Sherry's chair is still cooling when Ali announces that all the Losers are going to be heading home for a full week. This is the week where the contestants get to be smack in the middle of the environment that got them where they were when they first arrived at the ranch.I often wonder if the contestants returning home is like a heroin addict returning home to where they used to buy drugs. I am a big fan of the show "Intervention" and often see that the addicts move away from the city where all the trouble started because there are too many triggers. Is there a connection to food addiction like this? Anyhoo. . .
The music begins and there is a major packing montage (after a quick plug from Sunshine for her Tempur-pedic bed) and everyone jets off to see their friends and family. On their arrival, they are given huge wooden crates: Ashley asks, "Do I open it?". After they figure it out, all the contestants discover a stationary bike and a box full of cupcakes. They pop in the accompanying DVD and Ali tells the contestants that they will be competing in a 26.2 mile marathon on their bike at the same time as the other Losers for a cash prize of $10,000. Here's the rub: if they decide to partake of the 100 calorie cupcakes, each cupcake will add 5 additional minutes to any team member they choose.
Melissa's mouth begins to salivate. GAME PLAY in her own home? She immediately is on Lance like white on rice. Lance eats a whopping 17 cupcakes, 1,700 calories of game play. Most of the 'cakes go towards Sam, with some for Sunshine, Daris, and Stephanie. Mike eats 6 cupcakes for Sam and Stephanie, and Andrea eats 9 cupcakes. She just focuses on the blue team, right? NO. She eats some for Sam. HELLO? He is on your team! What a moron. Everyone else abstains because they want to fight fair.
Over the week, we see the Losers struggle at the gym without the help of Bob and Jillian and struggle to make the right choices when out to eat. Why does every restaurant they go to offer potato skins and ranch dressing? The most impressive moment is when Daris goes to his favorite watering hole and sings karaoke on national television completely sober. The Celebrity Fit Clubbers could learn something from him.
Then it is the day of the race, y'all. Nothing says excitement like watching a stationary bike marathon. I was on the edge of my seat watching the scenery not whiz past as they sweated and peddled their way to glory. So who won? After the cupcakes were tallied, the results:
9th: Stephanie (7 cakes)
8th: Sam (10 cakes)
7th: Andrea (5 cakes)
6th: Sunshine (6 cakes)
5th: Daris (4 cakes)
4th: Mike (0)
3rd: Ashley (0)
2nd: Lance (0) No one ate any cupcakes against Lance? That is nuts.
1st: KOLI (0)
Koli wins the cash prize and Lance and Melissa have to suck it.
Back at the ranch, Bob and Jillian learn about the week, the cupcakes, and the state of Mike's grandma (not well). "Life gets in the way," Bob says. The contestants have gotten a taste of what it will be like once they are home. Now it is time to remind them why they are here and punish them in a grueling Last Chance Workout. Ashley throws up two more times. Gross.
Bob can tell that something is not right with Lance (really?) and takes him aside to talk to him. Apparently, Lance feels guilty because Melissa is home alone with the kids and he is here. I'm sure she poisoned him and made him feel uber guilty about not winning. Bob tries to get Lance back in the game, but is it too late?
WEIGH IN:
O'Neal: From 302 lbs to 295 lbs- 7 lbs lost
Sunshine: From 216 lbs to 208 lbs- 8 lbs lost
Lance: From 282 lbs to 274 lbs- 8 lbs lost
Mike: From 397 lbs to 389 lbs- 8 lbs lost
Koli: From 297 lbs to 287 lbs- 10 lbs lost
Daris: From 248 lbs to 244 lbs- 4 lbs lost
Total Loss: 45 lbs- 2.58%
The black team needs to lose more than 26 pounds to stay away from elimination.
Andrea: From 238 lbs to 232 lbs- 6 lbs lost
Stephanie: From 208 lbs to 199 lbs- 9 lbs lost
Ashley: From 286 lbs to 276 lbs- 10 lbs lost
Sam: From 278 lbs to 264 lbs- 14 lbs lost
Total loss: 39 lbs- 3.86%
The black team wins! So, here I am thinking that Daris is probably going to be sent home with his tiny weight loss. In the deliberation room, everyone just talks to Mike because he is sad about his grandma. No mention of Daris. In the elimination room, everyone except for Lance votes for Lance. BOOM. Total surprise. I guess they didn't like Lance and Melissa either.
At home Lance has managed to lose 100 pounds, even with Melissa being his wife. I find it odd that Melissa is making Lance feel guilty about being on the ranch when the previews for the next episode show Melissa back again. It's okay for her but not for Lance? And didn't she say she couldn't lose weight at the ranch? WHAT IS YOUR DEAL, MELISSA MORGAN?!?
All will soon be revealed.
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In addition to Melissa being "back" tonight, no one has mentioned that they're going back to singles, at least that's what it looks like on the previews. I think Melissa and all the others are "back" for a couple of days or something, but I doubt she wins her way back in ... at least I hope not!
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