The Biggest Loser-Couples: Cooking Up Karma
We're happy to report that last night's episode was pretty good. At least, on a relative scale. (You know we can never resist a pun.) For once the emphasis was nutrition rather than exercise and it proved an interesting topic, offering some real entertainment value. We were as surprised as anyone!
But before we go on, we have to say "We told you so". We have believed, and repeatedly stated, that the contestants' emotional well-being had a direct correlation to their success on the scales. We know this is not a new idea, but it's easy to lose sight of the emotional aspect of this kind of life change when we're presented with a contrived set of circumstances in which to view it. We have been concerned about how these people were doing emotionally, and have expressed upset when the producers were playing around with people's emotions in an effort to boost the drama quotient. This episode proved our theory. Jillian's black team had been fairly demoralized and made to feel quite inferior to Bob's blue team. But after inspiring them, consoling them and motivating them to get back in the game, Jillian was able to turn her team around. And the results were impressive. Here's a two minute video synopsis, courtesy of NBC.
So this show was about the tides turning and the black team regaining their sense of self and their sense of self worth. You know there was no way Jillian would let her team feel like losers (the other kind) for too long. So black triumphed.
And while black was kicking butt, the blue team was having a crisis of their own. Mark, the aggressive controversial figure on the blue team discovered he had a stress fracture in his leg. This limited his options in the gym but he nonetheless managed to lose the most weight and secure immunity. But when the blue team lost the challenge and had to select someone to leave, Jackie organized the group and, with Trent on board, decided to send Trent home - he has been famously homesick and he was OK with leaving, telling everyone he'd continue the work at home and come back a winner. Jackie, suspecting Mark and Jay (the brothers) were not always men of their word, extracted from them a vow to vote for Trent - they both swore on their children's lives. Never a good idea under any circumstances; especially not a good idea on a reality show!
The votes were cast and Jackie was eliminated. She didn't leave quietly; and she reminded Mark and Jay that they had sworn on the lives of their children. They are surely cursed now and it will be interesting to see if they get "theirs".
So, moral of the story: don't mess with reality show Karma.
It never works out well. If you play politics too long on Survivor, you get kicked off the island. If you "U-Turn" someone on The Amazing Race, you end up going home. You mess with your teammates on The Biggest Loser...we'll see. But Mark may very well get a little taste of what he's been dishing out.
(c) Video courtesy of NBC Universal.
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: Biggest Loser, reality TV, weight loss, nutrition, exercise
But before we go on, we have to say "We told you so". We have believed, and repeatedly stated, that the contestants' emotional well-being had a direct correlation to their success on the scales. We know this is not a new idea, but it's easy to lose sight of the emotional aspect of this kind of life change when we're presented with a contrived set of circumstances in which to view it. We have been concerned about how these people were doing emotionally, and have expressed upset when the producers were playing around with people's emotions in an effort to boost the drama quotient. This episode proved our theory. Jillian's black team had been fairly demoralized and made to feel quite inferior to Bob's blue team. But after inspiring them, consoling them and motivating them to get back in the game, Jillian was able to turn her team around. And the results were impressive. Here's a two minute video synopsis, courtesy of NBC.
So this show was about the tides turning and the black team regaining their sense of self and their sense of self worth. You know there was no way Jillian would let her team feel like losers (the other kind) for too long. So black triumphed.
And while black was kicking butt, the blue team was having a crisis of their own. Mark, the aggressive controversial figure on the blue team discovered he had a stress fracture in his leg. This limited his options in the gym but he nonetheless managed to lose the most weight and secure immunity. But when the blue team lost the challenge and had to select someone to leave, Jackie organized the group and, with Trent on board, decided to send Trent home - he has been famously homesick and he was OK with leaving, telling everyone he'd continue the work at home and come back a winner. Jackie, suspecting Mark and Jay (the brothers) were not always men of their word, extracted from them a vow to vote for Trent - they both swore on their children's lives. Never a good idea under any circumstances; especially not a good idea on a reality show!
The votes were cast and Jackie was eliminated. She didn't leave quietly; and she reminded Mark and Jay that they had sworn on the lives of their children. They are surely cursed now and it will be interesting to see if they get "theirs".
So, moral of the story: don't mess with reality show Karma.
It never works out well. If you play politics too long on Survivor, you get kicked off the island. If you "U-Turn" someone on The Amazing Race, you end up going home. You mess with your teammates on The Biggest Loser...we'll see. But Mark may very well get a little taste of what he's been dishing out.
(c) Video courtesy of NBC Universal.
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: Biggest Loser, reality TV, weight loss, nutrition, exercise
1 Comments:
I think I might have missed the episode of this show which explained why a divorced couple would go on the Biggest Loser together; to me, it makes little sense to have your ex-spouse as a partner on a reality show, particularly a show where success seems to depend on trust and communication and openness, as well as being at ease with each other.
I would think the only advantage of trying to lose this much weight as a couple, as opposed to doing it as an individual, is to go through it with someone whom you can lean on for support (both physically and emotionally!). And it just seems that they are making it that much harder for themselves, having to deal with this drama and tension and baggage while also focusing on losing weight.
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