MTV has decided to add a new weight-loss reality show to their line-up. I Used to Be Fat comes from the producers of The Biggest Loser and is part of the network’s effort to reconnect with a “millennial” audience. The show will follow teens during the summer after high school as they lose weight and transform themselves before entering college.
Each hour-long episode will feature one teen as he or she works out with trainer, meets with nutritionists and consults with doctors. “That reboot of your life can happen over one summer,” says JD Roth, the executive producer of I Used to Be Fat. “The kids who really dedicated themselves and really wanted this made changes that are staggering. We had multiple kids lose 100 pounds.”
The first of the ten episodes aired on December 29th, in MTV‘s Ten Spot. The show is unscripted, and has what Roth describes as a “much more authentic bent.” The show hopes to make the most of the rite-of-passage between high school and college, capitalized on the idea that students can re-invent themselves when entering college, leaving behind old social stigmas.
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Wow this is interesting, I just hope that this show doesn’t get a lot of torment.
ill like to try this out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. im most likely like Marci one of the girls that was on the show, Im 19years 250 pounds and i want to loose 90 to 80 pounds.
i love this show, i want to know how to get on it though. i have looked everywhere to try and find where to sign up.! but, i cant find it. …help?