"Yeah, I'm Obese - But I Eat Healthy!" | Secret Eaters
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- The most iconic Secret Eaters episode of all time?
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I cannot tell you how many times in my life I've thought to myself “I DON’T EAT THAT MUCH WHY AM I GAINING WEIGHT” - and as we can see from the people on Secret Eaters - I am not alone.
And as someone who spent most of their life very overweight (I was justtt a little bit away from being considered CLASS 3 - formerly known as MORBIDLY OBESE...) - I think the overall message of the show is an important and comforting one if you’ve been struggling with your weight at all.
The message being… IF YOU’RE GAINING WEIGHT, YOU’RE EATING TOO MUCH.
It is INSANELY easy to underestimate how much we’re eating every single day. Even when we think we’re eating an extremely healthy diet, as proved by today’s subject.
One of the most notorious secret eaters contestants of all time. A sweet but naive older man by the name of Murray.
This episode covers the story of Murray Young and Helena Young. Anna Richardson leads the Secret Eaters team as they investigate the couple's 'mysterious' weight gain.
0:00 - I don't eat that much!
1:54 - Meet Murray and Helena
4:44 - Food Diary
7:20 - Murray's Low Calorie Cereal
10:03 - Not So Special-K
12:30 - HOW many calories?
14:01 - "One piece of fruit per day"
16:21 - 70s moment
17:49 - Helena
20:12 - An Update
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Inspiring video as always, thank you Kiana
you got a mention from oompaville!
But why do they tell women going through menopause to cut calories down to 1200 if it is just a myth? They don't state age bc some females can go through this in their 30s and still it is suggested to cut your calories.
@@rosefaleafa5730 and Jamie French and Michelle McDaniel 🙌🙌🙌🙌
@@lauraanne5175 👀 i love jamie
Eating cereal with CREAM is the most insane thing I've ever seen 😭😂
Yeah, I never heard someone doing this. As a skinny person trying to gain weight, I'm intrigued..
I know a guy who eats salad with sugar added on top of it.
I find it really hard to believe he didn't realise he was adding loads of calories by putting cream on his cereal. For a start the calories are printed right on the side of the container, so it's not hard to find out if you have any interest at all. And he must have known the pizza etc he was hiding from his wife were adding to the problem, or why hide it in the first place. Maybe these people just want to be on TV. Cream on cereal is not normal, I'm in the UK and I've never heard of anyone doing that.
@@respectfulgamer7232 you need to be careful - u should be eating foods with nutrients not just lots of junk just to gian weight
Bulking hack
i love how people STRUGGLE to do the 10,000 calorie challenge but this dude casually has a two thousand calorie bowl of cereal 💀
a lot of it is down to what you're eating. 2000 calories of protein would be SUPER hard to do all at once for most people, but 2000 calories of mostly refined carbohydrate will be gone before you know it. I can pack away tons of calories with chocolate or fast food, which is why I have to be SO careful about it, but with my regular meals of lean proteins like chicken breast, etc., veggies, and a sweet potato, I get naturally full after the 500 calories or so I portion out for the meal. Some foods just don't generate that satiety sensation like others!
2500kcal! More than I eat in a day
@@estebanodyou sure??? You could be eating twice that amount and not even notice.
@@zachariaholmsted7862500kcal is A LOT of food. I even struggle to hit that sometimes when I’m lean bulking and I maintain a fairly strict diet 😭
I would chow down 1600 calories in one sitting at Panda Express.
I didn't know that until my nutritionist taught me how 1850 for a day looks like
The biggest downfall is that a lot of foods are very calories dense, so you genuinly are eating small portions and feeling hungry, but are still eating in a surplus
Exactly! It doesn’t “feel” like you’re eating a lot because volume wise, you’re not. But calorie dense foods add up so so fast
this is it in a nutshell, but unfortunately so many people do not understand this.
Most real food is not calorically dense.
@@Incomudro1963 Most are more dense than they used to be. For example meats are becoming fattier in general as animals are raised and bred for better marbling, and fruits contain higher sugar concentrations compared to fiber. You are correct though that this isn't the core of the problem. Most people just end up eating more ultra-processed food where this problem is magnified.
Eat more veggies, especially raw veggies.
Problem solved.
When I was a kid in the '70s I thought eating strawberry Pop-Tarts counted as my fruit intake
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I mean America counts pizza as a vegetable because of the tomato sauce lol so sounds fair to me 😅
@@TheoEclipse yet tomato is a fruit lol
@@TheoEclipse it counts towards the recommended daily servings of veggies*, it was never “pizza is a vegetable” as funny as it would be lol
My freshman year college roommate was struggling with her weight so she would buy a pallet of slim fast drinks every week or two. She would drink them with every meal and snack- she believed that the slim fast was like, subtracting calories from her food. I tried to explain that it was a meal *replacement* and not a meal *supplement*. She didn't buy it and continued to drink her slim fast with every meal and snack. 😭They made a ton of money off her while she watched her weight go up. People really aren't educated about nutrition!
I thought that too! But I was a teen and would watch my obese gma do that exact same thing and that was my only exposure to that drink
Same happened to me, they were some cookies that I though they where light and I liked to eat... oh the shock when I realized 2 of this cookies were meant to replace a meal... never bought them again
I gained the most weight ever when I would snack on sugar-coated 'high-protein nutrition bars.' 😅
I eat sugary food and im on my mid 20s and i lost weight from 68kg to 50kg at 165cm
I just walk in threadmills nowadays for half an hour some days and still eating sugars and my weight still same and i wear size S asian sizing
Its all genetics too tbh
@@starward0997 It's not genetics, jfc
With Murray, everything clicked when they said he was an ex-marathoner. The diets of regular marathon runners can get INSANE, largely because they need and INSANE amount of calories during training. The cereal was likely his pre-race/training meal, and he didn't think to adjust when he stopped running as much. Basically, imagine if Michael Phelps retired but didn't change his diet.
Yup. I know right now, at probably around 20% BF, I can be lower calorie (which at 185 lbs for a man is still around 2400) and marathon train, as long as the training HR is around 125 and not challenging. Because my body will just use fat.
But weirdly, the more weight I lose, the more I’ll have to eat
My cousin up until final year ~ 18 months of uni use to do competitive swimming, even in winter.
Really thin, lean etc. Literally a few months of a break and he piled on the weight. Once the cramming of uni was done, he got his eating in line/exercised again, but it really didn't take much
I’ve been training again and absolutely loving the diet freedom. I can eat big ole steaks and eggs again!
He cant run for 10 seconds nowdays..
This relates back to my theory on one of the reasons why so many Australians are overweight (I live in Australia): there’s a huge (actually too big IMO) emphasis on physical activity during childhood, but very few people can maintain such an intensity and frequency once they’re adults, with work (unless it’s physical work), family duties etc. And undoing the eating habits of your childhood can be really challenging.
I had a woman complain that 'It's impossible to lose weight after 40." I tried not to laugh when I told her I lost 100lbs at 42.
Congratulations!!! That's a big accomplishment 👏🏻
@dragoflame9434 Thanks. I appreciate that. Now I'm dealing with maintenance, which is it's own challenge. I am a few years on and still doing well.
People over 40 love that excuse. It's an excuse! If they tracked their food intake they'd realise. I've lost 10 kgs in my early 40's and I've maintained into my late 40's.
Lol a lot of people use the word impossible incorrectly, it isn't IMPOSSIBLE it's just a little harder.
I had a coworker tell me she was fat because she was 44. I just just lost 85lb from 43-44 and when I told her she was shocked.
I was in denial when I was morbidly obese.
I was in morbidly obese when I was denial,
@@rakhatthenut3815 Ha! Good one!
Operative word is "WAS" if you made the necessary changes. And, if so, good for you.
Most are in places like America
Because eating junk food is satisfying and palatable and we view the road to weight loss where we have to exercise and eat healthy as long, arderous, and painful. We want the easy way out.
Ahhh the middle aged woman’s favourite brag “I often skip meals”
Another favourite of mine, always from middle aged women, “I think the reason I’m not losing weight is that I’m just not eating enough” I assure you ladies. That’s not it. You aren’t losing weight because you’re eating TOO MUCH
It’s amazing how people will buy the “starvation mode” crap like it makes any sense.
You’re in a calorie deficit and don’t have enough energy readily available in the form of carbohydrates. So your body…takes the energy it is actually receiving and turns it into fat for later? That makes no sense.
Like you said, it’s simple. If you’re gaining weight, you need to eat less or move more. That simple
Also "But I'm drinking a lot of water!"
Always see people claiming "I can afford to eat three meals a day." and they are always at least overweight and usually morbidly obese.
So I think what happens is that when they skip meals, ghrellin punches them in the face later.
That's what happened to me anyways.
Skipping meals don't mean sh*t when you compensate your lost meal with a 5 000 kcals feast....
It’s shocking when you start out thin and gradually put on the fat. When the scale started going up, my thought wasn’t “I’m eating too much”, it was “Hmm, that’s strange!” LMAO
SAME. Thankfully, I know the reason for that "strange" change is that I must be eating too much... so now I'm forcing myself to be more mindful hahahah
there was a time i (accidentally) starved myself for a few months and gained 8 lbs. i tried to eat healthier, wasn't counting my calories but when i did i was actually eating under 1000 calories consistently AND I GAINED WEIGHT. i still havent lost it but thats because the experience has left me still fucking starving 2 years later so i binge on a near daily basis now...and somehow haven't gained more than the initial 8 lbs !?!?!?
edit to say that when i was counting i did weigh the food, i didn't snack because i used to never eat outside of mealtimes
@@selenite3890 Did you talk about it with your physician? There’s a lot of medical conditions that can cause that. First in mind is hypothyroidism.
I was thankful to get to mid 160’s. I’m tall so being 145-155 made me look like a bean pole.
Now I’m trying to get back to being 165
I’m 5’10” and I was always hovering at 120lbs or so. Then I suddenly gained 20lbs over the course of a year. Was very strange. I’ve never gained weight unless I gained height really. Then suddenly bam: 20 new pounds. Not complaining too much since I was always on the upper end of underweight, but it definitely made me think the scale was lying to me until I tried a different scale 😂
This is why calorie/nutrient counting especially in the beginning of a lifestyle change is so helpfull
Carbs are the beginning and end to all these issues
@@Chck314LOL no
@@JP-ve7or yes, carbs is why they are fat
@@Chck314 too much and the wrong kind of carbs do play a big role
@@Chck314He literally got fat bc he was putting double cream in his cereal which caused it to be nearly 2000 calories. Carbs are not the issue, empty calories are.
As a lifelong skinny who never had to worry about her weight, let me tell you the secret: I do not care about food as much as others. I get less of a dopamine hit from food, so it is easy to only eat when I am hungry. The problem is that I stress starve, which can be as dangerous as stress eating
It's the same thing with me and alcohol. I'm not addicted to alcoholic drinks because I don't get that same dopamine hit that many people do.
I get bored after a few bites. I like variety
The opposite problem. Yet they are the same. Eat too much or eat too little
Ugh I used to be like that and I kinda miss it. I was always on the edge of being underweight, now it's the opposite. I did what these people are doing but the other way around. I told everyone I was eating enough but looking back I think I was eating too little for the amount of exercise. I blame antidepressant for changing something in my brain. Now I have to make sure I don't eat too much...
same, i just don’t want to waste my time on food but i need to eat to stay healthy and gain muscle 🥲
Despite everything, Iactually love both Helena and Murray's attitude, once all problems with their diets are exposed, they seem very receptive and even laughs at themselves. Just needed some guidance.
I enjoy british weightloss shows because of how lighthearted they tend to be. In the US, the pathos is so strong, like it's impossible to showcase an obese person who isn't totally miserable 100% of the time. In the UK, people are able to take a joke and everything's not as dramatic. They look like actual real people. It's kind of refreshing.
@@hypnoteapotAgreed! I also like the UK show Supersize vs Superskinny, most of the people on that show are sweethearts.
im glad kiana picked a good positive example i love to see people who are willing to change and improve
Is your pfp a ghost? Gorgeous
When Mexico implemented the Chilean “warning label” system for processed food (instead of just nutrition info on the back, they put a black stamp on the front of the product saying: excess calories, excess sugar, etc) people where shocked to find out special K and all-bran cereals had the “excess sugar” and “excess calories” stamps, some brands even reformulated their products to avoid the dreaded stamps so, I agree education is essential.
Aside from this, my favourite Secret Eaters moment was that family who was pouring copious amounts of cheese sauce into their boiled broccoli and cauliflower and wondering why they're gaining weight because they eat vegetables all the time. 🤦♀
It wasn’t a family. That was a very bitter middle-aged woman who loved to eat unhealthily-and thought nothing of drowning steamed veggies in 1,000 calories of melted fat-free cheese-and then blaming her gastric-bypass husband for her gluttony. She never took responsibility for anything she did, constantly throwing her husband under the bus for her love of fatty, processed foods. She was one of the worse people I’ve ever seen on TV, shrill, nasty, angry and without a shred of remorse or decency.
@@pdruiz2005 lol a nasty bitter middle aged woman with a "victim" husband 🤡🤡.
If you're doing high fat/low carb, cheese on broccoli is fine (provided you don't have a bunch of sugar in the cheese), but people don't understand how diets work.
@@pdruiz2005Thanks for the detailed explanation, it's been so long since I've seen it!
Think that was a couple lol he lied so she would drown it in cheese sauce 😂
The secret eater show to me also shows how bad the scientific studies based on a food question can be. The amount of food people eat and then just forget about it.
Serious studies involve the patient being hospitalised for a set amount of time. But pilote studies could be done based on food questions. Sometimes when people quote studies you look it up and it’s a pilote study and the authors write black on white they need to do further research to check the validity of the results. But a lot of people only read the title :/
Self reporting is full of holes
What most people don't understand is that eating healthy doesn't really mean eating low calorie meals.
“It’s low calorie cereal, in it” literally made me burst in laughter.
People are so dumb. If the cereal is made of ultra processed starchy cereal grains, it's high calorie, even if it doesn't have added sugar, which it probably does. And of course that's not even counting the calories in the milk.
@WhatIsMisophonia They are even dumber than that though because all they have to do is measure and add. There is no logic needed.
@WhatIsMisophonia Ur dumb. That “cereal” is literally saw dust. That’s why it’s low calorie.
@@WhatIsMisophonia Or cream lol
Wow. I'm British but I have literally NEVER heard of anyone putting double cream on cereal!
A drizzle is great in porridge 🤤 not half a pot though lol
Yeah y'all too busy have some processed ass beans and sausage for breakfast
my dad puts double cream in his porrige 💀
In Canada we have table cream (18% fat) and as a kid I loved it on my oatmeal.
@@voxellor6229 if you’d like to suggest a healthier alternative to him - splitting the amount with milk doesn’t change the taste at all and it’s still very very rich!
I was obese (class 3, aka morbidly obese) 8 months ago. Since watching your content and a few others on YT, I’ve lost 70lbs. Who knew that all it took was actual knowledge about calories. My parents taught me the best they could but it just wasn’t enough. Thanks for the content you make! I’m always looking forward to learning something new from you
👏 👏 knowledge is power 👏👏
Instantly recognized the thumbnail. Guy thought double cream was a low fat alternative to milk. Cannae make it up.
I don't know, man. I know people who think carbs are the devil and so they put heavy cream in their coffee because "calories from fat are ok."
@@JP-ve7or Well, high fat/low carb diets do work; I'd know, I've been loosing weight on one. You don't have to think carbs are the devil to think that humans are better adapted to processing fat than carbs. Further, if you like any kind of typical fatty cream in your coffee, heavy cream is at least the better choice because of the lower calorie due to complete lack of sugar. If you want it sweetened, add an alternative low-calorie natural sugar, or perhaps a small amount of honey if you're not a fan of those. Low carb diets are one of the best ways to fight diabetes, and heavy cream can help with that, so don't knock it. What I don't get is why carnivores will add butter to their coffee (probably shouldn't be drinking coffee on that diet anyway, but whatever...) instead of heavy cream, which tastes much better.
Did he say "low fat"? It's a low carb alternative, sure.
@@WhatIsMisophonia”Dietary saturated fat intake has been shown to increase low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and therefore has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).”
Fat is good in moderation. Healthy fats are fine, but the type of fat in heavy cream is mostly saturated fat. A bowl of that is bound to go beyond the daily recommended intake of saturated fat.
@@WhatIsMisophonia Why would there be sugar in cream? Or is it an american thing? Cream that I bought has always contained milk, lactic acid bacteria and that's it. Whipping cream is (at least in my country) 166 to 196 calories depending on the fat percentage. Double cream is 257, from what I see. Heavy cream reaches 301 at 30%!
Also, had never heard about the butter in coffee thing... sounds like an assault against both butter and coffee.
Secret eaters had such a great concept imho!
Not only did they show the participants that they were „secretly eating“ but they also educated them as to how they‘ve tricked themselves. Like that one lady, that ate close nothing all week and then ‚binged‘ on the weekend without even realizing it. Or the other one who thought that one hour after working out you could eat whatever you wanted and it wouldn’t count.
The show educated them on their errors but without shaming them - the host always had a very kind and humane aura. It felt like they really wanted to help the people behaving healthy
I think its very admirable that a pair of middle-aged/older people were interested in changing their lifestyle in the first place, as it's often not the case! Im obsessed with this show, it's very raw yet supportive in its delivery. Really highlights how unaware we often are about what we consume.
In my english exam the teacher told us that he would ask about our idol so i grabbed my phone in secret during recess and researched about you and wrote you in the exam 😭😭
That’s so sweet!
That’s nice
This is adorable. I hope you scored well!!
@@miaa7968 Thanks, since my english is at C1, i got 100 from all the 12 exams we had this year (listening, talking and regular exam)
I don't know what is more iconic, the cream in Murray's cereal alone being more calories than a medium whopper meal or Murray's breakfast cereal alone having more calories than his recommended total daily caloric intake. Murray truly is the most secret of eaters. 🤣
I am a simple man, I see a Kiana Docherty video, I click. I LOVE these kinds of videos. Keep up the slay work!!! :)
Damn, Kiana, from morbidly obese to morbidly good looking! You gotta tell us your skin care routine, girl!
Yes please! We need a makeup and skin care routine!
been excited to see you cover secret eaters again, this made my day! keep up the great work kiana, i'm down 190 lbs from 350 lbs to 160 lbs and still have another 30 to lose, and i find your content so helpful and motivating.
Thats amazing! 🎉 well done!
Down 190? That’s insane! Way to go
💪💪 (& I’m so glad! ❤️)
@@3brosinwinter781 thank you so much!!!
@@KianaDocherty thank you so much! it's been a lot of hard work but i started my health journey young (i'm 22 currently) so i've been pretty lucky in not letting my health spiral out of control before losing. even so, your content has helped remind me to not only think about my portion sizes, but what types of foods i'm eating as well. thank you for all the work you do to spread knowledge!
The first time measuring a serving of peanut butter was heart breaking 😅
😂
We have normalised unhealthy eating and we don't educate people on how damaging so much of the food we buy from the supermarket is. Foods that we think of as healthy, such as cereals, are actually ultra processed. And that's before you consider the calorie content of the quantities we put away.
even non-UPF cerals are not that good with them being pure carbs. at bare minimum I add peaut butter to add to it.
I can't hardly believe the next level sleazy marketing that convinced people to stop eating bacon and eggs, and start eating empty calorie baked flour in milk. I mean, minus the added sugars and milk, that's what you'd do for war rations ffs... Busted up hardtack in boiled water.
@@randomprotag9329 I'm not understanding why adding peanut butter would make them healthier or less fattening, based on the Randle Cycle, that's probably not a good thing to do
@@defeqel6537 1) it makes it more filling 2) it makes it less nutritionally one note. using oats as a cerial is ok but its still got the one note issue most cereal has.
@@randomprotag9329 same could be said of jam, heavy cream, or probably a Snickers bar
It's so easy to overdo it with cereal! I absolutely love breakfast cereal. Doesn't matter what kind, whether it's healthy or not, I will eat half a box in one sitting if I buy it. I've had people say, "just exercise self control!" But I do! By not buying it!
Same for me. I have certain foods banned from my house. Cereal, share bags of crisps and jars of Nutella are all triggering for me.
No cereal is healthy, processed carbs.
I've been counting calories and weighing food for about 3 years now, and yeah, you really do develop a great "radar" for how many calories something has. I've gotten to where I even know when my food scale needs new batteries because I can tell it's not giving me accurate results anymore. I was weighing out my serving of croutons for my salad earlier and I was like "...okay I know that I've already put 21g of croutons in here, there's no way 15g is right." And those little things really add up quickly!
I know this is off topic but I recently had to take an english exam (im not a native speaker) i was terrified of because it had a large essay portion which you had to do completely unprepared. The topic ended up being "how can people change their eating habbits". Coincidentally ive been listening to a lot of your videos while doing homework and could recite lots of your advice of the top of my head.
Your videos really motivated me to be more aware of what I eat and now they saved my grade, so thank you very much Kiana!
Should have eaten the exam paper.
Lots of fiber in that sawdust.
You failed the secret test.
I have Dr. Nowzaradan's quote on my office wall. "The scale does not lie. People do." I demand only one thing from my nutrition clients - honesty.
I have his "YOU NOT GONNA STARVE" on my fridge 😄
Your doggo relaxing in the back of the video is the cutest thing ever
Older women need so few calories when they're sedentary it's almost impossible to lose weight with diet alone, unless you are VERY conscious of what you're eating.
I'm going through this with my mom right now. She doesn't overeat by that much but 10-15 years of extra calories really adds up. But she's in her 60s and doesn't want to change anything.
I'm 5' and dread menopause because my caloric requirement already is quite low now, and imagining eating even less is a bit scary. And even if you do lots of sports, as a super short woman you burn less calories (because moving less weight equals less energy). But well, life is not fair.
between birth control, my thyroid being suicidal, being a gymrat and then a vegetable that never moves i never gained a lot of weight.
i eat when im hungry and nothing more, and dont force myself to finish a plate. parents need to stop pushing kids into ignoring their bodys signals. if youre full youre full! the food wont run away you can eat it later. accept when your kid only wants a small portion.
@@nriamond8010i love being tall in theory but id hate to spend even more money on food in this economy so ill be a happy 5"4
@@nriamond8010This is why I’m dedicating my 30s to putting on more muscle. Menopause is gonna be a bitch, but at least I can see it coming and plan accordingly.
We can only try to change the narrative of weight gain for ourselves and future generations of women. Weight gain shouldn't be feared to the point that we diet from our teenage years on often for decades. Instead we should build muscle (which mostly comes with weight gain and also a bit of frame-width when you're not constantly dieting), so we won't suffer from so much fat gain and frailty in our later years. We still will have to adjust our eating after menopause but it wouldn't be SO hard bc we build caloric wiggle room with our muscle and bone density
This is exactly what happened to my Dad: Former distance runner & athlete who never updated his eating habits when he was forced to stop his athletic activities due to injuries. As He grew older, His appetite was still enormous. Like Murray, He was consuming over 5000cal./day well into his 70's, when He was living a far more sedintary lifestyle for almost a decade when he retired. He absolutely HATED the feeling of hunger. And hated seeing leftovers in the fridge, so even if he felt full, he'd still force himself to finish everything on the table. Which was an issue b/c we always served our dinners family style. And when He inevetibly became diabetic, He was so angry that he couldn't eat his favorite snacks. Seeing him suffer with his weight was heartbreaking, & frustrating b/c he was so stubborn & set in his ways. He hated the smaller portion sizes I served him when we stopped serving dinner family style. And despite stern warnings from the Drs., He was always sneaking snacks & booze. We even had to hide the car keys so he coukdn't go to the store! I love my dad, but witnessing all of this really opened my eyes in many ways. Thank You, for all the content, Kiana! It has been immensely helpful
It’s so disheartening to know people are damaging their health because they don’t know any better, everybody has the right to good health and that includes proper education in nutrition and exercise!
Yeah, but it's also lack of basic research on their part, so I can't feel too sorry for them. Everyone is going to tell you this or that competing diet is the best, so it's up to you to dig deeper and learn the basics.
@@WhatIsMisophonia But notice this couple didn’t say “I lack knowledge” they said “we actually talk a lot about health” or something to that effect, essentially they *thought* they knew about a healthy diet, and that’s the case for most people, they think they know, or at least know enough, and that’s what impedes them of digging deeper, the thing about ignorance is that you don’t know you are ignorant, until you are proven otherwise, I’m actually the type who seeks answers online, and even with me a lot of valuable things I have learned I stumbled onto them, we don’t know what we don’t know. Plus, we are talking about nutrition, one of the most muddled topics online, you said it yourself, there are contracting opinions, with different people in different walks of life championing different diets, promoting and shunning different things, the information is not so clear cut. So don’t you think you are maybe judging too soon?
@@EmyN It's because of all the confusion that I know I have to dig deeper. People want to be part of a collective band wagon, and they want easy answers with as much convenience as possible. Deep down, I think these people know that they didn't really know, they just didn't care enough until it was shoved in their faces. I just wish people's complacency and excuses didn't screw over the whole of society. Yes, I don't actually blame them for being who they are; I don't believe in "free will" in the traditional sense. We can alter our opinions and feelings, but only within the narrow framework allowed by our physical brain and individual genetics. That's why we'll always be different people, reacting to things in different ways, even if we had the exact same experiences. I may not blame them per se, but they do still represent a great weakness in humanity that it would be nice if we could fix. The greedy people who poisoned the food supply bear responsibility, but people reeeeally need to take more responsibility for their health.
I was never a big eater, and thought I was eating healthy. I exercised a lot, 2 1/2 hours at the gym, swimming, and hiking 5-6 days / week, but always stayed the same weight. I thought carbs were important for energy, but my Dr. told me to loose the starchy carbs and sugar, and go Keto. After 1 week I lost 5 lbs. , then another 5 lbs 2 weeks later. After a few months I was down 20 lbs. The reduction in carbs did not affect my exercise performance, since the body can run on fat just as well. Also, don't eat before going to bed. Enforce a cut-off time for eating to give your body time at night to process the food before bed.
Special K advertising in the 80s had a tag line “can you pinch an inch?” However, they didn’t specify which direction. I thought it meant horizontally. I recently realised they meant vertically! I remember feeling upset as a kid about it but was just pulling skin! In the 1990s, Special K also had drop a dress size challenge where you were meant to eat the product for breakfast and lunch and a “healthy meal” for dinner. Special K marketing can get in the bin!
Special K is worthless processed garbage like most cereals. Worthless carbs. Just ditch the processed cereals altogether and eat real food.
I used to be a Gym instructor/Personal Trainer and it was ALWAYS upon further investigation into diet with journaling and other methods that the people who would say "I eat healthy" really discovered that yes they were indeed not eating healthily or at least eating far more than they thought (or wanted me to believe). Even then when the truth would start to reveal itself they often didn't want to reveal the full extent of their diets and lifestyle. It always had to be something other than their diet that was causing their weight woes. I was not there to judge them, but I guess they felt like they were being judged if they were honest. If they were just honest with me (and to themselves) from the very beginning then it would have cut out a lot of unnecessary time and effort.
Frankly if they were honest with themselves they would’ve caught their bad diet years ago and not needed your services as a personal trainer. Your career depended on their very stubborn delusions about themselves. 😂
@@pdruiz2005 A good point. But I do think it takes more than just recognising the problem to make serious changes. It's a big step in the right direction though.
@@JamesCarmichael I tend to think it's the biggest step. Because if they don't destroy those delusions about how "virtuous" and "good" they are with their diets, the old habits will come back as soon as the intervention (you) leave the picture. A change in thinking is so necessary to make a change in habit that will stick around for the long term.
Thank you for talking about Secret Eaters. After seeing one of your videos, I started watching the show and ended up losing 20lbs. Now my mother is getting into the show and starting to do the same. Thank you!
Your sleepy dog in the background is adorable❤
I had to rewind multiple times in the video because I missed what you were doing and just focused on the dog 😂
Cereal in general had such good advertising I'm sure most people would never guess how bad it really can be.
I really appreciate the new direction your channel is going (less commentary / reaction, more scientific orientated stuff about behaviour change), it helps me a LOT. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I'll go and rewatch the video on behaviour change :)
I set goal for myself to be mostly healthy and fit at the start of April and have so far dropped 18kg or 40lbs (43 bmi to 38 bmi) and I'm on my way to becoming normal body fat (
Dude cooking food makes a hell of a difference. I stopped eating has much sugar and now I can taste sugar in condiments. It's gross lol
Video topic I would love to see you cover : gaining weight during a "honeymoon phase" of relationships, people you live with affecting your choices, and cultural influence on weight gain.
I gained so much weight after meeting my now husband 🥲 happy weight is REAL
I'm trying to start fixing this. Happened after I moved in with my SO.
@@Owlet101Same. I've never eaten dinner when living in my own. My guy eats every night 1-2k meals. It's gotten to point where I have to screech "Stop offering me food!!"
speaking of getting excited to move, my summer job perfectly allows me to do that. I'm a sailing instructor and am always sailing a boat with kids and getting to move a lot and around the boat. It's really the perfect job and I enjoy it so much! The pay feels like a bonus 😂
Can't wait to watch. I've been hooked on your content for the last 2 weeks and I honestly can't emphasise the turnaround you've helped me go through in my habits and behaviour!❤
Literally my favourite UA-cam channel. Kiana you have shaped my thinking SO MUCH the last few years! Sending love 🫶
I think too it wasn’t just food culture that helped keep people thin in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, but people didn’t live in such a car centered world. Look at the old towns in eastern US and homes maybe had 1 car garage and were a lot closer together allowing more walkability. Also, most homes didn’t even have air conditioning. I forget where I read about how much your body burns calories just by being warm and your body trying to cool itself off. Nowadays, no body sweats in their air conditioned, isolated McMansions. I think it was definitely a combo of food culture and a more condensed, walkable housing culture that allowed people to basically eat what they wanted. They were burning calories all the time and didn’t even know it.
As evidenced by the fact that densely packed urban areas tend to be the “thinnest”, even though I can ensure that city dwellers eat crap too
Yeah I'm from the Midwest and lived in non walkable areas and people in general are obese. Everytime I visit a city like DC or Chicago or NYC, I just notice how most people walking around are thinner than what I am used to back in the Midwest. In DC or other cities like this, it's so easy to rack up 20,000 steps a day. I love it when I am visiting a city where I can walk to a Walgreens, then a restaurant, then a subway to go walk somewhere else. I love it! But back at home, my husband and I live three miles from the nearest store and there are no sidewalks leading to that store. It would be dangerous to walk.
Car centricity also comes hand in hand with this idea of moving out of the home and having a different home of your own away from relatives; No one in the family cooking, or teaching the next generation in the home how to cook because we move out a bit early. Fast-paced, consumer-based, ultra-productive, ultra-industrialized, ultra-processed lives. American nightmare.
I love when you do commentary on these shows!
Really enjoyed this video. They seem like nice people and they were willing to admit their problems and do something about it. Good for them for being open to new ideas.
I know you did it like a year ago already, but I love the light blue repaint/makeover of your office - the whole set up behind you always looks so nice, I think about it every time!
I love seeing your corgi in all of your videos! As a fellow K-named girl who was formerly obese and then lost weight, and who has a corgi, I always love watching your videos!
This makes me feel grateful that my mom taught me, ever since I was very young, to read nutrition labels, not just calories but also ingredients and the amount of each nutrient
And that's why the food industry tries very hard to categorize this as "eating disorder behavior" when it is not. Because if everyone did this they would make less money.
LMAO I had to teach my mom that when I was a teenager. She just assumed that a can of something, or a bag of frozen whatever, was made the same way as she would have made it.
The food industry is all about making profit, not about keeping us well-fed and healthy.
Self awareness is the key. It's how I got back to the size I was at 18.
Oh Kiana, you hit the nail on the head with cereal. When you start measuring the cereal as their recommended serving size - you get a tiny amount, which means it isn't satiating physically or mentally.
Food diaries are hands down one of the best tools (free, you can use your phone notes or any notebook).
As Kiana said, just to learn about food energy & to help identify what foods are caloric dense, what your fav foods are & how things add up. Oh & move your body too!
Knowledge truly is power! Another great vid 💖
Love your Secret Eaters analyses, they are fun and informative. My fave content to watch on a cut. Your little puppernugget in the background always brings a smile to my face. Cheers!
That double cream in the cereal is genius. I'm gonna try that out. lol
Murray’s cut is gonna go crazyyyyy
Your tone is unbelievably positive in all your videos. I think you’re great and love these videos. Lots of research!
Kiana, I love that you inform and educate without making me feel dumb, you're relatable and I really appreciate that!
Also I got an ozempic ad on this video 🤢 how ironic!
I loved this. In weight loss, as you say, the margins are so fine. A few hundreds calories, or an extra snack or drink of beer, can be the difference between losing and gaining weight. Hence, discipline is so important. And when that fails, as it does for everyone, tracking is crucial to call us out on our own BS.
i was just binge watching you videos in the background right now!
Loved the video, feels like it really nailed every major point I've been seeing from your channel lately! With the food environment being as bad as it is, the food marketing being more deceptive than ever, and the food education being so poor, I'm with you in thinking the situation will probably get worse in the near future before it gets better. We're so lucky to have people like you counteracting it!
I’m so glad UA-cam decided to recommend you to me. I’ve been loving your videos!
14:01 You omitted the best part. His 2500 calorie bowl of breakfast cereal! Heavy cream, jam, two candy bars on top.
It’s at 11:58!
Pulled out my laptop to check it wasn’t deleted hahah
@@KianaDocherty Sorry, missed that. Now THAT is a bowl of cereal!
More than a days worth of calories right there.
It's so weird to me how much people can delude themselves, can put on ~150 lbs and still think to themselves "yes, I eat healthy."
i love when Kiana posts!! keeps me motivated, content & happy!! thank you for your hard work queen 🤍🤍✨
Love your videos. As someone who has always struggled with their weight your videos always help remind me why I’m doing what I’m doing so I don’t overeat and stay away from UPFs.
Once you start getting actual nutrients, your body doesn't crave junk as much.
This is very true. Once I started eating almost exclusively meat and some animal organs I've never felt so alive.
@@cuteface88 I'm a big liver evangelist. I've never had issues with weight, but once I started eating liver, I noticed my food intake went down 15% or so. Junk food that I used to like just looks gross now.
@@MrMoridinalthor Yea liver is so ridiculously good, probably about the best food on the planet.
@@cuteface88 cough gout
liver is good, but can also be overeaten
as someone who's exercising everyday and my 30s I'm losing more weight not gaining it . the whole argument of it's because I'm ageing makes absolutely no sense . I was really fat in my 20s now I'm just losing it running all the time
I love secret eaters - you should do a video talking about the psychological experiments they do in every episode!! Always found those parts so interesting!
So excited for the docu, thanks as always Kiana!
It's easy to underestimate what you eat, and it can also be easy to overestimate. We're all really bad at knowing what we put in our mouths
Nice video! I've struggled with this too, what I did was basically just stop eating breakfast completely. I have a black coffee, and then I wait until 2pm to eat lunch
I did this before I started weight lifting in the morning! And it works SO WELL. Sadly working out while fasted sucks for me.
I really think this is one of the best weight/health centric channels I've come across. Very helpful tips!
“Nothing is wrong with you and you’re not doomed” is so true, that’s helpful for ppl to understand.
Why does our brain need us to believe that change is impossible?
Because we are programmed to seek comfort and what is familiar.
To avoid pain and discomfort
Why is Kiana so gorgeous?!
Because she's confident 😊
@@BelowThisLevelthe real answer is good bone structure, clear skin, healthy weight, and youth 😂
Great video! One would never expect a former marathoner to become overweight in the least. But I wish the couple well and hope they meet their weight-loss goals.
please do more videos with secret eaters! it’s so motivating to make sure what i’m eating is healthy
I wanted a crumbl cookie as a treat one day and looked at the nutritional information before I bought. It scared my away from ever really eating out “as a treat” outside of special events with friends of family. Absolutely wild
Lol yeah they say the serving size is 1/4 of a cookie
I've never been remotely fat, and I eat whatever I want. I think the difference is our relationship with food. For me I view food is a chore in the way of my activities, and I often unintentionally skip meals since I'm so focused on my job or pursuits.
I get it, Sitting down to eat is soooo inconvenient 😂
@@sophiec8330 i really don't like having my tasks unfinished, or interrupted. So for me yes, it really is hard to cease what I'm doing to and go prepare and eat food.
In fact there have been quite a few times I've gone under weight from not eating enough. My hyper focus is both a blessing and a curse.
@@GuillotineFistTW ADHD?
I loved Secret Eaters and binged them all a few summers ago! They're so eye opening to our own unconscious habits!
Love your content! I came to that realization about cream when i logged a creme brulee. Kinda broke my heart. But now that i’ve put cream based items in the “once in a while” category, those items have become even more delicious. Rarity makes the sweet, sweeter.
Just got to the clip showing mayo and in my room just shouting justice for Dawn 😅
Its hard for me to believe he didn't know pouring cream over his cereal was a bad choice
in order to stop secret eating i think its important to see how those behaviors crept into our lives and how we turned them into routines. another great video, thanks kiana.
Sharing this with friends and fam. Thanks Kiana! ❤
Not a fan of 2000s diet shows but I actually do think this one has a very helpful message! Not just for eating but life in general: in order to change a situation, we must first accept it.
P.s. what makeup do you use on your lips? Gorgeous😍
this is exactly why calorie counting worked for me
WOAH ANOTHER KIANA VID? Thank you! Will definitely watch this after work 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I love you and thank you for your content!! I’ve been following you for years now and good luck in your journey ❤️✨
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Special k almost gave me an eating disorder! I did the "diet" (1 bowl of cereal for bfast, one of their gross snacks, a bowl for lunch, another snack, and then a salad for dinner!) I was 12/13 trying to fit into a dress for my middle school graduation. Thankfully my mom jumped in after 3 weeks
Thank you so much for your videos! I'm having a mostly sedentary lifestyle for last 4 years (I can't breath thru my nose due to sinus issues - waiting for an operation). It is very hard for me to exercise, but I'm trying - you motivate me to try even harder and that losing weight is easier than I thought
Perfect timing, i have been binging this series because I found it really eye opening and a nice concept. I wish somebody could spy on my eating habbits. 😅