"Bulging Brides"...WTF?!

[thirtiesgirl]

I was spending the afternoon relaxing and watching Fine Living Network on tv after a very stressful work week, when I was accosted by a preview of this Canadian reality show, "Bulging Brides," in which a bride who can't fit into her wedding dress chooses to engage in a weight loss "boot camp" to help her fit into her dress, all caught on camera. I

Comments

[stitchtowhere]

there is a whole passel of that type of "niche" weightloss programming on the canadian channel, Slice. I recommend avoiding anything Tommy Europe is in because it invariable involves fat shaming and mocking and deriding (usually fat women's) bodies.

[lilmetalfingers]

i've seen another show that he's done, and i agree. lots of mockery.

[vansterdamn]

I freaking hate those Slice weightloss shows. They show totally beautiful normal girls and shame them into fitting a size 6. WTF is wrong with a size 8?

[oldfoundnew]

I like X-Weighted because it seems to me that the focus is slightly more on the exercise rather than the need to be skinny.

[vansterdamn]

I dunno. I try to follow the precepts of Overcoming Overeating and When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies (two excellent books) and watching shows like that are really bad for a healthy mentality about your body and food. It's too easy to slip into my old self-battery.

[cndngirl25]

Agree! Last 10 lbs bootcamp or whatever it's called is the worst, so insulting and horrible.

[lilmetalfingers]

yes, that's the one! i saw one where he was picking on this girl because her sister was a size 2, and she was a portly size 6. it was terrible.