Do you think you would be on the Biggest Loser campus if you had it all figured out? How to play the game …. Of life?
The definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. I think maybe they should put a sign that reads that on the door of the red teams room so they can see it everyday.
Immunity is priceless on the Biggest Loser campus because it is an automatic guarantee to be on campus one additional week. Often when contestants on the campus receive immunity they will try to slow down the weight loss process so that the following week when they do not have immunity and have to weigh in they will be able to post a large number on the scale that will hopefully keep them above the yellow line. It is virtually impossible to be on campus working out the number of hours contestants are given to work out and not lose an extraordinary amount of weight. Yes there are weeks that maybe your body resist and holds on a few days longer but if you are doing the work it will drop that following week. So when Bob and Jill see contestants who have immunity consistently and consistently have a low number of loss on the scale a red flag pops up and talk starts occurring about “throwing the weigh in”.
What does that mean exactly?
Well the rules of the Biggest Loser are if a contestant or team receive immunity they will not be eligible for elimination even if they have the lowest percentage of weight loss for that week as long as they DO NOT gain weight. If the contestant or team gains weight their immunity will be taken away and they are eligible for elimination. We must remember as much as the Biggest Loser has changed my life and so many of us who have been on the show or watched the show it is still a game show with distinct rules. And in any game with rules that are stated competitors try to strategize as to give themselves the best opportunity of success while still follow the rules, we see it all over the place so why is it so surprising when we see it on the Biggest Loser campus? It’s NOT! What is surprising is when a contestant or a team thinks they know best and do not share with their coach aka trainer their game plan so that everybody can be on board and to top things off LIE about it.
Melissa was so offended that Bob and Jillian called her out while she was on the scale that she refused to budge or possibly look at what we all saw. Her immediate defensiveness to the situation also led us all to question the situation and plant seeds did she or didn’t she throw the weigh-in? Some of you out there who are reading this might be thinking to yourself ‘well I got the immunity rules but how does that mean she threw the weigh in?” A contestant who knows they will not be eligible for elimination can throw a weigh-in a couple different ways.
One option would be they can just give their body a break a little, with less pressure on them to actually lose weight. Maybe they still work out and perform for Bob and Jill when they are being trained but since they know the minimum they have to do is just stay the same weight as the previous week, they might not do all their homework. Or they might not count all their calories or go over their budgets a little. Or maybe they stay up late as if they are on vacation.
Or another option the one that a true game player does is stay in more control then the first option and tracks everything to a T. This contestant has done their homework and knows that 3500 calories equals a pound. So as long as the track the amount they are eating and write down how many they are burning based on their BodyBugg they should know with in a pound or two what their anticipated weight loss would be. This contestant is so in the game that they risk everything by manipulating the situation versus just working their butts off every given chance and see where the cards fall, they bet everything. And with their strategy in play and their math right they drink water right before they get on the scale! Knowing that the water will register as weight and not show their real weight loss till the following week when they have to stay above the yellow line. Why is this risky? Because if your calculations are off you could drink too much and show a gain on the scale then your immunity will be stripped away and you are eligible for elimination.
I anticipate this week although the Red team Melissa and Lance received immunity in the pop challenge, Melissa after having so much confrontation in regards to her weight loss will register a significant number on the scale. Unfortunately this will only confirm Bob and Jillian’s suspicions that she has been manipulating the weigh-in’s.
I’m anxious to see the out come this week with the penalties in play from the pop challenge. I imagine that the Biggest Loser household is not a fun place to be with tensions running high and the pressure to stay on campus builds. I think that Miggy and Migdalia should try and put their anger from the 2 pound penalty behind them this week and just focus on what they can control and take advantage of every single minute on campus. They are going to have to pull out all the stops to stay above the yellow line this week.
Even though the Red team will be on campus another week because of their immunity did they really win this week? If you are lying and staying on campus are you more of a winner then the fighter that goes home?
Until next week,
Ali xo