Since its debut in March 2006, Matter of weight It went through several stages with different drivers, departures and returns with more or less luck. On this Monday afternoon, El Trece returned to bet on the program with Mario Massaccesi as host, before presenting the strong life stories of the participants.
“Good afternoon! The excitement returns to Argentine television! A Matter of Weight is back!“said the presenter at the start, while pieces of paper rained down in the studio and the relatives of the contestants applauded, raising signs to one side on a stand.
“The healthiest program in Argentina. We are again at your house to be a bridge of good habits“, about health and a change in life,” Mario continued, in a different role than the one he always had on TV at the head of Synthesis and the news TN.
He will be accompanied on the panel, once again, Alberto Cormillot and Sergio Veron. The novelty is that for this new edition a good part of the doctor’s family joined: his wife, Stefania Pasquini; his son, Adrian Cormillot; and even his granddaughter, April Cormillot.
Minutes later, they announced the reality show participants who will seek a change of life.
Ernesto Cirilo Ayalaalias, “The Gaucho”.
“I am 39 years old and I think I weigh 210 kilos. I am originally from Corrientes and I can’t do anything about obesity. I can’t get on the horse. I get tired of standing and I want to go back to when I was thin and happy. I have been this overweight for 7 or 8 years. “I am a chef, a master pizza maker and I like to cook,” he said.
Melina Gomezalias, “The student.”
“I am 27 years old, I am originally from the city of Bariloche, but I have been living in the Federal Capital for about a year. I came to study a degree in psychology. At this point in my life I’m starting to worry about my health because it’s becoming more and more difficult for me to climb the stairs, tie my shoelaces, super basic things. I hate doing physical activity. There is nothing that drives me more crazy,” she introduced herself.
Marcelo Rosadaaka, “The Play Boy.”
“I am 25 years old, I am from González Catán and I work in a plastic injection factory with my family. I think I weigh around 215 kilos. I don’t want to reach the age of 30 and have the program’s mobile phone have to take me out of my house, bedridden.. It bothers me that I don’t feel comfortable on the street, that people look at me as someone different,” she said on the verge of tears.
Gabriela Natalie Atamiánaka, “The Dancer.”
“They call me Nate, I’m 33 years old, I’m from Flores, Capital. I am weighing 97,800 kg right now. I want to lose weight because I want to dance again. I competed in a choreographic reggaeton team. He won first places in Europe, Brazil, Rosario, Mar del Plata. National and international competitions in first place. I’m working selling hot content. I have a page where customers enter and pay for what they want to consume. I live with my dad, my mom and my sister and they are religious. My sister is a pastor and they have been going to church for as long as I can remember. What I like most about my body is my tail because it gives me a lot of money.“, revealed.
Camila Denizalias, “The influencer”.
The sister of Thiago Medina, a participant in Big Brother 2023, joined the program as a participant. High profile, last year he showed all his character in several media conflicts where he appeared defending his brother and even went viral when his head got stuck in a window grate.
“I want to go in to lose a little more weight. It is in the eyes of others to go out on the street and be seen as a monster. Three weeks ago I went to the bowling alley and a guy called me Barney.. I grabbed my things and left. That’s when I said, ‘I want help,’” she noted.
Paulo Fleitasalias, “The Uruguayan.”
“I am 37 years old, I am from Ciudadela and I think I will be weighing about 145 kg. My job today is with my mother at her bakery and the rest of the day I work driving my truck on an app. Flours are synonymous with happy moments, like an apple cake, some pancakes, some fat biscuits, fritters, fried cakes,” the participant introduced himself, who has a Uruguayan mother and, according to what he said, began to gain weight on the trips they made to the neighboring country. Divorced, he links the end of their marriage to his weight gain.
Victoryalias, “the mother of the miracle.”
“I am 34 years old, I am from Villa Pueyrredón and I weigh 135 kg. From the age of 16 I started to gain a lot of weight. When I was twelve years old, my father was killed. He was a police officer, he went to do custody and they killed him. The absence of my father throughout my adolescence was very hard for me,” he said.
“In November of last year I had an endoscopy and they made microperforations in my esophagus and I didn’t know it. There they told me that They had to put me in the emergency operating room and to say goodbye because they didn’t know if I was going to wake up. I said goodbye to my husband and the only thing he said was: ‘The kids,’” he recalled.
Matiasalias, “the traveling salesman.”
“I am 38 years old, I am from the Floresta neighborhood and I currently weigh 190 kg. I work on the street. I’m Matías, the tupperware kid. Due to the issue of being overweight, it is not easy to get a job.. I don’t attribute the issue of my being overweight to anything in particular, but it could be the death of my old man. I let myself be. I was very attached to him. I cheated on myself, I didn’t want to go to school and I went to work with him. “He had a little bar and I was with him all day.”
