BIGGEST LOSER- WOMEN

What are you talking about?

Is it a USA TV programme? I live in Sussex, UK.

Thing is... I like walking and doing bits of exercise, but all day, everyday? Do they not have to work, look after family, kids, etc?

It is a US weight loss show - I am soooooo addicted.

Ali looks absolutely wonderful. She has lost 99 lbs in 5 months!!!

The people are picked to go live on a weight loss compound with nutritionists and personal trainers. So yes, they work out ferociously all day long and then they have great foods that are made for them, although they are taught how to shop in our everyday world and to cook great foods. They get to see their families periodically by winning challenges. I have been addicted since season one!! I think you can look it up online at NBC.com and look up Biggest Loser. It is amazing to see how these people have transformed their bodies.

Ali's numbers have been blowing me away. I don't see how it is even possible for her to have dropped so much weight in a week without resorting to dehydration/colon cleanse/etc! But as far as I can tell, she's done! She looks great - and tiny. I can't imagine her losing much more than 5 pounds at this point. Mark has maybe a tiny amount left to lose, but no more than 10 pounds.

Kelly still has a little more weight to lose, so she might end up being the surprise at the finale. And I had just assumed from the beginning that Roger would win, because he was such a big guy to start with.

Basically, everybody blew me away last night. It's hard not to think that they were doing something a little 'tricky' to get those sorts of numbers at this stage of the game. But I am very pleased to see 2 women guarantee themselves a place in the finale - that is awesome.

for this particular show, everyone had tremendous weight loss. Personally, I feel that you have to take in all the factors that lead up to it, specifically the fact that they went on a trip, which undoubtedly played havoc with their body chemistry (if you noticed, the week before were universally bad numbers), and the fact that they were out of their routine when there, you'll see that their body returned to it's routine this week, and was happy to do it, and responded in kind. It's a testiment to the idea of a "shock meal" or a cheat meal as it were (bob recommended this in a previous show during one of those "Trainer tips" segments). Because they are doing everything on a much grander scale (I.E. working out 6 hours a day, focusing on health and doing basically nothing else) the loss they see is an oversized model of what normal people can expect under similar conditions (where they see 10 to 15 lb losses, you or I might see 2 to 3).

It was nice to see the girls win it last night. I was happy for them (I believe the guys have been a little too cocky this year). Over the last few weeks, I think I've finally seen Kelly "buy into" the whole plan. I didn't think her heart was in it for a long time, but now I think she is really working towards it and I'm happy to see that.

I was thinking the same thing, about Kelly being the surprise winner! She does have more to lose than the others. That show is so motivating. When it began a few years ago, I didn't watch it because I thought the name of it was demeaning, but..now I love it. I tape it and watch it twice for motivation (parts of it at least)
Having them run with their old weight and then shed that weight and run again was incredible.

As for Kelly's attitude, my take on that was low self esteem....she looks so much like my sister I think I favor her more because of it!

All I could think was how in the hell is it possible for them to drop double digits, especially when Mark and Ali certainly qualify now as healthy weights? 15 pounds is 52,500 calories!

I bet there was some pretty serious semi-shady dieting going on behind the scenes. I know that if 250,000 dollars was at stake for my weight loss, I would probably do. . .well, pretty much anything. I bet if you just worked out for four hours and didn't rehydrate that's a lot of weight.

I'm rooting for Ali all the way. Especially really getting to see how she connected her size to her emotional issues, I think she's been the biggest transformation. (also, I want her arms. .. jeesh)
Although, I admit. . .Roger is still pretty like-able to me. And Kelli has really impressed me with her under-the-radar-ness. (I agree that the defeatism was just from low self-esteem). Mark is on my last nerve. He's certainly a competitor, and I think it's OK to cry, but the producers have really made him un-llikeable.

Oh, man. . .I'm such a nerd. I've never been addicted to a reality show (OK. . .project runway, too) in my life.

Last night show was a big shock. I'm so happy for the Ladies. I'm very surprise that Kelli made it I just knew that she would have been one of the first to go. I think Ali will be the first women Biggest Loser. I like that she stayed true to her Pink team. OMG !!!!!! Mark stop with the water works, get a grip Man.:drinker: :drinker:

Here's the recipe thread for the meals that Rocco made last night. :happy:

http://www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser_5/exclusives/roccos_recipes/beef_tenderloin.shtml

No doubt. :laugh:

He must have used food as his emotional coping mechanism before and now just has to blubber like a baby. :noway:

I voted for Roger last night.