Topic : 06/06 Big Weight Issues

Dear allow me to just comment quickly. Obviously you are not aware that addiction is a disease and it can come in any form. Now a disease is not something you can just  "do something about it". Mind you I am not an obese person at all, but I am a human service professional. So just as drugs can be an addiction so can eating. Their are certain neurons in the brain that fire toward certain pleasure centers. So give these people a break and just know that it takes professional help and a change of lifestyle to just "do something about it"! Just know NO ONE WOULD CHOOSE TO BE 3,4 OR 5 HUNDRED POUNDS, PLEASE.

I AGREE, THE HUMAN BODY IS MIRACULOUS, THE BRAIN MUST TELL IT WHAT IT WANTS TO DO.  AND WITH SOME HELP FROM THE BODY IT CAN BE DONE. I HAD A VERY BAD STROKE, THE DOCTORS TOLD MY HUSBAND, I WAS GOING TO DIE, WHEN I LEFT THE HOSPITAL THEY SAID I WOULD BE BED RIDDEN FOR EVER. WELL 4 YEARS LATER I AM WALKING WITH A LIMP, DID WELL FOR THE LADY THAT, DOCTORS THOUGHT WOULD NEVER LEAVE THE HOSPITAL.  IF U THINK U CAN, U CAN.  IF U THINK U CAN'T U WON'T.

FOR ANGELQUE EMAIL ME ANY TIME. I WILL BE YOUR CHEER LEADER.  U GO GIRL 

Angelique may be overweight, but she is a stunningly beautiful woman! She seems like such a sweet, lovely person too. Good luck honey, you can do it! You're in my prayers! 

Part of the reason I don't want to lose weight is because of being scared of all this skin, I cannot afford bypass surgery, and I DEFINITELY cannot afford to get surgery to remove excess skin.  Jennifer u were so blessed to have been chosen for this.

I wonder if there are things u can do to prevent all this?  I know they say if u lose it slow, and exercise it might go back because of its elasticicty but I don't know about that.......LOL

We see how with Dr. Phil's personal attention (and his staff's attention)  and the financial assistance of the show, doctors, promoters, etcetra, people with problems can overcome their "challenges."    Very often, when people have these problems, they do not have these resources to enable them to "help themself."

First, many people who I meet offer their opinion and their solution with the "absolute knowledge of what they would do if they were you!"   They are there with support only if you can agree to their control of  your choices. If you have a different opinion than they have, they refuse to accept your right to your opinion and refuse to help enable you to meet your challenges as you choose. Pardon the expression but; 'there are many ways to skin a cat."

Then, it seems as though people are disrespectful of another who is facing a problem or challenge and is having difficulty resolving it..  There is little compassion for others (let alone charity to the very neediest of our society) from those with lives that go smoothly. With respect to non-financial  and financial support (refer to statistics concerning charitable giving and income levels), this is the  case.

Often, solutions require money and that may be much of the problem for some.  Our society helps the "very neediest," a very small segment of the needy; so, many people face financial difficulty in solving their problem.  There are few benefactors or public and private charities that can provide the financial solution for so many.                   

Our society values conspicuous consumption so much more than healthy relationships and a healthy environment. What can you do to change a society's values!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and individual values!!!!!!!!! to promote and provide healthy and warm, mutualistic (and charitable)relationships?

What can you do to change a society's values!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and individual values!!!!!!!!! to promote and provide healthy and warm, mutualistic (and charitable) relationships?  One person at a time strategies help very few!  I'm happy for the few; but, I pain for the many  who others are blind to. It's like putting your finger in a hole in the dike and the water pours in from all the other holes. (The water that poured over and through New Orleans was not insignificant. Some got out though !!!!??????)     The problems are many, the solutions are too few!

I agree Angelique you are stunningly beautiful.  I wish you lots of luck and success on your journey to get healthier.  And don't worry about what other people think or do, just worry about what God thinks.  He is the only one we need to worry about pleasing.  Take care and God Bless.  Hold your head high and just be strong.

Dear Dr. Phil ans Robin,

My name is Brandy and I weigh 320 lbs.I have many phyiscal problems.  My main one being Cerebral Palsy.  I am wheelchair bound for most of my day.  I have two beautiful children and I would like to be around when they grow up.  Do you have any advice on how I can lose weight?