The Biggest Loser: Hot Wings Are Yummy

The contestants on The Biggest Loser returned home this week for the first time in 58 days. They didn't have Bob or Jillian by their side or the support of their fellow teammates to keep their eating and workout habits on track. So after spending a week with their friends and family, would they return to campus having kept themselves in check?

Everybody was happy to go home and see their loved ones. Of course, there were the sappy homecoming parties with everybody telling them how they great their smaller selves looked. There was also a lot of food at the gatherings. Mark's son was a little cutie pie snatching the donuts from the table! He couldn't resist that sugary goodness but Dad stepped in and took it away from him. He didn't want his son to grow up and become him. I understand that but Mark should have removed all of that food from the table immediately upon seeing it in the first place.

Paul's second day home didn't go so well for him. While all of the other contestants were going out to eat and ordering healthy food, Paul provided his crew with unlimited hot wings in celebration. He also provided them for himself along with lots of dressing on the side. I was so disappointed in him when he did that. I could understand him having two or three as a splurge but when he didn't stop, I wondered if he'd learned anything at all on The Biggest Loser campus.

Once everybody said goodbye to their loved ones and returned to campus, it was time for them to debrief their trainers concerning how well they "behaved" at home. It would be an understatement if I said Jillian was ticked at Paul. Besides his pigging out, he had completely ignored Jillian's calls. She had called all of them every single morning and every single night to check on them but Paul said that his phone was dead and that's why he didn't talk to her. Then he was cold busted by Jillian because Kelly had told Jillian that she'd spoken to Paul. I think he just felt guilty about falling off the wagon and didn't want to discuss it with Jillian.

Their challenge this week was one of my favorites. They did the giant jump rope beam challenge. You know, the one where they have to jump over the foam bar. If they don't jump high enough it breaks and they're out. Yeah, that one. The winning team would be able to choose two people in the losing team to weigh in that night -- a full 24 hours before the regular weigh-in. So I was thrilled when Brittany was the final person jumping and the black team won. Dan and Roger were chosen to weigh-in early and between them they lost 27 pounds. I began to really wonder if the black team would win the weigh-in at that point.

I had every right to worry too. They wound up losing big time. The blue team pummeled them on the scales with their total weight loss of 56 pounds and 5.67%. The black team only lost a combined 26 pounds and 2.42% of their weight. I knew immediately then who was going home. I didn't even have to watch the elimination ceremony. It was Paul's time to leave the show. Unfortunately for him, he came down with double pneumonia after going home and has gained back 3 of the 67 pounds he'd lost while on the campus. I hope he's able to get back on track in time for the finale because he was one of my favorites.