Petr Vasilyev is a participant in the show Weighted People. “Weighted and Happy”: people die after participating in the project

Doctors explain the death of participants in a reality show about weight loss.

The 3rd season of the television project “Weighted People” (STS) has begun on Russian television. This is an analogue of the American project “The Biggest Loser”. In the story, overweight people lose weight under the supervision of doctors and other specialists. The participant who loses the most excess weight receives a prize of 3 million rubles.

The project was launched on our STS channel after it had already been successful in other countries. For example, in Ukraine there were as many as 6 seasons - the project is very popular and is called “Weighted and Happy.”

But recently an emergency happened. At the end of January 2017, a 44-year-old participant in “Weighted and Happy” died. The cause of death of the ex-participant of the television project is actively discussed on social networks. It turned out that this is the third death of the former heroes of the reality show “Weighted and Happy.” Despite the fact that they are allowed to compete after a thorough medical examination, and professionals monitor their exercise and diet, the question arose: did their weight loss in the TV project provoke the death of people?

Story No. 1
Evgenia Mostovenko (in the photo above she is before and after losing weight) came to the “Weighted and Happy” project in 2013. She was 40 years old at the time. The woman weighed 130 kg and was 170 cm tall. She gained a lot of weight after taking hormonal medications. After 5 weeks, she left the show, having lost 10 kg. At home, Mostovenko continued to lose weight - at the control weigh-in in the reality show, she weighed 94 kg. Total: 36 kg lost in 9 months.

The woman decided to participate in the project in order to give birth to a child for her husband, who was 8 years younger than her. The doctors said: for this you need to lose weight. Another incentive for Evgenia to come on television was the desire to help her daughter lose weight: in this season of the project they lost weight in pairs. Zhenya wanted to become an example and company for her Alexandra.
Mostovenko said that after losing weight, her health improved, her legs stopped hurting, and she was able to skate and ride her favorite bicycle.

— Mom is hypertensive. But the pressure only increased when she was nervous,” said Alexandra Mostovenko.
In January 2017, Evgenia’s blood pressure jumped at work, the woman lost consciousness, and a few days later Mostovenko died in intensive care. Diagnosis - cerebrovascular disease (develops against the background of hypertension, causes cerebrovascular accident); stroke.
Zhenya Mostovenko failed to give birth to a second child, but she and her husband collected documents for adoption...

Story No. 2

32-year-old Ilya Yakovlev also died of a stroke. He, like Evgenia Mostovenko, was a participant in the 3rd season of “Weighted and Happy.”
In 2013, the guy reached the finals of the television project: he entered the show weighing 147 kg, lost 48 kg, and began to weigh 99 kg. Ilya passed away in 2015.

Yakovlev came to the TV project with the hope of losing weight (he gained weight due to sedentary work and a sedentary lifestyle) and, thanks to this, meeting his soulmate.

All dreams came true: a guy from Donetsk lost weight and fell in love with participant Natasha on the project. A year later the couple got married.

It is worth noting that at the beginning Ilya Yakovlev was even considered lazy on Weighted and Happy. The reason is that he did not strive to lose weight quickly, he refused heavy loads, deciding to lose several kilograms per month. The man was afraid of harming his health.

Story No. 3

52-year-old Igor Pashinsky died of a heart attack. The man came into the 5th season of the television project with a weight of 193 kg (height is 176 cm) and lost 37 kg in 13 weeks. After participating in the show, he continued to lose weight at home - in a month and a half he lost another 14 kg.

Pashinsky decided to lose weight with the help of specialists on television, since he was unable to lose weight on his own. And due to health problems, including obesity, he was afraid of becoming disabled. The man worked in the police, took part in eliminating the consequences of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and when he returned, he began to get sick often. Igor had type 2 diabetes.

After participating in “Weighted and Happy,” Pashinsky began to feel better. “He stopped being afraid of people and hiding from them,” said his wife Galina Pashinskaya. — The weight led to the fact that he practically did not work anywhere for two years. He was removed from the bank: what kind of guard is he who doesn’t get through the door.”

Pashinsky’s wife said that she had not seen her husband so happy for a long time. But a month and a half after returning from filming, Igor passed away - a massive heart attack, coronary heart disease. Galina Pashinskaya said that the doctors admitted to her: if her husband had not gone to the project and lost weight, he would not have lived this time.
They took care of Igor on the project: they exempted him from competitions and gave him light workloads.

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“Weighted People,” a successful project of the STS TV channel, is an analogue of the popular American show in which people change their lifestyle, work on their body and transform themselves. In addition to a new body, the winner of the project will receive a decent amount of money and audience sympathy.

Both men and women, young and old, take part in this show, and each participant hides complexes, a difficult fate and a desire to radically change their lives.

The winner will be the person who loses the most kilos, and the project organizers will do their best to tempt people with delicious food and entertainment. Only a strong-willed person who can resist temptations and cope with his laziness will win this show.

The main rules for effective weight loss show Weighted People

With the start of season 3, the rules of the project changed a little, as well as the principles of losing weight:

1. We made an age limit. Now people from 18 to 50 years old can become participants.
2. The project involves like-minded people who have a family connection: parents and children, brothers and sister.
3. Weight restrictions have arisen. Women can take part in the project if they weigh more than 100 kilograms, and men from 120 kilograms.

The basic rules of the show that all participants must follow are as follows:

• Consume only healthy natural products.
• Refusal of baked goods and sweets in any form.
• Intense workouts.

Note! These unique competitions take place under the watchful eye of nutritionists, critics and fitness instructors. They help the show participants and give advice.

The show's experts not only help fight excess weight, but also talk about the main causes of obesity and the consequences of this disease:

1. You should try to avoid stressful situations. There must be a psychological attitude.
2. Don't pay attention to myths and stereotypes. Not eating after 6 is a misconception. You can eat, but only light food. If you don’t eat for a long time, the body gets stressed and requires a double dose after microfasting.
3. It is necessary to control your weight.
4. Buy and eat only natural products and prepare food at home. Limit visits to public food outlets.
5. Never fry food: cook it either in the oven, boil it, or steam it.
6. Training should not be done carelessly, but strictly according to the method suggested by the trainer.
7. There must be an attitude, positivity and a daily boost of energy.
8. Movement is life. Move more.
9. Do daily check-weighings and monitor your overall health.
10. It is not necessary to radically change your diet; it is enough to reduce portions and add vegetables and fruits to your diet.

Permitted and prohibited products

Each meal should not exceed 500 calories in calorie content, so the products should be all of natural origin with a low calorie index.

Let's consider those products that are allowed and prohibited on the project in the form of a list:

Let's celebrate! Each participant must follow a diet and alternate meals with intense training and additional procedures.

Project menu for 4 days

Let's look at the balanced diet of the project participants, which really helped them lose extra pounds:

Let's celebrate! You can eat a similar menu for 2 weeks. If you combine this diet with intense training, you can lose up to 15 kilograms of excess weight in 14 days.

Heroes of the reality show “Weighted People”

The show participants were of different weight categories and ages.

• Shiktko Alexander.

Let's discuss the most striking characters in the project and find out how they achieved such stunning results.

A stylist from St. Petersburg lost 50 kg during the entire time she spent on the project. She assures that without the help of professionals she would not have been able to achieve such an impressive result.

At the first stage, Vesta completely eliminated sugar, mayonnaise and fast food from her diet. The first week I consumed 2500 kcal per day and gradually reduced the amount of food. Proper nutrition normalized metabolism, and training toned up my figure.

The secret to her weight loss is not complicated:

1. Compliance with diet.
2. Daily physical activity.
3. Daily weighing controls and measurement of problem areas.

Advice! Success will come only when a person burns more calories than he consumes.

This “Weighted” participant played sports in his youth, but when he quit, the weight began to grow rapidly. He not only had problems with his health, but also with his personal life.

Peter dropped 40 kilograms of excess weight and admits that it was not easy for him. The relationship with Vesta did not work out, apparently this was fate.

Immediately after the project, Peter met a beautiful girl and now they are happy. His chosen one is expecting a child. Peter assures that he managed to lose weight not through proper nutrition and intense exercise, but because he fell in love with Vesta Romanova.

Maxim won 2.5 million rubles and lost a record amount of kilograms. The final weigh-in showed minus 63 kilograms from the moment he came to the project.

Maxim assures that people find excuses for not playing sports. Lack of a gym or the opportunity to visit one, serious busyness. You can also play sports at home.

If a person allocates 1 hour of time a day for training, then it is easy to correct figure imperfections.

Lead an active lifestyle and spend less time in restaurants and at the computer.

Photos of Maxim before and after the project

This show participant weighed more than 220 kilograms. He spent 7 weeks on the project, but did not give up improving his figure after leaving. Alexander, this is exactly the most difficult case when a person is overweight since childhood.

He says that he rapidly gained weight from an early age and did not know how to deal with it. Moreover, tragedies in life only made the situation worse. For example, the death of my mother in 2011.

He started working on his figure even before the project and for some time he managed to lose 30 kilos when he weighed 250 kg. During his time on the project, he managed to lose another 38 kg. He is already on his own, because the elderly grandmother needed his help.

Advice! Cyclical training is the most important thing. They must be permanent and long-lasting. At least 40 minutes a day in one approach.

Photo by Alexander Shikotko before and after losing weight

This show influenced each participant differently, but everyone unanimously assures that the regime and the presence of experienced nutritionists and trainers on the site had a serious auxiliary effect.

The most important thing is not to quit training, even after the result is achieved. Weight can quickly return if you do not watch your lifestyle and are lazy.

On the STS TV channel, 18 participants lost weight for a month under the gaze of television cameras and the control of doctors and experienced trainers. The show “Weighted People” has been popular among television viewers for four seasons.

Dmitry Kudryavtsev

TV viewers liked the friendly resident of Magnitogorsk and found friends among the show participants. He did not have enough strength to reach the final, but Kudryavtsev was not too upset by the loss. The former athlete easily fit into the training schedule, losing 54 kilograms from the starting 219. Mitya gained weight after a spinal injury.

On the recommendation of a nutritionist, his diet includes low-calorie foods: oatmeal in the morning, fruit and oatmeal in the afternoon. vegetables, baked zucchini. Mitya's family fully supports him. According to him, he rediscovers many ordinary things that were previously inaccessible. A trip to a water park, family outings, sports training. After the program, Dmitry lost another 21 kg and is aiming for a total of 97 kg.

Elena Sadikova

The Vyksa native weighed 183 kilograms and experienced great difficulty with normal movement around the city. Before the cold weather set in, she had to wear ballet flats because her stomach prevented her from fastening her boots on her own. Elena recovered after a difficult third pregnancy. She started the project out of resentment towards her daughter, who wrote “1000 kilograms” in her phone. Persistence helped a mother of many children lose 74 kg.

Elena decided not to stop there. In her hometown, together with a nutritionist, Elena launched a marathon to fight for a slim figure. A nutritionist takes care of the participants’ diet, and Elena acts as a motivator, demonstrating her own achievements.

Igor Koshelev

The guy from Kulebaki weighed 188 kg at the age of 19. The guy had psychological problems, a virtual life and a grandmother who tried to feed her granddaughter better, which led to terrifying numbers. During the show, Igor lost 58 kg.

Now he wants to lose another 25 kg. Igor focuses on diet, upsetting his caring grandmother. Koshelev counts calories, eats on time and does cardio and weightlifting. He believes that the program provided excellent conditions, and in real life it is possible to achieve results only with the right self-motivation.

Peter Vasiliev

Peter became the winner of the show, losing 58 kg from 155 kg. After the program, Peter was unable to maintain the result; he began to recover again. Although training and proper nutrition have become his usual way of life. Together with project collaborator Maxim Nekrylov, they created the group “I can do anything.” Using personal example, ex-participants prove that the reserves of the human body are much greater than we think.

Timur Bikbulatov

The winner of the second season of the Weighted People program weighed 164 kg. A lawyer from Kazan managed to lose 50 kg. After the project, Timur lost weight to 80 kg, but felt uncomfortable and determined his ideal weight to be 87 kg. Timur left law and became a fitness trainer. Using personal experience, Bikbulatov helps residents of his hometown get rid of fat folds and lead a sports lifestyle without food excesses.

The coach himself gets up at 5 a.m. and starts his first training session at 7 a.m. Meals are frequent, but little by little, with a minimum of calories. Cardio and strength training six times a week provide the necessary muscle stimulation.

Vesta Romanova

Vesta won the first season of the show. The 50 kilograms she lost helped the girl find happiness in her personal life and get married. However, even before participating in the project, Vesta attracted the attention of men. Vesta weighed 130 kg, and her heels broke under her weight. She looked for diets on the Internet, but did not find the strength to follow them.

Today the girl has her own blog, in which she herself gives advice to those who want to lose weight. With a weight of 70 kg, Romanova feels great. To acquire relief forms, he is going to do drying. Vesta does not drink alcohol, follows a routine, and has become disciplined and responsible.

Oksana Leonova

The Rostovite weighed 118 kg, she managed to lose 30 in a month. Training was hard for Oksana; she hated the treadmill. Leonova exchanged her job in the catering industry for a vacancy as an administrator at an aesthetic medicine center. After working with a psychologist at the age of 39, the participant fell in love with herself. Excess weight made a woman feel embarrassed about her appearance. After the project, Oksana began to recover again; it was a hormonal imbalance in the body. After contacting an endocrinologist, I had to combine diet, sports and therapy. But Leonova believes in herself and is not afraid of difficulties. She is sure that falls are inevitable, the main thing is to find the strength to get up and move on.

All the winners and participants of the program note that the main benefit of the show is gaining confidence in their abilities and the mindset to change their lives for the better.

The program “Weighted and Happy” is the Ukrainian version of the American show The Biggest Loser. The essence of the project is that participants who are overweight lose weight, and even compete for a prize of 250 thousand hryvnia (almost 9,000 euros). The project is successful and popular, so the seventh season will start this year.

Rules of the project “Weighted and Happy”

At the end of each week, the weight loss teams are weighed, which determines the total weight lost. The team that loses the least weight must vote to determine which competitor will go home. The two people from that team who have lost the least amount of weight are nominated. The winner is the participant who loses the most from the starting weight at the open final in December.

Evgenia Mostovenko participated in the project together with her daughter Alexandra, who later had to tell the details of her mother’s death...

All participants are checked

The head of the “Weighted and Happy” project, Natalya Shcherbina, said that all potential participants who passed the casting are examined by doctors: a therapist, a cardiologist, a pulmonologist. Everyone donates urine and blood for a detailed analysis. All participants must be tested for hepatitis and HIV. After the medical examination, the doctor gives an opinion on each applicant - whether the person can participate in the project or his health condition does not allow him.

“They called me and told me that my mother had died”

Perhaps the most “high-profile” death was the death of Evgenia Mostovenko, a participant in the third season of the project. Could a woman have thought that four years after filming she would be gone?

Pashinsky managed to lose 51 kilograms! He was so inspired by the result that he wanted to continue his struggle with weight.

In 2013, 40-year-old Evgenia came to the project with her 17-year-old daughter Alexandra - mostly not for herself, but for her. Mostovenko complained that Sasha was very lazy and easily succumbed to temptations when it came to food. As it turned out, the mother and daughter had previously participated in the “Honey, We Kill Children” program, and even then the girl lost 20 kilograms. True, over time, all efforts were in vain - Alexandra gained even more than her previous weight and began to weigh as much as 105 kilos.

But Mostovenko also went to the project for her own sake. The woman really wanted to give birth to a child for her new husband, who was eight years younger than her, but she couldn’t - she needed to lose weight. Evgenia managed to do this, however, the result was not very impressive, and it took her a long time to achieve it. When Mostovenko came to the project, she weighed 130 kilograms, and nine months later the scales showed a double-digit number - 94. But this was enough for the woman - she was very pleased with the new weight.

Igor understood that such a figure would not fit into any goal, and he wanted to become slim and fit again

Evgenia's death, which occurred in January of this year, came as a shock to many and, naturally, raised many questions. Her daughter tried to satisfy the interest and curiosity of the viewers of the project. If you believe Alexandra’s words, then on the day when her mother was taken to the hospital, they talked on the phone, laughed, everything was fine... Mostovenko approved the list of guests, because the next morning was her birthday. “Literally 20-25 minutes later, her boss asked to pick up her mother from work because her blood pressure had increased. But the ambulance was ahead of me. I saw how my mother was taken out on a gurney unconscious. The doctors said that as soon as they left work, she immediately fell into a coma and everything that was in the stomach went into the respiratory tract. She was in critical condition with brain hemorrhage and pulmonary edema. The next morning, my mother came to her senses, but the doctors decided to keep her in a medically induced coma - she could not breathe on her own. In the following days she looked good, although she lost a lot of weight. And on the morning of January 26, I went into the intensive care unit and saw that my mother’s face and neck were red and blue. An hour and a half later they called me and told me that my mother had died - they couldn’t restart the heart.”

The woman's death certificate states that she had cerebrovascular disease, a hemorrhagic stroke.

Didn't have time to adopt a child

Evgenia Mostovenko has long wanted to become a mother for the second time, but her excess weight did not allow her. But the woman found a way out - last year she and her young husband prepared documents for adoption. The couple even found one child whom they wanted to take into the family. Evgenia began to find out what was needed for adoption, but did not have time to complete this matter.

On the “Weighted and Happy” project, Yakovlev found his soulmate - Natalya Moskalenko. The couple planned to live happily ever after...

“He really wanted to live”

At the end of 2015, Igor Pashinsky, a participant in the fifth season of the “Weighted and Happy” project, who really wanted to get back into good shape, passed away. Igor once served in the airborne troops, then worked in the police. When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, I went to the liquidation site and worked in a 30-kilometer zone. Problems began after returning from there - I started getting sick, gained excess weight, and then type 2 diabetes.

Igor decided to try himself on the project because he understood that such weight, given his health, could cause disability, and he said that he wanted to be like before: strong and fit, so that people would look at him with respect and not with pity. When Pashinsky came to the project, he weighed as much as 193 kilograms and lost 37 kilograms in 13 weeks! But the man did not stop there - during the month and a half he spent at home, he lost another 14 kilograms and settled on the number 142. He simply did not have time to lose even more weight...

Project manager Natalya Shcherbina assured that Igor, as the heaviest participant, was taken care of and released from training and stress at the slightest indisposition. If, for example, Igor turned pale, swayed or was breathing heavily, they immediately asked him to sit and rest. A man diagnosed with arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and obesity practically did not participate in competitions.

Igor’s wife Galina Pashinskaya remembers that after the project her husband returned home happy and joyful, he really wanted to live. Igor came with the hope that he would lose more weight... “He stopped being afraid of people and hiding from them, he wanted to be in plain sight. He was really happy - many noticed this. He told me: “I’m doing all this for you.” And his words inspired me. We were everywhere together. These one and a half months after the project we were happy, as, probably, in the first days of our married life.”

Pashinskaya remembers the fateful November day of 2015 like it was yesterday: “Igor was at training in the morning, in the evening we went to the river to swim. He felt fine. And in the morning he felt bad. I had a headache. He tells me: “I probably won’t accompany you, I’ll lie down.” At 11 he called and said that he felt bad. Igor has never said this before! He was admitted to the hospital with ulcer bleeding. This was the initial diagnosis. But then, as it turned out, he was having a massive heart attack. The autopsy showed that the diagnosis was initially made incorrectly and the treatment was prescribed incorrectly. He was given IV drips to stop ulcer bleeding, and a lot of them, but this could not be done... More negligence. A person's heart stops, and there is no one anywhere. Nobody! There is no attending physician! It’s very hard to remember..."

Galina does not hide the fact that she asked the doctors directly about the project - they say, did it bring harm. And the answer was “No.” “On the contrary, if Igor had not gone to the project and lost weight, he would not have lived this time...”

"I'm not going to stop"

The bronze medalist of the third season of reality, Ilya Yakovlev, was lucky - he not only lost weight and took a worthy place, but also met his love on the project - Natalya Moskalenko. After the show, their relationship only strengthened, and in 2014 they got married. Ilya was very happy - he talked about what a long life they were planning together, and dreamed of children... “For my chosen one, it is now more important to maintain her full health, because we still want to have a child in the near future. Therefore, I repeatedly told her that such crazy loads are not needed now. Losing 2-3 kilograms a month to get back to normal shape will be enough for both her and me. “I’m not going to stop,” said Yakovlev, rejoicing at how great his life was going.

Three years ago, The Biggest Loser contestant Damian Gurganious died at the age of just 38.

Ilya came to the project weighing 147 kilograms, lost 48 kilograms and showed a result of 99 kg on the scales at the final post-show. In 2014, Ilya was proud of the fact that he completely gave up flour, the things he used to love very much - pasta, dumplings, dumplings, pancakes. The project changed Yakovlev’s consciousness, so these dishes began to appear on his plate literally once a month. “Looking at how much I ate before and how much now, while being normally full, I can hardly imagine that I could now eat as much as I ate before the project,” Yakovlev boasted. But, unfortunately, proper nutrition did not protect Ilya from death. In May 2015, a 32-year-old man suffered a stroke, after which he died...

“Weighted People” is a global reality show that is filmed in twenty-five countries, including Russia. The show is a weight loss race with 18 people competing. Each of them weighs over several tons. The participants are divided into two teams, and their lives are on the scale.

What awaits participants in the reality show “Weighted People”:

1. Constant diets;
2. Boring exercises;
3. Communication with nutritionists;
4. Communication with fitness trainers.

The project has everything you need to test and acquire willpower.

Participants will compete in speed:

1. Pull trucks;
2. Catch piglets;
3. Build sugar pyramids;
4. Dance samba.

At the end of the week, team members weigh themselves. The team that loses the least amount of weight must choose one player to leave the show.

Only two players will remain in the finals, and the winner will be in good shape, feel great, and have a nice bonus - a cash prize.

Interesting Facts:

1. The lightest man on the program he weighed 113 kg, and the heaviest was 220 kg;
2. Total weight of all participants 2665 kg;
3. In Russia, several thousand applications were submitted for the casting, more than 230 people passed the casting, and only 18 of them passed a long and strict selection, becoming participants in the television project;
4. The winner receives 2,500,000 rubles;
5. A former participant receives 500,000 rubles, who, outside the project, continued to lose weight on his own and showed impressive results.

The main rules for effective weight loss show Weighted People

Before you understand which program will be effective for a person:

1. You need to understand what your body weight should ideally be (how many kg you need to lose and in what time);
2. Daily calculation of daily kilocalorie intake;
3. Selection of an individual nutrition plan;
4. Drawing up a training program.

There are only eight correctly effective weight loss:

1. You need to eat small portions 5-6 times a day;
2. Have a hearty breakfast in the morning, also have a good lunch, dinner should be light and don’t forget to have a snack between the three main meals;
3. High carbohydrate food consume before four o'clock in the afternoon;
4. If you have a craving for sweets, then you can eat fruit;
5. Watch the amount of salt that you consume with food. A large amount of sodium retains fluid in the body, which forms edema;
6. Eliminate sugary carbonated drinks from your diet. Soda is very harmful to the body. It contains a lot of sugar and dyes, which is bad for health;
7. Eat separately, combine food correctly;
8. Give up alcohol or limit yourself to it. Alcoholic drinks contain more than the average person's daily caloric intake.

All nutritionists come to a common opinion: nutrition should be varied. Today there are dozens of diets that imply a monotonous low-calorie diet. For example, a drinking diet, kefir or ABC contain very low calories (less than 800) and contribute to the formation of protein-free dystrophy.

Such a nutritional system can only lead to exhaustion of the body, deterioration of the digestive system and slowdown of metabolism.

So what should nutrition be like, according to nutritionists and fitness trainers?

The daily diet should include:

1. 5-10% fat;
2. 40% carbohydrates;
3. 50-56% protein;
4. Fiber (vegetables, herbs, fruits);
5. From 1.5 to 2.5 liters of water (depending on how active your lifestyle is).

Nutrition plays a big role in body building, but don’t forget about the physical activity itself. At least three times a week for 40-60 minutes, you need to give your body aerobic exercise, and after you get rid of a certain number of kilograms, you need to start anaerobic exercise to gain muscle mass.

Kukharenko Andrey:

What is problem weight? First of all, this is a problem that requires an urgent solution. But the incentive to change your body should not be the usual socially imposed way. A person should think not only about the beauty of his body, but also about his health. He must realize it himself and want it.

If an active lifestyle and proper nutrition do not bring you pleasure, then why change anything? This won't work. If you want to change your body for the better, then you have to want to do it yourself, you have to want to change your life.

Leonova Irina:

I believe that excess weight is directly related to psychological problems. Most people do not solve their problems, but “seize” them. Relationship problems are traumatic aspects. And this is not only the relationship between boys and girls, but also between children, parents and society.

Turchinskaya Irina:

In order for you to see the results of your training, keep a diary where you will write down all your results. In addition to sports results, write in it about your dreams and main goal. Describe your diet, training plan, and how you will achieve your goal.

You train under your full responsibility and understand that your body and your health are solely in your hands. And never attribute your failures to other external circumstances.

Semenikhin Denis:

A person begins to change when he gets tired. He is tired of his usual boring life, wanting to change something. Each of us wants to be in a comfort zone; when a person does not want to face difficulties, he says to himself: “Don’t touch me, I’m fine.”

Leaving your comfort zone, realizing that it’s time to act, you need to remember one more thing: you are doing all this for yourself. Not because you respect your fitness trainer or want to please your significant other, but only for your own sake!

Leonova Elena:

All problems come from childhood. If parents did not teach a child from an early age to cope with stressful situations, rely only on himself and accept the challenges of the outside world, then in the future he risks developing a food addiction. The portion size that is on a child's plate plays a big role.

If you overfeed him, give him a lot of sweets and force him to eat, then as an adult his physiological characteristics will be impaired.

Heroes of the reality show “Weighted People”

Vesta Romanova

Vesta (27 years old) started the project with a weight of 123 kg. During the program she lost 40 kg! Now her weight is 83 kg.

Vesta Romanova decided to lose weight after her boyfriend broke up with her and married another girl. At that moment, Vesta said: “I have nothing more to lose except excess weight.” On the show, she was the most cheerful of all the contestants: she never gave up, did not get upset and encouraged other participants in the project.

Vesta says that motivation is important in any business. “I am a rather lazy person, but the project managed to create the conditions that were ideal for me. I was able to break through a thousand applicants, my life was controlled by trainers and nutritionists. They put together a special diet and training program for me. I quit my job for all this.”

“We lived in a confined space, without the Internet and phones. Every day there were exhausting workouts and healthy food, no sweets,” says Vesta Romanova.

Photos of Vesta before and after losing weight on the “Weighted People” project

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after:

Peter Vasiliev

Vasilyev Petr (27 years old) came to the project weighing 155 kg. During the program he managed to lose 25 kg.

As a teenager, Peter went to the judo section. HE led an active lifestyle and took part in competitions. But after Peter turned 18, he gave up the sport, because he began studying at college and simply did not have time for judo. After physical activity decreased sharply, weight began to gain.

Soon Peter realized that in the world of thin people there is no place for fat people, society does not want to accept them. But he wanted to love and be loved, but excess weight prevented him. Then he realized that it was stupid to dream about it and it was time to take control of the situation.

Having come to the project, Vasiliev Peter, like the other participants, actively took part in sports competitions, ate right and never gave up. He was confident in himself and that is why Peter became the winner of the first season of the “Weighted People” project, reaching a weight of 130 kg.

Photos of Peter before and after losing weight on the reality show “Weighted People”

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Nekrylov Maxim

Maxim Nekrylov (29 years old) came to the reality show weighing 176 kg and left with a weight of 147. During the project he managed to lose 29 kg.

Maxim is a fourth generation officer. He dreamed of building a career in the military field, but was unable to pass medical certification. Due to excess weight, Maxim had to leave military service. This was a blow for him and his entire family.

Previously, Maxim led an active life, but for the sake of his career he had to switch to a sedentary job. Because of this, he began to have problems with excess weight. From 90 kg his weight increased to 184 kg.

Then Nekrylov decided to change himself and strive further towards his dream. He took care of himself and lost almost 30 kg, making it to the finals of the Weighted People show.

Photo by Maxim Nekrylov before and after the project

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Shikotko Alexander

Alexander (26 years old) became the heaviest participant in the show. His weight was 220 kg. During the project he managed to lose 24 kg, then his weight reached 196 kg.

Before the project, Alexander lost another 30 kg, previously his weight was 250 kg. He followed a diet, exercised and reached a weight of 220 kg. It was more difficult for him on the project, the diets were more strict, and the loads were heavier.

Alexander admits that he wants to lose weight not because society dictates its standards, but because he just wants to live. Despite all the difficulties, he learned to eat right and look at life differently. “We learned to think differently, we underwent tests not only physical, but also emotional.

The trainers tested our endurance, developed it, and helped us acquire willpower. Soon, diets and physical activity became much easier to bear, as well as moral ones,” says Shikotko.

Despite the fact that Alexander had already left the program, he continued to lose weight.

Photo by Alexander Shikotko before and after losing weight

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