Ghost of Jillian Michaels Haunting Biggest Loser Campus?

Brandi from DietsinReview.com gets the inside scoop from newest trainer Dolvett Quince.  Personally, I think it is Old Man Witherspoon.

http://www.dietsinreview.com/videos/dolvett-quince-in-his-element-as-a-biggest-loser-trainer/

Casual Friday: New Biggest Loser TRAINER!!!

Emphasis on trainer.  Check out the "breaking news" from DietsinReview.com!

Behold, Dolvett Quince! Or DQ, as I would like to call him.

#BL11 Mark Recap! Episode 5

Sorry guys, I almost forgot about what #BL10 Mark has to say about #BL11, courtesy of Diets in Review!

The Biggest Loser-season 10- week 11- "You've met the Wizard!"

Can you all believe it?  It is already the Losers last week on The Biggest Loser campus!  Why, it seems like only yesterday that Brendon, Frado, and Patrick were forming their first alliance. . . 

This week we get to see how chummy the Blob has become.  After last week's elimination, Frado thanks his posse for saving him instead of Lisa, and then the Blob meets in secret to give back pats, awesome sauce talk, and scoff at the other players who have no idea of their infinite might and power. Mwah ha ha ha ha!!!!

*cough*

OH!  And there is a double elimination this week, complete with the obligatory yellow line red line montage from all the contestants.

But before Frado, Brendon, and Patrick win the entire game, there is plenty of time for a Subway sponsored pop challenge.  This week the Losers will be competing for $10,000 (Ali points out that's enough cash to buy 1 Subway sandwich a week for 40 years) in a race that involves all the gym equipment the players have become so familiar with.  After the race, sandwich party for everyone!

Heat 1:  Street Striders- Brendon, Mark, Patrick, Ada, and Frado advance.  Elizabeth (no surprise) is out.
Heat 2:  1/2 Mile Run- Ada, Brendon, Patrick, and Frado advance.  Mark is out.
Heat 3:  Row Machine- Brendon, Patrick, and Frado advance.  Ada is out.
Heat 4:  Jump Rope- Brendon and Patrick advance.  Frado is out.  And their rope skills are sad.
Heat 5:  Jacobs Ladder- Brendon wins.  Patrick is out.

So Brendon is rewarded the free sandwich and the $10,000, which he promises to donate $1,000 of to Warriors in Pink and the rest?  Hair plugs?  Tattoo removal?  The possibilities are only limited to his mind.

After the revelry, it is time for the gym and our weekly focus on America's "favorite" underdog, Elizabeth.  Bob is convinced that Elizabeth will be under the red line (if only her shirt was red!), but she promises us that she will not be underestimated.  I cannot imagine her doing anything any differently than she does every single week. 

Bob is also worried that Brendon isn't pulling his weight in the gym, either, and offers the viewers a new drinking game:  "Everybody drink when I say Brendon!"  I would have been WASTED.

The Losers take some time off from the gym to dream about what they would do if they won the grand prize.  Brendon wants to take his inner city youth to the Biggest Loser Ranch at Fitness Ridge (that'll happen) or start a foundation, Mark wants to spend time traveling with his ailing father, Patrick wants to pay off debt from being unemployed, and Ada wants to start a foundation for kids who have jerks for parents.  Everyone is planning on paying it forward. . .but I would probably spend some of that money for some fun stuff.  Like shoes!  And a place to put those shoes.

Speaking of forward, Bob and Jillian want to know how the contestants plan on living their lives moving forward off the ranch.  Will they have the coping mechanisms to integrate real life and their ranch lives?  They mention what I touched on last week-- the contestants Matt, Bill, and Erik gaining weight after the show.  After each contestant shares their concerns, Bob gives a new name for losing weight:  "Meeting the Wizard", ala The Wizard of Oz.  They have taken their long journey on the yellow brick ranch, have pulled back the curtain, and now it's time for them to click their heels together 3 times and head home!

Quick side note:  In my Biggest Loser version of The Wizard of Oz, Ada would be Dorothy, Brendon would be the Cowardly Lion, Frado would be the Tin Man, and Patrick would be the Scarecrow.  Bob and Jillian?  Glenda and the Wicked Witch.  Mark could be Toto and Elizabeth could represent the Lollipop Guild.

After the put your weight on take your weight off challenge (Elizabeth finishes last, again), a mind bullet session with Jillian and Ada, and another focus on Elizabeth facing her fears (LORD), it is time for the weigh in.

Frado:  From 263 lbs to 248 lbs- 15 lbs lost- 5.70% BW

Patrick:  From 263 lbs to 279 lbs- 12 lbs lost- 4.12% BW

Ada:  From 185 lbs to 179 lbs- 6 lbs lost + 1 lb advantage from challenge- 3.78% BW

YELLOW LINE

Mark:  From 299 lbs to 292 lbs- 7 lbs lost- 2.34% BW

Elizabeth:  From 196 lbs to 192 lbs- 4 lbs lost- 2.04% BW

RED LINE

Brendon:  From 265 lbs to 260 lbs- 5 lbs lost- 1.89% BW

The Unsinkable Brendon has been sunk and the alliance is over!  For now. . .

The house vote goes for Mark over Elizabeth, which is total bull, and Patrick stabs another player in the back.  He must be way smoother in person than he appears on television.

So what does a single guy do when he gets thinner and more attractive?  If you answered move in with your cousin, you would be right!  Mark moves to Phoenix with his kissing cousin and goes on perhaps the most awkward hike of all time with last season's contestant, Sunshine.

Brendon heads back to teaching and wearing faux hawks.

Next week:  Heading Home and preparing for the finale! 

Want to know what Shay has to say?  Here's her recap, courtesy of Diets in Review!

The Biggest Loser- season 10- week 9- Stand on your own two feet!!!

Before I start my recap, I wanted to bring to light some thoughts I gathered from my tweet up this past Saturday and from reading the twitter feed about this season's The Biggest Loser.  The overwhelming majority of viewers, myself included, are really sour on the game play.  The older seasons of BL had some game play but the majority of the show was focused on the individuals and their weight loss journey.  Season 10 has become all about alliances and drama and back stabbing and tears of sadness.  If I wanted to watch a soap opera, I would watch a soap opera.  I miss the happy theme song, the team spirit, the camaraderie.  This season is cold and indifferent.  It is all about the money, not the life style.

The reason I bring this up because the bulk of this week's episode had a lot of the elements of the OLD Biggest Loser:  Warm feelings and genuine emotion!  Sure, there was still some crappy game play but if anyone from NBC was reading the twitter feed from this week they will know that the way the show is headed is not the way the viewers want the show to be.

Pay it forward, NBC!  Please bring back the nice Biggest Loser!

*sigh*

After a quick recap of everyone's names (again) and Patrick's betrayal against Jesse, Ali announces that everyone will be competing as singles!  We are nearing the end of the season already:  Only eight contestants remain and next week is already makeover week.  Crazy pants.

Bob and Jillian enter the gym and find that Jesse and Aaron are gone and that Team Lisa and Elizabeth are STILL HERE.  BOB IS PISSED.  He asks Brandon why he voted for Aaron and Brandon states he won't ever vote for Elizabeth.  GRRR.  Bob wishes that the guy alliance would just be honest and say the reason they are eliminating the tougher competitors is because they want the money.  The smaller female contestants will just be easy pickins'.  And then they will take over the world!!!

In the mean time, Bob takes Brendan and punishes him and then moves onto Patrick.  Bob quizzes him about his vote and Patrick whines about putting himself first before friendship.  Bob calls him out, saying he wants these guys to compete against the toughest competitors and win!  Winning against a small dainty female is not the way to win this thing.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING!  This season is so misogynistic it is unreal.  The women are called girls, they are shown as weak pawns for the guys to just dominate and eliminate.  As a woman it is really insulting to watch.  If I have to see another episode where the women get bitched at for being weak I am going to punch a hole in the wall!  Okay, I'm not that angry but I could do it.  Because I am TOUGH.  Just like a dude.  I will mess you up!

*sigh*

After the workout, Bob and Jillian reveal to the Losers that they have videos from home.  Except Ada.  OUCH.  The videos are sweet, and I was most impressed with Mark's cousin who has lost 65 pounds on her own at home because she is inspired by his being on the show.  The best moment was when the Losers got together and made Ada a special video telling her that she was great.  Classic Loser.  Love it.

TRAINER TIP:  Walk to the grocery store and use reusable shopping bags.  Plausible for some if you live close to a grocery store and you haven't purchased lead-filled shopping bags from China.  Try doing at least one if at all possible- be green!  And if you live in Oklahoma, let your family and friends know that you did not lose your driver's license if they catch you walking.

In the next work out, Bob and Jillian focus on Elizabeth being weak (grr) and make her recreate her 500 steps that she passed out on the first episode.  During this clip I was reminded that Jillian was the one who saved Elizabeth and brought her to the ranch.  So now we know who to thank. . .  Elizabeth passes the test, everyone feels good about themselves, and then it is time for the Challenge.

Again, mention of standing on your own two feet-- or one, ha ha-- as Ali explains the Challenge:  Balancing over a pool on moving posts.  Sounds easy, but apparently balance training hasn't been a focus on the ranch.  Frado and Brendan and Patrick are quickly eliminated, yay, but a guy wins anyway.  At least it was Mark.  He's likable enough.  He wins himself a one pound advantage at the weigh in.

After a lengthy Subway plug where the Losers create their own sandwiches, it is already time for the last chance workout where Elizabeth is ONCE AGAIN the focus and I started to notice that Jessica is doing an awful lot of pining over Jesse.  Like she couldn't workout most of the week because she missed him a lot.  Like she mentions it five times during the course of the show.

Is there a love connection being pushed on us here?  I guess we'll find out at the finale.

WEIGH IN!  Guys weigh in first.  Really?  *sigh*

Mark:  From 317 lbs to 309 lbs- 8 lbs lost PLUS 1 pound advantage- 2.84% BW

Patrick:  From 311 lbs to 301 lbs- 10 lbs lost- 3.22% BW

Frado:  From 276 lbs to 267 lbs- 9 lbs lost- 3.26% BW

Brendan:  From 280 lbs to 272 lbs- 8 lbs lost- 2.86% BW

Elizabeth:  From 205 lbs to 201 lbs- 4 lbs lost- 1.95% BW

Jessica:  From 228 lbs to 227 lbs- 1 lb lost- .44% BW

Lisa:  From 234 lbs to 228 lbs- 6 lbs lost- 2.56% BW

Ada:  From 198 lbs to 190 lbs- 8 lbs lost- 4.04% BW

Jessica and Elizabeth are once again below the yellow line, and it got me thinking.  Jessica was so upset- do you think that maybe she threw the weigh in?  I mean, she didn't seem surprised and she seem totally cool when they voted her off.  Jesse, she may be coming over!



Fun Fact:  Jessica's mom is named Taffy.

Next week:  Loser Makeovers (that's what the TV said) and Reunion show!  Just in time for Turkey Day.

Want to know what Shay has to say? Click below! Thanks to Diets in Review!

The Biggest Loser- season 10- week 8- 60/40 or "It's nothing personal."

Oh, Biggest Loser!  So many twists and turns this week and NOW a live reveal of the eliminated players?  I am more shiny than Bob's gold chains!

After a quick recap of the ten remaining players to reacquaint us with their names (it comes in handy later), it is time for Ali to lay it on us:  The rules have changed.  Again.  There is no more Black versus Blue.  Everyone is back to their original colors. . .but they are not competing as singles.  They will be paired up. . .but it will be only one person's choice.  And there is a DOUBLE ELIMINATION this week.

OMG.

Everyone talks about who they would like to be paired up with and the unanimous decision is not Lisa.  She waffles more than a Waffle House.  This week she is back to 60/40- 60% wants to be on the ranch, 40% wants to go home.

Then it is on to the workout, where Bob and Jillian are filled in about the game, yell at the players about last week's abysmal weigh in, and promise to give them a hurting like they have never experienced before.  Bob wants to work with "Brendan, Ada, and. . .that one."  Patrick.  Eight weeks in.  His name is Patrick.  Jillian takes everyone else to the Spin Bikes for a motivational talk:  "You're never going to win!"  Jesse is feeling reinvigorated after his one pound weight gain, Ada is hating on the ladies and wants to be paired with a guy, and Elizabeth has the perfect solution to all of her problems:  "I actually want Lisa to be on my team!"

Sigh.  The Losers than head for a casual meal at a local restaurant (they wore their dress t-shirts) where they meet Ali to learn the rules of their latest temptation challenge.  Whoever eats the most calories at dinner will get to chose the teams for this leg of the game.  Brendan wants this more than anything, even more than his hot new bald head, and goes to work on a fatty appetizer, entree, and desert totaling 3,500 calories-- one pound of food!  He wins the temptation and chooses the following pairs:
Aaron and Jesse
Mark and Frado
Lisa and Elizabeth
Brendan and Patrick
Jessica and Ada

Ada is pissed-- she wanted to be paired with a guy and can't believe that Aaron, who hasn't sold his soul to the Blob, is getting his first choice and Ada isn't.  In fact, Brendan has paired all the women up together and all the men are paired up.  A nice simple package.  Brendan's plan is working perfectly:  To get all the weak ladies eliminated so the real competition can begin.

Not all of the ladies are taking this news laying down.  Elizabeth and Lisa are ready to rock it, and Lisa suggests she cooks all of the food for them.  Elizabeth will be her new pet project and she is more than happy to let Lisa take care of her.  Jessica and Ada start out shakily, mostly because Ada is so hurt that the guys in her alliance betrayed her.  "All this drama and craziness is not healthy!" Jessica says.

Bob comes into the gym to talk to the teams about the temptation challenge and ends up laying into Lisa who ate the dessert at the temptation challenge just to eat it, not to play the game.  Then he lays into Brendan for not putting any girls and guys together, leading to this BS Brandon quote of the week:  "I did the temptation for me for once in my life."  Then in the cut away interview he reveals all he cares about is himself, Frado, and Patrick.  Hmmmmm.  Everyone is worried that it's going to be a female team leaving the game this week, so Jillian and Bob spend extra mind bullet time working on the girls.

Challenge!  Ali announces the teams must stack a 5 foot high wall of sugar cubes one tiny cube at a time.  This may be this most Sisyphean task the Losers have had to complete to date!  Jessica and Ada beat all the others, winning a one week stay at the Biggest Loser Resort.  I would want a trip that is not Loser related, but that is just me.

After a plug by Extra Sugar Free Gum's new spokesperson Patrick (teaching the ladies how to take in less calories), it is time for the Last Chance Workout featuring Bob's Boob Tunnel of Torture and then the WEIGH IN.

The weigh in is awfully rocky, and the recipients of most of the drama are Lisa with her 60/40 principle and Elizabeth and her inability to take care of herself.  But enough of the drama.  Who is going home this week?

Patrick: 330 lbs to 311 lbs- 19 lbs lost
Brendan: 298 lbs to 280 lbs- 18 lbs lost  Total Loss: 37 lbs BW: 5.89%

Mark: 329 lbs to 317 lbs- 12 lbs lost
Frado: 294 lbs to 276 lbs- 18 lbs lost  Total Loss: 30 lbs BW: 4.82%

Jessica: 240 lbs to 228 lbs- 12 lbs lost
Ada: 204 lbs to 198 lbs- 6 lbs lost  Total Loss: 18 lbs BW: 4.05%

YELLOW LINE

Lisa: 242 lbs to 234 lbs- 8 lbs lost
Elizabeth: 213 lbs to 205 lbs- 8 lbs lost  Total Loss: 16 lbs BW: 3.52%

Jesse: 296 lbs to 280 lbs- 16 lbs lost
Aaron: 384 lbs to 380 lbs- 4 lbs lost  Total Loss: 20 lbs BW: 2.94%



At the live reveal we see a very svelte Aaron and Jesse, but we are not told how much weight they have lost since leaving the ranch.  Looking forward to getting some more concrete information at the finale!

Next week promises to be a tear jerker with plenty of videos from home.  Get your Kleenex and your pack of gum.

Want to know what Shay has to say?  Click on the video below, courtesy of Diets in Review!

The Biggest Loser- season 10- week 6- EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!

This week's episode starts the same way it ends.  The Black team and the Blue team in the elimination room, letting go of someone that the audience did not see coming.  Lord.  This season of The Biggest Loser is so full of twists and turns I feel like I need a guide book.

Luckily, Ali tells us what is going to be happening. . .if I could only focus long enough to get the information.  With every episode being so different, it's hard to keep up!  Lucky for you, dear reader, I take copious notes in my rewatching of the episode.  LONG STORY SHORT:  Only one player's weight will count on each team, and they will not know who that person will be until the actual weigh in.  Then for further clarification, each player reiterates what Ali said in a montage.

BS Quote of the week:  "We're only going to chose the person who worked out the least and ate the worst."- Brendan  Oh, how this comes back to haunt us in the end!

The players quickly choose Elizabeth and Jessica as the supposed targets because they are both women and they say they have low weights week after week.  I went back to my past five blogs, and Jessica has never lost less than six pounds and Elizabeth usually loses about five pounds.  How does that put them on the chopping block?  Also, why don't the women stand up to the guys and put them in the cross fire?  I don't understand this season of wimpy chicks.  I feel like the guys on each team are such game players they have manipulated the whole situation in more ways than the camera could ever catch.

But enough about game play.  This week's episode was all about the melt downs.  Jillian's team is a bunch of cry babies!  She looks like she is about to pull the car over for Elizabeth and Frado who can't seem to keep up with the treadmill.  My favorite moment of the show is when Frado storms out after he falls off the treadmill, ripping his shirt, and Jillian is talking to the camera as Frado wanders around in the fields behind her.  Classic.  The Blue team, on the other hand, is all team work and smiles.  Nothing will ever tear them apart, right team?

After Jillian blows Frado away with some mind bullets, the teams head to the Four Seasons Hotel for a cooking challenge with everyone's cutest chef, Curtis Stone, and new contributor, Chef Lorena Garcia.  They take a hands off approach to cooking:  Each chef must merely instruct each team on how to cook a healthy appetizer, entree, and desert (find the recipes here!).  Then the other half of the team must guess who cooked what dish.  Whoever wins gets ten seconds to help them in a future challenge.

The Black team begins to fray at the edges while the Blue team works together in perfect harmony.  After a tie breaker where the contestants must figure out the calorie content in the desserts, the Blue team takes the win and the prize.  Then the Blue team meets in the "Zen Garden" to discuss their strategy- picking Elizabeth (Adam's idea)- while the Black team again say that Jessica has pulled some "lame numbers".  Again, where are the ladies in the decision making?

Onto the team challenge, which involves the 2,500 year old sport of dragon boat racing.  The teams must successfully paddle 1,000 meters and the winners get to chose who they want to weigh in from the other team and block the other team's choice.  The Blue team, even with their ten second advantage, is off to a shaky start, but manage to pull out yet another victory over the Black team.  Brendan loses his cool in a sour grapes moment while Frado tries to comfort him.



Then it is time for the LAST CHANCE WORKOUT, where Jillian threatens Elizabeth: "I'm going to beat your ass today," and Bob offers simple advice to his team:  "Don't.  Stop.  Peddling."  Jillian gets to the crux of the Elizabeth issue with some tasty mind bullet action.  Elizabeth has always been weak and protected by her family and now she is being protected by Frado and Brendan.  Jillian gets her to realize that she is ultimately responsible for whatever happens to her and she needs to be a bad ass.  Elizabeth gets it, saying, "I don't want to be weak anymore."

When the weigh in rolls around, the Blue team thinks they have it ALL WRAPPED UP, but they make two very crucial mistakes.
FAIL #1:  Adam declines to use his weight advantage which has grown to three pounds.  His eyes get shiny and Gollum like as he describes the weight growing and growing in power each week.  His Preciousssssss.
FAIL #2:  When the Black team picks Jessica as their person to weigh in, the Blue team declines to block their choice.  The Black team's second choice was Jesse.  Hmm.

Anna:  From 286 lbs to 283 lbs- 3 lbs lost
Ada:  From 215 lbs to 211 lbs- 4 lbs lost
Brendan:  From 313 lbs to 302 lbs- 11 lbs lost
Patrick:  From 346 lbs to 337 lbs- 9 lbs lost
Frado:  From 308 lbs to 294 lbs- 14 lbs lost
Elizabeth:  From 218 lbs to 213 lbs- 5 lbs lost

"We're going to have a battle here," Adam says.  Oh yes, Adam.  You have played all your cards!

Jesse:  From 305 lbs to 296 lbs- 9 lbs lost
Mark:  From 352 lbs to 336 lbs- 16 lbs lost
Adam:  From 335 lbs to 322 lbs- 13 lbs lost
Lisa:  From 252 lbs to 244 lbs- 8 lbs lost
Aaron:  From 407 lbs to 398 lbs- 9 lbs lost
Jessica:  From 248 lbs to 244 lbs- 4 lbs lost

"I'm sorry guys," Jessica says tearfully.  If the Blue team had let the Black team picked Jesse, they would have won the weigh in.  Now they realize the only person who is safe is Mark and Adam quickly realizes if he had used his advantage that HE would have been immune.  Oh no.

In the elimination room, the Blue team shows the underbelly of their really great team:  Mark, Jessica, and Jesse ALL vote for Adam (GAME PLAY) and Adam, Lisa, and Aaron all vote for Jessica.  It is a tie, and the Black team comes in and quickly eliminates Adam.  BAM.  And Brendan's quote from the beginning?  I guess it is what it is.

Adam ends up going from 402 pounds to 264 pounds, paying it forward to his local YMCA and helping his community lead healthier lives. 

Next week:  Marine training and an unacceptable weigh in?  Should be a good 'un.

Wanna know what an ex contestant has to say about the episode?  Tune in below to hear what Season 8 contestant Shay has to say, courtesy of Diets in Review!