by Gina Scarpa

 

Alison has a little challenge for The Biggest Loser contestants this week - if they can lose 70 lbs as a group, they'll all be safe. Usually, that fires up the group and motivates them to work hard in the gym and pull big numbers on the scale. These people are already convinced they're going to fail before they've even begun! Sunny, Biingo, and Lindsay are brought out to help make things a little easier on the group. The kids do a pop challenge that tests their nutrition knowledge and ability to beat the scores on their last fitness test. Not only did they take 9 pounds off the target goal for the group, they all proved how much healthier they're getting.

 

In the gym, Gina starts to cave under the pressure and walks out on Dolvett. Well, cave under the pressure again. It seems like she always has a problem with someone or something. When Jillian gets a hold of Alex, she's horrified to see that she can't even run for longer than a minute. 8 weeks into this process, she should be able to do a lot more than that. When Gina has the same problem, Jillian snaps and takes it out on Bob and Dolvett. While Gina storms out yet again, Jillian demands to know if the trainers are okay with this and of course, they're not. At least somebody on this show is talking sense!

 

For their challenge this week, players must dig through sand hills on the beach. If they find a red X, they cannot move on and if they find a green arrow, they can move on to the next set of hills. Once they finally dig their way through the sand and run down a very long pier, they reach the finish line. The group finishes with seconds to spare, and get another 10 lbs taken off their goal for the week.

 

Instead of being in the gym for last chance workouts, the trainers have another challenge for the contestants. This one just comes with a prize of more self-confidence, which is better than any advantage on the scale. The group has to complete a rope course high up in the air, and need to rely on each other in order to succeed and finish it. Everyone is paired up and of course, Gina and Joe get paired together, since they don't like one another. In the end, they all work together well and hopefully, it's started to show them that they really are capable of more than they give themselves credit for.

 

At the weigh-in, the group needs to lose more than 51 lbs on the scale. Here's how the numbers fell.

 

Danni: -7

Joe: -6

Jackson: -5

Alex: -3

Jeff: -4

Gina: -4

Francelina: -2
TOTAL: -31

 

The contestants weren't able to meet their goal by a long shot and to think, it was originally 70 lbs!  Do you think it's because the goal was too difficult, or because they just didn't try hard enough?  With a red line at the weigh-in, we say goodbye to Francelina, which shocks and upsets many of the contestants.  I definitely had high hopes that she'd make it farther than she did.

 

 

The Biggest Loser airs Mondays at 8/7c on NBC.

 

(Image courtesy of NBC)

 

 

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