New Wiegth-Loss Series From The Producers Of Taking it Off Premieres On Life New Programs / Slice Posted by RAD on Mar 12, 2006 - 08:09 PM |
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Fresh from the producers of the Gemini Award-winning series Taking It Off, X-Weighted is a new weight-loss series featuring 13 one-hour chronicles about adult Canadians fighting their individual war on fat. X-Weighted makes its debut on Life Network Sunday, April 9 at 5 pm ET during a special programming marathon. The series will air weekly Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET beginning April 11. X-Weighted’s bulge-busters hail from across Canada -- Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver. Carrying between 40 to 150 extra pounds each, participants run, climb, pump, bike and dance their way to healthier weights, during periods of four to six months. Created by Edmonton’s Gemini Award-winning Anaid Productions (Taking It Off, Family Restaurant), X-Weighted records all the plans and pitfalls, gripes and grit that go hand-in-hand with achieving the participant’s often-exasperating goals. The program focuses on the underlying causes and on-going triggers for excess weight as these frank but feisty people grapple with their personal flaws, emotional baggage and suppressed conflicts. Each episode follows one person’s story from fatness to fitness, with the exception of one episode featuring two friends who team up to lose weight. X-Weighted includes guidance served up by experts in fitness, nutrition and life management. Fitness expert Paul Plakas (whose no-nonsense observations were a mainstay of Taking It Off for four seasons) advises all participants on exercise and nutrition. Other experts consulted include Robyn Mott, a chartered psychologist, who helps participants identify their main barriers to change and Fred Connors, a self esteem expert, who provides self-confidence support. “The weight-loss stories of these courageous individuals who bare body and soul are both insightful and inspiring,” says Executive Producer Margaret Mardirossian of Anaid Productions. “Every X-Weighted episode sheds more light on the extraordinary challenges more than half the population face with obesity and health. We know this program will support people in making positive change.” Vanessa Case, Vice President, Content, Life Network, adds: “X-Weighted provides a poignant look at how addressing the underlying issues behind excessive weight gain is critical to achieving body image goals. With its combination of interesting characters, tense moments and touching conclusions, we know Life Network viewers will emotionally connect to the series, laughing and crying with the participants along the way.” Shedding pounds in Halifax: · Two female radio DJs whose wise-cracking public personas mask poignant emotions; · An accomplished former athlete whose self-esteem is withering as she measures herself daily against her pencil-thin sister; · A lively theatre production manager who is grieving the recent death of her best friend with excess food and drink; · A yo-yo dieter who desperately needs to resolve her poor relationship with food for the sake of her impressionable young daughter; and · A once rake-thin career gal whose three-hour round trip to and from work is fuelled by drive-thru visits. Weighing-in from Calgary: · A lonely young wife and mother of three who binge-eats to take the edge off her marital stress; · An overweight fitness instructor partying hearty in her search for Mr. Right; · A 305-pound motivational speaker whose weight is destroying her health and her professional credibility; · A survivor of stomach-stapling and an abusive past who longs to renew her wedding vows in a proper wedding dress many sizes smaller than the original one; and · A vivacious marketing student who is torn between craving a bikini-worthy body and rejecting the mass media’s unrealistic standards of beauty. And in Vancouver meet: · The sole male participant - a film business caterer thwarted by the high-cal food surrounding him and the alcohol that invariably rewards his 18-hour workdays; · A stressed-out home-therapist coping with both her severely autistic son and a family of five that relies on her as the sole breadwinner; and · A fashion industry go-getter nearing 50, whose once-terrific body has been sacrificed to a punishing work schedule. Life Network is an Alliance Atlantis Network. For more information on Life Network programs, please visit www.LifeNetwork.ca [1]. Anaid Productions is an award-winning film and television production company dedicated to the development and production of quality dramatic and factual programming. www.anaid.com [2] |
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