It was weigh in day on Friday. What would the scales have to say? The same sort of losses as last week? Would the Blue team reign again as Biggest Losers or would they get knocked off their pedestal?

Last Chance Training

Angie seemed very pleased with her team at the beginning of last chance training. There were smiles and even praise!

‘I’m very proud of what you’ve done so far,’ she said.

Miriam said that before every session with Angie she’s filled with fear and dread but, Jennifer said that she had started to enjoy the last chance training.

Angie described Jennifer as ‘awesome’ on Friday and said that she just ‘blew her away’. She told Jennifer,

‘That’s awesome Jen,’ and then said to the rest of the team pointing at Jennifer,

‘This is how you need to work in the last chance workout. This hard, this determined, this focussed,’

She was also hugely impressed with Dave from the Grey team. She said that he always just quietly gets on with the job and never ceased to amaze her. She did get annoyed at Sadie’s lack of effort and that Rick couldn’t get the hang of an exercise she showed him. She asked why Dave had picked it up with no problem but Rick just didn’t seem to be getting it. Dave said,

‘I’ve been married for 25 years – I’m used to taking orders from women!’ Angie chuckled and told him it was a good answer.

Injuries and Illness

Eunice couldn’t take part in the last chance training for the 2^nd week running and was really feeling like she was letting her partner down.

Dave was happy that he and Jamie had both been up to speed this week. He said,

‘Last week Jamie and I were below the yellow line and I think this week we’ve shown their confidence in keeping us by working really hard and hoping now to be above the yellow line,’

Richard’s Last Chance Training

Richard told his team that he was going to work them really hard this week because he didn’t want to come in next week and find that he’d lost another couple. He said,

‘Some of you have pulled your weight this week – not enough of you,’

He pushed them making them sprint the exercises he had given them and telling them this was their last big chance.

Mark likened last chance training to preparing for battle. But Richard said,

‘Is this hard? No it’s not. Nothing is harder than packing your bags and saying goodbye! That’s the hard part!’

Katey was in tears again during training and had been having ongoing problems with her knee. Richard wasn’t sure if it was a reason or an excuse. At the end of the training session, he called to Katey, shook her hand and said goodbye. He obviously didn’t think she had been putting in enough effort to be staying another week. Harsh!

Of the rest of his team Richard said,

‘Carol, as always gives 150% - I was proud of her because she didn’t stop or dither. She just knuckled down and sweated. She needs to because she’s carrying Katey,’

He said that Michaela was ‘awesome’ and that she’d left the old Michaela behind. Maria ‘chugged along’ in the background, head down getting the job done and that Kevin was ‘loveable’. He said that you couldn’t help liking Kevin because he gave the workouts everything he’d got.

Praise Be!

Both trainers seemed really happy on the whole with their teams. Smiles from Angie? Unheard of up til now! And praise from both of them for some of the couple sin their groups. Katey, Sadie, Rick and Michelle were the only ones who seemed to be a thorn in their trainers’ sides.

Parenthood

The parents in the house (Dave, Carol and Jennifer) had a chat round the kitchen table about their children. Dave and Carol talked about being more driven than their kids (Jamie and Katey) and admitted they were only in the Biggest Loser house to support them. Jennifer said that Sadie had asked her to support her and that she wanted to be a role model for Sadie and her son at home.

Carol said that Katey had coped with the Biggest Loser house better than she thought she would even though she hadn’t ‘coped greatly’. But, she did admit that she ought to stop trying to protect her so much.

Jamie, Sadie and Katey later said how proud they were of the effort their parents were putting in. Jamie said that his dad was his hero and that he knew Dave was a strong person but that the Biggest Loser house had shown him how strong he could be.

Weigh In

Miriam was really worried about the weigh in having only lost 2lbs last week. Michelle was nervous just in case her 1 stone 2lb loss last week had been a fluke.

Here’s how they all did:

8lb gain by Michelle! What happened? It must’ve been really, really disheartening to get on the scales and see the weight go up instead of down! All of the couples thought that Jennifer had tried really hard and were surprised to see that she had only lost 1lb.

Final Plea

Michelle’s final plea expressed their desire to stay in the Biggest Loser house ‘four ourselves, for our future’ and Rick said that they still needed this opportunity.

Sadie said that she didn’t really know what to say other than she didn’t want to go home yet. She said she is 21 and didn’t want to spend the next 20 years yoyo dieting! Her mum, Jennifer said,

‘I feel really cheated this week because I’ve worked really hard. I want you to help us stay here because we really want to be here,’

Kevin said,

‘It seems to me that Michelle really wants to stay in the competition but Rick is not really that concerned with it being for himself. He just wants to do it for Michelle.’

Michaela said,

It’s really difficult listening to the final pleas. It really does get emotional,’

Who will the contestants eliminate? Which trainer will feel the burn of disappointment?