Archive for the X-Weighted CategoryFrom a media release: X-WEIGHTED: FAMILIES TAKE IT OFF FOR ANOTHER SEASON
X-Weighted: Families is back in production for another season as 13 new families in Calgary, Kelowna and Vancouver leap off the couch, swear off fast food and dive into weight-loss action. Anaïd Productions is shooting the perennially popular Slice series for the next 6 months. From a media release: HOW FIT IS YOUR FAMILY? TV SERIES IS CALLING ALL FAMILIES FOR ITS FIFTH SEASON! Airing on Slice™, X-Weighted: Families is an inspiring series of one-hour documentaries showcasing the triumph of losing weight by encouraging healthy lifestyles and hard work. For its upcoming fifth season, X-Weighted is looking for more families ready to come to terms with their unhealthy reality. Each episode will follow a different family in their struggles and successes in effecting positive change through nutrition and exercise in their lives over a period of six months. We’re looking for families who want to make healthy living a priority, inspiring both themselves and audiences everywhere. Contact us if your family:
We want to tell your story. Submit your application to X-Weighted as soon as possible. Apply now by following the instructions at www.anaid.com. From a media release: XWeighted.com Kicks off National Fitness Challenge on January 9, 2010
The award-winning documentary series X-Weighted, as seen on SLICE™, is challenging Canadians to get up off the couch, step away from the junk food, and log on to XWEIGHTED.COM to sign up for THE XWEIGHTED.COM NATIONAL CHALLENGE – a six-month fitness and health challenge designed to facilitate a permanent lifestyle change and a healthy weight transformation for Canadian couch potatoes. From a media release: FIGHTING FLAB IS A FAMILY AFFAIR
Thirteen courageous families engage in their own unique battle of the bulge when an all-new season of the Gemini award-winning documentary series X-Weighted returns to Slice™ October 8. The one-hour series which was filmed in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, will air Thursdays at 8pm ET/PT. From a media release: HGTV Holmes Inspection (26x60min) From a media release: X-WEIGHTED TIPS THE SCALES IN FAVOUR OF FAMILIES
Thirteen families have begun their battle against the bulge in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver as the fourth season of the hit Slice documentary series X-Weighted gets underway. Production began in December on X-Weighted: Families and cameras roll through to early May, capturing the toil and temptations as family members work together — and sometimes against each other — on their weight-loss journey.
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In the news: Degrassi, X-Weighted among Gemini winnersPosted by: Diane in Awards, Degrassi, X-WeightedFrom the National Post:
From Kate Taylor of the Globe and Mail:
Episode 4 – Ultimate Body CHRIS’ story (Toronto) Airdate: Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 8 pm ET Repeats:
Chris was an active, athletic guy until the high-pressure office job hit. Thus began his rapid decline into a sedentary life of take out meals and an expanding waistline. Now his body is “revolting” – in more ways than one. He has overcome cancer but still relies heavily on over-the-counter medications to make it through the day. Chris knows that while his body is failing him, he is failing his wife and daughter.
From me at Blogcritics, based on the TV, eh? Blogtalkradio interview:
From a media release: Episode 1 – “Trophy Wife Trials” DEBBI’s story (Calgary) Airdate:
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Debbi is a young mother of three who used to be hot stuff. Even now she pictures herself as a pretty young thing – until she catches her reflection and is shocked by her own bulging body. Debbi knows her husband Chris is no longer attracted to her and she yearns to be the “trophy wife” on his arm. It is only once the pounds begin to melt away that Debbi realizes she is losing weight for the wrong person.
Apr
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2008
TV, eh? podcast: X-Weighted, Rent-a-Goalie, CaptioningSUCKS.comPosted by: Diane in Podcast, Rent-a-Goalie, X-WeightedThe latest TV, eh? podcast is now available.
Listen in the player below, visit the show site, or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.
Apr
24
2008
This Sunday on TV, eh? BlogtalkradioPosted by: Diane in Podcast, Rent-a-Goalie, X-Weighted
This Sunday, April 27, the guest lineup will be:
Call in to join the conversation at 646-200-4063, or leave a question for our guests in the comments and I may ask it on the show. From a media release:
From a media release: X-WEIGHTED BREAKS THE WEIGHT-LOSS SCALES
X-Weighted is a series of 13 one-hour documentaries chronicling the lives of ordinary people waging a war on fat. Over a period of six months they push their minds and bodies to new limits in the pursuit of physical and emotional health. X-Weighted exposes the naked truth about losing weight – the plans and pitfalls, gripes and grit that go hand-in-hand with achieving this often exasperating goal. Each episode delves deep to expose the underlying causes of weight gain and its affect on self-image, relationships and everyday life. X-Weighted provides a window into journeys of self-discovery as individuals struggle to drop their extra weight and excess baggage. Episode 13 – “Female Warrior”
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From a media release: Episode 12 – “Finding Nima”
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From a media release: Episode 11 – “Heavy Weight Lovers”
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Gary & Rayna can’t get near a piece of exercise equipment without fighting. Both suffering from injuries – his sustained in a near-fatal shooting and hers from a recent car accident – their fitness level is that of ‘two senior citizens’. The more Paul pushes them the more Rayna resists, until she collapses during a workout. Outraged by what she perceives as Gary and Paul’s lack of support Rayna calls in a physiotherapist to prove she can’t do what they’re pressuring her to do.
From a media release: Episode 9 – “Role Model Moves” Airdate: Thursday, September 13, 8 p.m. ET Repeats:
Nikki was devastated by the break up of her engagement to Erich after she discovered he’d been unfaithful. Now living with her mom and step-dad, Nikki is surrounded by high calorie ‘comfort foods’ and is re-entering the dating world at a weight disadvantage. Nikki is also a role model for a group of adolescent girls she counsels. Intent on being an inspiration – instead of a warning – Nikki hits the running trail with Paul to train for her goal of getting back into soccer. Anaid Productions is an award-winning film and television production company dedicated to the development and production of quality dramatic and factual programming. Slice is an Alliance Atlantis Network.
From a media release: Episode 7 – “Desperate Housewife” ANN-MARIE’s story Airdate: Thursday, August 30, 2007, 8 p.m. ET Repeats: Thursday, August 30, 2007, 11 p.m. ET Saturday, September 1, 2007, 11 a.m. ET Sunday, September 2, 2007, 7 p.m. ET Monday, September 3, 2007, 9 a.m. ET Wednesday, September 5, 2007, 3 p.m. ET Ann-Marie is the C.E.O. of her household – a stay at home mom who hasn’t lost a pound since her baby was born six months ago. Intent on three more kids, Ann-Marie must lose weight now or be stuck in a gaining pattern for years to come. She tells Paul she wants to compete in a sprint triathlon and he insists she start training right away. Ann-Marie admits she no longer likes having her husband touch her – but when Fred discusses her intimacy issues – he strikes a raw nerve.
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X-Weighted Participant Sheds Self-Doubt Along With Pounds
X-Weighted joined an elite group of 100 international television programs nominated for a Banff World Television Rockie Award last Thursday. The series, which runs on Slice, features 13 one-hour documentaries chronicling the lives of ordinary people waging a war on fat. Over a period of six months participant push their minds and bodies to new limits in the pursuit of physical and emotional health.
A record-setting 809 lbs. came off the scales in Season III of X-Weighted, Slice™’s hit weight-loss documentary series which starts airing 13 brand new episodes starting Wednesday May 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. This year’s record is also being celebrated as a personal success for one participant who, by losing 113 lbs in six months, set the all-time weight-loss record for X-Weighted and its predecessor Taking it Off.
Airdate: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8 p.m. ET
A ‘Female Warrior’ in her own mind, Jen’s daily life is so chaotic and stressful she’s on medication for depression. A mother of three young boys from two previous relationships, Jen is also in a new marriage that’s quickly unravelling. Paul is highly sceptical when Jen hands him her cigarettes and agrees to give up smoking, drinking, chocolate and her favourite junk foods all at the same time. Jen doggedly hits the gym and tries Capoeira, even as her marriage explodes with accusations of infidelity.
Airdate: Thursday, October 4, 2007 8 p.m. ET
A medical professional, Nima knows she should eat better but loves food too much. Her husband Claude begs Nima to workout with him – but she lies on the couch eating chocolate hazelnut spread instead. Of East Indian origin, Nima claims she has a ‘fat gene’, but Paul isn’t buying any of it. When Nima sets an ambitious ‘run for charity’ goal then reneges, Paul pressures her to set a new fitness goal – an indoor triathlon. When Nima changes her mind on yet another goal, she’s confronted by Fred in a heated exchange that leaves her in tears.
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