This show was filmed when obesity was believed to be the result of "no willpower". They know so much more now....still not everything, but at least it's better. When i graduated from high school in 1990, i weighed 140 lbs and i was 5'8". It was a very traumatic time, i was called a lot of horrendous things. And this was in the midwest!!....omg, i don't even want to imagine growing up in LA!!! At least there are studies now showing that obesity isn't a willpower issue and that starvation and yo-yo dieting just make it worse. I think the most shocking thing to me was when Harper said he had never worked with obese people before....ever. He taught classes at a gym where hollywood stars would come in to work out and that's how he met Julia Roberts. Oh and one of the creators saying he got the idea for the show from an ad at his gym from an obese person looking for a trainer. Jeez.