<p>Yeah, the 5 calorie stick of gum AND the Brita filtered water. 
Definate overkill with the live product endorsements.</p>
<p>hmmm chocolate cake, gum with artificial sweetener taste, or water. Decisions decisions.</p>
<p>I have to say, I am loving the yellow team. Aren’t they just the cutest?</p>
<p>What a weird challenge at the end. Balancing the thing on your head and then “To Be Continued…” It is funny to imagine them holding it up for the entire week…
And there’s no way in the world you’re not going to look dumb doing that.</p>
<p>(yeah, the Red Shirt woman elimination was almost TOO much poetic justice. It’s strange, like they gave her extra-heavy shoes before the weigh-in.)</p>
<p>Anudduh–You are getting sentimental in your almost empty nest! As for Red Woman, I guess this means she wasn’t lying about “throwing” the weigh in a couple of weeks ago.</p>
<p>This is killing me! my cable has been out since friday and I couldn’t watch last night!!! I weasled one bar of internet connectivity from the neighbors wireless today so that I could find out what happened. This snow is killing me but the lack of cable is worse!</p>
<p>The gum-instead-of-chocolate comment reminded me of an article I read on MSNBC this past week. It recommended specific food groups that one could eliminate and lose weight. Regarding carbs, the article said:</p>
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<p>[Ditch</a> just one tempting food ? and lose weight - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34752905/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/]Ditch”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34752905/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/)</p>
<p>Who in their right mind thinks romaine lettuce would satisfy a craving for bread?</p>
<p>I always love it when they recommend eating a sandwich with lettuce leaves instead of bread. Sorry, that’s NOT a sandwich! LOL.</p>
<p>If you put a pile of salad greens on whole grain bread, and cover it with pepper and balsamic vinegar, it is really, really delicious. And I really don’t, for the most part, like healthy food.</p>
<p>(I also use salt, but I am trying to guide you in the right direction).</p>
<p>Eliminating the bread, however, is just not an option. I think Thai lettuce wraps are good, but other than that - no.</p>
<p>Is it possible that the red-shirted woman didn’t throw those other weigh-ins? If she had, what happened last night? Maybe she retains water or something.</p>
<p>All I can say is amen for fast forward. I watched (for lack of a better word) the 2 hours in 18 minutes flat. Bor-ing. Glad to see red queen is gone.</p>
<p>Obviously when karma comes back to bite you, it causes you to gain a few pounds also.</p>
<p>I know that many women gain weight before or during their “time of the month”. But I don’t believe that The Biggest Loser show has ever mentioned that at all. It seems strange to me that it hasn’t been addressed. Or maybe it has, and I just missed it.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard it addressed either, eddie, and have always wondered why they didn’t talk about it. For many women, that could make all the difference at the weigh-in.</p>
<p>What a bore!</p>
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<p>I agree, big 'ole snooze fest. I was so irritated that they went on and on about how John stacked the teams. Jeez guys, it IS a competition! I understand that working together and supporting each other is a big part of their weight loss together, but at the end of the day, somebody will win $250,000. I would have done the exact same thing.</p>
<p>I missed it Tuesday night. Can someone give me a brief recap?</p>
<p>Boy, this thread has died!</p>
<p>Anyone watch last night? Don’t want to post spoilers if no one’s watched (or is even interested anymore)!</p>
<p>I saw some of it but not the end. Since there’s only the two of us watching, go ahead and spoil.</p>
<p>OK. </p>
<p>SPOILER ALERT
Koli, as you know, had the only vote in the elimination. He stayed above the yellow line (big time - he lost 10 pounds, even with all those calories!) so kept his vote.</p>
<p>It came down to Victoria and Sunshine. I’m sure this was editing, but Koli told Victoria that she wasn’t working hard enough, which I thought was pretty rude. </p>
<p>He had a perfect “out,” too. All he needed to say was, “O’Neal hurt his leg, lost his brother and still came through. Sunshine watched her father get injured and lost her uncle. I can’t let them lose each other, too.”</p>
<p>On the other hand, if Victoria uses Koli’s remarks as motivation, which she indicated she would in her exit interview, then maybe it wasn’t such a bad thing?</p>
<p>Sigh. Men just amaze me. Eat 4,000 plus calories in one day and still lose 10 pounds in a week. I figured he’d have a low number. I thought it was interesting how sick he felt after eating food that was probably once part of his daily routine. Clean eating can have that effect on you.</p>
<p>I felt sick just watching him eat all of that. I wonder how do the producers know if Koli (or any contestant) occasionally throws up?</p>