Jer-Bear is my new Hero

Jerry from the Team of Jerry and Estella on The Biggest Loser is my new hero. He’s completely changed his life since leaving the Biggest Loser ranch. While I am not the biggest fan of the Biggest Loser, I did get hooked into this season of it (I tried watching last season but the people were just ICK). The people this season are more compelling and supportive of each other.

Last night’s weigh in was just brutal. Even Allison cried. I honestly thought Joelle was on her way home. However, it was Jerry and Daniel who fell below the yellow line. Both of these guys needed to be at the ranch. I couldn’t even imagine how tough it was to choose Jerry to go home, but I liked Ron’s reasoning. Ron said that Daniel has never been thin his whole life and he doesn’t have the support at home, where Jerry has been thin and he’s got the support of his family. Jerry was just so gracious and cool about the decision. And he was supportive of Daniel.

I think one of the most telling things is that Joelle felt horrible about the fact that it happened the way it did. She knew she didn’t deserve to be there. Hopefully that idea will motivate her to do better so that if she does get voted off early on, it’s at least on terms that she can live with.  

But back to Jerry. Jerry has done so well since he came home and he’s lost 84 lbs. He didn’t even look the same!  And it was great to see how active he was with his grandchildren and family.