Operation Transformation 2015

Woodbrook80

Can't see a thread for this year so starting one looking forward to it

MollFlanders

Really looking forward to it. I'm hoping to lose 14lb by the end of the series!!

Woodbrook80

I'm doing slimming world but everything helps
Good luck

average_runner

Can't believe they blamed the government, it's not their fault, it's our lazy attitude to a healthy lifestyle

average_runner

Woodbrook80 wrote: »

I'm doing slimming world but everything helps
Good luck

Slimming world is very good as it teaches u how to cook.

leahyl

Thought it was very moving tonight but how that lad is nearly 27 stone at 21 years of age is just unbelievable to me...very sad, hope he really does well and loses a lot of weight

GalwayGirl26

Doing it through work, so hopefully it will be easier to stay focused and motivated!

Woodbrook80

Can identify with Louise the 2nd person also trying to get pregnant!
Hope they do well
Dosnt appear to be an app this year

Lady Chatterton

I liked Alan too, I hope he does very well. He is too young to have his life so seriously curtailed by his weight.

Sunny Dayz

'Fraid I could only half watch it last night - I would have been in tears (pms hormones!) The young guy weighing so much, his parents so worried about him. Also the lady who's been trying for a baby. I have it recorded so I will try and watch it properly at the weekend.

Frog Song

I felt so sorry for Louise I hope this helps with her hopes of having a baby. And the 21 year old...God love him, he has a long road ahead of him.

Lady Chatterton

Veronica is a very pretty girl, I hope this journey helps to improve her self confidence.

stop animal cruelty

wish the programme was on an hour long...in the space of 30min l feel like they show too much about the goverment, all these groups around the country, school kids walking 1000 steps a day and how you can follow the programme on twitter etc........wish they would just focus completey on the leaders and how they are progressing etc...

stop animal cruelty

oh and more of those sexy firemen please!!!

zoobizoo

The young lad smokes 40 a day and drinks six cans of coke a day...

The woman who is trying to get pregnant also smokes but will give up if she gets pregnant.

While I feel for them, they seem to have issues with cop on.

sh1tstirrer

Do people really need to watch trash like this to help them to lose weight? Too much drama and sob stories. Looking back at previous contestants only very few of them kept the weight off.

Sunny Dayz

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Looking back at previous contestants only very few of them kept the weight off.

I watched the program last week where they did a follow up with some of the previous leaders. It seemed that once the show was over they were more or less left alone with no supports or follow ups.

sh1tstirrer

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

I watched the program last week where they did a follow up with some of the previous leaders. It seemed that once the show was over they were more or less left alone with no supports or follow ups.

There's only one person that can help people lose weight that's themselves. If they can't motivate themselves without help they stay overweight.

zoobizoo

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

I watched the program last week where they did a follow up with some of the previous leaders. It seemed that once the show was over they were more or less left alone with no supports or follow ups.

They were given the tools and knowledge.... it was then up to them to put into practice what they had learned.

They are adults after all.

Woodbrook80

I m only following the exercise plan as already doing slimming world so far so good not sure about tomorrow if the wind keeps up !

Donkeygonads

Woodbrook80 wrote: »

I m only following the exercise plan as already doing slimming world so far so good not sure about tomorrow if the wind keeps up !

Bad weather is a poor excuse , just poor clothing !! Get out there and stick to the regime, Good Luck !

Lisha

leahyl wrote: »

Thought it was very moving tonight but how that lad is nearly 27 stone at 21 years of age is just unbelievable to me...very sad, hope he really does well and loses a lot of weight

Ahh feic it . I'm just watching repeat now.
Alan's mother said he has wreaked his life. I'm sorry but she fed him for the first 18yrs. Fair enough he's an adult niw but you can't unlearn a lifetime of bad habits once you reach 18.

I'm sick Of seeing kids in playground eating a tube of Pringles and swigging out of 1litre bottles of coke. Healthy eating and portion control has to start from childhood.

Best of luck to Alan he deserves to be happy and healthy. I hope all the leaders do really well.

Woodbrook80

Did the run/walk gosh my legs were burning apart from that was ok

gubbie

Lisha wrote: »

I'm sick Of seeing kids in playground eating a tube of Pringles and swigging out of 1litre bottles of coke. Healthy eating and portion control has to start from childhood.

Most primary schools I've come across have a healthy eating policy and won't allow those in. They won't even allow cake on the childs birthday

Lisha

gubbie wrote: »

Most primary schools I've come across have a healthy eating policy and won't allow those in. They won't even allow cake on the childs birthday

Sorry Yes, I was talking about playgrounds outside of school.
My son's school had the healthy eating policy too but I was collecting him early one day and met a few girls munching on Mars bars.
It's diffucult for the school to enforce what the parents won't support sadly.

Woodbrook80

Looking forward to tomorrow see how they are getting on

sabhail

Woodbrook80 wrote: »

Looking forward to tomorrow see how they are getting on

couldn't believe the young guy asking his mam to get his weetabix for him....wI'd say he'll find it hardest...thought the Dr had it spot on... He hasn't really grown up, taken responsibility for himself.

Woodbrook80

Think one of his problems is his mother seems to never say no to him he needs to grow up look after himself

Lisha

The weight losses tonght are great in fairness to them!

Woodbrook80

They all did great so far

Birdsong

That guy, Alan needs to move out of home to be honest, cook for himself, only way he will change his behaviour

Sunny Dayz

Cannot believe Alan got his mam to get his breakfast cereal for him. My 10 year old has been able to get himself a bowl of cereal for years!

CountyHurler

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

Cannot believe Alan got his mam to get his breakfast cereal for him. My 10 year old has been able to get himself a bowl of cereal for years!

How can somebody so young be such a size... I'm not trying to be cruel here, but at what stage to social services step in with a case like this.?.. He seems like a nice lad, but he's left himself with an unbelievable hill to climb...

Lady Chatterton

CountyHurler wrote: »

How can somebody so young be such a size... I'm not trying to be cruel here, but at what stage to social services step in with a case like this.?.. He seems like a nice lad, but he's left himself with an unbelievable hill to climb...

Alan is 21, he is an adult and he is responsible for his own weight issues. In a previous programme his mother said that she was cooking healthy meals but he was eating snack boxes and pizza outside of the family home.

I really hope he does well, he does seem like a lovely lad.

CountyHurler

MrsD007 wrote: »

Alan is 21, he is an adult and he is responsible for his own weight issues.

He was a 32 inch waist until the day he turned 18?

FouxDaFaFa

I'd like to congratulate whoever made the decision to play "Anaconda" over the video of Karl Henry. The poor guy.

hawkwind23

Very short thread , you would think by the show that half of ireland was taking part

They are all doing very well , the young fella seems a decent sort , some unfair comments about the parents , its obv he has been well reared.

clappyhappy

hawkwind23 wrote: »

Very short thread , you would think by the show that half of ireland was taking part

They are all doing very well , the young fella seems a decent sort , some unfair comments about the parents , its obv he has been well reared.

I agree, lovely lad. But as a parent you have to be cruel to be kind sometimes. Hope he and the rest of them achieve all the goals they have set for themselves.

Frog Song

I'm just not as interested in this year's group compared to last year, last year were more fun I guess like Deirdre and Siobhan and I'd look forward to seeing them. This year seems a bit flat.

FouxDaFaFa

That fire service challenge tonight was pretty brutal.

I know it seemed like a good idea at the time but what were they thinking leaving the heaviest til last? God, that's well over 40kg each.

huber

Hi, Can anyone tell me where Kathryn Thomas's Skirt on Operation Transformation on Wednesday night was from??

Birneybau

huber wrote: »

Hi, Can anyone tell me where Kathryn Thomas's Skirt on Operation Transformation on Wednesday night was from??

The RTE wardrobe department.

Frog Song

huber wrote: »

Hi, Can anyone tell me where Kathryn Thomas's Skirt on Operation Transformation on Wednesday night was from??

River Island. She usually tweets where she gets her outfits from.

brian_t

https://twitter.com/gokathrynthomas

Lady Chatterton

Merging this with the existing Operation Transformation thread in the 'Reality Forum.

Tipsy McSwagger

Is this the Top 40 Chart Countdown with a few obese people thrown in?

Lisha

Looks like this week will be the oh ye are not working hard enough at all ! Drama in the weakest sense

sh1tstirrer

What happened to Paudie that was on last year? There isn't a word about him this year even though all the other contestants last were mentioned.

zoobizoo

How come none of them join a gym for the duration of the show?

I've tried exercising at home like the participants and it really doesn't work lifting bottles of water and doing sit ups which is what they all seem to be doing rather than lifting proper weights and really exercising both aerobically and and anaerobic.

hawkwind23

I switched it off.
New low by RTE , 10 minutes of the show dedicated to someone having a ****e complete with cringe-able music and verbal innuendo.
Like something a 12 year old child would produce , how much are the production team on? Insane!
complete that with the standard cross platform RTE advertising of radio , websites , apps etc and looped tapes of half the country out running and screaming "Operation Transformation"
To go with the shows tone , diarrhoea , i wont be watching again
Utter dross and a waste of license payers money, i feel sorry for the genuine and nice people who agreed to participate in this farce!

nc6000

Doesn't look like many on here are bothered with the show. I've found it really repetitive and won't bother watching it again.

Way too much time given to calorie counts on menus (which seems to be taking years to get anywhere with) and teaching PE in primary school.