Category: biggest loser 17

Yet another person offered to leave the competition, as Justin was eliminated in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 12. I grow tired of this lovefest.

Kaylee tries to explain her very poor attempt at throwing the weigh in, and now she wants to stick around. Why?

There were 11 teams when the season started. Or were there 12? Vance and his mother Leann are the white team. In order to get into the game, they need to beat Kaylee’s number of 25.32% lost.

Vance: 349 pounds (-30, 7.92%)
Leann: 270 pounds (-45, 14.29%)

Neither of them are allowed to be on the ranch. Well, that was completely pointless.

Two members of each team will hold a board and balance two balls on that board. They will have to transport 10 across the field. The team that places last will spend the week off campus. Where? The team that comes in first in this pop challenge will win a 1 minute advantage at the challenge this week. Green team takes the lead and is up 6-4 over the blue and black teams. Then 8-6 over black. Black team finally ties it at 8. Blue and red teams are out of it. Black team takes the 9-8 lead, then green ties them. Green team wins the challenge, closely followed by black. Blue and red are now tied at 6. Blue team wins or at least they don’t lose. Red team will be going somewhere that’s else for the week.

When they arrive at their mystery location, Courtney and Jennifer are given $1,000 for their budget. They get a menu of options and 15 minutes to choose. They’re up to $1050 after their first calculations, which includes such luxuries as $100 on massages and $200 on phone calls home, both a great big waste if they’re as disciplined as they should be. Rather than cutting those out, though, their focus is eliminating the $200 on having Brett come there for the day. Courtney bites her tongue and agrees to make this cut. Their $1,000 breaks down as follows:

Groceries: $300 (the cheapest food option)
Gym memberships: $300
Phone calls, $100 per hour: $200
Massages: $100
Dining out: $50
Unused: $50

Would have been better off taking Brett over the phone calls or the massages/restaurant. Or if you really want to waste money on phone calls, drop it to $100 and eliminate one of the other two things.

Moses doesn’t care for cardio. He misses boxing. Jillian is happy to oblige. It certainly doesn’t hurt to love the exercise you’re doing, but as far as I’m concerned, suck it up. You aren’t always going to love what you have to eat or the exercises you have to do.

Happy to have an Olympian on his team, Bob wants to prove to Rulon that he can do a handstand. He can.

To celebrate Easter, first we have to talk about the movie Hop. Anyway, the contestants will embark on the mother of all Easter egg hunts. There are 5000 eggs in the field, presumably 1250 for each team. They will have to collect 600 eggs in their color to win (400 for the red team). Each team that finishes will get to see an advanced screening of Hop, while the winning team will get tickets to the world premiere. Additionally, the person who finds the golden egg will get a prize worth its weight in gold.

The green team won a 1 minute head start at the pop challenge. This gets them off to a sizeable lead, about double their nearest competitor. Black team’s focus is the golden egg. Blue team’s largely focused on this as well. Olivia is the one to get it. In what turns out to be a close race, the green team beats the red team by seconds. As for Olivia, her prize is the only vote, as long as the blue team does not lose the weigh in.

With Olivia’s power, it’s clear that Hannah is safe. For the sake of team harmony, I don’t see her taking out Moses’ daughter either, so Kaylee should be fine unless she wants to quit again. If the red team drops, one’s safe, and the other is not. So that narrows things down to Rulon, Jay, Austin, and Ken, likely to be further narrowed down by whoever that team’s Biggest Loser this week is. All things considered, the options are pretty limited.

Olivia: 176 pounds (-4, 2.22%)
Irene: 170 pounds (-3, 1.73%)
Moses: 293 pounds (-7, 2.14%)
Blue Total: 639 pounds (-14, 2.14%)

Ken: 257 pounds (-6, 2.28%)
Austin: 265 pounds (-7,2.57%)
Kaylee: 169 pounds (-5, 2.87%)
Green Total: 691 pounds (-18, 2.54%)

Jay: 276 pounds (-6, 2.13%)
Rulon: 325 pounds (-5, 1.52%)
Hannah: 172 (no change)
Black Total: 773 pounds (-11, 1.40%)

Jillian calls Rulon out after the weigh in. He’s not sticking to his diet. Granted, the diet in this house is quite strict, enough to make anyone fall off the wagon, although Jillian does seem to have a more open mind than some of the trainers. I’m not entirely opposed to it seeing as he’s still going in the right direction, but he’s endangering his chances of remaining in the house, particularly in a week where one false move means sudden death. Meanwhile, Hannah lost nothing, knowing she’s safe. I don’t get it. Even if she’s not going home, her team going down to two is of no benefit to her.

Courtney: 232 pounds (-2, 0.85%)
Jen: 187 pounds (no change)
Red Total: 419 pounds (-2, 0.48%)

This saves Olivia from having to take out the gold medalist. As the smallest loser on her team of two, Jen has been eliminated. She said she’s learned a lesson that they still have to rely on their trainers at this point, but when all’s said and done, putting aside the fact that the menu decisions they made were really stupid, I don’t see one training session making up 4 pounds. From her starting weight of 278 pounds, Jen is now down 105 pounds to 173.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 14, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Marci finally got her wish in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 11, as she was able to go home so the kids and other parents could stay.

They’re going to split into four teams, one team for each trainer. There are 12 weights, each with a color underneath it. Blue for Bob, black for Jillian, green for Cara, and red for Brett. They go in order of percentage of weight loss from highest to lowest.

Bob: Moses, Irene, Olivia
Jillian: Rulon, Hannah,
Brett: Justin, Jennifer, Courtney
Cara: Austin, Ken, Kaylee

Justin is happy where he ends up. Jen does not get her first choice in Jillian. Moses wanted to stick with Cara, but he gets Bob, who always ends up with the Tongans. Jillian is thrilled to get her hands on Rulon. Olivia gets Bob but has been separated from Hannah. Ken and Austin are the first couple to remain together. Courtney is sent to the other side. Kaylee remains with Cara.

That leaves Jillian’s team as the odd one out, having only two people compared to the other teams’ three. Hannah and Rulon are now left with the option of which eliminated player they want back. I don’t know. Is there a smart choice that both of them will be happy with? I’d say the only options are Arthur or Jay. Justin wants to see Q, possibly Larialmy, or Sarah. Really? Rulon has no interest in seeing Arthur return. He’d be fine with Jay. Jillian thinks Arthur will struggle in challenge but has a ton of weight to lose, while Jay would be good for the team but a big threat.

Having been on the boxing team for the first couple months, Moses gets his first taste of Bob’s spin class, which proves to be a big challenge for him.

So that they can relax for the day, Jillian invites her new black team to her house. Of course, they’re going to start off with a workout first. Rulon says that, in spite of being married, he ate to fill the void of not having true love.

Brett takes his new team on a hike. Justin feels like he’s become somebody special.

It goes without saying that the green team is off to the boxing ring. Austin’s about to get hit for the first time, feeling now that he can really fight back.

Now we learn the decision Hannah and Rulon made to round out the black team: Jay. This choice bodes better for Hannah than it does for Rulon, but Jay should make a good addition to their team. They weighed him in today, and he has lost 111 pounds so far. Since he was just weighed in today, he will be immune this week, and his weight will not count.

Each team has a pulley with all the weight they have lost so far, which is pretty even, except that the black team about 30 pounds ahead of the others. That weight is hanging above a tank of water. All they have to do is keep it that way. They are playing for a video chat from home. They say this feels pretty light to start off. That won’t last long. Just before the half an hour mark, the green team is the first to let go. It turns out that Rulon has a shoulder injury, so his team is the next team to fall. At 45 minutes, they’ll pick one hand, and by this time they’re just an inch or two above the water. Justin’s out, leaving his team’s fate in the hands of the other two. Then Moses drops, and his team follows. Red team wins the challenge. They have decided to give their chats to the blue team instead, though.

Moses says he’s thinking about quitting, but his wife is having no part of that. Like her father, Kaylee says she is ready to go home. She’s close to her goal weight and feels she has achieved everything she needs to emotionally. Whether that’s true or not, being on the ranch is the chance of a lifetime that I can’t see just throwing the towel in early on. Throwing yourself on the sword after falling below the yellow line is bad enough, but I don’t get this not wanting to be there just for the sake of it. Coincidentally enough, this revelation comes the week after she gained two pounds. With a week like that and two weeks at home resulting in a 1 pound weight loss, I fail to see how she’s learned enough to leave.

All four teams will weigh in, and the team with the lowest percentage of weight loss will face elimination, with the decision to be made by the other three teams.

Jay: 282 pounds (-7, 2.42%, immune)
Hannah: 172 pounds (-4, 2.27%)
Rulon: 330 pounds (-5, 1.49%)
Black Total: 784 pounds (-16, 2.00%; -9, 1.76% excluding Jay’s loss)

Moses: 300 pounds (-3, 0.99%)
Irene: 173 pounds (-5, 2.81%)
Olivia: 180 pounds (-5, 2.70%)
Blue Total: 653 pounds (-13, 1.95%)

Jen: 187 pounds (-4, 2.09%)
Courtney: 234 pounds (-3, 1.27%) – over 200 pounds lost since she started
Justin: 247 pounds (-2, 0.80%)
Red Total: 668 pounds (-9, 1.33%)

Kaylee asked her team to do something really hard. Oh geez. She’s throwing the weigh in.

Kaylee: 174 pounds (no change)
Austin: 272 pounds (-3, 1.09%)
Ken: 263 pounds (-7, 2.59%)
Green Total: 709 pounds (-10, 1.39%)

Once we learn that the green team is safe, there’s an immediate bleep from the onlookers. If you want to quit, just quit. Make room for someone who actually wants to be there. Otherwise, at least try harder to throw a weigh in and gain 17 pounds or something. Alison has a message: if you want to leave, just leave. This is not a prison. Or Big Brother. She can leave right now and be out of the game, but the game will continue without her, including the elimination of a red. Her father wants her to stay. What’s the point if she’ll just do the same thing next week? Anyway, Kaylee has decided to stay.

Jen put up a middle of the road number, enough to make her safe as the Biggest Loser on the losing team, leaving Justin and Courtney in danger following their low numbers. Rough decision. Justin says that Courtney needs to stick around to finish her journey. However, Courtney says everybody looks to him as the leader, and she doesn’t want to take that away.

Votes
Kaylee: Justin
Rulon: Courtney
Olivia: Justin
Moses: Justin
Austin: Justin
Ken: Justin

With 5 votes, Justin is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 365 pounds, Justin is down 140 pounds to 225 today. He’s started a workout program to pay it forward.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 13, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Following the black team’s trip to the elimination room in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 10, former red team member Sarah was eliminated. Probably should have tried her luck with the red team then.

This week, there is only one team, the blue team. Last week, they lost 64 pounds. If they can beat that this week, everybody will stay for at least one more week.

Now we pay another visit to Dr. H. Courtney’s body fat percentage is 35%. He tries to paint this as a positive, since it puts her in line with the average American woman. That said, this is not so much a testament to her (in spite of her effort thus far) but more a wake up call to the average American, considering morbidly obese and average are the same thing. Her mom’s body fat percentage is 23%. Moses is no longer going to die in 2025, and he’s added 19 years to his life. He promises to share what he’s learned with his community. Rulon has dropped from 62 inches down to 48.

At the pop challenge, they will be split into teams of two, one from the red team and one from the black team. Curtis Stone, who I see on my TV every other night (for which I’m sure Donald Trump would be more than happy to take credit), is joined by Lorena Garcia to judge the challenge. Their dishes will be cooked within 30 minutes and will be judged on originality, calories, and taste. The winning team will get The Biggest Loser meal plan from the time they leave the ranch right up until the finale.

Jennifer & Kaylee: turkey tostada, 350 calories
Olivia & Moses: baked cod, 170 calories
Justin & Irene: steak and cauliflower mash, 330 calories
Hannah & Ken: steak and salad, 230 calories; chocolate shake, 75 calories
Rulon & Marci: cod with cajun seasonings, 200 calories
Austin & Courtney: chocolate strawberry tortilla, 170 calories; chocolate almond shake, 75 calories

The top two teams were Kaylee & Jen and Olivia & Moses, with Olivia & Moses taking home the prize. Their entree was the lowest calories of the bunch and tasted really good.

Switching things up for this one week in which everybody’s on the same team, Bob & Jillian take the guys, while Brett & Cara take the girls.

Bob’s been looking forward to getting his hands on Olympic athlete Rulon. He’s there because he wants to have a family with his wife and not be dead in a few years.

Hannah hopes for redemption, feeling she now has the desire for a second chance at life.

Jillian wants to know why she can stop Austin from moving on the treadmill, all 115 pounds of her. For the first time, he’s doing something for himself, and she wants him to prove it to her.

Alison greets them for another challenge. This challenge will lead them underground for a series of trivia questions, once again split into teams of two. They will be pulling rope and digging their way through the questions. With each passing question, two new people will join to assist those already pulling. If the team completes the challenge in less than an hour and a half, they will get a 5 pound advantage. If it takes longer than that, they will get a 5 pound disadvantage.

How much weight was lost week 1? Rulon & Marci guess 481 pounds. Incorrect. The correct answer is 418 pounds. After 20 minutes, they finally get past the first question.

Who weighed the most when the season started? Don, not Dan. Hannah & Ken are correct. Hannah hears a pop in her hand, thinking perhaps she broke a finger, so Justin will get in there for her. They move on at just over 1 hour.

To date, The Biggest Loser US cast has lost more than 12 tons. True. The next question takes just 7 minutes to dig up.

How much did Arthur say he weighed at his heaviest? Courtney knows the answer to this, 646 pounds, feeling she has a connection with him since they both lost a lot of weight before coming to the ranch. They get through this question with about 12 minutes left, at which time everybody is in the game and must pull their way to the finish line, right back where they started.

In a close finish with just six seconds to spare, they win the challenge to gain a 5 pound advantage.

With this challenge win, they all have one common goal at the weigh in, to lose more than 59 pounds, which works out to an average of 5 pounds each. If they fail to meet that goal, two people will fall below the yellow line, and they will have to vote one of them off.

Jen: 191 pounds (-5, 2.55%)
Hannah: 176 pounds (-4, 2.22%)
Olivia: 185 pounds (-3, 1.60%)
Justin: 249 pounds (-5, 1.97%)
Rulon: 335 pounds (-7, 2.05%)
Ken: 270 pounds (-7, 2.53%)
Austin: 275 pounds (-8, 2.83%)
Courtney: 237 pounds (-4, 1.66%)
Irene: 178 pounds (-2, 1.11%)
Moses: 303 pounds (-6, 1.94%)
Marci: 162 pounds (no change)
Kaylee: 176 pounds (+2, 1.15%)

As a team, they fell short of their 60 pound weight loss goal by 11 pounds. The two people who failed to lose weight this week fall below the yellow line, so it’s a choice between Marci or Kaylee, one person from the red team and one person from the black team. Marci volunteers to fall on the sword. I have a problem with this offer, as I have had with each time the parents on the black team have made a similar offer. By sending herself home, Marci would be giving the red team the 6-5 advantage. Yeah, it’s all one big happy family, yada, yada, yada, but after this week, the numbers are back to mattering again.

Votes
Courtney: Kaylee
Moses: Marci
Jen: Kaylee
Hannah: Marci
Olivia: Marci
Irene: Marci
Rulon: Marci
Justin: Marci

With 6 votes, Marci is not The Biggest Loser. She reached her goal weight on the ranch and hopes to maintain it.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 12, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

After placing last in the challenge in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 9, Arthur found himself having to swap teams, becoming the sacrificial lamb when his new team lost the weigh in.

The teams are asked to pick captains to lead them this week. These captains will have to inspire them, lead them, and make a lot of important decisions, sometimes on their own. Justin will lead the red team; Marci will lead the black team.

Only one person from each team can be in the kitchen. Olivia will cook for the black team; Ken will cook for the red team. The drawback to this is that they have to cater to their teams’ nutritional needs, which is going to be critical to the weigh in, even if it takes away from their own time to be able to head to the gym.

Only two people can workout with the trainers that first day. Sarah and Hannah are picked for the black team, which Hannah takes offense to and gets an attitude about. Ken and Kaylee workout for the red team.

Sarah’s car accident, which led to her having the highest body fat percentage of anyone in the show, is all news to Bob. Her workout leads to vomiting, not usually something we see two months into the season.

Hannah finally accepts the fact that she can sprint on the treadmill, and it won’t kill her.

Kaylee’s rough time at home shows that, regardless of her performance thus far, she still hasn’t learned what she needs to learn to keep the weight off when she goes home for good. That said, her dad struggled, too, an indication that the environment is not a healthy one.

The challenge is to race on Step 360s across a field and through obstacles without touching the ground. In a balance oriented challenge, the all female team not only has a shot but perhaps an advantage. The winning team will share $6,000. Justin and Marci will determine where their teams line up. Two people start with them at the beginning, and they will then be joined by one teammate at 30 yards, 50 yards, and 70 yards. Marci sits her daughter out of the competition, which upsets Courtney, who was looking forward to participating in the challenge. Justin, Austin, and Kaylee start off, and they will pick up Rulon, Moses, and then Ken. Marci starts with Olivia and Jen, and they will pick up Hannah, Sarah, and Irene.

Red team is the first to make their way to the 30 yard mark. They’re also the first to the 50 yard mark, where they pick up Moses, whose foot touches the ground. That will send them back to the start of the last obstacle. This allows the black team to be the first to get to the 70 yard mark, but as they struggle to get there, their lead disappears. Red team’s about to overtake the black team, but this time Ken touches the mud, sending them back again. Black team wins the challenge.

At the weigh in, the red team goes first.

Justin: 254 pounds (-8, 3.05%)
Rulon: 342 pounds (-8, 2.29%)
Moses: 309 pounds (-8, 2.52%)
Kaylee: 174 pounds (-5, 2.79%)
Austin: 283 pounds (-6, 2.08%)
Ken: 277 pounds (-9, 3.15%)
Red Total: 1639 pounds (-44, 2.61%)

Following a lackluster at home performance, the red team returns with decent numbers.

Marci: 162 pounds (-5, 2.99%)
Courtney: 241 pounds (-5, 2.03%)
Irene: 180 pounds (-5, 2.70%)
Sarah: 190 pounds (-4, 2.06%)
Olivia: 188 pounds (-2, 1.05%)
Hannah: 180 pounds (-2, 1.10%)
Jen: 196 pounds (-1, 0.51%)
Black Total: 1337 pounds (-24, 1.76%)

The black team has lost the weigh in. Marci wants to sacrifice herself for the team. This time, it would actually make sense, unlike the last time when the black team parents sacrificed themselves and in the process just made the road far more difficult for their entire team. Ah, but there’s a problem. They cannot vote out this week’s Biggest Loser from their team. That would be Marci.

Votes
Marci: Olivia
Hannah: Sarah
Jen: Sarah
Courtney: Sarah
Sarah: Jennifer
Olivia: Sarah

On the list of people who are ready to leave, Sarah’s probably near the bottom, but she became what Arthur intended weeks ago when he made the swap: the sacrificial lamb. At least she went out on a strong note, having seemed to hit her turning point this week with Bob. From her starting weight of 261 pounds, she’s now down 92 pounds to 169.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 11, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

The parents in the black team threw the game away in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 8, leading to the elimination of both Deni and Jesse.

Everybody is now going home for two weeks, after which they will return to compete in a 5k.

Courtney goes to work at her family’s ice cream shop. Of all the places to fall off the wagon, this could easily be one.

Jesse takes responsibility for his divorce from Arthur’s mom, which he views as one of the main factors for Arthur’s weight gain. As much as the morbidly obese parents could have set better examples for him, when somebody gets to the point of 646 pounds, it’s a choice, which Arthur realizes.

Austin heads to the bowling alley, where he must say no to all the foods people are trying to tempt him with. Seeing as it’s his 21st birthday, they also surprise him with a cake. A piece of cake once in a while isn’t the end of the world, as long as you keep it in your calories and understand the concept of moderation. I say go ahead and have some, but he decides to pass.

Olivia’s husband has always run, but she made the decision to not run with him. Now she’s able to train for the 5k with his help.

Kaylee has decided to act as a trainer for her family, getting everybody into the gym for a workout.

Arthur takes note of the little things. For example, he no longer has to put the seat of his car all the way back and is able to fit into it without squeezing, a practice that would have been extremely dangerous in the event of an accident.

Hannah makes her way back on to the volleyball court, which she hasn’t done since her accident. She’s frustratingly bad at times, but at least she’s trying.

Following their two weeks back at home, the contestants return to the ranch and are greeted by Alison, who welcomes them back with the promised challenge. Day 1, they ran a 5k with their partners, which determined who they would train with. Tonight they will be completing the 5k again, this time as individuals. Oh, and the stakes remain the same. They will be choosing their trainers. 7 get Bob and Jillian, and 7 get Brett and Cara. This has all the potential to end somebody’s game. The only person really looking for a change is Jen.

Justin is the first to reach 1 km, followed by Rulon. They are also the first to 2 km. 25 minutes in, Justin, Rulon, Jen, Kaylee, and Marci are at 3km, while Sarah and Arthur fight to stay out of last, or in last in Sarah’s case. She plans to throw the challenge so she does not have to make the choice, having worked with all four trainers. When they get down to the last two, Justin insists she step up and take control. In the end, this does make a difference because even way down in thirteenth place, there’s still a decision to be made after all.

First: Justin (32 minutes)
Second: Rulon
Third: Kaylee
Fourth: Jen
Fifth: Austin
Sixth: Marci (first black team member to finish)
Seventh: Olivia (last person guaranteed to have a choice)
Eighth: Hannah
Ninth: Moses
Tenth: Irene
Eleventh: Courtney
Twelfth: Ken
Thirteenth: Sarah
Fourteenth: Arthur

Red Team: Justin, Rulon, Kaylee, Austin, Moses, Ken, Arthur
Black Team: Jen, Marci, Olivia, Hannah, Irene, Courtney, Sarah

Jen’s defection back to the black team means that at least one other spot must change. With Sarah deciding to stick with the black team, an emotional Arthur is left without a choice and will be heading over to the red team. He views this new red suit as his funeral suit. If anyone has a chance to survive in enemy territory, Arthur may well be that person. He may be down over 100 pounds, but he still has a couple hundred to go.

With the teams revealed, the weigh in starts now.

Jen: 197 pounds (-14, 6.64%)
Irene: 185 pounds (-10, 5.13%)
Hannah: 182 pounds (-11, 5.70%)
Olivia: 190 pounds (-12, 5.87%)
Courtney: 246 pounds (-10, 3.91%)
Marci: 167 pounds (-14, 7.73%)
Sarah: 194 pounds (-10, 4.90%)
Black Total: 1361 pounds (-81, 5.62%)

Rulon: 350 pounds (-17, 4.63%)
Austin: 289 pounds (-10, 3.34%)
Ken: 286 pounds (-5, 1.72%)
Moses: 317 pounds (-5, 1.55%)
Kaylee: 179 pounds (-1, 0.56%)
Justin: 262 pounds (-8, 2.96%)
Arthur: 390 pounds (-16, 3.94%)
Red Total: 2073 pounds (-62, 2.90%)

Both Austin & Ken and Moses & Kaylee struggled at home. They may still be headed in the right direction, but there is clearly some more work to be done. As The Biggest Loser for his team this week, Rulon is safe, leaving Arthur in danger. He says he’s ready to go home now, but Jillian asks him to fight, while Bob asks that they not make the decision based on alliances and numbers.

Votes
Justin: Arthur
Rulon: Arthur
Arthur: Ken
Kaylee: Arthur
Moses: Arthur

As much as it could be argued that Arthur needs to be there, so does the rest of the team, who realistically can’t keep chipping away at their numbers to support someone from another team. With 4 votes, Arthur is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 507 pounds, Arthur has lost 158 pounds to be 345 pounds today. 32% down already is quite the start.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 10, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Having been sent to the other team to fall, that’s exactly what Jay did in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 7, as his new team got rid of him without much hesitation.

Before they can leave the elimination room, Alison has some bad news for them: two people will be eliminated this week. The team that loses the weigh in will send someone home, and one person will fall below the red line, regardless of which team they are on.

Brett says he never felt any black team vs. red team. Well, perhaps he never felt it from Jay and Jen, but it obviously was there from the rest.

With the trainers aware that two people are going home this week, they look to push their contestants. The red team goes to an MMA training facility to get a mixed martial arts workout. They seem quite obsessed with this fighting as a workout philosophy. As long as it works I suppose. Meanwhile the black team stays back at the ranch and learns just how fast they can run, which Jillian uses to drive a point across: what else in your life are you doing half assed?

Seeing his daughter as vulnerable, Moses wakes up Kaylee each morning for some early training.

Bob has a simple tip: keep a daily or weekly log of your workouts. Writing it down and seeing your improvements will keep you on track.

They meet Alison on the field and see a bunch of huge balls. Hannah says she’s great with balls. Moving on. As a team, they will have to get all six balls from one side of the field to the other and through the uprights. They can’t let the balls hit the ground, they can’t hit it twice in a row, and they can’t catch them. To further complicate matters, they’ll be wearing boxing gloves. The team that wins today’s challenge will get a 3 pound advantage at the weigh in. Arthur and Sarah will sit out for the black team. Red team is the first to score a point. As the black team continues to struggle to get it together, the red team takes the 2-0 lead. Then 3-0. And 4-0. 5-0. Finally, the black team figures it out, scoring their first point. Regardless, it’s obvious what the end result of this challenge will be, as the red team wins the challenge.

Thinking they’re pretty likely to lose, Marci and Deni have decided they are ready to go home and would be willing to sacrifice their stay for the younger people, even if it means intentionally falling below the red line. Jesse is not onboard with this plan, regardless of whether everybody thinks Arthur’s at a huge risk of being below the red line. There’s no reason Arthur should fall below anyway. He may have had a huge weight loss last week, but that was after weeks of poor performances. He should be able to lose double digits easily each week until the finale. This discussion leads to much shouting from Jesse. He has issues that he needs to deal with, one of which apparently includes controlling his temper.

Now they start off the high stakes weigh in.

Austin: 299 pounds (-7, 2.29%)
Ken: 291 pounds (-5, 1.69%)
Justin: 270 pounds (-7, 2.53%)
Rulon: 367 pounds (-4, 1.08%)
Kaylee: 180 pounds (-7, 3.74%)
Moses: 322 pounds (-11, 3.30%)
Jen: 213 pounds (+2, 0.95%)
Red Total: 1942 pounds (-39, 1.97%)

Arthur: 406 pounds (-9, 2.17%) – over 100 pounds lost
Olivia: 202 pounds (-4, 1.94%)
Sarah: 204 pounds (-4, 1.92%)
Irene: 195 pounds (-3, 1.52%)
Hannah: 193 pounds (-1, 0.52%)
Courtney: 256 pounds (-2, 0.78%)
Marci: 182 pounds (+1, 0.55%)
Jesse: 241 pounds (+3, 1.26%)
Deni: 204 pounds (+8, 4.08%)
Black Total: 2094 pounds (-11, 0.53%)

A bunch of low weights this week, three of which were intentional. The older people on the black team all decided to throw the weigh in. In the process, they have not only guaranteed that one of them will go home instead of red team member Jen, but they have also guaranteed that a second one of them will be going home because the black team had no prayer of winning. Furthermore, they have also put the black team at greater risk going forward because they took their two person lead and flushed it. This decision may work for the moment, but it’s not a viable plot if their goal is to keep their kids in there longer. Moses had an alternate theory and lesson for his child: give it all you got. That would explain why he and his daughter were the biggest losers for the week.

As the person with the greatest percentage of weight gain this week, Deni has fallen below the red line and has been eliminated.

Votes
Courtney: Jesse
Sarah: Jesse
Olivia: Jesse
Hannah: Jesse
Marci: Jesse

With 5 votes, Jesse is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 293 pounds, Jesse is now down to 227 pounds. His plan is to walk every Saturday and get his community to do it with him. From her starting weight of 256 pounds, Deni is now down 86 pounds to 170.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 9, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

One week after his wife went home, Q was eliminated in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 6.

For the challenge, they will be tied to a rope. All they have to do is untie themselves first. Cowboy Justin thinks this is right up his alley. The winning team will receive the only key to the gym. Arthur will sit out for the black team. The red team manages to get free first.

Although the black team contestants are afraid of what’s to come, Bob is not too terribly afraid, since they have trained without a gym before. It’s not like they are always going to have access to a gym when they go home. Jillian, meanwhile, says the teams are like the Care Bears against an NFL team, and she jokes about how the prizes are decided since her team last week only got videos from home. Granted, for whatever strange reason, the players always act like someone died when they get the videos, having been away from their families for multiple numbers of days and/or weeks.

Perhaps worse, the black team has a lot of tension and negative energy. That’s not going to help them out any more than missing the treadmills.

During his workout, Rulon throws a temper tantrum. For someone who seems to have been doing a great job all season, he refuses to listen to his trainer, complaining that she’s stacking the deck against him by expecting more out of him (a former gold medalist who’s easily the strongest person in the house) than others on his team. Additionally, he does not want to take an emotional journey here. If he doesn’t want to address why he’s there, he may as well not bother because he’ll just be right back to that stage again in short order.

Arthur’s making some supper. He wants his team to help him decide between steak and chicken sausage. For them, either of these foods is a great big problem. His only option, they say, is fish. He’d also like to cook it in olive oil, which they warn him would be more calories than the meal itself.

Tonight’s challenge will be to push a 24 ton train 800 feet. Alison says that strength isn’t everything. Yeah it is. Red team’s got this won already. Anyway, along the way they will have to answer six trivia questions. If they are wrong, 15 seconds will be added to their time. The winning team will get to pick one player from the other team whose weight will not count. Deni sits out for the black team. They’re not going to have a lot of time to think about their answers, as they will have to toss the bags off the moving train that’s not slowing down. Black team (minus Arthur, who’s running behind the train and trying to catch up) finishes in 2:05, and they are worried they have missed multiple questions. Red team goes second, and they’re left with a scenario in which two girls throw the bags while six guys push the train, a completely opposite group composition to the other team. Red team crosses the finish line in 1:35, an advantage equivalent to two wrong answers. Black team got four questions wrong. That’s a win or at least a tie for the red team unless they got everything wrong. With one and only one question right, the red team wins.

Whether he wants to or not, Rulon has decided to start to open up to his trainer. Her fear is that, without a competition, he’ll gain his weight back, but he says he’ll compete against himself.

Hoping to boost Arthur’s confidence following the train challenge, Jillian has some fun planned for him. They’re going to revisit day one, pushing the truck around. In contrast to the first time when it took the whole team, he’s now able to do it on his own.

Having won the challenge, the red team will be able to choose one member of the black team to sit out, but first the red team will weigh in.

Jay: 308 pounds (-9, 2.84%)
Jen: 211 pounds (-7, 3.21%)
Moses: 333 pounds (-7, 2.06%)
Kaylee: 187 pounds (-3, 1.58%)
Justin: 277 pounds (-5, 1.77%)
Rulon: 371 pounds (-11, 2.88%) – over 100 pounds lost
Austin: 306 pounds (-10, 3.16%)
Ken: 296 pounds (-11, 3.58%)
Red Total: 2289 pounds (-63, 2.68%)

I’m not sure it necessarily matters who the red team chooses to sit out since there is no particularly obvious choice, but they decide to have Irene’s weight loss not count.

Irene: 198 pounds (-6, 2.94%)

Deni: 196 pounds (-5, 2.49%)
Sarah: 208 pounds (-4, 1.89%)
Olivia: 206 pounds (-2, 0.96%)
Hannah: 194 pounds (-7, 3.48%)
Marci: 181 pounds (-6, 3.21%)
Courtney: 258 pounds (-7, 2.64%)
Jesse: 238 pounds (-8, 3.25%)
Arthur: 415 pounds (-20, 4.60%)
Black Total (excluding Irene): 1896 pounds (-59, 3.02%)

For the first time this season, the person with the most to lose has finally stepped up to the plate, winning the weigh in for his team. Had the red team selected Arthur, they would have won, but I can’t blame them considering his performance thus far.

This week, the red team does not have it quite so easy, not having someone they hate to get rid of. The one person they can’t vote for is their team’s Biggest Loser, Ken. The simplest thing now is to get rid of one of the newbies, Jay or Jen, regardless of them outperforming most of the others on the team. Jay has asked that his daughter be allowed to stay.

Votes
Moses: Jay
Kaylee: Jay
Austin: Jay
Jen: Kaylee
Jay: Rulon
Rulon: Jay

With 4 votes, Jay is not The Biggest Loser. From his starting weight of 400 pounds, Jay is down 111 pounds to 289. His biological age has decreased by 7 years to 64, and his risk of diabetes, stroke, and heart attack are down significantly.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 8, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

With some time to make up in The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 5, Don was eliminated after throwing another weigh in, then Larialmy was sent home as well.

This week, all of Brett & Cara’s players will be wearing red. Bob & Jillian’s players have a decision to make, and they quickly decide they want to wear black rather than blue.

We now head into the temptation. It’s Valentine’s Day. The winner will be given the option of trading two players on their own team for two players on the other team. Each person will receive three minutes alone. Whoever eats the most chocolates can do nothing, or they can make the swap. The winner will be kept a secret. Anybody who doesn’t want things to change might want to participate in this just as much as anybody who does want change, although at this time it does not seem as if anybody has the desire to change up the teams that have been in place for a month.

Sarah decided she does not want to participate in temptations. Jennifer is also not tempted. Hannah considers Valentine’s the worst day of the entire year, and she won’t be eating. Q is the first to take a bite. Then three more. Rulon swallows quickly, getting down 5 chocolates. Not wanting to be outdone, Marci eats one piece of candy for each teammate and two for herself, for a total of 10. Moses just gets ridiculous, eating 21. Speaking of ridiculous, Arthur shovels stuff in his mouth, eating 35, which makes 1 every 5 seconds.

As the winner of the temptation, Arthur now has a choice to make. His decision: say goodbye to your friends. Jen & Jay will be switching with Sarah & Deni. Huh? Shouldn’t you be taking the strongest team if you’re going to pull a stunt like this, or at least not the weakest? Meanwhile, shouldn’t you be getting rid of a weaker team?

Arthur would like to say something. He tells everybody he did it. He just doesn’t trust Jay & Jen. So why’d he pick weak links? Just to have someone to get rid of if they do fail. Nice way to welcome them. The problem for Arthur is he’s just made enemies on both sides, while giving the other side an even bigger advantage than they already had.

For the first time, both teams workout together. The red team’s goal is to make a lot of noise and drown out Bob and Jillian.

Jay & Jen are confident they have been accepted by their new team. Let’s see if they feel that confident if they lose the weigh in.

It’s the first red vs. black challenge. The winning team will get videos from home. The challenge will test five skills: endurance, speed, agility, strength, and knowledge. Each time someone finishes a section, they will receive a present. Once all presents are collected, they will move on to finish one final challenge. After they choose who does what, Alison reveals what they have actually been chosen for. For endurance, they will have to push a rock up a hill wearing a blindfold. Speed will be how fast they can stack a bunch of bricks. Yeah, they’ve been totally tricked. Agility means mental agility, putting five dishes in order of number of calories. Strength is a test of balance, walking across a telephone pole while holding a log. Knowledge is how well they know their way to the heart, shooting an arrow at a heart-shaped target. Lastly, the whole team will complete a final task.

Courtney & Olivia go against Kaylee & Jen on endurance (aka pushing a rock up a hill). Black team takes the lead here. Marci & Irene go against Austin & Rulon on the brick stacking, which must reach 6 feet. Black team retains the lead. Deni & Sarah go against Justin & Jay on the calorie counting. The black team extends their lead, building up one that looks unbeatable as the other team fails to identify the correct order. Arthur & Jesse do the balance beam, and they are finished while the other team is still struggling on the third station. Hannah has shot a ton of guns, so perhaps this bow hunting should come easy to her. She does it on the first try. They start on the final station, a puzzle, while the red team continues to struggle. Black team wins the challenge.

Red team is going to start off the weigh in.

Jay: 317 pounds (-14, 4.23%)
Jen: 218 pounds (-14, 6.03%)
Austin: 316 pounds (-10, 3.07%)
Ken: 307 pounds (-14, 4.36%)
Q: 378 pounds (-7, 1.82%)
Rulon: 382 pounds (-12, 3.05%)
Justin: 282 pounds (-10, 3.42%)
Kaylee: 190 pounds (-5, 2.56%)
Moses: 340 pounds (-11, 3.13%) – 100 pounds lost in 6 weeks, a new record

Q continues to bring up the rear, which Justin says is proof he’s not living up to the promise to his wife. Way to support your team members. Everybody else on the red team, except their lightest member, has put up double digit numbers, although Justin & Rulon are disapointed by their results. These numbers put the black team under the gun.

Deni: 201 pounds (-9, 4.29%)
Sarah: 212 pounds (-10, 4.50%)
Arthur: 435 pounds (-9, 2.03%)
Jesse: 246 pounds (-11, 4.28%)
Courtney: 265 pounds (-10, 3.64%)
Marci: 187 pounds (-13, 6.50%)
Olivia: 208 pounds (-16, 7.14%)
Irene: 204 pounds (-12, 5.56%)
Hannah: 201 pounds (-9, 4.29%)

It may have seemed like a hopeless task at first, but these girls put up huge numbers, easily winning the weigh in. They may perhaps struggle next week, but it’s the other team that has to worry for now. The red team will have to vote someone out. They can vote for anyone other than their Biggest Loser, Jen. Jay assumes he’s a goner, but Q knows they have wanted him gone for weeks.

Votes
Jen: Q
Jay: Q
Q: Jay
Ken: Q
Moses: Q
Justin: Q

Luckily for Jay, he had a buffer. With 5 votes, Q is not The Biggest Loser. It would have made far more sense for him to just accept his fate last week and let his wife stay instead. From his starting weight of 437 pounds, Q now weighs 345, a loss of 92 pounds.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser Season 11 Episode 7, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.