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In its continuing effort to portray teenagers in the most depressing light (16 and Pregnant, Teen Mom, If You Really Knew Me), MTV introduces its new reality series I Used To Be Fat tonight. Cameras follow several overweight recent high school graduates as they spend their summer before college getting into shape with the assistance of an incredibly peppy trainer. Essentially, it's MADE without the goal of being a prom queen or sports star at the end of the three months. Though the pure disdain for their trainers during their pushed-to-the-limits workout is probably still there.
Each episode will focus on a different teenager as they try to get rid of their unhealthy eating habits and commit to a workout regimen enforced by their personal trainers, while striving to meet their weight loss goal before they start the next major stage of their lives. Tonight's episode has a sweet but self-doubting girl named Gabriella aiming to lose as close to 100 pounds before she steps onto a college campus for her freshman year. It won't be easy for her, especially with a mom that tests her by putting cookies out just to see if she'll be able to control her snacking urges, until the trainer calls the mom out on basically setting Gabriella up to fail. During the series, some of the teenagers manage to lose a lot of weight while others not so much, but either way it's sure to be another emotional struggle captured by the network that's now known for exploiting the lowest points of your most awkward years. Hopefully there won't be a spin-off of this teen weight-loss series after they go to college, titled "We Forgot About the Freshman Fifteen."
The pounds (and tears) shed at 10 PM tonight on MTV.
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