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"It&amp;#039;s safe to say the Black Team had the edge going into last night&amp;#039;s weigh-in, having scooped a 5lb advantage in the cooking challenge after impressing celebrity chef Curtis Stone with their nutritional and tasty menu. Unfortunately for them, their combined weight loss of 30lbs was overshadowed by the Blue Team&amp;#039;s big numbers and collective loss of 56lbs, meaning for the second week in a row the Black Team were forced to eliminate a member, and Sherry was given the boot with three votes out of five. We caught up with her to hear her thoughts on the experience. You were the second mom in a row to go home. Do you think it might have been an ageism thing? &amp;quot;Cheryl and I had a long talk about that. We kind of felt the younger people did their own thing together - we did too, and worked out a lot with them - but I knew they were very tight. We weren&amp;#039;t necessarily as strong in the challenges as the others. My plea was that I might not be as strong, but I can pretty much put my numbers up every week. I think they really went with what they thought was best in the challenge. If they could win the challenge, and maybe not have a disadvantage, it might be a great thing for the team as a whole. It may have been the age, but I&amp;#039;m proud to be the last mom standing!&amp;quot; You seemed to have a great relationship with Cheryl. Why did you hit it off? &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s just a great lady. We really hit it off as the last two moms. We really had a great relationship even before then and we were great workout buddies, being at kind of the same place, being both 51, and we pushed each other. We had a lot in common, our kids get along so well and are friends. We talk at least two or three times a week, and it&amp;#039;s nice to have that relationship because it keeps both of us motivated and encouraged even though we are miles and miles apart. I do have that with some of the others as well, but she said I became the sister she never had. I said, &amp;#039;I definitely agree, I have a sister but you can always have one more!&amp;#039;&amp;quot; When Ashley broke down about feeling pressure to take care of you, were you surprised? &amp;quot;I was a little surprised and not quite surprised. I didn&amp;#039;t realize how deeply she felt about taking care of me. As a mom, I thought I was taking more care of her, but she felt responsible - probably emotionally - to be there, and as a mom I was really delighted that she came to the realization that she doesn&amp;#039;t have to take care of me. I&amp;#039;m doing great and I would never do anything to hold her back. I want her to be able to fly and really soar and I think that&amp;#039;s the place where she realized it herself.&amp;quot; Did it also make you realize that you could do it on your own? &amp;quot;I think so. Early on when my husband died we all kind of grabbed on to each other, which I think is a normal response. My elder daughter had gotten married and moved out and Ashley felt like she was the last one at home and maybe it was her responsibility to take care of me. I think maybe she didn&amp;#039;t realize I could do it on my own. Sometimes you just fall into those habits and get into a relationship - even with children and especially in times of crisis - that maybe isn&amp;#039;t the healthiest. I think that&amp;#039;s one of the major things that happened that day for both us, and throughout the whole show we realized we are strong and can do it on our own.&amp;quot;  What have you been doing to maintain your weight loss at home? &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve continued doing what we do at the ranch - clean eating and working out. I actually went back to work as soon as I went home, so it&amp;#039;s challenging to try to continue to get all your workouts in, your food right and packed and work a full time job. But I&amp;#039;m showing it really can be done - you have to make a really strong effort to do it. Most of the time I get up around 4.30am and get to the gym for 5 to 7 then back home, showered and to work. Then I try to get another class in after work.&amp;quot;  What do you think about reports that Stephanie and Sam are in a relationship? &amp;quot;They are just as sweet as can be! The pink and purple team shared a suite so we got close very quickly sharing one bathroom! When Patti went home in week two, I started seeing the sparks then. I took her aside one day and said, &amp;#039;You know Steph, I want you to take this slow and not lose focus of why you are here. As your fill-in mom, I want to make sure you keep your head on straight and do well&amp;#039;. She really appreciated that and we had several talks about it. Sam is a really a sweet guy and has really stepped up. When you see them together you&amp;#039;ll see it!&amp;quot;  The Biggest Loser continues next Tuesday on NBC &amp;gt; Click here for our full recap of this week&amp;#039;s Biggest Loser "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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