After all the teams were split with one from each partnership going home, those who went home realized how difficult it would be since they wouldn’t have the support of the ranch and their partners to overcome temptation.  Jillian and Bob were discouraged to see that almost half of their team had to go home, both expressing frustration over their lack of control over the situation.

The first temptation offered up a limousine ride and $25,000, and Joelle wavers, managing not to give in.  Her hesitation makes everyone on the ranch question her dedication.  Bob was especially nervous for Joelle, wondering why she insisted on sabotaging herself.

Back at home, the contestants were doing their best to find ways to get into shape away from the ranch and the help of Jillian and Bob.  Some even hired their own personal trainers.

This week’s challenge was to pedal half a mile in a kayak to the shore, climb up a mountain, and capture a flag.  The winner of the challenge would win immunity, and the first four up would get a phone call home.  The last one in would get one-pound added to their weigh-in.  Tara was the first to the top, followed closely by Blaine.  Brandy and Helen came in third and fourth.  Even though Tara came in first, she gave her phone call home over to Filipe because she knew that he was longing to talk to his family.

Bob and Jillian pushed their teams during the last-chance workouts.  Joelle’s lack of effort frustrated Bob, and he finally blew up at her when she completely quit working out.  Jillian says that she’s never seen Bob as furious as he was then.  He makes this team do thirty-second sprints until Joelle finally completes one, and her team looks really upset with how her attitude is affecting them.

The teams have their weigh-in, and Jerry and Daniel fall below the yellow-line.  Everyone is upset because it’s obvious that both men need to be there and are dedicated to the program.  In the end, Jerry ended up going home.

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NBC’s hit televisions show The Biggest Loser : Couples, Season 7 is literally the biggest yet, with 11 couples weighing in at over 3.5 tons.  Other new records are being broken on the show: heaviest contestant to ever be on the show, biggest woman, oldest couple,  youngest man, and sickest person.

Carla, 36, and Joelle, 41, are Team Get Gorgeous G Squared, eventhough Carla is officially the heaviest woman ever on the show.

Sione, 29, and Filipe, 27, are Polynesians who’s parents are from Tonga, a culturally heavy people.

David, 23, and Daniel, 19, who is the biggest person to ever make the show.  He has been told he will not make it past 25-yrs-old.

Estella and Jerry, both 63, with four grandchildren they may not get to see grow up if they don’t change their ways.

Dane and Blaine are cousins, both 28, married, with three kids each.

Shannon, 29, and Helen, 49, daughter and mother.

Ron, 54, and Mike, 18, a father son team of which Mike is the youngest contestant ever.

Cathy and Kristin are a team.  Kristin being the second largest woman on the show.

Mandi and Aubrey make up the yellow team.

Nicole and Damien are a married couple.

Laura and Tara are the Green team, who both cry as reality sets in at their first weigh in.

The contestants are excited to enter the gym and are asked to do the first workout of the show, without trainers of course.  As Jillian and Bob watch by hidden camera they express their shock in how big this season’s contestants are, but that this is also the reality of America today.  As the trainers enter the gym to meet and greet Jerry passes out.

After the first challenge the contestants see Dr. Huizenga to find out just how close to death they really are.  Following a last chance workout the contestants find out this episode there will not be any eliminations following weigh in.  The catch is that nine contestants will go home, leaving their counterparts on the show to fend for their team.  Whomever is not eliminated from the show in the following 30 days will have the opportunity to bring their teammate back.

Shannon, Sione, Laura, Aubrey, Nicole, David, Carla, Cathy, and Estella go home… and Jerry is still in the hospital.

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Each of the contestants came out to reveal their new, slimmer bodies.  All of them were overjoyed with the results and were nervous to hear who would win the at-home challenge and who would be The Biggest Loser. The lead for the at-home competition kept changing hands, but Heba was finally named the winner, having lost 138 lbs total.

The final three contestants, Ed, Vicky, and Michelle, lined up for their weigh-in, which would determine who would be named The Biggest Loser.

Ed lost 139 lbs, which was 41.49% of his total weight, and he kept the lead over Vicky, who needed to lose 102 lbs to beat him but only lost 101 lbs.  Finally, Michelle had to lose over 100 lbs in order to beat Ed.  Ali weighed her in, announcing that she had lost 110 lbs and the $250,000.

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Michelle was having a hard time coping with the fact that her mom was gone. She felt all alone being the only Black team member left on the ranch. Meanwhile, Ed, Heba, and Vicky were celebrating and cheering about Renee’s elimination.

The four players reflect on where they came from and make a pact to never get heavy again.  Jillian worked hard with Michelle to make her see how much she had accomplished while Bob tried to make Vicky see that it was more than just a game.

Jillian pushed Michelle since she was the only Black Team member left.  She was safe, though, having lost 9 lbs.  Ed gained 2 lbs, and he and Heba fell below the yellow line.  Instead of being voted off by the other players, however, Ali announced that America would decide who would stay to compete to be The Biggest Loser.

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Ali told the remaining five players to pack their bags because they were headed to New York City. They were even more surprised when she told them they would be getting makeovers and new wardrobes from Christian Siriano and showing off their new looks on the Tyra Banks show.

Tyra brought out one loved one for each contestant, and they got to spend the day with them in New York, working out with them.

At the weigh-in, Ed and Renee found themselves below the yellow line. After Heba and Vicky voted for Renee, she had to accept she wasn’t going to be The Biggest Loser. Renee was just thankful that the experience brought her and Michelle together again, and that alone made it all worth it.

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Amy voted Brady off the ranch last week, making it harder for herself since Vicky was now out for revenge.  Amy turned to the Black Team for support.  Vicky decided to work out while everyone was sleeping in order to seek vengeance on Amy.

Ali showed up in ’80s fashion and announced to the group that it was ’80s week.  The contestants all wore work-out uniforms from that decade, and Jillian had the Black Team do ’80s dance moves while Bob tried to reunite his team.

Coleen had a big moment when she realized that she could fit into her “goal shirt”, and the rest of the Black Team celebrated the accomplishment with her.

Jillian pushed the Black Team to the breaking point in order to save them from falling below the yellow line.  Vicky and Coleen were put up for elimination, and Coleen ended up being sent home.

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The Black Team announced Phil’s departure to the Blue Team. They were ridiculously disrespectful, though, especially Vicky. Even Bob was happy about Phil being gone, but he had great insight to Vicky’s manipulative nature. She was there to win! Jillian recognized that her girls on the Black Team were upset but pushed them to remain focused because now they are outnumbered.

Allison announced that they were going to single competition, but they all stayed in team-mentality. Allison then took them to the gym where she reintroduced all the eliminated contestants and weighed them in, announcing that one would be able to rejoin the competition at the challenge the next day.

Each returning contestant weighed in to show their progress, and Ali announced that one of them was going to get to come back.  Whoever took 1,000 steps first during the challenge would be able to come back to the ranch.  After awhile, it was a race between Ed and Stacey to the first 1,000 steps.  Ed eventually beat her by 13 steps.

With Ed back, it was five Blue Team members against three Black Team members.  Knowing that, Jillian pushed her team as hard as she could during the last-chance workout.  Both Brady and Michelle fell below the yellow line, and the Blue Team was confident in their win.  However, Amy shocked them all by voting to eliminate Brady, sending him home.

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Local reality star to appear on Oprah

Oct 30, 2008 (The Enterprise Ledger) – One local celebrity recently spent some time with the most powerful woman in America. Enterprise resident Roger Schultz, who lost 164 pounds as a contestant on the fifth season of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser”, joined several other cast members for a reunion show with Oprah Winfrey.

Filming the “Secrets to the Biggest Loser” episode, which airs Thursday Oct. 30 at 4 p.m., was a “first class” experience, according to Schultz. “Oprah and her staff took such good care of us,” said Schultz. “We were treated like we were Tom Cruise.”

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“Phil was having a hard time on the ranch after Amy gets eliminated. He had always looked at his wife as his sounding board for advice and he felt lost without her there. Meanwhile, Bob checked up on his Blue team and was heartbroken to see that Amy was gone (NBC’s The Biggest Loser Families recap).”

Heba maintains her drama queen status and goes from 253 to 247 at weigh-in.  Ami weighs in for a slightly heavier six pound loss, which Sami remarks is the biggest loss on campus to date.

Brady only lost three pounds at the last weigh-in, making Bob wonder what he and Vicky are up to.  Bob didn’t trust Vicky and thought she was the most manipulative, scheming member to ever enter the house.  They said that they hadn’t been doing anything wrong but finally revealed that Brady hadn’t been keeping to his eating regimen.

The Blue Team won the weigh-in, and the Black Team decided to send Phil home.  Michelle, Renee, and Coleen told him they thought he would do better back at home with his wife.  He lost 106lbs while on the show.  Leaving now he’d be home to celebrate a 20th wedding anniversary.

Sami welcomes special guest Dave Zinczenko, contributor to the Today Show, editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine, and author of a book entitled Eat This, Not That. The challenge is to pick which foods are lower in calories.

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It’s time for the sixth week progress report… Contestants tried new and unusual workouts with the Black Team dominating over the Blue Team in the challenge, which was a serious balancing act. It was a bad scene for one of the Amy’s. And in a seemingly impossible turn, Vicky gets even worse.

“As soon as Amy saw the Black Team walk through the doors, she could tell they had just voted her mom off. She started to cry because now she felt like a little piece of her had left, too. Amy really didn’t want to face the Black team because of how they’d voted (NBC’s The Biggest Loser Families recap).”                                      

A temptation challenge yielded great rewards for Heba who gets to compose the Black and Blue Teams going forward.

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