Biggest Loser

I will be!

Count me in on watching it.

I think the show is struggling to find a replacement for Jillian. Let's see what happens this season.

Dolvett seemed to fit in pretty well and I think he'll be a keeper, but I can't imagine that they'll go forward long-term without a female trainer.

BTW, was anybody else waiting all last season for Dolvett and John to recreate the "Officer and a Gentleman" garden hose/pushups scene?  "I got noplace else to go..."

If I can instruct my husband how to program the DVR I will see it!  I will be on the road, so hopefully he takes the instructions well.

I'm very glad they kept Dolvett.  I really like the guy.  Plus the new format of everyone for themselves should be interesting.  No teams or groups, right?

My wife and I will be watching.  We've been regulars for years and we are watching previous seasons on NetFlix.  We still find the show motivating and sometime convicting.

I miss Jillian and cannot imagine that they won't find a female trainer for next season.  Just make sure she's presented as a real trainer and not just eye candy.

I will be watching it too--as it does help me motivationally...

I liked Dolvett last season and I am glad they kept him, and I also miss Jillian--but now that she is on "The Doctors", I doubt she'll ever be back. If they did manage to get her back and then keep all 3 of them as is, I would be thrilled!

Pretty good first episode.  Though, I question the decision to let them do a 40 yard SPRINT.  Out of shape people should NOT be sprinting.  That's how they get hurt!  I noticed that they had all their ankles taped up, but still.

I find the first workout and all the hurling a bit interesting.  One could make the connection that we truly ARE poisoning our bodies with the crap we put in them and this first workout is almost like the bodies trying to reject the poison that's been put in them.  Even though the workouts stay intense the whole time you really don't see nearly so much puking, etc. going on later in the season...when they aren't poisoning their bodies anymore.  Just a thought.

Low numbers for week 1.  I wonder if this one legitimately WAS a week (where as in previous seasons "week 1" is more like 2 weeks).  And why were the numbers so low on Bob's "younger" team?

I'm glad they are not doing partners.  I never liked that format.

I really don't understand why that guy wanted to go home on Day 1.  Dude, you have NINE (almost TEN) children.  $250,000 would send at least 2-5 of them to college!!!!!

I think this is what I heard...

At the beginning when confronted with the 40-yard sprint (yea, I agree with the above - a sprint doesn't seem the best idea), the one Dad (grey team?) said of his son:

"He doesn't do well running long distances like that."

And I thought, dude... it's 40 yards.  120 feet.  I don't think that qualifies as a "long" distance.

But - overall - I thought this was a better start to the season than last year.  I like that there are no absolutely huge people on the show.  I like that the broke up the partners.  I wish Jillian were still on, but I like Dolvett and Bob well enough.  

I don't know that I was ready for yet another season, but, bring it on!

I watched last night and liked it, but unfortunately, I'm not sure how well I will be able to keep up with it since tax season is upon us and I work Tuesday nights at a volunteer site (yeah, we're backwoods with now DVR, etc.)

Something that was an eye opener for me was the former athletes.  Yes, I know there have been former athletes in the past, but these were female which was really relatable to me, even though I'm a 'for fun' athlete (if you even consider me an athlete rather than a hobbyist).  What stood out to me was the one saying that she used to have everything planned for her...her workouts, nutrition, etc. and then having to stand on your own afterwards was hard.  That, and I think the women reached goals (or got injured) and that was that.  I myslef have struggled to get into a routine after reaching some big goals such as Ironman, Double IM, Triple IM, 100 mile run, etc.  I achieved what I set out to do (with a coach telling me what to do and a nutritionist telling me what to eat) and now there is a feeling of 'what do I do now?'  Especially since I am no longer single, starting a family, etc.  It's hard to find a good routine 'for fun' without those big goals at the end of the road and I think that a lot of former athletes fall into that trap and wind up overweight, etc.

Anyway, just kind of woke me up, that just because I may not be competing in the big stuff anymore, doesn't mean I shouldn't be striving for good health!

Wowsers.... Kim was quite the wrestler from what I can see....

Santa and his wife seem a bit 'different.'

Like the brothers in blue.

Green brother and sister seem like whiners.

I don't get to work in the tax center anymore!   (because I'm moving).

You could take little man to Starbucks and use their internet to watch the episodes.   Or if you visit me you can use MY internet to watch them and I can save the rest on my DVR for you.

I thought the same thing about the sprint.  You have a bunch of overweight, out of shape people doing a sprint with (apparently) no warm up.  I'm surprised only one person pulled a muscle.

I liked the idea of splitting up the partners, since they really do have to be there for themselves.  Of course, it leads to the question of why they bothered bringing in pairs to begin with.

How about a pool?  Post your picks for the 5 contestants who will make it to makeover week this season.

I'll really go out on a limb and predict the order of elimination from each team!

Red: Nancy, Kim S., Conda, Mark, Lauren, Mike, and Roy, leaving Kim N. and Buddy for makeovers.

Black: Gail, Megan, Jeremy, Christine, and Chism, leaving Joe, Emily, and Cassandra for makeovers.

We'll see how close I come.  What are your picks?