What's wrong with me?

I don't mean to sound like Debbie Downer, but I haven't touched this blog in forever!  The funny thing is, I can think of interesting things that I'd like to write about when I'm falling asleep at night, but by the morning the idea has left me and I can't remember for the LIFE of me what it was that I wanted to write.  So the cycle goes, and my poor blog goes untouched.

Our life is pretty quiet right now.  Baby girl seems to be getting healthier, although she still has a cough that sounds terrible.  I said I wasn't going to do it, but I am...I'm watching this season of biggest loser.  There's a 5'8" man on the show that weighs like 400 pounds...but the thing is, he's hard to root for.  He has a MAJOR addiction to food, so I'm not convinced that 3 months on the ranch is going to save his life.  I think the MOMENT he gets voted off and goes home he will fall back into the situation that got him to 400 pounds to begin with.  I could be wrong, let's hope that I am.

I am also in a rut.  Since my diet last year at this time, I have gained back 6 pounds and I hate those 6 pounds but I'm having a very hard time losing them.  At the beginning of the year I decided to actually use the P90X videos that I had bought a while back.  I did the 1st workout, caught a cold and didn't work out again for 2 weeks.  Since then, I've been trying to do a video every other night - although sometimes I still don't get it done and skip an extra night in between.  It's such an intense workout and makes me so sore that there's no way I could do it every night...not to mention my knees feel like they get so swollen that my knee caps are going to explode off.

It's super-bowl Sunday this weekend, and last year I had a JC meal during super-bowl...I hope I can keep from gaining 5 pounds at this one, since we are the ones hosting a party and offering up terrible things for people to eat!!

Biggest Loser Indeed.

I've been slow with my Biggest Loser updates...partly cause I think this season is sucking, and also because 2 weeks ago my #1 was voted off the show.  Part of my reason for watching this show is the weight loss - I love seeing how people's lives are transformed, by the sheer amount of weight they lose, and the mental transformations that they go through.  Some of these contestants come in beat down, feeling horrible and useless - at least that's how they are portrayed.  They go away with confidence and have learned to love themselves again.  That's what I like about the show.  I DO NOT like the game play.  I realize that it's a game show, that they are trying to win 1/4 million dollars, but I wish there wasn't votes and 'strategy' involved.  At this point I wish there was a red line every week - not a yellow line - so that it isn't about popularity or strategy that keeps the contestants around, but sheer weight loss.

With that, my #1 Jesse was voted out...which sucked, because once again it seems like Frado and the other guy (Frado's dad?  hehe.) were calling the shots.  And it happened to be a 'team' week, so their two teams sealed Jesse and Aaron's fate.  I can understand Bob's frustration with these players.  They aren't putting up huge numbers, yet they are controlling the game.

I guess that means I have to shift my #1, if I'm going to stay committed to the show, so my new #1 is Ada.  This last week, her family didn't even send her 'videos from home', so she didn't sit with the group and watch home videos...which was sad.  I did think that the group was nice and made her a video - it was really touching.  Ada has been a strong competitor throughout the show, putting up great numbers every week...although I'm sure this will be considered a threat and she'll be voted off next.  GRRR!!

Waaayyy behind.

My biggest loser re-cap has been falling behind!  It's not my fault...well...it is...but I have good excuses.  3 weeks ago, something happened and I missed my recording of Biggest Loser...whoops...but Orange woman was voted out.   2 weeks ago, Halloween was sneaking up on me, and work was sorta busy, so I wasn't finding time to write.  And I can't remember who was voted out that week...maybe the old green man....I think.

I'm a little disappointed in this season to be honest.  I prefer it when the contestants play an honest game and are there for their health.  I do NOT like the drama and the game play and 'throwing' weigh ins - like Stupid Red Team from last year.  Anyways, that dislike has been transferred to Black team this year.  Those two fools are driving me crazy with all their drama and game play...ugh.  And it SHOCKS me that the other team members are pushed around by those two.  They lose/throw a weigh-in, and THEY get to choose who goes home...w/e.  And the one guy is a complete baby about EVERYTHING.  Goodness...I might have to start fast-forwarding through stuff that involves him!  Ha!

With that, the game is now blue vs black...and my favorite, Jesse, is on the Blue team, so for now, it's GO BLUE!  The elimination this week was selecting a member from the opposite team to represent the team for a weigh in...whoever lost the weigh-in, had to send someone home.  And like IDIOTS, the blue team picks the girl that Jillian has spent all week pounding on!!!  Unbelievable.  I can't believe that that they didn't pick the new chick, who is really on week 2 at the ranch.  EVERYONE knows that week 2 at the ranch equals a bad weigh-in...  And of course the black team picked the Red-shirt girl...and even with the opportunity to block the pick, Blue team went with it...and of course LOST.

So that's not the worst...the worst is that blue team had a split vote, between the girl and the nice dark haired man, so the vote went to Black team...  Black team could have voted for ANYONE...but they decided to respect the blue team's vote and choose between the girl and the guy, and of course they picked the man...more competition....at least it wasn't Jesse...  Sorry if that was very confusing - I need to start remembering their names.

Awww C'moonnn!

I watched the Biggest Loser episode last night, and might have a few favorites!  I don't have a really good read on everyone yet, but I'm getting close.  1st of all I wanted to say that I'm a little disappointed that the drama is back...I loved the 1st episode, cause they spent a lot of time actually going into what the contestants were going through...like, "get comfortable guys, you're gonna be here for the next 4 hours".   4 hours!  I had no idea that they would have 4 hour workouts...who has time for that in the real world.  Anyways, so the drama is back, and stupid purple grandma wants to go home...FOR A VACATION.  Boo hoo!  I don't think she realized all the thousands of overweight people that would KILL to be on the show and she wants to go on a VACATION?!  Mama, please...quit...and I won't have to look at your stupid purple glasses and the lenses that magnify your eyeballs...w/e.  And then pink girl decides she wants to go home, and we find out that she's also dying to suck on a cancer stick too....yikes...I don't think she's gonna last long.

I DO like the 'surprise' weigh in's...I'd really like to know how many days have passed since their last weigh in...cause everyone was referring to 'last week' so I wonder if it was really a surprise.  And I like that there's a competition for the bottom two...that makes it fun.  The pop challenge was stupid - with the tennis balls...and was just a popularity contest, and that kind of crap drives me nuts.  And I can't believe that there's already "game play" going on...that drives me crazy too.  I've said it before, I realize that this is a game show with a $250K prize, but these people are dying of a disease...they should be thinking of their health before THROWING A WEIGH IN....Mr. Old Black T-Shirt.  You're an idiot too.

So have some folks that I would like to see go.  The two black t-shirt guys can go...I'm not impressed.  And I'm not that impressed with Mrs. "I'm a sprinter" young purple tee.  And I was happy to see old purple tee voted out.

My current favorites at the moment are Orange man (I think his name is Jesse, and he makes me laugh), and Red girl (Jessica?), and I like Blue man...I think...

GO WHITE!!

Yay!  I just finished watching the season finally of Biggest Loser and my FAVORITE, Michael (GO WHITE!) WON!!!!  Yay for confetti!  Make it rain!!  ;)

The previous episode was the marathon, with the final contestants of Darius, Koli, Ashley, and Michael.  There was a LOT of filler but ultimately Darius won, and won $10000 for a charity of his choice.  BUT at the weigh in, Darius GAINED weight, landing him in the bottom two, with shockingly enough, Koli!  Koli, who had moved to Las Vegas to ensure that he would continue to lose weight, only managed to lose 13 pounds that month...shocking to say the least.

So it was up to America's vote - Koli or Darius, and it's a good thing for Michael that America felt bad for Darius - cause Koli KILLED it.  Koli officially won the at home prize of $100,000 by losing 53.35% of his body weight!  That's INCREDIBLE!!  Pink mom was winning most of the show, then black dad took over, and then Koli smashed them.  He looked awesome, confident, and had so much energy.  I had the impression though that he must have been continuing his intense workouts somewhere other than where his family was, cause all he said was that he was ready to go home and be with his family.

So the final 3 weighed in, and they all did incredible, but Michael pulled out ahead by losing 50% of his body weight!  AMAZING!!!  He looked awesome too.  They all did...so exciting.

Anyways, I'm pumped that my #1 made it to #1!!!!  YES!  It'd also be awesome of Michael and Ashley dated one another, they genuinely seem to adore one another...ahh, if only!

I can't wait for next season!  I wonder when it starts?!

Hello final 4!

It was officially final 4 week on Biggest Loser, and the GAME WAS ON.  It was intense.  Michael (go white!) had multiple melt downs, Koli and Darius were definitely turning on the game play...it just seemed TENSE.

The challenge this week stunk - of course it was a race, and I felt like it was geared toward Darius to win - because obviously he's the fastest at this point.  The challenge was the 'put it back on' challenge, where the contestants had to race with the weight that they had lost all season - and at each stop point they got to dump the weight that they had lost at that week.  Of course Ashley and Michael were dead last, but they still managed to finish.  Darius did go back out to help everyone else when he finished, but I dunno...he's lost his charm.  It seemed like he was a funny fun guy when he started this, and now that he's lost a bunch of weight, he does not seem funny and fun...it's like he lost his sense of humor with all those pounds that he shed...who knows...but on camera he doesn't seem like the same fun-loving guy that he used to be.

Anyways, they had to watch some video of themselves from all season - snore...we've seen it all...MANY TIMES...  Finally they got to the weigh in...Michael went first, -12...not bad... He has lost over 200 pounds this season!!  Koli - a whopping -13 or some crazy number like that...amazing.  Darius -10...another huge number for so late in the game.  Ashley needed -8 to beat Michael's percentage, but got -7...then it came down to Sunshine.  -2.  I felt like the producers had built up to this the whole episode though, they kept showing her say "I'm going to be ok, I know I can do this at home", and crap like that all episode...so I guess her -2 wasn't really that shocking.  Anyways, my final 4 actually made it to the final 4!!!  How do I pick a winner now?!

How about this...I'll pick the top two:  Michael (go White!), Koli (his numbers have just been so huge, that I think his overall percentage lost is going to be massive...)

Bye bye yellow, so long Sam.

So it's been 2 weeks since my last biggest loser update...eek!  I'll just hit the high points, and not try to make this too painful.

Last week, if I remember correctly, the contestants went to Texas, had a 5K with a bunch of locals...I though one lady was going to mount O'neil...it was a little uncomfortable.  Most of their contestants ran with their groups - those who had their shirts...but not Darius.  In what I thought was a slight d-bag move, he raced ahead, to try to get his best time and left the rest of his group in his dust.  The only redeeming factor was that as soon as he crossed his finish line, he turned back around and ran back for his group...so I guess it made up for it.

The weigh in was a bit of a nail biter - but ended up with both yellows under the yellow line...and I was hoping that they'd send Sunshine home, but they of course respected O'neil's wishes, and sent O'neil packing.

This week was MAKEOVER WEEEKKKK!!  I've been waiting FOREVER for makeover week!  It seemed like it took even LONGER to come this season than it has in the past.  The contestants each got 1000 bones to shop with - awesome! I felt a little bad for Ashley and Michael...they both feel like they have a lot of weight still to lose, so shopping for them wasn't very fun...and Michael was still having to shop in a big and tall store.  The makeover part was fun - they all got haircuts, and were looking awesome.  They did a 360 mirror thing to look at themselves and then were surprised with a family visit...I thought Sunshine's reaction was the most genuine.  Like she really wasn't expecting her brothers back behind the mirrors...the rest of them had fake reactions, like they knew it was happening.

So what else...oh they had a challenge - the loser got a 1 lb disadvantage, and the winner got a 1 pound advantage...and of COURSE Ashley lost - after 3.5 minutes on a Jacob's Ladder exercise machine...and Michael wasn't far behind.  Darius and Koli were the final 2, and the went for 2.5 HOURS.  Incredible.  Eventually Darius fell off - although he said he chose to lose...which I think is lame.  In fact, Darius' whole M-O this week sucked, he was being sort of wimpy and whiny, which I thought was pretty annoying the whole time.

Anyways, the weigh in for Koli was awesome - he lost 15 pounds!!  So he was safe even BEFORE he got his 1 pound advantage.  Ashley had an awesome weigh in too - 10 pounds.  Michael's was ok...just 9, but that put him under the yellow, with Sam. The vote ended up being 2-2...and I guess I don't really understand the rules, but for some reason that meant Sam going home...which was fine...at least it kept Michael around 1 more week.  On Sam's return home, the producers admitted FINALLY to the relationship between purple girl and Sam, and that they were in love and now shacking up.

Top 4:  Michael (go white!), Koli, Ashley, Darius (sorry you've dropped D - but you sucked this week)

Close...too close

Dear Michael (go white!) and Ashley,

I just wanted you to know that you put me through some major anxiety this week with the weigh in.  I'm a fan of both of you, a big fan...and your mediocre performance at the challenge and the weigh in scared me.  I realize that much of the episode this week centered once again around the Yellow team, with Sunshine acting like her usual baby/bratty self, and I can see the distraction, however, you need to put the nose to the grindstone and get the numbers!!

I admire the fact that neither one of you fell to the temptation of the eating challenge.  I understand that taquito, Ashley, they always look so good and then are so disappointing.  No worries though, your one little bite was probably only 40 calories.  If only you could have SEEN Koli in that room.  He was hysterical...talking about all the food he was eating...and yes, he ate a LOT...and definitely earned the only vote that this weeks elimination.  But I commend the both of you to sticking to your diets.  Well done.

Your performance at the challenge was dismal...I would love for either one of you to get a 1 pound advantage!  But I was happy to see Darius get it - since he's also one of my favorites.  I felt bad for O'neil falling off his tower - that guy had a rough week.  But you guys got lucky - he had to come in last...consider that a gift.

The weigh in...ugh...that weigh in...what happened guys?!!  5 pounds for Michael and 4 for Ashley?!!  Oh my lanta...you guys got SOOO lucky that Sunshine and Victoria had 1 pound losses.  I know, I know...all of Sunshine's 'drama' was unnecessary...I think we all knew EXACTLY who Koli would vote off...even though I didn't think it was fair.  I would have much rather seen Victoria stay than Sunshine.  I was just MOSTLY happy that it didn't come down to either of you.  Phew!

So buck up guys!  Good luck next week - I'm rooting for you!!

Yours truly,
Angie

P.S.  Were you as thrilled as I was with Koli's 10 pound loss - after eating 4000 calories that one day?!!  Amazing!!
P.S.S.   Don't worry, you're still in my top 4:  Michael, Koli, Darius & Ashley!!

Black out

1st things 1st, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sweetie pie hubby.  We are in the twilight 2 weeks of where you are officially 2 years older than me!  But for today, you can be 29 again...just for today. :)

The Biggest Loser was a bit of a roller coaster for me this week.  I wonder if I can remember it all...seems like it started out with a reward challenge - something to do with quarters, and holding them on a tray.  Whoever held their tray up the longest won. I loved that Sam's whole objective was not being the 1st one to drop, and he was immediately the 2nd!  Ha ha!  I didn't realize this at the time, but the whole point of this challenge was that someone would trade all the quarters for $10 or something, so if you put on 100 quarters you'd win $1000 - I think that adds up.  Anyways, I don't mean to throw her under the bus or anything (she's Matt's #1), but I didn't see why Sunshine was getting so EMOTIONAL about keeping up the tray.  I mean c'mon...she was crying and moaning and SWEATING...I was over it.  BTW, Michael (Go White!) won!!  Hooray!

Actually, it seemed like a lot of the episode was centered around Sunshine, now that I think of it.  The next challenge was out in the rain and it was for 2 cars.  The contestants had to run up a hill to get to pull a key from a balloon, run back to both of the cars and try it out.  Black girl won the 1st car, and O'neil won the 2nd car, which he said was for Sunshine, and she was very excited....good for her.

But then came the last chance work out...and I think that Sunshine has gotten a little smug and full of herself...she was saying things in the interview like "c'mon Jillian...work me out"...I dunno...something about her is rubbing me the wrong way...and then it was as though all of that smugness caught up with her at the weigh in, cause she only lost like 3 pounds and was at the bottom of the list for a very long time, and was looking PATHETIC the whole entire time.  IN FACT, she had to roll her eyes and mutter under her breath when Sam got up to weigh in and was saying 'please' to letting him lose more than 3 lbs...with such a huge weigh-in last week...I thought the 'please' was appropriate.  To everyone's "shock" he lost a big ol goose egg - yep 0...and we all know that he works out HARD.  Anyways, Black girl and Sam ended up being in the bottom two - even though Sunshine practically laid down on the ground and had a tantrum...ugh.  Not impressed.

On a side note, I found myself really hoping that Victoria (Blue girl) was going to do well.  I felt really bad for her that noone clapped for her 5 pound loss this week.  That was great!  And for her "week 3" really of being on the ranch, that was huge!  I don't understand why she wasn't more excited about her number!  And I am also thrilled that Michael had a great weigh-in - 9 lbs!  That's awesome.  AND that he ran 5 miles - wow - I can't run 5 miles...and he still weighs 370 lbs!  Amazing.

The end result was Black girl getting voted off - which I didn't mind...I was happy to see Sam stick around for another week over the Black girl.  I hope that Sunshine can stop being such a big baby and I'll start liking her better...sorry Matt...

My top 4:  Michael (Go white!), Darius, Koli, Ashley!

Oh, and a status report on myself...I was down a 1/2 lb this week, putting me in at 131.5.  I need to try a little harder and get rid of that last pound and a half...that would be a great birthday present to myself in a couple of weeks!!

Boo-yah Red!!

Well, the episode of biggest loser was WAY better this week.  This week the constants that got the free ride last week were no longer safe...which meant that Red girl wasn't safe!  YES.  The episode started with a challenge - the 1st person to lose 2% of their weight the fastest would get immunity for the week, but they could only weight in once, and if they didn't make it they were out of the challenge.  With that, there was a lot of game play on when one would weigh in...especially from stupid Red girl.

They also had a 'reward challenge' in the pool, with a consequence, that whoever came in last got a 1 pound disadvantage on the next weigh in.  It was nice to see Sunshine win the challenge (which was some sort of vacation), but even MORE exciting to see as the other contestants finished that they were helping out O'neil and Michael (go white!).  Which negatively effected Red girl, and she came in LAST!  WOO HOO!

She certainly didn't go down without a fight.  They showed the house cameras of her getting up at 3am to go work out - that's some commitment.  Can't say I could go to bed and actually get up at 3 am to go exercise...Ugh!  Sam and Koli were crazy too - the clock said their workout was at 11:30 or midnight or something...insane.  Victoria (new girl Blue team) did push the button, but fell short, and by the 3rd morning, Sam pressed the button and lost 10 POUNDS....how shocking that he pulled that off...insane.  Needless to say, he definitely beat his 2% and won immunity for the week.

The weigh-in was a little bit of a nail-biter though.  I was sad to see that Darius (Orange) was lingering near the bottom for nearly all of the weigh-in.  Luckily he was bailed out by Black girl and Red girl...woot!  I don't really like Black girl either, but once Red fell under the yellow, it was OBVIOUS who was going home...YES!!!!!!  Boo-yah!

Top 4:  Michael (Go white!), Darius, Koli, Ashley

I'm not foolin...

So I'm a day late for the April Fool's reference...but I couldn't resist...

The diet update is this:  I've been off of JC for 2 weeks now, the last time I posted, I believe I had gained a pound - 132.5.  Last week I weighed, and was sitting pretty at 131.5, but with my parents visit I did loads of cheating - aka no portion control - so that put me at 132 this week. With everything that I ate and drank (and boy, do I mean drink!) I am happy with the 132.  I'm really hoping that I can get back to a negative by next Wednesday, and stay on track.  I'm obsessed with getting to 130, but also a little tired of dieting...

You know...it's not supposed to be that way.  Every single diet talks about making a "lifestyle" change and changing your lifestyle for the better.  Learning to eat more healthy.  Doing your body good.  But, isn't that why we call them DIETS?  And how come we get tired of 'dieting'?  I know why, cause there's so many good things to eat.  Hello KFC!  Yummy MSG...I love it.  There's a reason we call it all comfort food, cause it's yummy and comforting!  And I like to eat LOTS of it.  My mom has always said, "I like to chew, and I like how it tastes".  Meee tooo.

Anyways...I'm not going to fall off the wagon.  I believe I understand appropriate portions - it's just making the decision to follow them, which I know I need to if I want to shed lbs.  I wish I was one of those people who can eat a ton of food and never gain a pound.  I like quality AND QUANTITY!

BTW,  I watched about 30 minutes of the Biggest Loser and I'm throughly DISGUSTED that stupid Red girl got back on the show!!  I HATE THAT!!   It's not fair!!  I suppose that the stupid producers see that she's such a 'villain' that it makes for good TV, but I can't BELIEVE that they manufactured a challenge to let her back on.  ROAR!  AND she has immunity this week...hello throwing the weigh-in!  Wanna bet??  I haven't finished the episode yet, but I think it sucks that someone ELSE is going to have to go home, and not her.

You got lucky Gray...

I finished up the Biggest Loser episode last night.  The theme of the week was work-week.  Meaning, the contestants had to go to an 8am-5pm job and get their workouts in some other time.  And there were rules on that too, the gym would only be open from 6 am until 7:30 pm.  Interesting.  Lots of people got up at 5:30 am to get a work out in, then after they got home they went and worked out until the gym closed.

What I would have liked to see, is when they ate.  One of the hardest things to overcome with exercise, for me,  is that I'm exhausted after work, and I am also STARVING, so I want to eat, but then I don't want to exercise on a full stomach...so I often skip the workout because I've already eaten...  Anyways, I would have liked to see how their day really went - did they have breakfast at 5:30 am then hit the gym at 6?  Did they come home after they got done with work and have supper first?  Or wait until 7:30 when they were finished working out?  I'm also curious as to how many snacks they give themselves a day.

Anyways, they worked all week; at one point Michael (go white!) called it jail.  Ha ha!  Welcome to the real world sucka!  The challenge that week was for reward, and the blue team won a year of free groceries!  Could you imagine?!!!  HEAVEN!!

At the weigh in, they weighed blue team first.  Michael didn't have that huge of a number, "just" -9, but the rest of his team rallied with huge numbers.  Nearly everyone was over 5 and as much as 10.  Then they weighed in the black team. It was a nail biter...they got to the last 2 people, and only needed 14 lbs to win...just 7 each...but they didn't get it.  I loved when Darius gave a "yes!" in the interview (after purple girl weighed in), and then said "I really feel bad for her...wait no I don't...I'm really happy she only lost 4 lbs."  Ha ha!  I like him.  So the black team lost, and after deliberating with what seemed like it could be between Orange and Gray, they sent home Orange mom (Darius's mom).  It seemed like she was expecting it though and wasn't really that upset.

Top 4:  Michael, Darius, Pink Mom, Ashley (Pink Girl)

Biggest Loser Update

I watched the episode last week, and am just getting around to writing about it.  The episode was pretty good, although I could do without all the drama that revolves blue vs black...wait...I'm getting ahead of myself.

The episode started off with the cliffhanger of black vs orange in an elimination challenge.  The orange lady won, and sent the black team dad home...I did like that guy, but I've decided that I don't like Black team girl...so I didn't really care that he went home.

Later in the episode came the blue vs black 'eat off'.  They had a memory game, and the contestants had to 'eat' to keep playing the game until they found golden tickets that would make them the winner of the game.  Surprisingly there were only 2 that played, black-team girl (I really need to learn their names), and White team Michael (go white!).  There was a lot of eating, and finally Michael found both of the golden tickets, putting him in charge of making the teams.  I don't understand why everyone gets all freaked out about blue vs black....I mean, c'mon...you go on a team, you still room with the person that you came on the show with, and you still train with a great trainer!!  I think they're all a bunch of whiny babies ("I didn't get Bob" boo hoo!)  Anyways, Michael stacked the teams up, where most of the men and Sunshine are on the blue team, and the women, and 1 member of the gray team makes up the Black team.  O'neil was odd man out, and would be joining the team who loses the weigh in.  Jillian was PO'd about the splits - I guess she decided it was unfair, but I felt like Michael hit the nail on the head when he said "I thought you said I needed to start looking out for myself, BOB", and that made everyone stop complaining in their tracks, and the show moved on.  The challenge was a knockout for Blue team, where they won letters from home, and finally came the weigh in.

I have to say, I thought Blue team was going to KILL, but shockingly enough, they lost!!  They actually lost the weigh in by 1 pound to the Black team...thanks to killer weigh ins by Pink team, the purple girl, and the grey guy.

The bottom two on the Blue team were Lance (Red (boo hiss)), and Miggy (double boo hiss).  The deliberations were pretty much focused around those two, beings that they had the lowest percentage weight loss.  It honestly didn't matter to me which one of those went home, and surprisingly (well not really) it was Miggy! HA HA!

So my top 4 are:  Michael (go white!), Darius (Orange), the Mom on the pink team, and the girl on the pink team.  Can't wait for the next episode!

You're gone Red.

I finished the Biggest Loser episode last night.  For the most part I thought it was a little boring...I mean, cool enough that they got to go to the Olympic training center in Colorado, but I got tired of watching all the nutrition stuff.  And you could almost see the contestants salivating at that huge pasta dinner for the guy that was trying to gain weight.  I felt bad for them...what was the point of that?!

The biggest news was that Melissa on the red team was eliminated.

WOOT.

But...she got that way because she gained a pound.

A POUND.

She lived at the biggest loser ranch and GAINS a pound?  I don't understand it, but here's what I really think happened.  I can't quite remember last weeks episode, but I think I remember that her husband had a bad weigh in - he lost like four lbs or something.  So, I think that she threw her weigh in.  I don't think she was willing to risk Lance going home when he needs to be there - I mean, his job depends on it right?

Anyways, here's how I see it playing out...there's a red line, someone has to go home without a vote.  Melissa knows that Lance had a bad weigh in and she NEEDS him to come home a healthy weight so he can pass the physical at his job.  She also misses her kids...so she intends to only lose 1-2 pounds, but blows it and gains a pound...enough to be PO'd about...I'd cuss too.  And she goes home...but her final plea is that Lance stay and not come home before 250.  I have to hand it to her...she's not thinking of herself, she truly wants/needs her husband to come home lighter and fit for his job.  So, in that case, bravo Melissa, well played.

Oh and the elimination challenge?  Ugh!  Torture!  In one way it's great - it's an elimination challenge to do the eliminating, I don't know HOW the contestants would pick when they both appear to be genuine nice people.   The only reason it sucks is that we have to wait until next week to see the results!  Looks like next week is blue vs black...so I suppose I'll actually have to pick individuals for my top 3 next week.

My top 3:  Michael - white team, Orange team, Pink team.

Brown out.

I watched Biggest Loser last night.  It was fantastic.  I loved that they brought back the yellow and blue teams for a 'weigh-off' to see who got to stay on campus.  I immediately liked both teams, and was thrilled to see that both teams had done SO well at home getting ready for their weigh in.  I would have been happy with either team getting to stay.

With that said, I couldn't BELIEVE that the O'Neil (the dad on the yellow team) was already talking about throwing someone under the bus for this weeks vote!!  I'm a little surprised that it actually made the show - that little strategy session - since no one's "game play" has made an episode thus far.  I thought it was shocking, and it made it seem like he was there solely for the game...  "Nothing will get in the way of my goals....I mean our goals".  WTH?

During the challenge, I was THRILLED that White team won - I think his name is Michael...although I wasn't so thrilled to see that he was so chummy with green team Miggy.  I still don't like her.  I do commend her for walking 13 miles the day after having an appendectomy.  Impressive.  And during the weigh in I nearly peed my pants thinking that one of the Red team would be OUTTA THERE!  But unfortunately, it was Brown.   I was really disappointed that he had to go, when he needs so badly to be there.  It seemed like he was loved by a lot of the contestants.

Oh, and I know that they have to do some of the touchy feely stuff and let people get their 'issues' out...but I dunno, for some reason I didn't completely 'buy' Pink-daughter's story...  She mentioned that her dad had passed away from cancer, and that he always bugged her about her weight...and of course that hurt her feelings, but it made me feel like she was already heavy before that - and it isn't truly the root of her problems...  I do like the Pink team though...they are going into my top 3.

My favorites:  Michael (Go White!), Orange Team, Pink Team

Biggest Loser Update

I finally finished the episode of Biggest Loser last night.  And am THRILLED that 1/2 of the green team went home!  Here's rootin for the other have to go home!  The mom of the green team is ridiculous - I'm with Jillian about the whole 'don't cry' thing...I mean, if you need to cry a little, what's so wrong with that?!  I'm excited for the white team, that he lost 15 lbs - that is great for him - and he was in the top 3!  I still hate the Red team - they are surprisingly so good at the challenges though - the other teams need to step it up if they are going to beat them.  I'm glad to see that the woman put some effort in and lost some weight this week.  It irritates me that she would 'game' the show.  I know they are there to win the money, but c'mon - 2 weeks of no weight-loss?  Ridiculous.

So my favorites are: white team, brown team, and orange team.  I think I even threw out a "YES!" when Brown had a good weigh in.  The preview for next week looks FANTASTIC.  I can't wait.

Survivability

I'm working on something at work today that cracks me up.  How to survive:  Don't be killed.  No kidding?

Here I am starting week 4 of the Jenny Craig diet.  Weight update:  I've lost another 1.5 lbs this week!  I was worried that I wasn't going to lose anything this week - I weighed Sunday morning with my jammies still on, and there was 0 loss!  Talk about panic!  My jammies must weigh more than I think!  Ha ha!  I have to do another food order tonight - that's the bad part...is the $$ - I'm worth it though, right?  At least our Safeway bill has been less this past month.

I started watching Biggest Loser last night but haven't finished last night's episode yet.  All I can say is I hate the red team.  And I hate the green team.  The green team is SO negative, and the red team is SO conniving!  Ugh!  I don't have a favorite yet, but I'd really like to see what's left of the white team to go all the way - although the guy (I can't think of his name right now) is SO big, that he has to lose SO much weight to get good numbers.  He needs to though - 500 lbs is way too big.  Hopefully I can finish it up tonight on the treadmill.

Oh, and baby update:  we've been teaching my baby the sign for 'all done', and we think she was doing it last night!  I'd hand her off to my hubby, Matt, she'd give the 'all done' and want to come back to me!!  We're not entirely sure that she means 'all done', but we think it's hilarious!!  And it makes us BEAM and talk about how smart and gifted she is...but aren't they all??

Hello 130s...it's nice to see you again.

I watch the Biggest Loser on TV, and I have to say that I'm addicted - I love watching Jillian and Bob scream at the contestants, I am often reduced to tears hearing their stories...  It was on last night, if I can remember it, maybe I'll do a little review of episode after I watch it tonight.  Although it sometimes takes me more than one day to watch it - they're 2 hour episodes!  Anyhoo, last week, I was watching as I was walking on the treadmill, and was SHOCKED that some of the contestants can lose 26 pounds in 1 WEEK!  Granted - they are like 300 lbs, but STILL. And others are disappointed when they lose "only" 8.  Only 8...ugh!  I wish I would lose only 8 in one week.  I mean, granted, they are working out 5 days a week.  If only I had a personal trainer for 5 days a week, and the TIME to work out 5 days a week for 8 hours a day.  HA!  Anyhoo, as my title suggests, I have broken the barrier of the 130s, and am happy to report that I'm back in them!!!  Wee!!  Only down 1.5 lbs this week - so only 3.5 total, but I'm sitting happy at 138.5.   Yay!