Starting off a battle of age, the oldest team lost in The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 1, and Debbie all but asked to go home.
This week they will be facing some stereotypes. Any volunteers? Vinny for the red team, Mike for the blue team, and Antone for the black team.
They walk into a room. Mmm… donuts. Alison tells them that the gym will only be open three times each day this week: 5-7AM, 12-2PM, and 9-11PM. Each team can only workout during one of those times. Each mini donut is 35 calories, and they have 3 minutes to eat them. Mike’s the only one with any interest, stereotypically hoping to prevent his blue team from having to stay up late. Each of the remaining contestants will be heading in one team member at a time to see if they can be tempted. Joe very badly pretends to be eating. Since donuts don’t make any noise, his plan is to bump things with his elbows. Meanwhile, Johnny decides to make noises like he’s dying, and Alison has to beg him to stop. Nobody from the second, third, or fourth groups eats. In the final round, John immediately begins chowing down, so it’s going to end up as a two person battle, though he’s not playing games.
Mike’s 11 donuts (385 calories) are no match for John’s 37 donuts (1295 calories). Black team wins temptation. They take the morning slot and give the afternoon time to the blue team, saying they respect them, which red team views as an insult.
So at 4:00 the next morning, Bob walks in with a megaphone and a tune to sing. They don’t know why they picked this time. Tiredness aside, since they have kids, this is the most sensible time in which they would workout when they go home. Bob agrees this is the good time because you wake up, get it over with, and don’t have any excuses after saving it until later in the day.
During the workout, Antone begins pounding the spin bike and then falls to the ground crying. Never seen anything quite like this before.
As the only female, Sunny feels excluded from the rest of her team. Bob has her call a meeting, which she does right away. This quickly turns on John, who’s accused of being a problem and making deals with the red team. He apologizes for calling Sunny dumb, which may not be a smart move, but let’s not get all emotional over it please.
Johnny’s excuses and search for somewhere to take a break are starting to wear on his teammates and his trainer.
The new trainer who’s not a pinup and whose name I’ll probably have to keep looking up (got it, it’s Dolvett) views the late workouts as a good opportunity. He can review their food journal for the day to find out what they need to burn. Plus it’s a good chance for a Yoplait commercial.
Jessica blames her ex for her weight gain. As much as he may have wanted her to eat, he wasn’t hooking her up to an IV and forcing her to do so.
Time for the first visit with Dr. H. This will not end well. Jennifer seems to be successful and well adjusted, but she’s got 155 pounds of excess fat and has a 32% chance of being diabetic in the next 5 years. Bonnie got her stomach stapled 20 years ago, but it didn’t help for long, ultimately causing more harm than help. Her knees are also bone on bone, and the weight is making it worse. Ramon finds out he has diabetes, which the doc can’t sugarcoat (nice pun). His biological age is 27; his inner age is 50. Through 28 pages of questions, he claimed to have no problems, but this 23 year jump is the worst on the ranch.
The challenge is a giant floating maze they must move a ball through. First place is worth a 2 pound advantage at the weigh in; second place is worth a 1 pound advantage. Vinny and Jennifer sit out. Red team finishes in 7:45. Blue team finishes in 14:45, sure to be last place. Black team wins the challenge with a time of 7:42. This should cause some more whining from the red team about how they keep losing to the black team.
The hope this week is to show people the lame excuses about not having time don’t cut it. The notorious week 2 probably was not the time to prove that, but let’s see how the numbers stack up.
Vinny: 400 pounds (-5, 1.23%)
Jessica: 232 pounds (-7, 2.93%)
Courtney: 247 pounds (-7, 2.76%)
Patrick: 361 pounds (-6, 1.63%)
Ramon: 329 pounds (-9, 2.66%)
Red Total: 1569 pounds (-34, -1, 2.18%)
Joe: 324 pounds (-2, 0.61%)
Jennifer: 306 pounds (-6, 1.93%)
Sunny: 255 pounds (-6, 2.30%)
Antone: 405 pounds (-10, 2.41%)
John: 393 pounds (-15, 3.68%)
Black Total: 1682 pounds (-39, -2, 2.38%)
Becky: 223 pounds (-5, 2.19%)
Mike: 290 pounds (-7, 2.36%)
Bonnie: 247 pounds (-3, 1.20%)
Johnny: 313 pounds (+2, 0.64%)
Blue Total: 1073 pounds (-13, 1.20%)
The blue team will be heading to the elimination room again by a large margin. Johnny seemed to turn things around by the end of the week, but his lack of effort showed on the scale. However, having lost so much last week demonstrates his potential, whereas Bonnie has struggled the whole time. As The Biggest Loser on the blue team this week, Mike is safe.
Votes
Becky: Johnny
Johnny: Bonnie
Bonnie: Johnny
In the event of a tie, the person with the lowest percentage of weight loss is eliminated. With 2 votes, Johnny is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 328 pounds, Johnny is now down to 269 pounds. An 18% drop already shows he could be a contender.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 12 Episode 3, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.