Wednesday, September 30, 2009

THE BIGGEST LOSER -- TRACEY, THE CUPCAKE GOBBLER!


This week's Biggest Loser show was hard to believe. It is easy to understand making a mistake once, but it is hard to understand how someone could go right back and make the same kind of mistake all over again.

Host Alison Sweeney described the game -- "Would you rather?" By stepping over a line, a contestant could acquire a two-pound advantage, but the cost would be a week without the benefit of coaching from Bob and Jillian. The contestants all seemed to think that the choice was easy -- they needed their coaches, and with Bob and Jillian's help they felt that they could easily lose more than two pounds.

But, shock, without even consulting partner Mo, Tracey stepped over the line for the mere two pound advantage! Mo felt dismayed -- and everyone was in shock, especially Bob and Jillian. Jillian was especially angry and hurt -- that Tracey had the unique opportunity of being at the ranch with two of the top weight-loss coaches in the world, and she handed it off for a two-pound advantage. "That's like a slap in the face," she lamented.

Then came a second challenge -- Control Your Diet or Control This Game! The contestant who scoffed down the most 100-calorie cupcakes could decide which person would represent each teach at the weekly weigh-in.

Basically, could any viewers of the show anticipate that after one tragic mistake, Tracey would even consider a second misstep? Then could any fans root for Tracey as she stuffed four luscious cupcakes into her mouth? There was the question -- did she even appreciate the opportunity that she had in being at the weight-loss ranch? And a second question was whether she actually wanted the advantage of picking which team members would count at the weigh-in -- or was she simply lacking concern about her weight to the extent that gobbling four sweet cupcakes meant more to her?

The other contestants decided that Tracey is crazy -- a loose cannon.

At the weigh-in Jillian expressed a lack of sympathy for Mo -- telling him that he needed to start looking out for himself. And when Mo stepped onto the scales, he appeared to feel distraught when he learned that he had only lost one pound.

And when Tracey stepped onto the scale and revealed that she had actually lost 11 pounds, the other contestants signaled their feelings of contempt by failing to applaud her.

Tracey's maneuvers left partners Sean and Antoine and Daniel and Shay below the yellow line -- and one would, according to the rules, be sent home. Both Sean and Antoine volunteered to leave so that Shay could remain at the ranch. They did not feel that Shay, the heaviest contestant ever, could as effectively continue her weight-loss at home.

During the glimpse offered of Sean today, we learned that he and his wife plan to name their expected baby Jillian. And we learned that Antoine, once he arrived home, quickly contacted Alexandra -- who had become his love interest even though her time at the ranch had been brief since she was the first contestant to leave the ranch.

So while Biggest Loser fans are no doubt rooting for the remaining contestants and hoping that the contestants at home will continue to lose weight, Tracey likely still has fans who want her to lose weight -- but it is doubtful that there are any who want her to win the big prize. She simply has not endeared herself to anyone!

1 comment:

  1. She is not a looser if she give some effort to exercise then she lose our weoght.

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