To not understand the point of, or why indeed people go on the programme 'Secret Eaters'.

[Rollergirl1]

It's so formulaic. Person(s) claims not to understand how they've put on so much weight/can't lose any weight. Person claims to consume 1500 calories a day. Person is then secretly filmed (although not that secretly filmed cos they know they're being filmed cos they're on the program) and eats plates of food the size of another person. All day long. Person is then shown the "secret footage" and person displays suitable surprise (why? they are being filmed for the program. And surely they know how and what they are eating even when they're not being filmed, unless they were drugged and taken to a kebab shop against their will.) Person then understands where they are going wrong (eating massive amounts of food) and decides not to eat massive amounts of food anymore.

Really?

Fuck off.

I love secret eaters. I thought after the first series it was all over, but I suspect they find people who haven't seen it and they don't realise the extent of the undercover surveillance. And to be fair, about a year ago I couldn't figure out why I was putting on weight. Then I did a food diary and had the fabled "viennese whirl moment", when I realised the scale of my self deception. So i am poacher turned gamekeeper.

goes and looks for said tv show online, for the giggles

I think it's a little bit like the good girl going for the bad boy. They all think they will be the one that proves them wrong and changes the whole concept of the boy/program. Or it could be a load of staged bullshit.

I agree. Much like the other one where a fat person and a thin person move into a flat and eat each other's unhealthy diets for a week.

First of all, a bit of humiliation where we get to see them in flesh coloured undies.

Then, the fat person eats kale and diet coke and the thin person tries to eat burgers/pizza/doughnuts all day long.

Lo and behold, they are both miserable. What on earth is the point?

My ultimate tv pleasure would be a Nash up of secret eaters with don't tell the. Bride watched over by the giggle box posse.

A bloody pie sandwich

Made my night that has!

I love this show. I suppose it does play a part in educating people about portion size. And shows that it's easy to lie to yourself. I work with someone who's overweight and she doesn't understand why as she eats salads. Except she eats continually and dunks in dips. But if you asked her, she'd claim she was eating healthily.

Hah!

Considering: that's what I mean! They watch it aghast like "that's not me surely!?". Well, unless you were fed rohypnol and force-fed against your will because you've been groomed by a "feeder" then we'll let you off. Or if you were being tested on by aliens to see how much stupid humans can eat without stopping, then go ahead and be surprised. If it's generally how much you eat and you're surprised by i then you're a fucking idiot.

In all seriousness though it is indeed scarily possible to under estimate good consumed. With a diabetic child in the family, we weigh and portion control everything, although for carbs not calories. I distinctly remember my dh's face when I told him we were never eating pasta again. Ha!!!

And I see a great many people on a day to sag basis many of whom moan about their weight but mainline biscuits and puddings. When one refuses the offer of a biscuit they sigh and tell you how 'good' you are. Er, no. It's just that the desire to maintain a waistline is stringer than the desire to consume a stale hobnob.

I dunno, if it had been around 13 years ago, I could happily have nominated my ex for it.He'd insist he was dieting and not eating very much, so "only" have 4 slices of toast and a tin of baked beans for dinner, instead of the nutritious food I already had in. Found out that he'd been stuffing his face with fish and chips at lunchtime, on top of the lunch he'd taken into work.

Lololol at you lot

Oh the wig, the wig! i had to rewind the first one and watch again. Then I rewound and showed DP. It was just . I'm sure he was on the last series without it though.

A pie on a barm is a local delicacy where I live. Unbeatable in the hangover food stakes.

Can't find. If anyone has a link, please post or pm it to me, I've never seen this show.

It'll be on 4OD Noodle - www.channel4.com/programmes/secret-eaters/4od

I actually did a mn search for 'wig' and 'secret eaters' such was my level of disbelief.
(Disclaimer: it's been a looooong winter and I have no adult company at present,)

Actually I would like DH to go on this show because he is in genuine denial about his eating habits.

He doesn't eat breakfast or lunch, so in his mind, he "only has one meal a day". What he forgets is that he'll have crisps and chocolate at work, or cake if it's someone's birthday (big office so at least once a week), then if dinner isn't ready the second he walks in the door he'll make himself two rounds of sandwiches because he "can't wait" and will go and raid the fridge later on at night because he's still hungry after eating (a normal portion of) dinner.

But he will swear blind he only eats once a day and 'just can't seem to lose weight'. As he is an intelligent man in all other respects, It does my head in and I would like him to see that table of food just to get it across to him (although I imagine he too would think 'yum!' if he saw it) .

I used to work with a bloke who was on a WW diet and forever would have little cheats and treats while saying he really shouldn't - if you added them up they were about an extra 1000 calories a day (a choc bar here, a full fat latte there) but because he wasn't stuffing his face with a pie, he couldn't see it.

But when did the wig appear? I am sure he wasn't wearing it last time I watched?
Also the presenter teeth get whiter as her hair gets darker. They are like a mad act in a 70s variety show.

It's on 4seven at 8pm tomorrow and 7pm Friday, if you want to sample it.
www.tvguide.co.uk/titlesearch.asp?title=Secret%20Eaters

I haven't seen the wig! Will have to rewind.

Now watching First Dates. Whose that twat DJ who was just on who has been on before?

If you google dr David lewis and wig you can even find the website of the wig maker who made it for him - he is one of her case studies! (Yes I was bored tonight)

noodle it's repeated tomorrow at 8pm on the 4seven channel or it's on 4od

Am doing some reconnaissance now. I shall watch past episodes until I pinpoint the moment it crawled atop his pate.

Rollergirl are you blind? It's all I can see!

It reminds me though of what you used to get in Big Brother where some of the stupider contestants would look genuinely surprised when shown footage of themselves in the house, in spite of the fact that a) they must have known what they'd done unless they had severe memory problems and b) they were on a show where the whole point was that you were being filmed the whole time.

Thanks for the tip Cake!
Shall check it out.