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TBL Winner Helen

Alright, I am going to start right off with the winners…Helen won the Biggest Loser Competition and $250,000. Who knew!!!! Her final weigh in was 117 pounds. Tara came so darn close and as most people expected her to win. And the winner of the $100,000 was Jerry. He was booted off in the second week and the oldest contestant TBL has ever had. He lost 177 pounds! That is true motivation that you can do this at home.

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The public also got to vote in either Amanda or Erin to next seasons TBL. Amanda won and we wish her luck. To everyone who is going for health we wish you much success in your endeavors and don’t forget to include Designer Whey Protein in your meal plans.

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At mile five, Ron had to stop running to get his knee checked out. Meanwhile, mid-way through Tara’s marathon, season five winner Ali Vincent joined her on the run while Helen was joined by last season’s winner, Michelle.

Tara only had one more mile to go and she was joined by Jillian. She warned Jillian that she better keep up because nobody was going to stop her. Tara was the first one to cross the finish line. Again, she wins another challenge!!! Helen was the second to cross the finish line and couldn’t believe she actually did it. Ron’s knee was really giving him problems, but that didn’t stop his determination in wanting to finish the marathon and he finished. YEAH. And at the end of the marathon, they were each handed an oversize check from Designer Whey to their charity of choice.

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Now for the weigh in…Stress is happening with all 4 players.  Ali told everyone that the two players who fell below the yellow line could be eliminated. The player with the highest percentage of weight loss would be guaranteed a spot in the finals, and the two remaining players would find out their fate at the hands of America, who would be voting from home. Oh, the pressure.

The players all lost weight while they were home for the 26 days. But, it was Tara who had lost enough weight to guarantee herself a spot in the finals. Are we surprised? Tara was going to be joined by Helen at the finals. Now, what will America do with Ron and Mike? America will vote one of them in next week. Remember Ron has always wanted his son Mike to be in the finals and pleaded his case to the voting public. Will America agree? We will find out next week!

Ali Vincent hung out with our favorite people, OUR CUSTOMERS! Listen to her tell great stories about the Biggest Loser Season 5 Finale, about her mom and about her diet.

The contestants met up to play the food and fitness trivia quiz. Ali was going to give them all four trivia questions, then check in with the experts at Good Housekeeping magazine to see what the correct answers would be. The winner would get a fully expensed three-day trip to New York City with deluxe accommodations. The trivia challenge came down to Kristin and Mike playing in sudden-death overtime. The final question was about a fast food fried fish sandwich and Mike was only off by five calories when guessing the totals. Kristin was shocked she had lost the challenge.

The next challenge had the teams in cages, raised 45 feet up in the air and holding a rope. The rope’s job was to keep the players suspended in the air; the moment the rope was released, the cage would drop to the ground. The player that held on the longest would win $10,000, or the winner could trade in the money for a one-pound advantage. And of course Tara won. This is her 5^th challenge win in a row.

At weigh in Tara takes the $10,000 and not the one pound. She is confident that she has lost enough weight to keep in the game. She weighs in first and lost 5 pounds. At the end of the weigh in, Helen and Kristin are below the line. What is even harder is that Kristin gained 1 pound. Kristin is sent home. When they follow Kristin home her whole family is elated about how much weight she has lost and gave a motivating speech to a group at a hotel. She may not have won The Biggest Loser title on the show, but she the winner when it comes to motivating others and herself.

The teams all worked hard to keep their balance as they walked across their thin wire to the other side of the canyon. Each one tried their best to not look down the steep canyon and instead focus on trying to complete the challenge. Tara struggled when she fell off the cable, but eventually found her way back on. Filipe took a strong lead in the challenge. He didn’t keep the lead long; once Tara got her focus back, she gained back the minute she lost and shocked everybody by winning the challenge. Why people were shocked that Tara won, is a mystery to me.

Then the transformations by Tim Gunn. What can you say…they all looked fantastic!!! It is always motivating to see how people can change with EXERCISE and a change of eating habits.            

Weigh In: Everyone is so surprised that Helen lost 7 pounds and had a percentage weight loss of 4.14% which puts her in first place for the first time. Then Laura gets on the scale and due to her hip fracture has not done much of anything this week. She gains 3 pounds. Below the line are Laura and Kristen. Laura goes home.

Even though Ron won $1,500, Filipe won $500, and Laura won $5,000 and the golden ticket, all the players still consumed massive amounts of calories and had to clean up after themselves in the gym. Bob and Jillian walked in and were not happy with all the junk food wrappers on the floor.

As the trainers listened to the players reveal how many calories they consumed, the angrier they got. When Bob found out how close the vote was the last time, he realized why it was so important to win the golden ticket. He sensed tension between Sione, Filipe and Ron and knew Ron would be after revenge. Afterwards, Bob and Jillian had fun making the players burn off every calorie.

The players all gathered at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl stadium to hear about their next challenge. They were looking forward to a game of football, but were shocked when Ali told them the challenge would involve climbing all 2,156 stairs up the stadium. The winner of the challenge would get to share their prize with their family, a paid trip for four to a fitness resort and spa in St. George, Utah.

Each player was climbing each row of stairs and noticing how much tougher the challenge got with every step. The first male and female players to complete the entire challenge and grab their colored flag and return to the 50-yard line would face off and have to do the challenge, again. In the end, it was Tara and Sione as the two finalists. The race was close, but Tara beat Sione and won the trip.

During the last-chance workout, Jillian was having a hard time pushing Tara. She was worried that Tara really was planning on throwing her weight at the weigh-in. When it came time to the final weigh-in, Tara lost three pounds and Jillian was certain she did it on purpose, though Tara and Laura swear the small weight loss wasn’t planned. Tara was getting tired of the judging looks, especially from Jillian.

Both Helen and Sione had some one-on-one time with Laura to plead their case on why they should stay. Afterwards, Laura, Helen and Sione met in the elimination room to hear what Laura had decided. Laura wanted to make it clear that her decision had nothing to do with game play, but Laura felt Helen had supported her more on the ranch. Sione was eliminated, but couldn’t wait to go back home and share all that he’d learned with his family and community.