Operation Transformation

Transformation doesn’t have to refer to weight loss I suppose.

I felt very sorry for the young girl that had the baby. I suspect she's suffering with some form of prenatal and post natal depression.

Yes having a baby at 24 isn't ideal , but it's also not the end of the world. She was so down about it, I think she even used the word ashamed. Absolutely nothing to be ashamed about.

I really hope she does well and starts enjoying her little family.

+1

was very surprised at what I felt was a very old fashioned mindset of shame at being an unmarried mother.

of the 5 leaders, I think she’ll find it the most difficult. She appears to be very dependant on her folks and a bit overwhelmed at becoming a new mum and leaving her family home. I think we’ll find her folks doing some of the recipes for her and the team tackling her on it. can see there being issues with ‘social media’ too!

Format finally looks better this year, I hope they finally really do focus on whole person rather than just the obsession with weight loss.

If a person not happy in themselves, the 'professionals' giving out hell for them not trying hard enough if don't lose weight one week is pointless.

About time they got rid of ridiculous weigh in with belly tops for woman + no top for men. Like wtf was the point of that, total body shaming.

People who are normal weight could find that uncomfortable, never mind people who are there because they are ashamed/ hate their bodies.

I think there is a great mix of people this year, someone that everyone can relate to.

So why isnt Karl Henry wearing pants then?

I'm hoping he is, but under his shorts where they belong...unless he's dressing as superman in which case he better have the cape too!

Did I hear them correctly in saying John was to do 10,000 steps- I took that as for the whole week or per day?

I don’t take it as body shaming, it’s medical reality. If you’re very overweight it needs to be spelled out and a plan in place to address it. No point telling people “you’re wonderful as you are…” when that’s clearly not the case. I find people that do t want to make the effort try hiding behind this stuff

Yes it must be 10,000 per day. That’s a good bit but as you say that per week wouldn’t make any impact

I do hope OT have taken on board the criticism of it in recent years. There was no need for the men to be topless or the women in unflattering crop tops, you're not really going to see a change each week as a viewer and there's no point in making the person feel uncomfortable.

Yes it's had its faults - a really focus on loosing weight, berating someone for not losing enough weight, restrictive meal plans in terms of choice. Personally I felt that OT program wasn't long enough at 6 weeks and didn't really give the participant or the viewer the tools to go forward without the show. I did like how the show rallied up the local communities with walks etc but again as soon as the show finished up, those people are gone too.

I'll be interested to see what other metrics they use apart from weight loss kgs. I think this is one of the first years where I've liked all 5 participants straight away, we'll see though after tonight's show! But what seems very clear is that there's a lot more to being overweight than eating too much - it seems to be a symptom of something else and I'm a little concerned that the show may not be properly equipped for the underlying issues these people may have, it goes deeper than things like boredom, misinformation or poor planning.

Karl Henry looks like your average pasty white Irish male after a rake of pints the night before....

His main discipline is spoofery added to a sense of no shame....

Thus resulting in a backpack wearing instudio performance capitalising on charlie birds mnd....

Thoughts after last nights episode;

I would expect that John's enthusiasm will wane after a few weeks. He seems like a lovely fella but the exchanges between himself and his wife were a little uncomfortable to watch. I can understand her annoyance - he's the one who signed up for the show and she feels she had to do some of the work.

Kathleen - such a lovely woman and warm supportive family. I really hope she can begin to enjoy her life again.

Sarah - god how many tablet devices do they own?!

Stefano - I hope he can kick the cigarette habit but I'm not so sure, I think he'll cut down instead.

Katie - I'm on the fence. I think she has a lot of growing up to do but she seems a little lost.