I'm responding before I read other comments. I am sooooo mad at the lot of them! Didn't ANY OF THEM learn from Abby? Out of sight out of mind?

Rudy knew exactly what Shay thought when he made that alliance. She never could have beat him at the end so why do it? I have missed episodes so I assume I missed why he did that.

Danny has hit a plateau. That happens and it's a shame it took him out but I think he's lost enough and has had a revelation to keep him going. Such a shame about his friend BUT he'll be there for him.

When it came down to Amanda and Shay I HOPED Amanda would go the way of Abby. Shay is leaving at a weight most are when they ARRIVE. She needs to be there to save her life. Amanda is looking good. I understand she fears going home but they all do AND Shay NEEDS to be there.

When it got to Rudy I thought he'd make up for that moment during the challenge. I'm thinking he's lucky it isn't viewer vote. Yes Shay has made herself a nuisance at times but GEEZ!!

I will check to see if I can catch Shay on Leno. I'd like to know how she's doing but she has the love of her husband, stepsons and hopefully she lost enough to have the drive to keep going.

MAN those last chance workouts were wicked!

I have something else to add, kinda off tangent.  I know some of you HATE Jillian but...

I have not had one sip of pop (any kind, including diet) since August 24th. I have been a diet pop addict most my life, so you can imagine how hard this was.  I bought Jillian's book about mastering your metabolism (or something like that).  A lot of it was very boring, but the main gist was...we put a lot of crap in our bodies and have to stop it cuz we are screwing with our hormones (stuff like high frutcose corn syrup, processed foods, artificial sweeteners, etc). 

So, she talked how before Biggest Loser, she was a trainer at a gym, and drank SIX cans of diet Coke a DAY! Every day! And she stopped.

I was never that bad but I figured ....if she could quit THAT, then I could quit too.  And I did. I had headaches for the first few days, but ever since then...no problemo. 

I just look at pop as poison. It was really making me very sick.  I feel so much better without it (I drink TONS of water all the time, and occasionally unsweetened tea ...hot and cold). 

So Jillian isn't all bad! lol

Replies: (list all replies)

I'll never put her down for the good she does for folks who need to diet and exercise and save their lives. It's inspiring. It's her mouth that bugs me when she curses. She's on network TV. I don't mind when she pushes, telling one man when I look at you I see a dead daddy. That has impact. Cursing and stomping around like a child is so not attractive and then I mute her. It appears someone has spoken to her about this. It makes her seem trashy and ignorant. That said she has another show. She will visit whole families and get them on the right track to great health and healthy eating. No way will anyone accept a woman like that into their homes unless she changes the HOW. Lately she has so maybe her new show will be as successful in her changing what she needs to change as it will be for the families. She's good but the personality and mouth detract from that. eom/WE

I just checked the IMDb and the show will be called Losing It With Jillian. eom/WE

Does she really swear that much? Honestly, I never noticed! LOL I know she does yell a lot! (pickles)

Oh yeah - that's what turned me off. I don't mind the yelling because she must make impact. The cursing is too much and cheapens what she's striving to do. eom/WE

---

Posted by: pickles
Date posted: Wed Nov 11 23:19:44 2009
Message:

ARGH! I can understand that the one pink girl didn't vote for the other pink girl to go home but...ARGH!  To be honest, Shay does get on my nerves but...she is one huge ball of pain.  Unlike Abbey, who seemed to have a great life until the worst thing imaginable happened a couple years ago....Shay has had a crappy life from birth.  Her fat is a gigantic wall that she created to protect herself from all the pain she has suffered.  She has a heartbreaking story.  And she has SO much to lose.  This wasn't about game, about money, about makeovers, etc...this chick is going to DIE if she doesn't lose weight.  *sigh* 

I'm worried about her.  I hope she will be okay.  On the other hand, Daniel (or Danny, which one is which?), is such an inspiration, such a good kid.  I don't know why he had such a weight problem but he seems to come from a great family.  He's got a good head on his shoulders, such a positive caring young man! It was so....strange...to see him reunite with his friend (note that he said they hadn't seen each other in a long time...good thing!).  His friend was SO in denial.  Or maybe not, he just doesn't want it bad enough to deal with it. Or can't deal with it. Sad. 

What a show!

---

Posted by: bink
Date posted: Wed Nov 11 20:18:32 2009
Message:

I agree with Suzy and Cutey.  WTH.  Shay was amazing but I doubt she has the support at home to lose another 200 lbs.  If she did, she wouldn't have been almost 500 lbs. to begin with.  This show is so infuriating.  Where's the humanity?  grrrrrrr

 

Replies: (list all replies)

And this season has much less 'game playing' than other seasons. This group has been so calm, in comparison. It is a game, afterall. (ccc) tap, tap, tap.

taps received ... Friday, hopefully. bbb

Maybe they'll have her on next season. I wonder about the brother of that kid from last season too. Remember him? He was underage and couldn't be a contestant at the time (pickles)

Right Mike's little brother. Hopefully he and the father have changed how the family eats and are helping him to lose. The mom already lost and Mike and the father needed the ranch. eom/WE

---

Posted by: Gail M
Date posted: Wed Nov 11 16:51:42 2009
Message:
I had to tape it on VHS because my DVR was taping the two dancing shows.   For some unknown reason, it didn't tape, so I didn't get to see it.    I was bummed, but now I'm glad I didn't have to watch Daniel and Shay leave.    For the finale, I will most definitely tape Biggest Loser on the DVR and leave the dancing to the VCR.   That's the show that I look forward to every season.   

Replies: (list all replies)

Shay was weighed first. She had to lose 17 pounds to have lost 100 and she did. Her % of weight loss was 4+%. Then she ended up below the yellow line. She and Amanda were below. There was also a red line. The one who was below that was sent home. No voting, just sent. That was Daniel. Next week is the make-over show. (Charl)

---

Posted by: SuzyB
Date posted: Wed Nov 11 15:55:11 2009
Message:
I'm bitter about the voting last night. Amanda doesn't have all that much left to lose and she could easily have done it at home, Shay really needed to be there. Broke my heart that she got sent home. Not that it matters to him but Rudy lost points with me. I really hope Shay has the support at home that she's going to need. I'm running out of people to root for as I was hoping for a Daniel-or-Shay-win! I didn't cry at all until Daniel got home and then the tears flowed. I can't help it, he just touched my heart both last season and this one.

And only on TV can a person lose 17 lbs in a week and still get sent home. :(

Replies: (list all replies)

I felt the same about Daniel, but had no idea he had that much support at home. I wondered the same thing about Amanda. How much more can she really lose there in the next few weeks. (Charl)

I was rooting for both of them as well. It still bums me out. I'm worried about Shay! She was really not ready to go home, not just weight wise, but she still had emotional issues to work out! (pickles)

---

Posted by: JoEllen
Date posted: Wed Nov 11 13:42:49 2009
Message:

We watched Leno's show just to see them. Both looked great. I think I heard Shay has lost another 50 pounds but my gosh what a work out regimen: 4 hours after work, 4 nites a week and 6 hours/day on weekends. She has six different trainers.

If I was betting I'd say the producers wanted/needed Shay to go home so there would be a dramatic appearance on the final show. I think they need to show people can get these amazing results off the ranch.

By Shay's remarks at the end of the voting it sounded like she didn't get along with Rudy (I'm missed the past few weeks)?

Replies: (list all replies)

Wow. That is a lot of training. The only thing I've ever seen between Rudy and Shay was last night when she thought they had an alliance during the challenge. He could have made it right by not voting for her. (Charlotte)

---

Posted by: Cutey
Date posted: Wed Nov 11 13:07:32 2009
Message:

I'm really ticked with this bunch of selfish idiots.  I understand that they're playing a game, but really, everyone is there to lose weight to save their lives (or at least extend it!).  What Rudy did was infuriating!  I hope this comes back and bites him you know where.  Bob and Jillian will be furious next week when they see that the person who need help the most is gone!!!

Amanda is so much closer to a "normal" weight than anyone there, and she could've gone home and lost the rest no problem.  Shay has so much more work to do, and she really, really, really could've benefited from more work on the ranch.  Though I suspect that we'll be really, really, really pleased by her progress at the finale (maybe that's why we haven't seen anything about what she's like now).

Daniel, on the other hand, I believe, reached the end of the road in terms of any more work he had to do at the ranch.  Just like he did last year, I believe he'll come back even leaner in the finale, and shock the poop out of all of us.  It's nice that he's still friends with Dan, and really is trying to reach out to the poor guy who has no idea what he's doing to himself by continuing to have bad eating habits.  Daniel is right in that it has to be Dave's decision to do something, but I fear that it's going to have to take a near-tragedy for him to wake up and get the help he so desperately needs.

Replies: (list all replies)

I was thinking that if Rudy is in the final 3 and we have to vote, he may not get as many votes b/c of what he did last night. I don't understand why they kept Amanda. Maybe b/c she was less of a threat. (Charlotte)

---

---