[selway]

I thought it was a hotel room (bed looked different) - but it did seem like she had a pile of bad food. Maybe they had to do their own grocery shopping for the week?

[ontarget]

The food and containers looked staged for the cameras after her binge.

[Candeka]

I thought the speech from Bob about Conda sounded scripted....

[ontarget]

I thought it sounded scripted, too.

[mariposssa]

Yeah. I thought it sounded like bs...they are trying to give her a better edit like Kim. Probably means she is in the final four.

[pam920]

the binge eating was definitely staged, as was the phone call. I thought they were cut off from everyone while on the ranch. That is why they look forward to rewards with video, phone calls from home, etc.

No redeeming Conda for me. The only good thing I can say about her is I like her new hair style and she looked pretty.

I was surprised that Kim kept talking and talking. Chris was leaving, not her.

[ringmaster]

it did look like Chris was in a hotel room. I thought maybe she ordered room service for the food. Maybe they all had access to phones then too... seems like "no contact with the outside world" rule has been thrown out this season... I noticed there hasn't been many challenges where they get phone calls or letters from home (think there was one in the beginning and that was it?)

[mariposssa]

Originally Posted by pam920

the binge eating was definitely staged, as was the phone call. I thought they were cut off from everyone while on the ranch. That is why they look forward to rewards with video, phone calls from home, etc.

No redeeming Conda for me. The only good thing I can say about her is I like her new hair style and she looked pretty.

I was surprised that Kim kept talking and talking. Chris was leaving, not her.

I thought the same thing about Kim. Chris got eliminated, but Kim sure made it ALL about her, didn't she? yikes. The food that Chris was eating...some of it seemed to be room service; but some of it was store brand--WM or Kroger--the same kind I have in my pantry. Interesting that a Biggest Loser contestant would have store brand PB in her room. How/where would she have gotten it?

ETA: interesting link about former contestants saying it was staged because of the peanut butter and the tape over the label of the mayo. AND, room service isn't allowed, either. hmmm If you go to this site there are some SPOILERS.
http://theashleysrealityroundup.com/...nge-was-staged

[MindiV]

I wondered when I saw the full jar of PB and the full jar of mayo. I figured it was a hotel, but didn't see how a hotel would bring full, new jars of the stuff to a room.

[ennay]

I noticed during the binge the brand name of the peanut butter was visible. Did Jif pay product placement? "The only PB to eat during a binge!!"

[cherrypie]

was Bob wearing jeans at the white house?

[QuilterInVA]

They actually have access to a full range of food and have to prepare their own meals. They can eat as much as they want whenever they want.

[mariposssa]

They prepare their own meals on the ranch. That binge was in a hotel room, in front of cameras, with a jar of mayo that had tape over the label and perfect lighting. TOTALLY staged.

[canadianwoman]

Originally Posted by MindiV

I wondered when I saw the full jar of PB and the full jar of mayo. I figured it was a hotel, but didn't see how a hotel would bring full, new jars of the stuff to a room.

They would not because the jars of pb and mayo a hotel has in it's kitchen would be HUGE in comparison to these jars and a hotel would get thier supplies from a food service company, not a local grocery store.

[canadianwoman]

Originally Posted by QuilterInVA

They actually have access to a full range of food and have to prepare their own meals. They can eat as much as they want whenever they want.

At the ranch, yes. In a hotel room, no.