This week was the season finale of Diet Tribe. We saw 5 friends not only change their bodies, but also their mental toughness. It was all done in 90 days! The season finale of Diet Tribe was packed with drama, and of course, a happy ending.

Day 81: This is the last workout for the girls with trainer Jessie Pavelka. They have all become pretty close to Jessie, spending the last 3 months with him. That makes the girls a little sad, but they also realize how well they can do the workouts with Jessie’s help.

Day 83: Most of the girls have already lost their 30 pounds, so they are having trouble making their clothes fit. Time to shop! The girls go around trying on different jeans all fitting as they had hoped, unlike previous shopping trips where they had trouble and frustration.

Lydia said she started the diet at size 18, but leaves the store with size 12 jeans! 6 sizes in 80 days in 3 months is great.

Day 84: Morgan goes to meet with therapist Stacey Kaiser for a session. Last time she was asked to write down things she feared hearing from her mother, as well as what she wanted to hear.

You can tell Morgan is a lot stronger mentally.As they break through the real feelings are that she tells herself these things. Symbolic of her transformation they burn the paper of the negative things, and move on.

Day 85: After Morgan and Anna went rollerskating the first time with all the girls, they decided to commit to it every week since they enjoyed it so much. Sometime during their skating session, Morgan fell pretty bad. She ended up breaking her wrist. It requires surgery as well as putting 6-8 pins and plates in her arm. Ouch!

Jesse visited her to make sure she was doing well. Surprisingly she wasn’t beating herself up over it and seems very positive. It’s just another example of how far these women have come.

Day 86: On day 1, the girls ran a timed quarter mile, and the results weren’t very good. Many of the girls took over 2 minutes. But this time the girls were prepared. Morgan couldn’t run, but the other girls all improved their times. Shawna ran 25 seconds faster, Lydia ran 20 seconds faster, and Anna ran 55 seconds faster. Shawna and Lydia both finishing under 2 minutes.

That left one other person, Megan. Midway through the run she suffered an asthma attack and really broke down. After making sure she was okay, the girls helped her complete the rest of the challenge, as a group.

How does Lifetime manage to get so much drama?

Day 90: It’s time for makeovers and the final weigh-in. First the girls go get cut, colored and changed. They all look really different as they reveal the changes. Lydia’s biggest change is definitely the straight hair. Anna finally gets a cut after not getting one for several years, and you can tell. Shawna’s biggest change is simply her confidence as she strolls right in ready for weigh-in.

Final Weigh-In
Anna started at: 228 final: 193 total lost: 35 pounds
Shawna started at: 232 final: 196 total lost: 36 pounds
Lydia started at: 210 final: 179 total lost: 31 pounds
Megan started at: 218 final: 188 total lost: 30 pounds

The worst part of Morgan’s injury (besides the pain) was that she wasn’t able to get the makeover, or attend the final weigh-in. Instead they brought the weigh-in to her, busted arm and all.

Morgan started at: 292 final: 255 total lost: 37 pounds

What was really great about Morgan was that even though she wasn’t able to workout with the girls, she still lost weight from sticking to her diet.

Day 91: The girls celebrated their goals at Anna’s wedding. It was really nice and simple wedding and all the girls were glowing.

Is it time for a Diet Tribe 2?

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DietTribe from Lifetime, Episode 5: Season Finale

Day 70: Off to Las Vegas for Anna’s bachelorette party. The girls arrive at the Palazzo ready to let lose and take a few ‘cheat’ days or two. The room is a great suite, definitely a-list.

Day 71: After a gondola ride and a bit of gambling the girls have a night out. Getting dressed and ready to go out everyone notices Lydia’s confidence is way up. She even gets a call from her new friend Michael before they go out.

The diet tribe heads over to the Canyon Grill for some healthy meals. The chef brings out a tasting of about 6 appetizers, each range from 70 to 185 calories. The entree’s then range from 315 calories to 360. The girls get some delicious meals and not breaking their diet… until…

Chippendales! It wouldn’t be a bachelorette party without strippers. Anna gets her first experience of male strippers and even gets dragged up on stage. A night of drinking and dancing after that, except for Anna and Morgan who go back to the hotel early.

Day 72: At 7:30 AM Jessie Pavelka wakes up the girls. Most of them had just gone to bed 1-2 short hours before. Jessie woke up the girls for something special, not the workout they expected. He took them to climb a 40 ft rock wall.

Each of the girls had their own fears about climbing the wall. First up was Megan who we all know is afraid of heights. She climbs up the wall fairly easy, which inspires the rest of the girls. Anna who is also afraid of heights climbs the wall a bit shaky, but makes it. Lydia then does the 40 ft rock wall. Morgan, the heaviest girl in the tribe, nearly makes it to the top before calling it quits. Shawna’s fear of falling almost keeps her from completing this task, but she gets it together and makes it to the top.

Day 73: A therapy session with Stacey Kaiser brings up the previous day. I suppose they have to throw in the ‘therapy sessions’ to make it Lifetime quality, but it just seems kind of corny. However, you can tell the girls are maturing with the things they say. Morgan was able to put not climbing the wall behind her, saying “Just because I couldn’t do it this time, doesn’t mean I won’t be able to next time.”

Day 76: It’s time for the weigh-in already, with the girls nervous as ever.

Weigh-in results:

Lydia 7 pounds (23 pounds total)
Anna 6 pounds (20 pounds total)
Morgan 7 pounds (30 pounds total)
Anna 8 pounds total (29 pounds total)
Shawna 10 pounds (29 pounds total)

Since many of the girls have already reached their goals, or are one pound away, they’ve each set a personal goal. For the final 14 days Morgan, Anna, and Shawna each have a goal to lose an additional 7 pounds.

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DietTribe from Lifetime, Episode 4 Recap

Day 43: Lydia’s party gave the girls a really great time, maybe too good of a time. It gave the girls a great self esteem boost with all their friends compliments. Especially with the guys checking them out (Lydia got a phone number!). You can tell they are carrying themselves differently with their 10-15 pound weight losses.

With all of the fried food and drinks, the girls did get to indulge a bit. It wasn’t so much the food that was a problem, it was the drinking. Shawna took it a little too far.

Day 44: The girls knew they were going to have a big day. However, Shawna was hungover and unable to participate in the challenge.

Arriving at Los Angeles Coliseum trainer Jessie Pavelka informs the girls that they would be climbing around 3,000 steps and must complete the feat in 45 minutes time. Morgan and Annie initially had a bad attitude, but Megan rallied the troops even though she was afraid of heights. With only a few struggles the girls completed the challenge in 44 minutes.

Here is a video of the Coliseum Challenge, courtesy of MyLifetime.com:

Day 47: This segment was pretty funny actually. The girls, looking for fun ways to exercise, decided to go to a roller skating rink. I’m not sure about the choice of short shorts, but it gave the girls something constructive and enjoyable to do.

However, Shawna keeps the ‘tribe’ down again with her bad attitude. Shawna is the personal trainer, who was doing that only a short year and a half ago. After money troubles and a bad boyfriend she lost her motivation for fitness. We all have our hard times, so I can definitely relate.

Day 52: Another fun and well interesting way the girls chose to exercise outside of the gym was to take a Strip For Fit class. After the initial shyness, some of the girls got into it. Morgan and Megan were deemed the “sexy” ones, while Lydia called herself goofy.

Day 56: After Morgan continued to explore her mother issues with psychotherapist Stacy Kaiser, they all tried a group exercise.

When they first showed the girls on this scene, I thought it would be kind of a filler, but it actually was fun to watch and you could view how they all would react. Each girl would go on stage and portray one of their friends in the group. The girls said they were all exaggerated, but accurate. Right on cue, Shawna of course gets mad and has yet another issue. It’s very interesting to see the one who was physically fit before, is having such a hard time with this process.

Day 58: Two days before the next way in, the girls go dress shopping again. This time the results are completely different. From the way they carry themselves to the way the dresses fit, it’s different from 37 days earlier. Anna chooses some red brides maid dress for the girls, which they are all happy with and seem to work for all of the girls, no drama this time!

Day 60: This day starts with some of the girls stating their disappointments thus far, however that seems to be erased after the third weigh-in.

Weigh-in results:

Megan 5 pounds (total 15)
Anna 6 pounds (total 21)
Shawna 5 pounds (total 19)
Lydia 4 pounds (total 16)
Morgan 9 pounds (total 23)

Morgan the had the lowest weight loss last weigh-in at only 3 pounds, loses a big 9 pounds! Way to go Morgan!

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DietTribe from Lifetime, Episode 3 Recap

This show is a bit more realistic than NBC’s The Biggest Loser in that it doesn’t expect, nor force, the women on the show to drop ridiculous amounts of weight in short periods of time. 10 lbs a month for 3 months is a very realistic, although somewhat modest, goal. I suppose it’s to reinforce lifetime, no pun intended, habits and skills to combat their lifelong weight issues. They also follow them around their daily lives, not just on some secluded ranch. It’s definitely geared towards the women of the world and not the masses. But, I for one, can relate to some of their issues.

The best friends Lydia Moody, Megan Stewart, Morgan Lancaster, Shawna McClellan, and Anna Lloyd weighed in at 210, 218, 292, 232, and 228 pounds respectively. Each with the goal to lose 30 pounds.

After episode one the weight loss is as follows:

Morgan 11 pounds
Anna 9 pounds
Lydia 7 pounds
Shawna 7 pounds
Megan 5 pounds

Diet Tribe Episode 2 Recap
Day 21: 21 days into the workouts, the girls are feeling the heat. Turning up the workouts, increasing the reps, and working out 5 days week some of the women are breaking down a bit.

Anna is getting married so they take some time to go bridesmaid dress shopping. After some of the dresses don’t fit, Shawna continues to break down emotionally until the girls pick her up and comfort her. I couldn’t imagine the frustration she must feel with working so hard, and her dress size not fitting. Very discouraging!

Day 25: On day 25 the girls go into their group therapy session and discuss the different things going on in the group. How doing this as a group of friends can effect them positively and negatively. They also discuss the problems Shawna is having.

Anna sat down with a private session with Stacy Kaiser to break down really why she gained the weight. She had a hard time being comfortable with her body at a young age. Talking with Stacy she reveals being sexually assaulted and getting that unwanted attention from older men.

Day 31: Jesse takes the girls from the gym to the football field. Football will give them a full body workout, maybe even better than the gym can at this point. Jumping jacks, up downs, monkey rolls, and some agility courses got the girls moving and looking like they were having fun, until Morgan twister her ankle going through the tires. With Morgan on the sidelines the girls get to play football. Finishing off the day with 40 yard dashes.

Before weigh-ins Morgan does a personal session with the psychiatrist. She felt her weight gain was influenced by her mother and the relationship that they shared.

Day 35: The second weigh-in results:

Anna 6 pounds (total 15 pounds)
Lydia 5 pounds (total 12 pounds)
Megan 5 pounds (total 10 pounds)
Morgan 3 pounds (total 14 pounds)
Shawna 7 pounds (total 14 pounds)

At this rate the girls are all on pace to get drop that 30 pounds. Watching the girls deal with their weight through diet, exercise, and therapy has been impressive thus far.

Photo credits: Lifetime Television

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DietTribe from Lifetime, Episode 1 and 2 Recap