"What I Hate About Me"

Have you seen this new show on the Style network? It's your typical makeover show with a new flashy title. The premise is that participant lists 10 things they hate about themselves and then the hour long program revolves around solving each one of those problems. Most of these were of course superficial and could be solved immediately though an intervention of some sort, skin re-surfacing, new clothes, a haircut, etc. Of course the part that I remember most is diet related.

The female participant, Ambar, had recently lost 70lbs. While that is miraculous and commendable, she accomplished this by eating only junk food. Now, if you are like me, it can seem difficult to imagine someone eating high calorie junk foods all the time and losing weight, but we know she also restricted her calories or she wouldn't have lost anything. Ambar describes her self imposed weight loss plan as just snacking throughout the day. She ate a small bag of chips and some fatty fast food type items (remembering a couple of tacos). The intervention for her hating that she ate junk food took place with a dietitian. The dietitian, with fantastical  TV flair, held 1 plate full of all the junk food she had been eating. This was the best part. The plate of junk food was about 1600 calories. Looking at that plate, it is hard to believe that it was only 1600 calories. The dietitian told her about the consequences of eating such an unhealthy diet including, heart disease, diabetes and cancer to name a few. Then they showed an entire table with plates full of food, all together totaling the same amount of calories.

What I found to be humorous was Ambar's's response, "Okay, but you couldn't make me eat any of that stuff", pointing to the table full of healthy food. What did those plates consist of ? Vegetables, salads, chicken, fish, grains, and fruit. Although Ambar talked a good game about changing her eating habits, I remain skeptical. 

The visual take away from this is that you can eat more food, if you choose to eat lean meat, vegetables, fruit and whole grains. Who doesn't want to be able to eat more delicious food?

Eat Wisely and Be Well,

Alyson

PS. Anyone else have a problem with that title?

Comments

[audrey]

sometimes when you're in a rut, you really have to train yourself to LOVE healthier foods, but the great thing is that the more you take care of yourself, the more you WANT to take care of yourself and the the more you desire healthy food. quality just tastes so much better. and those feelings multiply, you know what i mean? {the opposite also is true: the more you give in to junk, the more you want junk, and the less that lifestyle gives back. and you spiral downward!! : ) }

[kimberly]

I haven't seen the show, but I'm completely annoyed by the title and the premise and the girl's attitude.

[Martha Lurie]

Probably the worst title to a TV show I have ever seen!! First of all the word "hate" is a swear word in my eyes and we were never aloud to use it growing up. But the worst part is that it implies that we hate ourselves and that is so sad. Anyway, I am glad I haven't stumbled across the show because it would have bummed me out. Thanks for the post - We should focus on the 10 things I like about ourselves...