Well, we know one thing for sure: Allen is NOT The Biggest Loser. At this point, it's no longer heartbreaking for someone to go home--after all, they were all going home the next day. It's about who's going to take home the big prize now! The final four are: Liz, Rudy, Danny & Amanda. Next week they'll probably do what they do every season--the bottom two contestants will be voted on for the finale & won't know until they are on live TV on December 8th. But who knows, we'll find out next Tuesday for sure!
This episode was like most 'last week on campus' episodes: very nostalgic. They lay it on a bit thick if you ask me. There were the heart to heart talks (Amanda & Bob's nonsexual love affair anyone?), the song written by and sung by a contestant (Danny), the crying (Liz), the talk of gratefulness/2nd chances/getting my life back & the fear of 'going back'. The proverbial challenge where they put all their weight back on and take it off a little at a time to mirror the season (this time with weighted footballs)...it was nice for Allen, he won the ProBowl tickets this year, so that's cool!
Suze Orman showed up and discussed the staggering statistics of how much money we, as a country, spend on obesity-related health care ($100's of billions every year!). Also, the fact that an obese employee is paid, on average, $7000 less than their fit counterpart. It appears Suze had individual sessions with each of the contestants, talking about the stresses of money leading to people overeating--really essentially acting as a life coach in this area for these contestants.
Here's the link to the weekly chart: Download Biggest loser8 wk11
After the show Allen appeared on the Jay Leno show & he looked great! He stated he now weights 200 lbs, he's wearing his wedding ring again (something he wasn't able to do for 8 years!). I didn't know this, but not only is Allen a firefighter, but also a caterer & a county coroner! He cooked a healthy pizza with Jay & fellow guest Charles Barkley (who needed some tutoring to slim down himself)! On the pizza--no salt marinara, peppers (red, green, yellow), mushrooms, onions, turkey pepperoni, toful italian sausage & lowfat mozzarela. I thought it looked delicious, but it was panned by Jay & Charles (who for a man who was supposedly running for governor a few months ago, had awful pronunciation--he said 'veg-a-tables' over and over again!).
Here's the link to the 'where are they now' video...I got a little teary-eyed when his wife discussed how they really weren't close before he got on the show, but that this had brought them closer & they had reconnected (oh, he also mentioned on Jay Leno that he & his wife were trying for another baby). Congrats Allen on your incredible weight loss!
wow he couldn't wear his wedding ring at one point?
Posted by: wedding rings | January 21, 2010 at 09:32 PM