Thursday show round up

Hello!

It is hard to believe that we are already more than halfway through this 4th season of X-Weighted: Families. This week, in episode 7, we meet Leanne - a socially isolated 15 year old who is desperate to change. There are many obstacles standing in the way of Leanne getting healthy: But she is scared to death of ending up diabetic like her mom so is highly motivated to overcome them.

Watch deleted scenes from Leanne's episode here.

Last week we had so much fun live tweeting through the new episode. Paul Plakas joined in, and his fans were able to ask him questions throughout the show as it aired. If you are on Twitter, join us this week at 8pm EST. Paul Plakas will be tweeting live again, so join our little Twitter party! If you aren't already on Twitter, it is super easy to sign up, and well worth doing for all the XWeighted.com updates alone!

Speaking of the wonderful Mr Plakas, did you know that you can read articles written by him on his website www.paulplakas.com?

This week we did some filmimg with Fred Connors for some web videos that will be shown as part o the online XWeighted.com challenge. We had a blast, and it was exciting to have him back with us. We took a few pictures on set and thought we'd share so you could see how fabulous our darling Fred looks!

We are getting lots of feedback to the site through our contact page. Feel free to get in touch with any questions or comments, as we love to hear from you all and make an effort to respond promptly.

If you haven't already found us on Facebook and Twitter, add us! You can join our Facebook fanpage (by clicking here) and on Twitter (follow us here). If you become a fan on Facebook, then you will be entered into a draw to win an X-Weighted yoga mat!

X-Weighted is still looking for participants for our next season. If you are sick of living an unhealthy lifestyle and want to make positive changes, have children between the ages of 8 and 17, and live in (or within an hour’s drive of) VANCOUVER, CALGARY, or KELOWNA, we want to hear from you! Application forms and further information can be found here.

New X-Weighted: Families episodes will be airing at the following times every Thursday:  9am, 3pm and 8pm EST, and then repeated on Sundays at 9am, 6pm and 11pm ET. If you miss the new episode, you can also watch it online on Slice. You can also watch all of season 2 and 3 on Slice's video player, so you can re-watch your favourite old episodes too.

This week, we've added 2 new follow-ups. Jocelyn and Diane, from season 1. These are two very happy past participants, and we at XWeighted.com love being able to share their happy stories with you!

Thanks for checking in with the blog, come back often.

The XWeighted.com crew