Fat shows

[Metalcharm]

There seems to be a lot of fat shows on TV (mostly PayTV it seems) at the moment. Have you caught any of them?

On MTV there is the best one called I Used To Be Fat and I love this show. It takes fat kids, about 18 years old, and follows them for the summer before they go off to uni. They have a trainer who gives them info on all things healthy and for the most part these kids turn out great results. There was only one I saw that a boy lost his focus. I like this one because it's a very positive show . .there's no

Losing It on Channel Ten (I think??) on a Sunday afternoon has Jillian Michaels going into a family's home for a week and setting them straight on food and exercise. I find her a bit over the top at times but still I like the show and it keeps me focused on my own goals.

Lifestyle You is currently showing a Biggest Loser UK show on a Saturday morning.

And this week I caught a show called "Too Fat for 15" about a 'fat camp' in the US. They had given a young girl who was 33 stone from the UK a scholarship to the camp for a year. Over the time she lost 15 stone and was doing great - this was in about 2009. I googled her after the show to see how she was going and the poor thing is now 40 stone. FORTY stone. So sad. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... at-17.html

any other shows you know of?

[Metalcharm]

On MTV there is the best one called I Used To Be Fat and I love this show. It takes fat kids, about 18 years old, and follows them for the summer before they go off to uni. They have a trainer who gives them info on all things healthy and for the most part these kids turn out great results. There was only one I saw that a boy lost his focus. I like this one because it's a very positive show . .there's no

oops sorry, cut myself off there!

I ws going to say there's no voting off or any other negative tv drama associated with shows like the Biggest Loser. And it's all good wholesome advice that anyone can do.

[CronicBadger]

Comments at the end of that article about the 40 stone girl suggest she went back to her family and began eating rubbish again. Basically she is in a bad environment. I'd consider it a form of child abuse because she is in the care of people who are pushing her to an early grave.

[electrongirl]

There are SO many shows like that over here!!

Heavy
Too Fat for 15
I used to be Fat
Biggest Loser
that Jillian Micheals one
Extreme Maekover: Weightloss Edition

etc etc etc!