Did anyone see Oprah yesterday?

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lorihart

Cathlete
Good Morning Everyone,
I turned on the tube last night and I caught the tail end of Oprah.There was some interesting topics on the go.All about weight loss and management of course.She even talked about her own regimen and how she eats.Then there were some recent guest who after seeing themselves on t.v decided that they needed to do something about there weight problem.They also talked about emotional eating.Like I said I only caught the last 15 min but none the less it was a good show.
She explained that she eats her biggest meal in the morning,her med for lunch and then her smallest for dinner.Which makes total sense.She said that she doesn't even eat a grape after 7:30 p.m.
I know to that everyone has heard that you don't have to be hungry to lose weight.Now, I am one of those people who think that you have to feel at least a little bit of hungry.When you don't eat as much as you are use to , then when your meals are getting close , you must be hungry? And the show confirmed that it is true.The guy that was on there said that you are going to feel hungry but it isn't going to kill you and you aren't going to starve to death.
It also showed that it is all about excercise, sensible eating and healthy choices.
I thought it was a good show.I'm sure it must of helped some people who don't have a clue about healthy living.And don't know where to begin.
Did anyone else catch it?
Lori
 
What I liked about this show is that Oprah and Bob Greene addressed an issue that long been one of my downfalls -- late-night eating. I always said that if I could conquer that, I would be conquering one of my biggest obstacles and be well on my way to my fighting weight. Bob said that you should stop eating 2-1/2 to 3 hours before you go to bed. But he also acknowledged that many, many people have that nagging "hungry" feeling - a feeling that they must eat SOMETHING, and most people "feed" that feeling (and then "wake up fat", as Oprah added). He said that the feeling is actually your body tapping into your fat stores for calories, and if you could change your attitude and embrace that feeling instead of feeding it, you would realize that you're not going to starve to death in that time period. I'm going to try this strategy, and hopefully I'll reap the benefits!

Battling the bulge,
Chris in IL
 
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jan-03-03 AT 09:28AM (Est)[/font][p]I am probably the only person on the planet that saw it & thought -- so tell me something I don't know already. All of this information is in the first book they put out together, in the second book Bob Greene put out alone & has been on every single one of Oprah's shows that she has done on weight loss in the last year or so.

I was very disappointed in how much emphasis they put on emotional eating, saying that most of us are emotional eaters. I don't agree with that at all. I think most of us are lazy (I'm putting myself in that category) when it comes to our food choices. I'd rather unwrap a candybar than peel an orange. It's easier to order a pizza than broil a chicken breast. Drive through is certainly easier than cooking any day of the week. Eating that way is going to make us fatter.

To say something nice about it...I was, however, pleased with the opening remarks that there are those in the world that have a higher propensity towards obesity no matter what. My mom's family is heavy--not obese, but big around their waists, hips & thighs. I work out 4 or 5 days a week religiously. I've been eating an average of 1800 calories a day for just over a month. I'm having a very difficult time losing weight. It's not moving. I have to wonder if its just in my jeans to have a little extra fat on my hips & thighs. I think if I let myself go, I could get very, very fat indeed.

I do hope this show helped someone, somewhere.

I'm ready to take the next step! http://www.smilies-world.de/Smilies/Smilies_klein_1/a_smil09.gif
 
I saw it and liked the idea of the contract that you make for yourself. I thought the contract Oprah signed was very good and she took that commitment very seriously.
I also liked the way they emphasized that diets don't work and that you have to customize your own weight loss.
Just common sense, but I enjoyed the show.
Erica
 
Gettingfit - I didn't even see the show but laughed at your "tell me something I don't know" comment. Personally, I can't watch Oprah. To put it very politely, "I just don't care for her."

Anyway, that comment got me thinking... whenever I read an article about dieting/weightloss or fitness, I always get that feeling of "this is NOT news to me!" I think that comes from vistiting this site and gathering all the facts and information from the intelligent people who post here.

Case in point - I got my Shape magazine (which again, I "don't care for" anymore) and there's an article on Cardio Success. Everything idea/suggestion in that article was something I knew already, most of which I learned it here!

Sorry to be so OT in the Oprah thread, I just wanted to share and say thanks.

:)
 
I saw it, the whole show. If anyone ate only 1,000-1,200 calories a day and exercised even moderately daily they'd lose a lotta weight especially someone starting at a real high weight. That's what one woman featured on the program had done. Also from what Oprah stated she's eating for breakfast, the lunch they showed her eating and her statement that dinner would be very very much smaller than lunch, along with a heavy workout schedule, no doubt she's lost weight. So all that part was just common sense.

I do not agree about the huge responsibility emotions were assigned as a reason for overeating. It's about more complex body biomechanics than that in my eyes.

I don't like Bob Greene in the 1st place, Oprah is OK, but I know this won't be "the answer" for her, there have been sooo many "the answers" for her over the years and I don't think she's gotten to root of the issue yet. She thinks it's all emotional.

Just my 2 cents ;-)
Edith
 
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jan-03-03 AT 12:21PM (Est)[/font][p]Lizzie: totally agree about Oprah. She's a joke but boy, does she have that schtick down . . . .

Remember the famous show in the 80s where she dragged out the chunk of fat on the little cart to show how much she'd lost on Optifast and then proceeded to gain it all back and way more.
 
LOL K60! I did not see it but have indeed heard tales of it. It's those type of things that have me disgusted with Oprah. And you're right - she's darn good at it!
 
>LMAO K60 that's good she sure does have that schtick down doesn't she? Well come on, she's had lots of practice at it. And I remember the show where she came out with her little wagon load of fat sporting her tight new jeans that didn't fit five minutes after the show was over!!

Edith

>Lizzie: totally agree about Oprah.
>She's a joke but boy,
>does she have that schtick
>down . . . .
>
>
>Remember the famous show in the
>80s where she dragged out
>the chunk of fat on
>the little cart to show
>how much she'd lost on
>Optifast and then proceeded to
>gain it all back and
>way more.
 
Wow,

Some what harsh assesments of oprah! She is proof to me that you can have all the money in the world and still struggle with your weight.

Is there really a need to insult her and make fun of her?? Whether you are a fan of hers or not, she is someone who has, like a lot of us done her best to try and get herself in shape and seems to go through cycles.

I though this site was better than to bash and laugh at someone. Especially someone who is facing these types of struggles. I thought she was honest with what she had gone through. And lets face it, the general population has not heard of our wonderful Cathe, let alone even think about exercising at that level. If losing weight and maintaining fitness were so simple then over 60% of this country would not be overweight.

To most people who don't study fitness/nutrition/read the fitness magazines and fitness sites there was some important information. Yes, I had also heard it all as well and there was nothing new expect I did get one thing from the show.

I gained this from the show: make a contract with yourself and sign it. I did just that last night, sat down and gave it a LOT of though and signed a weight loss/fitness contract withmyself and taped it to the inside of my medicine cabinet so everymorning and everynight I will look at it.
 
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jan-03-03 AT 06:14PM (Est)[/font][p]>Case in point - I got
>my Shape magazine (which again,
>I "don't care for" anymore)
>and there's an article on
>Cardio Success. Everything idea/suggestion
>in that article was something
>I knew already, most of
>which I learned it here!

Lizzie,
LOLOL
I SOOO agree...

Now, I know this has been said before, but Oprah should do a show on Cathe. Now THAT would be something innovative...
Kathy
 
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jan-03-03 AT 06:45PM (Est)[/font][p]I saw it, and I found a couple of things a bit disturbing. Someone already mentioned the fact that Oprah and some of the others seem to be eating a very low calorie diet.

Also, if this Bob guy has been Oprah's trainer for "over 10 years", why all of a sudden is what he's saying finally kicking in and working? (Could it be that he's got a book to sell, the title of which is listed as a Harpo trademark at the end of the program.

Also, this hungry, gnawing feeling of hunger being a sign of your body tapping into your fat stores sounds odd. It seems to go against the idea of eating as a way of boosting your metabolism, and against the recommendations of many to not go more than 3-4 hours without eating.

As for the emphasis on some people having a genetic propensity to obesity, I'm sure that those people exist, but as a very small percentage of overweight people. On the other hand, I'm sure that some people, Oprah included, have a natural tendency to be heavier (not "obese"). An example of the truly "genetically obese" people showed up on Maury yesterday (O.K., so I was bored and was pretty couch-potatoey yesterday!). There was a 5 year old girl who ate normally, but weighed 245 pounds, and a 7 month old baby who ate normally and weighed the same as a regular 4 year old. (In addition to some overweight children who were that way because their mothers fed them whatever they wanted to eat: toddlers eating cake and french fries and cheeseburgers.....!).
 
Amazing, with all that money, she's still a tub of lard. If I had her money, I'd pay someone to whip me with a cat-o-nine tails every time I even thought about eating a no-no! LOL

Her show makes my teeth hurt. Such phony sincerity.
 
Amazing, with all that money, she's still a tub of lard. If I had her money, I'd pay someone to whip me with a cat-o-nine tails every time I even thought about eating a no-no! LOL

Her show makes my teeth hurt. Such phony sincerity.
 
"If this Bob guy has been Oprah's trainer for "over 10 years", why all of a sudden is what he's saying finally kicking in and working?" Because Oprah finally is taking it seriously. You can have all the money in the world, have a private trainer and chef and still have a serious weight promblem if you don't work the program.

If Oprah eats too much, she'll gain weight. Simple math. No one can fault Bob Greene for Oprah's yo-yo tendancies.

Just Do It! :)
 
oh no, oprah

oprah bashing! haha. you know, when she was "thin," I thought she looked awful. Her head was too big for her body like those Lollipop "Friends" anorexic chicks. She looks better w/some meat on her, but that's just my opinion.
I didn't see the show, but it seems to me, you should listen to your body. If you're hungry between meals, eat something small. Not junk food, of course, but maybe some fruit and a handful of almonds. I hate to say it but it sounds as if she's utterly obsessed with food and keeping her weight down. I think that's a pretty sad way to live your life. Eat what you want IN MODERATION, with an occasional treat, and EXERCISE. Geez, how hard is it?
I agree that Oprah has gotten worse w/the years in terms of that false touchy feeling stuff, "I'm your buddy" stuff. Of course, millions love her, so she appeals to people. What ever happened to those good old talk shows like Dinah Shore and Mike Douglas, or Phil Donahue in the 70s?
Suzanne
 
RE: oh no, oprah

Donahue's back. :)

I wonder how many more years of fitness "revelations" Oprah will have?? I know that getting in and staying in shape is difficult, believe me! But it would seen that a woman will all the available options she has could find someone to keep her on the path to good health..I don't personally think its Mr. Greene..he turned me off long ago w/his "RUN, RUN, RUN" mentality and comments that weight training was useless. Well we all know the facts, and Oprah can too, its just a matter of incorporating them and sticking with it.

Wish I could turn her onto the BodyRx..she could still have some southern fried chicken and mashed potatoes now and then. :)
 
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