and Filipe said that Jillian had not lost a single player in seven weeks.  Both of them agreed that they were not going to let Bob Harper down this season and were going to bring home a win for him.

The next scene was everyone walking out in the hills and approaching a canyon.  Alison Sweeney told them they had to cross the canyon on a rope.  They had to be on a rope holding on to one rope while walking on another rope.  They were about as high as a 10 story buiding.  All of the players spoke of how they were afraid of heights.  Kristin told America that you had to be there to realize how high they really were.

When it started Mike said he felt he was going to die.  Ron quit after about 40 feet because of his knee.  Filipe and Mike had an early lead.  Tara lost her footing and fell off, but her safety line saved her.  Filipe took off since Tara struggled so much to get back on the rope.  Tara actually started to catch up with Filipe while Mike said he felt like he was still on the starting platform.  Filipe and Tara were in what Alison said was a “horse race.”  It came down to a battle and to the wire for the last 100 feet.  The final few feet came down to being all uphill and Tara caught up and passed Filipe and snatched the victory from Filipe in the last few seconds.   What she won was a $25,000 home kitchen makeover.  Mike was happy to finish and felt proud that he just made it to the other end.  After the very end Alison told everyone that this was going to be the make-over week on The Biggest Loser.

All of the players said they were thrilled to receive a makeover.  Filipe joked that a haircut alone would knock 3 pounds off his weight.  They all arrived in Macy’s and met Tim Gunn, who is well known for project runway.  He also told the players they were getting a complete makeover so they can be at a Hollywood movie premiere.  Tim Gunn said that when a person needs an entire new wardrobe it can be a shocking and difficult experience.

Mike said that when he used to shop for clothing he never put much choice into what he picked because he was happy to just get what fit.  Tara said it felt like it was like the days she used to model.  Helen told Tim Gunn that she was overwhelmed and it “was happening” and she was ready to choose new clothing.  Helen was in tears and Tim Gunn  said he would help her and gave her a big hug.

Soon everyone walked into a room and the clothing they were getting was on mannequins.  In the pockets of each outfit were $1,000.00 Macy’s gift cards for them to use when they went home.

For the fashion makeover portion they started to cut their hair and and primp and tweak all portions of their hair and how they wore the style of hair.  Next there was a scene of a movie marquee that read “The Biggest Loser The Movie”  What was being done was the movie premiere was actually going to be a  story of their journey on The Biggest Loser.

Helen walked into the theatre and met her husband and she and her husband were in tears and Helen told him she lost 88 pounds.  It was a tear jerker of a reunion.  Tara was met by her mother.  Whan Tara came down the theater stairs Tara really looked good and Tara was shocked that her Mom lost 40 pounds.  Tara then noticed The Biggest Losermovie poster and then commented, in tears about how lucky she was to be on the show.

Filipe then met his wife and he really cleaned up good.  The tears were flowing from both Filipe and his wife.  She comments how proud she was of him.

Kristine then met her husband (Nick) and they were both beaming with pride.  Kristine told him she lost 115 pounds and he said “WOW!”

Laura was met by Monica, her best friend.  Monica gave her a hug and said it was like hugging only 1/2 of her since she lost so much weight.  Laura really did look pretty.

Ron came down the steps and his wife was shocked he shaved off the beard he had for 20 years.  He told her he lost 122 pounds.   When Ron saw his over weight son it was sad because he (son) was still dealing with extreme obesity.  When Mike hugged his brother (Max) the moment was filled with tears and sadness because Mike had achieved victory and yet his brother was still suffering from morbid obesity.  The brother Max was crying because he said he “was the big one” and he had done nothing about it.   Mike told Max that when him and Dad returned home they were going to help him.  Mike sat down and said “you feel helpless” to Max and then Mike said you have the ability to change and that “you are not stuck like that.”  Max cried he wanted to be thin and normal.  Mike said that 15 weeks ago they both tried to lose weight and failed.  Mike repeated through tears that when he returns home they will show him how to lose the weight.  It was really a touching moment to witness and we almost felt as if we were violating their privacy.  Mike then told the camera that America could lose the weight if they just made the change.

Soon we saw camera flashes and a red carpet walk at the L.A. Theatre and Mike said it was weird to be interviewed as a celebrity.  Helen said she was living a dream.   The lights were dimmed and then they all sat in the theatre to watch a movie about their journey so far on The Biggest Loser.  There were scenes of how they got on the show and flashback scenes of how they looked when they first appeared on the show.  Kristine said she saw no sparkle in her eyes as she watched her first weigh in.  Tara said that it made her sad and that a person does not weigh 294 pounds by accident.  Laura saw herself and realized how much she had changed in 15 weeks.  Ron and Mike watched scenes of one another helping and hoping for the other.  Mike said they were the characters in this movie and it was amazing to see it.  There was scene after scene of how the players got there and how they lost the weight.  It was like watching The Biggest Loseron speed.  Each player then told America about how they were not going to return to their old ways and how they happy with their new bodies.

For the second hour of the show there was an injury that was going to “rock the campus” and then we saw Bob Harperand Jillian Michaelsfor the first time of the show.  Bob told everyone that they needed to work extra hard and they needed to put their sandwiches away and go to the gym.  Bob warned Kristine that she was still the biggest girl in the house and that made her the biggest threat.  Bob dogged Kristine, Ron and threatened to “kick the ass” of anyone that went below the yellow line.  There was scene after scene of weights, sweat and movement.  Bob even dropped the “F” bomb and said he was going to work his people until the bled.  It seemed to go on for quite awhile and although there was no mention of how long they exercised they  more than likely went at it for six or eight hours.  Maybe even longer.  In the past these workouts lasted in excess of 12 hours.

Jillian then told the camera that she thought there was a problem with the hip of Laura.  It turned out that Laura had the early signs of a fracture.  Laura had the signs of a fracture and that all risks had to be minimized and that she could not run for three months.  Jillian said that this was the worst sports related issue in the history of The Biggest loser.  Laura said she was afraid that she was so close to the finish line and then have everyone pass her by.

The show then had one of their built in commercials with Jillian and Helen.  They were talking about metabolism and milk with milk being the product that was paying to be on the show.  It was mentioned they needed to drink at least 3 glasses of milk everyday.

Jillian said she had to kill her players during last chance workout and that she had to make them bleed.  Jillian then kept screaming over and over “last chance workout”.  There was scene after scene of Helene and Tara and Jillian and Mike and the sweat was just running down the shirts of all the players.

The next moment all of the players were walking into the gym for the weigh in.  Ron commented on how the odds to stay on the show were getting worse.  Alison said they, as a group lost 765 pounds and that Mike had to lose 5 pounds to break a record on the show.

Mike:  248/243  lost 5 pounds.   This made him lose the most weight ever in 15 weeks.  He broke Rodgers record and planted himself in history.  2.02%
Ron:  308/302  lost 6 pounds.  He said for this week it was a good number and said he has not been this thin since he was 13 years old.  Mike said he was never alive to see him this thin.  1.95%
Tara:  186/182  lost 4 pounds.  She was safe from elimination.  Lost 112 pounds total 2.15%
Filipe:  252/247  lost 5 pounds.  He dedicated this week for Sione and he said he could have done nothing better.  1.98%.
Helene:  169/162  lost 7 pounds.  Helene said “Oh MY GOD  Where did that come from?”  She then said “I can do this at home.”  4.14%
Kristin:  245/243  lost 2 pounds.  She was below the yellow line and it sounded as if she was already pleading with the other players to not send her home.  At 0.82% she knew was was in trouble.

Laura:  205/208 gained 3 pounds.  Jillian could not watch as they had to carry Laura up to the scale.  Jillian said it was sad to watch as someone who was such a mess that worked so hard to get it right, be in her situation.  She was not able to work out at all and because of her hip injury she was unable to exercise.  As they carried her back to the line Jillian said it was really sad but it was time to send Laura home.  Jillian was in tears and hugged Laura as she told Laura how she was not a quitter and that this injury was not her fault.  She gained 1.46%

The two that fell below the yellow line were Kristine and Laura.  Kristine said that she should not be sent home because she needed to be there.  Mike told the camera that keeping Kristine on the campus might be the biggest mistake that he could make.  Laura was in tears and told the players she wanted to be there and she had a major injury and yet she did not want to go home.  She asked everyone to vote as if she was not injured.  Kristin pleaded she needed to be there and she did not want to go home because of game play.  She cried she needed to be there not to win money but because she needed to be there.  She was begging and crying and pleading to remain on the campus.  Kristine said she was not interested in anything but her health.

Tara pleaded for Laura to stay and yet Ron said she needed to go home.  Ron said it was not about keeping her here to help her and this was not the place for her to be to get the help.  It was surprising to see Ron plead to send home Tara after so many said he was all about game play.  Ron said that it was silly for him to keep Kristine on the ranch because of the threat. Filipe chimed in that he was afraid Laura would crack her hip.  Mike repeated how hard it would be to vote for Laura because he thought Kristine was the big threat.  It was interesting to see how game play was involved by some, yet others were interested in the health of Laura.  Ron really shined in this moment and anyone who said he was just there for the game were just proven wrong.  The fatherly side of Ron really shone through while Tara argued to keep Laura on the ranch.  This was going to be an interesting vote.

The Vote Results
Laura:  ” The past 15 weeks have been amazing”  She said she did not want to send anyone home.  To no one’s surprise she voted for Kristine.
Ron:  From a game play point he would have been smart to send home Kristine, but instead he voted for Laura because it was the best thing to do for her health and the rest of Laura’s life. 
Mike:  ” This is difficult.”  Despite this being a bad decision for the game, the decision is about the rest of Laura’s life and that is why he said he was sending home Laura.  He did not want to see her get a life long injury.  Mike voted for Laura.
Helen:  Voted for Kristin and we (I Choose Thin) feel as if  it was based on pure gameplay and the tears were staged.  Helene is all about the game.
Filipe:  He voted for Laura because he felt as if Kristine was his sister since day #1.
Alison said that Laura was not going home alone because The Biggest Loser was going to send doctors with her to make sure she was well and safe.

The person voted off and eliminated for The Biggest Loser episode on April 14 2009 was Laura.

The Biggest Loser Transformation Moment
This moment started with a meeting with doctors and she was told that she was healing very well.  She even had a physical theripast work with her.  Laura said that she has been able to maintain her weight.  She has lost a total of 77 pounds since she arrived on the ranch.

Next week there appears to be an encounter with Ron and his son Mike.  The previews showed Mike questioning his father about why he never did anything about his weight before. 

Check back next week for another updaye of another episode of The Biggest Loser.