The Biggest Loser Recap; February 25th, 2009 (Part II)

The Biggest Loser Recap for February 25th, 2009 started off with a pop quiz that had large blowups of Prevention Magazine and Liz Vaccariello asking questions related to health and aging.  There were going to be 3 questions and the team that won would receive a free trip to a place that was referred to as The Fountain of Youth Spa.  It was also during this time that there was a “plug” given to the book, The Flat Belly Diet.  The 3 questions that were asked were;

Switching from regular soda to diet soda would help you live longer?  The answer was between Mandy and Helen and they both chose True as the correct answer.

• Which change would help a person live longer, switching to a low-fat diet or a lower calorie diet?  The question was answered by Sione (Black Team) and Cathy (Blue Team) with Sione answering lower calorie to answer correctly.
• Which exercise will help you live longer?  Pushups or squats?  The answer was fielded by Dane (Blue Team) and Filipe (Black Team) with the Black team winning by answering with squats being the exercise that will help you live longer.

The Biggest Loser and Sensa: Both Seeking Weight Loss

The segment then went right into a built-in commercial for a frozen vegetable that was shown as being good to eat, by Bob Harper.  There is one point we wish to make here.  The Biggest Loser is really starting to build the commercials into the show, as if they are part of the show.  The entire first portion of the show was a commercial from Prevention Magazine to the frozen vegetable bit.  We just hope the show does not get out of control with this type of advertising because sooner or later it will hurt viewership.  We here at I Choose Thin.com think it really cheapens the worth of the show itself.

The next few minutes were devoted to exercise clips of Jillian getting Filipe to run 12 MPH and showing Mandy being afraid of her new trainer Bob.  The cameras kept showing snippets of footage with the contestant’s exercising and sweating.  The show then shifted straight to the weigh-in.  Do not forget that since The Black Team won the challenge (last night’s episode) they had a 3 pound advantage.  The results were as follows;

Blue Team
Dane 325/312, lost 13 pounds.  He made history with this weigh in because he was the fastest contestant ever to lose 100 pounds in just 8 weeks.
Aubrey 216/211, lost 5 pounds
Mandi 210/203, lost 7 pounds
Ron 354/349, lost 5 pounds
Kristin 289/279, lost 10 pounds
Cathy 263/249, lost 14 pounds

The Total % of weight loss for The Blue Team was 3.26%

Black Team
Helen 205/198, lost 7 pounds
Laura 241/233, lost 8 pounds
Tara 222/211, lost 11 pounds
Mike 307/297, lost 10 pounds
Filipe 291/283, lost 8 pounds
Sione 296/286, lost 10 pounds

The Total % of weight loss for The Black Team was 3.65%

The Black Team won the weigh-in and that meant one of The Blue Team members had to go home.  When the players all returned to the common area of the ranch Ron made the statement that Dane should be the one to be sent home since he had already lost 100 pounds and he would keep losing weight at home.  Dane responded with the fact that the knee injury Ron had was a factor that would hurt the team at weigh in time.  Then came the vote and the results are listed below;

Aubrey voted for Kristin because she knew that Kristin would not be voted off and Aubrey did not want to cast a vote to send someone home.  Dane voted for Ron. Mandi voted for Ron. Ron voted for Dane. Cathy voted for Dane. Kristin cast the deciding voted for Dane.  The person voted off The Biggest Loser Couples on February 25, 2009 was Dane.  Dane responded with a tearful statement that he was sent home because he excelled….What can you say, it is a game!

The Biggest Loser transformation moment showed Dane and his wife training to run a marathon.  Then Dane was seen finishing a marathon in 3 hours and 53 minutes.  Dane stated that he may have run his first marathon, but it was not going to be his last marathon.  As the previews rolled for next week’s show there were scenes of Mike doing what was referred to as “the most selfless act ever done on the show.”  Also there were scenes of Jillian Michaels saying that it was “by far the meanest thing ever done”…to a player. 

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