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marigold:
An interview with Phil:

Phil Parham talks about his 'The Biggest Loser: Families' elimination

You can add Phil Parham, a 41-year-old real estate agent from Greer. SC, to the growing list of people who think that Brady and Vicky Vilcan are "gameplaying."

"When Vicky said last night to [trainer Bob Harper] that Brady was not eating every four hours... total fabrication," Parham told reporters during a media conference call on Wednesday. "He had no difference in the way he was eating from the time he hit the ranch."

Phil added that he thought Bob had figured out Brady, a 36-year-old pharmacist from Houma, LA, and his wife Vicky, a 37-year-old anesthetist, but had simply stopped asking questions after the couple had lied to him.

"I think that Bob is pretty easy to be swayed, but Bob knew," he told reporters. "I felt like [he] kind of got up to the line when he asked the question and he was really pushing for an answer, but I don't think he got the answer that was the true answer."

Phil also told Reality TV World that the alleged gameplaying had hardly changed his opinion of Brady because the two never gotten along well to begin with.

"I really don't like Brady a whole lot to be honest with you," he told Reality TV World. "If you watch the show from Episode 1, my relationship with Brady was rocky. It was okay at times and then it would turn pretty rough because Brady tends to have a little bit of a temper and I would just kinda stay back from him."

"He was also 20 minutes late to everything he did. He held the whole production up, he held workouts up. Brady just does whatever Brady wants to do," Phil added.

Phil also reiterated his wife Amy Parham's recent comments that while he had brought Blue team member Heba Salama's name up during a Week 7 conversation with Brady on The Biggest Loser ranch's basketball court, his comments had not been overly critical of her.

"[The conversation] happened about a day before [my wife] got eliminated," Phil told reporters. "Basically the conversation was just to see [if there was any] wiggle room in their alliance and just to see if there was anything I could say to kind of feel him out [and] sway him away from the way I knew it was going against my wife."

"[The comments] weren't as bad, and they probably weren't as good," Phil added regarding what he had actually said about Heba compared to how Brady had chosen to interpret them. "They were probably somewhere in the middle where I might have said a couple of little things off the cuff, and [Brady] took it and, kind of like 'The Rumor Game,' a week and a half later it had escalated into 'I hate her' somehow."

According to Phil, he had remained silent when Heba publicly confronted him about the comments in last night's episode because he was at a loss for words.

"You want a quote of what I was thinking? 'You can't reason with unreasonable people.' Heba's a lot of fun to joke around with and have a good time, but she can swing a lot emotionally," he told Reality TV World. "What you did not see was that I apologized to her [for] if I had done anything to her to hurt her or offend her. But it just went on deaf ears."

"I spent so little of my mental energy on what Heba was doing because I was gearing up for the workouts, or paying attention to the trainer and trying to get along with the other people on the show. Somehow it got so escalated in her mind that my whole attitude towards her was negative and it really wasn't," he told Reality TV World.

Phil told Reality TV World that he "saw the writing on the wall" and was not surprised when he was eliminated. Afterward, he also went as far as to claim he had actually been glad to get booted from the show.

"It's against everything in me to say 'Hey, I'm kinda glad I can go home,' but it was a long time up to that point for me where I felt it, and without the support of my wife it was me feeling like I was on an island and isolated," he told reporters. "With all honesty, that week was that tough for me that I kinda felt like, in that moment, that I'm glad I'm outta here."

However, Phil said that while he hadn't been upset about getting eliminated, his wife Amy hadn't exactly shared his sentiments.

"Oh she was mad as hell," he told reporters with a laugh. "She was so mad at me. She's a Type-A personality [and is] completely driven and going all the time."

"It didn't work out for her the week before, but when I [returned from the show] I was like 'Hey, it's your husband. I'm over here,' and she was like 'Why are you here? What are you doing here?'" he added. "She had her moment, and then she was excited because it was our 20th wedding anniversary so, a lot of those mixed emotions and that whole deal."

Link: http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/phil-parham-talks-about-his-the-biggest-loser-families-elimination-7943.php

marigold:

--- Quote from: pledge on October 29, 2008, 09:57:42 PM ---Tuesday night both Renee and Phil lost 3 pounds.  Renee was declared the biggest loser for the week from the Black Team.  I didn't hear an explanation  but they must figure biggest percentage lost.  Is this correct?  Does anyone know?  Just wondering.

Still don't like Brady, Vicky, or Heba !  Can't wait to see who gets to come back.   

--- End quote ---

I just heard back from TBL and their explanation given was:

Renee had a greater percentage of weight loss than Phil. Even though the body fat % was the same, she had lost more weight...

You are gonna love the drama next week ; )

marigold:

Biggest Loser 6 - Episode 8 - Show Promo

All of this seasons cast returns to see who will be brought back into the game.

But the drama doesn't stop there, tune in Tuesday, Nov 4th for the next episode of The Biggest Loser only on NBC

BballKates:
First, Heba is a moron for being in a three person alliance. She is the third wheel and the odd person out. If she was smart she would have joined up with the Amy's. But she is screwing herself over by taking things personally.

Also, they should have voted off Colleen because she is the lightest of the group and doesn't have that much left to lose not to mention now they don't have a male. They should have waited one more week to get rid of Phil.

Heba might be one of the most obnoxious people ever on this show. Vicky and Brady are cocky I hope they don't win either.

marigold:
An interview with Phil:

The Biggest Loser Roundup: Phil Says He "Felt Like an Outsider"

Phil Parham is the latest eliminee from The Biggest Loser ranch, but he went down with guns blazing. Despite being the epitome of a southern gentleman, Phil was embroiled in some heavy drama with the Blue Team's alliance. Last week, Phil's wife Amy was a victim of the same alliance. This didn't sit too well with Phil. He seemed to have lost his motivation without his wife and was sent home. Fancast got the chance to chat with Phil about the fights, the weight-loss, and that infamous basketball court discussion with Brady.

In two weeks apparently you make a comeback. How did it feel to be back on the ranch?
Like we walked into a war zone. Like it would be if they dropped me in the middle of Afghanistan or something without a weapon. I feel like it turns into a completely different crazy place. I mean, you know, I’ve kind of gotten to go home and feel the love of my family and support of my friends. And then you come back into it. It gets crazy.

Were you relieved to go home or were you disappointed to leave?
A combination of both. If you ever saw me in any of those challenges and in the gym, there’s never a time that they could ever show me complaining because I didn’t do it. And I think Bob and Jillian both alluded to that, that Amy and I were strong in the gym and we wanted to do our jobs. And then when it turned into this whole other animal. And to see my wife go home, that was a really, really tough week. And so I never quit that whole week. I worked really hard. But, as much as the girls were telling me that they were on my side, they would take walks together and they were together. And I kind of felt like the outsider on the Black team even though I did everything I could to bring myself into that circle.

We got to see you with a shaved head and goatee… what does Amy think of your new look?
We’ve had such a radical change in our lives and somebody mentioned it to me when I got home and said well you just ought to shave that off because you can’t grow hair anyway. So I said well, what do you think Hun? And she said yes, do it. See what it looks like. And I just hit the shower and got the razor out, and took care of it.

How did the conversation with Brady actually happen? Did you try to get Heba ousted?
Basically the conversation was just to see if there was any wiggle room in their alliance. I knew that it would go against my wife, because everything is emotion with Heba. So he obviously took the things that I say - which I’ll just say this for the record that they weren’t as bad and they probably weren’t as good. It was probably like the truth. It’s probably somewhere in the middle that I might have just said a couple of little things off the cuff and he took it, and it’s kind of like the rumor game. And about a week and a half later it had escalated into I hate her somehow or something like that.

And that's what led to the ambush at dinner?
Yeah. Vicky and Brady just saw the opportunity to use anything against me because I had been on a forced diet of no talking to Heba for about three weeks. So... I was just being really nice to her and really avoiding her at all costs. And I had not said three words to her. And then, you know, the whole thing happened with my wife and that was a really stressful week. Since that was probably the only conversation I had with Brady since I was on Black and he was on Blue the whole week, he used whatever he could to solidify their alliance and give Amy the boot.

Brady denies that he sabotaged that weigh-in to vote Amy off. Are Brady and Vicky really playing a game here?
Oh absolutely. When Vicky said last night to Bob that Brady was not eating every four hours, it was a total fabrication. He was eating. He had no difference in the way he was eating from the time he hit the ranch. Bob is pretty easy to be swayed. But Bob knew. I felt like Bob kind of got up to the line when he asked the question and he really was pushing for an answer, but I don’t think he got the answer that was really the true answer. So they’re game playing. They’ve been doing it since they got there. And they seem to be really good at it.

You were originally on Bob's team, then you were switched to Jillian. What did you think of her as a trainer?
I was a little afraid and kind of scared because I had gotten to the point where I was comfortable with Bob because Bob is very tough in the gym. And then I went over to Jillian and she trains completely different. She likes to kind of get inside your head and delve into the psychological end of things, which she kept trying with me. And I guess it worked. The last week or two, I was there was really tough all the way around; watching the whole thing unfold with my wife and me, because I think ultimately we’re stronger together than we were apart. And I think you can see that in the episode.

How are you guys enabling each other to stay healthy and to work together?
We actually kind of monitor each other. We text each other and find out when she’s going to her classes and we ask each other at the end of the day what you got accomplished. And we check on each other’s weights. On Sundays, I’ll cook a bunch of food to put in plastic containers for breakfast, lunch and dinner. So we help each other that way. And if any of us feels weak from time to time, we’ve got the other one to kick each other in the butt.

How much do you weigh today?
I'm 214 as of today. I think I’m three pounds away from 120 pounds lost so far. And I’m about a 34 to a 35 waist right now.

And what would you say was your biggest misconception about the show before you got on it? Like what it would be like?
How hard it was. A lot of these other shows like Big Brother or Survivor, you’re there for a little while. But we’re there for up to three and a half months on our season on the ranch in that environment. And then you have to come home and basically it gets harder. So this is over half a year of your life. So I think the stress was more than I thought it would be. I think the workouts are obviously way more intense than I thought that they would be. But it’s good to get stretched and it’s good to get pushed. That’s something I learned that it’s good to kind of push yourself to the next level and it’s good to know that when you are in those situations that you can make it and you can do it.

Link: http://thebiz.fancast.com/2008/10/the_biggest_loser_roundup_phil.html

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