Probably, each of us stealthily watches some popular show, but is embarrassed to tell friends and colleagues about it. When I ask my friends what shows they watch, they say they hate TV. Where, then, do these programs have a million views?
In the US TV show My 600lb Life is wildly popular. All due to the fact that there are many people suffering from obesity. Each episode, the hosts find a person who gets liposuction, and then they put him on a special diet and make him do exercises.
The show promotes a healthy lifestyle, and its creators unanimously repeat that all participants were satisfied. However, is it really so?
My 600-lb Life started out as a big flop. First patient Jonathan Novzaradana, the surgeon who appears in the program, has become Rene Williams. The woman weighed 382 kilograms. Specialists refused her an operation to remove it, because they were afraid for her life.
This did not stop Rene, so she began to look for a doctor who would decide on this. Jonathan agreed to perform the liposuction, and his son documented the process and recorded everything on video.
From the collected materials, the first issue was obtained. Unfortunately, the patient died 12 days after the operation due to cardiac arrest. But the show went on. A similar story happened to another contestant on the show, Robert Bushel.
Each issue of the main characters is accompanied by their spouses. The creators play on the feelings of the viewer, so they like to exploit the theme of the family. But after the end of the show, families often break up.
For example, Christina Phillips lost 223 kilograms thanks to the show. Her husband Zach and remained fat. The couple began to nag each other: the husband envied his wife, the wife hated her husband. And this is not the only case.
Susan Farmer became so fanatical about losing weight that she began to lose weight before the start of the show. Before traditional liposuction, she managed to lose 45 kg. Excessive stress, coupled with surgery, crippled her health.
The woman was paralyzed. Fortunately, she proved to be strong and stubborn. After a couple of months, she still got on her feet. But the damage to health was enormous.
The audience wonders how fat men can feed themselves. They live in beautiful houses and eat for ten. Of course they receive disability benefits, the show also sponsors them. But still.
It turns out that many fat participants in the show post personal intimate photos for money on sites for perverts. Exotic entertainment, however.
Another nasty side of the show can be called ostentatiousness. Some participants admitted that the hosts of the show pay them extra for scenes with humiliation. If the big guy agrees to shoot in the shower or pool, then he receives an additional fee.
« I was very embarrassed by the scenes in which I was washed. But I firmly decided that I would lose weight for my children, and the extra money did not hurt. I also planned to spend them on my sons. However, it was ugly"- says Michelle.
Some contestants don't even understand why they came to the My 600-lb Life show. So, Penny did not lose, but even gained weight by the end of the show. After the operation, she, of course, lost some weight, but after that she flatly refused diet and exercise. The result is obvious.
The surgeon from the show has already been sued twice for poor-quality operations. The first lawsuit was filed in 2012 Nicole Boat, the woman stated that Dr. Novzaradan left a piece of the tube inside her. The doctor's lawyers agreed with Nicole, and she agreed to compensation.
The second lawsuit was filed by another participant in the program at the end of 2017. The trial has not ended yet.
Weight loss is a topic that is of interest to a lot of people. It is not strange that it becomes the subject of many programs and reality shows that attract thousands of viewers to the screens. The advantages of such shows are that they not only entertain us, but also motivate us to lose weight, provide an opportunity to learn a lot of useful things about training, diets and other aspects of proper and healthy weight loss. We have collected best programs about weight loss, which will be useful for you too.
Foreign broadcasts
"Extreme Transformation: Weight Loss Program"
The show has been out since 2011. It has now released six seasons. The host is coach Chriss Powell. The transmission scenario is the same every time. A person, whose weight is usually 150 kg or more, addresses a letter to the presenter. Then Chris Powell flies to him and begins the rescue of the hero. Man with overweight is sent for a medical examination, and at this time the show team is working on converting the hero's house into a gym.
For three months, the participant receives a task from the leader to lose 40-70 kilograms of weight. Three months later, a new goal appears. After nine months, the hero gets rid of excess weight, and then his skin, sagging as a result of weight loss, is tightened surgically. A year later, we can see the same person in a completely new form, and this transformation is really shocking.
"Lost the most weight"
Two teams of fat participants are recruited. For a certain period of time, they train, adhere to proper nutrition and perform various tasks. Control weighings take place regularly, according to the results of which the person who has lost the least weight leaves the project. At first, the competition takes place between teams, but then each participant fights only for himself, regularly exercising with a coach.
Every week, the two people who lose the least weight go home. This show is extremely popular in the USA. It has been coming out since 2004, and for many fat people it has become a salvation and an opportunity to return not only visual attractiveness, but also physical health. There are versions of the transmission in other countries - Great Britain, Australia, Russia, Ukraine. The Russian version is called “Weighted People”, the Ukrainian version is called “Weighted and Happy”.
"Two Centners of Love"
The American show "Two Centners of Love" has been released since 2011. It was hosted by actress Sara Rue, who herself was fat in the past, and she had to put in a lot of effort to regain her normal shape. In this show, she tries to pass on her experience to other fat people.
Nine overweight couples in love who naturally want to lose weight are selected to participate. The weight of most of the participants exceeds the bar of 100 kilograms. Sarah Rue herself, as well as professional fitness trainers, helps them fight overweight. For three months, couples actively train and diet. And the couple who coped best with being overweight will have a surprise in the form of a luxurious wedding at the end of the project.
"I was fat"
American show, launched in 2010. The heroines of this project were high school students who are overweight, who really want to lose weight and are ready to switch to proper nutrition and play sports. Each episode, lasting 60 minutes, tells the story of a girl who won excess weight. Before that, trainers, nutritionists, doctors and other specialists work with them for three months.
Most girls before the project weigh more than 100 kilograms, and then lose weight to quite normal parameters. They run the show during the three months of their summer break between high school and college, and each episode ends with them beginning their studies in a new location. A lot of tears and sweat are shed, but then each of the participants can proudly and boldly say the phrase "I WAS fat."
Russian broadcasts
"Wedding Size"
The host of this weight loss project is Anita Tsoi, who once lost weight well. The show started in 2015 on the Russian TV channel Domashny. The project, by the way, became a finalist of the British PromaxUK competition in the nominations "Best Reality TV Promo" and "Best Wedding Promo".
Program participants are couples who have been together for ten years. During such a time, of course, a lot can change, including the dimensions of both partners. At the beginning of the show, they show the difference between what the spouses were before the wedding, and what they have become now. Now their goal is to return their “before” parameters, in which experts in the field of fitness, nutrition, cosmetology and so on help them. The participants have to make a lot of efforts, but, having achieved results, they all claim that they are incredibly satisfied with them, and that along with the physical form, much in their family relationships also changes for the better.
"I am losing weight"
For several seasons, the popular reality show "I'm Losing Weight" has been broadcast on the Russian NTV channel. It is attended by overweight people who really want to lose weight and improve the quality of their lives, and so that the lost kilograms never come back.
Each episode of the program tells the story of one hero who shares with the audience how he managed to lose weight, what he did for this, and what difficulties he had to face.
“Now you are in the subject”
Fitness reality show channel BodyMania, which has been successfully running for the second season. The main goal of the participants is competition. For guys - physique and fitness bikini for girls. In the second season, amazing prizes await participants, including the most important one - a trip to Las Vegas to the most significant show in the world of fitness and bodybuilding, Mr. Olympia.
The project gives an opportunity to strong and purposeful people to prepare themselves for competitions. Participants also get a lot of useful experience by communicating with fitness industry professionals. Thanks to professional help and support from sponsors, each hero has the opportunity to become a participant in the competition and even win them. Unlike other programs, this reality show will be more interesting not to those who want to lose weight, but to those who have already approached more or less professional level doing sports.
"Big changes"
The first reality show in Russia about girls who came to gym with a dream to lose weight, broadcast on the Yougifted channel. During the selection, participants Dasha and Nadya were selected, whose coach was Maria Shinkevich, under whose supervision all their classes were held. At the end of the project, the girls demonstrate really “big changes” that have happened to them. By the way, it will be useful to know the training and nutrition program for losing weight participants, which you will find below.
Nutrition program
Everyone can use the fitness training program for themselves. It includes the following:
- 15 minutes of running on a treadmill with a heart rate of no more than 140 beats per minute.
- 10 minutes warm-up for joints.
- Half an hour of strength training, which will include both the repetition of familiar exercises and the development of new ones. Strength training includes exercises for the buttocks and legs, working out the muscles of the back, exercises for the muscles of the chest and exercises for the abs. Exercises are performed in 3-4 sets of 12-20 times.
Participants are offered four or five meals a day. You can choose one of the suggested options.
- Oat flakes on the water without sugar with the addition of fruits.
- Low-fat cottage cheese with berries.
- Low-fat cottage cheese pancakes.
- White chicken meat with a side dish in the form of buckwheat or stewed vegetables.
- Steamed turkey or chicken cutlets with a side dish of stewed vegetables.
The topic of losing weight excites many, both women and men. Some, in order to lose weight, look for a certain motivation in the examples of others. For example, through special channels on YouTube or on TV shows.
Moreover, there are a lot of motivating programs about losing weight on television. One of them is " extreme makeover with Chris Powell. In the US, this reality show is on the TLS channel. You will learn about this TV show, and many others like it from this material.
Show "Extreme transformation"
The weight loss program for the participants of the show is based on a number of principles that absolutely everyone can follow. On American TV, "Extreme Weight Loss with Chris Powell" is the most famous show for those who want to lose weight.
The project started in 2011 and is ongoing. Its host is professional trainer Chris Powell. All releases are built on the same principle:
The key task of such a show is to help those who do not consider themselves, but really are fat. It is known that obesity is a national problem in the United States, which is why Chris Powell created a special workout that helps to quickly burn fat. fat mass. Not only the participants of the show, but also its viewers can try to lose weight in this way.
The program "Extreme Weight Loss" consists of several stages and approved by the US Institute of Health and Longevity. The first stage is the passage of a complete medical examination, receiving individual recommendations on nutrition, a trial workout.
Then the training continues right at the house of the hero of the show. In the first three months, the coach lives at his house and monitors compliance with the program. He also studies how households relate to changes, communicates with them and gives advice.
If the participant has successfully passed each stage, he receives a certain reward. His wish will be fulfilled depending on how hard he worked, and this is a great motivation.
At the end of the program, the organizers arrange a grand party in honor of the participant, where guests evaluate the result of losing weight both visually and the last weighing is carried out.
world weight loss shows
However, "Extreme Makeover" is not the only show about fat people. Programs of this format are popular all over the world. The list of the world's most rated is presented below.
A popular reality show is "Lost the Most". Anyone who is obese can become a member. The idea behind the project is:
In the US, this program has been on television since 2004 and still enjoys steady popularity. Thanks to her, many people not only regain their attractiveness, but also their health. In other countries, there are local versions of this show on TV. So, the Russian version is on the STS channel called "Weighted People", and the Ukrainian version is on the STB channel, and is called "Weighted and Happy".
"Two centners of love" and "I was fat"
Broadcast "Two Centners of Love" has been on American television since 2011. Its host is actress Sara Rue, who at one time successfully managed to lose weight, while putting a lot of effort into it. In the show, she shares it with others.
Participants of the show are chosen by 9 couples in love, suffering from excess weight and dreaming of losing weight. Their weight is from 100 kg and more. In the fight, Sara Rue actively helps the participants along with professional fitness trainers. Couples actively train and diet for 3 months. The couple that achieves the most significant results at the end of the project receives a gift - a luxurious wedding.
Another transfer - "I was fat", also American and has been on television since 2010. Her heroines are overweight high school students who want to lose weight. To this end, they eat right and exercise. Each episode of the reality show runs for an hour and is dedicated to the story of a certain girl who defeated obesity. Nutritionists, doctors, trainers and other specialists work on each participant.
Many of the participants before participating in the project weigh 100 kg or even more, and in the process of training they lose weight to acceptable parameters. They are on the show for 3 months during their summer break between high school and college. Each graduation ends with graduation and the start of college.
Russian counterparts
There are also on Russian television their own projects dedicated to the fight against excess weight, which can be viewed without translation in Russian.
For example, reality TV "Wedding Size" has been on the Domashny channel since 2015. Its host is the singer Anita Tsoi, who at one time successfully overcame her excess weight.
Its members are married couples who have been married for a long time. Naturally, since the wedding, both partners have significantly gained weight. So, at the beginning of each new series, the difference between wedding photos and how the characters look at the moment is shown. They set a goal - to return the "wedding" parameters. They are actively helped to do this by fitness trainers, cosmetologists, nutritionists and other specialists.
Return to former form participants cost a lot of effort, as a result they not only get excellent physical form, but also, according to them, their family relationships change significantly for the better.
"I'm losing weight" on NTV
The reality show "I'm Losing Weight" has been going on for several seasons. Its participants are overweight people who not only want to get rid of it, but also reconsider their lives so as not to return to it ever again.
Each issue is dedicated to one hero who tells his story of losing weight, he lists what he did for this, and what problems and difficulties he had to face along the way.
The specialized fitness reality show has been running for several seasons and has a competitive nature. The most successful ones end up with great prizes, the most important of which is a trip to Las Vegas to the large-scale fitness and bodybuilding show Mr. Olympia.
Thanks to the project, motivated people of both sexes are able to make their dreams come true and take part in a specialized fitness competition. They acquire useful experience and interact a lot with fitness professionals.
Compared to other profile shows, here the participants are not those who suffer from excess weight, but those who aspire to play professional sports.
"Big changes"
This show Russian production dedicated to girls who come to the gym and want to get the perfect figure. Under the supervision of a coach, they practice and, as a result, demonstrate their changes.
For the participants of the project, a special program workouts and diet, which are presented below.
Training is available to everyone and looks like this:
- running for 15 minutes, while the pulse does not exceed 140 beats per minute;
- do a warm-up for the joints for 10 minutes;
- do it within half an hour strength training. It includes exercises for the legs and buttocks, for the press, for pectoral muscles and working out the muscles of the back.
All exercises should be performed 12-20 times in 3-4 sets.
As for dietary nutrition, participants are encouraged to eat 4 or 5 times a day. The ratio might look something like this:
- for breakfast - a choice of low-fat cottage cheese with berries, cheesecakes based on low-fat cottage cheese or oatmeal with fruit without sugar;
- for lunch - chicken fillet with stewed vegetables or buckwheat porridge, or steamed chicken or turkey cutlets with stewed vegetables;
- for dinner - vegetable salad with olive oil and lemon juice, seafood or chicken fillet with vegetables.
Between main meals snacks allowed consisting of the following products:
- green apples;
- egg whites;
- low-fat cottage cheese;
- vegetable salad.
Of course, television shows dedicated to successful experience weight loss, can not give a universal recipe for everyone. However, from them you can learn a lot of interesting things for yourself, and they can also perfectly motivate those who have not yet begun their long journey to action. perfect figure and beauty.
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The author's program of Fekla Tolstoy(Russia, 2011). 8 series.
Producer: Alexander Zamyslov
Scenario: Andrey Rubanov
Operators: Pavel Sergeev, Evgeny Podgorodnichenko, Dmitry Greshnov
Actors Irina Rozanova and Viktor Rakov take part in the film.
1st series. "Peter Andreevich". Pyotr Andreevich is not the first of the Tolstoy family, but the most prominent of them in the 18th century. It is from him that today's Tolstoys consider kinship. He began his dizzying career as an enemy of the young Tsar Peter, continued as his closest associate and high-ranking nobleman, and ended as a prisoner of the Solovetsky Monastery.
2nd series. "Alexander Ivanovich" Alexander Ivanovich Osterman-Tolstoy - general of infantry, adjutant general of Emperor Alexander I, hero Patriotic War 1812. After the accession to the throne of Nicholas I, Osterman-Tolstoy went abroad. He died in Geneva, where he was buried. However, three months later, by order of the tsar, the ashes of the hero were sent to Russia. Where his remains are now is unknown.
3rd series. "Fyodor Ivanovich" Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy is an adventurer, duelist, gambler and, at the same time, one of the most educated people of his time. "An extraordinary, criminal and attractive person," Leo Tolstoy would later say about him.
Fraudulently, he got on the sloop "Nadezhda" and became a member world travel. It was after this that Fedor Ivanovich received the nickname "American". He entered and Russian history, and in Russian literature - as a prototype of many of its heroes.
4th series. "Maria Nikolaevna" Maria Nikolaevna is the beloved sister of Leo Tolstoy. It was her difficult fate that he put at the heart of the plot of "Anna Karenina", she became one of the prototypes of the main character. But unlike the novel, the story of Maria Nikolaevna had a different ending. Once, as a girl, she heard a strange phrase from an Optina elder: "Masha - you will be ours." A few decades later, the prophecy came true - she became a nun of the Shamorda monastery. It was to her that Lev Nikolaevich went when on November 10, 1910 he left Yasnaya Polyana.
5th series. "Sofya Andreevna Jr." Sofya Andreevna is the granddaughter of Lev Nikolaevich. In the Tolstoy family, it is customary to call her "younger", so as not to be confused with her grandmother - the wife of the writer Sofya-Andreevna Sr. She married Sergei Yesenin. But they did not live together for long. After his death in 1925, Sofya Andreevna Jr. completely subordinated her life to the past. She became the guardian of the legacy of her husband, and then her grandfather.
6th series. "Alexandra Lvovna". Alexandra Lvovna is Tolstoy's beloved daughter. It was to her that he told about his plans to leave Yasnaya Polyana. And it was she who closed his eyes at the Astapovo station. At 45, Alexandra Lvovna will leave Russia forever, and at 57, she will begin the main work of her life - the creation of the Tolstoy Foundation.
7th series. "Aleksey Nikolaevich" Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy - famous writer, student of Vyacheslav Ivanov, "red count". After several years of exile, he returned to Soviet Union and perfectly fit into the new, socialist reality.
In the Tolstoy family, the attitude towards this figure is ambiguous - there is even a version that he is not related to the family of the great writer.
8th series. "Big Dynasty" Leo Tolstoy had 13 children. Now the descendants of the writer, his great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren - about three hundred people. They live in Russia, France, Italy, Sweden, Czech Republic, USA. Once every two years they come to Yasnaya Polyana for family conventions organized by the great-great-grandson of the writer Vladimir Ilyich Tolstoy.
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Here are some.
Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Program
"Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Program" documented how eight brave heroes suffering overweight managed to completely change its appearance. They decided to lose half their weight within a year without harming their health.
From this program, I got hooked on all these programs. For a year, very fat people, under the guidance of a coach, lose 100 kilograms or more. The programs are individual, but the approach is the same: the year is divided into semesters, for each of them a goal is set (to lose weight by so much), if it turns out, the patient receives a dream come true as an encouragement (parachute jump, song or something else).
At the end of the year, there will be a final weigh-in, to which all relatives and relatives are invited. Be sure to include a “before” photo in order to evaluate the “after” results in contrast. Very cool transmission! It's been a few seasons and I'd love to watch more. I signed up on Facebook for the darling trainer Chris Powell and his wife (yes, she helps him in almost every episode). Their slender photos are good motivators!
I am losing weight
The project "I'm losing weight!" is dedicated to the struggle of a person with excess weight and invites the heroes to change their lives for the better, starting with themselves and taking care of their appearance.
Each release of the project is a story of the transformation of one of the participants, at the end of which the audience will find out whether the hero managed to make his dream come true or at least come closer to fulfilling his desire.
In the fourth season, heroes are expected unique techniques weight loss! After all, to put on a fashionable swimsuit, it is enough for some to lose a couple of kilograms, while for others, an operation to reduce the volume of the stomach is vital.
Viewers will learn about the bread diet and the special diet for the sweet tooth, as well as what healthy fast food is, what foods age us, and how you can lose three kilograms a week on red fish.
The team of the best nutritionists of the country takes part in the project. They have thousands of clients and tons of dropped kilograms! Program trainer Yulia Kostyushkina will explain why a diet without sports is a waste of time and nerves. Chef Kirill Golikov (he fed Madonna herself with his diet cutlets!) will clearly show how to reduce the calorie content of your favorite dishes. And the stars - Anastasia Volochkova, Mitya Fomin, Nikita Presnyakov - will not only tell the secrets of their attractiveness, but also help our heroes gain confidence in themselves.
Live - Record weight loss
The famous figure skater of the Russian national team is actually dying of hunger. Six months ago, Yulia Antipova successfully performed at the World Championships in figure skating, took first place in international tournaments she was predicted for the future Olympic champion, but today she is in the hospital with severe anorexia. The girl weighs only 25 kilograms.
Relatives say what is deadly dangerous weight loss is the result of hard training. Journalist Inessa Rasskazova was one of the first to sound the alarm about the state of health of the champion, and conducted her own investigation. Who brought Julia to anorexia? Inessa Rasskazova in the studio "Live".
Lose excess weight
Coach Jesse Povelka uses a lot of the same techniques as Chris Powell. The show airs in England and Australia.
Wanted - lost weight
How do American teenagers lose weight. They are given rather strict conditions - to lose 20, 30 kg in 70 or 90 days (usually this is the summer before college). And everyone succeeds!
Of course, I do not welcome this approach to sudden weight loss, but the result is “obvious and on the stomach” - everyone is noticeably slimmer! Probably, a young organism can endure such a regimen without serious consequences for good health.
Of course, their programs are not revealed to the audience, but you can guess approximately: healthy eating, lots of greens, counting proteins, most often no more than 1000 calories per day; sports daily. In one of the recently watched episodes, the girl Maya worked out for 10 hours in the gym, and her obligatory norm was to shake 7000 calories.
I weigh 300 kilograms
How do people with "paranormal" weight lose weight. They are generally faced with the question of survival. The horrifying spectacle of extra pounds and operations to remove part of the stomach shows on real examples what you can’t bring yourself to.
Who slams the refrigerator door
Hidden cameras are installed in the hero’s house, detectives are watching him - all this in order to clearly show the person that his problems with being overweight are associated exclusively with overeating. And they show it in a very accessible and understandable way.
Principles healthy eating are mentioned in passing, the main thing here is to show that a person himself does not notice how much he eats. What is worth only a table packed to the eyeballs with harmful foods eaten in a week! I was impressed by this program, especially one of the episodes where a woman could not figure out why she was gaining weight, and after filming she was shown that only on snacks and food samples while cooking for her relatives she gained up to 700 calories!
weighted people
The show "Weighted People" on STS is the first Russian analogue of the world-famous reality project The Biggest Loser, which was released on American television back in 2004. The program has long turned into a worldwide hit, which is filmed in 25 and broadcast in 90 countries around the world.
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American reality TV program "Thintest"
Shows about weight loss
“The thinner one” since 2011 has been successful among viewers and project participants for 6 seasons. The host of the program is coach Chris Powell. Candidates weighing at least 150 kg are selected to participate in the show. To become a participant in the program, a candidate must submit an application. After the applicant passes a medical examination, he becomes a participant in the project and a gym will be equipped in his apartment. The participant is assigned the first goal for the next three months - to reduce weight by a certain number of kilograms (depending on the starting weight of the participant in the program). Every three months, the participant is given new tasks.
TV show for fat people
TV show for fat people
TV show for fat people who want to lose weight team competition. Participants are divided into two groups, the classes of which take place in a competitive mode. Training, diet are given at the start to both teams are the same. Competitors are regularly weighed during the competition. If one of the participants does not fulfill the weight loss norm for a certain period, then he is suspended from participation in a further competition. After thinning out the participants, the competition goes to new stage when each of the team members is fighting for his personal result. By the end of the competition, only those participants who have successfully lost weight at all stages of the competition remain in the teams.
Show "Two Centners of Love"
Show "Two Centners of Love"
The show "Two Centners of Love", hosted by actress Sara Rue. She herself was a fat woman in the past, made a lot of efforts to get rid of extra pounds, so she took part in a TV show with a great desire to help the participants.
"Wedding Size"
Show "Wedding Size"
An analogue of the Russian TV show "Wedding Size", hosted and inspired by famous singer Anita Tsoi. The project "Wedding Size" entered the finals of the UK competition, which was held in the nomination "Best entertainment promo".
«>Show "Wedding Size"
Coaches, nutritionists, specialists in nutrition came to the aid of the reality show participants. healthy lifestyle life. After putting in a lot of effort, the couples were pleased with the results. They claimed to have returned to youth not only in a physical sense, but also gained a powerful momentum in their relationship.
TV show "I was fat"
Show "I was fat"
TV show "I Was Fat" is an American television program that was released on TV screens in 2010. Participants could be high school graduate girls with a weight of at least 100 kg.
«>Show "I was fat"
The main motivation is the desire to lose weight
The TV show lasts an hour, in which one of the project participants tells her story of victory over excess weight. The project was launched so that the girls participate in it during the transition from senior year to college. This period lasts three months and falls on the summer holidays. For three months, the girls worked out under the supervision of a coach, ate according to a strict diet, and doctors monitored their health. A lot of sweat and tears were shed by each participant of the project before they could say about themselves: "I was fat."
"I am losing weight"
Transfer "I'm losing weight"
The reality show "I'm Losing Weight" has been released on the Russian NTV channel for several seasons. The project involved people who had an irresistible desire to lose weight and improve their lives so that the lost kilograms would never come back. Each issue of the program is a story about one of the participants in the reality show, who tells what difficulties he had to overcome so that the weight began to decrease and his dream finally came true.
"Big changes"
"Big Change" on TV
The Russian reality show "Big Changes" is a project about girls who decide to go in for fitness in order to lose weight. As a result of the selection of candidates, the girls Masha and Dasha became participants in the project. All classes were supervised by trainer Maria Shinkevich.
The fitness training program is designed so that any viewer can use it for themselves:
- 15 minutes. On a treadmill (pulse no more than 140 beats);
- 10 min. Warm-up for joints;
- 30 minutes. Strength training (repetition of exercises and mastering new ones):
- exercise for the legs and buttocks;
- development of back muscles;
- exercise for chest muscles;
- press exercise.
Options for 4-5 meals a day for participants
- Sugar-free oatmeal porridge with fruit in water
- Low-fat cottage cheese with seasonal berries;
- Cheesecakes from low-fat cottage cheese.
- White chicken meat with a side dish of buckwheat or stewed vegetables;
- Steam cutlets of chicken or turkey fillet with a side dish of stewed vegetables.
- Seafood with vegetable garnish;
- Chicken fillet with the same side dish.
- Vegetable salad dressed with olive oil and lemon juice.
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Show "Extreme transformation"
The weight loss program for the participants of the show is based on a number of principles that absolutely everyone can follow. On American TV, "Extreme Weight Loss with Chris Powell" is the most famous show for those who want to lose weight.
The project started in 2011 and is ongoing. Its host is professional trainer Chris Powell. All releases are built on the same principle:
The key task of such a show is to help those who do not consider themselves, but really are fat. It is known that obesity is a national problem in the United States, which is why Chris Powell created a special nutrition and training program that helps to quickly burn fat mass. Not only the participants of the show, but also its viewers can try to lose weight in this way.
The program "Extreme Weight Loss" consists of several stages and approved by the US Institute of Health and Longevity. The first stage is the passage of a complete medical examination, receiving individual recommendations on nutrition, a trial workout.
Then the training continues right at the house of the hero of the show. In the first three months, the coach lives at his house and monitors compliance with the program. He also studies how households relate to changes, communicates with them and gives advice.
If the participant has successfully passed each stage, he receives a certain reward. His wish will be fulfilled depending on how hard he worked, and this is a great motivation.
At the end of the program, the organizers arrange a grand party in honor of the participant, where guests evaluate the result of losing weight both visually and the last weighing is carried out.
world weight loss shows
However, "Extreme Makeover" is not the only show about fat people. Programs of this format are popular all over the world. The list of the world's most rated is presented below.
A popular reality show is "Lost the Most". Anyone who is obese can become a member. The idea behind the project is:
In the US, this program has been on television since 2004 and still enjoys steady popularity. Thanks to her, many people not only regain their attractiveness, but also their health. In other countries, there are local versions of this show on TV. So, the Russian version is on the STS channel called "Weighted People", and the Ukrainian version is on the STB channel, and is called "Weighted and Happy".
"Two centners of love" and "I was fat"
Broadcast "Two Centners of Love" has been on American television since 2011. Its host is actress Sara Rue, who at one time successfully managed to lose weight, while putting a lot of effort into it. In the show, she shares it with others.
Participants of the show are chosen by 9 couples in love, suffering from excess weight and dreaming of losing weight. Their weight is from 100 kg and more. In the fight, Sara Rue actively helps the participants along with professional fitness trainers. Couples actively train and diet for 3 months. The couple that achieves the most significant results at the end of the project receives a gift - a luxurious wedding.
Another transfer - "I was fat", also American and has been on television since 2010. Her heroines are overweight high school students who want to lose weight. To this end, they eat right and exercise. Each episode of the reality show runs for an hour and is dedicated to the story of a certain girl who defeated obesity. Nutritionists, doctors, trainers and other specialists work on each participant.
Many of the participants before participating in the project weigh 100 kg or even more, and in the process of training they lose weight to acceptable parameters. They are on the show for 3 months during their summer break between high school and college. Each graduation ends with graduation and the start of college.
Russian counterparts
There are also on Russian television their own projects dedicated to the fight against excess weight, which can be viewed without translation in Russian.
For example, reality TV "Wedding Size" has been on the Domashny channel since 2015. Its host is the singer Anita Tsoi, who at one time successfully overcame her excess weight.
Its members are married couples who have been married for a long time. Naturally, since the wedding, both partners have significantly gained weight. So, at the beginning of each new series, the difference between wedding photos and how the characters look at the moment is shown. They set a goal - to return the "wedding" parameters. They are actively helped to do this by fitness trainers, cosmetologists, nutritionists and other specialists.
It costs a lot of effort for the participants to return to their former form, as a result, they not only get an excellent physical shape, but also, according to them, their family relationships change significantly for the better.
"I'm losing weight" on NTV
The reality show "I'm Losing Weight" has been going on for several seasons. Its participants are overweight people who not only want to get rid of it, but also reconsider their lives so as not to return to it ever again.
Each issue is dedicated to one hero who tells his story of losing weight, he lists what he did for this, and what problems and difficulties he had to face along the way.
The specialized fitness reality show has been running for several seasons and has a competitive nature. The most successful ones end up with great prizes, the most important of which is a trip to Las Vegas to the large-scale fitness and bodybuilding show Mr. Olympia.
Thanks to the project, motivated people of both sexes are able to make their dreams come true and take part in a specialized fitness competition. They gain useful experience and communicate a lot with fitness professionals.
Compared to other profile shows, here the participants are not those who suffer from excess weight, but those who aspire to play professional sports.
"Big changes"
This Russian-made show is dedicated to girls who come to the gym and want to get the perfect figure. Under the supervision of a coach, they practice and, as a result, demonstrate their changes.
For the project participants, a special training program and diet were developed, which are presented below.
Training is available to everyone and looks like this:
- running for 15 minutes, while the pulse does not exceed 140 beats per minute;
- do a warm-up for the joints for 10 minutes;
- do strength training for half an hour. It includes exercises for the legs and buttocks, for the press, for the pectoral muscles and the study of the muscles of the back.
All exercises should be performed 12-20 times in 3-4 sets.
As for dietary nutrition, participants are encouraged to eat 4 or 5 times a day. The ratio might look something like this:
- for breakfast - a choice of low-fat cottage cheese with berries, cheesecakes based on low-fat cottage cheese or oatmeal with fruit without sugar;
- for lunch - chicken fillet with stewed vegetables or buckwheat porridge, or steamed chicken or turkey cutlets with stewed vegetables;
- for dinner - vegetable salad with olive oil and lemon juice, seafood or chicken fillet with vegetables.
Between main meals snacks allowed consisting of the following products:
- green apples;
- egg whites;
- low-fat cottage cheese;
- vegetable salad.
Of course, TV shows dedicated to the successful experience of losing weight cannot give a universal recipe for everyone. However, from them you can learn a lot of interesting things for yourself, and they can also perfectly motivate those who have not yet begun their long journey to an ideal figure and beauty.
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About a year and a half ago, when we first launched our site, I talked with an old friend of mine - an experienced television producer. We discussed the possibility of creating a TV show about weight loss in accordance with the principles of the LCHF. At first, my friend was seriously interested in the idea, but when I explained to her in more detail how the LCHF works and what needs to be done to lose weight, she rejected it as not suitable for the reality show format. “You see,” she explained to me, “everything is too easy and simple for you - you ate as much as you want, all kinds of delicious natural food and you walk all day full and satisfied. Where is the suffering? Where is the intrigue? She cited the most popular weight loss show in the world, Biggest Loser, as an example to follow: “Look how they are tortured there, what torments the participants have to go through on the way to their cherished goal, how they suffer, how they cry, how they break down one by one and fly out of the program - this is what is interesting for viewers who watch the program, sitting comfortably on the couch, and not how people eat scrambled eggs and bacon for their pleasure.
This story very well reflects popular ideas about the process of losing weight: through hardships to the stars, no pain - no gain. And when an analogue of Biggest Loser appeared in Russia - the show "Weighted People" on STS, then it was all about the same thing: about overcoming oneself through pain and tears, through extreme loads, "through I can't." “I don’t feel sorry for you a bit, don’t feel sorry for yourself,” the coach harshly pronounces to the exhausted participants on the simulators, whose reaction to ever-increasing physical exertion is best expressed by the words: “It’s just hell!” In the American version, it sounds even tougher: “I don’t care if you die on this floor now, it’s better to die, but look beautiful.” In general, there is something to see.
The methodology for all these programs is quite simple: heavy, back-breaking physical activity combined with severe calorie restriction. In fact, this is the “concentration camp method”. And it works: the participants of the show lose weight, turning before the eyes of viewers from shapeless fat men into fit athletes. In theory, this should serve as an excellent motivator and proof that nothing is impossible. At least if you are ready to suffer...
But lately, more and more publications have appeared telling about what is happening behind the scenes of the program and how the life of the participants develops after the completion of filming. And this is no longer a success story.
13 out of 14 contestants are getting fat again
Information that the former participants of the show over time again gaining the weight lost with such difficulty has been leaked to the press before. But now it can be considered a scientifically proven fact. In early May, The New York Times published a long article about the results of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study published in the journal Obesity. Scientists have been watching 14 former participants of the show for 6 years. Only one of them managed to keep his form at the level of the final of the program. 13 former participants have gained significant weight over the years, and five have returned to the figure before the start of weight loss, or even exceeded it. The “hospital average” numbers look like this:
- Weight at the start of the show: 148.9 kg
- Body Mass Index (BMI) at the start of the show: 49.5
- Weight in the final of the show: 90.6 kg
- BMI at show final: 30.2
- Weight loss during the show: 58.3 kg
- Weight 6 years after the show: 131.6 kg
- BMI 6 years after show: 43.8
- Weight gain over 6 years: 41 kg
Of course, it is better to weigh 131.6 kg than 148.9 kg, and some experts even call such results a success - after all, the former participants of the show managed to maintain an average weight loss of 11.9%, while most cannot. keep 10%. But, on the other hand, 131.6 kg is also a lot, and according to the classification of the same NIH, a BMI above 40 means extreme, or morbid, obesity. It is unlikely that Biggest Loser participants tortured themselves in order to remain in this category. And they are not lazy: their average level physical activity practically did not change.
What went wrong? Why did almost none of the participants manage to consolidate the result obtained with such difficulty? Scientists believe that the problem is in the serious metabolic changes that have occurred with the participants in the program.
Decreased metabolism is the first reason for weight gain
The basic level of metabolism (Resting Metabolic Rate, RMR) is the amount of energy consumed by the body at rest to maintain its own vital functions. At the start of the program, the participants' RMR was about normal for their weight. By the finals, it dropped significantly - below what should have corresponded to their new weight. But this is normal - the decrease in basal metabolic rate as a result of fasting and exercise is a well-known fact. But what really surprised the scientists was that over the following years, their metabolism not only did not recover, but even slowed down even more. And even when the former participants of the show again scored forty with overweight weight, their basal metabolism was slightly lower than at the end of the show. On average, six years later, their RMR was 700 kcal/day lower than at the start of the show and 500 kcal/day lower than what people of their weight should be. In practice, this means that their body burns much less energy at rest than it should, which means that a much larger part of the calories is stored “in reserve”.
Season 8 winner 46-year-old Danny Cahill - absolute champion Biggest Loser for the entire existence of the program: he managed to lose as much as 108 kilograms in 7 months. His weight has more than halved: from 191 to 86.6 kilograms. “I got my life back. I feel like a million dollars!” Danny announced at the end. In order to achieve such results, he set himself the goal of achieving a daily deficit of 3,500 kcal, which should have led him to lose a pound of fat per day. He had to quit his job and turn many hours of grueling training into his main occupation.
After the end of the show, Danny Cahill turned into a world-class celebrity and began to successful career motivational speaker. It would seem, who, no matter how he, should struggle with all his might to maintain the achieved result? But over the past six years, Danny has regained 47 kilograms, and now weighs 133.8 kg with a height of 180 cm. Danny had to end his career as a speaker and return to his main job as a surveyor. At the same time, his body consumes so much less energy that in order to simply keep his weight constant, he must consume 800 kcal per day less than a typical man with the same weight. “All my friends drink beer without adding much weight,” says Danny Cahill, “as soon as I started drinking beer, I immediately added 9 kilograms. I thought - something is wrong here, something is wrong with my body. ”
In an even worse situation was Sean Elgair, a 36-year-old pastor from North Carolina. During the show, he managed to reduce his weight from 201 to 131 kg. Now he weighs 204 kg and spends 458 kcal less than the norm per day. "I feel like I've been given a life sentence," Sean says.
Hormonal changes are the second reason for weight gain
A slowdown in metabolism is not the only consequence of extreme weight loss. Former contestants of the show have to constantly fight bouts of uncontrollable hunger and keep themselves from compulsive overeating. “Sometimes I open a bag of chips and think, I’ll eat five things,” says Danny Cahill, “and suddenly an eclipse comes over me, I devour the whole bag, and then I sit and think – what have I done?” Erin Egbert is the only participant in the study who managed to avoid weight gain despite slowing down her metabolism by 552 kcal per day. “People don’t understand that a treat is like a drug,” she says. “A couple of treats can easily turn into a three-day binge, and that’s something I have to fight all the time.”
Scientists believe that the main reason for this behavior is a chronic decrease in the level of leptin, a hormone responsible for achieving a feeling of satiety. All contestants started the show with normal leptin levels. By the end, they had almost no of this hormone left, which made them feel continuous hunger. Over time, along with the pounds, leptin returned, but only to about 60% of the level they had before participating in the Biggest Loser, which explains their constant urge to eat something.
The fact that extreme methods of weight loss negatively affect the level of leptin is also known from earlier studies. In 2014, scientists compared the performance of Biggest Loser participants with patients who had undergone gastric bypass surgery. Both groups lost about the same weight, but the study found that reality show participants had leptin levels five times lower than surgical patients. In addition, the Biggest Loser methods led to a stronger slowdown in metabolism.
Leptin is not the only hormone responsible for feeling full. In 2011, Australian scientists conducted a study in which 50 overweight men and women went through a 9-week period of an extremely low-calorie diet - 550 kcal per day. A year later, they still had lower levels of five hormones that regulate feelings of hunger, and increased levels of the hormone that makes us overeat. Participants reported increased appetite.
It seems that our body is trying with all its might to regain its initial weight after a sharp weight loss, saving energy on its own life, and sending hormonal signals to the brain that make us eat more.
Dangerous weight loss methods
Biggest Loser's problems are not limited to the return of the weight of former members. Recent media coverage suggests that reality TV techniques were far more extreme and less legal than previously thought. So, an article published a few days ago in the New York Post talks about how coaches and doctors gave the show participants various medications, incl. and forbidden, to enhance weight loss. Everything was used - from diuretics, leading to severe dehydration, to amphetamines. In order to expel as much moisture from the body as possible, the participants were forced to spin exercise bikes in the steam room or perform grueling exercises in several layers of clothing. “I threw up every day,” says season 2 contestant Suzanne Mendonka. "[Coach] Bob Harper tells people that vomiting is good, that they should vomit so they lose more calories."
Other participants talk about severe psychological pressure from coaches, about numerous injuries, violations menstrual cycle, thyroid problems, hair loss, joint pain and other serious health problems.
In addition, the diet was much more stringent than officially indicated. The participants of the show admit that they were instructed by management to tell the press that they were following the official recommendations and consuming 1,500 kcal per day, but urged them to reduce their real consumption to 800 kcal or even lower. But the most surprising thing is that some of the participants in the show were forced to dial before the start of the season more weight, in order to make their further weight loss more spectacular.
The British newspaper The Guardian chronicles the physically and psychologically brutal methods of the world's most popular and influential weight loss reality show in an article with the eloquent headline: "It's a miracle no one has died yet."
Does reality TV about weight loss have a future?
The prospects for Biggest Loser seem rather bleak right now. Ratings have been falling in recent years, criticism in the media has become increasingly harsh, and NBC has not yet confirmed the launch of the next 18th season. The former participants and scientists themselves are calling for the termination of the reality show.
As Dr. Yoni Friedhoff of the University of Ottawa says, “Biggest Loser condemns participants to either a lifetime of superhuman efforts to lose weight, or to regain excess weight. The conclusion from this is this: if you are ready to kill yourself to lose weight physical activity and diet, then you kill your metabolism at the same time.
As for "Weighted People" - a localized Russian version Biggest Loser - so far I have not been able to find a single critical article on this topic in RuNet. The reality show was nominated for the TEFI award as the best entertainment (!) Program and the next season is being shown right now on STS, contributing to the spread of unrealistic and health-threatening ideas about weight loss methods.
Although the reality show isn't really the problem, it's just an extreme manifestation of the popular belief about the "correct" methods of losing weight: eat less and move more. Difficult? We must endure! It is customary to blame the owners of extra pounds themselves for being overweight - supposedly it is their laziness and gluttony that are deposited in the form of fat folds on the sides, and in order to get rid of them, you will have to suffer and suffer for your deadly sins. However, a growing body of scientific evidence indicates that this path is a dead end and does not provide long-term results. And if something is worth changing, it is not just the format of a television show, but the very ideas of where excess weight comes from and how you need to change your lifestyle in order to get rid of it irrevocably and without irreversible health consequences.