Okay let’s talk about last nights episode. First of all, let’s talk “FRAN.” I have been doing Crossfit for about 5 months now and I am completely and utterly obsessed with it. I love Greg Glassman. He is a real “stand up” guy and I completely believe that his approach to the “sport of fitness” will forever change the landscape of fitness. The one thing that I get after a crazy hard WOD is a sense of accomplishment. I am beaten up and battered but I come out on the other side feeling so incredible and I really feel like I did something, not only for my body but my mind. That is exactly why I wanted to introduce these types of workouts to my contestants. These people come onto the show and a lot of them lack any real self esteem and not much motivation so it is my job to spark that inside of them. I have done this now for the past 12 Seasons and this Season, I wanted to use Crossfit as a catalyst. What you have to remember when watching what they did, and now I’m really talking to all my Crossfit friends out there, these guys are very obese and out of shape so is their form perfect in any way? No. Doing their squats, are they breaking the 90 degree angle in the legs? Not even close. Are they able to do any resemblance of a pull up? Not at their weight by a long shot. That is why I had them do jumping pull ups. I wanted to share with them what I am so excited about and that is Crossfit. Since I have introduced these WODs to my people, their self esteem has shot out the roof. They have a different kind of swagger that they have never had before. They are beginning to feel so much better about themselves and that was my primary focus. I honestly believe that the stronger they get, naturally their form will improve because I’m gonna be doing Crossfit for a very long time and I’m hoping that, not only my contestants will get inspired to keep it up after the show, but also if I can get many of our viewers to try something that they have never done before and that gets them thinking about change in their own life, then I say “I’m ALL IN!!!” Crossfit is the future.

Now let’s talk about one other thing….all the competitiveness that is going on this Season. From the sound of it so many of you out there do not like it AT ALL. You are wondering where the inspiration is this time around. You have seen all of us, including me, get wrapped up in it and you don’t like it. I have to accept my responsibility for my part because you have seen me get worked up to say the least. All I can really say about it is that we live in such a tiny bubble when we are working on this show and everything gets magnified. The good and the not so good. Have you ever gone on a vacation with a group of friends for a week or two and all of a sudden, everybody starts getting on your nerves? People could start to drive you crazy or you start to drive others nuts too? Well imagine all of the contestants together, total strangers for now over 4 weeks with no phone, tv, computer or cars. It can get to the best of you. Now put on top of all that our contestants not having the drug of choice, FOOD, to appease them. Well people are gonna get hot under the collar. I know that I pick up on energy and sometimes I have to remind myself of my position and my purpose but let me say, nobody is perfect. I will say that I do want to see more of the inspiration and the motivation on our show this season, rather than all of us getting nasty at times so if you feel the same please write back to me or go onto the Biggest Loser website and make your voices heard. There is power in words especially when there is action behind the words.

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!!!! Let me just start by saying that Shawn Merriman is “THE MAN”!!! The fact that he came in to help me with that grueling last chance workout was so amazing. I thought it was great how he just jumped right in and, at first, he was nervous about their abilities so when he saw me yelling and screaming to push them harder the beast in him was released. I haven’t had that much fun working out my team since the days of Jillian Michaels (don’t get me started about that. I am missing her BIG TIME. Are you?)

Okay let’s talk a little more about the episode. Sometimes, and I’m just being honest, I think the challenges are silly and sometimes annoying. Don’t tell anybody I said that but this challenge was so much fun and it made so much sense. I loved being able to show people how certain exercises will burn more calories than others and at the end of the day you can see that all that hard work that you do in the gym really does BURN CALORIES!! I was really proud of my team that day and the fact that I was gonna give that MVP to Antone was the obvious choice, but when I thought about it for that split second I knew that it had to be Jennifer aka Jiggly Butt that had to take that honor. I was so proud of that girl during the challenge because she was working so hard and remember, she walked into that gym ON CRUTCHES!!! Are you kidding me??? That is a true athlete. She overcame her shortcomings and found a new path. That to me is one of the biggest lessons of last night’s episode. There is a way to work out and stay on your healthy lifestyle even if life puts an obstacle in your way. With Jennifer it was her stress fracture so instead of rolling over and saying that she couldn’t do anything, we found a new plan of attack and what an attack that was. That girl burned mad calories in that challenge and she blew up the scale in the weigh in.

The Black Team is definitely a force to be reckoned with and last night was no different. This team has come into their own and they are no longer going to settle for mediocrity. Antone is really coming around and to see him step it up for NFL week, even though it was definitely a humbling experience for him was great. Imagine, it wasn’t that long ago he would have been the football star to come in and work the contestants out. Now he is a contestant getting trained by the elite athlete. I think in the big picture it was just the motivation that he needed in week 3. He saw a glimpse into his future and he wants it again. I loved when we were doing that hard last chance workout and I asked him how he was doing and he said he loved it. That was exactly the answer I was looking for. Also, how about the Black Team victorious again at the weigh in. We pulled out some more amazing numbers. I love my team!!

So now for my final thought on the episode…..Don’t let obstacles in life hold you back from pursuing whatever it is that you want out of life. If you have an injury that is holding you back, find a new and effective way to workout. Get your diet ON POINT!! Take the steering wheel on the car of your life and drive it in the direction that YOU want. Never accept “no” or “I can’t” as an answer and, by all means, do whatever is in your power to change your direction if you don’t like where you are going. You can do it, what ever “IT” is if you just believe that you can and let NOTHING stand in your way…xoxo

I have been trying a lot of different things in my oatmeal recently… and LOVE this combo. Have you tried this? What do you put in your oatmeal?? xx..Bob



Ingredients

• ½ cup Oatmeal
• 1/3 – ½ cup water (maybe more, maybe less depending on your preference)
• Small apple, cored and cut into small cubes
• 2 tbsp chopped Almonds
• Dash Cinnamon

Procedure

• Combine dry oatmeal with chopped apple and almonds
• Pour hot water and stir
• Top with a dash of cinnamon