Recap: Episode 12

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Jillian is very emotional over losing Brittney. Kelly is the only original Black team member, since Ali has decided to keep her Pink shirt to honor her mother. The men are only taking out the competition. In other words; the women.

Bob is relieved to see Jay, but he is concerned that his weight loss numbers are down. Jay only lost 3 pounds in the previous week's weigh in and he's determined to change his routine. Bob tries to discuss the importance of carbs and calories to his team. They can't cut out carbs if they are going to be working out as hard as he wants them to be working out. Later, Bob is seen quizzing Jay and Mark on what they had eaten that day. Both men need each and every calorie they are given. Cutting carbs won't help come scale time.

Allison shows up and asks to see the contestants back in the elimination room. I don't think I have ever seen so many pale faces in one place. Ali is understandably nervous because the last time everyone was called in prematurely, she and her mother (Bette Sue) were sent packing.

Joining Allison at the table is a large silver tray similar to the ones used in the elimination rounds. But this is different; nobody is going home just yet. There is going to be a pop quiz and a reward for the winner. The contestants are playing for a prize hidden under the serving tray. They will be asked a series of questions, and must write down their response. A correct answer will get them to the next question. A wrong answer will get them disqualified. The last person standing will win the prize. All Allison will tell them is that this prize is something they all really want. I will post the correct answers at the end of the recap for those of you who want to play.

Question 1: How many calories do you need to burn 1 pound?
Question 2: How much weight had Curtis lost when he came back to the campus a few weeks ago?
Question 3: How many calories are in a cup of Fat Free Strawberry Yogurt?

Here are the contestants score sheets...

Kelly: Correct, Wrong
Ali: Correct, Wrong
Dan: Correct, correct, correct
Mark: Correct, wrong
Roger: Correct, correct, wrong
Jay: Correct, correct, wrong

Dan comes out the winner. So what did he win?? A huge hunk of frosted chocolate cake. His reply was priceless..."thank you?!" Allison tells him that it is his cake and he can do with it whatever he chooses, but she suggests that he bring it to the challenge untouched. If it's incomplete, it would be useless. This beautiful piece of sweetness is exactly 600 calories. So now Dan has become the running joke of the house because it seems that he has, "adopted this piece of cake." Dan has decided that his cake is, "No longer a food item, but a pet." He really doesn't trust anyone in the house so everywhere that Dan went, the cake was sure to follow. Dan brings his cake to the gym and it drives Bob insane. There is Dan running on the treadmill with his beloved cake sitting on a stool right next to him. Bob walks over and takes the cake tray and puts it on a treadmill. Now that's what you call putting your food to work for you!



Bob's goal with his workouts is trying to get under his team's skin. Mark gets highly agitated. "When they can't go any farther, I'm going to expect a little bit more. It makes them stronger."

Kelly is in the kitchen while the guys are making dinner. Mark asked her if she wanted to eat with them (after the fact). Mark said he had forgotten to ask if she had wanted to join them. They are such a tight unit that they never really thought about anyone else. In the future she will join them, but she is not offended that she was alone that night. Kelly realizes that she is alone and doesn't have any alliances. Dan doesn't seem to show any remorse because, "Her team played the game and now she's alone."

Meanwhile, Jillian is beating up Ali at the gym.

Mark, Jay, and Dan decide to go outside for a night run. Roger comes after them to say that Dan's cake is gone, and he flips out. Storming back into the house in search of the women, it appears that Dan is out for blood. On one of the beds is a ransom note:

"Dan, I know the location of your precious cake."
It is signed, Black Team Survivor Kelly.

Dan is now convinced that Kelly took his cake and continues looking for her. Roger mentions that she was going to take a shower. Dan enters her room (with the camera men not far behind) even though Mark says not to. She doesn't know anything about it. He doesn't believe her and so he goes off looking for Ali who is now in the kitchen. After hearing the news, she starts laughing and looking rather guilty. By this time, Kelly is out of the shower and joins everyone in the kitchen. Dan re-reads the note. Roger asks Kelly if she did take it, where would she have hid it. Kelly answers the dishwasher since he never does his dishes and he'd never look there. Ali suggests the trash can or where the trash bags are. Dan finds his cake in the laundry room. As Kelly pointed out, "The smartest person in the house shouldn't have let his cake out of his sight." Previously Dan had been bragging in confession that he was the smartest person in the house. So who was the contestant with the sticky fingers? I personally thought Kelly and Ali were working together. But it was Roger....who claims he did it to teach him a lesson. I have to wonder if there was other motivation behind it? Dan is shocked and they all have a good laugh. Lesson learned.

Kelly and Ali are given a gift basket from Jillian for completing a tough workout. Included are bags of Orville Redenbacher Smartpop Popcorn. Each bag is only 100 calories. The girls decide to share with the guys and they enjoy a movie. This popcorn comes in Butter and Kettle Corn flavors.

The Challenge:

The contestants are taken to a huge sports arena. The electronic menus have their names and pictures featured on them and the contestants are in awe. In the center are 6 tables each with a person's name on it. The idea here is that the food served at sporting events etc. is junk. So here comes another endurance challenge combined with calorie counting knowledge. At the top of the arena stairs are food vendors filled with typical event food. Included in this list are: French fries, popcorn, pizza, Ice Cream pints, pretzels, hot dogs, peanuts, and cotten candy. The contestants will have 20 minutes to run up to the various stands and grab one food item per trip. They will come back to the floor and put the food on anyone's table other than their own. Whoever has the fewest calories on their table will win $10,000. But there is still one piece of unfinished business to attend to....and that comes in the form of a piece of chocolate cake with pink flowers. Ali tells Dan that he can put the cake on anyone's table and it will add 600 cals to their total. Dan places the cake on Kelly's table. The men gather to talk strategy. They want to be clear on their direction. The last time there was a similar challenge, Mark blew up at Jay and it almost got him tossed out of the house because people took exception to it. Ali is going to play it, "Even Steven." Kelly thinks she knows what has the most calories but settles for the two that are the closest to get to. Slow and steady could win the race right? History is bound to repeat itself, especially when the women are outnumbered. The men aren't taking the challenge seriously and focus on annialiating the women. Not only that, but Dan, Roger, and Jay are MUNCHING while running. Dan claims he needs the carbs to fuel his workout. (????) Ali is totally disgusted and throws even steven out the window. But the joke is on the men instead. The ice cream is revealed to be the highest calorie food out there. Here are the final table counts.....

Kelly: 15,061
Ali: 14,327
Dan: 5,736
Mark: 5,612
Roger: 4,895
Jay: 4,480 Winner by 480 calories (1 Ice Cream)

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I say the joke is on the men because if Roger had put the Ice Cream on Jay's table and not Aly's, he would have won. Roger feels like an idiot. The men played as they did because they wanted to leave the decision in the hands of the women and not jeopardize their friendship. Oh the irony...Jay is about to get his $10,000 and is asked how he plans to spend it. He says that when he is done with BL, he will take his wife on a really nice vacation. Not so fast Jay, there is a second option. Allison tells Jay that he can use his cold hard cash to "buy" what is in the envelope she is holding in her hand. It is a 1 pound pass and he has until the weigh-in to decide what to do. Roger and Jay are talking later in the kitchen. Roger "the competitor" says to take the cash. Roger "the friend" says to take the pass. Dan is also turning things over in his mind, secretly hoping Jay takes the cash, but he tells him to wait and see how his workouts go. Roger calls this, "The 1 Pound Season." (Oh the irony)



Ali is fuming. "They think they are all going to the finale but all they are doing is giving $250,000 to the man with the most weight to lose....Roger!" Roger won't mind giving up $10,000 when they are going to turn around and give him the top prize. "They need relationships to stay." The women have no choice but to fight back and get the men below the yellow line where they are forced to turn on each other in order to survive.

Bob wants Jay to take the pound. I don't think anyone but Jay was struggling with that decision.

Kelly and Ali meet with Jillian who is saddened to hear that the men were munching during the challenge. Jillian is repulsed (in her words) but also that it seems the men aren't growing in the ways that they should be. After hearing about the option of the 1 pound, Jillian is even more determined. 1 pound has haunted her as well in every single weigh in. She is determined to keep her girls.

Bob does a quick food bit with Roger and Jay. What did they used to eat for breakfast and dinner, as opposed to now? There wasn't a plate there that was under 1,000 calories. Some were up to 2,000 in a single meal. Ad spot for Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal.

Last chance workout with Jillian is a killer. For his part, Bob puts all 4 guys on the same workout. He is keeping them, "a unit." There will be no distractions. He can handle any scenario except two of his men below the yellow line. Highly unlikely, but stranger things have happened.

Jillian does a Trainer Tip on drinking water. All the contestants drink at least 62 oz of water a day to help the body get rid the Lactic Acid from their muscles. Lactic Acid causes pain in muscles after working out.

The weight results:

Contestant Previous Wt Current Wt Loss %

Mark 185 181 -4 2.16%

Jay (1 pound pass) 206 201 -5 (+1) 2.91%

Dan 199 198 -1 0.5%

Kelly 199 192 -7 3.52%

Roger 242 236 -6 2.48%

Ali 155 149 -6 3.87%

*Weigh in notes:
Dan had second thoughts on muching during the challenge. He didn't give 100% this week and he knew it. Dan never thought the women would have pulled the numbers they did. He figured he would go below with Kelly and the guys would save him.

Roger is now 1 pound away from his high school weight.

Ali has now lost 85 pounds which is a record. No woman has stayed on campus and lost that much.

There are no trainers at the weigh in. Too bad; Jillian would have been so proud.

Allison makes the all important statement that, "There are 6 of you left, but your team colors run deep. You are competing as individuals, but behaving like the teams still matter."

Bob's worst case scenario.....Mark and Dan fall below the yellow line.

Dan had never been below the yellow line before. In confession says that he would have no remorse for those who fell below. "Sorry guys, looks like the game got to you." No Dan, looks like the game got to you!

Dan goes to see the women. "Not here to petition." He wants to stay. So who goes? The man with the drive and competitive spirit almost at goal? Or the man who usually drops big numbers and could still stand to lose a few more?

Jay refuses to put Mark's name down again because he fought to come back. In Mark's head it's going to be different this time because he didn't agree to step away if he got to goal (which he has now surpassed). Dan is the biggest threat.

Here is how the votes fell...Ali, Kelly, and Roger all voted for Dan who is in tears before the votes were even revealed. He knew his time had come.

Dan is, "No longer spoon fed life." While at the ranch he lost 112 pounds. He went home to his family and 2 weeks later packed up and moved to LA to pursue his music career. He will no longer be the talented "big guy."

To date he has now lost 125 pounds and wants to lose 15 more before the finale.

Tune in next episode when the contestants go, "Down Under!"

Quiz answers:

1) 3,500 calories
2) 100 pounds
3) 200 calories