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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.