{"id":531,"date":"2019-01-31T09:31:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T09:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp\/?p=531"},"modified":"2019-01-31T09:31:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T09:31:32","slug":"weighing-in-on-heavy-new-tv-reality-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lisajohnsonfitness.com\/weighing-in-on-heavy-new-tv-reality-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Weighing in on \u201cHeavy\u201d: New TV Reality Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n

I\u2019ve watched four episodes of \u201cHeavy<\/a>,\u201d A&E\u2019s new entry into the weight-loss reality TV genre, and I have some thoughts \u2026 some of them are bleak, a few are hopeful.  The show does a great job of putting a face on obesity and of showing the struggles an individual faces as they make a thousand choices to be healthy or a thousand choices to fail and remain obese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHeavy\u201d looks at two individuals as they talk about how they got fat, what are the triggers that send them to the fridge or the Fryolator, and what their actual life expectancies are.  Each episode follows different people whose weights have ranged between the high 200s to just below 600 pounds.  There is a visit to an MD, an obesity specialist who issues dire warnings, and then 30 days at a \u201cfat farm,\u201d a rather posh resort on the shores of Lake Austin with two tough love trainers who show their clients the ropes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s refreshing that the people featured on the program are treated like clients, not contestants.  There is nothing to win here except a new lease on life, and that one you have to earn on your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what I like about the show \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n