The Biggest Loser: Couples (2/5/08)

So what happened at the weigh in last week? Umm, some of the black team members have been cutting their calories in an effort to try and increase their weight loss. How did that work out? Kelly didn’t lose any weight, Brittany only lost 2 and Paul actually gained 3 pounds. Jillian sat down with her team to find out what was going on with their diets. Kelly has been cutting to as far as 1,000 calories per day and Brittany has had days in which she got as little as 500 calories.

The teams met for a temptation challenge involving chocolate covered caramels. Each candy has 26 calories and the challengers are each at a table with curtains between them, so they have no idea what the others are doing. The person who either is the first to eat 100 candies or the person who eats the most will win. The prize is the ability to swap any member of any team with another; including themselves. At the end of the challenge, Roger had eaten one candy, Paul ate three, Brittany ate 15, and Mark ate 43 (for a total of 1,118 calories!). Mark left the teams intact.

Mark had to go to the doctor for a pain in his right leg. As it turns out he has a stress fracture and can no longer to any weight bearing lower body exercises. He has to make do with upper body workouts, the pool and the bike. Can he maintain his weight loss with those limitations? He is worried to say the least.

Dan hiked up to the top of the hill (will they please stop referring to it as a mountain? Please, it’s a hill!) to claim his prize for being the biggest loser of the week. When he got to the top of the hill he found that every envelope had the word “Family” printed across it. Then, his brother appeared. Dan’s prize was a visit from his older brother. His brother got to visit the ranch and see the gym (and his mom, Jackie). The difference in Dan and Jackie were very evident to Joe. The funniest moment was when they were discussing where Jackie might be.
Joe: “Where’s Mom at right now?”
Dan: “She might be still doing her 10K.”
Joe:“10K?”
Dan: “Yeah, 6 miles.”
Joe: “6 miles?”
Dan: “Yeah.”
Joe: “Walking?”
Dan:“No running.” (and he says it like it’s nothing, like everyone runs 6 miles, while Joe is just stumped).

The next challenge was a cooking challenge. The teams had to put together a three course meal for celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito. They had to pick a recipe, and create a healthier version to serve to Rocco. They were judged on taste as well as how healthy and calorie conscious the dishes were. The Black team pulled it out this time. The prize was to have Rocco prepare a meal for them and also to receive something that their families have made for them. Rocco doesn’t just make them a meal, he has them help so that they can go home and cook for themselves. After the meal they go to the living room for videos from their family. The highlight was when Kelly’s boyfriend was saying how much he missed her kisses, etc. and Paul is just torn up. He tells her how hard it is for him to see that. Kelly essentially tells him that she knows it must be hard but “don’t ruin my moment”.

The weigh in went as follows:
Black team: Dan -7 pounds; Jackie -2; Roger -8; Trent -9; Jay -5; Mark -9
Blue: Kelly -7 pounds; Paul -12; Maggie -5; Brittany -10; Bernie -13.

BLUE TEAM WINS!

Jackie immediately goes on the offense. She goes to Roger and Trent and asks Trent if he can do it at home, then goes and tells Mark and Jay that “Trent’s down” with going home. What was she thinking??? I’m sure Trent wasn’t just going to roll over and go home! Then Jackie had Mark and Jay swear on their kids lives that they would tell her if they were going to vote out her or Dan. Cut to the elimination room, Jackie has been voted out and now she’s rubbing it in that they swore on the lives of their kids. She just wouldn’t let it go, it was like she was trying to make them change their minds.

The teaser for next week is that something will happen during the weigh-in that will cause Bob to walk out. Hmmm what could it be? More game play? In the middle of a game? No way!