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Is this wrong? (Probably.) Accurate? (Probably.)
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12:33 PM
Ouch! Cold-blooded.
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11/29/09
I don't know what her problem is, every time I see her on TV she has one of the contestants with her, acting like she's their best friend. I don't know if this is like Stockholm Syndrome, or she yells at them that they better act like she's gold or she'll get angry.
Seriously, this show is nothing but giving fat haters a chance to watch fat people suffer. As far as Jillian goes, I think someone really needs to give her a psychological work-up. She claims she was fat, and got thin, so everyone else could do it. I suppose thin and acting almost like a Nazi officer, is better than being fat in this society?
Also, they've started involving children. That's right, more child abuse for entertainment. I don't know what to make of this, it's really beyond me. Someone would expose their child to a sadist like Jillian. I think those parents need to be investigated by child services.
11/26/09
Yeah, thought I'd stop by and elevate the conversation a bit.
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11/25/09
It's all about will? No - not for everyone.
Obesity isn't caused by one thing and for some better nutrition and exercise are the keys to successful weight loss. For some, barriers such as poverty and lack of access to healthy foods, or poor nutritional education get in the way.
But a significant percentage of morbidly obese people are suffering from compulsive overeating and/or binge eating disorders and this is not a matter of will power.
For several years, I exercised 6 days a week (2 times with a skilled trainer), ate very healthy meals, and then compulsively binged alone late at night when the rest of my family was in bed. The exercise and healthy eating in the day mitigated what was going on, but I was still 100+ pounds overweight. It wasn't until I got into treatment for a binge disorder, to combat this as an addiction, that I was able to start addressing what was going on. If it was will -- believe me, I had it. And while I don't think that everyone needs the same kind of treatment I've needed, many people use food as a drug. I see it every day and I'm sure others here would agree. It's not enough to say people just have to want it. That's insulting.
11/25/09
Well, come on, when people are talking generally about weight loss, they are are not including people with a mental or emotional disorder.
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11/25/09
Sure, there are some not-so-good choices going on in having people use a cash prize/crash weight loss system--but has the alternative of just sitting around and staying fat really done anything for obese america? I gotta say, the one thing the show does really well is get into the psychology of what causes people to self-medicate with food (just as AA has done for years with alcohol). God forbid we admit that food is just as dangerous (if perhaps not even more dangerous) a drug as all the illegal drugs we persecute people for every minute in this country.
And I gotta say, I'm a rather in-shape-kinda guy, but I purposely head to the gym every morning after watching the show because my workout routine is automatically doubled by still hearing the fabulous Jillian screaming in my ears.
Finally: fat people sweating, crying and hugging--kills me every episode.