<p>Yes, the Tongans! I’ve never met one in real life, but based on Loser, I think they might be the #1 immigration population in California. Good thing they seem like happy folk and not terrorists. Yeah, I agree, too much culture. I’m sitting here as I write this eating an egg white omelette. Blah. I ain’t got no culture! Now to the main question–how are Formerly Disgustingly Huge Daniel and Pretty Dark Haired-Now Blonde Too Thin Whats Her Name a couple??? I don’t care how much he loses, I don’t see them together but in fact she said they are living together and he is her rock. Go figure.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree about Daniel and…um, Rebecca, I think her name was. I thought she was cute, especially as she became less Goth.</p>
<p>I’m not trying to be mean, but I wonder, even if all the contestants lose tons of weight, where does all that skin go?</p>
<p>And, I guess this is mean, but how could some of these parents let their kids get that fat? Like – you wouldn’t notice that your 12-year-old is breaking the chairs?</p>
<p>^^The excess skin after weight loss can be a big problem. They have developed cosmetic skin reduction surgery techniques to reduce it.</p>
<p>AnudduhMom-I sent you a private message but your mailbox is full. Clear it out!!!</p>
<p>All that skin goes in the plastic surgeon’s garbage…</p>
<p>Okay, go, Vitrac.</p>
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<p>Boy did you ever nail season 8 perfectly! I thought Tracy’s body looked amazing at the finale but I was shocked at her face. She looked so much prettier at her followup when she re-ran the mile on the beach. Her final weight was fine for her height, but you wouldn’t know that to look at her face. It was gaunt and wrinkled. My DD thought she looked just like Molly Shannon at the finale.</p>
<p>As to unsafe practices at the Ranch and at home before the finale:</p>
<p>I ran across a blog written by Kai Hibbard (spelling?) where she details many the unsafe things the contestants do. She was very critical of TBL and her ranch experience. It was a very interesting read. I can’t link it as it is a blog, but you could google it and find it. She had a section where she answers viewers’ questions-I think it was Jan. 2007 or 2008-and that’s where most of the scoop was.</p>
<p>Nrdsb4–I think alot of them get too thin. How about the “old” man who won the prize last year–the "after you get kicked off and go home prize–. I don’t think he was that old either, but he looked so wrinkled and shriveled! And how about the woman from this past season. She had a southern accent, kind of a lonely marriage out in the sticks. She was 50 years old. UGH. She looked awful. Not too thin, as a matter of fact, she stopped losing. Just awful. After her makeover, she went back to the natural, no make up, no hair blown dry, no effort look. How many of us could pull that off?</p>
<p>Every season I promise myself I won’t keep watching but is sucks me in every time. Right now I want the white team to go home - Waayyy too much crying.</p>
<p>Which ones are the whites?</p>
<p>Gold Chain Team!</p>
<p>Actually, at this point, I am rooting for the son (Gold Chain, Jr.). I almost never root for the parent on the parent-child teams. The worst was the awful Helen, who voted to send her own daughter home, saying “IIIIIII need to be here”.</p>
<p>How about the babe who was scared of water so instead of falling in the pool she falls SPLAT right onto the cement! Television at its best!</p>
<p>Well that was awkward and embarrassing - (Jillian and Bob screaming match with the one contestant they thought threw the weigh in). I had to turn the sound off. Awkward.</p>
<p>My son and I were both sitting there during the ribbon thing saying we bet they would make them untangle their own ribbons. You would think they might have foreseen that themselves.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^Well, really, Melissa obviously “waterloaded.” AGAIN. Fine, but don’t act so offended that Bob and Jillian pointed it out. That’s what ticked them off.</p>
<p>Did you see the preview for next week? It looks like Melissa (the one who is waterloading) loses a great amount, if the scale numbers were hers. It was over 20 pounds. Of course, could be the editing.</p>
<p>The white team is the Mother/Son - the biggest fella on the show. And that is the mom afraid of water and she fell and broke her nose and finger. She was kicked off last night.</p>
<p>I love this show.</p>
<p>eddie, she wasn’t the one kicked off, although I hope she will. She’s one of the parents on the show who expect their child to take care of them, and I think that’s terrible. Jillian totally called her on her “helpless” behavior — and Bob’s discussion with the son about finally taking care of himself instead of his mom was good, I thought.</p>
<p>I thought the part this week with Dr. Huizenga was excellent, and it shows how people tell themselves little stories. Like the one with diabetes for 20 years and says she never did anything about it because she never had any ill effects – and then later in the show she says she has no balance because she can’t feel her feet below the ankles. I mean…I call that an ILL EFFECT, doncha think?</p>
<p>It was funny when Jillian went all crazy about the Taco Bell and spit it into the garbage saying it’s “all artificial”, it’s “not real food” – and then they tout the Extra gum! Hello, that’s probably ALL artificial, and with the aspartame and all.</p>
<p>Thanks, AnudduhMom for straightening me out. :)</p>
<p>AnuddahMom,</p>
<p>You are mistaken. Maria, mother of the biggest man on the show (white team) was in fact sent home this week. The details of the show you are discussing took place last week (Tues,.Jan. 12).</p>
<p>I also though it was the Mom from the white team that was voted off.</p>