I Used to Be Fat (2010)
Synopsis
I Used To Be Fat is an MTV reality series that follows overweight teens striving to achieve weight loss through means of diet and exercise. Each episode follows one teenager who is paired with a motivational personal trainer. A trainer teaches them new exercise and eating habits over the next few months while offering emotional support. Documented students share their personal trials and tribulations in the series. Several episodes of the show have covered a high school student's last summer before college. These students expressed a desire for a metamorphosis before they start their new lives away from home.
Creator
Amy Bailey, Adam Jason Kaloustian
Network
MTV
Episodes
Gabriella
Homecoming Queen Gabriella has everything she wants except for the pefect body; watch as she turns her life around in one summer.
Marci
Homeschooled and coddled Marci needs tough love from her trainer Justin to turn her life around.
Dominick
Future chef Dominick has trouble keeping off the pounds with his food-centric Italian family.
Makenzie
Makenzie's father puts pressure on her to lose weight so she can find a man.
Jordan
Jordan's rough upbringing made him turn to food for comfort, but he hopes to turn his life around and become a true athlete.
Daria
When a Daria, a popular dancer moves to Atlanta, the isolation makes her turn to food for comfort.
Kirsten
Kirsten is an A student with a supportive family, but will her negative self-talk get in her way of losing weight?
Tanner
For Tanner life was a dream on the wrestling team and with a pretty girlfriend, but when he gained 100 lbs he lost his passion for life.
Kelly
When Kelly lost her father to cancer she turned to food to cope with her loss.
Details
Original Title
I Used to Be Fat
Status
Ended
Seasons
2
Episodes
22
Production
Viacom Productions, 3 Ball Productions
