THIS WAS THE BEST MAKEOVER WEEK EPISODE OF THE BIGGEST LOSER EVER!!!
1.) Tim Gunn. I don't think I can adequately express how I love Tim Gunn wielding a Fairy Godfather wand and transforming the contestants into real life Cinderellas.
2.) Pumpkin coach. Yes. Drawn by a team of milk white horses.
3.) Tim Gunn saying things like "I'm witness to the epiphany!".
4.) The not so subtle Extra sugar free gum plug by Austin at the Ken Paves Salon.
5.) The Biggest Loser Fairy Castle complete with moat. Note this is also the castle the season one cast of Last Comic Standing stayed in. Also on NBC.
6.) Hannah's blond hair. AH-MAZE-ING. I thought she looked a lot like Teri Polo.
Right?
7.) Austin's little prince getup. I wish he had had a bolo tie. Sigh. Best curly hair transformation yet!
8.) Irene being super girly girly, complete with "glass" slippers.
9.) Jay looking like a dapper little man. Really, so much littler.
10.) FAVE TRANSFORMATION: Olivia and that wicked new haircut. She grew so mature and womanly in one day. And her husband! I keep thinking how much fun they will get to have in their new bodies. Did that sound dirty? It sounded dirty, didn't it. . .
11.) Olivia and her beautiful singing voice. It blew me away. No jokes, folks.
At the weigh in, we think that Hannah or Jay will have to be sent home, but Tim Gunn waves his fairy wand and *poof!* the yellow line is gone and no one is eliminated.
All is well in the magical land of The Biggest Loser! No ogres, no Tweedle Dees or Tweedle Dums, no Kaylee. Sleep well, my Losers. Until next episode. The final four is revealed- who will it be? My guess?
1.) Austin
2.) Irene
3.) Hannah
4.) Jay
I want it to be Olivia, but she has gotten SO SMALL. How can she turn out another massive weight loss?
Want to know what Mark has to say? Here is his take, courtesy of DietsinReview.com!
Personal Note: First of all, I want to apologize to my loyal readers who have become my friends for not being around more since I started my new job as a personal trainer. Starting your own business is hard, y'all! The hours are wackadoodle and I am pulling energy out of thin air that I didn't know was possible. I miss being able to have more days off in a row, or a day off at all, and I really miss the connection I get with people I've never even met by reading their blogs and tweets.
I have been told that it won't always be like this. Fingers crossed!
I also think it is terribly unfair of NBC to adjust The Biggest Loser time slot to accommodate their new baby, The Voice. It feels like a summer show, right? There's only a few more episodes left of The Biggest Loser- can't we wait? Now because of my work schedule I am going to miss the MAKEOVER EPISODE, which this year is only one hour long. What? ONE HOUR?!? AND TIM GUNN IS BACK!
Tim Gunn smash.
It's like when NBC canceled Conan for Jay Leno. Or dropped Perfect Couples for The Paul Reiser Show. Cluck cluck cluck.
If anyone of power is reading this, please bring back this show. PLEASE.
Sigh. So, back to the Ranch. This one hour episode of The Biggest Loser starts with Austin needing to cut the cord, Irene stressing about losing 2 pounds and being THE biggest loser, and Ali introducing a new thing called "Favorites Week." Does anyone remember there being a Favorites Week in the past?
Favorites Week includes the following:
1.) Visits from favorite past contestants: Ali, Sam, and Tara show up looking amazing and inspiring.
2.) Favorite Challenges: Tara drags a race car again and beats all the contestants. Fair? No (I think someone from this season should have gotten the prize), but she does get her face on a box of Wheaties and $5,000 for her charity.
Tara beating Rulon by a nose leads to yet another upset in a season full of upsets: Rulon decides to leave the show. No questions asked. Seriously, nobody asks any questions and he leaves before he even weighs in.
My theory? There are a lot of them out there, but I think he was pissed he got beaten by a woman and didn't want to lose any more. He is an Olympic Athlete, after all. He seemed really slated to win the entire show and everyone seemed really surprised. Bob says it's a Biggest Loser first, but this season we had Dan, Don, and Kaylee all throw weigh ins to leave. What are we not seeing behind the scenes? That's juicy TV, folks. We've got questions we need answers to!!!!
Oh, and Cara thinks it's fine because Rulon "is just tired of competing". News Flash: The Biggest Loser is a competition game show. A GAME SHOW.
They still have a weigh in, and Kaylee, after gaining weight AGAIN, is sent home and goes on a date with her new boyfriend, white team's Vance. You know, the guy we met that one time. With his mom? No? Hmmm.
Want to know what's in Mark's Melon? Here is your chance! Better not be any Brandon in this one, Mark.
I also wanted to add my two cents about Top Chef Masters. This past week they aired an episode featuring Biggest Loser contestants (Rulon was there, and Courtney). The chefs were in charge of following the shows strict calorie guidelines while adjusting the Loser's fave dishes into low calorie treats.
That part of the show I loved. What I didn't like is that the judges and chefs talked to and about the contestants like they were mentally retarded or that being overweight is something you can catch. It was really disturbing. Maybe in their world it's not something they understand. Curtis Stone has been hanging around a while and he is much more game, but that horrible judge with the glasses had a palpable disdain for the contestants and the challenge. Not everyone is as nice as The Biggest Loser team, I guess. I was looking forward to that episode and was disappointed and offended. That is all.
Suicide is no joke, and teens feeling lost and hopeless need to feel they have a place to go and somewhere to turn. With all the recent gay bashing going on, it is nice that someone as cool as Tim Gunn can open up about his own issues and reach out. That is truly paying it forward.
I had always been interested in working out and being fit, but never could stick with it. I rode bikes and did martial arts and dance as a kid, but always opted for the more creative choices when I got older, instead of the active choices. NO organized sports for this kid!
I was the newspaper editor and drama queen in high school, and my love of the arts took me to college as a Musical Theatre Major, and that led me to living in New York City. All the while, I was the chubby one, the funny best friend and side kick. I wanted to lose weight, but never really knew what to do about it.
After September 11, I moved back to my home state of Oklahoma to help take care of my older sister who was suffering from kidney failure. The defeat I felt in moving home only added to my weight problems. My sister had me weigh myself at her doctor appointment one day, and I weighed over 200 pounds. I refused to believe it, and blamed the fact that I was wearing clothes for the extra 50 pounds.
Then everything changed: my sister passed away in September of 2002. I was lost and confused, and was medicating myself with food and drinks. One morning in November of 2002, I woke up and was tired of feeling bad. I needed to change. I started my fitness journey that morning by putting on an old pair of sneakers and I never looked back.
I have lost over 60 pounds on my own through diet and exercise. No fancy tricks, but lots of sweat and hard work. I am amazed when people can change their lives by doing the same thing. I'm an ACE certified personal trainer, personal trainer at Equinox Sports Club West LA, licensed Zumba instructor, and intenSati leader (with more to come!!!), and am happy for the chance to touch people with my enthusiasm for fitness everyday.
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