The Biggest Loser Couples March 3 2009 episode recap and review is provided as a service to all of the fans of The Biggest Loser. This week’s episode had sort of two starts. The first part of the show started with a recap of the first nine weeks as scenes were shown from previous episodes. The narration was about how it was a season of firsts such as the heaviest, the oldest and also about Bob Harper
freaking out and Jillian Michaelsgetting upset. The statement was made that so far the contestants lost a half of ton of weight in only 9 weeks. This is the one-half way mark because there are nine weeks left. The second “start” of the show began with a review of last week’s episode and Dane being voted off the show. It was shown that the lines of the teams were starteing to align as bonds were developing along the lines of game play. This was the first hint that the real game is starting to be played by the players as they each struggle to stay on The Biggest Loser Ranch.
After all of the recaps were over Chef Roco DiSpiritowas introduced and what is more than likely his restaurant called Chefs Inc. As all of the players were led inside Rocco stated that American fast food is a 110 Billion dollar a year business and it was not going away any time soon. He then started to pull out some favorite food choices and went over the fat and calorie in each of them. Chef Rocco said that in one slice of pizza there were 490 calories and 27 grams of fat which equaled to 4,000 calories for an entire pizza pie. He then held out a overflowing spoonful of fat and said this is how much fat you eat when you eat a slice of pizza. (It was really kind of sick to see) He went on to show a stuffed burrito and that had 1,100 calories and 47 grams of fat with 1,200 milligrams of sodium. He ended the presentation with a cheeseburger and fries that contained 1,230 calories and 85 grams of fat, with the fries there was 110 grams of fat. Rocco then said he was going to show them how to make these same meals in a much healthier way.
As the contestants went deeper into the kitchen they were told that each team had to split into pairs and each pair had to make one of the foods that Rocco had shown them. The catch was that they had to make it with a good flavor and low calories and all in 30 minutes. The winning team would have one player selected at random and that person would win an extra vote at elimination. When they started to make the foods there seemed to be alot of confusion in the kitchen and one huge problem was that they all were having difficulty trying to operate the ovens and other equipment. The Blue Team that made the pizza had father and son Mike and Ron against each other. There was definitely friendly competition between father and son and the winner was the father Ron, as chosen by Rocco. The burrito cook-off was a standoff between the teams as Rocco did not like the taste of either of them and The Black Team won only because it has less calories. The burger contest was won by The Black Team but only because it was lower in calories as Rocco liked them both. Rocco went on to say that the only reason why The Blue Team lost the burger portionwas because The Blue Team used catsup, which contains an abundance of calories. The winning Black Team then had silver fortune cookies brought out to them and inside was either a blank piece of paper or one piece with a number two on it, to signify they had won the extra vote. That vote was claimed by Laura. After The Black Team won Chef Rocco prepared them a great, low calorie meal and The Blue Team had to clean up all of the dirty dishes. There was a brief water fight from the sink by Ron and the commercial break began.
After the commercial, Bob Harpersaid that 24Hour Fitness had started a new program that was like shadow boxing. As they were led into a room there was Sugar Ray Leonard jumping rope. Sugar Ray said he was a huge fan of The Biggest Loserand that losing weight was mostly mental and that one had to conquer the mind to win the weight loss battle. He said that he still uses boxing as his form of workout but no longer does he get hit by another fighter. He said he liked to say the phrase “POWER.” He then said Prepare, Overcome Win Every Round. Then there were a bunch of scenes and all of the contestants were shown in various aspects of the new 24 Hour Fitness routine that included shadow boxing. Bob Harper was in a few of those scenes and Aubrey was revealed to have been a former boxer that was undefeated. Sugar Ray signed autographs and the scene was over.
Next Dr. Huzienga showed up in the gym and spoke to Mike and Tara and he told them they had become the King and Queen because of their accomplishments. Mike had lost 134 pounds in 9 weeks and gained about 20 pounds of muscle in only 3 months. Tara had lost 29% of her body weight in that same time frame. Both of these were great accomplishment. Mike was told that if he had not made the changes he may have been dead in 5 years.
Ron then met with the doctor and spoke about his failed bypass surgery. Ron revealed that his surgery was when he weighed over 500 pounds and it was a failure and that is why he looks the way he does. The doctor then told him that he is showing tremendous progress as his insulin use was way down and he was gaining muscle.
Jillian was then shown in the common area near the kitchen talking over some of the issues with Sione. They both said they were moving past the initial problems they had and that they needed to go to the gym. The was a big to-do about Sione spraining his ankle and that he needed an MRI and then there was a commercial break like there was some huge problem developing for Sione. They showed the teammates all worried and then there was a commercial break. After the commercial break it was revealed that there was nothing wrong with the ankle. The producers of the show need to stop the pre-commercial hype only to have a COMPLETE let down of emotions after the commercial. We know they want us all to be there after the commercials end, but HEY! we like the show and we die-hard fans will stay on our couch like a potato.
The scene that quickly revealed there was nothing wrong with Sione’s ankle found the players at the Los Angeles Food Bank. There was a challenge that was about to take place and they were playing for free groceries for one year and to receive letters from home. Also the winning team was going to be shown on a national campaign to advertise Cheerios cereal. The object of the challenge was to load 150 boxes of food onto a truck. The first team to assemble, pack and load the food would be the winners. Laura sat out the challenge as the team decided she would be the least help. There were then scenes of the players racing back and forth, carts being spilled and trucks being loaded. The Black Team won their 4th challenge in a row and The Blue Team players took it hard. Aubrey was crying because her family really needed access to the food supply for one year, as she has a large family. The Blue Team was also annoyed by the gloating of The Black Team and they said so openly.
The next few moments were filled with Black Team members opening the mail from home and the tears they were shedding as the love-sick notes were read. It was a touching scene to see the reactions of the players one by one. Soon Mike knocked on the door of Aubrey and said that he was a college kid and did not need the free groceries and that he wanted to give the prize to Aubrey. Upon hearing this Aubrey broke down in tears, hugged Mike and then ran to tell her teammates. The Blue Team was thrilled to see it all and the father of Mike, Ron was beaming with pride because of the gracious thing his son had done. Mike giving his food to Aubrey was not only very generous but may have also earned him some love points at a future elimination round. Either way it was a really great thing for him to have done.
The last chance workout began with the typical scenes of Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels pounding their players into the dirt. Jillian was really upset when she heard Laura sat out the challenge. Jillian said to the camera that Helen was much older and Sione was weaker, yet Laura sat out the round. Jillian then asked all of the players on her team who they thought was the weakest link. They all replied one by one, that it was Laura. Jillian asked why Laura was always last and that she was tired of having to always confront Laura. Jillian said she never yelled at Laura because no matter what Jillian had said, it did not matter. Jillian said Laura needed to make a change. Laura then stormed out of the gym and Jillian said to let her go. Jillian Michaels said that it “was the meanest thing she ever did’ to a person but she had to do it and that they needed to let Laura sort it all out. The next scene was Laura telling the camera in tears exclaiming what Jillian did was worse than being called fat. Laura was very upset and then the next scene had Jillian in the sleeping area asking if she could speak with Laura. Jillian then went into her weekly tale of how the result of Laura being obese had a root issue that had to be dealt with. The conversation then turned to Jillian asking “why do you want to lose weight?” The answers Laura gave were all over the place until Jillian got her to realize that she needed to lose weight for HERSELF. Once that was accomplished Jillian told her she was capable and strong and that she finally owned up to the situation a bit.
The weigh-in had a twist this week and that was that everyone had a chance to stay on the ranch. If all of the players lost more than 77 pounds they all could stay another week. If they all did not lose greater that 77 pounds one player from each team would be sent home. The weigh in went as follows.
Helen 198/193 lost 5 pounds
Mandi 203/195 lost 8 pounds
Sione 286/283 lost 3 pounds
Aubrey 211/203 lost 8 pounds
Laura 233/226 lost 7 pounds
Ron 349/343 lost 6 pounds
Tara 211/200 lost 11 pounds
Kristin 279/270 lost 9 pounds
Filipe 283/275 lost 8 pounds
Cathy 249/246 lost 3 pounds
Mike 297/????????????
This is when the big “to be continued” flashed across the screen. They did not announce wh0 was gong to be sent home this week. The show ended and there was no final answer to whether or not Ron was able to save the day. The entire decision was going to be revealed next week and we all have been left hanging for an answer.
Everyone should realize that the scale they all weigh on is not really what you see. The actual weigh in is done before the filming is done and the players do not even know the results. This is done so the order the viewers see is sequenced, to allow the maximum entertainment. Also that is how Allison has all those facts ready for us to hear. All of that does not matter, to us the viewers, because the end result is great TV.
Come back next week and then you will be able to get caught up again with The Biggest Loser.
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I get really tired of the repeating as well. Not to mention watching someone getting weighed twice. I feel Allison drones on and on. Sometimes I even turn the sound off. All I really like is the weigh ins at the end. Unfortunately I miss it by falling asleep!
We do not comment to many posts here, but we could not pass this one up! YES!!!! They need to stop repeating things over and over again!!!!!!
Anyone else think they could shorten the show by probably 1/2 an hour by Allison (who I love, by the way) not repeating the same facts to them over and over again?
I do.
You know, the part when they’re weighing in and you already know and they already know what needs to happen, and she said it before the commercial but then she says it AGAIN. Argh! Not good TV there.