Who Watches The Biggest Loser??

[Kyan]

It was sweet of Jeremy to give his prize to his sister - but since he isn't into shopping or clothes, it doesn't surprise me that he didn't want it! Last night he won the challenge for his sister. I was thinking that it's amazing how his family enables Conda to be a bully and selfish... no wonder she thinks the world revolves around her - everyone in her life reinforces that idea! When they were doing the challenge with the tiki statues.... some of the people were already eliminated... some of the statues had 7, 8...9 leis on them.. and Conda's had NONE! Not ONE! Not a single person put a lei on Conda's statue. Why????? Because they are all afraid of her wrath? Or because SHE believes she is special and entitled, and therefore everyone around her must treat her that way? I think at the end of the competition she finally had a couple of leis that were put there in fun by her brother.

As usual it was nothing but politics last night. I hope Kim keeps on losing a lot of weight and doesn't get eliminated. Naturally Conda was immune. Ugh! Not that ANYONE would vote for her anyway. She will definitely be in the final four.

[dene]

watched our recording last night. Ugh. As usual, Conda makes out like a queen. What is UP with that??? Did you hear somebody (maybe Kim?) say....Conda didn't get any leis because "everybody likes her." Seriously? Who likes to be bullied by a spoiled brat?

It was time for Kimmy to go. She is only 11 pounds from her goal weight she said, and I think she was "satisfied" with where she was.

I have mixed feelings about Kim. On one hand, I admire her determination, but on the other hand, she's a bit of a whiner. I'm reminded of the rhyme from our childhood...."Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I'm gonna go eat worms." She seems to pull the pitiful me routine for attention. But I gotta say, she's kicking butt on working out and that's more important that all this drama junk that's going on.

I have continued to be surprised by Chris. After that one meltdown, she has worked like crazy! And she's looking good.

Poor Buddy. He continues to be bothered by that stress fracture, but he does keep losing, so he's not using that as an excuse.

I had to chuckle about the whole "can't lose weight on vacation" theme of this show. A few years ago, when I first went on SB, I went to the beach for a week with my daughter and lost 2 pounds. Wish I was that dedicated now, so I could get the weight back off that I lost then and gained back.

[Kyan]

Hey Dene!

You will lose the weight again, when the timing is right!

I agree with you on both Chris and Buddy! I am surprised Chris has managed to stay as long as she has... I hope she stays longer!

Tomorrow night is another show... I hope it's a good one! I am so discouraged with this season. I can't help but feel like these people are taking spots that more deserving people could have had. "Deserving" meaning people who were there for the right reasons, where the jackpot money was just a bonus, not the only focus.

[dene]

I think it was probably time for Megan to go. She seemed to make a big jump in her outlook with Bob's help, so I think she'll be okay. So exciting that she got engaged and that her boyfriend lost weight while she was gone. That is going to help them keep going. Can you believe she's asked Conda to be a bridesmaid?

Glad Kim won the money. She's really been working her butt off. Literally!!!

That's cool that Newmans is giving food to all the contestants' hometowns. I didn't know all profits from their food went to charity. Mark was the smart one loading his truck. Of course you load the heaviest while you have the most energy! No brainer.

Wow, that challenge with fixing food was really something. I felt bad for Chris, but I think Antone was right about her excuses. She needs to realize that so it doesn't spill into other areas of her life when she gets home. I know that was all he meant, but she really lost it in the face of criticism. What will she do when she gets home and doesn't have Bob there to make her feel better? The excuses will surface and she will give in. I hope she finally realized that it wasn't a personal attack by Antone. On the other hand, at home Chris would have had a burner, whereas in the challenge Jeremy was using a burner to cook a banana!!! Jeremy was so freaking funny about his food. He didn't take it personally. He knew he was not going to shine in that area and just went on and made an effort. So funny when the challenge was over and they said, "Ok, now let's make fun of Jeremy." Boy, Conda was disappointed. She just KNEW she was going to win and then when she said if she didn't win, somebody else could do the cooking. What a brat.

I keep wondering if that stuff about them walking off and all that is true, since nothing has happened yet. Will be interesting since the numbers are dwindling.

[dene]

Was on vacation this week, so just watched last night. Wow...makeover week was aptly named! They really did look good. It was amazing. It was only an hour and nobody went home, so we'll have to wait to see who gets voted out next week. Previews show a bad time for Chris.

[Kyan]

We seriously did not recognize Buddy! And Mark! WOW! They all looked great - except for Conda. I didn't think she looked like she lost much weight at all. Chris looks 20 years younger!

[dene]

Watched last night. Wow, can't believe what happened to Chris. But it seems like it is all working out. If she hadn't had her relapse while she was near Bob to talk her through it, I don't know if she could have come out victorious. Now it looks like she has seen how it affects her and is going into her home life with her eyes wide open...learning that she has to take care of herself and then others will benefit. My DH said, "How selfish of Santa to ask her to come home." But I told him that we didn't know what Santa was facing at home alone. It may have been pretty bad situation and not just that he was lonely. Who knows. Just glad that she seems to be doing well at home now.

I can hardly wait for next week to see how all that "protest" turns out. Still reading on sites that 2 people didn't come back after the walk out, so we'll have to see if that's true and who it was. Pretty sure Mark was one of them. They've posted a tweet he made after this happened and it sounded for sure like he was out of it.

For a season of No Excuses, there sure have been alot of excuses!

Oh, and your comment about Chris looking 20 years younger.....I didn't realize she is only 42. She really did look 20 years older before!!!

[Kyan]

Dene - you hit the nail on the head! It has been one excuse after the other this entire season!! It's so ironic!!

I read that it's Mark and Buddy who don't come back... and Jeremy and Conda and Kim do. Jeremy and Conda are convinced that one of them is going to win the jackpot. How discouraging - my two LEAST favorite people! In my opinion they have been the exact OPPOSITE of what inspires me on the Biggest Loser. Jeremy is one huge guy... there is no excuse for him not having lost more weight so far! And Conda still looks huge while everyone else on the show is looking terrific! If one of those two game players wins I will be so disgusted!

I thought Chris was very classy when she was voted to go home. I hope everything is working out ok - I think she was really relieved to be leaving. I wonder what would have happened if Santa had made it to make-over week? Would he have shaved his beard?

[Kyan]

[dene]

Mark and Buddy? Really??? I hope Kim stays and beats Conda and Jeremy!!! I believe her percentage has to be higher than theirs! Yes, I wonder, too, what Santa would have done for makeover week. I do hope Chris sticks with her new lifestyle now that she's home.

I think I'll be glad when this season is over. I will stick it out, but it has been a disappointing season. I'd like to see less drama and more inspiration.

[Jessicarn76]

I can only imagine Conda helping feed the fire with the whole protest thing, and then oh look, she stays while talking others into leaving. I really dislike that girl. I will be disgusted if she or or brother win. At this point, I'm for kim, buddy or mark. Anyone but Conda! Blech!

[dene]

Oh My Goodness! What a bunch of babies!!!! They signed a freaking contract where it said this was going to happen!!!! Did they not even watch last season when Ramon won his way back on??? I can't believe this bunch of whining snots! Am glad that Kim stuck it out though and that she won a car and all that. Wish Conda had gone home though. Not that crazy about Jeremy, but I like him more than his sister.

How utterly ridiculous for them to say "it's not fair!" I do not believe it. I just don't believe it.

[Magna]

Oh My Goodness! What a bunch of babies!!!! They signed a freaking contract where it said this was going to happen!!!! Did they not even watch last season when Ramon won his way back on??? I can't believe this bunch of whining snots! Am glad that Kim stuck it out though and that she won a car and all that. Wish Conda had gone home though. Not that crazy about Jeremy, but I like him more than his sister.

How utterly ridiculous for them to say "it's not fair!" I do not believe it. I just don't believe it.

I don't usually watch, but I saw last night's episode. The producers of the show have immense ability to edit the show to make it look however they want. Making the contestants look bad because of a dispute with the producers is no way to run things - it made the producers look like they were bullying the contestants (who have no power to control how the producers make them look on TV) and manipulating the audience. Assuming the contestants were being unreasonable, it would have been better to mention only as much of the disagreement as possible to explain why the two left.

I couldn't tell from the episode whether the contestants had a reasonable complaint, but my hunch is they did. If the contract were clear and the contestants had been told the truth all the time, I think that would probably have been shown. Instead, it seemed to be conspicuously missing. For example, there was nothing to say that the producers had been truthful with the contestants. The only thing I saw that said anything like this was an obviously staged conversation between the trainers that this had always been the plan.

I saw nothing about what the contract actually said. All we saw was the show's lawyer pointing to a piece of paper and telling a contestant what it meant. Maybe it was too boring or complex to show, but it's also possible they didn't show it because it would be embarrassing to show a contract that basically said "We can make up new rules whenever we feel like it." Just to make up some examples, suppose the producers had constantly been deliberately lying (off-camera) to trick the contestants so they'd be more shocked when they found out about eliminated contestants coming back. I can see the contestants being right to complain about having been tricked into competing differently than they would have if they'd known. The producers could edit out any references that might make them look bad, and edit together a bunch of isolated comments about hurt feelings. (No idea if any of that is true - just considering possibilities.)

Also, a clip of a lawyer advising someone about a contract is not good TV. They lost me on that one. I probably won't watch again. (JMO - YMMV. )

[dene]

I know producers can edit what is shown in any way that they chose. But the fact remains, this is not a first-time twist of bringing back eliminated contestants to vie for a spot in the final 3. Last season, Ramon won his way to the final three by winning the marathon. I do not believe the final five were tricked into believing that this season would be different than last season or preceding seasons where this has been the case.

I just don't think they wanted to spend the whole time showing every conversation with the final five. It was meant to show that the contestants were given the opportunity to state their side and not to take up the whole hour with this crazy drama. When you sign a contract for a reality show, you really are agreeing to the rules of the show. If they didn't want to cooperate with whatever was thrown their way, they shouldn't have agreed to do it. Just sayin'

These people received a chance of a lifetime and alot of time and money was spent on them....I don't think they had room to complain on a season called No Excuses.

This, also, is just my opinion. (and I have watched all season, so I pretty much know the personalities of these people, as far as can be determined from a tv show.)

[Kyan]

When the producer met "privately" with Jeremy (not so private since the camera was there) he read the contract out loud to him. It clearly stated that at the end of the season the other contestants were going to compete and the winner would be among the final four. He read it straight from the contract - and Jeremy just kind of went..."oh".....! The producer went on to say that it would be horribly unfair now to tell the other contestants that they were CHANGING the contract (which isn't legal anyway) and they were NOT going to allow the winner to return for the finale because the other remaining contestants were having a hissy fit.

Dene is right - these contestants have thrown tantrums all through the season. And although it is true that the editors can manipulate some of the scenes to create drama... they have shown interviews with Conda's OWN family who flat out said in the camera that Conda was bossy and demanding and petty! (Not those exact words perhaps - they might have used stronger language! LOL)

Magna - did you see after the weigh-in when Conda said that her brother deserved to be there more than Kim - who had lost FIFTEEN pounds and now weighs 147... compared to her brother who lost 10 pounds and still has at least a hundred left to lose!?
What a rude and ungracious statement to make - and there was no need for the camera to make her look bad. She has always chosen her own words and made herself look bad!!

Conda and her brother did not seem to be on the show to lose weight - they were on the show to win some money. Weight loss was a side product. They have game played the entire way through. Everyone is free to do as they please once they make it through the auditions and are on the show - meaning play the game or play to lose the weight....however crying and throwing tantrums because you don't like the rules or how the game is played is ridiculous. Every season there are twists and turns and new players brought back to the Ranch... IMO they really need to grow up!!