Anyone see Wynona on Oprah yesterday?

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I was crying the whole time! I admire her so much for doing such a private struggle in the public eye. She is a tremendous, courageous, generous, genuine person.

Everything she said about her struggle with food resonated with me.

I could barely watch her sing.

Tell you what. Today I am going to be true to myself. I do not treat myself as my own best friend. My body has been my enemy for a long time. It is time to start now.

Oprah said a few things that made perfect sense. It isn't about the accomplishment that you get validation. You deserve peace and love and validation just for being born. Amen to that.
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What has helped any of you to break through to loving yourself?

Danna

isn't this a great way to start the day???
 
Go, Danna! I saw it and I think she is incredible, beautiful, funny and I have absolute confidence she is going to overcome her obstacles. It's funny, I haven't watched Oprah in ages butI plunked down with a huge pile of clothes to fold and turned it on. I ended up watching most of it.

I think my biggest breakthrough might fall under the heading of "healing perfectionism". Realizing that the expectations I had for myself were out of line. I'm not perfect and my quirky imperfection works for me! My friends and family know everything about me and they STILL love me! LOL!

Have a beautiful day, Danna!
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I also never watch Oprah (or TV in general), but happened to see it yesterday (oddly while I was doing laundry, lol). It was a great show. Her struggle with losing "only" 1 pound a week and realizing how long that might take, was very real and honest.
 
Hi Danna,

I don't watch Oprah often but luckily caught this one! I know nothing about any of the Judds aside from Ashley, and wow, Wynona was just amazing! What a genuine woman! And Oprah is also very, very wise. She really just has such an amazing perspective on so many things.

I'm not sure what has helped me learn to love myself. There are of course many days that I don't like the outside, but I wouldn't want to be anyone other than me.

Thanks for starting this thread!

Gina
 
Oh shoot, I missed it! I had seen the show when she was on a month or so ago. I knew there was going to be a follow-up but didn't know when. Waaaah! I agree~it's has to be so hard for her to share all her personal feelings and I admire her for trying to be the best she can be and working soooo hard at it. (especially when neither her mom or sis seem to struggle with their weight.) Hopefully, they will have a rerun sometime.
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Hey Debbie,

Try going on Oprah's website. Sometimes they have film clips of some of the dialogue and parts of the conversation after the show. They save the really good parts for that.

sorry you missed it . it was a good-un.

Danna :O)
 
Oh, I'd LOVE it if Cathe was on Oprah. I hardly ever watch it either, but I'd move heaven and earth to see Cathe on TV anywhere! I don't get Fit TV.

What is Wynnona's infomercial about? I didn't know she had one.
 
Actually it is Naomi that has the informercial...it's some kind of face thing...I didn't really watch it.
 
Danna!

Thank you! Guess what? My daughter taped it!!! She never tapes it but knew that Wynona was going to be on and she had also seen the first show! My prayers were answered! ;-) Thanks for that info. I didn't know they showed film clips of the show. I'll check it out.
Your-Friend-In-Fitness, DebbieH http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/wavey.gif[/img] If You Get The Choice To Sit It Out Or Dance...I Hope You DANCE!!!
 
I just wanted to comment again about how the show has impacted me. For two days now I have been trying to consciously think before putting something in my mouth.

Honestly, the first impression I get is this: a sensation around my heart that feels like me saying "I'm not going to spend the time on you,(meaning myself), to treat you right. it isn't worth my time for me to do nutrition right for you". " Just cram some junk in and get it over with", "Stop complaining about being hungry".

It has floored me to discover how hateful I am toward my body. Holy cow.

I had to think of myself as another person, my best friend actually, to stop and think about how to go about getting some nutritious food. If Adriana were visiting me, I would go way out of my way to make sure that she had good food, not junk. I would plan ahead.

I even had to think about how I treat my cats. I only buy the best food for them. I take great pride in knowing that they are getting good, good food. They look fat, healthy and shiny and sleek. I love that. I care to take the time to make my cats look good but not my own body!!!! HOW WACKED IS THAT??????

This is some life altering stuff I'm running into here. I'm so glad that I can finally see it. It hurts to see it but I need it so badly.

Thanks for listening!

Danna
 
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