I love "Secret Eaters"

NYCNika

It is a UK TV show (available on youtube).

It would help so many people who say they keep food diary and can't loose weight. People who "tried everything" and it just does not work for them. for 99% of people, that is why.

djshari

What is it about? I remember watching another british show but I can't remember what it was called - it showed people with bad eating habits and helped them make better ones.

NYCNika

Is is about people who do not understand why they weigh what they weigh because they are just sure they are not eating enough to justify their weight.

They insist they eat well, their diary shows calorie deficit. Yet they just can't lose weight.

So they are secretly followed and videotaped everywhere they go for a week and inevitably shown that they eat WAAAY more than they think they eat.

sweetnlow30

Oh I love this show too! I also love supersize vs superskinny.

ninjakitty419

What is it about? I remember watching another british show but I can't remember what it was called - it showed people with bad eating habits and helped them make better ones.

Maybe you are refering to "You Are What You Eat?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_What_You_Eat

I remember watching that. I thought it was fascinating. They would put all the food out on a table that your family eats in a week and it was always a ton of junk. Really put it in perpective! There was another one I saw, forgot the name, where they compared the daily food intake of a really thin person and a really overweight person, and then they had to exchange diets and eat what the other one ate. I like that show because it shows there are problems with eating too little as well as eating too much.



To the OP, the show you mentioned sounds great! Wish I got the channel but I'm guessing it is on BBC? We dont get that anymore...

NYCNika

To the OP, the show you mentioned sounds great! Wish I got the channel but I'm guessing it is on BBC? We dont get that anymore...

I watch it on YouTube.

djshari

What is it about? I remember watching another british show but I can't remember what it was called - it showed people with bad eating habits and helped them make better ones.

Maybe you are refering to "You Are What You Eat?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_What_You_Eat

I remember watching that. I thought it was fascinating. They would put all the food out on a table that your family eats in a week and it was always a ton of junk. Really put it in perpective! There was another one I saw, forgot the name, where they compared the daily food intake of a really thin person and a really overweight person, and then they had to exchange diets and eat what the other one ate. I like that show because it shows there are problems with eating too little as well as eating too much.



To the OP, the show you mentioned sounds great! Wish I got the channel but I'm guessing it is on BBC? We dont get that anymore...

That's it! I only watched it when I had a short term house sitting job and they had BBC. I will look on youtube for the secret eaters one.

Pearsquared

I love that show! It made me recognize some of my own follies - I am a big taster because I take too many tastes of my ingredients while I'm cooking them! I try not to eat my food before I cook it now. xD

laineybz

Like many of us, the people thought they ate healthily and probably only around 1200 cals per day, when in reality it was double or even triple!

schnarfo

What is it about? I remember watching another british show but I can't remember what it was called - it showed people with bad eating habits and helped them make better ones.

Maybe you are refering to "You Are What You Eat?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_What_You_Eat

I remember watching that. I thought it was fascinating. They would put all the food out on a table that your family eats in a week and it was always a ton of junk. Really put it in perpective! There was another one I saw, forgot the name, where they compared the daily food intake of a really thin person and a really overweight person, and then they had to exchange diets and eat what the other one ate. I like that show because it shows there are problems with eating too little as well as eating too much.



To the OP, the show you mentioned sounds great! Wish I got the channel but I'm guessing it is on BBC? We dont get that anymore...

The one with the thin and overweight people swapping diets is supersize vs super skinny

schnarfo

To the OP, the show you mentioned sounds great! Wish I got the channel but I'm guessing it is on BBC? We dont get that anymore...

I watch it on YouTube.

It's channel 4 you might be able to download the 4od app but I don't know if your outside of the uk

flynnem4

I do too! It's part of why I started on here. It is such a fascinating show, I always wonder about how people could lie to themselves so hardcore; I knew I was eating too much sugar before I started on here, and it wasn't too surprising how much too much I was eating.

qtgonewild

im going to have to you tube this!!! thank you!

lilbearzmom

This show is the very first thing I think of when I see the "I don't know what I'm doing wrong" threads. Then you look at their diaries and they don't log anything. It's almost inevitable.

Mouseanonymous802

I love that show. Everyones always like I dont know why Im this big, Im in starvation mode because I only eat one small meal a day and it turns out they eat like 5000 calories EVERY day. ITs actually hilarious to watch their reactions :')

paulaviki

I love it too! I find it hilarious how they think they just eat healthy food, then you see what they've eaten at the end if the week and the only veg they've had was the peas in the rice from their Chinese takeaway!

I know so many people who would benefit from that show, probably me included!

ThriceBlessed

I just watched secret eaters for the first time. All it did was make me hungry. :ohwell:

VpinkLotus

Me too!!! I love that show! Can't believe how much we probably eat when we aren't paying attention!

VpinkLotus

What is it about? I remember watching another british show but I can't remember what it was called - it showed people with bad eating habits and helped them make better ones.

Maybe you are refering to "You Are What You Eat?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_What_You_Eat

I remember watching that. I thought it was fascinating. They would put all the food out on a table that your family eats in a week and it was always a ton of junk. Really put it in perpective! There was another one I saw, forgot the name, where they compared the daily food intake of a really thin person and a really overweight person, and then they had to exchange diets and eat what the other one ate. I like that show because it shows there are problems with eating too little as well as eating too much.


To the OP, the show you mentioned sounds great! Wish I got the channel but I'm guessing it is on BBC? We dont get that anymore...

The one with the thin and overweight people swapping diets is supersize vs super skinny

You can watch full episodes of all of these on utube! sometimes I watch on my phone while I am on the elliptical for added motivation

laurelboynton

Such a great show.

Logging is a great way of actually seeing what you eat. There was one woman who was convinced she was on a diet and wasn't eating dinners with her family. She would cook for them and just pick at bits while cooking.

It turned out in one day, she didn't go longer than 30 minutes without eating something!!!!!! She was eating around 2600 calories every day.

Love it

Fuuko

I've recently started watching it, it's pretty interesting! It's crazy the discrepancies that show up - in the episode I watched earlier, there was a woman who wrote down everything she ate in a day and it came to only 1000 calories. But then when they followed her around with the cameras they found her eating about 4000 every day! It's shocking that people can just "ignore" so much of what they're consuming and they wonder why they hell they keep gaining weight.

running_free_1984

Also love the British version of 'fat the fight of my life'. I'm addicted to British 'diet' programs. There's an interesting series of documentary's at the moment called, 'the men who made us thin'. I think that's on bbc two. I guess it's on bbc i-player.

Gwibbertronii

I'm in the UK, and the first time I watched this show I was fascinated. This girl kept insisting she ate healthily and was demanding a scientific reason for being so overweight.

She got her answer, but it wasnt the one she expected. Seriously, with all the information available today, the huge amount of media space given to the obesity epidemic, how can you get to 250lbs without ever seeking to understand or educate yourself as to what a pound of cheese and potato and pasta really means to your body?

I may be fat but I least I know why I'm fat. It's definitely my hormones though.

VpinkLotus

I'm addicted to British 'diet' programs.

Me tooo!!!!!

aquarabbit

I joined this site right after watching an episode of that! I love those shows. I've been watching Supersizers Go . . . after I finished the Secret Eaters. I love The Men Who Made Us Fat and Supersize vs Superskinny too. The UK has great shows that explore food and our relationship with it. I wish the US did that. I mean, I know both countries are getting bigger, but at least the UK seems like it's trying to bring awareness to the public! All we really have is Biggest Loser (so far as I've seen recently). Although a good thing I have noticed is that the cooking channels are doing a few shows that are focusing on healthier eating (I love Not My Mama's Meals). Small steps I guess. I love the host of Secret Eaters. She has my all-time favorite English accent.

imzadi481

I just looked it up on YouTube, I really think I'll enjoy it!

Mouseanonymous802

Does anyone else watch fat the fight of my life, obese a year to save my life, fat families, ss v ss, the men who made us thin/fat?
I'm addicted to all of them!

bkelley32148

im so gonna watch this tonight! its that self awareness stuff that helps.

ColetteM6

OOOOOOOOHHHH man! And my absolute favorite part is when Anna says "Are you sure you were'nt being careful about what you eat because of the cameras this week"? "No no no, this is a perfectly normal week".......Anna- "Really...because you lost weight". They cannot hide!!!! Love it!!

FFfitgirl

Just found it on you tube after this post. Watched and episode and thought it was o
Good

1yoyoKAT

The part I like the best is when they have the private detective guys watching them after the people think the filming is done. And when they're meeting in the restaurant and the wall opens up to the big table of the food they've eaten all week. Wow, nowhere to hide from that. Sometimes you need someone to force you to look at what you're doing in order to make a change. I also like the experiments they do. Like they showed people eat more if they have a bigger plate, certain color plates, or if the serving platters of food are left on the table. I also watch it via the internet, wish I could get more of the channel 4 programs!