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Events took a chaotic turn in the latest episode of Around the World in 80 Weighs as the cast becamse embroiled in a tearful spat about weight loss methods.
The Channel 4 show follows six obese Britons as they travel the globe to learn slimming secrets from other cultures, and this week they were seen visiting Austin, Texas, where there’s a super-sized food culture, and where one in three locals is overweight.
During the episode, Tiffany, who once said she wasn’t on the show to lose weight, attempted to enlighten the cast about her ‘intuitive eating’ philosophy – where people listen to their body and eat what feels right, instead of following a strict diet.
She said she’s a fan of the approach but was taken to task by Sue, who suggested that Tiffany is not a poster girl for the approach.
Tearful Tiffany hit back and accused Sue of hating fat people, while Therryi-Jay stormed out of Rudy’s diner, where they’d gathered for a ‘nourishing’ meal with health and fitness consultant Brogan Graham.
The expert took a backseat and let the participants decide what to eat, while the group discussed weight loss secrets.
While Therryi-Jay and Russell said they found the freedom ‘stressful’, Tiffany thought it was a breeze because she believes in intuitive eating.
Breaking down her eating regime, she said: ‘This is something that I actually practice and do a lot of.
‘For me intuitive eating is all about listening to your body and understanding how food makes you feel’.
Brogan weighed in with the opinion that intuitive eating could be a ‘crutch’ and just an excuse to eat more.
However Tiffany continued to defend the method, saying: ‘I think it’s often, like, misjudged and people maybe don’t know enough about it or do enough research about it’.
She then responded to Sue’s comment about ‘not understanding’ the approach, saying: ‘It’s where you listen to your body and understand what it wants and when it needs it’.
‘It’s unconditional permission to eat what you want.’
‘Is that healthy?’ interrupted Sue. ‘But you say that, then it tells you to eat pizza so I don’t understand’ she continued.
‘I’m not being rude but when they look at you they’ll think, “Well, is intuitive eating good?”.
‘People won’t think you’re healthy, that’s what I’m saying’.
Tiffany took a pause as her face visibly turned red. She retorted: ‘They can think whatever they want about me, but you can be healthy at any size’.
The pair descended into a heated back and forth, as Tiffany tried desperately to defend the method.
Fed up with the argument, she erupted: ‘I feel like I’m being f***ing attacked’.
The other participants tried their hardest to end the spat, but Tiffany refused to back down, exclaiming: ‘no because I haven’t done anything!’
Things finally came to a head when Therryi-Jay stormed out of the restaurant. Speaking to the camera, she said she felt forced to leave because the drama was ‘triggering’.
She also confessed that she was tempted to binge-eat for the first time in a long while, and if given the opportunity she would have polished off a 64-pack of Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
Back in the diner, Tiffany could be seen in tears and said that Sue ‘hates fat people’.
The next day, the two came face to face again, but it appeared this time they were more sympathetic to each other’s opinions.
The emotional moment saw Tiffany explain to Sue that she was upset at being used as an example for why intuitive eating doesn’t work.
‘That’s not okay, Sue,’ she added.
A tearful Sue insisted she felt so bad about her outburst that she was contemplating leaving the show so as not to disrupt the rest of the cast, to which Tiffany said it was the last thing she wanted.
Sue apologised before the two shared a heartwarming hug.
With the drama behind them it was good news at the weekly weigh-in when the group discovered they’d collectively lost more than 2 stone in just one week.
In last night’s episode, the cast were also offered Ozempic – a drug intended for people with diabetes and which slows the movement of food through the stomach, therefore reducing appetite and encouraging weight loss.
However Sue branded the method ‘cheating’ and added that her weight was already ‘falling off’ without it.
Drama has unfolded in this week’s episode of Around the World in 80 Weighs – including a tearful spat between the cast about intuitive eating (Pictured: Sue argues with Tiffany)
Tiffany (pictured) teared up after attempting to enlighten the cast about her ‘intuitive eating’ philosophy
The spat came to a head when Therryi-Jay stormed out of the restaurant after finding the drama ‘triggering’
Sue and Russell meet with specialist physician Eleanor Womack to learn about the benefits of the drug.
Eleanor explained: ‘Ozempic is a medication that improves the body’s use of insulin and so it helps you to use sugar better. Because it is so effective at weight loss there is a gigantic demand’.
She added that it took less than a week to lose one stone while on the drug, and by the second week patients were eating ‘about a third’ of their old diet.
Despite Sue saying she was ‘tempted’ by the ‘quick fix’, she ultimately chose to decline.
She said: ‘I am tempted but for the first time in my life the weight is falling off and I’m happy.
‘I don’t want to cheat. I want to start something and carry on and I want to keep the weight off.
‘Maybe I don’t need to waste my money on that. I can spend it on a new wardrobe when I’ve lost all the weight’.
What’s more, Russell said it ‘didn’t sit well’ with him that people would consume the drug only to lose ‘a little bit of weight’.
Elsewhere in the episode, Sue and Russell meet with specialist physician Eleanor Womack to learn about the benefits of Ozempic (Pictured: Sue and Russell meet with Eleanor to discuss trying the drug)
Sue branded the use of the drug ‘cheating’ and added that her weight was already ‘falling off’ without it
The group sat down to a ‘nourishing’ meal at local diner Rudy’s with health and fitness consultant Brogan Graham (Pictured left to right: Brogan, Sue, Phil, Therryi-Jay and Tiffany)
Things became heated between Tiffany and Sue when Tiffany explained her preference for intuitive eating. Sue responded by saying that Tiffany didn’t look healthy. Intuitive eating allows individuals to listen to their body and eat what feels right, instead of following a strict diet
Brogan and the fellow cast did their best to put an end to the spat, but to no avail
Therryi-Jay, who had been seated at the table, said the drama tempted her to binge eat a 64-pack of Ferrero Rocher chocolates
Back in the diner, Tiffany could be seen in a fit of tears before later saying that Sue ‘hates fat people’
The next day, Sue and Tiffany came face to face again, but it appeared this time they were more sympathetic to each other’s opinions. The pair are pictured making up
They ended their time in Texas on a positive note, with the cast already calling on the next challenge.
It comes as last week’s episode saw the group visit the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga.
During their visit to Japan the week before, they were pointed at in the streets, but Tonga is one of the most fattest nations on earth, with 93 per cent of the population overweight and plagued by obesity-related diseases like diabetes.
While in Japan – where only 4 per cent of the population are obese – they joined office workout sessions, in Tonga the group were treated to a meal of cream cheese and whole-roasted pig in the home of 300kg Winnegate Vaeila.
It led participant Therryi-Jay, 32, to comment that she was ‘proud’ of herself and even advised Winnie to ‘check’ her diet.
After consuming one ‘mutton flap’ and resisting the urge to eat another portion of potato salad that ‘banged’, Therryi turned to the host with a piece of advice.
She said: ‘If this is what you’re eating all the time, then yeah that’s a lot.
The latest episode of Channel 4 ‘s Around the World in 80 Weighs sees Obese Brits travel to Tonga and partake in a meal so unhealthy – they comparatively dubbed themselves an ‘example’ of healthy eating (Pictured: Therryi-Jay, 32, brands herself an ‘example’ of healthy eating compared to 300kg Winnegate Vaeila from Tonga)
Tonga is one of the most fattest nations on earth, with 93 per cent of the population overweight and plagued by obesity-related diseases like diabetes. Here, Winnie treats the group to humongous metal trays of corned beef, potato salad, fried chicken and cream cheese and a whole roasted pig (Pictured: Marisa and husband Russell sit next to Winnie)
‘I think that’s something – I think Winnie you’ve got to check that baby.
‘Please see us as an example of what you can achieve because nobody wants you to die, you know’.
After delivering her speech, the group became sullen and emotional as they reflected on the unhealthy eating habits that Winnie has grown accustomed to.
Winnie, 28, a married social worker with children, said: ‘We grew up eating like this so we have already adapted to the idea of eating this type of portion.
‘Our stomach already needs that amount of portion to fill us.’
Meet the contestants who are desperate to lose weight as they reveal emotional stories behind their quest – from a murdered best friend to a life-threatening health condition
Marisa, 31
Marisa, from Kent, has packed her bags to learn about weight loss secrets from around the world so she can be a healthy mother
31-year-old Marisa is looking to lose weight so she can have children and be a fit and healthy mother. She has developed an unhealthy relationship with food where she will be healthy in the week and gorge at the weekends.
Russell, 36
Husband to Marisa, Russell, from Kent, also wants to shed the pounds to start a family. He is additionally motivated to lose weight following his father’s death from diabetes- a condition he also grapples with.
Kent-based married couple Marisa and Russell have known each other since they were four
Therryi-Jay, 32
South London born and bred Therryi-Jay want to lose weight to become healthy. She turned to fast food after the loss of her best friend to murder. Therryi-Jay also believes society and its abundance of fast food contributes to her unhealthy relationship with food.
Therryi-Jay joined the show to learn the best routes to shed the pounds. She formed an unhealthy relationship with food after losing her best friend
Susan
She found out about the show from her daughter, who thought it was the perfect way for her mother to lose weight. Susan joined the programme to help her gain confidence and live life to the maximum.
Susan’s weight has stopped her from leading a normal life, and she would often find herself unable to leave the house
Tiffany, 24
24-year-old Tiffany differs from the other participants because she believes you can be obese and healthy. Despite living with obesity, she can lift heavy weights and complete difficult exercise routines. She wants to understand the condition further.
Tiffany entered the show to learn about eating habits around the world, but she doesn’t think that an individual being obese necessarily means they’re unhealthy
Phil, 34
Father-of-one Phil, from Leeds, wants to lose weight so he can be a better father. His child is four, and he fears he can’t keep up. The 34-year-old wants to learn as much as possible from other countries and implement it into his lifestyle back home.
Phil is motivated to shed the pounds so he can be an active father to his four-year-old child
The screen showed a giant table bearing humongous metal trays of mutton flaps, fried turkey tails, corned beef, potato salad, fried chicken and cream cheese and a whole roasted pig.
Russell, 36, revealed he was ‘staggered’ by the amount and even asked Winnie to slow down when dishing his pork – adding: ‘that’s plenty’.
Meanwhile his wife Marisa, 31 – who is looking to lose weight so she can have children – said she was ‘overwhelmed’ by the prepared meal and found it ‘hard’ to deal with.
So bewildered was Marisa, she asked: ‘So is this like a normal-sized portion for this many people or would Tongan people normally have more?’.
She was shocked to discover that this was just a glimpse of what Winnie ate, who responded: ‘more’.
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