Topic : 08/07 Big Burden

Whoa.  todays episode made me cry, and remember my childhood.  The first woman on the show made me think of my grandmother.. she (i believe) is on the same road as the lady was.  Except her "excuse" isnt a spider bite, its diabetes.  the show just made me have such remorse for my grandmother, and the lady on the show.  It made me remember my childhood because my whole life, I have struggled with my weight.  Although I wasnt to the extreme as the young girl on the show, it still wasnt healthy for me.   

Overall, this show reminded me how hard I have tried now.. and will in my future.. to fight obesity.  Especially since half of my family are obese.  I am going to change that factor with myself and my future family.  Thank you Dr.Phil for awakening me gain.  Thank You!!! 

Refined white sugar- which is in EVERYTHING disrupts the metabolism. You can do a search for sugar bad and come up with 100 things that sugar does to harm the body. Add in all the chemicals, dyes, preservatives in all the food, and people wonder why we're dealing with an epidemic of weight issues, depression, and ADD, ADHD, etc.    When schools have switched out of all junk food and only served wholesome, healthy, sugar free foods, the kids' performances, personalities, and weight changed all for the better.  

To lose weight--- immediately stop eating all foods with white sugar, chemicals, dyes, anything that has words you can't pronounce- and substitute those same foods with the same healthy version of those foods from a Whole Foods or other health food stores, and you'll be amazed!!! 

When I eat white sugar now (and believe me, I indulge my sweet tooth and crunchy cravings with plenty of wholesome cookies, chips, spritzers, all from Whole Foods)  I get a sugar headache and eyeache. It's amazing how much havoc the crap wreaks on your system. I believe even Robin doesn't eat white sugar.... (Though they did serve an awful lot of it to all the kids at their Christmas party- yikes!) 

I watched a show that had a woman on it that lost a whole lot of weight. She lost so much her skin was hanging around her. The operations were going to leave bad scars. I went off my diet because I did not want to end up looking like that. When I started the diet my weight was 243 lbs. I am now 200 pounds. I stopped the diet out of fear. 

After today’s show I am back on my diet and exercising and I intend to go back to my plan of getting my weight down to 150 lbs. Why because it scared the devil out of me. I did not want to end up gaining weight so much that losing would never happen. I do not want to get depressed over all the weight gained again. 

Being large runs in my fathers side of the family. I have always been a little over weight all of my life. I have been yoyo dieting now for 30 years. Up to 170 pounds down to 132 and back up again and down again. I am honestly sick of it. I finally reached 243 pounds that was the final straw for me. 

So I have compassion for the girl who is 14 her weight is 419 pounds I hope we can see her in the future. I also have compassion for the woman who's weight is over 700 pounds. How easy it is to condemn a person who is over weight if you have been the perfect weight or under weight all your life. It must be nice to be able to sit down and eat and eat and never gain a pound. It must be nice to be able to sit down to three meals a day and enjoy your meal and not leave the table hungary. 

It's must be wonderful not to suffer from depression every day of your life. So instead of condemning a person have some compassion and encourage the person on. I think it is wonderful that they ask for Dr. Phil's help and are going to get it! 

Sharon 

I hate watching shows like this one because I always end up furious.  I am not at the point that I am in as deep as the people on the show today, but my weight is impacting my life every day and in some serious ways.  I've read all the books, watched all the Dr. Phil shows, read magazines, talked to doctors, seen nutritionists, gone to NutriSystem, gone to WeightWatchers, etc.  I even started a more intense exercise program after the Dr. Phil Weight Loss Challenge shows.  Guess what results I got.... I tore my achilles tendon and now I am not supposed to walk at all anymore.  

How do *I* keep from getting to be 700 lbs?  I am coming up on age 40 a lot faster than I'm comfortable with and there doesn't seem to be any way to get out of my pattern and get healthy!  I keep staying tuned during commercials because Dr. Phil says "We'll tell you what we're going to do when we get back".  But it turns out that he's going to hook them up with a membership at a gym, doctors and nutritionists.  Where is my answer?  What am *I* supposed to do here at home?  

I ask my doctor if I should be seeing an endochronologist (spelling? sorry) or if I need bio-chemical and hormonal tests.  She says my thyroid looks pretty normal and I don't need to worry about the rest.  I just need to count my carbs and keep my blood sugar in control.  But that isn't helping me.  I've been doing that since 2000 and I've managed to gain 30 more pounds, putting me over 300 lbs.  

I'd love to have a personal trainer who could help me strengthen enough that I can do aerobic exercise without hurting myself further.  I would love to have someone sit down with me and help me figure out what is a healthy, balanced diet for me.  I would love to have a doctor who could give me some answers I can apply to real life and use to figure out how to get well.  But Dr. Phil isn't knocking on my door and I'm not so sure I'd answer if he did.  I know I couldn't set myself up to see and hear the ridicule from the masses out there in TV-Watching Land.   

But what do I do?  I can do the diet programs and have some limited success (like the person earlier in the discussion who said they lost 22 lbs on WW.  That kind of success.)  But when I stop the paid program, I find myself at a loss as to what to do for dinner.  I find myself standing in the grocery store with this confused look on my face until I feel so completely stupid I just go home and order a pizza or microwave something from Costco.  

I know I have the power to fix this, but I am lacking the resources and the ability to put it all together in a customized form for me.  I'm trying again with a new book I got, but I'm afraid it will again be all too overwhelming with few results and huge effort.  I'm afraid that I'm going to fail again and soon it will be me who is 700 lbs and trapped in my house until I die.  

Hi everyone! Greetings from the Dr. Phil 2006 Weight Loss Challenge Board.   

I'm sending out a greeting to anyone currently losing weight or looking to lose weight and gain some support and online friends while doing it.  I wanted to let any of you know about the board and feel free to stop by and say "hi" and join right in.  Yes, we need your help too!    

You just have to click here (easy eh?):   

http://www.drphil.com/messageboard/topic/855/msg/id/329180/#329180   

We have varying amounts of weight to lose so don't be shy and have started at diferent times.  You know what they say the more the merrier ....you don't have to do it alone.   

Obesity is a mental state, a disease brought on by boredom and disappointment.  ~Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave   

later gaters....hope to see you there!   

Tabitha   

:)   

After I having my 3 children I gained a lot of weight, and It's so hard to lose it.  And I just can't seem to stick to an exercise regiment I want to lose this extra weight and I know it won't happen over night it's going to take a lot of work.  I know how to lose the weight I just need the motivation to do it.  I love going for a 3 mile hike, and I have fun when I do, it's the getting out there to do it.  My mother always said I was a house cat LOL but I was always slim and slender weighing 120lbs, now weighing 180 I just feel huge.   

My son has Cystic Fibrosis and he needs a high calorie high fat meal.  He has a hard time gaining weight and the Dr. said that eating at McDonald's is very healthy for him. He loved the Dr. after he said that  Unfortunately it's not healthy on me LOL so I try to do the smart thing and get a salad but then I'm hungry about 1/2 hour later.  I LOVE veggies and fruit and try to eat that when I feel snacky.  i just can't seem to lose this extra weight.  Now that it's spring time I will get out more and walk.  Winter is the hardest to get through because it's so cold out I don't want to leave the house.   

If I don't do something about this soon I can see myself gaining more weight and getting out of control.  I can see how it could be a downward spiral,  add depression and I can see how some people could gain a lot of weight.