I hear ya! Definitely some bits are dramatized for ratings, other bits feel very honest - it's an interesting one!

You read my mind :) I have a video coming up on part of this show but more than happy to do an in-depth review if people think it’s helpful ☺️♥️

@Rachel Forshee I do have to agree that expierencing the food and its consequences are important points, too. Maybe a combiantion? There are soo many factors in how the life of the trainers and their clients differ. Or one could try a bonding experience that does not rely on food and exercise.

Oh wow!

Pantry* and coach*. Couch is a sofa not a fitness trainer 🙈

Opposite ends of the spectrum, and I hope everyone can assess it correctly.

They might associate binging with being obese, causing them to view obese people as constant eaters. So probably not

I think it depends on where they started on the issue and whether they lack empathy in general. Some trainers get into the business to flaunt an ego and feel big, completely pushing aside their clients needs & wants. Some of these trainers just seem apathetic to the problems people have when they're overweight or obese bc of emotional eating & how depression/anxiety/other health conditions play into weight loss. I have fibromyalgia and on the road to getting diagnosed I got some MRIs of my spine to see what was causing my back pain. I've had a spine surgeon tell me "if you had a 6pack you probably wouldnt hurt as much". Like, no shit Sherlock. Of course life would be easier if I was fit. My problem is moving & light exercising is painful as fuck. I need to manage the pain TO get in shape, not the other way around. After he said that I shut down & stopped talking and just left. Some people are just like that. Unable to imagine himself in horrendous chronic pain, he imagines himself just powering through when that's not the issue most of the time. For me, my trauma tells me I don't even deserve to be happy and healthy so I've very sensitive to negativity & it can easily send me spiraling. No insurance rn so no therapist or doctor visits. Fun times.

@@gabbyb9418 Thank you so much for sharing your experience, I'm sorry you went through that with a doctor... if it helps please remember that diet is 80% of fitness and health, so if you can enjoy yummy, nutritious foods it not only can help you stay as healthy as possible physically, but psychologically it's being increasingly shown that it also helps with mental health and well-being (see nutritional psychiatry from the video!). My biggest, warmest wishes to you, I hope you improve and yes, you do deserve to be as happy and healthy as possible 🙏💖

In the one episode I sat through, the trainer overworked her client the first day and he got injured. (13:15) She later admitted she never trained anyone of his size (400 pounds) before. The guy obviously didn't want to finish the show but was obligated to, and put in no effort. I would hope the trainer has learned better techniques since then. The comments on that episode were...interesting. The trainer was pretty and lots of people said she was still cute 40 pounds overweight and she was a great person who just wanted to help. The overweight guy was basically characterized as a worthless fat f*** who should go kill himself. 😕 So I don't know if the trainers are learning empathy, but the audience sure isn't.