I'm Fat...But I Only Eat Veggies? | Secret Eaters

[@KianaDocherty]

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[@kristins8438]

"Bad behavior" is defined as engaging in actions that harm oneself, whether by directly inflicting harm, negatively impacting one's future self, or diminishing one's quality of life by causing harm to others. This is characterized as destructive or harmful behavior. It is the real Individualism/Satanism. "Good behavior," on the other hand, is behavior that considers the well-being of one's future self and all life forms with which one is closely connected, recognizing the interdependence necessary for survival. This is Collectivism. For example, taking a shower might initially seem like a self-centered act focused on individual care. However, it can be seen as a contribution to the collective well-being. Maintaining personal hygiene is a responsibility that benefits not only oneself but also the broader community by promoting health and a mature physical appearance. Therefore, personal hygiene is not a selfish or harmful act, but rather a positive and responsible behavior that supports the collective good. Collectivism (jesus's teachings) should not to be confused with Christianity or any other religion which is Collectivism + Individualism. A personal god can only be Satan (self). It's why you can condemn or justify anything with the bible, it's core ideology is contradictory and contains satanic portions. Personal god, afterlife, praying, worship false idols (the Christian god), whatever takes your focus off well-being of the collective is the false idol you worship, and that can even be a religion. When your religion becomes more important than the lives of others, you are worshipping a false idol. You have the reach that could change the world if you taught people about their own consciousness.

[@GrandmaLover69]

@@kristins8438 GET OUT OF HERE!

[@heidithepotter2479]

​@@kristins8438 this is a great comment. Incredibly well said.

[@kristins8438]

@@heidithepotter2479 Thank you for the nice comment. I hope she responds. I think she has such an amazing opportunity to teach people about consciousness and change the world. The Psychology of it would be right in her wheel house.

[@kristins8438]

@@GrandmaLover69 "GET OUT OF HERE!" Why so hostile?

[@marandastewart6270]

I hear a ton of people say they "only eat once a day" but they snack all day but it doesnt "count" because its just a little bit here and there. I love how this show shows how those things add up

[@boosqueezy2418]

and that one meal is sometimes 3000 calories or more

[@highestqualitypigiron]

Same mentality as liquid calories. People don't track it but they add up quick. Especially if you're having those trendy giant sugar filled ice "coffees"

[@Ryan_DeWitt]

Amen. This is the type of person who "swears" they are only eating 1000kcal a day and not losing weight and it is their hormones they blame. These people often get very, very mad when you say they likely are eating more than they think they are.

[@humanbean3]

@@boosqueezy2418 thats me. i eat once a day but its a large enough meal to keep me from losing (or gaining) weight. i also drink coffee with calories in it during the day so i might be disrupting the any of 23 hour fasting benefits that ppl say exist in different types of intermittent fasting.

[@lyddie8]

Realized I was doing that with nuts and creamer in my coffee once I started to pay attention- that stuff adds up quickly 😬

[@Kattlarv]

My favorite example of an episode, is when a woman claims to "not each that much". And is pressured by the cameras and... eats like she claims to. And drastically starts to lose weight.

[@chrisinreallife2022]

That was Ronny and Stewart! Lol ya she was really in denial about how much she ate, she was a really big girl and had to have been eating at least 4000 cal a day. Ya she aate a lot of 'healthy' stuff, but you still can't over due that. Plus, a lot of it was her 'healthy snacks'. When you have a lot of excess weight to lose, sorry but you don't need ANY snacks! Even healthy ones.

[@PLKinka]

@@chrisinreallife2022sorry, but you absolutely need snacks. Her kind of weight loss takes at least a year. If you don’t learn to snack healthily, you will either break and binge or yo-yo wildly. Cucumbers or salad or sour cabbage for example are easy to reach, easy to season, have fun texture and make you full, and all of them are around 120 kcal in kg. When I feel really bad and need to eat emotionally those saved me multiple times. Additional benefit? They fixed my gut health.

[@erintheunready7575]

​@@PLKinkaNobody on earth "needs" snacks. I eat small things here and there more than large meals just because I have a hiatal hernia, but I'm thinking of how that fits into my total daily goals. I don't plan out my whole day unless I know it's gonna be a super busy day. But if you "need" snacks to avoid a binge cycle I don't think you've really addressed the root issue. For some people, certainly eating more snacks than meals overall is the way to go, but if the thought of maybe going a few hours without consuming something really triggers you I would say that's an issue that's not going to be addressed by changing your food, it's going to be addressed with therapy.

[@chrisinreallife2022]

@@PLKinka Her weight loss could take longer than that. But no, you technically don't need snacks. those foods you mention are fine, but part of the problem with weight and the trouble losing it just isn't how much we eat, but it's also how often we eat. We need to give our insulin time to come down, as it hinders or straight-up stops your body from tapping into it's fat stores. The best way to do this? Not eating several times a day (and obviously a low carb diet but even if you dont do that). Weight is terribly hormonally driven. I've learned this over many a year of studying, researching, my own weight loss, and coaching others at weight loss. Also, MAYBE, you could have a snack (although it's still a bad idea due to the reasons I mention), if you have more of a hold of your eating, you're very active, and you're at a healthy weight. I've been both thin and obese, and someone like this girl does NOT have control of her eating to get that big. Snacks were sold to us by....you guessed it....people/companies who make and sell snacks. But there are exceptions and if it worked for you,, that's great.

[@Kattlarv]

@@chrisinreallife2022 Yeah, it was just hilarious. It's like on 600 pounds. Just "Wow! You *actually* stuck to the diet, wasn't allowed to lie or cheat and... LOST weight?! Despite saying it was *impossible* when you weren't being monitored?" xD

[@derekrequiem4359]

Something else to consider is that many people omit liquid calories because "those don't count". So all those 400 cal sugary Starbucks drinks aren't being taken into account.

[@LightestKing]

Absolutely, I used to gain so much from making 32oz bottles of iced coffee with tons of milk and sugary flavored creamer every. single. day. Never did I stop to consider I was drinking over 1000 calories every morning alone on top of whatever I ate, snacked on, or drank later on.

[@nararabbit1]

My husband's old girlfriend was on weight watchers and would eat table bread and food off his or his parents' plates and then say it "doesn't count". lol

[@bananawitchcraft]

This is so bizarre to me as an anorexic person whose brain is conditioned to be hyper-aware of anything containing sugar or fat. I could see myself forgetting about calories in liquor, but I don't drink anymore. Starbucks though? May as well order a dessert

[@Burlesqueteers]

No kidding! I looked at the correlation between the beginning of market dominance of Starbucks with the rising American obesity rates since then and there is definitely something there.Millions of people are ingesting 500 to almost 1000 kcal in their coffee beverages! Many likely not thinking it counts as calories.

[@davidcox3076]

When I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, sugared drinks were the first to go. The carbs and calories from them really do add up.

[@warnegoodman]

Michael's story reminds me of a meme I saw Breakfast - 300 kcal Lunch - 550 kcal Dinner - 750 kcal Dessert - 300 kcal Late night snack - 2,400,000 kcal

[@judeevans8303]

I understand how pretty much everyone under reports how much they eat, but to say you don't eat breakfast or lunch but then go out for lunch every single day is diabolical.

[@SueRosalie]

and we know from research that people eat much more when they eat out compared to when they eat at home.

[@zlatkakardaleva5738]

Maybe she typically goes out to lunch like 1-2 times per week instead of the 4 times on this particular week and she just forgot because it doesn't happen that much? Not saying she doesn't eat at home, just that she doesn't go out.

[@theparanoidandroid3583]

My hunch is that she wanted to avoid the cameras at home and forgot/wasn't aware that they have the "investigators" filming out of the house

[@isobelprior4499]

07:40 - I think they purposely place a really obvious camera (like on top of the fridge as that's where most of the food is kept) when they tell them they'll be under surveillance so it distracts them from the actual hidden cameras they place around the house that are more likely to capture secret eating :)

[@EllieofAzeroth]

This is a really good point, thank you! At first I thought it was just lazy as hell

[@poppyakers]

I recall that they would tell them they've got rid of the secret cameras but then continue to film them, to eventually reveal the differences in their food intake from when they know they are being filmed and when they think they are not. So I think it's possible that they made that one as obvious as possible in order to make them relax and behave normally when it's gone and they're under the impression that all of the cameras are gone.

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

"There's no way someone would think they never eat breakfast, they never eat lunch, the only thing thing they eat is vegetables and yet they are rapidly gaining weight." You'd be surprised. I have heard people make similar claims to this. But I know they're lying, and I'm pretty sure they know they're lying to some extent, but they will stand by these claims no matter what.

[@boosqueezy2418]

i don’t think they know it. they’re in deep denial

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

@@boosqueezy2418 even if they "forget" what they eat, they are making the choices. They know when they choose to have a third donut that it isn't a healthy decision, even if they don't remember it later, and when you are in that mindset, you know it.

[@xtinkerbellax3]

@@boosqueezy2418 Yea I think we underestimate denial. It seems to be the most common coping mechanism and people seemingly love to use it long term.

[@fionamb83]

My dad had no filter. And there was a quite overweight woman in his work. And she always like, had a couple of crackers and a salad at lunch. And was like "oh I eat very light". Dad said "and then you go home and hoover out the fridge". I don't think there was an active HR department in that workplace....

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

@@fionamb83 that's a moment where your eyes get wide and you think "hooooooly f-ck" and try not laugh because it's bullying... but also maybe she needs to hear it? 👀

[@AllanahMcCormack]

Brit here, now living in Canada. The jacket potato thing is legitimate. Baked beans and cheese. Super common to have this for lunch - there are food trucks around many towns and cities. Can buy them with various toppings. Fun fact; if I’m craving something from home I’ll get the potato from Wendy’s and add the cheese and beans when I get home.

[@rebel4466]

I never understood the baked beans thing of my British neighbors so to speak. It's bland, kinda artificial, still salty but sugary as well. Had a Heinz can, because I like beans and wanted to check them out... never had another lol But as long as you enjoy it, all is well

[@fificrazyzebra7375]

​@@rebel4466heinz is most popular but not the best baked beans really. Just good advertising. They add too much sugar and it ruins it imo.

[@Skett]

​@@fificrazyzebra7375agreed. I'd much rather have supermarket own brand to heinz really

[@deendrew36]

@@rebel4466in Canada we like our baked beans as well. Some brown sugar or molasses baked beans are so delicious! But yes…very sugary and kind of defeats the purpose of healthy beans.

[@MusikGirl23]

@@deendrew36I rinse off the sugar syrup from the beans. It helps.

[@kjlovescoffee]

8:32 "...she was actually snacking on her daughter's BREAKFAST. It's not like a few scoops of PUDDING are gonna make or break you..." Good god, she's feeding her infant chocolate mousse for breakfast 😳

[@Cara.s_Life_Is_Pink]

It blows my mind that people would feed that to their kids, but I think they kid themselves into thinking it's okay because those chocolate puddings are found next to the yoghurts inthe shop... like they're even remotely the same!

[@Kayra-r9e]

@@Cara.s_Life_Is_Pink And even yoghurts aren't all that healthy (unless it's plain Greek yoghurt) - they're basically desserts with high sugar content

[@laurencebureau7677]

​@@Kayra-r9e Greek yogurt is the devil

[@CallumRepairs]

@@Kayra-r9e My sister asked me to buy her some Greek yoghurt recently. It was full of crap. I picked up some natural yoghurt (1 ingredient as opposed to about 15) and told her to just add honey if she wanted to sweeten it.

[@fainitesbarley2245]

In the UK they sell these sweet tubs of muck in the yoghurt section and people even call them yoghurts.

[@ohjinmyoung7350]

We koreans are taught at school to brush after eating anything. We think its disgusting not to do so. So we brush at restaurants bathrooms after eating. At work, everywhere. This keeps us keenly aware of what we just ate and prevents us from snacking as its a chore to brush and floss again.

[@TeKnoVKNG23]

I'll bet your dentists love you for overbrushing.

[@Laura-mi3nv]

Just an aside from someone with weak enamal..... you should actually wait at least an hour before brushing your teeth after eating. After you eat, you teeth are at their weakest from the acids and such in your food. Experts recommend rinsing your mouth with water and then waiting an hour. But the teeth brushing thing is a great call. You are SUPER aware of what you eat if you brush your teeth, that is so true!

[@lizanna6390]

I started doing this when I realised I snack when I'm not hungry in the evenings

[@salguodrolyat2594]

Also toothpaste makes all sweet snacks taste terrible afterwards for an hour.😁

[@tashastarling6573]

That works for me too, when I'm at work. I should do some more brushing after meals at home for myself^^ Thanks for the comment. I did wonder because Korea is so fashionable and yet in the (very delicious) videos I see of Korean food it does look like the pungent veggies would affect the breath.

[@lisapop5219]

My husband was like Michael but worse. When he was in the military, he was out the door by 5:30 & didn't eat until dinner. He didn't stop until bedtime. It really caught up with him when he retired and wasn't exercising daily anymore. He rapidly gained 100lbs.

[@Itsthebigmac]

How is he now?

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

Even the Military gives people Breaks to eat....

[@MinouHime]

This is what happened to Bam Margera's dad. He played football but then got injured, but still continued to eat like someone that played football after so massive weight gain.

[@lisapop5219]

@@CordeliaWagner1999 he was one who never ate breakfast. During lunch, he would go to the gym or catch up on work. He lived on coffee and rarely, a subway sandwich.

[@lisapop5219]

@@Itsthebigmac in denial

[@LostBrit_292]

Brit here. Jacket potato, beans and cheese (other toppings can be used) is one of the best comfort foods, and it is both cheap and fast.

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

How much stress do you all have that you need so much comfort food?

[@astrothsknot]

@@CordeliaWagner1999 have you tried being British?

[@reppinTV]

@@CordeliaWagner1999what are you on about? Why on earth would you think eating a jacket potato is because of stress. What a stupid comment. Lost over 30 pounds having jacket, cheese and beans I have at least once a week because it’s tasty and can be used as part of a healthy diet. Save your judgement, you might end up happier

[@pastawater2969]

​@@astrothsknot can confirm as an Englishman, it's dire straits out here

[@GabrielAKAFinn]

@@CordeliaWagner1999 Have you seen london now? It's not much different from kabul. The pakis might be used to it but the brits are still coping.

[@Returntoyournature]

Hey Kiana! Just wanted to express my appreciation for you and your videos. I’m down 65 pounds and after 1.5 years, I’m finally at a happy and healthy weight. I did it all without stepping foot in the gym. I just made some minor changes to my diet, and avoided processed foods and oils. Thanks so much for the education you provide. You made a huge difference in my life❤

[@Barbabonbon]

Congratulations on your victory. You are doing great. Is there something wrong with also stepping in the gym in your opinion? one hour of training per day is less than 5% of your day yet will also have a great positive impact on your health.

[@sererev]

@@Barbabonbon the gym can be inaccessible to people for various reasons: location, time, money, physical ability... I'm sure OP already knows exercise is healthy, so let's just celebrate their success yeah?

[@paperigangsta]

​gym definitely isn't the only option, and an hour a day is quite a lot for many people tbh when you add getting there etc. also you need rest days from harder training. before i start my speech, op that's a huge feat! sounds like a long term lifestyle change that will last, that's amazing ❤ if op is interested in being more active, or for anyone interested, 2,5hrs of light to moderate cardio, or 1,25hrs of moderate to vigorous cardio per week (30 mins chunks work well) + muscle building excercise (preferably full body, home exercises are great too!) twice week is an amount that's recommended to greatly reduce your risk of cardiovascular and a lot of other health problems :) walking is a great start, or any other type of movement that *you're* into. doesn't only have to be heavy weight gym stuff and long distance running!

[@Returntoyournature]

@@Barbabonbon well I bike and walk frequently, so that has helped a lot. I can’t think of anything wrong with going to the gym, but I only mentioned that I did not because of the common misconceptions that the gym is the way to lose weight.

[@luisnunez5017]

​@@ReturntoyournatureYou are correct, the gym isn't the only form of "exercise" to lose weight. It's great to put on muscle and get stronger. But honestly, you biking and walking shows you're taking responsibility on having an active lifestyle and that's all that matters! :)

[@babarino7185]

I think Katie knew she was lying. How do you leave the house to eat at a restaurant and somehow believe you made your child food at home and only ate a bit of cucumber?

[@nottina1187]

Yea I think it’s more about feeling to embarrassed to admit on camera what your real habits. And i think the week they’re forced to write down their habits already forces them to be self aware enough to make better choices than you normally would

[@addorsubtract650]

She defnitely was lying. She ate every possible junk food there is except cucumbers or any veggies. She is so full of shi!! 😂

[@kangkhita]

I’m Bangladeshi and our version of jacket potato is white rice and dal. This is served on almost every family’s dinner table everyday, rich or poor.

[@Laura-mi3nv]

Is dal a bean? I googled, but not in depth. Its funny because beans and rice is such a staple around the world. You'd probably love Jamaican styles beans and rice with coconut. I can send a recipe if you're interested.

[@kangkhita]

@@Laura-mi3nv so “dal” is the name of the dish. It’s basically a spiced lentil curry. In Bangladesh, red lentils is the staple. I love Jamaican food actually. We have a lovely Jamaican restaurant in our neighborhood that serves authentic jerk chicken with a side of beans and rice and it’s delicious!!

[@walkingguy6409]

@@Laura-mi3nvyeah dal is a bean

[@_Blu-jay]

Dhal usually refers to red split lentil

[@Reviewland963]

I was definitely overeating, and when I started my food diary. I was shocked by how many calories I ate a day. Close to 3000 calories a day. I am a woman who is short, so 3000 calories are too much when I don't even work out. I had to stop lying to myself. That's the first step.

[@mcca0584]

A food scale and a food diary don’t lie. It’s shocked me too!

[@Abby-ug4xc]

As a tall woman who really struggles to get to 2k calories a day, I find it hard to imagine anyone eating 3k without noticing! Not judging, I just wish I had a big enough appetite to put on some weight finally

[@genericgamergirl]

​@@Abby-ug4xcIt's actually pretty easy to go over if you're eating a lot of meat and snack thorough the day and use lots and lots of condiments. Happened to me back when I was working in a high stress environment. Now that I'm out I'm losing around 10 lbs over the year (I'm not overweight but I went from the max limit to the min limit for my body size.)

[@Reviewland963]

@@Abby-ug4xc Yeah. It's possible. I was eating fast food for every meal plus eating cooked food from home and add some snacks like cookies, soda, sugar candies, chocolate etc... Trust me when I say it's possible. I still struggle with eating right and saying no when people offer me food. It is a struggle but now I know and it's time to change that. Hope that helped you understand more.

[@Abby-ug4xc]

@@Reviewland963 Thanks! Yeah I guess since I have food allergies/tolerances that make eating most pre-prepared/fast food impossible, I kind of forget it's as common as it is.

[@Artkatie]

It's sad how many people don't know, deny or lie that they're overeating...

[@russianhomecat3313]

Actually they know

[@dylankennedy6020]

Yeah before you start calorie counting you just kind of operate on a 'healthy vs unhealthy' binary. Salad= healthy you see.

[@SieMiezekatze]

Maybe rephrasing it as over consuming will be better , when i was obese i drank 3 milkshakes a day each one was 1200 calories and that was making me fat , they overconsume calories

[@suicideluv]

@@dylankennedy6020 Right? They fail to see the unhealthy side of "healthy" food, a salad is healthy in theory, but only when you don't put egg-based pasta and high cal mayo or ranch in it, 4000 cals of veggies is till 4000 cals. A lot of people that deny the fact that they're overeating fail to see that.

[@screamingopossum7809]

It's also a matter of they think that because something is labeled as "healthy" they can then eat something that's "unhealthy" as a balance.

[@thebigo3752]

Secret eaters is always a reality check

[@SunshineArt]

yeah totally.. over the time watching these vids, people seem to think: Snacks don't count, Fastfood and eating out doesn't count, Dinner at friends house doesn't count, Snacking on the kids leftovers doesn't count, Gifts from friends don't count, Sugar/cream dessert drinks eg: "coffee from starbucks" doesn't count. Drinks Soda/Juice/Milk doesn't count, Drinking Alcohol!! (it's basically all sugar calories) doesn't count, Every calorie eaten counts.

[@RoLee705]

So those 8:00 cameras aren’t meant to be hidden, to my knowledge. They’re meant to record them but make them think that those are the only cameras trained in them.

[@nehalilisays]

I know other Germans in the comments have said doner kebab and pretzels but I think the ultimate "everyone eats this all the time" food in Germany is bread with something on it. "Abendbrot" (evening bread) is a German synonym for dinner and when Germans move to other countries the food they tend to miss the most is (good) bread that isn't just white flour with air.

[@doriswinter7192]

Absolut, Brot!

[@carrained]

That's pretty funny because the Germans I know always buy Swedish bread with them when they go back home after visiting 🫣

[@NR-fg2qc]

Ahaha, I briefly worked with Katie when I picked and trained her to be my replacement when I left my old job. She's a lovely woman but I never would have guessed I'd still be seeing her face on KZbin over a decade later.

[@KianaDocherty]

Haha wow! That’s crazy!

[@Eightfathorses]

I used to eat Mayo like that! When I added up the calories I was mortified!

[@Enkye_CA]

I was just thinking I wanted to watch another Kiana Docherty video and here we are.

[@OhiChicken]

I literally opened her channel to scroll and try and find something I haven't seen yet and saw this xD I thought it said 6 months ago but when I clicked it and saw 20 views, I double checked and it said 6 minutes ago xD letsgooo early squad 😊

[@zellalaing5439]

Saaaaaaame

[@gamer4ever838]

calories makes you fat. so even if its healthy you can gain weight. if the calories in that salat is too high

[@SYNTAAX84]

“We can’t make changes if we’re lying to ourselves, or in denial.”

[@yummines]

I think the reason people like that show so much is that it shows that a lot of people don't overeat because they have some kind of mental issue or are gluttons. They just aren't actively thinking about what they're eating since their mind is so pre-occupied with other things. It's incredibly easy to get calorie dense food for cheap. A couple hundred years ago that would've been a boon, but in the modern day it's causing weight gain.

[@Yalyublyukakashki]

KIANA WE NEED A NICOCADO AVOCADO VIDEO RIGHT NOW

[@Harvesterain]

I was 285lbs in 2020. I was eating fast food two times per day. Two bagels with cream cheese and a 600 calorie coffee plus whatever my ex-husband brought home (Dairy Queen, Taco Bell, Burger King, McDonalds, etc). I got divorced in 2020 and moved in with my parents. Got into changing my lifestyle by eating less of what I already wanted to eat; smaller portions, less often. Lost 55lbs just doing that! Then, unfortunately, I developed gastroparesis as a complication of my immunodeficiency disorder. I have lost another 90lbs unintentionally and am underweight now. I now struggle to eat 1200 calories per day. I can't imagine my old life, eating 2500 to 3500 calories per day or more. People really don't realize how much they're consuming. Now, on the totally other side of the spectrum, I have been humbled by my past and my present. I eat consciously and with health and nutrition in mind only.

[@Sara_CloudzYT]

i ain’t read that

[@JamesLacroixx]

I'm sorry about your health complications, that sounds awful, on top of a divorce. I hope things are somewhat better for you now, and if not I hope they get better soon.

[@KGrace0001]

@@Sara_CloudzYTNo one asked

[@tv-21]

I think I don't eat alot but I was snacking like 20 times.a day. I gained 20 pounds in one month.

[@lioninguccisuit]

@@Sara_CloudzYT I miss times when youtube wasan't full of bots/kids with anime pics that acted edgy when nobody cared for their existence, no wonder why no one spend time with you irl that you're forced to get to youtube and act edgy ..

[@zellalaing5439]

The thing with Jacket Pots and Beans is that its remained one of those really cheap, super convienent meals that has a wholesome feel to it. A lot of post-war british food seems to have some level of ration-culture influence and jacek and beans feels very much like that.

[@romanw6636]

That may be true and theoretically be possible to order jacket potatoes at certain restaurants (e.g. Wetherspoons allows you to swap fries for a jacket potato) it's certainly not what most people end up eating at those restaurants.

[@grahvis]

I used to get frozen baked potatoes, which were surprisingly good and only took a few minutes to cook. Very tempting for an easy meal.

[@hootiemcboob6332]

Jacket potato with cheesy beans is the ultimate comfort food!

[@chrysalis4126]

A jacket potato with beans is very high in fibre so not that unhealthy, its how much cheese is put on top that's the problem.

[@bcaye]

​@@romanw6636, Wendy's has had baked potatoes for decades. Pretty good, too.

[@Kagrenackle]

I even underreport the food I ate to myself in internal monologues. It's so prevalent I'll start my day by saying I'll eat meals only and no snacks and then proceed to justify eating a snack and then tell myself it wasn't that much. Being aware of that helps me move forward.

[@camilagomesc]

I’m from Brazil and our jacket potato is rice and beans. We have literally everyday at lunch, at least, together with a protein, salad and something else. But we do variations of it, so it never gets boring.

[@yourlittlemeowreen58]

as a belarusian i think our "jacket potato" is tomato, cucumber and onion salad with sour cream. Everyone eats it, it goes well with any food :D It's not a strictly belarusian thing to eat but it's super common here

[@de4dly_n1ghtshade]

That sounds so delicious omg. Might have to make some

[@writer_jane4912]

Bracing for the Italians yelling about Carbonara not using cream.

[@lachouette_et_le_phoque]

to be fair, a random British person making a "carbonara" is probably pretty likely to use cream :D

[@rosetta1029]

Are they just not using pasta water in the sauce? It's got cheese and egg in it already, you don't need cream!

[@sususest8541]

I'm not Italian and I want to yell to not use cream in Carbonara. NO CREAM.

[@nararabbit1]

@@sususest8541 Well, it is a very creamY sauce so it's an understandable mistake for someone who hasn't made it before ( or came across a bad recipe). Carbonara is one of my favorite things to make, but it's such a calorie bomb I only eat it a couple times a year!

[@karjo1625]

With cream and ham... it is the BRITISH CARBONARA :D

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

When I was skinny I used to believe people like this. Then I gained some weight, and have lost about half of it, and now I just can't with people like this. When I gained weight, I knew exactly why, and I didn't ever deny that it was because I was consuming excess calories. Now I have a friend who's seen me lose weight, and she wants to as well, but does this whole song and dance of pretending she's doing everything right but it's just not working when she isn't. I've just told her straight up, if you're not losing weight, you're not creating a calorie deficit. Simple as that. She's tried to fight that but I tell her it's basic science and an undeniable fact. It's been months, and after staying firm with her about it and not believing her excuses (but being patient, loving and supportive), she's actually starting to lose weight! It also blows me away how little a lot of people like this actually know about food... she didn't know how to read a nutrition label and believed energy drinks burned fat, among many other things. This is really stuff we need to be teaching in school.

[@AlexBobalexRavenclaw]

That’s crazy that she believed energy drinks burn fat 😂

[@rebel4466]

That's why the fat advocate people hate ex-fats. They exactly know what's wrong and will speak out about it

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

@@AlexBobalexRavenclaw ikr? I told her that wasn't true and she was like, "it is, and anyway..." all trying to move on like that's a normal thing to believe. I stopped her and said, no, it isn't, and I want you to tell me where you heard this, because no energy drink company would make such a claim, that would be an illegal lie. Turns out, she saw somewhere that Celsius "burns fat", and when I looked into it, it turns out their claim was that the drink gives you energy so you can more easily exercise and burn fat. Why she turned that into the drink itself burning fat? Idk.

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

@@rebel4466 I'm all about body positivity, but yeah, if you're 350lbs and you're telling me you exercise regularly and have a healthy diet, I'm gonna call you out. If you wanna be fat, or you enjoy the lifestyle that keeps you fat more than you would enjoy being in shape, then fine! I'm not gonna tell you how to live. Just don't lie about it ffs.

[@sus4nah]

They are teaching this stuff in schools. Some people are just stupid.

[@AinaIzzah]

Not sure if this counts but I think Malaysia’s “Jacket Potato” is the Nasi Lemak which is rice cooked in coconut milk and serve with your choice of sides/protein (my choice is usually a sunny-side up egg with herb-fried chicken).

[@justsomeplantcells-]

fried rice takes skill, potato... not so much.

[@takoyucky]

@@justsomeplantcells-it’s not a fried rice dish. It’s cooked rice with various accompaniments around it

[@joelle4226]

That sounds good

[@Marta1Buck]

​@@joelle4226it is good, I always eat my veggies first so I don't overeat

[@stevenbest4841]

Ok, that sounds amazing!!

[@user-ut7wi1if9q]

I think there's also the opposite of this phenomenon where very thin people claim that they "eat so much" and that they just don't gain and that it's really hard for them to put on weight. And then you see their eating habits and it all makes sense

[@v_oaklyn1127]

These people are also eating plates of calorie dense foods. A massive salad with lean protein and healthy fats such as extra virgin olive oil and vinegar is different than an entire pizza or a massive plate of refined carbs

[@SadiaKausar-xz8by]

19:10 No, garlic bread and mayo is not a British thing 🤣

[@tigerlillysbookcorner4492]

That combo is truly grim

[@breew7126]

like girlll get some tomato sauce!!!!

[@garroshhellscream594]

There's no cream in a real carbonara. The sauce is made of cheese (pecorino romano, parmiaggiano), eggs, and a bit of the water of the pasta. The meat is guanciale. So saying carbonara with a lot of vegetables is like saying an icecream when it's just chocolate.

[@misspeaches1144]

I HIGHLY doubt the carbonara she makes is traditional Italian carbonara. Probably some british version with ham and cream sauce. So it wasn’t carbonara to begin with 😅 the video of the tv show with Italian chef saying if grandma had wheels she would be a bicycle comes to mind 😂

[@kaycollarfeild]

​@misspeaches1144 yeah British carbonara is nothing like a real one 😂

[@andieallison6792]

Did she ever claim to be making a ReaL cArBoNaRa

[@danidejaneiro8378]

This show is from UK, so yes, there is cream in carbonara.

[@sheeniebeanie2597]

ooohhh... guanciale is high fat

[@hermionethatsme]

From India here.. Our jacket potato would be vada pav or biriyani or shawarma (depending on the time of the day)

[@anpanbbang9469]

shawarma is not indian

[@mesangmom]

Potatoes are not british.

[@hermionethatsme]

The dish doesn't have to be "Indian". Jacket potato is more of a concept of a 'go-to dish'.. A dish that majority think of first while planning to eat out.

[@Nalijay]

Yum!

[@visi9856]

​@@hermionethatsmeshawarma isn't very popular in India. Born and raised Indian.

[@tragdar]

Our 'jacket potato' in the US is sadly the cheeseburger

[@CH4NN3L_o_o]

Cheeseburgers can be healthy when made with lean beef, real cheese, non-fried veggies, and thinner buns.

[@jam541]

@@CH4NN3L_o_oi agree, cheeseburgers dont have to be processed and high calorie. u can definitely make them healthy

[@tragdar]

@@CH4NN3L_o_o For sure, it's a shame that's not the standard

[@ashleybankscoaching]

I agree

[@CherryMoon-c1g]

The worst part is the fries and the soda, but for sure the cheeseburger is def our jacket potato. (Funnily jacket potato with homemade baked beans has become a staple meal in my house, the Brits aren't wrong, it's a comforting but also pretty healthy with all the fiber). Nice little side salad and that is like a perfect dinner. lol. Cheers!

[@eimeartheirishstitcher]

I'm Irish. Our jacket potato is probably... also jacket potato 😂

[@PunkySpunky]

Fun fact a jacket potato is called a baked potato in America

[@dzinypinydoroviny]

In Czechia, there are many such "jaket potato equivalents", one of the most notable being "Smažák": a deep-fried block of cheese (usually eidam), most often served with tartar sauce. All in all, it's fat soaked in fat served with potatoes soaked in fat dipped into more fat 😅

[@RenataBartilotti]

Here in Brazil, rice is mandatory. It used to be rice and beans together, but brazilians are not eating beans as much as they used to. Thats the base lunch with a protein. Salad and vegetables should be on our plate as well.

[@SwissMarksman]

"rice is mandatory" Do you live in a dictatorship or something?

[@RenataBartilotti]

@@SwissMarksman Hyperbole

[@katkajarolimkova4290]

Typical loved by all food in Czech Republic is fried cheese with fries. We call it "smažák" because the word for frying is "smažit".. And we love it so much you can find alternatives like fried cheese in a bun, different types of cheese used in this dish.. I also love it

[@weaaray7239]

yeah we love it so much we even have it on mcdonnalds menu once a year :D sýrová sezóna :)

[@rebel4466]

Yet, Czech obesity is preeeeetty low. Eastern Europe does many things right

[@olgamehraj1101]

Wow, in Ukrainian the word for frying sounds absolutely the same as in Czech ❤

[@CherryMoon-c1g]

Oh my husband got to go to Prague years ago, (someday he'd like to take me to visit). He said the food was so amazing. That they had a lot of hearty stews with offal, (I'm quite adventurous and down), I love pate on a Bahn mi, so I know offal can be very tasty! The fried cheese with fries also sounds quite delightful.

[@marty8895]

​@@rebel4466 Actually Eastern Europen countries are among the fattest in Europe.

[@MatcDesiGn]

I am French and I guess our jacket potato would be fresh bread with cheese. The type of cheese changes depending of the region. Most people eat that after the main course and before the desert, it’s a course in itself.

[@agathacristtinettt]

In Brazil our "jacket potato" is beans and rice! Most brazilians eat that on lunch or dinner

[@Marte0107]

In Ireland there is a real culture around the chicken fillet roll from the deli counter. A bread/ batter coated hot chicken fillet cut up into a demi-baguette with a variety of salad like fillings and sauce. Delicious! But when I read years ago these things can easily clock up a 1000 calories it turned me off them a little 😅 But would definitely get one as a treat because they’re a 10/10 👍

[@nickygouldstone3532]

Few observations, the "huge plate" is from a restaurant called TGI Fridays, looks to be most probably a sizzling fajita plate. The "6 pack of doughnuts are in fact Krispy Kreme doughnuts and we don't have 6 pack boxes of these, only boxes for 3 or 12 so likely a 12 box there edue to it's size :)

[@rebel4466]

Interesting!

[@SunnyMorningPancakes]

I was thinking that it's definitely a 12 pack.

[@yourlocalofficechair7953]

3 or 12?? That's quite a jump in amount lmao

[@nickygouldstone3532]

@@yourlocalofficechair7953 yup, Krispy Kreme wants you to get one, or loads haha

[@HomegirlMontoyaDPS]

​@@yourlocalofficechair7953tangential and no one asked but taco bell does a similar thing with the cinnabon delights and it's such a bummer. when they first came out, the options were 2, 4, 6, and 12, and i would usually get a 4 pack, or 6 if i was sharing with a friend. then they changed it to only 2 or 12 :(

[@Luumus]

Portugal's "jacket potato" is probably fish of some kind, likely cod fish, likely boiled or grilled with veggies and maybe chickpeas with olive oil and bread. It's a really common dish to eat for dinner during the week, or with family on the weekends and it's even our most common Christmas meal. If there's anyother Portuguese out there, feel free to confirm or deny. xD

[@ManifestingShrink]

Bacalhau! 🎉

[@carlotaoliveiraandrade3173]

Chicken stew with peas and carrots? Rice and chicken fillet?

[@annamichalska6144]

In Poland it's Doner, you can find it everywhere. From polish foods - breaded pork chops with potatoes and root vegetable salad. Basic dish in many bars and thing you can see on Sunday dinner. And pierogi - In bars, in food trucks, inexpensive ready meals in supermarkets. I don't eat them so often at home because they take time to make but still eat them many times a year.

[@merihseriz821]

Same in Germany. I was born and grow up in Turkey, later moved to Germany and I am shocked how many people are consuming Döner in Germany. And very often too.

[@PersonallyOptimistic]

If I liked in Poland I'd be absolutely obese. Love the food.

[@archangel_josh]

I work in an office and the amount of people that just snack ALL DAY every day is astounding. Right now I can see the common table with chips, biscuits, chocolate, slices sitting there for everyone to help themselves to. Years ago I worked with a man who used to eat cashew nuts out of his draw non stop and he told me they're "very healthy". Sure, maybe if you have 40g of them. Not a whole bag every day. He was obese, I don't think I need to mentioned that.

[@SwissMarksman]

Of course those people get to this point of getting out of breath by just getting out to collect the post. People are so clueless it's fucking horrendous.

[@FarHowling]

The cashew guy reminds me of a diabetic dude in my former workplace who one day proudly proclaimed that he switched from drinking 2 liters of Cola a day... to drinking 2 liters of apple juice. He was convinced this was a healthy decision, because apple=healthy.

[@amiapsychopat]

nuts are healthy but they have a LOT of calories. one bag can have 800-1500

[@SerpentineSeiđr]

As a Brit, I can confirm that jacket potatoes are a beloved staple light meal. They don't always have cheese and baked beans, but they're probably the most common topping. However, and other Brits can correct me if I'm wrong here, but the first thing that goes inside a jacket potato is butter! Then the cheese/beans combo. No, it probably doesn't need butter, but there we are. Another very common meal that is similar, is beans on toast. I would say I have beans on toast a lot more than I have a jacket spud. It's easier and takes less time, and I'm pretty lazy when it comes to making food. It's a lot less substantial than a potato, but I will chuck a couple of veggie sausages in the air fryer, chop them up and put them on top of the beans on toast, upgrading it to beans and sausages on toast. Fun fact, the lazier way to get beans and sausages on toast is to buy a tin of Heinz beans and sausages (yes, that comes in tins, but the sausages are these mini hot dog looking things).

[@rathelmmc3194]

Secret Eaters has got to be the most educational food show that’s been on television. It should be showed in high school health classes. First, pretty much everyone on the show is normal. They’re all between 200 and 300 pounds or so. So it’s not a bunch of people with mental health issues and a psychologically unhealthy relationship with food. Second it constantly shows how many calories are in food that tastes good. Along with that it shows how many calories the average person drinks between juices, sodas and alcohol. Third it shows how “easy” it is to actually lose weight through pretty simple diet modifications. Like if you want to lose weight stop drinking calories. And lastly as said in the video it shows how delusional we all are with food consumption.

[@HFC786]

Well you could eat veggies but if it’s 3000 calories of veggies every day it’s not as good as you think

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

Is it 3000 calories or veggies or 3000 calories of salad dressing? Because you'd have to eat about 16lbs of carrots to reach 3000 calories. These people are not consuming excess calories of purely vegetables.

[@HFC786]

@@whelkpeopleofdoom 1500 of both

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

@@HFC786 so 8lbs of carrots, or a similar weight of some other veggies? No.

[@stephaniephouotrides2435]

​@@whelkpeopleofdoomYou can't eat 3000 cal of veggies

[@dylankennedy6020]

Remember Ceasar dressing is like 160cal per tablespoon.

[@wryterzblock]

I have accepted that I will journal my food intake for most of the rest of my life. Every time I stop, I slowly start gaining weight again.

[@JP-ve7or]

🤜🤛

[@dimitrakaramanogou9324]

same, tracking saved me.

[@plaster.art.ho3]

This was my sign.... I gained weight recently and I think i know why

[@nararabbit1]

Yep! I had a therapist & nutritionist put me on "intuitive" eating. I've learned my body intuitively wants to eat more than it actually needs, lol. I track my food, not obsessively; just the fact of recording it causes me to eat a few bites less, skip that snack, etc. Lost 75 lbs with tracking alone before I even touched a workout (beyond daily walking I already did).

[@seltzermint5]

same! It's crazy. I don't have very strong hunger and satiety cues so I could literally eat 800 cal on Monday and 4000 cal on Tuesday and feel like all's well in my world. I need to track my calories. I lost over 100 lb with that and have kept it off, but when I stopped tracking for 1 year I gained about 15 lb. That is not a whole lot on a tall adult but it's definitely too much, I went back to tracking of course. I "know" good eating habits and portion sizes now, of course, but I'll still have to track for life.

[@MaddieFishblob]

As an Arab our “jacket potato” is definitely humus…. to the point where I’ll see a cookie jar at my grandma’s house and get excited, only to open it and find its full of humus ☠️. But in the summer it’s probably also watermelon with jibneh cheese. I’d say the most famous jacket potato tho is Koreans and their kimchi 😆

[@Laura-mi3nv]

I think I'd like your grandma's house! "Laura, why did you show up unannounced with a veggie tray?" Laura: heads straight to cookie jar. I just moved from a city with the most amazing Lebanese restaurant. Their hummus was so divine. There's nothing like it in my new city :(

[@MaddieFishblob]

@@Laura-mi3nv Aw bummer abt the move-especially cuz humus sold in grocery stores usually stinks XP But if u ever wanna make it at home in bulk, it’s not hard & will probably taste pretty similar to a good restaurant 😉 just put a bunch of garbanzo beans in a blender with olive oil, lemon juice, tahini & garlic. Blend and ur good 2 go

[@Nalijay]

Australians' jacket potato is alcohol. It is seriously normal to drink daily here. I know lots of people who will drink a whole bottle of wine every night.

[@chrystiafreelandscankles548]

Ahahahahahaha! This is SO awesome. (I guess i’m an Aussie at heart)

[@Sealegs9]

I’m vegan and I swear sometimes when I eat out, even the salads aren’t even vegan. They’re all covered in meat and cheese and dairy dressing. People think they’re eating “healthy” but they just have no clue

[@beyond-liberalism]

Did you use to struggle with overeating? Just curious.

[@SwissMarksman]

at least you mentioned that you're Vegan.

[@EmyN]

Right? I’m vegan too and it was eye opening to see how dairy in particular permeates foods, and then people think they are eating something low cal but it’s really not

[@Sealegs9]

@@SwissMarksman at least you made that joke

[@MrCmon113]

It's way more healthy to eat a salad with meat or milk products in it. The leafs in salad are basically just good for the taste and have a nutritional value similar to grass. You can't build a house just with bolts and screws. The proteins are the bricks and the fats and carbs the mortar. Everything else is of minor importance.

[@noodlessurprise]

It’s raining, it’s summer and I am a Brit having a jacket potato with cheese & coleslaw as I watch this. Ooh we love a jacket.

[@SpookyBlueNStuff]

A pox to anyone who says British cuisine is boring. As an American, I eat more jacket potatoes than I do cheeseburgers! They're lovely

[@marysueundead99]

KIANA IS BACK, WHEN THE WORLD NEEDS HER MOST SHE RETURNS

[@andrewjackson244]

She's a liar. She's a complete and total liar. That's not denial, that's dishonesty.

[@maggieschroeder2400]

I think my favorite thing about you is how you understand people aren’t just a study. We see a lot of content and sighted studies but I appreciate how you bring about this information

[@cke2]

0:57 justice for Dawn ✊✊✊😂

[@KianaDocherty]

😂

[@SH3V3K_14]

Yeah! ✊✊✊

[@gamer4ever838]

calories makes you fat. so even if its healthy you can gain weight. if the calories in that salat is too high

[@thatdamnac]

​@@gamer4ever838exactly, for example avocado is healthy too but has high amounts of fat/calories. the difference with some healthy high caloric foods is the amount of fiber and this makes you more full, so you eat less.

[@gamer4ever838]

@@thatdamnac we almost forgot about the hormones some girls have that prevents them to lose weight. you know, the ones that destroy calories so defecit wont help anymore 😆😆😆

[@MikoYotsuya292]

Its always the damn mayo 😂

[@overgrown_gardengnome]

Justice for Dawn

[@katiagardnerthorpe]

I can confirm that jacket potato is a British classic in all school growing up and household families!! You can put ALL SORTS of toppings from tuna, to beans to chicken and beyond! It’s so easy can me microwaved or oven baked 😂😂

[@wenddo]

0:02 who else struggles with being in denial.. i know i was for YEARS.😭

[@p0neh1]

Bot

[@FoxuPony]

​@@p0neh1Omg is that what this was ?! I thought I was going crazy, because I swear I had been seeing a comment that quoted something about the 2nd second of the video on every single video, and i just couldn't understand why

[@p0neh1]

@@FoxuPony Yes, they just take the first words they can recognise in the video, add a timestamp (what human would timestamp 2 seconds in ☠️) and then write something about those words it recognised

[@FoxuPony]

@@p0neh1 what's the point tho, what do they get out of it

[@bangtwitterandtwicetagram830]

@@p0neh1thank you so much for explaining I thought there was something wrong with my phone or my mind 😂❤

[@KaliKali-hv9bt]

17:59 love that her brother rated her out 😂😂😂😂

[@hermanlichtenthaler-gaming8126]

In Norway🇳🇴, I would say our “jacket potato” is open-faced sandwiches. It is very common here to have slices of bread with various cold cuts, jams or other spreads. We often eat these for both breakfast and lunch for several days a week. Anyways love your videos, keep it up!🇳🇴

[@philosophicalblueberry8986]

or do it like my dad when my moms not at home and have bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner lol. fortunately, its not terribly unhealthy if you stay away from the jam and dont go crazy on the cheese, and eat whole grain bread with lots of fibre, like rye, oat and barley bread.

[@dearbronte686]

The jacket potato for Australia is a meat pie. Single serve size (about 10 cm across), often eaten on the run. Usually obligatory blob of tomato sauce on top. I also love jacket potatoes but I haven't seen a dedicated fast food store for it.

[@ED-eh6iq]

Yes meat pie for sure 👍 I don’t know if we have a food that you make at home? Maybe cheese on toast?

[@klaytonalexandermatthews2047]

Lemme tell you, as a Scottish lad, it's genuinely shocking how much people think they eat healthy. But I'm very no BS and I often call it out when I see it and it does help my friends to see how they actually AREN'T eating healthy. At all. edit: my baked tattie (jacket potato) is often beans and cheese, or tuna, but always a side salad with a nice honey mustard dressing. Tatties and salad are a delicious combo

[@orangespruce]

I need a friend like you, mate, no bullshit, calls me out on my bullshit, love that, lol.

[@mayannaise77]

it would help if only the friends don't take it personally :( usually people would dismiss and call you rude even though you're saying the truth

[@astrothsknot]

awrite son! Baked tattie brigade in the HOOOOOOOOOSE

[@salsadip7453]

As an Austrian, same. A little side salad or a few sad, cooked to death veggies with schnitzel, French fries, fatty meats and all those creamy and buttery cakes (delicious but not healthy) And ok the alcohol…

[@klaytonalexandermatthews2047]

@@mayannaise77 yeeeeah, they do! but I don't care much about that. If they get upset, that's on them

[@andrewsasala6841]

Because I live in Buffalo NY, our “jacket potato” is chicken wings. I know they’re popular everywhere, but here it’s not even a “once a week” food, they’re ubiquitous!

[@Laura-mi3nv]

I figured the American jacket potato would be mac and cheese. It seems to be everywhere and most people do love it.

[@pants9969]

as someone who's been on a health journey for the past year and a half, i think a big issue is that people dont understand calories. i actually only recently really took up to pay attention to calories and all that stuff, and oh boy let me tell you it really sunk in QUICKLY that one chocolate bar is basically a whole meal's worth of calories. if not more. which is why snacking is so dangerous because small amounts of high-calorie foods really do not feel that filling, so we're tricked into thinking we really didnt eat that much when in reality we are doing SO much damage i dont encourage super-strict calorie counting and all that as for many people it can lead down a dangerous path, but i definitely reccommend trying it out at least for a while because it really opened my eyes to how much certain foods weigh. and this goes for both healthy & unhealthy foods. also mayonnaise is a KILLER. i was genuinely so shocked when i realise how much butter and mayo weigh it really is just a lack of knowledge in most cases (or at least how it was in mine)

[@ManifestingShrink]

At around 5:20- just so you know Kiana, that point of “they might have asked her to make it more dramatic” - British shows can’t be scripted! (Unless it’s a fictional show of course) so that’s all her own words haha

[@kaylenkitty]

I didn’t know that!

[@koolkat123]

Still, anything can be edited or cut out to seem a certain way. Plus I'm not even sure if that's true I can't find anything about that online

[@poppyakers]

Nah, Love Island is definitely scripted. I saw a clip of a scene where the girl's nail varnish kept changing colour haha. And the acting is just so very bad.

[@stephenr6913]

Perhaps we should adopt the idea that we stop eating when we stop being hungry, not eating until we're full...

[@MrCmon113]

Then you need to eat again soon afterwards. Snakes have it right.

[@CaptainHieronymusLex]

Well this is exactly where lies the problem. Overweight people can't feel satiated underweight people don't feel hungry.

[@Dorinaaah]

In Germany has to be Döner. Literally flatbread filled with kebab meat and cocktail sauce and a bit of cabbage and tomatoes and cucumbers. Filling, tasty and with plenty of calories. If you try it you can't live the same without it 😅

[@YellowFreesias]

I switched to salads from our local Turkish place - they swap the Doner wrap with a pile of veges and I use a low carb wrap - still has the 12/10 taste but it more than halves the calories and stretches to two meals

[@Itsstuff7328]

That's like in France. It's called un Grèc, with or without fries! Pretty much the same thing.

[@MrCmon113]

​@@YellowFreesiasYou can't substitute meat with just any vegetables. Unless you eat an ungodly amount of them. Hummus and falafel can partially make up for the protein.

[@bigasspockets]

Agreed!

[@bigasspockets]

Once had someone visit from the US and he had three Döner in the span of an hour 😂 the guys at the shop laughed the first time he came back, then looked scared the second time

[@Sib666]

Here in Finland a food that comes to mind is Makaronilaatikko, which translates literally to macaroni box, but it is a casserole dish. It is extremely basic. You brown some ground beef with onions, whisk some eggs and milk together, boil the macaroni and pour it all into a casserole dish. It is often topped with some shredded cheese, usually an emmental and eaten with ketchup. It is not something you order at a restaurant though, it is very much a household or a school cafeteria type of meal. School lunch is free here up until university and even then the government supports the university lunch program, so I would say almost every Finnish person has had this food at some point in their life. A lunch at the cafeteria is 1.85€ at my university, so that is also very affordable. Eating out wise Finland has a lot of combined pizza and kebab shops run by turkishf immigrants. It is a very specific type of pizza to be honest and it tastes completely different to something like Pizza Hut. I would say it is 100% the most common food to have when eating out during free-time, but not during work hours. During lunch breaks people usually go to specific lunch restaurants that are only open at lunch and they serve healthy-ish homestyle meals with salad bars.

[@timothygalvez9629]

Nah fam, that little edit after they said they didn’t eat much has me dead 💀 😂 0:22

[@ANoiteolhaporvoce]

in brazil our cultural lunch is black beans, rice, some meat, salad and another carb like pasta or fries!

[@fl-ri-]

Just an observation I've had as an Englishman. Jacket potatos are almost exclusively eaten by people who don't know how to cook. I remember my parents making them for me as a child and vividly remember thinking it was an awful meal. There's a jacket potato take away in my town centre, most people I see inside it are quite large.

[@rebel4466]

That's often the reason for people eating out. It's hard to find a healthy fit person that doesn't at least know their way around a kitchen pretty well. Of course you can starve yourself easily, that's why I included healthy/fit. I'm on a good home cook level for example and I avoid a ton of food outside, because I can pull it off better myself or at least equal, but for a fraction of the price.

[@everchangingskies]

when i was a child and lived in a b&b for homeless all we lived on was microwave jacket spuds. i cant bare them to this day but love a proper oven roasted crispy one that has 5 mins in the microwave first, i thnk im a good cook too

[@peanutnutter1]

I don't know of any Jacket Potato take away places in East London.

[@CherryMoon-c1g]

Oh how funny, I love to make homemade baked beans and jacket potato, but I've never been to Britain, I just saw it and thought it sounded delicious. But I did try it once with canned baked beans, and omg the amount of sugar, the beans were in like a syrup. (Not sure if the British version is less sweet). But trust me homemade baked beans on a baked potato is delicious, especially since you can control everything that goes in. Cheers!

[@SunnyMorningPancakes]

I would like to say that British baked beans have less sugar in them. Also there are multiple 'big' brands in addition to supermarket brands. So you can usually find one that suits you. Also because secret eaters is quite old I think they were all going to spud-u-like which eventually got taken over by minor TV celebrity chef James Martin, there are far fewer of them now. I love a good jacket potato, but as said above it has to be really crispy on the outside. Beans and cheese is only one of many topping options. And I definitely lost weight when I was eating them more regularly -which would have been about 3 times a week while I was at uni, unless I was lazy and did beans and cheese on toast for speed. I think the difference is whether you view a jacket potato with toppings as a snack or as a main meal. I fall into the second category.

[@sergeipohkerova7211]

A lot of these obese people who claim to eat very little, or claim to eat only healthy things and in moderation, and claim to exercise will probably have different data if an uninvested third party was monitoring their actions. As in, "I hardly eat anything" might more accurately be "I ate an entire Dominos Pizza and a two liter of cola as one of my two such meals today."

[@teaiz94]

It is very easy to feel as though you haven't eaten anything when you eat foods that are very calorie dense but not filling at all. This is why a lot of people are talking about protein and fiber as eating those things help one not to overeat. I've struggled off and on with my weight and find it much easier to lose or maintain when I eat more protein and fiber as opposed to eating a bunch of highly palatable calorie dense foods that only make me want to overeat more.

[@cuteface88]

​@@teaiz94 Fiber is the indigestible part of a plant. Eating it is a bad idea. Meat and organs are what humans in nature eat and they have no idea what counting calories means.

[@sererev]

@@teaiz94 yuup! and you don't even need to eat "unhealthy" food to fall into this trap: cheese, nuts, dried fruit are all healthy but if you're trying to fill up on them you'll be gaining FAST!

[@Shoegaze-]

There was a study that basically did this and all of the people lost weight.

[@MrCmon113]

It doesn't even matter. Lets say they have some enzyme giving them a much more efficient digestion. They would still steer their bodyweight in the same way as everyone else, by eating more (or less) until they gain (or lose) weight.

[@LP1989RC]

Intermittent fasting has helped me so much. I have a late lunch and an early dinner, and then fast. It helps so much! No mindless snacking

[@kiiludida]

I love the content on Secret Eaters. I watched every episode and now I'm watching it again because you're adding new content to my favorite TV show 😅

[@JessieJellybeans]

I LOVED this show and now I love your breakdowns of it. We need a new Secret Eaters 2024!

[@zellalaing5439]

Michael Moseley did one series of a similiar type of show 😢 RIP

[@pinky8167]

Aussie here, I reckon either a Bunnings snag (sausage on white bread with options of cooked onions/tomato sauce/mustard) or a bacon and egg roll would be our jacket potato equivalent.

[@FEVERDREAM889]

In America, a Bunnings is called a hotdog, and we really love them too!

[@popartpistol]

@@FEVERDREAM889 Bunnings is the hardware shop that sells them. It's from a sausage sizzle they have on the weekends to raise money for various things (sports clubs, charities etc). The snag is an actual sausage, not a hot dog, and it's on a piece of white bread, not a bun.

[@popartpistol]

I was thinking the Australian style sushi roll. Apparently it's because a lot our sushi shops were owned by Koreans in the 90's when takeaway sushi places opened here. They have something called gimbap which they translated to sushi.

[@cara.m3llow328]

Hi a german viewer Here 👋 Our jacked potato is traditional served with a some kind of sour cream made of quark cheese, mild yoghurt, fresh herbs, seasoned with salt, black pepper and sometimes garlic. And sometimes we pour melted butter on it 😅

[@kaydreamer]

That sounds delicious. 🤤

[@j.j.3759]

She means what's the equivalent of something we eat as often as the British eat the jacket potato. Not the German version of a jacket potato. I'd say it's Döner if we're talking fast food and bread in general if we're talking food that's eaten almost daily, even prepared at home.

[@arikalamari19]

the quark with peeled potatos is low in calories and taste in comparison to the jacket potato, i would say döner, sausages with pommes and rotisserie chicken is consumed way more often

[@miaa7968]

As an Aussie, I feel like our jacket potato is either a chicken parma/parmi, OR a smashed avo toast.

[@TheCoolreaper44]

The Dominican Republics Jacket Potato is "los tres golpes". It is mashed green plantains as the main and the three sides are, fried eggs, fried salami, and fried cheese. I have not met a Dominican that doesn't regularly eat this.

[@Brianna58321]

man that sounds delicious. have to try this!!

[@katiejacs]

As an English person I feel the need to let you know I don’t remember the last time I ate jacket potato w beans and cheese. It’s very “beige food” culture which I think shows like this are biased towards

[@katiejacs]

Ok I just got to the end, 100% would eat garlic bread and mayo, definitely a British thing

[@DantheJamaican]

I don't have jacket potato often either. Our diet is not great though. Lots of bread, cereals and sugar. We've been discouraged from eating foods with fat like butter and eggs even though they're healthy.

[@DeonQQ]

I'm the same I was very suprised to hear it's a thing.

[@kiokya9818]

As a Trinidadian, I think our version of a jacket potato might be Doubles(fried 'bara' dough and curry chick peas 'chana').There's basically a Doubles vendor in every busy area, so a lot of working people get them in the morning as a quick breakfast🇹🇹😅👍🏾

[@2gooddrifters]

Love them.

[@FEVERDREAM889]

That sounds delicious!

[@juliagrowsinportland]

Oh my gosh, that sounds amazing

[@randomfangirl12345]

Yummm 🤤

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

Most people go through their day totally unaware. That's why practicing awareness techniques is so important. So many accidents can be prevented, no matter if household or car driving, by just being fully aware. That's something people have unlearned over the last decades. And now everybody is so good at Multitasking that they are never fully there

[@Ianmundo]

If you’re overweight, you’re consuming an excess of calories. Sugars and carbohydrates are the easiest way to create that excess.

[@EricAnimeFreak]

Sugar and carbs are addictive, I personally believe in complete abstinence from them. Personally it worked for me, and I've been 180 pounds lighter since I made that decision 3 years ago.

[@cedric2969]

Really love you don't blame, insult or laugh at the contestants. Just straight to studies, facts, what we see and so on.

[@therealmayac]

As a Canadian, no you're right that we don't have a jacket potato. We have a lot of unique food items, but I think they're all pretty unhealthy and nobody eats them all the time lol.

[@SartinHomeMedia]

American expat here, living in England... yes mayonnaise is a huge thing that I can't get on board with. It's salad dressing, dipping condiment goes on everything.

[@deendrew36]

Mayo as salad dressing is so weird to me. It’s so heavy! They have that “salad cream” that isn’t as bad but still weird on a salad. I did use that as a sandwich spread before.

[@StarryWaters-gq1oj]

American here - I spent 6 weeks in Europe years ago and learned to love malt vinager on fries. It just took some getting used to!

[@rosabscura]

… 😅 “expat”? Is “immigrant” too good for you??

[@damaracarpenter8316]

American in the UK as well, and I am sad that mayo is like the RANCH of the UK... I miss Ranch lol! I do like garlic mayo for fries though.

[@deendrew36]

@@damaracarpenter8316 garlic mayo is so good!

[@Thedrickx]

2900 calories is pretty good for a 6ft+ guy that spends the day actively moving around. He just needs to spend some time in the gym and spread those caloies out so he gets protein throught the day and not just once at dinner.

[@lava_tiger]

Yeah 2900 most likely is below maintenance for a big guy with a physical job

[@shirinatron3585]

Exactly

[@nonaymo]

Physical activity has very little impact on energy burned. It’s the incorrect part of calories in and calories out. As we increase activity the body will reduce energy output in other ways and become more efficient. This efficiency is very good and one of the reasons physical activity is healthy. Most people who calorie count overestimate the calories they burn with exercise.

[@OllieOtterOxen]

​@@nonaymo🤨

[@thezu9250]

It’s low effort activity though. His body is used to it. So it’s not really strenuous. Besides, this is what he eats while on the show. Imagine what he’s eating when the cameras aren’t there.

[@abee3812]

I love watching you because I’m someone who works out 4-5 times a week & wanting to gain healthy weight

[@seanmurphree4716]

American here! Our 'jacket potato' is probably pizza. It's the one food that I can think of that everyone I talk to regularly has eaten in the past week.

[@suomynonaanonymous]

Agree!

[@petervansan1054]

Now that I lost 170lb so far (still need to lose another 110) I shudder to think how much I ate before to get to 509lb...

[@ashasalany]

Congrats on your loss!

[@JennWatson]

When I lived in Canada many years ago ( I'm from usa) I noticed people ate a lot of white vinegar and salt on fries and I had never heard of that but it's delicious! I love you Kiana- You look beautiful and so healthy! ❤

[@jerodwolf5582]

I feel that I have talked with several people who claim extraneous circumstances that cause their weight gain, but in my own experience of gaining and losing weight, it comes to excessive amounts and being aware of the bs. There's power in humility, as being able to see fault helps you improve and change

[@knexfan100]

Bruh, the best part is how just adding bagged salads (1 a day, sometimes 2) to my diet made me too full to accidentally go over 2100 calories.... which is 500 less than the 2641ish my macro app says is my maintenance... Like I still eat whatever I want... I literally just added salads and peanut butter oatmeal as a night snack once in a while. Down 18 lbs.... some ups and downs, but for sure going down over time.