Fat March, a new reality show on losing weight from ABC will be aired on August, 2007. Out of thousands of applicants‚ it has chosen 12 contestants who are all in need of some help for their weighty issues - some from living a sedentary life while others have gained weight because of eating - the two most usual reasons for extreme weight gain.
“Fat March” is based on the British reality show “Too Fat To Walk.”
The twist this time is that the participants aren’t in competition with each other. Indeed, if they all stay together by the end of the walk, they can share in a $1.2 million pot. On the other hand, every time someone drops out - or is voted out for being too much of a drag on the others - the pot is reduced by $10,000. - CTNow
The contestants are guided by two personal trainers and one of them is Steve Pfeister, a Vero beach trainer.
Update: Fat March more details..
With The Biggest Loser out, Fat March is in! ABC introduced a reality show that has a dozen people talking about losing weight and literally walking the walk. According to the show’s official website, “All You Need is a Pair of Sneakers!”
What is Fat March all about? To understand the significance of Fat March, you only need to understand the special problem of obesity, not only in the United States, but in the world. All over the globe, people are getting fatter and heavier, and perhaps due to many things. Fast food, with all its grease, may be to blame, along with cable TV, video games, and a total lack of self-control in food or an urge to exercise.
Hence the preponderance of reality exercise shows, and hence, Fat March. In this show, twelve obese people will literally walk through an epic journey. They start at the Boston Marathon, and end in Washington, D.C. – all by walking from point A to point B with their fitness trainers, Lorrie Henry and Steve Pfiester. This season’s journey spans over five hundred miles and takes the contestants through nine states, all with the aim of shedding the contestants’ pounds, getting fit, and, in summary, making their lives better.
The contestants are also competed for a prize of over a million dollars. The contest itself stresses on team work: the greater the number of people who finish the march, the greater the amount of money that each person in the march will win. In other words, everyone in the dozen marches has to finish the game, or the rest of the team will not be happy at all.
Walking from Boston to the nation’s capital is not the only feature of this show. In each part of the march, the contestants are given “luxury reward challenges,” where either a single contestant or a team compete to win fun and rich rewards. These rewards include deluxe accommodations for one night, treatments at a local spa, or low-calorie meals prepared by a gourmet, private chef. Aside from these little rewards, there are larger prizes to compete for, including vacations to Las Vegas and Hawaii.
The luxury reward challenges are special, and are according to the geographic area that the contestants find themselves in. There is also an elimination period, where contestants get to send home someone whom they feel is making them lose the Fat March. As mentioned, elimination comes with a price: ten thousand dollars are taken out of the potential prize money that each contestant may win for every contestant that is eliminated.
The show itself is based on Too Big to Walk, a British series with the same premise. This season’s contestants include Chantal, 35yo, who stands at 5′2″, 250 lbs; Jami Lyn, 30yo, 5′9″, 226 lbs; Kimberly, 39yo, 5′5″, 225 lbs; Loralie, 27yo, 5′7″, 233 lbs; Shea, 27yo, 5′7″, 238 lbs; and Wendy, 40yo, 5′6″, 234 lbs.
On the men’s team, there’s Anthony, age 25, 6′3″, at 410 lbs; Matt, 36yo, 6′3″, 386 lbs; Michael, 41yo, 6′2 1/2″, 330 lbs; Sam, 22yo, 5′9″, 371 lbs; Shane, 34yo, 6′, 500 lbs; and Will, 26yo, 6′2″, 470 lbs.
Fat March Application information:
If you want to make it to next year’s Fat March, go to the forums on the official ABC website and look for casting notices. You can also visit http://www.realitywanted.com, which has up-to-date news on what casting companies are looking for. Casting will start around January for Fat March.
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My husband, Steve, is the Trainer & Co-Host for Fat March. If you’d like more links and information about what has been released so far on the show, you can visit www.longevityclubs.com/stevepfiester.htm. I just thought you might be interested.
Take care!
Bonnie
I noticed the link didn’t work. Here it is again (without the period at the end) www.longevityclubs.com/stevepfiester.htm
Bonnie,
Thanks for the information. Will definitely frequent the site.
My wife Wendy is a contestant on ABC’s Fat March. Wendy is an amazing person and I know that she is very glad to have been chosen for this “chance of a lifetime opportunity”.
Wendy is a fantastic singer and is on Fat March to shed some of those pounds so she can continue her singing and performing career. In fact, Wendy’s CD “As I Am” was released in Jan 2007 and she is excited about getting on the road to promote it after she has dropped a few of those burdensome pounds. I am VERY proud of her and look forward to her coming home soon! Feel free to visit her websites: www.myspace.com/wendyalanewright and www.wendywright.biz
James Smith
My Nephew William Millender is a contestant. He really wants to lose weight and felt this would be a great way to do it. He is a great person and is very caring towards others. He can be really funny and he is great to hang out with. We miss him back home. We are very proud of his efforts and support him 100%. He has a myspace page at www.myspace.com/numberoneshaqfan
How nice it is to find a new site that is following Fat March! Most of the folks who are part of our group Reality of Weighting tried out for Fat March, The Biggest Loser, or both.
All of us have been inspired by these shows to NOT wait until next season to get healthy, and are doing it on our own. We’ve lost close to 500 lbs in 10 weeks.
We will definitely be following the show. Bonnie Pfiester has chatted with our group, and is such a sweet woman!
Come August, the folks at RoW will be watching Fat March…. from the comfort of our exercise equipment, losing weight right along with the contestants!
Hi James,
Your wife looks great! Thanks for taking time to introduce your her. I’m getting more and more excited everyday for Fat March to get aired. Good luck with Wendy’s career!
Hi Hope,
I got to visit William’s MySpace. Surely, with you supporting him it won’t be too hard for him to get the most out of the reality show. Thanks for introducing him here and good luck!
Carrie,
I’m definitely going to be following Fat March, too.
I’ve been looking for weight loss groups like yours. Can I join you guys? What are the requirements?
Hi! I don’t know if Carrie was able to get back to you or not…but we’re always welcoming new members at RoW! Check us out at http://www.realityofweighting.net !
Hey There! You are certainly welcome to join us! We’re always looking for people who are serious about stopping the excuses and starting the weight loss!
Plus, we’re planning a huge get together with all the RoW members in Vegas in October, including prizes, activities, possible press, and some plain good times revealing our new, slimmer selves.
Oh, our requirements are that members are actively doing something to lose weight, and that they report their weights to me every Monday. That’s it!
Steve and I are very excited about the new show. We really feel this show will encourage people so much. It’s amazing to see people get such great results from simply walking and eating better. Hope you like the show!! It is definitely a project Steve and I are so proud to be a part of!
Oh, and I almost forgot…we have myspaces too!
Steve’s myspace is www.myspace.com/1spaguy
Mine is www.myspace.com/1spagirl
We’d love to be myspace friends too!
Take care everyone!!!!
Funny!! Two years ago I submitted this very idea to an “idea for reality shows” website. I still have the detailed copy that I submitted for this “fat walk”. I didn’t ask for anything in return except to be allowed to be part of the walk. I never heard from anyone but now I see my idea has been reproduced down to the very last letter. Glad I saved copies of everything I submitted. In all fairness, maybe I will be invited to join the next season of “fat walk”.
how or what is the website to put in an application for next seasons show ?
[…] anticipation for the new weight loss reality show on ABC - Fat March, here’s a casting video of Steve Pfeister, the master trainer and host of the Fat March […]
A friend of mine is (was) 380 lbs and is walking across america. He is 400 miles in and is doing it for $0.
I would like to be part of show, How would do that?
I would like to join for the next showing, I have been dealing with my weight for about 6 years. I wanted to lose some weight so, I could look good the day of my wedding. well, me and my husand is over weight. I told we are going to get married if we both are still fat. Please help to join in the show.
@rann chy
I think you have to send a video of yourself to the organizers if you’d like to join the Fat March reality show.
[…] Fat March is based on the British reality show Too Fat To Walk. “The twist this time is that the participants aren’t in competition with each other. Indeed, if they all stay together by the end of the walk, they can share in a $1.2 million pot. On the other hand, every time someone drops out - or is voted out for being too much of a drag on the others - the pot is reduced by $10,000,” says Losing Weight Zone. […]
I have been watching this show thinking how stupid do you think we are…when these people first weighed in, they had on five pounds of clothes!! After walking all that distance and suffering basically all they did was shed some pounds by taking off some clothes.
kim was such a wa wa… cry baby. she should have never entered and had someone else occupy that spot. i think she entered this fat march cause she needs publicity.
LOVE the show!!!! I wish I could be on the show!! That would be like winning the power ball.My entire life I’ve always been the bigger girl. I am 32 and 240lbs about 5′7. My self esteem is so low. I wake up everyday depressed wishing I could look and feel good about myself. I know if I was doing this I would give it all I got. I see some people not trying hard enough. This is a great thing they should be so gratefull, not bitching. I would love to be there. If there is going to be another show please let me know how I could have a chance to be considered. Thank you Good luck everyone
Hey … how do you register for next season’s show?
Chris
Hi, I would like to know how I can be on the next season of fat march
MY HUSBAND AND ME WOULD LOVE TO BE ON FAT MARCH. HE IS OVER 350 POUNDS AND I’M 270 POUNDS. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE COUPLES ON A SHOW. WE NEED HELP LOSING WEIGHT, IT’S HARD.
Hi I would like to know how I can be a contestant on next season Fat March
Thank You
I am like Marlow…I would like to know how to be a contestant on the next Fat March!
Thanks!
i would love to be on the next season. this would really change my life!!!!!!
my frend have been watching the reality show fat march. we are very interested in joining the show as partners.we are both overweight and in our late 30s and would really love to be a part of this show to et us on the road to great health. thank you, becky and amy
I need and so desperately want to be on this show…I am almost 26 years old, 5′6 and weigh 375…I need help bad…my gyn told me that I have P.C.O.D. meaning that I have cysts on my ovaries and this messes up my whole female system. I have an 18 mth old but would love to have at least 1 more child…however, due to P.C.O.D. it’s very hard for that to happen…I was told that I need to lose weight and at a faster rate…they suggested surgery…but I think I would benefit from this show more….I know I have the willpower..I’ve proven that to myself before…it’s just much hard now that I’m over 100lbs heavier….I need help.
What is the diet they eat while doing to walk?
Is there a diet plan after they are finished with walking?
hello my name is Anthony Book im really intrested in changing my life im around 300lbs and i really im trying to get help finding where you sign up for the fat march tv show if any one could help i would be greatly thankful for your help i just want to better my life
Hello, Just finished watching the season finale. I’ve only seen the last 3 weeks, but what encouragement! I ended up on this website looking for information on applying for the next season. I see lot’s of similar requests but no answer. Steve, Bonnie, perhaps somebody else… do you know the “formal” website to apply to? Thanks.
I didn’t know where to say this, so I decided to post it here. I think that abc should do a fat march for teens/kids. Overweight teens/kids have to go through alot at school, and home. Not to mention the low self esteem they have. I think that many would want to do it, and many would benefit from it. If not from being on the show, they would from watching it. It could make a huge difference in the percentage of overweigt teens/kids!
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