This week's episode of DietTribe is called "Intervention." While I wish that meant we got to see some jerky footage of these women spazzing out while
their families read sobby letters to them, it's not. It's more about intervening in how the women relate their weight loss to their families and manage their time. Boooooring.
We start this week at the beach. Jessie quizzes the women on what they previously did at the beach. If you guessed "napped, laid out, read, ate, and boozed," give yourself a bunch of arbitrary points. Jessie's goal is to get the women to move more, to have fun at the beach being active.
They have an impromptu gym class on the beach, playing paddle ball and bopping volleyballs back and forth. It looks annoying. Jessie's point, though, is that if they do active things that are fun, they're more likely to remain active for life. A far different lesson from the peeps a few miles away at the Biggest Loser camp.
Finally, Jessie gets them over to a volleyball net, and they play three-on-three. It's no surprise that we see a bunch of flesh falling all over the place.
Clowny Stephanie shocks us all when she falls into a full split and isn't in any pain. As in, she has done this before. NOW we know why she has no problem getting men.
Next, Stephanie and Frumpy Mary head off to the grocery store, kids in tow. Mary's droning about the new menu and how different grocery shopping is when you're being careful about what you eat. Steph manages to throw in another typical weight loss blurb, about how you'll find the freshest/best items when shopping the perimeter of the store. Produce, meats, dairy, are all around the edges. All that processed crap is in the middle of the store. (I admit, I usually only venture into the middle for coffee and salad dressing. Booyah!)
Mary's kids are a super pain in the ass for the trip, constantly throwing bad things into the cart. Mary isn't handling it well either. From the previews, I know this week's one-on-one therapy is with Mary and not a moment too soon. She just doesn't seem happy.
Next up is group therapy, yay! But, uh oh, that means the dreaded "say it out loud" commit speech is imminent. Boo!
The ladies all meet at Laneesa's house. Therapist Stacy arrives wearing her uniform, which is some kind of jacket, hiding her belly pudge (but making her face look larger). Always a jacket. I don't care for the look on her, but I guess that it's her way of feeling professional and safe. The Ellen DeGeneres sneaks today kinda blow that credibility, if ya ask me.
Anyway, this week's lesson is about how the DietTribers are working so hard on their own dietary needs but are totally ignoring their kids. Stacy has hidden camera footage of the kids snacking on terrible things (one of Mary's, in particular, is a snack WHORE). Mary seems really angry and embarrassed.
The women talk about how to help their kids with this lifestyle change, such as making rules to ASK for snacks rather than helping themselves. They also discuss the use of food as rewards for behavior, which is setting up these little ones for some disordered thinking about food in the future. It all stops today!
So now we're all awakened to how important their parenting is to their kids' future successful weight management. All except Laneesa, who is childless. Way to isolate the already-isolated, Lifetime. She's barely even on camera for this entire segment, poor thing.
As a reward for sitting through this group therapy session, the ladies get to meet with Iron Chef Cat Cora, to learn how to prepare quick and nutritious meals. Hooray! That's coming up later.
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Comments (12)
I love the pic of the kid not giving a shit about the perimeter of the store! The expression is priceless. Ha! I never thought about it that way (ie processed food in the middle) -- next time I go shopping I will be mindful of this!
1 of 12 | Posted by perdedorita | Posted on October 27, 2009 9:17 AM
Sexy Panda...another great recap with even BETTER pictures of Jessie!
Drooling aside, I am really starting to like Laneesa. It's not easy being single in a double world and I hope she sticks with the program. I really wanted to watch this show just to make fun of it, but the tone of sincerity the show has won't let me. :-(
Again, great recap. Great captions...GREAT pics!
2 of 12 | Posted by marijai | Posted on October 27, 2009 9:28 AM
Haha, thanks!!
I know, this show is so earnest, it kills me.
3 of 12 | Posted by sexypanda | Posted on October 27, 2009 10:03 AM
Begging also for them makeover show. WHY must we wait so long. Stephanie seems to be really kicking butt.
4 of 12 | Posted by greenarcher | Posted on October 27, 2009 10:18 AM
BTW....did you know Jessie has his own website? He gives a daily affirmation and diet and exercise tips. Unfortunately, no hot pics!
5 of 12 | Posted by marijai | Posted on October 27, 2009 10:49 AM
Yep, I mentioned it a few weeks ago! Haven't seen it in a while, though. Did it perk up? The last I saw, the content was, shall we say, minimal?
6 of 12 | Posted by sexypanda | Posted on October 27, 2009 1:26 PM
Ha, I just signed into Facebook and saw his update on my Live Feed.
"Hello everyone. My challenge for you is to do your least favorite work out. Sometimes the best medicine is the one taste the worse!"
Oh boy.
7 of 12 | Posted by sexypanda | Posted on October 27, 2009 1:28 PM
Sorry Panda, I must have forgotten you mentioned it. I was telling my friend about him and she found the website. The content is still, uh, minimal. But for those who want to try and follow the diet and exercise plan may find it informational.
Perhaps it just needs a Sexy recapper to sex, uh make that spruce it up! LOL
8 of 12 | Posted by marijai | Posted on October 27, 2009 1:31 PM
Ha! If only that meant I could meet him in person...
I'm annoyed that the Lifetime site doesn't have the recipes from the show. I really want to make that healthy trail mix popcorn crap!
9 of 12 | Posted by sexypanda | Posted on October 27, 2009 5:50 PM
Panda, there is probably some recipe site online that has a recipe for popcorn trailmix. It would be nice if Jessie would put interesting stuff like that on his website, huh?
Anyhow, I've always felt like it's how much you eat and not so much what you eat. That popcorn trailmix and the cornflake chicken are lower in fat and somewhat lower in calories, but you still have to reduce the number of snacks you have in order to lose weight. Either that, or just eat baby carrots, celery, and the like.
I hope all these women stick it out. They are a likable and fun bunch, well, everybody except Mary. She's the Debbie Downer of the group.
10 of 12 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on October 27, 2009 9:09 PM
Oh, I forgot. It would come in handy to have an Snacking Intervention Kitty around to control Mary's kids. I used to have a cat who would sit on the back of the sofa, put his paw on your shoulder, and watch every spoonful or mouthful go into your mouth. He was a trip.
11 of 12 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on October 27, 2009 9:11 PM
I want an Intervention Kitty (TM)!!
I Googled for a low-cal/low-fat trail mix popcorn or caramel popcorn recipe, and they didn't seem to be the same. I'm sure they'd accomplish the same goal, but I didn't like the liberal use of corn syrup. I ended up watching the Cat Cora segment again to see what was spread out in front of her, her mise en place, but it didn't help. I know the dry ingredients--it's the wet ones that they're keeping mum. Gah.
I don't like Mary, either.
12 of 12 | Posted by sexypanda | Posted on October 28, 2009 6:22 AM