Man vs Food is Like Dieters Porn!

cazzahi
cazzahi Posts: 59 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is this just me, but when i eat healthy (losing weight) i get a thing for Food programs, i was watching man vs food last night at 1am, can't get enough of the food programs. i love to try and make healthy version of my favorites (not got the chip cracked yet though) What with that? you'd think you would want to avoid food programs, lol
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  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    I LOVE THAT SHOW
    I LOVE THAT GUY!
    I LOVE FOOD!
  • SharmaineP
    SharmaineP Posts: 36 Member
    Ahahaha! Even though it is unhealthy, its pretty entertaining.
  • SprinkledWithEmotion
    SprinkledWithEmotion Posts: 67 Member
    I must be the only one who finds that show absolutely disgusting. I get nauseous watching it. Hmm, maybe anytime I'm feeling hungry I should watch an episode, ha!
  • Poetic_Photography
    Poetic_Photography Posts: 138
    I love that show!!!! (and it makes me hungry! lol) :laugh:
  • Kalah7Renae12Vera
    Kalah7Renae12Vera Posts: 265 Member
    My husband watches those shows all the time... I do get hungry! I like Chopped the most, because half of that crap I would never eat hehe. Television is so saturated with food shows and commercials its no wonder America has an obesity epidemic.
  • Poprocket_2012
    Poprocket_2012 Posts: 142
    I love supersize V superskinny :smile:
  • HaywireII
    HaywireII Posts: 71 Member
    My wife yells at me for watching Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. Mostly because she gets hungry from watching it.
  • lucysmommy
    lucysmommy Posts: 460
    its great i love it
  • tadjo
    tadjo Posts: 41 Member
    The sopranos is worse.
  • kimdarren
    kimdarren Posts: 76 Member
    We watch them all .... diners, man vs food, man vs food nation, 2 fat ladies, hairy bikers, hugh fernley whittingstall, jamie oliver, and a new chinese lady (sorry, can't remember her name at the moment).... you name it we watch it.

    I find the American ones we watch in both admiration and discust at the portion sizes!!!!! We always have a good laugh that people can actually eat that much in one go. It's something we all watch as a familly so I won't be changing our programs soon. Portion sizes however, is another matter :)
  • andrewjuu
    andrewjuu Posts: 76 Member
    There must be something wrong w/ me because I find Man v Food to be one of the worst shows ever conceived. It's shocking to me that a show about wasting food & overindulging to the point of sickness would pass for "entertainment". Like I said, it's just me because it appears to be "must see tv" for a lot of people!
  • bokodasu
    bokodasu Posts: 629 Member
    I don't watch that one, but I almost always set the tvs at the gym to the Food Network - it's usually Cupcake Wars or Chopped for me.

    The funny thing is that I'm not the only one who does it - half the time I come in and it's one news channel and three food programs on the 4 tvs. (And I know that one is only a news channel because that's the one the trainers watch between clients. For some reason, they don't think Cupcake Wars is must-see-tv.)
  • Heather032190
    Heather032190 Posts: 138 Member
    LMAO this is soooo true :laugh: :mad: :cry: :smile: :tongue:
  • JossFit
    JossFit Posts: 588 Member
    I used to watch Cupcake Wars, Man versus Food, Diners Drive ins and Dives, Chopped, etc. but since I've stopped I've also stopped obsessing about food as much... interesting. :wink:
  • HollieDollieeeex
    HollieDollieeeex Posts: 116 Member
    I don't tend to let myself watch any kind of food programs as it sets my mind off on a tangent & makes me crave.

    Good programme though, ate at Kat's Deli in NYC (this featured on Man Vs Food) & it was incredible... Had to share with my mum :)
  • peopletalk
    peopletalk Posts: 519 Member
    i lovelovelove that show, but i can't watch it anymore. it makes me hungry lol
  • kristinL16
    kristinL16 Posts: 401 Member
    My DH used to love that show. It makes me want to vomit. All of the food looks the same color (fried) and just nasty. It grosses me out to see them trying to stuff that much into themselves during the food challenges. It's enough for me to not want to eat anything.
  • CountryStrongNicole
    CountryStrongNicole Posts: 46 Member
    HaHAha! Love this topic.... Diners, Drive Inn's & Dives sucks me in all the time. Dang if it doesn't make me hungry, too!
  • padackllins
    padackllins Posts: 36
    I love that show! He's goddamn repulsive, the way he eats, but I just love it. I wish I could pig out like that.. I can live vicariously when I watch it.
    But it does tend to make me unbearably hungry. :P
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    I love supersize V superskinny :smile:

    I LOVE THIS SHOW! Watched it on youtube for years before OWN picked it up in the US last year. Second favorite is Secret Eaters.

    I love British television :heart: :love:

    Man vs Food is pretty awesome but it DOES NOT make me hungry. Sometimes it makes me a little ill.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,800 Member
    Do you have Secret Eaters in the USA? It is my current favourite. What people are REALLY eating when they think they they are eating healthily. I'm sure some of it is a set up, but it's still very entertaining. Boy, some people can really eat! :bigsmile:
    Oh, I see from the post above me that you do have it. . .. :blushing:
  • RunFarLiveHappy
    RunFarLiveHappy Posts: 805 Member
    Food Network & Cooking Channel are my faves! Love them all! They do sometimes make me hungry though ????
  • ncl1313
    ncl1313 Posts: 237 Member
    I watch Food Network while on the treadmill lol. I don't know why, I just do. I love Chopped and America's Worst Cooks cracks me up. I can't believe some of the things those people do...
  • jimandpam87
    jimandpam87 Posts: 62 Member
    I have a very big love/hate relationship with Man vs. Food lol. It's fun to watch and "live vicariously"...but it always makes me hungry and crave barbeque for some reason...
  • BoomstickChick
    BoomstickChick Posts: 428 Member
    LMAO! My husband loves that show. I tell him it's so SO unfair to do to a pregnant woman. I actually did say it was like porn for me right now because some of the food looks so damn good!!
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    Do you have Secret Eaters in the USA? It is my current favourite. What people are REALLY eating when they think they they are eating healthily. I'm sure some of it is a set up, but it's still very entertaining. Boy, some people can really eat! :bigsmile:
    Oh, I see from the post above me that you do have it. . .. :blushing:

    No :sad: but I watch it on YouTube!
  • danimalkeys
    danimalkeys Posts: 982 Member
    I love that show. I especially like the hot and spicy food challenges, not so much the 10lb burrito type ones. I like Andrew Zimmer too, where he goes all over the world and eats the weird stuff.
  • violagurl117
    violagurl117 Posts: 10 Member
    My wife yells at me for watching Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. Mostly because she gets hungry from watching it.

    That show makes me SOOOO hungry. Everything always looks so delicious.
  • ncl1313
    ncl1313 Posts: 237 Member
    P.S. "food porn" always makes me think of Giada's show and the numerous youtube videos on the subject.
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
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    Love me some food porn and am addicted to the food network. Like for real. I Love DDD, and all the cooking shows. Neeleys, paula, sunny anderson, pioneer woman, hungry girl. It's very strange but it's like a comfort thing for me, even when I'm not watching I seem to have it on as background noise. There is something very calming about it to me. I used to dvr things I wanted to cook but it got so out of control I erased them all. I figured I didn't need all that insane temptation anyway... :devil:

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