Channel 4 does it again
Supersize Vs Superskinny
I read an article yesterday that had me fascinated Channel 4 are showing a programme, about two women, Sandra Andrews who is 39 and weighs 23 1/2 stone “Supersize” and Tatiana Moxley aged 19 and weighing 7 stone “Superskinny”. The programme is aiming to show how our relationship with food has become dysfunctional, by asking both women to swap diets, with remarkable results.
I have read the verdict but however i am looking forward to seeing it for myself and report back what my true opinion is because even though it sounds easy and i have to admit i would not be able to do Tatiana menu without motive and also i do not understand why they chose a 19 year old against a 39 years old. I know plenty of superskinny mums at 39 desperate to put weight on, so why the big age gap?
We shall wait and see ….. airs on 22nd January on Channel 4 presented by Gillian McKeith
Supersize Vs Superskinny: Take Control of Your Weight
However if you can’t wait till then i suggest you go and buy Grazia, following a lovely post from Yasmin, I bought Grazia yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed reading about the swap. I take my hat off to Yasmin, i know i am overweight but no way could i have eaten the things she had to eat, It is remarkable story and thankfully Yasmin learnt a lot from her one week journey in the house, and is doing so well now. Yasmin i wish you this best for the future and keep up the good work. I also hope Darryl stays on his journey too, you should both be very proud, as I am as it is an inspiring story to both over and under weight people.
I have read a lot of articles regarding this programme in the last week or so, and as you can see by a comment below someone has already said that Tatiana surname is spelt incorrectly, so if the real Tatiana is out there can she please stand up, because i would like to spell your name right, only today i saw it spelt “Moxford”?? and there is nothing worse than people not getting your name right. Thanks xx
My Opinion:
Week 1 – Sandra V Tatiana
As i was working last night i had to watch the show when i got home, so all excited i sat down with my water and a banana, ready for the show to start, it definitely had a cutting edge start, and very Ugly Betty theme, however i felt it lacked something! I read Yasmin’s story in Grazia and Tatiana & Sandra’s in another and i got more info about how they felt and what they had to go through than the programme showed. I felt disappointed not because i wanted to see them suffer (far from it) but i did not want to see Anna Richardson waste time on the show doing an Apple diet!! what was all that about. I think people know all the silly diets there is out there, so we don’t needed to be reminded. I just hope it gets better, and that spark comes into the show, don’t get me wrong I know a lot of people out there will have loved it, but i have researched this show and for all the effort that people put into it, i don’t think it gave them the true justice they deserved. Also i very much got the feeling that the people taking placed where pro-trade with different characters, but again that might be my perception, i just felt Tatiana was made to come across cold and a fat people hater, and Sandra a large bubblier than life person, who had no life out of food. I was shocked to see how little and how much both ate, and really felt for Tatiana having to eat all of Sandra’s food as i know i would not have been able too. So i suppose the start of the programme serviced it’s purpose, i would have preferred if they had just spent the whole hour exploring both women.
Week 2 – Daryl V Yasmin
Before i start i would like to make one thing very clear, not all overweight people eat like that, i definitely don’t. Yes i am overweight but i swear no way could i eat like these “supersize” people it makes me feel sick just watching it. So did i think the show any better, yes a lot better, mind you i sooooooooooooo wish they would get rid of the Big Bum feature, why oh why would anyone want degrade themself enough to have their cellulite plastered across the screen for the whole of England to view, i mean come on!!!, i have to say though i enjoy the calorie meal feature which i ahve to say i get right everytime (feel very proud). Also why did Anna put herself through that laser treatment, everyone knows that when you go in for some kind of cosmetic surgery there is a chance that something could go wrong, personally i would not take that chance, whether it was a slim chance or not, but again this is my opinion i know a lot who love cosmetic surgery i am just not one of them. OK so what did i think to the actual swap, loved it, a lot more warmth too it, and a lot more emphasis on the actual people in this week Yasmin and Daryl, i liked the fact that they encouraged each other and that Daryl like that fact that he could get his own back for being given something he didn’t like but in a joking way, but what touched me the most was at the end when they both congratulated each other and gave each other a hug. It showed that both people really put in a lot of effort and that they where both proud of each other. Roll on next week…..
Week 3 – Amy-Jo V Andy
Wow what a difference a week makes, no offence to the previous weeks but i really enjoyed last night, it showed more of Amy-Jo and Andy and what their thoughts where than previous programmes or perhaps i missed that in previous weeks but i definately felt it was different more fun, not so serious of which was shown by not only the people doing the diet swap but also the present. Christian seems to have eased up a bit too. Still we have that blooming bum thing with Gillian grrrrrr, surely it could be axed, i again won at the high cal, low cal meal (gold star for me) and what was with the baby food diet, geee, and also women discovered magic knickers years ago, when Trinny and Susannah, and Gok Wan brought them into there show so that was very old hat. I was very impressed with both contestants and thought they did extremely well both looking like different people in the end, the difference being they both had a spark they never had at the start.
Week 4 – Stefan V Elizabeth
Oh my, i have just finished watching the show and i only have one word “uncomfortable” in fact i would say it was extremely uncomfortable, to the point where i wanted to switch it off, thank god for sky plus as i was able to fast forward. True this is my opinion and i don’t know the people who where involved but i am sorry Elizabeth but i truly felt sorry for Stefan it was a very bad choice by the show to put the two of you together. However it was nice to see a smile at the end. All i can say is i was appaulled, so i am leaving it at that. Gillian’s time was not cut, which was a shame, i think it just appeared that way because the women had clothes on, and i don’t think it was a good idea to show diet pills, as they did not research them enough, therefore some people will go out and buy them. I think i spin show should be done just for pills, because they needed more time.
Week 5 – Julie V Kevin
Wow what a difference, maybe it was because it female and male had swapped places, but the way they challenged each other was brilliant. However after seeing everyone Else’s skinny body, i have to admit, it does not look good on a man and he was his own worse enemy, at least the other “skinny” people, where eating i mean come on, he ate nothing and he chose that life style, plus all the others had put on more weight but he had hardly put on, my guess he won’t stick to it, and for him to stick to it he needs Julie by his side. Again i can’t understand how someone can eat so much but then i probably don’t because i don’t eat much either. What fascinated me about this show was the fact that Kevin ate like he had not had a meal in weeks, he didn’t seem to struggle, and Julie asked the question “if someone cooked for you would you eat it” (or something along them lines) Kevin reply without hesitation was “Yes”, That boy needs meals on wheels or something, But also Kevin challenge what Julie thought was a treat when he gave her a WKD (of all things) as a treat!!!! hello WKD not a treat as Julie quite rightly said ” a cream Cake is a treat” Good on you girl. Loved it loved it loved it!!!. Again thank heaven for SKY PLUS because i cannot stand all the buffing that goes on, Gillian is just beyond help, and i hope after this show is over she will crawl back under her rock and never come back out. I used to think she was good but this bum thing is really scraping the bottom of the barrel, and the Anna Richardson is Interesting I DONT THINK SO. everything is done half heartily with no substance. Rubbish.
Week 6 – Jenette V Rosemarie
Here we are again week 6 and the difference in the shows is amazing, however they are still not doing what they should, but i am glad Jenette and Rosemarie showed they both had a back bone. i didn’t see anything wrong with Rosemarie’s food except the portion size, so i was surprised to see the healthy colourful food where hers, and the Junk foods where Jenettes. Call me naive, but i can make my judgement because i am big so it is easy to go with the stereo typical fat people eat junk. I know that not all overweight people do, because i don’t eat that much of it, but i know people look at me and think i do. Also Rosemarie so hit the nail on the head for a lot of overweight eaters, when she said she still sees the slimmer of the year when she looks in the mirror, that was my hardest hurdle to cross, i needed to see myself for who i am now not for who i was. I am so glad they showed that. Hey and what was with the wearing of vests, when they first met??? have channel 4 finally got a conscience? i doubt it. and why do they always put the “skinny” in vile underwear at the start of the show and then black, more striking underwear at the end to make her look she has had plastic surgery (not just Jennette) but they really like to show that what ever weight has gone on is on the breasts. Great show girls and i am glad you stuck to your guns. Again Sky Plus is AMAZING!! it could not get any worse last night, Anna doing a maple diet!! i mean come on do we really need to be fed this stuff. Then i realise Gillian’s bums had not been on woohoo, but then she blooming appeared, but to top of a great show turned bad by so much cramming, they had to put in the bloody (sorry excuse my french) annoying Thingy Graham from BB you can’t scrape the barrel anymore when you have her one your show. it definitely went down hill when she opened her mouth. Lets hope she is not a feature next week.
Week 7 – Desroy V Louise
Well, Well, Well, maybe just maybe the producers have finally found an editor that does the participants/show some acual justice. It was nice to get to know both people (even though it was only a short snip it) and also see a side not seen before. I thought Desroy dealt with the swap well, his humour was fantastic and really shone, he spoke freely but also showed that he was not taking it too seriously, which he admitted too at the end of the show. Louise also showed a great understanding and a genuine need to change which she did. i have to say on this swap the pictures worked really well because at the end of the reveal you could see the difference. I thought it was a great swap, a real partnership and understanding. something that the producers should have shown from week 1, and ashame they didn’t. Hopefully they will learn for next series. Again thank god for sky plus (maybe i should became a sale rep for them if only just for this show 
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i know someone they used. it was just a case of who they could get hold of that was interested. they seemed to have difficulty getting hold of the super skinnys, but no problem getting the other ones. i know i got asked four times through an email and passed it on to someone i knew was always moaning they were too skinny and couldnt put weight on. i dont think the skinnys diets are anything to be proud of either though. from what i can tell their quest to put weight on involves eating the sort of stuff that would make most people over weight. i am underweight myself and very middle-aged but i have no disire to be on tv shouting about it though their ad asked for women under 7 stone and as i am 5foot 9 i would probably be dead if i was 7 stone, i am 9 stone.. just, and yes i eat rubbish too. nothing particularly healthy goes into my mouth as i find if i do eat the good stuff i would have to eat buckets of the stuff to be able to maintain the weight i am.
Hey all..
Well well I am one of these “Super Skinny” contributors to the show..actually I was the first person to go into the house for the one week initial diet swap. The response above from Jane is very true, as I was the first contributor that the show found before the show was commissioned by Chan4, I have got to know the production team throughout the process of them looking for further contributors. The production team did find it difficult to find the “Super Skinny” contributors..but this should be looked upon as a positive, we should be glad, because if they had found it easy to find people then we all would have said that it’s terrible that there are so many “super skinny” people!!
Well on a lighter note, as the first “super skinny” contributor and thus the furthest through my new diet, I feel that I can say that the show has worked for me, I have managed to gain one stone since coming out of the house and have had very positive feed back. My exlusive will be in Grazia Magazine 8th Jan’08…please read it and learn more about my journey through “supersize v superskinny”. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do (second to giving birth LOL)..but well worth all the hard work.
I would like to wish lots of luck to all the rest of the contributors that are still working through their new diets..keep to it..ITS WORTH IT!!
GOOD LUCK ALL X
Thank you for leaving your comments, i am really looking forward to seeing the show and the results.
I have to agree Jane none of my friends would go on TV and even though a few of them are desparate to put on a few pounds or more a lot love the way they look even though they are under weight. The pressure of the media huh!
Yasmin i am really glad it worked for you, and i will buy Grazia, to read about your journey as they whole idea sounds very interesting.
I didn’t realise you had to go into a house for a week, the article i read leaves a lot to the imagination, so you are left wanting to see the show.
I cant imagine what is like being under weight as i am the opposite, i know when i put my mind too it i can loose the weight, eating less rubbish and doing more exercise, usually does the trick.
I wish you both the best off luck and everyone else who reads this xxx
POLLY…Thankyou so much for such a kind posting…all the support is much appreciated. I hope through my appearance in the show and press that I can help others in my position. I hope that I can be an inspiration to everyone out there who are struggling with their weight (either end of the spectrum)you can do it…no one (including the TV DR) believed I would stick to the new diet..let alone manage to put on a sunstantial amount of weight
so you can all do it if you really want to!!! 
Again Goodluck!! x
I’ve read your comments with great interest as Tatiana Moxey (no “L”) is the daughter of some friends of mine. Like Yasmin, she found it quite a challenge but she enjoyed the whole experience and even though there are loads of older “skinny” people out there the age gap never once crossed her mind. As far as she was concerned, it was a weight issue. I can’t wait to see the programme, it sounds as though it was difficult and fun in equal amounts! Roll on 22nd January and congratulations to ALL the participants for showing what many spend a lifetime hiding!
hey everyone.
It is very interesting reading all this, i can completely understand and sympathesize with both types of people. Im average weight, and i fluctuate between eating stupid amounts of vegetables, because I can pack them awayto some days eating crap on and off. Im permantly stuck in between the supersize and super skinny, it seems like everything else its all about moderation, though I will be watching tomorrow night, as I do need to learn about portion control!
it takes a lot to get on tv and have everyone discussing and prodding you, so I would like to say congratualtions to those brave enough to do it.
anya
It is really nice to see people getting behind this show and especially the people that are taking part in it. Good Luck to you all xxx
Hey Yasmin, great to hear you have managed to put on some weight! I just found this page when doing a Google search to see what tonight’s programme was about. I am a super skinny, not really anything super about it though, I am 5’1″ and about 6st 6lbs soaking wet! I am totally embarrassed by my thinness, I am far too bony and would love to gain a couple of stones, when I was in my teens I weighed 8 stones and it was great, wish I could get back there. I am looking forward to this programme tonight, there is so little help for underweights so hope it will help me. Just knowing you managed to put on weight has given me hope! Thanks for posting.
Kerry
hey all..how exciting..
CONGRATULATIONS TO TATIANA..SHE WAS REALLY BRAVE AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED HER OPINION OF FOOD!!
THANKS KERRY..I HOPE THE SHOW HELPS
I CAN BE CONTACTED THROUGH MY WEBSITE IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS…
**************** http://www.yasminsmith.co.uk ****************
Also thankyou so much..”ADMIN” I have just noticed you have changed the intro to this web page.. I saw your comment to me and really appreciated it.. I was a little upset over the article as there were a few huge mistakes..but nothing life threatening..so I will get over it.. I suppose that is a taster of the media for you!!!
I just saw myself all over the intro (won’t be able to get away from it for 8 weeks LOL)..and the “coming next week” bit at the end..I sound so weird (it’s horrible hearing yourself)…well now you have all had a bit of a taster of what is to come (if you watched it tonight that is) I hope you will all be tuning in next week..same place….same time..different person..ME!!!!
P.s THERE IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR UP…I am not a food phobic (that’s what they have called me)!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats the MEDIA for you!!!…
********* I HAVE ALLERGIES..WHICH I STILL HAVE… TV IS NOT MAGIC!!!*******
HI Yasmin,
I really enjoyed your article and felt it gave more than what the programme did, in actual fact i am glad you posted today as i felt the show lacked something and i am hoping it gets better, as i just dont think it justified all the hard work you all had to go through.
I know your not on till next week, but i hope that its shows what you wrote, and not a false impression, such as the fact that you have an allergy, not a food phobic. People like to see the real think, not a media impression x
I watched this programme last night and am pleased that it is helping those that have taken the plunge to appear in it. But I am afraid I was horrified at the way I feel the overweight women were shown stripped down to their very skimpy underwear looking so grotesque that it was shocking to see. I felt they were being manipulated by the programme makers and thought how sad the lengths some people will go to appear on TV.
I wont be watching again as the awful G McKeith is appearing spouting her complete nonsence on her ideas of healthy eating.
hey all…again thanks for your comments. I myself was also very dissapointed with the show last night. “We” all spent many months .. 8 months for me.. preparing for the show etc and for it to be cut down to what it was (2o mins) was very sad. I do agree with some comments, such as it needing more of the “diet swap” rather than the “Apple Diet” etc…I agree a waste of air time..we do know all these diets aready!! I really am hoping that my story is not twisted and distorted and that it was far more productive than this weeks.. I would like people to get something out of my show
LIKE THEY HAVE DONE FROM MY GRAZIA ARTICLE!!
****PLEASE DON’T BE PUT OFF BY WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT…..PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WATCH NEXT WEEK AND COMPARE THE WEEKS **** I AM SURE IT WILL IMPROVE… I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED THOUGH OVER WHY CHAN4 DECIDED TO PUT THEM OVER ME IN THE 1ST WEEK… I WAS ACTUALLY THE 1ST PERSON TO GO INTO THE HOUSE… I WAS TOLD THAT TATIANA’S STORY FITTED IN BETTER IN THE 1ST WEEK..STILL I AM VERY CONFUSED BUT THAT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION***
WITH REGARDS TO “OVERWEIGHT WOMEN BEING STRIPPED DOWN TO THEIR UNDERWEAR” WELL THE “SKINNY” ONES ALSO HAD TO DO THE SAME SO THIS COMMENT WAS UNFAIR. HOW ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT ANYONE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE..AND ITS VERY UNFAIR AND RUDE TO SAY THAT THEY LOOKED “GROTESQUE”…. I THINK MAYBE ***HELEN**** YOU SHOULD THINK BEFORE YOU TYPE ON A WEIGHT LOSS FORUM… I AM “SKINNY” AND I AM INSULTED BY YOUR COMMENTS..SO I AM SURE THE “OVERWEIGHT” PEOPLE THAT READ THIS WILL NOT BE TOO PLEASED WITH YOUR HURTFULL COMMENT!!!!!!
WELL I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL YOUR COMMENTS AFTER NEXT WEEKS SHOW
KIND REGARDS X
SORRY FORGOT TO SAY….*****HELEN***** THIS WAS NOT A FAME SEEKING EXERCISE AND I FIND THIS COMMENT VERY OFFENSIVE TO ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SHOW. IT TOOK ALOT FOR ALL OF US TO DO WHAT WE DID…AND WE DID SO TO “GET BETTER” NOT TO “APPEAR ON TV” INFACT I HAVE DONE THAT PLENTY OF TIMES..AS I AM IN THE INDUSTRY ALREADY..I HAVE NO NEED TO USE THIS AS A “FAME” GRABBING OPPORTUNITY!!!! I WOULD LIKE TO THINK I AM SPEAKING FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED!!
SORRY TO RANT ON BUT I FELT I NEEDED TO CLEAR A FEW THINGS UP…AGAIN!!
Why is it all about people losing weight these days?? You see so many ads and ideas about shedding the pounds!
I have tried so hard to gain weight!! Its not as if i dont much, i have huge portions! I have even ate fast food for a whole week before but didnt gain anything but tiredness and no money! People comment on how skinny i am and how i could snap! It really upests me because i do not do it purpose! My whole family is naturally slim! I try so hard to gain weight. My boyfriend says there are so many girls who would die to have my figure, being a size 8 at 18. My mum has had two kids and still wears size 8 and 10 clothing. We get through so much food on our household!
Being called names is a real downer on my self confidence, i always think about what clothes to wear, what will make me look fatter? My friends say im so lucky that i can eat what i want and not watch my wieght (which is a good thing) so they told me to apply to a modelling agency, so i have done, and now i am waiting to here back from them. If they accept me it wil be such a huge lift in confidence and self – esteem!
And please can people not use the word “skinny” you don’t call overwieght people fat!
Yasmin. Sorry my comments upset you and I apologise.
The point I was trying to make, obviously without success, was Sandra & Tatiana didn’t have to drop their knickers and looked dignified stripped of their clothes for the purpose of the programme, I have a lot of respect for both of them and wish them very well in the future.
What really annoyed me about the programme was the obvious manipulation of the other women featured who turned their backs to the tv screen and pulled down their knickers to reveal enormous bums flashing across my screen. In my opinion it was grotesque and not what I want to see on my tv. I think it is very sad that television has come to this, stick to the serious issue of size and health and not turn what is a good programme into something from a carry on movie.
Saying all that Yasmin, I will watch next week to see how it all went for you!!
Its nice to see everyone putting their opinions down, however i will get personal (something i dont like doing but in this case i think i must)
I watched Supersize v Superskinny, not only because i am overweight but because my daughter is underweight (and i agree skinny is not the right word to use)so i can see problems from both perspectives. Regarding Helen saying it was Grotesque to see fat women in skimpy clothing, i agree i hate looking at myself naked, but it was also not good to see the anorexic model (i forgot her name) at the start either becuase i did not see anyone anorexic on the show, i just saw someone who needed to stand talk and be proud and maybe add a few pounds if they felt they need too. The pictures cut both ways.
Yasmin i popped onto your website and fro what you have written here and what i have seen i wish they had put you on first, however everyone should give the show one more try, i thing personal the presenter had no humour, he presented cold hard facts like a slab of ice.
Laura i have a lot of friends who can’t put on weight and eat for england, at least 2 eat more than me, we do laugh about it as it does gets them down but we all no it is harder for you guys or i do, because all i need to do it take my medication for my PCOS exercise, and eat less carbs and i will loose it, my daughter eats and eats and it use to worry us that she is underweight but we have slowly realised she will always be this way, and to be honest she looks good. I dont understand why people make comments about other peoples weight and size, i dont get call fat i just get asked when my baby is due so i call myself fat which usually shuts people up to be honest. This is the season that lots of people cash in on people who have a weight problem, and i don’t mind if it helps people, so long as it is done with good intention.
However my rant is over and my opinion given, Laura lets us know if you get a call back, you are young and should not let people opinions get you down, at the end of the day if they are commenting on you it’s because they are jealous of what you have, so really you have the upper hand, because you will always be you and they never will.
xxx
Helen i agree no need for Bum!!
Thankyou so much polly90210!!!! Thankyou!!
I would just like to say to HELEN – define anorexic??
Anoreixc is a eating disorder formally known as anoreixa nervosa. They see their bodies as over weight and distgusing and therfore forming the desire to be thin. (This is influece hugely from the media)This illness will tkae them to many lengths and do many things such as not eaten for a whole week to taking plenty of laxatives. It often Starts during the adolescents and may be the result of emotional problems, which may be connected with becoming and adult and/or low self esteem and/or physical and/or emotional abuse.
I am studying this paticular topic as a mental health issue for my health and social coursework!! It relli bugs me when people refer to he slim people as “Anorexic!” Do you know there eaten patterns??
Laura it was me who added the word anorexia, because i did not see the point in putting the pictures at the start of the programme of the model who was anorexic as i did not feel any one who was on the show was, but thats because channel 4 did not say they where and i am sure they would have checked before hand if i they felt they where then i would have hoped Channel 4 see fit to get them the right help instead of put them on TV. If that makes sense.
hey
Thanks for the appology “Helen”..much appreciated. I am glad you will give the show another chance, each show is very different and I know that my show next week has been edited by someone different, so it will be interesting to compare and contrast the weeks.
The bum thing..well I am affraid that is TV for you!! what else can I say!!!
“Laura” – I would love to maybe help with your quest.. I have always been very slim and even whilst pregnant my max weight reached 9.5 stones. I have been involved in the modelling industry on and off since I was a teenager and have lots to tell you, but to be honest stuff that would take too long to post here. Feel free to get intouch with me through my website http://www.yasminsmith.co.uk (I have a contact me page on here). I would love to chat to you on a more personal front with regards to your post, so I hope to here from you soon.. I would like to think that my “mistakes” were not in vain and could maybe help you a little. Please laura do not worry about what others think and say.. I have spent my entire life trying to convince others that I do not have an eating disorder… I DON’T!!!! I do however have an amazingly fast metabolism..which was proved by a Barium test in Hosp..that ended up taking 20min instead of 3 to 7hrs..they tested my thyroid straight away..but no prob there. It may be down to training as an ice-skater at a young age and my body has just learnt to be that way…this is a Dr theory!!
Polly again thanks for your support
xx
oh and I nearly forgot I use the term “skinny” in quotes as I agree with the comments and I do not usually use the term in this way..but for the purpose of the show how else could I put it!! I mean no harm..obviously being “skinny” myself I would hate to insult any fellow “skinny” person!!! xx
Hi everyone, I have to say I have been reading everyones comments and feel compelled to send in my opinion as i was in the show and was just as supprised asas some of you at the out come.
As far as I knew, the original idea was to show each person that there diets were equally unhealthy, and the swap was to help show the other, that you could change your diet, in my case being in the house doing Tats diet showed me that I could eat less and get used to it, and Tat doing mine showed her she could eat more. I thought it was going to show our whole 5 day journey,clipping in day by day, we did loads of filming,,went to the park, Gym I did some singing etc, and at the end we were both given healthier diets to try for twelve weeks. TAT AND ME had real fun doing this show even though at first it was hard with the food. So much of the show got edited out and Gillian an Anna were added, this was ai I must admit that my diet was added, with new sections that even suprised me.IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE and the five days did help me as if i were at home, theres no way, i would have stay hungry from 6.00pm to next morning,anyway as it goes on,i am sure it will be edited to show more of the journies. I ended updo a diet within the realms of my list and am losing weight gently, which is best 4 me. SANDRA X
GOD IVE JUST READ BACK WHAT I WROTE, PLEASE FORGIVE THE SPELLING,,, ITS LATE…I ended up doing a food plan that was suited for my life style and its seemed to be working xxxxx
Hi Sandy,
I am glad you popped on and posted about what really happened in the show, it’s nice to know our eyes where not deceiving us and that there was more too it. It is a real shame that the producer editted it so badly as i dont think it gave justice to you or Tatiana, aftre what i read.
I am really glad it has worked for you and that you where provide with a proper diet plan (again something that was not shown) and i definately hope you keep it up. xxx
p.s dont worry about the spelling mine is awful i type fast than i can spell.
Hi Sandy..
Good to hear from you..I have heard so much about you through the press and Clare at Endemol… I am so glad you posted and backed up what I have been explaining… I was upset to see the edited version…I was so looking forward to seeing the “entire” show as “we” remember it..I hope that nexts weeks (mine) is edited differently..fingers crossed. We all put in so much hard work that it’s sad when people slag it off for something that is beyond our control. I am glad that you have found your own way..as have I.. (well done) I did follow the 12 week diet but have now adapted it to fit in better with my life..as have you. The show did help me and as you have said I had great fun filming it..despite the long hours and being sick from the food. I am not sure about you?? but we filmed from 6am – 2am the next day ..nearly 24hrs..so I think people need to look for the “hidden” message to an extent.. but I do feel that the show will still benefit others and hope everyone enjoys nexts weeks…oh by the way..they have called me a “food Phobic” in the Trailers..so I am very worried they have edited it to look like that…I AM NOT A FOOD PHOBIC..just have allergies etc. well now I have had another rant..I best be off..It’s dinner time..and I am not skipping meals anymore..so take care speak soon Kind Regards xx
hi yasmin,its so unfair when we see things put out there,i.e. them saying you are a food phobic when you know you are not. its just like in my show it was edited to look like i was crying for food, what they didnt show was, two minutes before i was crying, i had to help Tat put on a fat suit and hurt my back, i had asked for a cup of tea, as i find it comforting to have a hot drink when im in pain, and because Tat only drank one cup of tea in the morning i could have one, and i remember saying, what am i doing to my skeleton, it was like heavy lifting the suit onto Tat, and yet i was doing the same to myself forcing my skeleton to carry MUCH MORE weight than the fat suit.IT WAS JUST A SHOCKING REALISATION FOR ME. thats why i was upset and was saying I wanted Tea as, its like a hug from inside, i was talking about a hot drink. I really look forward to your night,as you were saying it will be edited differently this time, the show was a good concept and it did upset me to see how much was missing, even my mum making a lovely West Indian meal, and, the actual food swaps each day, which was sometimes hilarious and shocking at the same time, but after all this, i understand it was successful with regards to veiwing figures, and after seeing your advert, im sure yours will be great. …so take care speak soon Kind Regards..and special thanks to POLLY for your comments. xx
I’m a 5′ 0″/6 stones writer and musician who jumped at the chance to prove that not all skinny people have issues with junk food. I personally love it, but I wanted to prove that self discipline is the way to go, and that the aging process is something I have no intention of embracing. You could say I took the cynical approach. I like my life actually and for me this show was never about finding purpose and meaning. It was about proving a point: “If you look after your spirit the rest (body and mind) will take care of itself.
Hi Elizabeth… I am guessing you were involved in the show?? How did you find it and how you doing??
Hi Sandy… thanks for your reply..fingers crossed for next week, take care and keep up the good work
If anyone wants to check out “my true story” please read this weeks “The Weekly News” ..WHsmith and other more varied paper shops sell it. I was very please with this article especially in contrast with the Grazia one.
Take care all xx
I found it interesting, but not for the same reasons others might.
I was called in to replace someone who dropped out so that put me in a position of power and I made the most of it. I hadn’t signed up to gorge and degrade myself and I didn’t. I signed up to eat junk food. I did that!
I ditched the diet the minute we stopped filming, but I’d told them up front that for me taking part was about proving a point: just that! I look forward – with relish – to the final edit.
Elizabeth.
Hi Elizabeth,
Thank you for posting, its nice to also hear from someone who is slim and loves food. My daughter is exactly the same, she loves food but does not put on an ounce, we used to worry but have given up. As i and the rest of the females in my family are at the opposite end if the spectrum, its nice to hear from all the women that are slim out there so then it helps to understand her.
Thank you to you and everyone else.
when I look at some of the comments, it makes me feel that the idea was not fully explained, in the way that it came acoss.
as i understood it and the reason why i answered the advert was if you were not 100% happy with your weight, what you could learn from someone who was at the other end of the spectrum, then realising that both ends were not right, we all stopped the partners diet as soon as the five days were up, and given a health ier food plan, which was based on our individual life styles. in my case i tailored to my foods. its interesting to read what story people saw,
and let me just say, none of us was FORCED to eat, NOT eat or take part, THAT WAS THE CHALLENGE. and for myself it was good because although people always say to me, but your lovely as you are, but your so pretty blah, blah i know that my weight was a not where i want it to be. and anyone who is happy with their weight. GREAT, i hope to be in that position one day. anyway keep watching,
PS, IS IT TRUE THE GILLIAN WAS FORCED TO DROP DR FROM HER TITLE. cause in that case.???????????/
Hi Polly,
I’m something of a quack where my health is concerned, so says my brother. I wouldn’t really expect anyone to eat as I do. Wait until you see my show… Also I’m very much into fitness of the mind the body and the spirit. I used to teach a fitness class for many years, but I don’t do gyms. Mine is an alternative lifestyle.
And hi Sandra! I thought you came across great, regardless of the suspect editing. When I applied I wasn’t told that I would be presented with excessively large portions of food and I went ballistic. I’m the kind of person who throws my weight around at will and there was much of that going on. The premise was sold to me one way and it bore little resemblance to the actual experience. I was on guard from the moment I realise they had an entirely different agenda to mine. They knew that I was happy with my weight. Naively (for not knowing me) they figured they could manipulate me into owning up to supposed issues. There was no conspiring on my part. I told them my intentions up front!
PS Like the good book says: “Man does not live by bread alone!”
Hi Sandy and Elizabeth,
Sandy if you dont mind me asking how much have you lost since starting the plan? and does it work for you? and do you still have off days? (sorry for the mastermind questions)Your right the show did not really explain the concept, i was very annoyed with the padding (anna and Gillian)as it took away the whole reality of what was really going on, however thankfully i had read up on the show so knew a lot before hand.Oh and talking of Gillian, yes she was asked to drop her DR title after a complaint was made to her comapany by watchdog, her company agreed to removed hertitle before a full investigation could take place.
Elizabeth i know where you are coming from believe it or not i am a fully trainer instructor/coach of fitness and sports, so know the importance it can play. I currently teach sport to teenages who come from troubled backgrounds, so spend about 8 hours a week running around a court sweating like a niagra falls, and i still look like this. Thats PCOS for you. Hormones who would have them!!
I don’t really like to talk about my alternative remedies publicly, Polly, for spiritual reasons, but I will say that I believe absolutely in inspiration. If you can wait three weeks till my show airs, you will see where I’m coming from. Many of my “potions” work where prescribed medicines don’t. That’s why I advocate looking after the spirit, as well as the body. Doctors don’t always have the answers. They don’t always know best.
OMG I am shocked… I thought It was just me that thought all of the above..it’s all coming out now..I dont think they expected us to all chat like this and compare..but it’s been so helpfull and i feel comforted by hearing all your stories and feelings from and about the show..i thought i was going crazy until we all started talking.. I am a little happier as my “REAL” story has finally been told Through “The Weekly News”. It’s funny that Mind..Body..soul and spiritualism has been brought up as I too am very much from that mind set.. My dad retrained for 3 years to become a CranialSacral Therapist so I have a very large understanding of this area.. I also partake in various other alternative therapies and again Spiritual matters..which I too would rather not discuss publicly..some things are personal..how ever they did film this aspect of my life a liitle in the house as i brought various things with me..but again i am not sure how much will be edited!! I also am very sporty… I trained as a competitive figure skater from a young age, I also horseride and use to compete. I also use to canoe for my borough in the youth games etc and qualified as an instructor. I play golf with my son and never thought i’d say this but i really enjoy it.. i was having lessons for a year and was getting good ..but not as good as my son (he is amazing..he came 2nd in the HSBC golf tournament bless him he is only 7) sadly o had to stop playing myself as i became too weak and fragile and as my muscle was being eaten away i was pulling muscles etc all the time..now i am getting stronger i can’t wait to get back into everything again.. I miss it and miss the time with my son playing these sports..he also ice-skates bless and this too became hard..but nothing will stop me skating
I love it xx well I hope you all have lovely weekend and thanks again to everyone that is taking their time to read these blogs..sorry about the typing..probs with my laptop and i am typing quick before it crashes..AGAIN!! take care kind regards
Yasmin
hi there everyone,
it was quite danting knowing that xmas was coming and i thought most people lose between 2-3 stone on these type of shows, so i started panicking. but then i thought, i do have a medical condition where my blood sugars go up and down which leads me to be hungry a lot.(this was edited out} so i just looked greedy. when i said i ate chinese, they put indian in, when i said i popped in the kitchen and popped and had a chocolate, i.e. from a box of chocolates, they showed it as a double twix. anyway its ok.
i lost one stone and that was without the struggle, i could have medication for my blood sugars, but i decided to try and level them out on my own. i had days off, and did the best i could for me.
i have started creating my own recipes, etc that help me feel full without the calories,(see one below) so it may take me longer than some, but im aiming for one stone per three months, thats 4 stone per year.
it may seem slow but it took 3 years to put 5 stone on, and its important for me not to feel deprived, as i would get down and binge, thanks for your interest Polly..x
boil about pint of water,
put in a vegetable oxo cube
large hand full of veq, can be frozen sprouts, couliflour, what ever you like.
bring to boil.
add a packet of slimmer cup a soup, stir and serve in a nice big bowl, its great.
polly i would really like to talk to u more bout pcos as i too suffer badly and sadly have been very ill last week with it also have endremetriosis. i have lost weight cos of this..i will explain more when i have time but i just realised we both have this and would be great to talk to someone that understands xx
polly i suffer badly from sweats just like menapause is this the same for u? x
I wouldn’t be surprised if Channel 4 pull the show. I found the trail tacky and told them so. “We stuff the superskinny and starve the supersize!” Really? How responsible is that? They have dug a pit for themselves on so many levels and I’m loving it. I can only speak for myself in saying they were trying to make me own up to issues I don’t have. I am perfectly healthy and they know it.
they did during the final piece of filming in the house try to get me to admit that i had used mine and my sons allergies as an excuse to control my weight and get thin… they did keep on and on till it turned into a bit of an arguments and i said to them i wasnt whilling to admit to soemthing that wasn’t true… i still think they didn’t believe me but i just thought that was part of their job and tv!! if you involve yourslef in these things you kind of expect a bit of that!!! sadly thats the media.
Sandy I am getting really worried about the show now..OMG how are they gonna edit it!!! I was told by a member of production that “if you don’t put it out there they can’t use it..so they can’t twist things.. they can only use the material you have supplied them with” hmmmm not sure about this now after hearing your story sandra
i really hope this does not turn out to be a negative as this was meant to be a positive thing in my life!!!
You guys should express your concerns to Weight Concern. Dr Ian Campbell who advises them might be interested to hear your stories. Ask to speak to Vicky Lawson. http://www.shape-up.org/weightcon/contact.html
Hi Yasmin and Everyone,
Yasmin i dont think the show was negative just disappointing, as they padded constantly with rubbish which took away the point of the actual show. The editting failed to show the real person behind the swap and i put that down to the lack of presenting and rubbish editting. I think that the fact you have all talked about it has probably enhanced what wasn’t shown, and in all honest you have posted enough on here to show people who you are in a sense of the programme, i think it is the unknown that is worrying you. I am very surprised they did not show you what was being aired before hand. However i do think you have made a good point and here and if someone does not see that then that is thier problem and they are sad for not seeing beyond a programme.
Yes i suffer from what i call hot flushes, actually it was only when i went to the doctors to complain about my body (i felt like a hypercondria)that they ran tests and found i had PCOS if i had not gone i would still be suffering more than usual. Email me if you want a chat.
Thanks sandy i will have a go at your recipe, i am all for trying new things and i am glad you are moving at a pace for you, i will not be loosing my weight fast as it is very difficult due to my PCOS and my blood sugar is a nightmare too, a normal level to me is high so it is constantly monitored.
well better crack on xx
Oh my god my english grammar is appaulling so sorry
hi everyone,
please dont think i thought it was that bad it was just, to me the added bits went on too long, but let me say it was extremely successful with regards to the viewing figures the so i doubt very much it would be pulled, they may just look at telling the stories more clearly, but for that slot the viewing figures were actually fantastic,
so let give it chance because it is brand new and maybe needs time to settle.
as i understand some pairs were really successful.
thank you Polly for looking at my recipe, i think just use 3/4 pint of water.
come on everyone it got us all talking, like making new friends, so lets get behind it and look for the positives,,,
kind regards Sandy.
ps Yasmin, dont worry hun, i feel as long as you know the truth,, i was ok about the show, on the whole, sure you will be fine x
Trust me Polly, it was all the horrendous things I imagined and more. One of my three producers seemed to be constantly trying to get one over on me. She’s editing my show apparently, so I don’t imagine she will be doing me any favours. She made much of the fact that I wear children’s clothes and reckoned I looked delighted to fit into a pair of 7-8 year old skinny jeans: Big deal!!! Children are bigger these days, aren’t they?
Anyone who’s read my book (We Exist! Why?) or who has encountered me would have told her she was endangering her credibility venturing down that road with me. I am totally prepared to deal with the fall out and they have been made fully aware of this.
Synopsis: We Exist! Why? published 2002.
This book challenges us to consider the possibility that we exist for a definite purpose, and to embark on a personal search for answers to the meaning of life, a quest for truth. Or will we settle for second best – a lesser life than the one we truly desire and deserve? Can we find purpose and fulfilment in life from following our basic instincts, through over-indulgence, by accumulating wealth, by achieving professional status, by accepting commonly held beliefs and arguments, or by following the latest fashions and trends? Are we neglecting our spiritual and mental needs? The formula put forward is that knowledge = truth = power; not power in a dictatorial sense, but the power to stand our ground, to swim against the tide, to hold onto our beliefs regardless of the opinions of others. We have been given wings, but are we ready to fly to higher levels of existence, to embark on a journey of self-discovery and self-improvement, to change our lives for the better? That is the challenge. It is our choice.
Some people will do anything for rating huh! (when i say that i mean your producer Elizabeth) i am glad i dont work in that profession as i would not be able to misconstrued thinks as they do on some shows.
I would like to know what they think of my daughter, she is only 8 and wears adult size 6 clothing and size 8 shoes, the soon people realise we are all different and come in different shapes and sizes the better.
Here here Sandy it’s nice everyone is talking to each other.
Onwards and upwards, or in my case downwards and downwards till i am happy xx
Children ARE getting bigger. I’m sure someone’s probably looking into the implications of that.
Despite everything I think this is more to do with them being out of their depth. I found them pleasant, but clueless about deeper things. Any surprise they misjudged me? They appeared to have had a profile they needed fitting and they were hell bent on forcing me to fit it. I actually was called in at very short notice to replace someone who dropped out. The swap was more about them probing to uncover the ‘real’ me. I was too controlled they said.
I believe absolutely that each of us are individuals and that’s how I treat people.
Wow I have been ofline for 24 hrs and well wow… before i respond I think I need some sleep and more food (even though I have eaten the biggest amount food in the last 24hrs..wish the show had seen that)… I will be back online later with a comment re: the above new comments!! I have more to tell….
xx
Hi Yasmin
Love the pictures on your website
Really looking forward to the show , I have a few weight ‘issues” myself but the other end of the spectrum.
In your reply to ‘Helen’ you say “NOT TO “APPEAR ON TV” INFACT I HAVE DONE THAT PLENTY OF TIMES..AS I AM IN THE INDUSTRY ALREADY”
What else might we have seen you in , have you got anything coming up in the near future ?
All the Best
Hazel
Hi there Hazel..
Thankyou so much for taking the time to look me up …
it’s always nice when someone takes the time to learn more about you than the obvious.
You may have seen a bit on “The Friday Night project” with Joanna Lumbley, Rupert Everet & David Williams (with my mum.. I set her up LOL), People watchers..coming up soon, various short films, Hentagiene Music Video (had two parts in this..u can find them on myspace..their latest vid with the police raid) etc etc…
The last 8 months have been taken up with the show..it took over my life (medicals, interviews, pysc tests..over and over again)..Tuesdays is kind of the Finale..kind of end of the chapter and the start of a new one
sorry i am very tired hope this all makes sense.. i havnt slept for over 48 hrs 
need sleep desperatley.. Hazel feel free to email me through my website and we can chat more..just go to my contact me page. I look forward to hearing from you 
Everyone else I will email 2moro about all the new comments etc
hope you all had a lovely weekend
Best Wishes xx
Hi everyone! ESPECIALLY Sandra!!!!
At last…, a forum where contributors have first-hand experience – thanks Admin!! Tat really enjoyed her time in the house, even though, like Sandra says, heaps of filming wasn’t shown. Unfortunately, a lot of feedback has a common thread – people feel seriously misled by the title – apples and backsides had little to do with a “diet swap”… Sandra, you and Tat were great on live BBC – there’s no way I could have done it, although I am sorry that I missed the radio interview – as a techno phobic, it was difficult to record one thing and listen elsewhere at the same time! It’s an age thing… Sandra, when are you coming down for a bit of Jujitsu and have a go on Steve’s bike???!!! Remember, it’s blue – not purple!! Finally, and although the editing (due to the additional bits) may not really show what went on – well done to all! We will keep watching! Celia x
hey there..
sorry guys I have had some bad news today..sadly my great aunt passed away this afternoon, so you will have to bear with me with my responses to comments. I will be watching with bated breath 2moro eve but obviously will not be celebrating in the same way, I would like to dedicate the show to my aunt Edna…a wonderfull woman with a big heart and a great liverpudlian sense of humour
god bless xxxx
Best wishes all and hope you enjoy the show.. i look forward to hearing all your views after
x
hey Tats mum..thanks for coming on and remarking…like i said above things are a bit difficult tonight so i will reply properly..but i am interested in your opinion as my parents had reservations about the whole thing..especially the way it took over my life for 8months..but i think they are happy with a little more weight on me..my mum never thought there was anything wrong with my weight..she has always been slim herself so just thinks its the way i am. Hope you enjoy my show 2moro..please let me know your opnions
Kind Regards
P.s. can i have some of that yummy food i saw you cook for tatina
I also love portuguese food being half iranian and half english with friends and family from all over the world i have been brought up trying all types of food especially meditteranian (so i am not a fussy eater as the trailer shows the total opposite).
sorry for spelling mistakes..rushing a little xx
I like your blog and will come back soon
I’m a super skinny trying to put on weight. I’m so glad thet people are eventually regognising that people also have problems putting on weight. I have been sick of hearing all of the New Year reaolution programmes on TV and in magazines telling and showing everyone haow to loose weight! It about time that skinny people are now getting some of the help that they need to put ON the weigh in a healthy way. Thank you.
Hi Yasmin
I thought you came across very well on the show and to be honest I would have felt sick at eating most of the food put in front of you too!! Its also the heavy greasey feeling after.Just because you dont want to feel sluggish and heavy you are seen as not normal! madness.
I have PCOS and have been taking Metformin for mine to regulate blood sugar and feel 100% better
Before i post about the show (which i have above) i would like to send my condolences to Yasmin, i am sorry to hear about your Aunt, and i hope your have support around you.
So wow what a difference, still bits about it niggle me, but i think i will touch on that next week if it happens again, but i dont think you came across at all how you thought Yasmin. Yes they said about your allergy but then it was explained how it had become more and that you had set it right. I think however you should be given a medal for eating all that food, i felt really sick just watching god knows what it was like to eat it, and wow what about daryl he did so well after leaving the house brilliant.
I am so pleased the show finally got it acts together and showed the hard work and determination that is needed by both participants to succeed. I am sure if last weeks had been like that we would not have moaned so much.
Well done and roll on next week xxx
Hi Everyone, Especially Tat and Family!!!!!!!
So great to see everyones taking an interest, the editing was a bit iffy, but when i had a second look at the show, this time without my friends around me so i had more time to take it in, i must say, i really enjoyed it, Tat and I had such a laugh, doing this show, even our photo shoot for The News of The World was fun, I cant wait to come down a do some Jujisue (hope i spelt that right), I will have to get my purple outfit out, for my bike ride, it has to be one of the nicest bikes ive ever seen, so only my best purple out will do. Will bein touch very soon, Tat and family.
Well done Yasmin and Daryl what a fab result,,,,god i wish they would take the naked bottoms out though,,, do you think it will be every week,
children are watching this,, is so not nessesary, anyway, great to hear from everyone,, keep writing..luv Sandy xx
Thank goodness for sky plus I was able to record and fast forward the awful G McKeith and those silly women who are allowing themselves to be manipulated in the most gross way, but thats the way channel 4 do things!!
Anyway to get back to Yasmin’s piece on the show, I thought you came over very much in charge of proceedings and well done on eating the disgusting food put in front of you, you looked great after the experience and I hope both you and especially Daryl can reach the weight you want.
Here Here those bums should be banned, i totally agree Helen thank god for Sky plus, i realised last week when i had to record it that even if i was at home i would have to sky plus and start watching it at 8.30 just to get passed the bum thing. It is beyond me why they do the challenge, and next week i will definately be fast forwarding Anna doing the baby food diet i mean come on.
Hey Sandy thanks for the recipe i tried it yesterday, it was great and definately kept me going. Dont suppose you have anymore beauties up your sleeve?
well better get on take care all xxx
Hi everyone,
Thanks Polly for trying my idea, i have loads more and will post them as i can, but here is a quick tip if you are like me and fell hungry sometimes even when i have finished a meal, its often because we are so hungry at the beginning we eat too fast.
So this is what I have tried.
Split your meal into two, you can do it with any meal, i even do it with my morning cereal,
Make your Tea OR whatever hot drink and a small bowl of cereal or dish out half you dinner or lunch into a plate, make it look nice, then sit down and eat as usual and have your drink. Take your time as if its a whole meal, then when youve finshed, if you still feel a bit peckish, heat up and eat the second half, ,,It feels as if youve had seconds, when really youve just ate your normal meal,,
will be back soon
SANDY XX
What a cool idea, I always pile my plate high and also I am a paid up member of the clean plate club. My fear is that I will know there is seconds and will always have it, plus if the plate is not full to bursting I think I not had a real meal.
HI Sandy
I will give it a go but to be honest i dont tend to really want anything after my meal except something sweet just to get rid of the taste in my mouth, but no harm in trying you never know it my solve it.
xx
hello everyone
all the people i have spoken to agree that the show doesn’t need all the added little extras and should just focus on the swap. I think that they should have shown more of what we did to achieve the results we did, they filmed us half way through the twelve weeks but none of that was used. I have continued to lose and have now lost over 5 stone, still along way to go. The main thing that annoyed me was they got my surname wrong, they have known me for around 6 months, how do you get a name wrong.
Darryl WESTON not watson.
Hi Darryl
It’s great to hear from you, and what a fantastic weight loss, it would be great if they did a show attached to supersize v superskinny just to see how everyone is doing now.
I don’t know why they get the name wrong. tatiana in the first show has three different surnames, you would have thought something so personal would have been corrected. Some people huh!
I think we all agree the padding on the show should be lost, there is no need for it as it takes away the emphasis on the actual show. I know a debate took place yesterday about the show, so hopefully that will have been raised and maybe they might consider dropping them in the future. We can only but keep our fingers crossed.
Good to hear from you darryl and keep it up xxx
Hi again,
Well done Darryl “WESTON” (!) & Yasmin. Similar to Tat & Sandra’s episode, it seems alot of yours went missing too… The fact that even the contributors names are wrongly spelt speaks for itself..?! (Thanks to “Leo” for correcting Tat’s even though we have no idea who you are!!??)
Well done Sandra on the debate yesterday – I thought you were very restrained when your body was referred to as “that” (!!??) -perhaps they need a show to debate on how presenters come across…
For the record, and in response to Yasmin’s query: As parents, both Steve and I never had a problem with how Tat eats – her brother is identical and more importantly so was Steve at their age!!
It is obvious that programmes such as these will always be edited for the shock factor – so it is not unexpected that “some” viewers are only able to judge and comment on what they see… and read…
As we all know that what we are being shown is a fraction of everybody’s efforts we will continue watching!
Celia x
Hi, does anyone know when the tv show will be repeated on 4oD as i would love to see it. i could not take part as i have lost my voice
and forgot to record it and want to see if any of the comments that have been left on here where raised.
thanks xx
Hi everyone,
Wow Darrell that is fantastic, I was in the debate show but would you believe i was still only allowed to say certain things, Well I knew it was live and was so tempted to answer the presenter, but i knew it just came out cause, that is him improvising.
The show does seem to be doing well though, regardless, the only thing is, I hope the public dont think anyone was force fed, or forced to starve because, thats not what happened, if someone couldnt cope they could stop, thats was the challenge. Tat i will bell you soon, keep watching
lov Sandy xx
Wow great show last night,
Sandy the tv show is now on 4oD so i will watch it, i was a little frightened at first to participate in it, as i knew they would limit what was said, and especially as i was doing it by phone, but due to sore throat i couldn’t make the call. so i am very interested to find out what was and wasn’t said.
I think last night show, showed a better side to the swap which should have really been shown at the start, so i think if people stuck with it then they will see no one was forced.
Roll on more xx
Hello fellow contributors and other posters, my programme hasn’t been shown yet despite Cheetah/Endemol calling superskinny Jenette and me back in early (after just NINE WEEKS instead of TWELVE) to film our REVEAL under the pretext that our show was really needed urgently. Amy-Jo and Andy did their reveal the same day as ours but they were shown last night (exactly a week after the reveal). Officially this is now 10 weeks into my TVdiet but my final weigh in has already been filmed 8 days ago on 29 Jan (instead of when 12 weeks is really up which would be on Sat 16 Feb) If the show was being televised next week it wouldn’t be so galling but we’re feeling short changed as there seems no reason why this was necessary (being cut short by 3 weeks ie. we were given a quarter of the diet time less than everyone else) If they could edit Amy Jo and Andy in exactly a week then they could’ve done the same for us. We know we aren’t even on the next show (two weeks after our Reveal)and still haven’t got a screening date, needless to say we’re left somewhat unimpressed (and that’s BEFORE seeing the edited programme).
Yes Polly I agree completely it is getting better. WOW X
Hi everyone!!! My show was on Tuesday (5th Feb). I just wanted to add my bit – I am not ‘scared of carbs/Carb Phob’ and yes I have always eaten them!!! I knew they probably would edit it in a way that would be more intersting to the viewer but I promise I eat patsa, bread, rice etc etc…
Apart from this, I was really happy and pleased with our show – I am glad they showed a bit more of mine and Andys relationship (as it was brilliant!) Would be intersting to hear your thoughts…? Andy and I both enjoyed it, although I did find eating all those crisps tough! Andy was a superstar – he really did fantasticly well.
Hi Amy-Jo
Thank you for posting on here, i was shocked at the crisps too, i mean one pack a week is nce but god knows how you did it, but then Andy was fantastic to realise what was happening with his eating.
I was also very pleased to see two people who showed more compassion to each other, and not disrespect the other for the way they both look. In previous shows they have shown a close up on the “superskinny” saying they think fat people are disgusting and repulse them, and they can’t understand why people get like that, but never show the “supersize” disrespecting the “superskinny” so it was nice to see a couple accepting each other for who their are and not what they look like.
Great show
really enjoying these shows apart from gillian mckeith’s bit!! She’s so rude to people who don’t even have big bums really, and anyway don’t guys like big bums?? LOL I think she should have concentrated on waist size which is proven to help health!
Great to read how everyones done since too!
Amy jo have you put on anymore weight? You’re so pretty I’m very jealous LOL think the doctor liked you!!
Hi there! We only had our weigh in for the last part of the show on the 29th so no I haven’t put on anymore weight as of yet. I am still eating LOADS though!!!
Aaaaw thanks Lyndsay, that’s very sweet of you!!! I don’t think the doc liked me though, ha ha ha!!!
Hi Amy-Jo we met on the pavement outside the flat after your Reveal. I thought your show was the best so far. Christian did give you the biggest cuddle at the end!!
So we now know it’s Stefan & Elizabeth next week (show 4) then Julie & Kevin for week 5 then me and Jenette show 6, Desroy & Louise show 7 and the final show is Tracey and Alex I hope they find this forum isn’t it nice being able to talk to each other. I just read a piece about Stefan in his local (Lisburn)newspaper.
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Reality-bites-for-supersize-Stefan.3755200.jp
Sharing a “fancy apartment” last November with a six-stone woman (self) whose life was also controlled by food (me? controlled by food?????). Hmmm!!!!
I read the article too, Rosemarie. Oh, and our diet was cut short at ten weeks… Well done for speaking out.
Anyway, having been interviewed rather intelligently by Maxine Myers of The Voice (Britain’s premier black newspaper) ahead of Tuesday’s show (trailed as featuring “a woman (self) on a quest for eternal youth”) and currently in talks with a National (Tabloid), at this rate sparks will surely fly.
Oh dear me – are you not at all happy then Elizabeth and Rosemarie? It sounds as if they have twisted it quite a lot then for you? I expected it so took it with a pinch of salt, all of the important people in my life know the truth (that I have always eaten carbs – ‘CARB PHOB’!!!) So I’m not overly fussed. They really didn’t want us to meet at the house did they Rosemarie??!! Mmmm starting to make sense now!!!!
Hi Amy-Jo! My friends and I loved you and Andy. You got stitched up too then?
I was called in as a late substitute and I love the way the camera zoomed in on my bony ribs (story to follow). I was actually ill while filming the back-story; having been struck down the day after I was drafted.
Anyway, it is to be expected when dealing with these types of people, so I expected the worse and prepared for it.
My friends think the “eternal youth” thing is hilarious. I’ll post links when the stories come out.
The Voice interview with pictures of me BEFORE this show goes out on Monday. I’ll post it then.
I figured you had carbs in your diet. How else could you manage to exercise without collasping (doh!!)?
That is hilarious, do people really believe what they watch??!!! I have told Andy to have a look on here…
I didn’t really have a clue what I was letting myself in for but i’m glad i did it (it all did happen rather quickly, interview one day, back story the next and then was whizzed into the house!). Andy and I have both had great feedback which is fab.
I am looking forward to your show!!!
Me too (looking forward to my show)! The trick is to ridicule before we get ridiculed!
I actually signed up to prove that not all us skinny folks have issues with food, but when presented in one instance with 8 slices of cheese on toast and a glass of cow juice (milk), I went ballistic. I’d told them I don’t drink milk. The idea of drinking cow juice sickened me from childhood. Now was that done purposely to get a reaction? Then at the dance studio they got Stefan to walk in with lots of chocolates and crisps, followed by a burger when we left. That just degraded him made HIM look greedy. I had no idea I would be presented with supersized meals at such regular intervals. I went on the show to eat junk food – I did that. I took the challenge to gain weight (note that’s why I seemed excited at the end) and I did that too. For me it was an exercise in proving a point: nothing more nothing less!
Hi all – there seems to be a few unhappy people. I can understand why and totally agree with Rosemarie as AJ and I only got just under 10 weeks before our reveal which alters things a great deal.
The experience was great for me and it has helped me but I honestly think that has more to do with AJ and the way we got on together rather than a lot that went on in the house. AJ is a lovely person and I am glad I did the show as it introduced us and opened my eyes to a lot of things.
Hope your shows go well and try not to worry people do realise that things can be edited any way they want them to be !!!
Good for you girly!!!! I know, they didn’t show half of the food Andy and I ate!!!!
And don’t get me started on the book!! :-0
… the bit about [helping people] to fall in love with food [all over against]! Er, isn’t the show supposed to be warning people of the dangers of falling in love with food (to the point of obsession)?
Speaking from the point of view of an ordinary viewer of watching programmes such as yours is the fact that we are wising up to what TV producers get up to. I found reading the link below very revealing as to what really goes on.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=513386&in_page_id=1773
Oh my gosh! That’s horrific, Helen. I watched that show and wondered how she tolerated the squalor. Clearly she didn’t! I’m just glad I was assertive enough to throw my weight around rather than ‘play along’ as Stefan did in some instances.
Hi Everyone, Especially Tat and Family, It was so lovely to see you all on Sunday, Thank you so much for coming to meet me, i had a great time with you, so sorry I was late, Thanks for the Brandy, I am definately gonna get fitter, get my blue outfit and come down again, and do a class, I really did enjoy the juditshu, no Ive spelt it wrong, but you know what i mean,, dont forget to let me know if you are ever coming up to London, speak soon Tat take care everyone,
Luv Sandy. ps, I will get that stew recipe ASAP
PPS HAS ANYONE EVER TRIED THOSE VIBRATION EXCERCISE MACHINES THAT YOU JUST STAND ON,
IS IT GOOD?
Hello All,
I’ve been without internet for 4 days its great to return and read all these posts. Helen I saw that article in the Daily mail and thought again of the reality (or not) of supersize vs superskinny (LOL) Andy- I agree not to worry my friends know the truth and the majority of viewers don’t believe everything they watch. I’m not really dreading the screening I knew we had no editing rights and that I’m unlikely to like, or agree, with everything shown.
It would be nice to see a copy before it goes out on TV though.
This is what The Voice newspaper did with the interview. Someone has to make a stand or else where will media lies end? I’ve been actively humiliating the reporter. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=176261113&albumID=1254929&imageID=15691806
This is the blog.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=176261113&blogID=356784623&Mytoken=9DBD8CD3-8149-4DB6-BF302365065436AB34365601
Hi Everyone,
I am Jenette, super skinny to Rose Marie (show 6) i have been trying to read all these postings, i must say everyone seems really positive about the show (or should i say the contributes). i am sooooo nervous about ours being showed, and i totally agree with rose Marie, and a few others who say it was a total sham that are diets were cut short by 3 weeks, i would have been happy with it, if they mentioned it when filming, but no way was that happening!
I cant say how i am going to come across after editing, only after reading the Daily Mail article it seems i am a total junk food addict, who cant or wont cook and has never tasted good food or vegetables ever!!! i might not be the best cook, or know the names of all our much need veggies but i do cook, i have two beautiful daughters and i am so protective of them that they have to have good meals (i mean i don’t want them turning out super skinny and having to go on episode 1001 of this show lol)
I have to say Rose Marie, you were great, and you have done so well, I always said you would and could do it, so you go girl, i am still trying myself (hard to gain weight when you eat everything anyway lol!)
The shows contributes have been brill, i did miss last weeks cause i was on way back form our reveal, but my mum watched it and said it was good, she said they showed more of “us” rather than that crazy woman (Gillian) and that it was better, was that so??
Thank you
jenette;-)
Hi all.. Long time no speak..
Sorry I have kind of disappeared of the blog after the airing of my show… I thought in should explain..
After the show the only way to explain my feelings and state of mind was mortified
I have been so upset that I have not really been out the house since the show aired (as I have had people calling me that food phobic and can’t face people and what they think). I know I have had positive feedback..however the show was totally distorted and edited to fit within the chanels “BOX” that they had to tick i guess. Have you noticed how we have all been given a personality/idenity on the show..
I was the “FOOD PHOBIC”.. Joe was the “CARB PHOBIC” ETC ETC
I really don’t know where to begin… I am not a fussy eater far from it I am half English and Half Iranian.. I have been brought up eating and trying food from all over the world. I have even eaten sheeps testicles, eyes, tongue etc etc… is this what a fussy eater does. I eat like a pig..for example i had a kebab (Shawarma) without bread or sauce last night..well confession this morning (2am LOL).. I was starving.. and I do this alot. I can out eat nearly everyone I know… I have never been scared of food far from it..just scared of being sick .. wouldn’t you if you were throwing up 15-29 per day and blew up from less than a size 0 to a size 16 and 9 months pregnant in seconds… THE SHOW DIDN’T SHOW YOU THIS DID THEY..THEY HAD TO KEEP STOPPING FILMING WHEN I WAS EATING COS THE MICROPHONE BELT KEPT POPPING OF ME AS I WAS SWELLING UP..THEY ACTUALLY STRAIGHT OUT LIED AS WELL..THE DR SAID THERE WAS NOTHING DIGESTIVE WRONG..THERE IS (I WON’T GO INTO THAT TOO MUCH) BUT IN SHORT I ULCERS ETC AND STILL UNDERGOING MORE TESTS (i HAVE BEEN POKED UP AND DOWN IN AND OUT) I HAVE JUST FINALLY HAD MY ALLERGY APPOINTMENT AND HAD LOADS OF TESTS STILL WAITING FOR MORE RESULTS..ALSO I DID HAVE A MIGRAINE THE DR SAID I DIDN’T WELL HERE IS WHAT HAPPENDED; THE DR ASKED ME TO TRY THE FOOD DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT HAD SODIUM NITRATE ALL OVER IT WHICH FROM THE AGE OF 7 HAS GIVEN ME BAD MIGRAINES.. THIS WAS IN MY MEDICAL NOTES. I HAVE ALWAYS SUFFERED FROM MIGRAINES FROM 7 AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SETS IT OFF AND THAT IS ONE THING..THE DR SAID TO EAT IT AND IF IT MADE ME SICK THEY HE WOULD PERSONALLY GO GET ME THE TABLETS..WELL IT DID MAKE ME SICK AND THEY DID HAVE TO GET ME TABLETS AND I HAD TO WHERE MY SUNGLASSES IN THE HOUSE COS OF THE STAGE LIGHTS. I CANNOT BELIEVE HE LIED STRAIGHT OUT. THEY ALSO EDITED TO MAKE ME LOOK LIKE I SAID ALL FISH GAVE ME MIGRAINES AND MADE ME SICK..THIS WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT I ACTUALLY WAS SAYING THE PRESERVATIVE ..SODIUM NITRATE IN IT GAVE ME A MIGRAINE AND WITH A MIGRAINE I GET VERY SICK..LIKE MOST PEOPLE I THROW UP WITH A BAD ONE. OMG THIS IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICE BERG…. FOR THE FINALE:
NOW THIS IS WHAT HAS UPSET ME THE MOST…… THEY EDITED SO THE SHOW WAS LEFT WITH ME SAYING THAT I COULD EAT BREAD/WHEAT AGAIN…..THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHEAT MAKES ME SO SO SO SO SO SICK… I EVEN AFTER WATCHING THE SHOW MADE MYSLEF GO EAT IT AGAIN TO PROVE TO MYSEFL AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT I AM NOT CRAZY… THIS MADE ME VERY ILL WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ME..I HAVE SPENT A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME CRYING/SCREAMING IN PAIN ON THE TOILET OR IN BED BARELY MOVING….SO IS THIS OK..IS THIS WHAT THEY CALL BEING ABLE TO EAT WHEAT.. I THINK NOT!!! WHAT THEY FAILED TO OMITB FROM THE END OF THE SHOW IS THE TRUTH!!!!
AFTER MY WEEK IN THE HOUSE THEY PUT ME ON A DIET THAT INLC WHEAT..THEY SAID MY BODY WOULD ADAPT AND GET USE TO IT AND EVENTUALLY STOP BLOWING UP…WELL THIS DIDN;T HAPPEN..INSTEAD AS THE DAYS AND WEEKS WENT BY ON THIS “NEW” DIET I GOT MORE AND MORE ILL AND WAS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE A HEROIN ADICT..MY EYES WERE BLACK, I WAS THROWING UP AGAIN, MY BONES ACHED AGAIN, LETHAGIC, COULDN;T GET OUT OF BED, BASICALLY FOR THE 1ST 4 WEEKS ON THEIR “NEW” DIET I FELT LIKE I WAS DYING BUT DESPITE HOW ILL IT WAS MAKING ME I CONTINUED ON COS WHEN I COMMIT TO SOEMTHING I KEEP TO AND I PROMISED THEM.. I WAS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE SHOW AND THE NUTRICIONIST AND EVENTUALLY AFTER LENGTHY TALKS WITH ALL CONCERNED I WAS ALLOWED TO TAKE OUT TEH WHEAT OUT OF MY DIET AGAIN…AND WITHIN A FEW WEEKS I WAS FEELING GREAT AGAIN!!! I CONTINUED TO PUT ON WEIGHT BUT THROUGH MY ADAPTION OF “THEIR NEW DIET”. THEY NEVER ACTUALLY GAVE ME A NEW DIET AS SUCH SO I HAD TO ADAPT THE OLD ONE MYSEF WITHOUT THE WHEAT… I DID THIS SIMPLY BY REPLACING THINGS WITH SOYA AND CARRIED ON CUTTING DOWN ON THE FRUIT. MY DIET IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT NOW TO WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY JUST WITH “FRESH FISH” ADDED WITH SOYA AND CUTTING DOWN THE FRUIT AND NOT SKIPPING MEALS AS MUCH (BEING A MUM THIS IS VERY EASY ESPECAILLY WHEN CONCENTRATING ON LOOKING AFTER A CHILD WITH ALL THE MEDICAL ISSUES MY SON HAS) I AM TRYING TO ORGAINISE MY FOOD AS WELL AS MY SON’S..EVERY MUM MUST DO THIS..NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING A FOOD PHOBIC..JUST A MUM WITH NOT MUCH TIME SO I WOULD CONCENTRATE ON HIM!!!
AMAZINGLY “MY NEW” DIET HAS WORKED FOR ME AS I AM NOW 9 STONE AND HAVE KEPT THIS WEIGHT OVER THE LAST 3 WEEKS… HOWEVER I HAVE DONE NO EXERCISE AND HAVE SPENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS HIDING AWAY AND NOT EVERN REALLY WALKING ANYWHERE LET ALONE EXERCISE..WHICH IS NOT ME.. I AM NORMALLY VERY ACTIVE ..BEING AN EX COMPETITVE FIGURE SKATER (AMONGST MULTIPLE OTEHR SPORTS) PART OF MY WEIGHT ISSUE THAT THEY FAILED TO OMIT (DIGESTIVE) WAS THAT I HAVE A BARIUM TEST DONE ON HOSP AND THEY FOUND THAT INSTEAD OF THE TEST TAKING 3-6 HOURS IT TOOK 20 MINS, THE REASONS BEING THAT MY METABOLISM IS SO FAST..THEY INSTANTY CHECKED THE OBVIOUS..THYROIDS ETC BUT NO PROBS THEIR.. ALL THEY COULD SAY WAS THAT THIS WAS DUE TO ME TRAINING IN MANY SPORTS AS I GREW UP AND THAT I TRAINED MY METABOLISM TO BE LIKE THIS THROUGH ALL THESE SPORTS AT A YOUNG AGE…VERY ODD!!! BUT THEY DIDN’T MENTION THIS..OR THE FACT THAT MY DAD HAS CHRONED DISEASE, MY GRANDFATHER HAS CAELIACS, MY SISTER IBS AND MY SON ..WELL MULTIPLE FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL ALLERGIES…. SO THERE IS DEF SOMETHING DIGESTIVE GOING ON OR SHOULD I SAY WRONG ..IN MY FAMILY!!!! THE SHOW TOWARDS THE END OF FILMING AFTER COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE CONTINUED TO FOLLOW MY STORY..THEY EVEN ARRRANGED FOR ME TO HAVE A CAELIACS TEST DONE ONCE AND FOR ALL..IT SEEMED AND APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THIS AS I HAD INCL WHEAT AGAIN IN MY DIET AND THE TEST CANNOT BE DONE IF YOU ARE WHEAT FREE. THIS WAS GREAT..HOWEVER I WAS VERY SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTOOD OR NEW ABOUT WHAT THIS WAS FROM THE PRODUCTION SIDE..WHICH I FOUND VERY WORRYING AS THEY ARE MAKING A MEDICAL/FOOD DIET SHOW..SHOULDN;T THEY ALL HAVE RESEARCHED STUFF LIKE THIS BEFORE HAND.. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN A MEMBER OF THE PRODUCTION TEAM WHEN DISCUSSING HOW UPSET I AM SAID TO ME “BUT YOU HAVN’T GOT A PROBLEM WITH WHEAT..YOUR CAELIACS TEST WAS NEGATIVE” THIS BLEW ME AWAY THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD NOT BEEN BRIEFED FULLY..THE TWO THINGS DON’T ALWAYS GO TOGETHER..JUST BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE CAELIACS DISEASE DOES NOT MEAN I DON’T HAVE A WHEAT INTOLLERANCE OR ALLERGY OR ANOTHER DIGESTIVE ISSUE. THE DR APPEARED NOT TO KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THE TOPIC EITHER..AND HAD A VERY FLIPANT ATTITUDE TOWARDS ALLERGIES AND INTOLLERANCE.. THIS HAS WORRIED ME AS I HAVE HAD EMAILS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOT INTOLLERANCES OR ALLERGIES DIAGNOSED AND UN..ALL SAYING ARE THEY GOING MAD..SHOULD THEY JUST EAT IT THEN.. MY ANSWER ..NO CHECK WITH YOUR DR 1ST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING.. I THINK THE SHOW HAS PORTRAYED PEOPLE BADLY THAT DO HAVE AN HONEST PROBLEM LIKE ALLERGIES OR INTOLLERANCES.. PART OF THE REASON I WANTED TO DO THE SHOW WAS TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT I AM NOT GOING MAD AND THEIR IS A PROB..INSTEAD THE SHOW DID THE OPPOSITE AND THEY ACTUALLY SAID THAT IT WAS IN MY HEAD AND THE DR OUT RIGHT LIED ABOUT ME BEING SICK… I HAVE A 7 YEAR OLD SON WHO I HAVE NOW GOT TO PICK UP FROM SCHOOL WITH PEOPLE SAYING “THAT’S THAT MUM OF THE SUPERSKINNY SHOW..GOD SHE’D GOT ISSUES, SHE MADE OUT TO EVERYONE THAT SHE HAS BEEN REALLY SICK..BUT IT WAS ALL IN HER HEAD..WHAT A NIGHTMARE WOMEN”!!!!! – THIS IS THE KIND OF RESPONSE..I ACTUALLY NOW WALK WITH MY HEAD DOWN..DREADING PEOPLE TALKING TO ME COS I KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT.. I WAS SO PROUD OF THE SHOW BEFORE IT WAS AIRED.. I PUT 8 MONTHS OF MY LIFE INTO THE SHOW AS I WAS THE 1ST PERSON THEY FOUND IN PRE PRODUCTION AND IT WAS MY FOOTAGE THEY TOOK TO CHANEL 4 TO GET THE SHOW COMMISSIONED SO FOR ME THIS KINDA TOOK OVER MY LIFE AND I GAVE ALOT TO THESE PEOPLE WHO I TRUSTED.. I DO FEEL VERY STABBED IN THE BACK..WHICH I HAVE TOLD THEM. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE POWERS TO BE AT ENDEMOL AND I AM WAITNG TO HERE BACK..UNFORTUNALTY THE POWERS TO BE HAS GONE ON HOLIDAY AND I COULD NOT WAIT ANY LONGER TO PUT THE STORY STARIGHT.. I DID WANT TO GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO PUT THINGS RIGHT..BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A PRIORITY SO IT LOOKS LIKE ITS UP TO ME…STILL WORKING THIS ONE OUT… I HAVE WOULD LIKE A RETRACTION OF SOME KIND BUT WE WILL SEE.. !!!MUM!!!
I NEARLY FORGOT TO SAY… IN MY INTERVIEW WITH THE DR AFTER THE HOUSE WHEN HE GAVE ME THE CAELIACS RESULTS (ALL FIMED BUT CUT OUT) THE DR ADMITTED HE WAS WRONG AND THAT WHEAT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT GOOD FOR ME AND THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT I CUT IT OUT AGAIN I STILL HAD GAINED WEIGHT SO NOT TO WORRY ABOUT EATING WHEAT AS IT OBVIOUSLY MAKES ME SICK FOR “WHATEVER REASONS”!!! IN THE SHOW THEY LEFT IT WITH HIM SAYING THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE AND THAT I COULD EAT WHEAT AGAIN…. I REALLY CAN’T AND EVEN THE DR ADMITTED THIS ON CAMERA..THIS IS THE FOOTAGE THAT I WANT CHANEL 4 TO SHOW!!
I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYONED MENTAL WELL BEING AFTER THIS SHOW..AS THEY DID SCREEN US BEFORE HAND..HOWEVER MAYBE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED UP AFTER..COS IF I AM UPSET THIS MUCH OVER THE SHOW..(AND I AM A FIGHTER) HOW MIGHT “THIS” AFFECT SOMEONE NOT SO STRONG..WHEN I SAY “THIS” I MEAN THE WAY THEY HAVE DISTORTED EVERYONE TO FIT WITH THEIR PLAN!!
AS YOU CAN TELL THIS HAS REALLY AFFECTED ME…I DID THIS AS A POSITIVE THING AND THEY BY DISTORTING “MY TRUE STORY” HAVE DONE THE TOTAL OPPOSITE. THE SHOW HAS TAUGHT ME ALOT…BUT THAT SADLY IS OUTWEIGHED BY ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM SO GLAD THAT THE SHOW DESPITE THE EDIT/PRODUCTION ISSUES SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS HELPED ALOT MAYBE JUST NOT IN THEY WAY THEY INTENDED. I AM SURE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF POSITIVE STUFF TO COME OUT OF ALL THIS AND I AM SO PROUD OF EVERYONE THAT DID THE SHOW AS WE BUT OUR LIVES INTO THE HANDS OF OTHERS AND THIS WAS SO HARD ..I AM SURE THAT YOU WOULD ALL AGREE. TO GIVE UP TOTALL CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE IN THE WAY WE DID IS NOT EASY..PEOPLE DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE LOCKED AWAY FROM THE WORLD FOR 5 DAYS..LIKE A MINI BIG BRO..THIS ALONE WAS HARD AND THEN ADDING THE FOOD OR LACK OF FOOD ELEMENT TO IT..WELL WHAT CAN I SAY I THINK WE ALL DESERVE MEDALS..WELLL DONE TO YOU ALL KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.. I KNOW THAT MY FELLOW DIET SWAP PARTNER IS DOING SO WELL.. I AM SO SO PROUD OF YOU DARYLL AND THANKS TRACY FOR YOUR KIND WORDS (THEY RANG ME 1ST THING THE MORN AFTER OUR SHOW WAS AIRED) I KNOW TRACY THAT YOU INTENIFIED WITH MY HORROR OF WHAT THEY HAD DISTORTED. CAN I ALSO POINT OUT THAT DARRYL IS SUCH A KIND MAN..AND IN NO WAY A GREEDY FOOD JUNKY IN THE WAY IT WAS SHOWN… HE HAS NOW LOST OVER 5 STONE..AMAZING!!
WELL I SUPPOSE I MUST GO AFTER MY RANT MY APPOLOGIES FOR SPELLING ANG GRAMMAR..IT’S BEEN A LONG FEW NIGHTS (MY SON HAS BEEN SICK) AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHY I HAD DISAPPEARED FROM THE BLOG..
HOPE ALL YOU FELLOW CONTRIBUTORS KEEPING UP THE HARD WORK..IT’S WORTH IT… COMING FROM SOMEONE THAT HAS MANAGED TO ATTAIN MY IDEAL WEIGHT IN LESS THAN 5 MONTHS!!!
TAKE CARE ALL
KIND REGARDS
YASMIN
That’s an epic post, Yasmine and well done. I’m really sorry that you have been affected in such a negative way. I knew you were very excited so I can only try to imagine your disappointment. If it helps I was asked to play along (more on that to follow). I’m naturally cynical so I was constantly aware that although people act nice it doesn’t mean they are nice. Unfortunately we live in a society where people are quick to accept media lies. They don’t think about what is being presented to them and why. It’s such a pity we didn’t all have hindsight, but there is such a thing as damage limitation. If we all put our experiences in a public place as one, people will take notice. I’m a writer and I’m looking into writing an article about social decay. When I surveyed people many of them blamed the tabloid press and the media. I believe that if people are capable of accepting lies then they are just as capable of accepting the truth. If enough people are saying the same thing they will be compelled to reconsider. Although I don’t expect my show to reflect the truth in its entirety (if at all), still, by virtue of the fact that I was trailed as being on a quest for eternal youth (something most people aspire to have) people will take notice. I will do my best thereafter. Don’t let the negative attitudes of people prevent you from being you, Yasmine. Don’t let stupid words control your behaviour. Hold you head up. When they see that you don’t care what they say, they will shut up. When they see that you are affected it fuels them. Trust me, the best way is to walk tall and go about your business as usual. Sending you lots of happy positive vibes.
xx
AH BLESS YOU ELIZABETH..THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS..YOU ARE VERY RIGHT IN WHAT YOU SAY. WHAT MAKES ME SAD IS THAT AS I GREW UP I WAS BULLIED BADLY AND THIS TOOK ITS TOLL.. I WAS A VERY QUIET, UNCONFIDENT PERSON AND HAD TO ATTEND STAGE SCHOOL GET OVER THIS AND HELP ME IN MY QUEST TO BE A BARRISTER.. THE STAGE SCHOOL HELPED A GREAT DEAL BUT IT STILL TOOK ME MANY YEARS AND A VERY BAD RELATIONSHIP FOR ME TO BECOME THE STRONG CONFIDENT WOMEN I AM NOW (WELL WAS UNTIL THE SHOW).. THIS MAKES ME SO SAD AS I FEEL LIKE I HAVE STEPPED BACK IN TIME. ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS HOW I HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH, MIX AND TALK TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE, I HAVE FRIENDS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND I DO NOT JUDGE. I AM (SHOULD I SAY I AM NORMALLY) NOW THE SORT OF PERSON THAT CAN START A CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE..STANDING AT THE BUS STOP OR IN TESCOS OR IN THE PARK.. MY FRIENDS LAUGH COS THEY SAY THAT I MAKE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE AND CHAT TO ANYONE..THEY THINK IT’S GREAT..BUT THE SHOW HAS (AT THE MOMENT) TAKEN THIS AWAY FROM ME.. I DID WALK WITH MY HEAD UP HIGH.. AND I WILL AGAIN..IT’S JUST AWFULL WHEN PEOPLE THINK THE WRONG THING OF YOU
I WILL CARRY ON AND TRY TO BE POSITIVE.. I HAVE THINGS IN THE PIPE LINE THAT HAVE COME OF THE BACK OF THE SHOW AND MY PUBLICITY ..SO I AM POSITIVE IN MANY OTHER WAYS.. SO WATCH THIS SPACE (FINGERS CROSSED) 
TAKE CARE ELIZABETH AND MAYBE YOU COULD EMAIL ME THROUGH MY WEBSITE http://WWW.YASMINSMITH.CO.UK SO WE COULD POSSIBLY TALK ABOUT THIS FURTHER BUT IN PRIVATE..WITHOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM READING!! I FEEL WE MAY BE ABLE HELP EACHOTHER
I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING SOON.
KIND REGARDS
YASMIN
You’re welcome, Yasmine. Guess what? I don’t care who’s reading this. I’m only speaking the truth, aren’t I? I sent you an email. Group hug, everybody!!
PS Unlike you, Yasmine, I’ve elected to ignore the phone calls. Nothing left to discuss from my end.
Hi Superskinnys (I mean that in the nicest possible way!) Jenette it’s great to see you posting on here. Elizabeth I hope you are genuinely able to be as positive as you sound now after you show is screened tonight. You haven’t seen it in advance have you?
Yasmin- I’m really sorry it’s been so bad for you, please don’t let it get you down, we will all have the last laugh in the end I’m certain. If another series is commissioned they will have to look back at the first show’s contributors to see how they are doing, it’s an obvious thing people will expect to see, so the proof is in what you do now. You have said some positive stuff about what may come from having participated and it is that I wish comes good for you. What you do for yourself now is what they can’t take from you but you can take from them, I hope that makes sense. All the very best girls.
Hi Rosemarie
Thankyou for your post above… what you said totally makes sense and I think your right we will have the last laugh…
Thankyou for your support
Kind Regards
Yasmin xxx
Well, Rosemarie (with the very sunny disposition
). I’m used to people trashing me, so I’m geared up to expect the absolute worst. Also I write on mind, body spirit issues and people from around the world write to me from time to time about their problems… I’ve also been in and around the music industry and met and experienced all kinds.
xx
I took out a few precautionary insurance policies (emails to newspapers etc) BEFORE we started filming and threw my weight around a lot thereafter. I was told I have no editorial rights, but the private joke is: Oh yes I do! They underestimated my ruthlessness, but I would hope they edited with it in mind. I’m actually more nervous about being ‘famous’. The thought of people recognising me scares me, but I’m equipped to deal with it… I hope!
Eliazbeth we must chat in private about our spiritual sides..it sounds like we would have a great deal to talk about.. they did film that side of me whlist in the house but none of this was shown…i was told it was very moving but i never got to see it
shame as it meant alot and says alot about me and who I am..but that didn’t fit into the box.again!!! got to dash chat soon and look after yourself 
Kind Regards
yasmin
p.s. don’t worry about the fame thing…most people are too embarressed to say anything anyhow..it is strange though being recognised.. i have resulted in wearing a big hat to hide under..and people still recognise me… poor posh spice..it must drive her mad (i now emphathise with these stars to an extent.. not saying i am famous like them but just having the taster was enough)!! x
wow i come back from working my ass of to find a little community of huggers, good on you all for finding each other.(i mean that i the nicest possible way)
I have not had chance to read all but i have picked up a few things. Yasmin, PCOS makes you look pregnant after wheat intake, i suffer badly, i am constantly asked when my next one is due and on some occasions i have been refused enterance as they think i am about to have my baby> What baby!! it is very annoying, and i know i am big so it is different but the result is the same, so i can understand why you took the decision not to eat those things, people can be so cold sometimes, if your fat you don’t look after yourself, and your a pig, and if your underweight the same applies except people think you are being vain. No one can win, people will always find fault in others, until they realise no one is perfect. I know it hurts to hear people and i wish i could say it’s easy to switch them off but its not, you will grow hard to it, but the one thing you have to keep hold of is,you are you, and many people love you for that, and those that ridcule are the ones that have a problem not you.
Elizabeth i am looking forward to your show, i believe it’s tonight is that correct? Your show should definately give a spin on things especially as you didnot go into it as they asked you too.
well i better move on i have not filled in my diary opps xxx
Oops forgot to add a msg for SANDY, the vibrating machine are amazing, but don’t suit everyone. I would advise you to find a gym that has them and try a free trial day first before committing. hope this helps
Yasmine, we joke privately that to the uninitiated I could be classified as a religious weirdo… I’ve learned first hand that people who are not spiritual are unable to understand people who are spiritual, and I always carry that with me. The show’s agenda wasn’t spiritual: although I wondered if I would be edited to look weird, seeing I openly admitted to receiving inspiration from above (not that I’m ashamed of it or anything). If you go on my website and read the blog you will get an instant idea of where I’m coming from, but my book breaks it down better; in a common sense kind of way. Regarding the fame thing: I think if something isn’t for you but you push for it regardless, it will come back to haunt you. Although I didn’t sign up in a vain bid for fame, still I’m cautious. I take nothing for granted. Thanks for the good advice though. xx
Hi Polly, yes, I’m on tonight. It should be an interesting watch. Wait until you see what poor Stefan had to eat. No matter how I’m edited I don’t believe the show will portray the real me, so I’ll be back to fill in the blanks.
xx
I was Super-shallowed in yesterday’s Voice newspaper, so I’m conditioned and ready to field questions.
hey just watching you elizabeth…and wanted to say i think you look great..in proportion and amazing for your age….i will continue this blog after the show…
so far so good girly xxx
Thanks Yasmine. I thought they did a fantastic job. The captured my personality, but the ending was flopped: Big time. They edited as though I’ve embraced what the doctor said! The heck I did! I hope it came across that Stefan and I bonded, even to the point of arguing: He didn’t understand me, but that was to be expected. Also, like I said, I’m all about spirituality, but non-spiritual editing folks wouldn’t get it. The times you saw me rolling my eyes were the moments when I thought, “if I say that I’m going to be portrayed as a religious nut”, so I deigned. It was entertaining, but please know that I have not taken on board ANYTHING… NOTHING… I was there to prove the point that I am in control of food and I can choose it or refuse it as need be. Good people everywhere: GO AND READ MY BOOK. Oh, and gosh the lighting was bad.
Hi All
Elizabeth you did fine, it is such a shame for all of us that they didn’t show more of us in the house (not that my show is out yet,wk 6!) Stefan looked great, i hope he sticks at it, he seemed a genuine nice guy – all the best for both of you.
Yasmin, i am sorry i didn’t see your show! you sound a strong person though, i know at the moment you may be down, but like Elizabeth said “get ya head up girl” – i really hope i can do the same when my show is aired, i cant tell you how scarred i am. I have done the show to show that skinny girls (& sorry i can only speak for myself) don’t always love “the look”, i hate my look but need to change my out look, as i don’t think i will ever be big, and my daughters will never be big so for them (yes & me) i need to learn more than anything to love myself and ignore the hurtful insults that come from people who don’t deserve a second thought! of course i am putting a little weight on and that is brill,a bit of bottle confidence right now would work wonders though!
Hi rose Marie, you were right it is not just us that was unhappy with the show and the editing!
And i think it was Louise who i spoke to before i went in the show, is Louise on here?
hugs a very nervous Jenette x
Thanks Jenette. They had their agenda unfortunately. http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/S/supersize_superskinny/volunteers_4.html
None of the above is true where the food is concerned. And I didn’t follow their damned diet. It was interfering with my flexibility so I ditched it in favour of my own. And can I say the doctor said I wasn’t doing anything wrong, just that I wasn’t getting enough of it. The joke is they told me I looked good when I was in fact doing my own thing. And the taking Stefan to the dance studio bit… Well, that was my first visit to a dance studio. It was as much an adventure for me as it was for him. So that too was a fabrication.
really enjoyed tonights show- i don’t know if i imagined it but did Gillian Mckeith’s bit seems shorter (thank god!!)! Diet pill part was actually quite interesting if still a little long. Interesting to hear Elizabeth that you didnt even use their diet! I can see your point that you are good at controlling what you eat, but under 7 stone is very very tiny! I could do with some more discipline though sometimes!
It’s a shame to see editing is so bad in these programmes and makes me wonder how many other shows i see have untrue information?
Yasmin i just looked at your website too- saw your acting photos from the programme- one of the camera guys i think it is is gorgeous!! wearing pink and grey v neck sweatshirt and white t shirt with brown hair- lucky you to work with him haha!
Lyndsay, the bottom line is I went on the show to eat junk food then to gain weight for the purposes of proving how in control I am. Being under 7 stones may be tiny but that’s neither here nor there. The point they tried to make was about nutrition, not about body weight. I treated it as an experiment. It encouraged me if anything to carry on as I usual. I’m actually glad they edited me with dishonesty because it gives me more to work with. On their website they say I needed time out to go dancing. Time out from what? First thing Sunday morning at that. Who does dancing on a Sunday morning even in their physical world? I’m only using their own lies against them. I live a spiritual life and as I told Stefan and the doctor as I was leaving, if I was to become as deeply involved with food as was required over the ten weeks that I was on ‘a diet’, it would affect me spiritually. I told Rae Langford that I don’t eat small bowls of pasta (now I’m naming names) yet in order to make the profile fit they’ve created a diet to suit, so they can put a label on me. Who could survive daily on a small bowl of pasta, 4 brazil nuts and other ‘oddities’? I was force feeding myself on their diet in order to pack in their recommended daily amounts. My life after the show was revolved solely around eating. Like I said I live a spiritual live and food is functional. “Man does not live by bread alone.” The show was never going to change my life.
Hi Elizabeth, i have just finished watching the show, and found it extremely uncomfortable, i admit i don’t know you, no one does except for those around you, but i was shocked at how cast iron you came across, especially with how you write on here! however i have one question? have you kept the weight on that you gained or are you trying to loose it again?
Please don’t get me wrong, i am not into offending people so please don’t feel that way, i am just interested as to see if you have changed in some way.
Hi Polly, the entire show was about them (Stefan included) trying to analyse me. I stopped going to church for the very same reasons. I make people feel uncomfortable just for being me. The edited scene at the dinner table was not just about “whatever”. I was being accused of being a hypocrite. I was being watched constantly (as per usual) to see if I could keep up ‘the pretence’. If you read my details on my website you’ll see what kind of person I am. I was invited on the show under the assumption that I could be manipulated. I was never going to change, BUT I was affected negatively in a spiritual way. And that’s one reason why I stopped answering my phone to Endemol. I’m back to normal now. The weight fell off because I stopped eating to order. I’m back eating as and when I’m hungry. Also I just had a word with C4 about the “biography” on their site. I’m not at all offended, Polly. My friends thought I was dignified under the circumstances actually.
Heya all, just poppin back on to ther forum, i haven;t been on here in a while!!
I am absolutely gutted that i missed Yasmin’s eposide and i am so mad at chanel 4 for you for editing it!!
Why do the make out that all larger people do is eat junk and all us slimer people do is eat salad!! It is so so frustrating, they need to get their head out of their A*** and face reality!!
it winds me up so much!! The steroptypical labelling perception we get!!!
Grrrr im so mad!!!
xxxx
Sorry bout the spelling i was rushing everything out lol!!
I just had a looked on your website Yasmin! My gosh you are stunning!!!
Hi Elizabeth, I thought the Doctor’s advice to you was very sound. You started the programe looking like a 7 year-old girl and finished it looking like a woman, a very attractive one at that. I hope you haven’t lost all the weight you gained because believe me coming up towards the menopause as you are, you will need all the energy resources you can get without the help of pills to get you through the day.
Yasmin, nice to see you back, remember good always comes from bad and I hope the future will be good to you. Don’t take notice of negative remarks from others, just do your own thing!!
Helen, I don’t look like a 7 year old girl in real life. Bad lighting and angles etc and full make up and better lighting have much to answer for.
Here’s my promotional video. This shows what I really look like. Guys, relax! I have it under control.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPdHmd9pRQY
hi
i will post in full tonight..just wanted to say a big WELL DONE to Elizabeth… I know after being there already..the reasons behind your harsh attitude..i wish i had been as strong and vocal about my true feelings whilst in the house as you did..i really respect you for sticking to your guns and not falling into the trap i did.. i am sure you know what i mean when i say this to you Elizabeth. I am a real people pleaser (sometimes my downfall) and therefore fell into the trap and in a way as i felt that the team were my friends wanted to please them as well as completing my own agenda (to show the truth about allergies/intollerances thus gaining coverage for this topic and in turn i hoped this would help others, i was also desperate to gain access to the relevant proffesionals, and prove to everyone that I was not going crazy and these foods did and I point out still do make me very unwell)!!!!!!! Sadly i feel that my “nice” personality has been taken advantage of… i am so glad that you did not allow this to happen, so to be fare there was only so much they could edit of yours because you stuck to your guns, you are a very strong women and you look amazing.. they did the same with my lighting and my friend explained the tricks of the lighting to me (she is in the industry)..very naughty..as was the push up and gell filled bra they made me where that made my boobs look huge..LOL..not that i should complain ..but its not real..my boobs only sat in the top of the bra the rest was filled with gel…bit like the makeup and fake tan trick to make us look healthier after the diet… I wasn’t going to reveal all these tricks but stuff it i don’t see why i shouldn’t after what they have done!!! well I best go I will be back later.. oh nearly forgot Elizabeth..did they tell you your BMI cos i didn’t see that I saw Stefans (maybe I missed it??) I personally feel that you are tiny height wise so in comparison to your height your weight was not as bad as they made out. Am i along the right lines here Elizabeth?
Also thanks for checking out my site Laura and your kind comments.. My friend did the pics in the fog etc..hampstead heath 23rd Dec and that fog was real LOL i nearly froze.. what we do in the name of art LOL
She is amazing I will check her link and post it here tonight….
Oh one last thing oh two actually.. Laura and anyone else that has missed my show its on you tube now.. i may load it onto my myspace soon and facebook..but for now you can find it on you tube in i think foUr parts under episode 2.
Right.. for my most important question…POLLY YOU ARE AN ANGEL… YOU MAY HAVE JUST SOLVED MY MYSTERY..CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE LINK BETWEEN WHEAT AND PCOS… I WENT ONLINE LAST NIGHT AND COULDNT BELIEVE IT.. I HAVE BEEN TO EVERY KIND OF DR AND NO ONE HAS EVER SUGGESTED A LINK BETWEEN MY TWO PROBS.. MY DAD HAS DIABETES AND I BELIEVE FROM MY RESEARCH THERE IS A LINK HERE TOO… AND A LINK WITH CAELIACS DISEASE WHICH MY GRANDAD HAS..OMG SO GLAD YOU POSTED THAT COMMENT I WENT RUNNNING DOWN STAIRS WITH LAP TOP IN ARMS SCREAMING “I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW.. I KNOW WHATS WRONG WITH ME” LOL!! OBVIOUSLY IT MAY NOT BE THIS BUT YOU HAVE AT LAST GIVEN ME A STARTING POINT TO RESEARCH AND IF ITS NOT THAT THEN ATLEAST RULE IT OUT. YOU ARE AN ANGEL.. I WISH WE HAD SPOKEN BEFORE..IF ANYTHING HAS COME OUT OF THE SHOW THEN THIS HAS. VARIOUS SPECIALIST AT THE TOP HOSPITALS HAVE ALL SAID I HAVE A “FUNCTIONAL DISORDER” WHEN I ASK WHAT THIS MEANS ITS LIKE GETTING BLOOD OUT OF A STONE..BASICALLY ALL I GET IS YOUR BODY IS MISS FIREING LIKE A CAR DOES COS YOU HAVE STRESSED YOUR BODY OUT SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS AND IT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND NEEDS REBALANCING I WAS TOLD MY ONLY SOLUTUIOON WAS MEDICAL HYPNOTHERAPY..WHEN I WENT TO THE ALLERGY CLINIC FOR MY TESTS LAST WEEK THE DR THERE BASICALLY SAID THERE IS NO SUCH THING ITS A LOAD OF RUBISH AND JUST THEIR WAY OF GETTING OUT OF IT AS THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS WRONG BUT DON’T WANT TO ADMIT SO!!!! PERSONALLY I THINK THIS IS TRUE..MANY PEOPLE LIVE MUCH MORE STRESSFULL LIVES THAN I HAVE AND DO.. JUST COS I TRAINED AS AN ICE-SKATER, HORSERIDE, CANOE, SWIM AND FINALLY BECAUSE I WENT TO UNIVERSITY SO YOUNG (16)…ALL THIS SUPPOSEDLY GIVEN ME ALL THESE INTOLLERANCES AND DIGESTIVE PROBS…HMMMMMMMM IS ALL I CAN SAY!!!!!! WELL SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS BRIEF..REALLY MUST GO BACK SOON.
KIND REGARDS
YASMIN XX
OH ELIZABETH NEARLY FORGOT THANKS FOR THE LINK..I CHECKED OUT YOUR VID AND SOME OF THE PIECES YOU HAVE WRITTEN..LOVE THE VID AND NO I DON’T THINK U LOOK LIKE A 7 YR OLD..MY SON IS 7 SO I THINK I CAN SAY THIS!!! I WILL DISCUSS THE OTHER STUFF WITH YOU PRIVATELY.. I AM SPIRITUAL BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY SO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM BY NOT WANTING TO TALK PUBLICLY ABOUT YOUR BELIEFS ETC..PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND AND THEREFORE CAN BE VERY IGNORANT SO I THINK THE WAY YOU GO ABOUT IT IS BEST..AS I ALSO DO THE SAME!! XXX
OH SORRY JENETTE DIDN’T MEAN TO FORGET YOU..THANKS FOR YOUR KIND WORDS..SOME OF US ARE JUST SLIM AND SOME LARGER..THATS LIFE AND PEOPLE WORRY TOO MUCH.. I DO..BUT THAT’S WHAT WE ARE CONDITIONED TO BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA ETC.
PLEASE DON’T WORRY TOO MUCH I KNOW IT MUST BE AWFULL WAITING AND READING ALL THIS LEADING UP TO YOURS.. HANG IN THERE I TRULLY HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR SHOW
i WOULD HATE FOR ANYONE ELSE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I HAVE. MAYBE PUT THESE BLOGS TO ONE SIDE IF YOUR WORRYING ABOUT IT TOO MUCH..WE WOULD MISS YOU BUT MAYBE THIS POSTMORTUM HERE IS NOT HELPING YOU.. I DON’T MEAN TO PUT ALL US BLOGGERS DOWN..COS I AM SO HAPPY WE ARE ALL TALKING .. I JUST THINK MAYBE WE ARE MAKING YOU WORRY TOO MUCH?? JUST THINK ABOUT IT MAYBE LEAVE THE BLOGGING TIL AFTER YOUR SHOW HAS AIRED..JUST A THOUGHT.. I KNOW WAITING ONE WEEK WAS BAD ENOUGH FOR ME..SO I WOULD HATE TO THINK HOW YOU MUST FEEL. TRY AND STAY POSITIVE..AS YOU HOPEFULLY MANAGED TO GET SOMETHING OUT THE THE EXPERIENCE. 
I TRULLY DON;T MEAN THE ABOVE IN A NEGATIVE WAY..I AM JUST POINTING OUT THAT THE BLOG IS GREAT NOW..BUT I DID STRESS MYSLEF OUT READING ALL THE INTERNET BLOGS (NOT JUST THIS ONE) LEADING UP TO MY SHOW AND I MADE IT WORSE!!
TAKE CARE SPEAK SOON AND GOOD LUCK XXX
Yasmin, thank you for understanding and backing me up here: Unity is indeed strength.
My friend John (an older straight talking Scottish gentleman) who was edited out was furious. He said: They did you no justice, Liz.” He was talking about the lighting. He has some expertise where filming is concerned. He knows about camera angles and lighting. He’s filmed and photographed me over the years. He told me that in his back-story interview he told them they would be able to pull the wool over my eyes. And my friend, Veronica said she knew they’d edit her out as both she and John spoke in a manner that would have contradicted their version of the truth. In fact ALL my friends said the doctor came across as very foolish for saying my supposed restricted diet was actually speeding up the aging process when (HELLO) the reality was staring the viewers in the face (bad lighting or not). There was much laughter this end. Also, I’m very fair skinned (as seen in the video I posted) yet I looked darker, blotchy and unhealthy. John said today: “That wasn’t you, Liz.” I suppose the positive is that people might not recognise me, but if they do they can only tell me how much better I look in the flesh.
And didn’t I say I threw my weight around?:-)
I used your show as a gauge. I saw the pictures… how friendly you were with the crew. So, when I read your disappointment and anger I thanked God that I had handled myself as I did. If I were in your situation, I wouldn’t hesitate to reveal all. You have to wonder what drives folks to those depths. I was feeling bad just writing some of these posts, even with justification. As ruthless as I am, I could never live with myself knowing I deliberately set out to hurt others for the sake of entertainment. Never mind! Being nice isn’t a crime. I know a very good story about rattlesnakes: I send it to you.
Stefan and I got on fantastically well off camera actually, but we suspected they wanted confrontation. Neither of us were that way inclined. Did you hear me say anything bad about him to the camera or to his face, apart from expressing irritation at being analysed? They set him up as far as I’m concerned. He wanted to understand me, but to be honest, Yasmin, I always discourage that. I tell people to take me at face value because they won’t be able to deal with what exists beyond that. I know me and I would be very afraid of me.
Correction: They wouldn’t be able to pull the wool over my eyes, said John.
PS: My BMI was dead on okay or something I recall, but I did a quick check on C4′s website and it works out at 17.5 Yasmin. Slightly underweight. I am tiny (5′ 0) but to be honest I don’t buy into what experts say, so I’m not bothered by that. I said that often on the show, even in dismissing the doctor. As an example, for nearly 200 years now Mormons have been anti-caffeine. Scientists are only now catching on. I’ll stick with inspiration, thanks.
Hi,
Elizabeth i will check out your website, unfirtunately i have not had enough time to research this week but hopefully everything will get back to normal soon. I knew your weight would come off again, i have to say your smile at the end of the show was a kind off “i told you so” in the respect that you could eat what was asked and that you had proved it So stuff them. i can only sya that if you are happy with who you are then why change for the sake of a programme or anyone in fact. My moto is that if someone does not like me it’s their loss not mine.
Yasmin did you not say in an earlier thread you had PCOS? if not ignore my whole carb sensitive issue, but if you have been diagnosed with it, then you should have been told. I made the fatal error of having 2 small pieces of pizza on saturday and i am seriously paying for it now, sunday and monday i was asked when it was due and i have spent the last 4 days trying not to eat carbs because i am craving them something chronic. I have to say once you have it under control you can live with it, but if you don’t know how to live with it, it can affect you in ways you thought was not possible.
anyway i need to check out elizabeths website, s better scood on over there. xx
Polly, they asked me to smile. Joking I smiling would compromise my hard woman image.
Glad you noticed it wasn’t as it was portrayed. I’d set out to achieve a goal and there was satisfaction for having achieved it. I said that, but it was cut. The newest blog on my website pretty much endorses your motto.
Correction: Joking I said smiling would compromise my hard woman image.
Elizabeth (or Elisabeth?) you already had 429 hits when I viewed your video on you tube just now. It’s very uplifting thank-you for sharing. You look fab in it.
Yasmin I like you advice to stay off the board until after the show probably a good idea although I don’t as a rule “sweat the small stuff” me on TV in their nude coloured underwear is slightly BIGGER than ‘normal’. (Pun in there somewhere).
WHERE ARE ALL THE BIGGER GIRLS AND BOYS??? the SKINNYS are taking over the forum – ha ha!!!
You’re welcome, Rosemarie, and thank you. I put it up just before Christmas. That’s the real playful me. I loved working with the children. They were so willing. We didn’t rehearse it. I told them what I wanted them to do and they just did it. The cute shepherd in the yellow outfit is my nephew.
I think everyone’s worked out that the flesh coloured underwear looks gross anyway, no matter what size you are, so don’t worry. I know from this end we will be watching objectively.
Hi polly yes that’s correct i was diagnosed years ago and have suffered for years ..no one ever mentioned any food connection..i even saw an encronologist..can’t believe no one said..can u point me in the direction of any website or info that might help me?? your a star..my eyes have been opened
oh i did have surgery and the cysts treated (i am sure u know what i mean!!)..that’s why (part off) i think i have the hair issue which the dr in the show kindly pointed out..i was so upset they did that..i was bullied badly at school and called ape etc and i told them this..so doing that was nasty and did upset me but they said it was important and related to my diet and thiness..well i have been told its hormonal down to PCOS and on top of that i am very fair skin and dark hair due to my mixed background..so it has always been pretty bad from the age of 7.. i do understand their point and i know that this can be the case with people that have eating disorders..however i have had the hair issue for years. anyway polly any help would be greatly appreciated ?? 
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Polly..i meant the cycts not the surgery cause the hair… the cycts came straight back and since i have had no treatment that was nearly 3 yrs ago..just gave up and lived in this bloating ..nasty food intollerance world.. i never made the connection.. just shows you!! so thanks so much for the insight polly
can’t believe that i went through the whole show and all the medicals and talks with the various Dr’s including Dr Jessen and none of them mentioned a connection and they all knew about the PCOS ..we had to go through so many medicals and Psyc tests etc etc sometime i guess it takes a random comment and meeting to unravel such a mystery 
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thanks for the email and attachment..will read it after i have eaten..roast lamb..hmmmm xx
sorry meant to write that to elizabeth x
just an idea i might start blogging on here what i eat each day?? what do u all think?? comments and ideas appreciated? x
I think you don’t have to give an account of your eating habits to anyone, Yasmin. Do you feel like you have to prove that you do eat? If it is the case then, don’t do it. x
Total agree with Elizabeth on that Yasmin, dont do it!
PS thanks for the advice on not reading all these, but i cant help it, anyway feel like i have support some how on her?
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thanks for the advice guys
i think your right just had one of those moments. jenette i am glad u feel like you have support here.. it’s great that we have all found eachother..making new friends is always great and uplifting especially when everyone is so positive 
BIG HUG GUYS x
I sensed that, Yasmin. Don’t ever let those moments get the better of you. xx
And Jenette don’t worry: What’s done is already done. Now is the time to work on damage limitation if you feel you need to state your case ahead of your show. The fact that each of us who have already been featured were in some ways stitched up, will put you in good stead with the viewers. xx
Hi Yasmin,
Sorry i have been working so not really had chance to catch up, and feel pretty whacked. Nothing like spending 3 hours running after YP’s!!!
Anyway, PCOS needs to be dealt with in different way, one hugh way is by following a Low GI diet because of the carbs, i cannot believe no one filled you in. I have written about PCOS on here, and also diary my bad days on here too. The problem is you could have cysts and not have PCOS or you might not have cysts but have it or both, and because they are symptons they are hard to diagnose. However they usually connect the carbs with large people, (put it this way, i ate 2 slices of pizza and now i have put on 4lb thats how sensitive i am) but carbs can affect slim people too. I will send you some links.
Elizabeth, i don’t miss a trick wink! wink!
I have to say though i am not impressed with the way the show portrays people though, they seem to show a cold cast iron, hard in controll slim person with no humor or care/compassion against a large person who is care free, bubbly and out of control character. why oh why do they do that? not everyone is that way!!
thanks elizabeth sent you an email xx
The very title of the show betrays intent. I’m supposed to be sleeping, but I need to respond to this, Polly. It’s a now or never kind of thing.
Well, I suppose the idea is that the skinny person is supposed to be repulsed by the obese person. I can only speak for myself in saying at no time did I see Stefan’s size. Neither did I think myself better than him. I just saw Stefan.
I am a fun person, once you get pass the no nonsense side, but my ability to show that side of me was suppressed. At the dance studio we were directed as to what to do and when. Stefan knew it was a set up to ‘have a laugh at the fat guy dancing’, but I was damned if I was going to let him feel ridiculous. Then another time we had to try on each other’s clothes!!! I declined helping into mine to further degrade him. There were so many ‘set pieces’ that frankly were beneath me and I expressed it. I was a total monster to work with, but that was the nature of the situation. It demanded the monster in me.
I can’t begin to imagine how disappointed Stefan is after everything. My fear is that those who sincerely went looking for help will be left emotional worse off. The idea in my case was to portray skinny little me as self absorbed. Anyone would have thought that all I think about is eternal youth. The reality is I don’t give it much thought. My real quest is for absolute truth, Polly. And that embraces every secret known and yet unknown to man, and then to share. Could you tell that by watching the show?
I’m glad you get my drift. Basically, I like to help people and sometimes that means fighting for those who are not resilient enough to fight back… even if I come across as aggressive for so doing.
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Enjoy! And if anyone knows the answer to the calories question please let me know. x
Elizabeth
I total agree with they wanted to ridicule the “fat” bloke dancing (he looked like he was enjoying it and in now way did i think anything more!), i refused to do the meeting of Rose Marie in the under wear, i wouldn’t meet anybody in my under wear, and at that point didn’t know if it was a man or a woman, and felt that it was just to ridicule us on “oh my gosh u are sooo “skinny” or you ar soo “fat”! i wasn’t there for that,i was there to get help!(we did meet in under wear but with vests on, it was a bit better) Rose Maire was the same as me, and we spat our dummy a few times, they made us compare cloths, so Rose Marie put her bra round me, we laughed, i don’t think we let them show us up (does that make sense?)
I do have to say though, the hole experience has helped me in a lot of ways, not sure how exactly but i know it has! i am now planning to get married next year, i never thought i would do that!
Off to work now so speak later guys
J x
It’s good for me that I work from home!: Currently writing.
Anyway, Jenette. I was clueless about everything, but glad it was a man (long story). I was constantly in a state of adjustment, wondering what next?
I used to DJ so I chose music with the other person in mind. Stefan loved the music and he can dance anyway. No one this end thinks he came across as ridiculous. And I deliberately jumped into the splits to show what ‘a ridiculous old bird’ can do, though it might be perceived as showing off.
All the best with the wedding when it comes… I await your show with anticipation. x
Hi
I think it is wrong the way the show portrays people, if my friends where that way inclined i would have no friends because basically i am the only overweight person in the group of friends i have. I think that is the one true thing that bugs me about the show, because they must have hours of footage but spend most of thier time looking for cold pieces and jovial pieces. just to try and making a point which is not true to life.
To be honest i kinda guess the person you really are not by the first 15 mins but by the last, i just loved the V sign in the shape of a smile. Something i would have done lol!, however i feel for those that need help and was not treated with the respect they deserved, but then i guess we should expect that when we live in a society of media hungry people who know shock factors get better ratings than seeing people laugh at their own jokes. I supsect that is why Gillian has not been axed, because she is one every discussion board, so therefore pulling in the number for them. disgusting.
Hi Polly, I love it!!
… and the funny thing is they fell for the splits thing: it’s pictured on the website with me in said position, where they say I went dancing and Stefan tagged along… thus portraying me as self absorbed. In the beginning people fell for the lies, but the more discerning folks would have figured out by now that the joke is on Gillian McKeith. they are using her and she doesn’t even realise it. She is a controversial figure, what with her ‘dodgy’ doctorate and all that.
If it helps, I’m the only skinny person in my circle of friends, and like your friends obviously do, we also have better things to focus on than one another’s figures.
ah polly you are a star..you have helped for than any dr has in the last 5 yrs… i will await the links with bated breath..thanks again xx oh and thanks for the emails Elisabeth i will bell you later got to do the school run..fun stuff x
Big Hugs all round xx
oh i must say the powers to be at endemol have called me today and we have talked..the contents of which i won’t disclose yet but i am still very unhappy. but they have taken the time to contact me and they are aware of my feelings on the topic and i believe that they are going to try and send me back to their specialist for some “after care” …we will see watch this space x
Do you guys realise that from this day forward (I’m about to go out), I have to watch my appearance. I can’t have the public gazing at my tired looking old self now, can I? Just kidding!
I’ll let you know if anyone recognises me: for better or worse. xx
LOL i know the feeling it’s funny all of a sudden you start doing your makeup before going out LOL..never worried before..just kidding not that vain ..a hat to hide under is not easier lol !! xx let us know Elizabeth xx
Can you believe it, no one even so much as batted an eyelid at me! I’ve never felt so insulted in my life!
xx
WOW THANK POLLY FIND YOU SO INTERESTING, I HAVE THE CYST THING, AND REALLY AM INTERESTED IN YOUR TIPS.
WOW HI TO EVERYONE, I DONT MEAN TO MAKE LIGHT OF ANYONES PAINS, AND BAD EXPERIENCES, BUT TO ME, EVERYONE LOOKS MUCH NICER QUITE GORGEOUS IN FACT, AT THE FINALLY REVEAL, ITS QUITE SAD TO HEAR THAT IT WAS NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
WELL HI TO TAT AND FAMILY THANK YOU FOR A LOVELY DAY, WILL TALK SOON.
LOV SANDY XXXX
I just unearthed this. Yes people really are this gullible. I recommended they view this blog. Check out their posts. http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/1375/478149?pg=2
My hubby showed me that website not so long ago, trust me some comments get a lot worse than that, so i stayed clear as i don’t judge a book by it’s cover. I didn’t mention it before because i know it would upset a few people.
Hey great youtube, and still reading your page but so far so good.
I am quite worried about the amount of people searching for the pills that was shown on the show (the ones the page 3 girls where taking, i won’t say their name because then it will encourage if you catch my drift) but i don’t think the research was emphasised enough on what can happen to you.
Hi Polly, I just cut to the chase and posted rather abruptly on that forum… and directed them to view my work. In agreement with what you say about the diet pills, I’m wondering how many misguided people are going to try my ‘diet’ as posted on the C4 website. When it comes down to it people who want to be tiny will resort to whatever means. I contacted OfCom about my show yesterday. xx
Glad you complained to OfCom Elizabeth. I really do think these programme makers are exploiting and lying to people who put themselves forward to appear in reality shows, I refer back to the Daily Mail article about ‘Wifeswap’ above which say’s it all. Channel 4 in particular are guilty of manipulating participents in their reality shows. They let Jade Goody spout her racist, bullying comments without trying to stop her and broadcast it all to the nation because it makes ‘good telly’.
Have any of you seen the couple appearing on the This Morning’ programe, I think they appear every Friday. Two very overweight people trying desperately to lose weight, I hope they are not being exploited, somehow I don’t think they are as the team at ‘This Morning’ seem a lot more caring, or am I just being naive!!
OfCom were not surprised it was C4 – again. The person I spoke to was glad I called in and that I wasn’t adversely affected. I feel sorry for the people who have issues and therefore are most vulnerable. I don’t even trust news reports, Helen.
hey guys i found that site (mentioned above i wont post it again as i don’t want to promote it further) a few weeks ago and was very upset i posted my point and left it at that i didnt see why i had to defend myself to such nasty people.
I had drinks with a unnamed celeb friend last night who gave me great advice and totally understood how i have been feeling. however he gave me his prespective and thought i came across great etc etc.. it was good to get an opinion from someone in the industry and was not involved in the show… he told me how he had been through all the same emotions when he first began..such as searching the net and forums..trying to defend himself and basically drove him crazy..his advice was to stop it now and leave it alone..stop watching my show..put it aside and basically concentrate on how i can turn this in my favour and what’s next.. he really cheered me up and being able to talk with someone that has been there and done it really helped me put things in prespective. so positive me is back and raring to go
getting out the house (without the hat) gave me great confidence i don’t think hiding away has been helping me ….bit of a confession i did get a bit of a confidence boost by the people coming up asking him for autographs and saying kind words to him about his work (it’s always nice having your work acknowleged when you work so hard)..who wouldn’t get the confidence when you have people running up to you in the streets and paying you attention…hope this doesn’t sound sad .. i think if all us girlies are honest it would make all of us feel good about ourselves wouldnt it? 
so thankyou (he knows who he is) 
X
elizabeth i havent forgotten you ..i was out last night
will be in touch soon x
I registered and resigned from that forum after making myself clear. I’m not at all upset by the show. I’m just doing my duty; standing up for truth and right. I tend not to get into conversation with ignorant people as it consumes energy, but in that instance I felt I should state my credentials. Funnily enough, I didn’t get anything thrown at me that I’m unfamiliar with dealing with. Perhaps they will be too embarrassed to comment on the other participants. Yes, people really are that ignorant. I’m not one for ignoring things, Yasmin. I prefer to make a stand. Glad to know you’re back feeling positive. You should read what I posted on there.
x
Oh No, how rude are people? i so shouldn’t have read that other site and the comments! all i can think is those people cant have many true friends, or even have a nice out look on life (sad really!)….aww so stupid, i wont go on!
;-(
Jenette, there are some pretty sad people out there who seem to feel better for knowing that there are people (in the case me) who are messed up more than they could ever be. It’s an occupation hazard and something I very used to dealing with. They say misery likes company and I would tend to agree with that. I posted the link because it was about me, and I found it more pathetic rather than offensive. It is a lesson in how quick people are to judge. Fortunately I have music and book/writing related stuff all over the internet that point to the fact that the profile created for me on the show was a complete fabricated by the producer(s). I directed them to visit those sites. They’ve since gone silent. Don’t worry about it.
Hi, everyone as the emails where so long and you have to scroll for ever i have post it’s own page link is below
http://myweightlossdiary.co.uk/yasmins-positive-emails/
hope you don’t mind Yasmin, but great to see you get such positive feedback
good to find this forum, ive read some of the others (how i found yrs) and most dont seem to know what theyre talking about – as far as i can see its the people in the shows that can really comment which is why this one is/was great. the only thing id like to say is that adding emails such as the above makes this one the same as the others? im sure all the people in it receved good emails as well so why clog this blog? it comes over as self-self – sad as it started as a useful info board for others wanting to take part in similar stuff. please admin its a great forumdon’t allow what seems self-serving blog clogging!
Quick update: Filled in my complaint to Ofcom this morning and declined the option of pursuing a C4 apology as I want a proper investigation.
Stefan gave a pre-recorded interview on BBC radio 5 Live last night. The phone-in was geared around how people perceive obese people. I called in and gave my version of events and why I took part in the swap and the after effects. It was a very good interview. Well done, Stefan.
Hi! Found your blog on google while searching for Remedies For Food Allergic Reaction – quite some good info thanks, R. Kraven
Elsa that was not my intention..if you had bothered to read all the above blogs you would work out that i am not that type of person!!! The reason for me posting them was because I wanted to show everyone else that despite all we had discussed and not been happy with, with regards to our personal experiences, there is still loads of positivety out there about THE SHOW (NOT MYSELF)!!! I am sorry if it appeared this way but I am sure all of you that have followed this journey of ours know me well enough by now to know that I didn’t mean it in a self loving way at all!! I have been feeling very down about the show and now that i have picked myself up.. i wanted to pass around the positivety
Elsa there was no need to sound so nasty when infact by doing so you have done exactly what you accused all the other sites of doing?? Maybe take the time to get to know me??!!!
Elizabeth.. what is the protocol of Ofcom?? is it accept apology from C4 or investigate further?? hope you are having a good weekend.. i have been busy with family.. I will send you an email later
xx
Polly..thanks for posting it on it’s own page.. it didn’t appear so long when I had it on my computer this end.. it was much more bunched together..sorry for that and of cause i don’t mind i actually think it’s much better that way
Polly I have been doing loads of research re:PCOS it’s amazing it explains so much re:my diet. Its funny cos the diet they say a person with PCOS should follow is pratically identical to the diet I was on before the show (obviously I was eating too much fruit).. i kept saying to everyone that all i was doing was listening to my body and stopped eating stuff that i worked out made me feel terrible..it’s like my body was already telling me what to eat.. i already say that everyone should listen to their own bodies cos your body always knows best..you just need to be intune with it. Obviously there were elements of my old diet that were not great and needed a little adaption..such as i have a little Soya now..eat fish from time to time.. and cut out huge portions of fruit!!! other than that my diet is back to the old diet and i am keeping all the 9 Stone on..so what can i say.. my old diet i feel was not all that bad just needed a bit of direction (shame the hospital couldn’t have just sent me to a nutricionist themselves and this could have been sorted years ago) All i really needed was to have some nutritional advice.. the show did give me the confidence to try the foods again within ‘A SAFE’ environment.. bit like the test they did for my son in hospital.. called a food challenge…here they give you the foods you have previously been unable to eat..in a clinical safe environment with all the medical staff there to help and see how you react etc!! When we did our food diaries we were only requested to provide 1 weeks example.. however I am sure everyone does not eat exactly the same each week for example I went to a wedding that week and we all know that Wedding = Rabbit portions LOL … I was starving after we went out looking for a takeaway but couldn’t find anywhere open.. i ended up eating Crisps in the hotel room instead LOL (I don’t drink and the only other thing was alcohol lol)!!
Well on that note of food i must depart and feed myself
Hope you are all having a fab weekend and enjoying the Sunshine xxx
Hi Yasmin, why don’t you give Ofcom a ring on Monday? The number is 020 7783 4445. They will explain the proceedure. You might care to lodge your own complaint?
xx
hey yasmin thanx for reply. i didnt mean it nastily which was why i said the emails came across as & seemed self serving and i dont think they ment to be altho i do think they took away the interest in the subject. my thought was that this blog was a great way to show the negatives of what goes on behind what the public sees and maybe future producers will think twice. no ofense ment its a great show.
Thanks Elizabeth i will email you about that one
and Thanks for posting back Elsa it is appreciated I would hate this Blg to end up like those other unmentionable ones! If anyone else has any positive feedback that they feel would be helpfull to share please feel free to add them on to the page Polly has placed mine on..would be nice to create a positive feedback page aswell as us just talking about the bad points of the show etc. (I hope again that this isn’t taken the wrong way).
Sandy are you still about?? how’s it all going? have you heard how Tatiana is doing? xx
Glad you find some stuff, i went to get weighed today, and because i have had carbs i have stayed the same, however i was asked if i told the instructor i was pregnant!!! because i would have to change my plan? excuse me this is the effects of carbs. So i have now been given the go ahead to eat very little carbs but to be sensible (doh i am old enough to be). So hopefully my weight will start moving. fingers crossed.
So yasmin i totally understand why you stopped eating different food because if i had stuck to what i knew then i would nto be constantly asked “when are you due”
On my travels yesterday of all the people who approached me, not one believed the claims of the show. They were more interested in asking me health related questions and about developing self discipline. Some even pointed out inconsistencies that I had overlooked. See, if the ‘clever’ producers had set out to portray people with honesty maybe they would have attracted a better audience. Maybe people would have related and learned something. Friends of those who know me are apparently wondering what the point of the show was as it didn’t conclude anything.
Hi Yasmin,
Since starting my weightloss journey i have decided not to ignore my pcos by burying my head in the sand, but to embrace it, so when i mentioned it to a friend she told me about a book called PCOS by Colette Harris with Dr Adam Carey. At first i was skeptical to be honest but i have beenreading it over the weekend, and if you can get your hands on it, then i suggest it as a good buy, i have learnt stuff that i never knew and it explains a hell of a lot, i.e. i am quite fit but often complain to the instructors at the gym that the programme they have given me bulks my muscle mass,(something i used to be proud of when i was younger but i have matured now) the book has informed me that it is my condition because of the amount of testosterone in my body, basically acts like a steriod, great huh! but it also tells you about foods, and covers every angle. Thought i would let you in on that one and anyone else.
Hey Elizabeth,
Glad you got some good, honest people approach you. To be honest i think those that write bad things would not have the guts to say something face to face, but it is fascinating how you keep so self disciplined. The problem i have at the moment is i can’t listen to my body until i get my PCOS under control so it is very hard as i often have craving i would never have had when i was at a good weight.
Life is sometimes hard but we get there in the end!!
Hey Sandy,
What do you take for your sugar cravings? is it something prescribed or can i buy something over the counter, as it is doing my head right in.
LOL, not sure i find myself interesting but thank you, anything you need to know ask away, if i don’t know i know someone who will xxx
Hi Polly, it’s a bit difficult to go into the realms of my particular brand of self discipline on here as it would demand that I start talking about miracles and about the impossible being possible etc.
The show tried to make out that I’m disciplined because I’m trying to prevent old age, but the truth is the discipline stems from active self development of the mind, body and spirit. Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy spirit = healthy person. It’s a totality kind of thing that isn’t easily explained, but it works absolutely. Maybe one day I will be in a position to reaveal all? Who knows? xx
Hi Elizabeth,
If anyone watching the show thought you did it to prevent aging then they are some very gullible people out there, we all know we get older and nothing can stop that. I didn’t like the way they said you where trying to stay like a child, because it is clear your not, however i do have a friend that will admit she pays for surgery to look like a porclain doll and will continue too until she dies, why she does not follow, healthy mind, body and spirit i do not know. One day i will get there but i take my hat of to you because my circle is viscous and to break any circle is diffcult so i am proud to know you have, and that there is hope. xx
Hi Polly thanks so much for the info i will start searching for that book.. i also get bad sugar cravings and i was so disciplined before the tv show ..i just didn’t touch them..it was so hard to give them up in the 1st place and now after the show its so hard to resist everything again..the other day i had marshmellows ..what a huge mistake.. i am still so poorly and i can’t seem to do anything to stop it..which is really rubish cos it’s half term and my brain wants to do a million things with my son like the park..ice’skating etc etc but my body just physically doesn’t want to move i feel so tired its a joke..despite that i have slept for hours. it’s horrible espcially when it impacts on family etc its so not fair on them..but what can you do. i totally understand what you say about control.. i have been so good now since the marshmellows just not worth it.. the way i controlled it before the show was just by remembering how sick all those food made me..just have to keep the image of me screaming for an ambulance on the bathroom floor after eating HARIBOS… this is no exageration… it’s sounds mad but the fear i had of being so sick again was enough to control the cravings..but then the show gave me loads of advice just to get out there in eat it all again and experiment with foods..sadly as i said before i should have just listened to my body..along some good sound medical/nutritional advice (sadly i was unable to attain the latter). Polly sorry i can’t give you some miracle solution to the sugar cravings cos i know what its like to be craving sugar at 1am..2am..3am etc etc is horrible craving especially when you know what it will do to you. hang in there Polly and good luck..let me know if you learn of anything else that might be usefull all your advice is greatly appreciated
… but the problem, Polly, in some situations is that people don’t think. They are conditioned to accept what they are told (see and hear). That stems from being in tune with just the physical self. Fortunately with the self discipline that I practice I’m conditioned not to take people/things at face value; rather you learn to sense them, in the way you might be able to smell or feel something that isn’t physically present. I’m hardened to opinions for having heard so many of them over the years. What matters are facts. The fact is my way works, for me. I think each of us has it within us, if we want it enough, to find what is right for us. The hard part however is applying it. Here’s where the discipline factor comes into play. It may not be easy, but if you just keep doing what you know is right for you now, you’ll find out more along the way to reaching your goal. xx
hey polly just checked up on amazon for that book and ordered it for £5.50 inlc postage brand new
hopefully arrive by Wednesday ..looking forward to the read the reviews are interesting..
thanks so much Polly i have a Dr appointment Friday they are doing a Diabetic fasting blood test..checking for testosterone.. thyroid (again)… insulin resistance tests etc etc so hopefully will get somewhere I am totally exhausted and have sadly lost 11 pounds in 5 days (I know that sounds mad but my whole family have checked and i promise we have checked the scales over and over..my family weighed me 5 days ago and i was 9 stone..tonight (after eating a 3 course harvester i must point out) i am now 8 stone 3 pounds dead on… i am totally confused and fed up but i am still positive cos i now have a direction and hope of an explanation of this whole mess..so role on friday
and Weds book arrival 
Elizabeth.. here here..so true.. I am so sorry havent had time to call yet..so poorly and half term..rubish timing..will be in touch as soon as i can
Hope everyone is still doing well?? anyone got any news on Tatina’s progress?? or amy jo?
well off to bed for me.. night all
take care xx
Hi Yasmin,
Glad you found it, i am learning new things all the time with this book, i found out last night that all the stuff my dietican gave me was complate rubbish and basically i can’t eat some of the food she was was fine, for instance, i can eat poulty and fish, but not pork, and red meats (something i wasn’t told) also i was told egg pasta was better for me because of the protien, no no no thats a no go zone. Its amazing and i do believe it because it is written by someone who suffers too.
Good luck with your doctor and let me know how you get on.
Hey Sandy i watched The TV Show debate last night (finally) cor you was very good and restrained well, i did think that it was pushed to the end of the show with little time so that no one had the tie to say anything bad. Dr Jessen looked very uneasy – unless that was my computer. Well done though for speaking out.
To all of you who have been upset and annoyed at the way Channel 4 portrayed you in your programe, you are not alone. Found the following statement whilst doing some research, thought I would post it here.
“(no name)
11 February 16:38
http://cid-718e309f42e5c6cc.spaces.live.com/)
Totally agree with your comment that Channel 4 do not portray ‘honest’ reporting/television. Having recently taken part in a Dispatches program, the editors only chose to air the parts which they felt would be apparent to their program. In fact, it was dishonest and untrue. I have the proof in printed format! Just waiting for another program maker to blow Channel 4′s reporting as dishonest. Anyone brave enough? Selective editing to suit their agenda should not be allowed if it is dishonest as this misleads the viewer.”
Polly you are so right it appears that there is great confusion with regards to diet and PCOS i am very shocked that the so called proffesionals are not more clued up as there appears to be so much on the net and loads of books about the diet/PCOS symptoms connection..so if there is so much out there why do all these prof keep overlooking some many aspects (not just me..you too as you posted above) it’s funny you say about red meet cos i eat loads of it as i am always anemic and was told to eat loads of red meat my whole life to keep my levels up naturally..i can’t take iron in its basic format as it’s very dangerous for me as my body cannot break it down so my iron need to come from natural sources.. i wanted to be a vegetarian when i was a child and was told i was never allowed to do that and if i did i would spend half my life in hospitals having blood transfusions and other stuff.. looking back this is rubish obviously i need the natural iron source but there are many vegatables that can provide the source i have something called Thalasemia Trait.. which i inherited from my mother as she is Iranian (it is mainly a medditeranian/middleeastern disorder..the equivalent is sickle cell for african countries). I am always learning it’s amazing how much confusion there is out there.
helen thanks for the link i am so shocked its like i have learnt an entirely different side to television..which i must say is very concerning.. something must be done about this dishonest editing!!
Hope your all enjoying the sunshine guys .. i am of to take my boy to golf..it’s taken me all day to get my head together..the Dr said the reason for the “Baby brain” (despite not being pregnant) is cos of the Sugar Blues..anyone know anything about this and PCOS??
take care all xx
Hi Everyone!
Polly, I was just waiting for someone to come out and say it: Sometimes experts don’t know what the hell they are talking about but unfortunately we are increasingly being persuaded to look to them for solutions, despite our better knowledge. Some of what was being spouted to me was utter nonsense, but because an expert was saying it I was supposed to say: ‘Ok, doctor!’ Oh, and I was speaking with one of my male friends last night about experts and other related issues. He reckons the doctor comes across as uneasy. It could be argued that it has something to do with conscience (said with sarcasm), but I noticed that when I was filming the ‘reveal’ that there are definite confidence issues there. Very interesting that three people have spotted that independently.
Helen, I can’t say much for the time being, but Ofcom is looking into the dodgy aspects of my show; and there are many. I think if everyone complained it would make a better case, although I’m confident I have enough evidence already.
And Yasmin, I’m having an excellent day thanks. I was boxing rather aggressively with my nephew and brother earlier (great adrenalin rush) and now taking a break from saxophone practice. Hope you guys enjoy(ed) golfing. xx
hey elizabeth.. lol we never made it to golf..i own silly mistake..we were all ready and as i walked up to my car i reealised/remembered that i can’t drive it on the motorway (above 55mph) as i have a spare on it ..you know one of those delightfull yellow things.. and we have to go on the motorway for 20mins to get to golf so that was knocked on the head bless him my boy was so understanding about it and said not to worry as it wouldn’t be safe..i was really proud of him for being so mature i thought he was going to throw a tantrum as he had waited so patiently all day to go..we are going to have a day with my family 2moro which he is looking forward to instead..a 2 hr walk.. i am little concerned but i will see how it goes..as i get very dizzy and keep falling over all the time when i walk for more than a few mins..but i so want to spend some quality time with him this week..it’s so hard but he very understanding he has lived with this for years now..which does make me sad and makes me want to fix myself even more.
Glad your having a good day..sounds like you will sleep well tonight
kids are great for lifting your spirits and keeping you positive 
Have a great evening and relax sounds like you deserve it XX
Does anyone know if the lady (think its Julie) is on this forum? She only lives 5 mins up the road from me!!! She seems lovely!!!
I thought Julie seemed lovely too, I think my reactions would’ve been very similar to hers when confronted with the liquid part of Kevin’s diet. Wouldn’t it be nice for some of us to meet up after we’ve all had a bit longer on our new ‘diets’. If you track her down Amy-Jo ask her to post what she thought of the experience and how she is getting on now. They both mentioned keeping in touch on their show to each other.
Haven’t stopped laughing since I saw Jenette and me on the trailer for next week hope we’re both laughing this time next week.
Oh how strange, well feel a little better now that our trailer has been shown, but hope like Rosemarie said we still feel ok after next week!
J x
hey guys saw your trailer..nice to put a faces to the names
i am looking forward to your show..don’t worry just enjoy your moment X and well about tonights show..still thinking what to say to that one..will post when worked it out… but one thing julie seemed so nice i would have loved to have done the swap with her she seems so warm 
not that i don’t think my diet swap partner wasn’t fab cos he was and from the last time we spoke is doing so well 
xx
Oh My God, Last night’s show was sooooooooooooo different, i thing it was because of the swap in male and female but also i think Julie hit the nail on the head when she asked Kevin if someone would cook for him would he eat it “YES” therefor i think it made the show, show a different angle, basically, kevin didn’t eat because he needed to pay bills, where as everyone else did eat but smaller potions or what they wanted but more healthy. Actually i think Kevin put all the other “Superskinny” in perspective. if you catch my drift
hey polly.. when we watched it last night we got a totally different angel… we felt that the point was not that he couldn’t afford food just that he coudlnt be bothered to cook (it was easier for him to live that way)…if you have to you can always fit in something to eat..instead of a packet of crips and biscuits he could have grabbed a baguette in the same time or many other healthy options.. when she said “if seomeone else cooked for you you would eat” i felt that this showed someone that has left home that is still incapable of looking after himself..there are many people like this.. i put it down to our schools education… i am so so so happy to hear that they are bringing back all the old classes ..cooking/home ec etc..this should never have been taken away..how did the government expect anyone to know how to look after themselves in the “real world” if the schools never teach this..sadly all our hectic lives have taken away from this being taught in the homes..years ago you learnt all this at home and at school (oh and i am all for both sexes taking these classes not just us women).. i feel that we all need to go back to basics..fresh cooked food would eliminate so many probs and bring back those old fashioned family values…this is what is greatly lacking in our society and i praise all the people that are trying to bring the old ways back..jamie oliver you rock!!!!!!!!!!
well of for a walk so best leave you and my tummy is rumbling ..it needs filling
wish you all well..polly i am waiting for the arrival of the book..can’t wait to start reading it 
anyone else thought the above about the show or was that just us?? i thought Julie dealt with him so well..warm but firm.. i still feel that the larger contributors story is still not being told as much as our skinny stories..feels a little unfair..there is def an emphasis on the skinny..which i find strange.
take care all and have a fab day
xx
p.s. did anyone else have alarm bells going off when we looked at the amount of orange juice..acid city.. the show said i had too much acid..and i now have stomach ulcers and i ate loads more than him rice etc that could soap all my acid up..all he had was cigs..they never mentioned the amount of acid intake..which suprised me again..maybe they edited it like mine..cos i have made myslef ill through the acid..i hope that someone told him how dangerous that amount of acid can be..all that happens if there is nothing to soap it up is that the acid just starts to eat the lining of the stomach etc thus creating ulcers and other probs!!)
When I saw the amount of orange juice that Julie had to drink my first reaction was OMG she is going to get cystitis!
Kevin is just being lazy about not eating and in my opinion based on what I saw, he doesn’t have an eating disorder. If you are reading this Kevin, you would be much more handsome with a bit of weight on!!
Julie was fantastic and came over very motherly towards Kevin (as I would have done)and yes I agree Yasmin, the emphasis is definitely on the ‘skinny’ participants.
BTW It’s great being able to fast forward the awful McKeith woman!!
Yasmin you used totally the right word “lazy” i just could not believe how stupid he was. Hello brighton is full of food shops, it does not take too minutes, plus why would anyone want to live on Orange juice, i know a few people who have serious reactions too it after awhile. My Brother ended up in hospital after drinking a pint a day for a month, having an ECG test. Mental.
From what i picked up on The TV Show the emphasis is suppose to be more on the skinny as they never do shows on them. you never know one day they might get it right, well only if they take out Gillian and Anna.
I used to think Gillian was good on “you are what you eat” but i swear she is scraping the barrel doing this bum thing.
I LOVE the TV Programme!
Its a real eye opener and makes me look at my own diet more closely.
I went on the Lighter Life Diet for quite some time, lost 5 stone but am not eating the right portion sizes at all and in the evenings my brain is telling me to eat rubbish.
This programme makes us look into our own eating habbits to see where we are going wrong. Nobody wants to be one extreme or the other.
The contributors to the show are extremely brave for opening up on TV.
I dont particularly agree with Gillian’s ethics of Scaremongering but it must work for somepeople.
Thankyou.
PS- am thinking about Hypnosis…..
What do you think??
Hi Simone,
Well Done on lighter life, i tried it for 3 months and only lost 6lb, no joke thats how we found out i had PCOS. Its good if you can learn and turn things around. I have a few friends who where very successful.
I use Paul McKenna’s I can make you thin CD, which is brilliant. try that first before paying out for a session.
My god, Rosemarie, was that you that I met outside the house??!!!! You look blooming amazing!!!!!
yey the book has arrived..its amazing..so eyeopening.. i think i am going organic meant wise at least..the book really makes you think..thanks polly can’t wait to read more
X
correction “organic meat wise”
Glad you got the book, and happy reading. I have to say this is the first time in a VERY long time that i am starting to feel healthy (if you know what i mean)
Happy Reading xx
It WAS (the new) ME Amy-Jo, thanks for saying so, I feel amazing. When I arrived upstairs at the Reveal Clare went in the flat first and announced “Rosemarie is here” then when I walked in Camera James said ” Well half of her is” it was good to have someone acknowledge my weight loss- when you see yourself everyday you lose track of how you’re doing.
When I’m having a fat day and thinking its slow-going my partner reminds me I’ve lost 5stone 2lbs (to date). Life already feels different. I had to buy some new clothes this week absolutely everything in my wardrobe is now too big but I don’t want to spend much on stuff I hope will be too big in a matter of months. It’s now just over 5 months to my wedding and I’m aiming to lose up to another 4 stone in that time. I bought 1 pair of black trousers, 1 black polo neck and 2 bright cardigans in M&S. At the ordering point (for a second pair of the same trousers) the assistant said they come in grey too, I said I’d better stick to black at my size (now size 18, lost more than half a stone more since the reveal was filmed). She had seen me try on one of the cardis but I didn’t try the trousers. Well guess what? She replied “you have a lovely shape” and “I shouldn’t think you need size 18 either!!!” WHOAA made my blooming day.
wow well done Rosemarie it sounds amazing i am so glad you got something postive out of the show
keep up the good work XX
Awww Rosemarie, I am so so pleased for you – when I saw you, I didn’t think you were a contributor then quickly realised you were when you introduced yourself to Andy and I!!! Really looking forward to watching your show…
Hi all,ive been biting my toungue for quite a time,while i read all the comments etc here.I know its only been about five shows shown so far,but i felt the need to make a few points.
First apart from maybe one or two,no names mentioned to avoid embarressment,i cannot believe how naive so many of you are when it comes to the media,how much does one have to see befor you realise thatthe media has always been a law unto itself,and everything is done for a self interest and purpose,to the point of corrupt.This goes from the press right up to the television,and some films come to that.and the makers of this series are complete frauds,who are only interested in there own agenda and maybe a few books to follow.You all were used as guinea pigs thats all.The show makers abused there position and wasted a chance to make a great and educational series,it was made to look cheap and nasty for one,for the life of me i never understood why they had to use the rather large posterias in every show for one,i could go on but wont at this time.and as for the so called doctor,geesh some doctor he is,to try to encourage someone with allergies to eat against her will was criminal,putting it mildy.
Ive lived long enough to know that two people are not made the same,due to many reasons,the main reason being ones metabolic rate,not once have i heard any of the so called experts mention that,which proves to me that they are frauds.
I will leave you with one of my mothers brilliant sayings.Never believe what you hear and only half what you see.especially when the media is involved,and sad to say many goverments to.
your sincerly colin
You make some very interesting points, Colin especially about metabolic rates. The doctor wasn’t as hands on as the show would have the viewers believe. The intention therefore wasn’t about portraying the ‘guinea-pigs’ with honesty. As an example, I put forward that at age 12 I weighed 3.5 stones and spent my twelfth birthday in (Brompton) hospital recovering from heart surgery. More interestingly my older and younger sister also had heart surgery (younger sister died of a heart attack aged 24). Now that would have been an interesting point don’t you think? My heart condition was discovered a few months before I had the operation; less than 6 months after returning from Jamaica where I had a very active childhood. I do also recall being weighed at around aged 8 and weighing in at 35 lbs (a mighty 2.5 stones)
yet it was no big deal. No one ever called me skinny. I only encountered that in England, so maybe it is a western hang up? Ok, the wives of my African friends who watched the show have extended invites to fatten me up on their traditional fares, but it is done with humour, not out of concern. I think perceptions have much to answer for. Based on my comments here and elsewhere, I think it is apparent that I think and act independently, so at no time was I taken in by anything said or done by the ‘experts’; no matter the editing. If anything I think all this has helped to open up the eyes and minds of the naive viewer(s). I really believe that the negative reaction to this ‘cleverly conceived’ show could signal the end for this particular genre of ‘reality’ show. Let it be so Lord! 
Will the viewers care hereafter? That remains to be seen.
Could not agee with you more..
Elizabeth,i wish i had your faith in peoples naivity.I am truly sorry about your sister ,and that is why i said that there are many reasons why people are who they are and choose to be,even down to tragic events in there lives,i only mentioned one,because the list is endless.that is what frustrated me so about the show.and the chance they wasted to make a truly open and honest show,and yes like your friends wives even with a little humour would not have gone amiss,instead of a sort of confrontational thing,which it seemed to me.And as for the western thing ,you may be so right about that.we still have three shows to watch befor we can make final opinions about the whole series.But i do hope there is more than just you that stood up to them,and maybe they will think twice befor they make another corrupt progam.Out of all the terrestrial tv channels,four used to be the best and most honest,its a shame they have lowered there standards with this one.I will be emailing channel four for sure and asking a few questions why.
thanks for your reply Elizabeth.
Thanks, Colin. I learned a long time ago that if something is wrong it is wrong regardless of whether good comes out of it or not; and where possible something should be done about it, even if it means going solo. That’s why I complained to Ofcom. On the lighter side, I seem to be a big hit with teenage school boys. I got stopped by another group of them this afternoon. These boys didn’t strike me as naive. They weren’t taken in. I noticed they’ve started advertising for the next series. I no longer watch it because I can’t determine what is true and what is not. I like that: “corrupt program”.
Indeed, it is that.
oh kids are more aware than people think,and more honest.maybe naivity comes with age.or is that sheer blooming mindedness.its hard to say without cursing lol.but i hope you know what i mean.
Well everyone, our (Rosemarie n I) show has been aired, it was okay! i was a little disappointed that they didn’t mention about my many operations on my spine and the body brace i wore as a teenager (which i don’t think helped my body shape) but in all think the show was ok, and fair-ish (i don’t live off junk food, I DO eat fruit n veg)but i can live with that. I hope you all enjoyed it, i have just spoken to Rosemarie and she is pleased too, didn’t she look fab, and as she has said she is still loosing the weight, she will look great on her big day.
ps the comment i made about getting “that big” was not the full sentence! i said “I” cant imagine i could eat any more to get “that big” – i do know for some people (as we are all individuals) it happens all too easy over years. Ow well…its over!!;-)
Take care Jenette x
Hi Everyone,
I haven’t watched tonights show yet as only just got in from work so will watch it in the morning, as i am shattered.
However i just wanted to come on and say how brave you all are. I had a horrible experience today, where i got feedback from an interview, apparently i was very good, but i said 2 things they did not like, when i was told what they where i was extremely upset as both where taken out of context, one was i was asked which of the teams i had worked with was the best? my reply ” ah do i really have to answert hat as i liked all the teams i have worked with and would feel very disloyal to name one as the better” they quote “i refused to answer” minor i know but i was taken out for somethign else, and if i feel like this then your guys must feel it a lot worse.
I am sorry for what channel 4 have done, but i am also proud that i produced this site and that you all found it and put your views across because if you hadn’t then no one would know the real show.
xx
Wow, what a night it’s been. What a lot of reaction from my friends and people I haven’t seen for a while (some for a couple of years.) Without prompting anyone comments were very similar: absolutely no-one likes Gillian. Plenty love the Doc so he obviously came across well to viewers. Everyone wants to see the real ending of our story- Jenette and I on our wedding days. Most thought more of the actual dietswap and about us and what started us and what we did to achieve success should have been shown instead of the infil sections, there would’ve been enough material for an hour about US without other sections spliced in!!!! Many of those who know me best said the part regular exercise has played deserved a mention too. I hope the new series if made (and I hope it is) addresses some of the comments. I’m very very proud that three of my friends have vowed to start dieting immediately having been inspired by me tonight!!
The show kick started my diet and I’m in a happy place now. I already feel a million dollars even though I’m only about halfway to target(from my all time high of well over 22stone pre-filming) with almost just as much weight still to loose again now (which I will).
I weighed 17.7 today (26. feb 08)considerably better than my 21stone at the start of filming and nearly a stone less than 18.9 on 29th Jan when we filmed the end Reveal so I can’t complain- being on TV has worked for me. Best wishes to my twin Jenette you won’t be able to tell us apart soon. Many, many thanks to Polly90210 for producing this site.
Correction that should read I was 18.5 on reveal date (as seen on TV!)
Well done Girls great show, glad you stuck to your guns, and showed what your where really like. Rosemarie i was so pleased when you said you still saw the old you (slimmer you) when you looked in the mirror as everyone thought i was mad when i would say i don’t see a fat me. Also mega pleased you are doing so well.
I have to say i was disappointed again by the padding of the show especially when they brought on nikki from BB she is the most irriating person i have met and ok, she might have or still does have an eating disorder, but they could have chose someone else, not her. Thank god for sky plus.
I thought you both did a great job and it looks like channel 4 might be listening as somethings where changed in your show against the first few.
Dont think i will go forward for the next show though.
Oh i have one question for everyone who took part as a “supersize”, did they ever take photos of your body close up like they do the “superskinny” and make you face them?
I think that part of the show is worse as i can’t see how it benefits anyone really especially with all the airbrushing that goes on these days.
Just wondered
Hi Polly
Yes they do this with the supersize participants as well. I can only speak from a personal standpoint but these do open your eyes and make you see things that would otherwise be missed. The talk for Dr C is also good as he mentioned things you have wondered about but never felt comfortable to ask anyone.
Rosemarie I would just like to say well done and you should be really proud of everything you’ve achieved. You looked amazing at the reveal and when I saw the show start I knew you had done well as we briefly met outside the flat and the difference was amazing.
I really hope you meet your goal and I bet you will look amazing at your wedding later in the year.
Hey Yasmin
How are you getting on with the book? is everything clicking into place now?
Also how did your test result go?
xx
Hi Andy
Thanks for replying, i am glad to hear they did it for both participants, i just dont know if i like the shock tactic approach shown on TV, as everyone seems to focus on it, but then again if it helps you then i am all for it.
xx
Andy and Polly thanks so much for the encouragement and compliments. I was a bit surprised (but very relieved for myself!) the supersize shock gallery was not used in any of the shows. I was dreading that by the time our show came around in week 6 they would change over and start using those pictures because all the previous weeks it was a superskinny gallery. I actually had the giggles during my ‘telling off’ I couldn’t be all serious about it because I’d just been having a fun conversation with Christian then they started filming and he suddenly had to get all serious and put on a serious voice so when he said ” Now Rosemarie” I couldn’t help but laugh. I thought it was not the way to get the best results out of anyone and also unusual to have the doctor critising us one minute but trying to help us the next.
Re the ‘telling off’: In my case, Rosemarie, he said it was for the benefit of viewers who might be similarly ailed (a wake up call to the viewer); though it wasn’t necessarily the case that anything was wrong with me [paraphrased]. It was done for effect.
Yawn, more rubbish from Dr Gillian McFake, I can’t believe people still watch this stuff.
Last night I watched a recording of the Johnathan Ross show and forced myself to sit and watch the dreadful G Mckeith. What a horrible woman she is and why is this person always on our TV screens when if you read the comments on various message boards, she is clearly a much hated figure.
The only thing I thought hilarious was when she said her children ordered out pizza’s without her knowledge whilst on holiday, she went ballistic. Are you ever in for a nasty surprise McKeith when your children are old enough to think for themselves and the freedon they will have to eat what the hell they like!!
OK rant over, back to work!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7276645.stm I found that interesting.
The name Endemol and Exploitation keeps popping up doesn’t it!!
Getting back to Last night’s Supersize. It’s been mentioned on here about the lighting they use, it makes the skin look like it has a nasty desease and when it comes to the reveal the skin is all glowing.
Anyway I enjoyed the show last night, fast forwarding the useless bits of course, but the participents looked pleased with the outcome, at least I hope they did!!
This show is very good i think people need help both ways, i.e. if they are big or small and sometimes it is hard to get that help. I know i have suffered with an eating disorder for a while and have routines that are hard to break now. I have also got OCD which makes me arrange food in cupboards or buy food for everyone else. I have been very low in weight 6 stone 13 for my 5 foot 7 frame but am now 7 stone 7 but still go to the gym everyday and still have routines and still limit food through out the week and binge on certain days. Doctors have been up and they think that because i hold down a part time job and go to the gym i don’t need admitting but need once a week out patient treatment which is impossible to attend due to eating patterns gym etc. The days i binge i am heavier until i eat really small again next few days to get back down again. I feel like i will never get my life back on track again i will never meet a nice guy or have children. I have not had periods for 5years maybe more. I would like to know how to eat but still be able to have days where i could eat what i want but stay a nice shape not big or very curvy either. I would like to have someone take pictures of my body the way they do on this program maybe that will shock me. I’d like them when i starve myself for four days and then after i have had my binge days too to see how my body changes. I feel fat always and have a constant pop belly that i am paranoid about and sometimes my face is very puffy and fat too. I think the show is good recommending healthy eating plans but hopefully they also have days where the person can eat takeaways or chocolate. Because in normal life that how people eat and in certain situations friends will want to eat like that with you. But if you have a plan that allows you to eat like that some days and still stay a nice size that would be good. I’d like to have a figure like Denise Van Outen.
Your post saddens me Laura that you feel you need to be someone you are not as in wanting a figure like Denise Van Outen. I bet you look absolutely fine as you are. Reading your post tells me you have a lot of issues regarding food and the way you look so I hope some of the people on here will help you in some way through their own experiences.
Exploitation indeed, Helen. I felt they should have given us a food budget seeing we (the ‘skinny’ ones) were eating more for the purposes of gaining weight FOR the show. The fee was all inclusive.
It’s amazing how many people fell for the trickery… even people who know me took some convincing… so they know exactly what they are doing.
I don’t know what to say to you Laura, but I do know that if you feel pressured to be a certain way and you are not assertive enough to stand up and be yourself you will succumb to the pressures. I’m no expert (I’m not a fan of experts) but I really think going back to basics to where you were before you found yourself where you are is a good place to start. Then decide what is truly right for you and work at developing the strength and the will to stick to your guns in working towards your goal. Also it helps to surround yourself with positive people who will support and encourage you towards your goal. Good people won’t pressure you into embracing their opinions. People kept telling me how good I looked for gaining weight, but it wasn’t about what people think, it is entirely about what is right and healthy for me. I’m only speaking from personal experience, but I hope it helps.
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yasmin smith on Mar 12th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
hey Polly just read your post and totally understand where you are coming from, I feel like this most days and as you said if i eat something i shouldn’t it is a thousand times worse. I too am coming to the realisation that PCOS is far bigger than i realised and will take a great deal of personal determination to live in harmony with (as their is no cure this is the realisation).Thanks to you and your website I now have far more knowledge to help me deal with PCOS and I am eternally greatfull for you joining the dots for me FINALLY.. it’s funny and very apt that it was a fellow sufferer that helped me with my mystery illness and with a final diagnosis.. without you I would still be scratching my head wondering why all the time… it all makes sense now and i will explain the outcome of my recent hospital visits later.. i promise (it will take a while so will have to wait for now).. but in brief The Reason I bloat up and react etc to certain foods such as wheat.. was and is due to my PCOS.. this link was never made by any of the specialists..it was not until you said about your condition did the penny drop and i started my own investigations..then armed with all the info went back to the specialist where infact i was told that i was correct and the two things (PCOS and my digestion issues) were infact directly linked and I am not going mad and IT IS NOT IN MY HEAD!!! so as i said already i owe you so much as this could and probably would have continued as a mystery for years without your personal insight and direction.
I hope you keep well and remember you are not alone in this
I will be in touch soon.
Many Thanks
Yasmin Smith
Hi!
It’s all over…!!! We’ve really enjoyed the WHOLE series.
Interesting that they are scouting for a new series, which implies that for Endemol it was a success.
It seems that overall the biggest changes have been with the (so-called) “supersize” contributors? Perhaps this is down to the differences in body type, and, the time it takes to lose weight vs gain weight. Judging by the family trend, Tat “might” be a size 12 when she’s about 50!!
I still find some of the comments on the internet amusing… One “sad” person on You Tube claims that Tat is dying (!!). Well, aside from the obvious that… we’re all dying… it just shows how many people believe everything that’s presented to them.
For our part, it’s been fun. Tat never felt pressurised into doing anything she didn’t want to. Unfortunately, the editing didn’t show the many sections we would have liked to see: her wearing the fat suit, teaching her students Jujitsu, the many interviews with her friends etc., but that was the producer’s choice, and “they know best”.
Perhaps there will be a grand get-together!?
Congratulations to all concerned, and I hope that the issues that have arisen will be dealt with satisfactorily.
Celia x
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article 4 does it again, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
hey guys
Hope you are all keeping well..
Just wanted to update you all to let you know that I filmed the follow up show a couple of months ago… I have been told it should be aired sometime in the early part of the new year…
lets hope that they put mine and others true story to the public this time… I guess we will have to wait and see..
I will update you guys with precise dates etc when I know.
Have a great Xmas and new year..
Take care
til next time xxx