The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 9

The blue team fell below the yellow line, and Dane was voted out of the house in part two of The Biggest Loser Couples 2 Episode 8.

Bob’s old team is happy with this result, though Tara’s very emotional.

The contestants end up in a cooking school called Chefs Inc, which means a visit from Rocco DiSpirito. He’s going to talk to them about the worst kind of food, fast food. The first lesson is just how horrible pizza is for the body, with 4000 calories for the whole thing. Stuffed burritos? Over 1100 calories each. A triple cheeseburger has 1230 calories. If you add fries, the fat spikes to 110 grams.

Both teams will make healthy versions of each of the foods they’ve seen, to be judged on taste and calorie content. The winner will get dinner cooked by Rocco, and one random person on the winning team will get an extra vote. They have just 30 minutes. Bison can be used in place of beef. No fat yogurt mixed with sweet chili sauce will have 1/4 the calories of regular sour cream. The burrito can be reduced using lean turkey.

Ron’s pizza wins (despite not being fully cooked), and his son Mike is not surprised. The reduced calorie version has 276 calories compared with 470 for the original. Black team reduced their burrito from 1100 calories to 417, so they win despite their equally bad presentation and flavor with the other team. That means it’s down to the burger. Black team’s burger tasted much better. Black team’s had 303 calories, compared with 525 calories for the blue team (the ketchup and mustard are the downfall). Black team wins the challenge. Whoever gets the right fortune cookie gets an additional vote. Laura draws the extra vote. Because they won, Rocco will be cooking the black team fried chicken (except it’s unfried). It’s made crispy with whipped egg whites and toasted panko bread crumbs. They also get mashed sweet potatoes. Blue team? They get to do the dishes.

Bob’s team will be doing some shadow boxing, and they’ll get some assistance from Sugar Ray Leonard. Former amateur boxer Aubrey is a big fan. Sugar Ray still works out as a boxer at age 52. He just doesn’t get hit any more.

It’s time for a visit from Dr. H. This is the time of the season that he gives good news. Mike has lost 134 pounds of hydrated fat, while gaining about 20 pounds of muscle in 3 months, which is a new record. Tara also has set a record, 29% weight loss in 3 months. When she first did the treadmill test, Mandi (Aubrey?) matched up with a fit 68-69 year old woman. Now, compared to fit 31 year olds, she was off the charts. Ron had stomach surgery 13 years ago, which didn’t work very well and has made his stay more difficult than normal. He was losing a bit of muscle, a rarity on this show, but he’s been improving over the last couple weeks. He also now needs less insulin.

Jillian pulls Sione aside to hopefully make the best of the situation with his whole Bob temper tantrum, but he says he’s good now and is past it now. Later, he’s having a good workout, but in the middle of it, he missteps and twists his ankle. He’s got a level 1 sprain, the best case scenario for a sprain.

The contestants now go to a food bank, an ironic place to visit considering how gluttonous they’ve been. Their challenge is to take the donated food, assemble it into a kit, and then take the kits across the warehouse to load them on trucks. This is the same thing the volunteers who work there do. They will load enough food to feed 1,200 people. Each member of the winning team will receive free groceries for a year. They will also be featured in a national Cheerios campaign. The cherry on top is letters from home. Laura will sit out for the black team. Black team gets off to an early lead, and they’re building on it. Black lets their 15-20 kit lead go, though, and at 109 the teams are tied. Black retakes the lead briefly, but blue manages to take their first lead at 124 kits. It’s anybody’s game as the lead bounces back and forth. Black team ultimately wins 150-141. Mandi and Aubrey are especially upset by this loss.

Having watched Aubrey cry, Mike gives his year’s supply of groceries to her. A nice gesture from Mike, but I’m not overly thrilled about this people with kids deserve it more trend we’ve been seeing this year.

Jillian wants to know why Laura sat out. Helen’s almost 50, and Sione’s got an injured ankle.

Mandi starts crying during the last chance workout. What if she works this hard and still goes home? Well, what if she works this hard and is The Biggest Loser?

Jillian asks Laura why she’s always last, and why she doesn’t believe in herself. To prove a point, she asks everybody else on the team who the weakest link on the team is, and they all willingly volunteer Laura’s name. Laura goes outside to cry, and Jillian says she gives up, though she admits what she did was mean. Tara believes Jillian went too far, although she agrees with her point. Nonetheless, Laura still thinks she’s giving it 100%. That night when they talk about what happened, Jillian is at least able to get some baby steps.

They will not be weighing in against each other. Instead, they will be weighing in with each other. They have the chance to win immunity for everyone. By losing a pound a day for the last week, everybody will be safe. With 11 people, that means they’ll need to lose a combined total of more than 77 pounds. If they don’t, one person from each team will go home. Regardless of what happens, for every pound they lose, The Biggest Loser will donate 100 pounds of food.

Helen: 193 pounds (-5, 2.53%)

Mandi: 195 pounds (-8, 3.94%)

Sione: 283 pounds (-3, 1.05%)

Aubrey: 203 pounds (-8, 3.79%)

Laura: 226 pounds (-7, 3.00%)

Ron: 343 pounds (-6, 1.72%)

Tara: 200 pounds (-11, 5.21%)

Kristin: 270 pounds (-9, 3.23%)

Filipe: 275 pounds (-8, 2.83%)

Cathy: 246 pounds (-3, 1.20%)

That leaves 10 pounds left to lose. It’s Mike’s turn to weigh in. To be continued…

Bloody hell.

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