As some of you know I've always enjoyed Dr. Phil's weight loss shows and
have read his book, and followed his teachings.  Anyway, I was watching his
show the other day and he said if you want to be on my show to send in your
story.  So I went to his web site and told him that he ...

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WLS is mutilation of an otherwise beautiful and healthy body.

I am in desperate need of advice. I am 5'2" and fluctuate between
128-130lbs. I have a history of eating disordered behavior, from binge
eating to anorexia and bulimia. All of these have messed with my
metabolism. I would like to stop the insanity. Right now, I spend

Hello again
43 years old male at 6ft weighing 16st 10lbs at the start. Eating around
4000 calories a day before my diet. Sedentary lifestyle not helped by having
numerous back

Hi ASD,
 Well it will be 9 months on May 27th since I started my weightloss by
exercising and new way of eating.  I'm happy to report I've lost 119 pounds
now and have another 6 to go to make my goal of 175.  Today I weighed in at

I just watched a fascinating show on the Discovery Health Channel.  It's
about this British woman who due to a car wreck and a growth hormone problem
gained up to 525 pounds and then lost 309 pounds.  She lost an average of 12
pounds a month, leaving her with a huge amount of excess ...

Found a new church in my area that gives food once a month. My boyfriend and
I went there today. We got really good fruit and lots of pkgs. and cans of
food.
I found the service very interesting. The preacher got really excited and

How do you make baked potatoes on a gas grill?  We just got one and I'm too
dumb to figure this out.  With the charcoal grill I'd wrap the potatoes
individually in foil and bury them in the coals.  Now there are no coals,
just burners and it's like cooking on a stovetop.  Will they ...

For some reason (and it could be because of hanging out around
vegetarian boards) I have gotten it into my head that if I eat more
fruits, and less or other things (fatty prepared chicken stuff,
steaks, pork, etc, basically anything that isn't meat in its original

Food:
8:45 (home): 45g Hi-Lo cereal, 22g whey protein, 3/4 cup skim milk
1:30 (restaurant): salad w/ 5 oz. grilled salmon, 1 cup greens, 1/4
oz. chopped pecans, 2 oz. mandarin oranges, 2 tbs vinaigrette; 2 bites

 I have been working really hard the last little while at changing my
eating habits. I am getting better , but still need some work. I have had a
cold the last couple of days and so I figured to sooth my thoart, I would
have some orange juice the unsweetened kind of course. Well ...

Knowing that I must get rid of this extra 40 lbs that I am lugging around, I
have really put forth a concentrated effort to eat better, eat less, and
exercise more.
The problem I am having is with hunger.  Generally, when I get up in the

Being a cheap bastard, I hate throwing food away. So, I became aware
of a method of dealing with not so fresh meat, so that it does not
need to be thrown away or fed to the chickens.
Suppose that you have some not so fresh meat: a week old rotisserie

Yesterday I competed in bench press in the Nation's Capitol Cup, a
DC-area event.  I was pretty happy with the results, though I'd hoped
to lift more weight.  I didn't feel super-strong in the warm-up room
so I lowered my planned opening weight and went up from there.  I

Well I came home today after 9 days in hospital and 2 major surguries,
how do I feel? exhasuted! The first op on friday removed the lump on
my thyroid, full anathetic and 5hour on the intensive station, loads
of painkillers ughh. Monday go the results back, no good news, the