Comments on: Oprah’s Weight Struggles A Microcosm Of America’s Obesity Epidemic

By: Katy

Katy — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:52:00 +0000

Just to follow up– I didn’t see the show today, but I did watch a video clip summarizing Oprah’s plan. And as expected, it’s lowfat. She plans to eat oatmeal and egg whites (not mixed together!) for breakfast, and will eat sweet potatoes and blue corn chips for treats. And she wonders why she has such difficulty losing and maintaining her weight?

Oh, that’s so disgusting, Katy! But with Mehmet Oz and Bob Greene advising her, NOT surprising at all.

–Jimmy

By: Amazing Weight Loss Story

Amazing Weight Loss Story — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:44:56 +0000

Hi, thanks for writing that post. I have just come across your site and have already subscribed. By the way I’ve been writing about my own weight loss and would appreciate it if you could take a look at my site and let me know what you think about it.
Thanks,
Joan

Great job, Joan! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

–Jimmy

By: Eugene

Eugene — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:58:54 +0000

I think it’s really sad that Oprah gained all that weight back, but it’s a lot sadder how she’s using it as a publicity stunt. And not even in a positive way, she’s encouraging people’s shame and embarrassment! I am sure (considering that she scheduled it for the exact time when people are making resolutions) this will bring her some nice ratings, but it seems a bit too underhanded for my taste.

It’s hard not to think the way you’re thinking, Eugene. It does seem too timely.

–Jimmy

By: Lila

Lila — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:22:14 +0000

Poor Oprah. It sucks because she’s so accomplished, so amazing, yet she still reduces herself to body size. I think that she probably is just naturally more voluptuous. Maybe once she learns to accept that, she will stop all this nonsense.

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:28:00 +0000

I’ve been recalling a Best Life Challenge that the Oprah show sponsored, which had seven, I think, overweight, unhealthy persons go on Bob Greene’s plan for all the world to see. It didn’t seem to work all that well, and of course the participants were blamed for the lack of success–not working out enough, not making wise food choices, not addressing their emotional eating triggers (of course, if you are overweight, you HAVE to have emotional eating problems;-(), and so on. No one addressed the hormonal issues that drive the urge to eat. Swapping bad carbs out for “good” carbs” is supposed to be magical, I guess. Anyway, the middle-aged woman who smoked (and quit cold-turkey to do this challenge at Bob’s insistance), lost a few pounds, but much less than I expected. She kept asking why it was so hard, especially with all the exercise she was doing. Sad.

By: Andrew R - Go Healthy Go Fit

Andrew R - Go Healthy Go Fit — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:19:35 +0000

“REALITY CHECK: No such diet exists that produces long-term results.”

Jimmy…. can I get that in neon lights and about fifty feet high and eighty feet wide??? This is the sentence that no one wants to acknowledge but everyone should hear. Bottom line.

Eating right is a lifestyle, not a diet. Oprah, I’d love to help as well, but the truth is that the answer is out there and if you just listened to a guy like Jimmy, Mark Sisson, or myself, you’d hear the same thing. You’d hear a voice, propelled by countless hours of research citing scholarly journals and you’d see a healthy physique would follow.

Jimmy, thank you for the post.

All the Best,

Andrew R