On this special edition of the biggest loser we have 8 women who lead busy lives and who have been to busy taking care of others to take care of themselves. They are also military wives. Led by Bob from San Diego, CA we have Tami, Jessica, Tina, and Dari who make up the blue team and whose husbands are in the navy. The marine wives are from Oceanside, CA and we have Amber, Amanda, Sharon, and Rosa who are being led by Jillian and are the red team. The navy wives husbands are deployed on the USS Rushmore and Bob gives them a suprise phone call letting them know their husbands are going to come home to new and improved wives. Jillian gives the marine wives a call telling them she is going to make them as kick ass as their kick ass marine husbands.
Both teams head to the ranch for the initial weigh in and the results were as follows:
Navy                                         Marines
Tami- 194lbs                Amber- 157lbs
Jessica- 217lbs               Amanda- 248lbs
Tina- 200lbs                               Sharon- 208lbs
Dari- 241lbs                               Rosa- 190lbs
The navy had a total starting weight of 852lbs and the marines had a weight of 803lbs. THe teams head back to their bungalows for the night and begin their workouts in the morning.
Bob and Jillian blow on bulhorns to get the teams out of the bungalows and into the gym for their first workout. The marines seem a lot better off than the navy wives, they were chanting and working really hard. The navy wives seemed to have trouble and DAri even brokedown because she couldn’t believe she had let herself get this way.
The first temptation was a craps table and the teams would have to roll a die and if they landed on the wrong square they would have to eat something that would add to thei thigh but if they were the first team to make it accross the board they would get a $5000.00 shopping spree. Both teams were strong and did not give in.
Bob works out the navy wives and they already seem to be improving so much. Dari was on the treadmill smiling instead of crying this time. He really inspires them and they feel Bob understands them and is a perfect fit for their team. The marine wives struggle this time more than they did the 1st workout. Amanda had just quit smoking which was taking a toll on her and she had to get off the treadmill. She broke down to her team and admitted she was afraid of failing herself and her team and they all pulled together and told her they wouldn’t let her nor would Jillian.
The challenge was that the teams had to get in a boat and row themselves to buoys that were anchored by 25lb dumbells and pull up the dumbells and once they had two in their boat they had to row back to shore and hook it to their flag to help it raise in the air. The first team to collect all their dumbells and raise their flag to the top of the pole wins a nanny for a week. During the challenge the blue team could not get it together and figure out how to work as a team. The marines were on top of it and won this challenge and the nanny. After the challenge the teams have three days to workout before the weigh in.
The winner of this weigh in win their trainer for a week before the final weigh in. That prize could really benifit either team. The marines weighed in first with Rosa who started at 190 and her current weight was 179lbs giving her a weight loss of 11lbs. Amber started at 157 and her current weight was 151 giving her a 6lb weight loss. She seemed upset that she only lost 6lb but in reality 6lbs is a lot for a girl her height. Sharon who started at 208 currently weighs 197 also losing 11lbs. Last Amanda started at 248lbs and had a weight loss of 15lbs. This gave them an overall weightloss of 43lbs and -5.35%.
The blue team had to lose at least 45lbs to win. Jessica stepped on the scale first and was shocked to see she had lost 14lbs which brought her weight from 217 to 203lbs. Tina went from 200lbs to 191lbs losing 9lbs. Tami was 194lbs and currently weighed 182 giving her a 12lb weight loss. This left it up to Dari, she had to lose 10lbs for the navy wives to win it. She started at 241 and currently weighed 225 giving her a weight loss of 16lbs and winning the weigh in for her team!The blue team lost a total of 51lbs and -5.99% and get a week with Bob. The fight isn’t over because both teams head home and take with them what they learned for three months and then will face again for one final weigh in and the chance to be the biggest losers and win $50,000.00.
