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Spoiler Alert!

I just have to vent a little bit about last night's show. I'm sorry -- but what were their families thinking, having big huge food spreads for their 'welcome home' celebrations. And what's with Paul going to his favorite chicken wing pig out place, and taking Bernie to his favorite bakery? Did I miss something? Were they told to go and face all those bad habits like that? Or are their family and friends completely clueless?
I think they all did amazingly well, avoiding temptation with the exception of Paul. But the weigh-ins were not bad at all. The blue team just pulled astounding numbers. The black team did well too -- especially for at this point in the game.... and also because they did go spend time at home. The only one who did poorly was Paul. He really seemed like he wanted to separate himself from the show. He didn't answer or return any of Jillian's calls, and he pigged out on chicken wings.
But he still lost weight -- can't remember how much, but it was not too bad.. 4 or 5 pounds? So he must have just slipped up one night and he must have gotten some exercise in. I hope he puts his reward prize to good use.
It was too bad to see had had gotten so sick. I'll be curious to see at the finale if he has gotten back on track. To me, he seemed to be the most affected by going home and might be the one most likely to go back to old habits. I sincerely hope not, but he reminds me a bit of myself. 'Oh, one night of chicken wings and soda won't hurt..' and it turns into a regular thing again. So easy to do! And such a hard habit to break. Maybe that lifetime gym membership will be his reality check and when he slips up, as he will and we all do, he can be reminded of what he can do when he works at it, and how important it is to keep it up.
I thought the yellow shirt thing was a bad move on his part too. Not so much for him, but for Kelly. I think they knew Paul was going, but Kelly still has a shot. No sense in him pointed out ever so clearly that she is the outsider, obvious though it may be.
The should probably be competing individually soon anyway.
I saw they are taking applications for more teams for a future season.