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Lessons from Biggest Loser 8, Week 8
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The main lesson from Biggest Loser 8, Week 8, is to do what you can instead of focusing on what you can't do. The contestants are told they are going to Washington, D.C., to do everything they possibly can to help their fellow Americans lead happier, healthier lives.
At the Jefferson Memorial, it is announced that everyone will now be competing as individuals.
Challenge: Relying on others for your success
Daniel says that this will make everyone take ownership of their journey. Later, Jillian talks with Tracey about the choices she’s made in the game. “One day you won’t win the challenge,” Jillian tells her. “You have to stop playing games and do it the right way. You can control what happens by controlling yourself.”
Lesson: Your success depends on you and no one else. Even if you’re part of a group effort, you’re still responsible for your own actions.
Later, the contestants must recruit people to join in a public workout in front of the Washington Monument. The person who gets the most people to work out gets a prize.
Challenge: Selling yourself short
Amanda finds a group who recognize her from the finale. They get excited and start chanting her name. Liz says it’s hard to compete with Amanda and the other girls because they’re all so young and cute. In what may have been the funniest line of the show, Liz says, “I lost cute 30 years ago. Now I gotta do it on charm.” In the end, Liz wins, by one person. Apparently, she had more charm than she gave herself credit for. Later, Bob talks to Amanda about her meltdown with Jillian the week before. He tells her not to worry about things she can't control, like not being in the campus gym, and to focus instead on what she can control, like her eating. In this Trainer Tip video, Bob shows you how you can stay fit when you travel by using a staircase in place of a gym.
Lesson: Don’t be afraid to use what you have. There’s always another way if you put your mind to it.
In the elimination room, it comes down to Liz and Tracey. To no one’s surprise, the scheming Tracey is eliminated. Rebecca casts the deciding vote, saying that in the end, she doesn’t know what Tracey’s going to do. Tracey’s game play helped her get so far, but in the end it was her undoing. Everyone had sympathy for Tracey after she collapsed that first day, but it all changed to animosity when they saw the way she put competition ahead of compassion. That’s a lesson that needs no explanation.
To her credit, in Tracey’s after video, she is shown running that same mile that hospitalized her on the first day. Although she says the choices she made came back to haunt her and contributed to her elimination, she instead chooses to look at what she has accomplished, and focus on her progress, rather than her shortcomings. And that's a good lesson for everyone.
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