yes - i have an addiction to the show & can't wait for the season premier tonight.

was at the gym this morning (24hr fitness) and they had new posters of michelle up - she LOOKS GREAT!!!

great time of yr for a new season...

Gay or straight, she was looking strangely good while working out. The weird thing is.....I normally detest the 3% bodyfat look- at- my- ripped- 12- pack women.

She really DOES look good, and she is a beautiful woman. I too usually don't like ripped women, but she is just ripped enough for it to work for her.

If I was gay, I'd be hot for her. :biggrin:

Tara again is a machine on the challenge and in the weight loss, but I have to say I'm impressed by how well they ALL did in this week's weigh-in.

I was saying that to DH this week. I was STUNNED how well they all did, and I said this was the one week I bet Tara was glad she took the extra pound instead of the money, even though she would have just squeaked over the line without it. To be this far in and do THAT well was phenomenal.

In that same vein -- did y'all notice how they manipulated the before/after medical pic angles to minimize the appearance of flabby skin? Everyone there is going to need surgery.

Okay, so it wasn't just my imagination? What did they do, tie their aprons down? I saw flaps of what looked like some sort of fabric tie on at least two of them under their pants lines.

I notice they made Ron finish the challenge

Hehehe, I noticed. :biggrin:

We focus on Mike and Tara, but I think Helen is sneaking under the radar a bit. She has a very legitimate chance to win this thing.

I was thinking that very same thing. She looked better in her skinny jeans and cut jacket than Tara did in that dress.

It doesn't look like Simone's doing all that well at home.

Omg, I saw that! It's been a bit since I've seen him, but has he gained weight?? I don't think those boys have a chance in hell once this is all over of keeping it all off. It's bad enough when a family is fat or eats badly and you return to that, but your whole community which reveres fatness?? I just think they're doomed for the long haul.

I actually thought Sione looked smaller in his face.....hes supposedly a trainer now so I would think he'd have to be keeping the weight off to make any money at it. He stayed in the back ground so I was thinking maybe he didn't want anyne to see how he really looked............I haven't given up on him yet, and the red team wife she has me sooooo curious.....I wish I lived near one of them and could see what they looked like at this point. Helen did look good ans shes already in an 8 she would have to be in a 4 or smaller for finale to have lost any where near enough though since she had less to loose.

It's been years since I've watched TBL until now, but didn't the final contestants go home for like three months instead of 30 days and then come back for the finale?

In that same vein -- did y'all notice how they manipulated the before/after medical pic angles to minimize the appearance of flabby skin? Everyone there is going to need surgery.

I noticed that as well. They didn't do a great job on Mikes skin, you could see the fold going into his shorts. They go out of their way to not show the loose skin so we don't think about it when they show up to the finale I think.

My question is: Did anyone else notice Alyson said they had started 152 days previously at the weigh in. If you do your math, that adds up to almost 22 wks, not 17. Curious? Was that a slip up and she exposed they are there longer? Or did she screw up her math?

It's been years since I've watched TBL until now, but didn't the final contestants go home for like three months instead of 30 days and then come back for the finale?

I think that's still happening. 30 days for a weigh-in, America votes between the two below the yellow line, 3 finalists are revealed at the finale which does occur 2 months later

I think that's still happening. 30 days for a weigh-in, America votes between the two below the yellow line, 3 finalists are revealed at the finale which does occur 2 months later

AH, okay. I was a bit confused because I thought there were always three at the end. This makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.

It's been years since I've watched TBL until now, but didn't the final contestants go home for like three months instead of 30 days and then come back for the finale?

According to Daniel (Orange Team and my Gold's Gym buddy), they went home around the end of February.

And think of it this way guys...Allison Sweeney's baby was born January 12th, and that was only like 3 or 4 weeks ago in Biggest Loser shows. So they will return to campus having had about 2 1/2 months at home. Usually it's 3 months, so that sounds about right.

My question is: Did anyone else notice Alyson said they had started 152 days previously at the weigh in. If you do your math, that adds up to almost 22 wks, not 17. Curious? Was that a slip up and she exposed they are there longer? Or did she screw up her math?

HA - thought i was the only one..... she was off by 4wks & 5days....:biggrin:

i think i need to rewatch it; i didn't pay attention to much of it or maybe it was just boring.

re jillian - would have zero problem w/my body looking like hers.

If you want to look like a man

:ohmy: I said I wanted to look like a particular WOman, who I'm pretty sure you don't even know what she looks like... because she definitely doesn't look like a man.

:ohmy: I said I wanted to look like a particular WOman, who I'm pretty sure you don't even know what she looks like... because she definitely doesn't look like a man.

It was a lame attempt at a joke. The joke being that I was equating ALL women that have a low enough % of body fat to have "abs" look like men.

You need to get out more. :thumbup:

The look on Max's face was priceless when Bob said "fresh meat", LOL

We have a poster of Jill at our gym. On it she says that for the show, she keeps her weight at 115. She said she likes to keep in at 120 when the show is not on because she feels better.

I never knew she was gay!

We have a poster of Jill at our gym. On it she says that for the show, she keeps her weight at 115. She said she likes to keep in at 120 when the show is not on because she feels better.

I never knew she was gay!

I was just looking that up, but it said that she wasn't gay. I had heard that she and Bob were gay.

Tara ran it in just over 4 hrs.