Please, pass the chips ... from your shoulder

First off, let's welcome new follower Cedric to the Watch Party! Yay! When I hit 10 I'll know I've made it. Pull up a chair Ced! No hogging the remote.

"The Biggest Loser" (NBC, Tues., 8:00): I don't know what it is about this show that makes me want to grab a bag of Doritos. Or popcorn. Or pizza. I used to work out during the commercial breaks by doing jumping jacks or fast walking around my living room. Pause it: My downstairs neighbors did not like this. But the heavier the contestants get, the less motivated I am. I say to myself, "Well at least I'm not that big." Sad, but true.

"Loser" checks in on the Blue and Yellow teams ... you remember them don't you? The sad sacks who were sent home before they even got to unpack. The teams are halfway through their 30-day stint at home, both trying to lose weight to come back to the ranch.

Now maybe someone can help me figure this out. People come on this show because they can't lose the weight by themselves at home. Then when they are forced to earn a spot on the ranch, they go home and drop 10, 20, 30 lbs. I'm no gym rat by any means, and only a handful of things annoy me more than people who say they like to workout. But why the motivation now? Is it the money? Being on TV? Screw the ranch! If it were me, I'd find more pride in being able to lose the weight on my own. Pause it: For those of you who are about to jump down my throat, let me say that I do have a gym membership and I work with a personal trainer (Hi Dan!) But it take a HUGE effort to drag out of bed and go to the gym every other day. Hence, the personal trainer. It's all about accountability. Hey, if it affects my wallet, it affects my weight. But enough about my fat rolls ...

The teams were divided into students and teachers. The teachers would workout with Jillian and Bob then would have to share their knowledge with the students. Only the students' weight loss would count at the weigh in. Pink team wins the temptation challenge and gets to determine the student/teacher match-ups. Green team's Migdalia immediately gets angry with being made the teacher because she knew it was her week to shine on the scale. During the workout, she completely shuts down and walks out on Jillian, threatening to quit the show. Pause it: I was never able to really figure out what Migdalia's problem was, but she was extremely annoying. She eventually said Jillian made her angry by calling her out on her parenting skills. I knew she wasn't going anywhere, but kudos to her for finding a way to not finish her workout by throwing a tantrum. (I've done that with my trainer, too except I threaten to vomit then go and lay down on a locker-room bench for 10 minutes. Sorry, Dan! My arms were hurting!)

At the weigh-in, Gray team has immunity and the choice to switch one team's student/teacher pairing. Instead of using White team's Maria's weight, they opted to make Michael's count after watching him piss around in the gym all week and not give 100% in his workouts. Their switch paid off and White team fell below the yellow line. Maria took the bullet and asked players to keep her son - and heaviest contestant ever - in the game.

Looks like more fireworks next week! With a quick push of the pause button I was able to see that Melissa will drop 28 lbs. next week. Do you think the Red Team is throwing the weigh-ins for a big payoff like this? Or was Melissa really not putting in work? I love it when the trainers go all renegade on the losers! Especially Bob!

I'm going to introduce a new segment to "Biggest Loser" recaps. We'll call it "Plug of the Night". With all the product placements, it's anyone's guess how there's not a big Brita logo in the corner of the TV screen instead of NBC's peacock. Tonight's winner is Walgreens. "What am I going to use to ice my knee when I'm at home," wonders John. Hmmm, I don't know ... maybe a pack of ice. Did we really need to know that Walgreens makes little bags with Velcro to put your ice cubes in? I'm just sayin'.

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