The Biggest Loser - Temptation Makes Everyone Sick

The Olympic torch and nightly medal counts are over, but the road to fit and trim remains ignited over at "The Biggest Loser." Like U.S. alpine skier Bode Miller through the starting gate, Biggest Loser producers let all their creative juices flow in Week 7. Check out all the returning fun as 13 remaining players split into Blue versus Black teams, players battled junk food and two headed home.

Cliffhanger Elimination. At the end of Week 6, Cheryl and Darrell were left in a squat trying to hold a torch on top of their heads for the right to remain at the ranch. After the nine-minute mark, Darrell's knees gave out and he headed straight home. Besides being a gracious loser, Darrell has his self-confidence back.

A 3,630-Calorie Temptation. Only Michael and Andrea raised their hand for this junk food temptation to try and win the power to assign 12 players their Blue or Black team t-shirt. An unassigned 13th player would have immunity, then slide into the team that eliminated a player at the end of the week. The temptation was a matching memory game in search of two golden tickets interspersed among slots of mostly junk food. Miss a match and eat from a pile of 100-calorie cookies. Get a junk food match and the loser not only had to eat the junk food, but the matchmaker could choose again. Andrea's sharper memory had Michael downing 2,310 calories to Andrea's 1,320 before Michael ultimately found the golden tickets. Let the drama begin.

Blue Versus Black. Michael ended up stacking Blue with the big guys (Lance, himself, Koli, Daris, as well as Sunshine and Miggy). O'Neal was handed immunity. Nearly every family unit was split up, except Sherry and Ashley. Jillian was furious with the teams, but wisely zipped it and acknowledged her experience as an overweight child was feeding her anger. Jillian loves a good fight and is especially good at peeling weight off underdogs. Did Michael call it right? In a challenge to win letters from home, Blue showed their strength and nailed the high rise challenge to pull a team banner to the top of the Sheraton first.

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Bump up the treadmill incline and you'll burn more calories in the same amount of time. Bob says you'll score more muscle activity and greater range of motion at an incline. When's the last time you had the treadmill over 10 percent incline? Remember, no hands, unless falling.




Gain Years in Weeks. Contestants have lost so much weight this season, it's only fitting Dr. Huizenga reviewed Ashley and Koli's Know Your Number Health Score. Ashley's biological age is eight years younger, and Sam shaved off five years. His risk of developing heart disease, stroke and diabetes has been cut in half thanks to solid weight loss and zero smoking and drinking. Check out contestant opinions on this test -- Michael's risk has dropped from 100 percent to 67 percent. You can order a kit for yourself at home.

Blue ended up losing 48 pounds or 2.7 percent of their total weight, with Michael shattering the 100 pound loss record held by Season 8's Rudy. Only makes sense for the heaviest contestant to date -- Michael dropped 15 pounds to lose 109 pounds in just seven weeks to land at 417. Don't ever count Jillian out, however. In a shocker, Black team's Ashley sealed the win by losing 10 pounds for a total team loss of 2.82 percent (41 pounds). Big guys can lose the weight, but Jillian says big hearts and fight lose more. With the highest percentage lost on Blue, Michael was safe from elimination.

In a 4-2 loss, Miggy is back at home with a fiance 30 pounds lighter on the Biggest Loser diet. "Losing weight is not only recovering a nice body shape," said Miggy. "It's about finding that lost self that you have inside you." She's also discovered meditation to relieve high stress levels and lose even more weight. Full of positive energy and training sessions with Season 7's Nicole Brewer, she now weighs 179 pounds and is hoping to fit into a size 5 by the finale.

Remember Darrell? He's down to 293 pounds and fits into a jacket he wore the day he met his wife 27 years ago. Hoping for 200 by the finale, Darrell and his wife are faithful workout partners fed by his new view on healthy living.

See you next week for Week 8's noticeably thinner contestants. Time for Bob and Jillian to pull out their fitness tricks -- maybe some moves from Jillian's new yoga DVD?