Couple Lost A Lot, but Not Enough to Win

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Teams compete for a $250,000 prize and a chance to be named "the biggest loser," as determined by the percentage of their weight they've lost. At the start of the season, Stacey Capers weighed in at 221 pounds, while her husband was at 340.

The couple spent a week on the show, exercising six to eight hours a day, eating right and participating in the first challenge, which consisted of hiking a mile of California terrain.

"After the first day, I was glad to still have air in my lungs; it was that intense," Stacey Capers said. "The bulk of the hike we did was on a steep incline, and I don't know if the camera effectively captured how steep the incline was."

Their efforts, however, weren't good enough. After Stacey Capers lost nine pounds and Adam dropped 19, they found themselves in the bottom two teams and then were voted off by the other contestants. Each episode represents about 10 to 12 days, and during that time it's not uncommon for people to drop as many as 30 pounds, especially the first week.

"We were frustrated because we had worked really, really hard," Stacey Capers said. "But I knew, when the [weight] numbers popped up, we'd be in the bottom."

Koops, who developed the show in 2004, said there are no diet pills or surgeries on the show. Contestants lose weight "the old-fashioned way," strictly with diet and exercise, he said.

Although the Capers left after week one, they practice what they learned. Stacey Capers said they work out at least two hours a day. "I love to hate" the StairMaster, but it has done wonders, she said. She can now walk up her neighborhood hill without getting winded. She also has not baked a cookie since the show was taped in May.

Because the couple will appear in the show's finale Dec. 16, they can't reveal their current weight. There was, however, an update after Tuesday's episode, which had Stacey Capers at 175 pounds and Adam at 286 pounds.

"We've figured out how to balance work, parenting and exercise," Stacey Capers said. "We are very happy with our results."

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