I worked at a "Fat Camp" it was featured on MTV AMA

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Anonymous wrote:I am (a horrible person who is) always amused at seeing fat people do physical activities. Yes, I know I'm going to hell. Did anything fat-related happen that was funny?

Were people ever excluded from activities for being too fat, like horseback riding?

Not PP but if it makes you feel better I saw a 10 year old girl get denied when she was lined up to ride the small ponies at a fair recently. To be fair, she was a lot OLDER than the other kids in line (4-6 yr olds) but she looked double the 80 lb limit and I felt bad for her. Her (also large) father shrugged but as they walked away I thought "this is where the eating disorder will start". In my imaginarium the father institutes a three pronged effort of explaining it was her age that was the problem, finding a place she can horseback ride adult horses and taking a nutrition management class with her.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am (a horrible person who is) always amused at seeing fat people do physical activities. Yes, I know I'm going to hell. Did anything fat-related happen that was funny?

Were people ever excluded from activities for being too fat, like horseback riding?

Not PP but if it makes you feel better I saw a 10 year old girl get denied when she was lined up to ride the small ponies at a fair recently. To be fair, she was a lot OLDER than the other kids in line (4-6 yr olds) but she looked double the 80 lb limit and I felt bad for her. Her (also large) father shrugged but as they walked away I thought "this is where the eating disorder will start". In my imaginarium the father institutes a three pronged effort of explaining it was her age that was the problem, finding a place she can horseback ride adult horses and taking a nutrition management class with her.

People don't realize horses are only meant to carry 25-30% of their weight. My father got heavier in his later years and we had to upgrade him to a retired thoroughbred because he weighed too much for the quarter horse he'd had for the past 10 years.

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Anonymous wrote:I am (a horrible person who is) always amused at seeing fat people do physical activities. Yes, I know I'm going to hell. Did anything fat-related happen that was funny?

Were people ever excluded from activities for being too fat, like horseback riding?

Not PP but if it makes you feel better I saw a 10 year old girl get denied when she was lined up to ride the small ponies at a fair recently. To be fair, she was a lot OLDER than the other kids in line (4-6 yr olds) but she looked double the 80 lb limit and I felt bad for her. Her (also large) father shrugged but as they walked away I thought "this is where the eating disorder will start". In my imaginarium the father institutes a three pronged effort of explaining it was her age that was the problem, finding a place she can horseback ride adult horses and taking a nutrition management class with her.

That's so sad

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Anonymous wrote:Were you there during the filming of the show, or did you just work at the camp at some point? How realistic is the show's depiction to what you actually saw?

Anonymous wrote: I was there for the second documentary. I didn't see all the "drama" I worked with the youngest age group of girls. I mean there were the make sessions you saw and had to break up. Showing the kids work out was real not played for the cameras. As mentioned in an above post most of the counselors there majored in a health related field so they really wanted to help out the kids. How they showed weigh in were typical nothing fake about that.

I found the documentary on youtube and am watching it. One of the girls was just told by her cabin mates that she smelled bad, then her towel fell off while she was going to shower. The counselor came in and ended up taking her shirt off to prove the point that they all have the same stuff. Did your age group have self esteem issues or were they very modest?

I grew up dancing and it was normal for us to get stripped down for costume changes and there was no hiding. This was different to see.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were you there during the filming of the show, or did you just work at the camp at some point? How realistic is the show's depiction to what you actually saw?

Anonymous wrote: I was there for the second documentary. I didn't see all the "drama" I worked with the youngest age group of girls. I mean there were the make sessions you saw and had to break up. Showing the kids work out was real not played for the cameras. As mentioned in an above post most of the counselors there majored in a health related field so they really wanted to help out the kids. How they showed weigh in were typical nothing fake about that.

I found the documentary on youtube and am watching it. One of the girls was just told by her cabin mates that she smelled bad, then her towel fell off while she was going to shower. The counselor came in and ended up taking her shirt off to prove the point that they all have the same stuff. Did your age group have self esteem issues or were they very modest?

I grew up dancing and it was normal for us to get stripped down for costume changes and there was no hiding. This was different to see.

I worked with the youngest age group I believe they were first to fifth graders. Since they were so young some were shy to change in front of their friends others didn't care. The documentary you watched was the first one.

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Did you work there because you wanted to be on TV?

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Anonymous wrote:Did you work there because you wanted to be on TV?

Nope I actually didn't know they were filming a second documentary. I worked with the youngest age group and none of my girls were being "featured". Also if you watch the documentary you see the ones being filmed wearing a braided bracelet that was to show that it was okay to film those specific campers.

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Are you/were you overweight yourself?

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Anonymous wrote:Are you/were you overweight yourself?

I was in college back then I was around 116...I did weigh in myself because I was curious my lowest was 106.

Now I'm old FTM and I'm 120 with a little pooch

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Did your age group understand they were at a fat camp, or did they just think it was a normal summer camp like the rest of their friends attended?

Did you interact with the kids parents at all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did your age group understand they were at a fat camp, or did they just think it was a normal summer camp like the rest of their friends attended?

Did you interact with the kids parents at all?

They knew why they were there. I never said "fat" to them. I mentioned a lot that we're all here to have fun, make friends, play and learn how to take care of our bodies.( As mentioned in an early post there were nutritionists, certified personal trainers there)The only interaction I had with parents was the first day at camp, family day and last day.

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Anonymous wrote:Did your age group understand they were at a fat camp, or did they just think it was a normal summer camp like the rest of their friends attended?

Did you interact with the kids parents at all?

They knew why they were there. I never said "fat" to them. I mentioned a lot that we're all here to have fun, make friends, play and learn how to take care of our bodies.( As mentioned in an early post there were nutritionists, certified personal trainers there)The only interaction I had with parents was the first day at camp, family day and last day.

How did they "learn to take care of their bodies"? Was it experiential like learning to exercise, learning portion sizes, etc, or did you have more of a classroom like setting where you talked about the logic behind how they should be taking care of their bodies. I'm curious what is effective at that age as there are so many kids who could benefit from learning good habits.

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I went to camp shane!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did your age group understand they were at a fat camp, or did they just think it was a normal summer camp like the rest of their friends attended?

Did you interact with the kids parents at all?

They knew why they were there. I never said "fat" to them. I mentioned a lot that we're all here to have fun, make friends, play and learn how to take care of our bodies.( As mentioned in an early post there were nutritionists, certified personal trainers there)The only interaction I had with parents was the first day at camp, family day and last day.

How did they "learn to take care of their bodies"? Was it experiential like learning to exercise, learning portion sizes, etc, or did you have more of a classroom like setting where you talked about the logic behind how they should be taking care of their bodies. I'm curious what is effective at that age as there are so many kids who could benefit from learning good habits.

They had a schedule and one of the activities was where the nutritionist spoke to the campers about portion control and also how to,make healthy meals at home. Many of the activities were physical swimming, dance, tennis etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to camp shane!

Awesome! I heard great things about that camp! One of the counselors worked there and he worked at CPT