The Method to His Madness

Some would call him crazy—“crazy like a fox” he’d argue as Paul Hansen channels his insane views on fitness to lead Tyler Arnold to the title of Biggest Loser

His is an exquisite madness. Intricate and baffling. Frustrating and confounding. Obsessive and compulsive. Sigmund Freud would simply have a field day parsing the inner workings of “Powerful” Paul Hansen, a man who may hold the key to who will be crowned The Biggest Loser.

Furious Jones’ Two Cents (unsolicited as usual)

Guest Columnist Nicholas Herschel Jones, weighs-in on “The Biggest Loser 2008″

Before I offer my prediction (admittedly a tardy one) of who will win this perverse yet undeniably amusing duel of unwanted belly fat, let me begin by acknowledging the great amount respect I have for both Mr. Arnold and Mr. Rengstorf. We could all use more friends like these two. Good luck, and Godspeed gentlemen!

As Diddy Says, “Vote or Die”

We at The Biggest Loser are excited to now be able to offer polls to take the pulse of the fans of Joe and Tyler. For our first poll, we’ll start with an easy one; let’s see if two weeks in we see a deviation from our original facebook poll.

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Tipping the Scales

Joe and Tyler come face to face and belly to belly at the first checkpoint to see who is leading The Biggest Loser

It came under the cover of darkness, without much warning to the participants, and nary a notice to the outside world, but the first weigh-in of The Biggest Loser: Joe vs. Tyler 2008 has occurred. Would the Olympia Obfuscator prevail in this initial intermediary showdown or would the Suquamish Slacker eschew his moniker and provide a performance which justifies his lead in the polls? We gathered with bated breath in the bathroom of “Powerful” Paul Hansen’s condo, surrounding the scale with feverish anticipation to find out who had shed the most so far.

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Has Joe Gone Astray?

Alarming news from the world of the Biggest Loser 2008, Joe Rengstorf, the early favorite to ascend to the heights of glory as the champion weight-shedder has reportedly fallen off the wagon. This is an unexpected event, as most of us know Rengy (pictured above in green) to be the embodiment of temperance. Despite his best efforts, the roommates who may prove to be his very undoing nipped at his achilles heel, promising him a night of revelry and booze. Who among us could resist that?

Joe described his moment of weakness as such:

True Confessions
I fell off the wagon last night for DSM’s birthday
I got wasted at Mike’s Chili Parlor and around 1 AM someone got a cab to go to the drive through at Taco Bell and bought like 30$ worth of food.
trouble.

Trouble indeed for young Rengstorf. Sadly, this may not be the last time Joe faces temptation and we wait to see if he can resume his chaste lifestyle and right his listing ship before Tyler takes a commanding lead.

The Initial Weigh-In

On a warm Sunday afternoon on the southern slope of Queen the tension in the air was palpable as Joe Rengstorf and Tyler Arnold stripped to their skivvies. No, the tension wasn’t high because of Paul Hansen’s latent homophobia–though that may have added to it a bit–the stakes seemed raised because of the swirling anticipation surrounding the initial weigh-in for (drum roll) “The Biggest Loser–Joe vs. Tyler 2008″!

Exchanging glowering glances as they sized each other up, Tyler and Joe with the assembled on-lookers crammed into the tiny condo bathroom to gather round the scale and take the full measure of each man. The 6’4″ Joe Rengstorf ambled over to the digital device which informed him he was 250 lbs of man meat. Next came the Obfuscator, a six-foot specimen tipping the scales at 251 lbs. So now the battle begins in earnest as the two men go their separate ways with Joe making his way to Moab for a week of mountain biking and Tyler heads back to Law School with the goal of working out his body as much as his brain.

Oh, It’s F@#king On

2 men. 10 weeks. Who will lose the most weight? Who will be crowned the Biggest Loser? Which man has the guts to lose the most gut?