January 8 episode

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I missed the debut episode, but I think I'll catch up quickly.
I'm excited to watch and thought maybe it would be good to have a place to discuss ( rant about, vent... whatever you want to call it) each episode.
From favorite teams, to attitudes and results.....
I read somewhere something about Bob proposing to Jillian. Surely that is wrong. I don't know how it started, but it sounds like someone got the idea from a preview of tonight's show.
I guess we'll find out tonight.
Happy viewing!

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Frustrations-- the temptation -- I'm not quite sure why they do this, but I am surprised that any of them eat anything. The only game play I can really respect is someone who hoped no one else would eat anything, so maybe they would take 1 bite of something -- the lowest calorie thing possible.
The excessive commercial breaks, with the long recaps afterwards. It's like 'Hey, we've only been away a few minutes, not a whole week -- you don't need to repeat the 3 minutes before the commercial break right after it. We aren't that slow -- we can retain things for at least a few minutes!
The voting out speeches. I was pleased that either some teams didn't make them, or they were edited, but usually we have to listen to them saying the same things over and over ''so and so is a threat, or is a strong player, or whatever.." I don't mind brief to the point statements, but I don't care for the long drawn out repetitive speeches that we hear week after week.

I also don't like listening in on any phone calls home. I feel like I'm eavesdropping. It's so emotional, I just think they should be given some privacy. I find it awkward.

Wow -- the weigh ins this week were really disappointing. But I loved it when Jillian said 'I don't know everything'. It's both encouraging and discouraging to see some of them stall out like that -- discouraging because they seem to be working so hard, but encouraging because it shows that it does happen to everyone and that the scale doesn't measure everything, so you shouldn't put all your hopes there.

I don't have any favorites, or anyone I really don't like. I was getting set to really dislike Neil, but then it just hit me how harsh that was, and that it really is hard for them and a huge adjustment.

It will be interesting to see how it goes next week. If I was there, I would want to lose both of the mens' teams. Nothing against them, but if there is an opportunity to get rid of them, the other teams better take it if they want a shot at winning.