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The Biggest Loser Season 7
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The Biggest Loser Season 7
Episode: 8 Part 2
02/25/2009 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Wednesday)
CONTESTANTS GET POP QUIZ ON HEALTH AND AGING
In part two of this week's two-part episode, the contestants continue to adjust to their newly formed blue and black teams.
They also meet Prevention Magazine editor Liz Vaccariello and take a pop quiz about health and aging.
Then it's a grueling last chance workout leading up to weigh-in, after which another player is sent packing.
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Biggest Loser 7 - Episode 6 - Behind The Scenes
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:hearts: Coleen Skeaback - Questions Answered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WqhwVlu3KM&feature=subscription
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A blog from Carla posted at NBC's The Biggest Loser:
Monday, February 09, 2009
A blog from Carla, One Half of Season 7's Silver Team
My experience on the ranch the first week started at 100 miles per hour, day one. As soon as we stepped off the BL bus, we headed straight to the gym. I thought, Oh, we're just going to take a look at it, instead we were there to meet Alison, and she told us welcome to our first workout on our own. I was like, WHAATTT!!! I need to take off my hair ( I had my hair dresser make me a quick weave cap, so I didn't spend time doing my hair, that's why my hair always looked done). I had mentally prepared myself for this and I was ready, set, go!!!! During that first week I noticed a change in my teammate Joelle. Her desire to be there seemed to lax, the drive she displayed prior to being selected was not the same when we got there. I started questioning things, that wasn't adding up pertaining to our friendship. That whole week was workout, workout, workout, then the challenge. I was working out, approximately 10 to 15 hours a day. Believe me when I say, it is FAR from being on a vacation, this is a game and every one (with the exception of one) put their best foot forward.
Weigh-in day came, I lost 11 pounds (I was dehydrated and had to drink Gatorade and water) however, I was still proud that it was a double digit. I never lost 11 pounds in a week or a month before. I was like, I'll Take It!!!! Then Alison came with the twist, There will be no ELIMINATIONS, I was so relieved. Because at that moment, It would have been Joelle and I under the yellow line, and going home. A big, WHEW!!! went through my mind. Alison continued with, but nine of you will be going home. I was shocked again. So when it came time for Joelle and I to discuss and decide who was going home, she had already decided she was staying (strategically, the heavisest person should've stay) and gave me reasons why I should agree.
Joelle first explained to me, that she wanted to show her parents she will stick with this and complete this. Secondly, she wanted to show all the people who ever made fun of her and said she wouldn't amount to anything, to look at what she has accomplished, she made it on tv. Lastly, she told me that she wanted to prove that she was my friend, and that she did have my best interest at heart, and if I let her stay she will prove it. So, I decided to go home. Everyone was BAFFLED!!! In the elimination room, when I said, "this is a test of our friendship" I was referring to what Joelle said to me in our room. Because I had doubts about her true intentions of our friendship.
So now, I'm on my way home. I am fine with it, because I have the support at home. I have a home gym, and I have a gym membership. I absorbed and retained all the knowledge I gained in the first week, especially with counting calories and knowing what I can and cannot eat. My husband (Lenny) was key in my weight loss during the 30 days, he was like Bob's twin. he told me, "the house is the ranch", that meant, no phone, no going anywhere (except the gym), and no outside distraction's just like the BL ranch. The rest of my family didn't know I was home. So my focus was on me and I worked out everyday for 6 to 8 hours. There were times when I was tired and didn't want to workout, but I pushed through it. When I got tired of running on the treadmill, and working out on the elyptical, I started dancing one hour a day, vigorously. I checked my BODYBUGG and it showed that I burned between 1000 to 1800 calories in a hour. So I increased my dancing from one hour to three hours a day. I also did other things to keep moving, in order to burn those calories. The thirty days was up, Joelle was able to bring me back, and my results showed that I lost a total of 20 pounds at home. I was like YEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!!! I was able to show America you can lose weight without being on the ranch, that it can be done at home.
The week that I returned, I knew the people on the ranch were more advanced. Which meant I had to step my game up. I would be in the Gym early every morning, while others were asleep (including my teammate). I started to jog around the mile, went swimming everyday, rode a spin bike three hours or more. I am an observer, so I watched everyone to see what they were doing, and whatever they were doing I made sure I did. My heart was in this to STAY!!! Then the weigh-in for the SILVER TEAM. I lose 9lbs (with having a fever for 4 days out of that week) and Joelle lose 0, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NOTHING!!!!!!! I was speechless. So we were sent home.
I appreciate the time I came home, the 30 days, because when I came home I knew how to jump back into the workouts. Plus there's a feeling of disappointment and depression that you feel when you come home from the Ranch, and because I felt that before, it wasn't as hard on me as it was for Joelle.
Since our elimination and being home, I've continued the concept that my house is the ranch. I haven't gone back to work, and I plan to utilize the time while I still have it, to lose as much weight as possible. I'm continuing my workouts from 6 to 8 hours a day, and maintaining my calorie intake. I'm K.I.M (Keeping It Moving)!!!! See you at the finale!!!
Carla
Link: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=404748716&blogID=469674628
georgiapeach:
What a wonderful attitude! Definitely things would have been different if she had stayed, and she would have been great to watch as well!
Carla love!! :hearts:
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