[jesca]

I agree with a lot of the stuff that's said here. I think there's places where there's too much tough love and no education and then other places that are the opposite. I think there can be a sense of if "I'm trying, that's all that counts". If I choose the wrong diet or my idea of trying is a light stroll once a week, then I can't be held responsible for the weight to not be pouring off. Usually this is followed by the giving up and I can't stop from being fat so why bother trying.
With a full week (plus sometimes - they don't tell you that!) of Biggest loser and other diet shows, being crammed into an hour, it doesn't seem to occur to many people that that hour hardly represents the fact that these people are working out hard for 6 hours every day. They have taken time off work, they are isolated from the drive through, they are being kicked around the block by professional trainers that many of us can't afford, and they are motivated by a cash prize. I don't think any of that sounds like real life, but since it's sent to our living rooms every Tuesday, it has an impact on those that watch and get sucked in. Add to that the fact that the show has started adding those little tips and people start thinking if they do all those little things they will also lose double digits every week. No wonder people give up so easily when they realize just switching their regular fat oreos for low fat isn't going to cut it.