Dr. Phil

[Guest guest]

I thought the show was excellent. This week was the second

week on this subject. Last week there was a young woman who

had worked with Dr. Phil at some previous time on the subject of

weight. They brought her out and said she had lost 150 lbs as a

result of gastric bypass surgery...no one acted as though she

had " cheated " ...it was more like she had " gotten real " with her

weight problem.

I have been concerned that I may regain some portion of what I

have lost now, so I have been thinking about this a lot. This

subject was perfect for me where I am right now.

> Well, I watched the show and I unfortunately identified with a lot

of

> what he said – even now. Do I keep junk food in the house

" just in case

> I need a snack " – yes. There were several other things that I

said yes

> to. I found several things that he said to be helpful to me –

> reinforcing things I already knew. (To be honest at the

beginning of

> the show a couple of years ago I would have said yes to MOST

of the

> questions he asked – hence my weight problem.) I love the

one saying he

> had " Behavior Your Way to Success " . I think that is very true for

me.

> I don't agree with everything he said of course…..

>

> in GA

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I only caught the tail end of him last night on Oprah, but I didn't hear

anything that offended me. Basically, what I heard him say is that there's

something troubling in a person's life that causes them to over eat to the

point of being over weight. I think that is true with a lot of over weight

people. I think it is partially true in my life.

in OK

303/153

MGB 3/29/2001

In a message dated 06/18/2002 8:46:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

dlivonluv@... writes:

<< I like Dr. Phil, Id like to hear what he has to say.

Marlo in OK

>>

[Guest guest]

: What I resent is the factthat he thinks all fat people are there

because they program themselves to be fat. Phyllis

[Guest guest]

In my case I do think I sort of programmed myself to be fat ---- I

believe I set up eating patterns for myself that got me to the size that

I was. Compound that with years of dieting that caused my metabolism to

be totally screwed up and I had set myself up to be overweight the rest

of my life. Did I set out to be fat early in life -- not

knowingly...... but do I try to make my kids see things that they eat

right now at their age and make better choices - ABSOLUTELY!

Re: Dr. Phil

: What I resent is the factthat he thinks all fat people are there

because they program themselves to be fat. Phyllis

[Guest guest]

I totally agree with you, . But.....

Compound all of that with genetic pre-disposition, hormone

deficiencies such as the " ghrelin " they just found out about or

whatever. It seems like they are constantly finding out about new

differences obese people have to contend with that we have NO control

over but society still says: diet and exercise.

Even though they have proven that diet and exercise are successful 3-

5 % of the time. They would not keep recommending a cancer

treatment that was only effective 3-5% of the time.

I am so sick and tired of thin people acting so smug about their body

size - as if they have done something " right " . To me it is the same

as being born with brown eyes or blue eyes. Not much you can control

about that. You are either born with " thin " genes and hormones or

you're not.

After that we can really screw it up more with our own issues and by

dieting. But it all starts there.

Margaret in St. Louis

> In my case I do think I sort of programmed myself to be fat ---- I

> believe I set up eating patterns for myself that got me to the size

that

> I was. Compound that with years of dieting that caused my

metabolism to

> be totally screwed up and I had set myself up to be overweight the

rest

> of my life. Did I set out to be fat early in life -- not

> knowingly...... but do I try to make my kids see things that they

eat

> right now at their age and make better choices - ABSOLUTELY!

>

>

>

> Re: Dr. Phil

>

> : What I resent is the factthat he thinks all fat people are

there

>

> because they program themselves to be fat. Phyllis

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I saw the Dr. Phil show too. Did you see the people in the restaurant that

came by and told the two ladies to leave some food for the other people??

HOW RUDE!!!!! Even when I was heavy I never had that happen to me and when I

heard it on the show this morning, my heart went out to them. The skinny

lady on there who was downing all the obese people...well...I don't usually

wish anything bad on anyone...but I wish for just ONE day she was heavy...

Marie P.

[Guest guest]

Kathy, Does he have his own show now or was this on Oprah?

I agree it is horrible the injustices that obese people have to deal with.

I think you are eloquent enough to say what you just said. I'll support it

too!!

Love,

Betty

DR. Phil

>

> Hello,

>

> I'm sitting here watching Dr. Phil in complete horror! I usually agree

with

> him on most issues but I think he did a big injustice to obese people

today!

> I wished they had a call in line, I would have called today and that's not

> something I have ever done in my whole life. Whenever people claim we

> caused our obesity, in other words we made our bed now lay in it! always

> makes me think of my Mom. My Mother drank and smoked for years. When she

> developed lung cancer, not one time, not one person, EVER said, 'Sorry

about

> your luck but you made your bed!' When I think about all my friends

parents

> that have had triple bypass surgery because they ate fatty foods all their

> life, their insurance company didn't say 'Sorry about you luck but you

made

> your bed! " People on Dr. Phil were complaining about obese people having

> handicap license plates. Saying they were none deserving. Unbelievable!

I

> wanted to hug each and everyone of those obese people on that show and

tell

> them all about DR. R! How can we get the word out?? I think Dr. Phil

> should have DR. Rutledge on his show! That would get the word out!

>

> Anyone out there more eloquent then I willing to send Dr. Phil a letter

and

> testimony from several of us?? Just a thought. . .

>

> Kathy H.

>

> ---

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>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I can still remember very well the stares, the looks, the " oink, oinks " that

I heard and all the comments like, " You have such a pretty face, if you

could just lose some of that weight!! " I'd think, right! Like I don't

want to lose it!! Many other times People would say, " Well just push

yourself away from the table!! " Then there was one of the many times my FIL

made comments, but the one that got me the most was, " I'm going to outlive

you! " He is nearly 30 years older than me. Of course, at the rate I was

going he was probably right! Most people mean well, but there are some who

are so uneducated and heartless to make comments like those you have

mentioned.

I would never wish obesity on anyone, but I do believe that we will all be

held responsible for what we say and how we treat people. May we never

forget where we have come from, and try to help as many others as we can to

be blessed in the same way we have been.

In Him,

Betty Pappas

MGB: 3/13/00

Re: DR. Phil

> I saw the Dr. Phil show too. Did you see the people in the restaurant

that

> came by and told the two ladies to leave some food for the other people??

> HOW RUDE!!!!! Even when I was heavy I never had that happen to me and

when I

> heard it on the show this morning, my heart went out to them. The skinny

> lady on there who was downing all the obese people...well...I don't

usually

> wish anything bad on anyone...but I wish for just ONE day she was heavy...

>

> Marie P.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

If it were that easy there wouldn't be so many obese people in the world.

Too bad that that have always been thin can't understand. I shouldn't say

all thin people don't understand cause I know some do. But a lot don't.

I haven't saw the show, but I recorded it. I have a feeling this one lady is

going to get me riled up and I'm going to want to come through the TV at her!

In a message dated 11/27/2002 1:44:24 PM Central Standard Time,

betbyron@... writes:

<< " Well just push

yourself away from the table!! " >>

[Guest guest]

Good thought, Kathy. Would be worth a try.

shelley in OK

In a message dated 11/27/2002 10:22:57 AM Central Standard Time,

1nhamalian@... writes:

<< Anyone out there more eloquent then I willing to send Dr. Phil a letter

and

testimony from several of us?? Just a thought. . .

Kathy H. >>

[Guest guest]

I forgot to put the comma after I. I meant for someone else more eloquent.

.. .

I get all fired up but then it fizzles out. I really think it's a good

thing.

Kathy H.

Good thought, Kathy. Would be worth a try.

shelley in OK

<< Anyone out there more eloquent then I, willing to send Dr. Phil a letter

and

testimony from several of us?? Just a thought. . .

Kathy H. >>

[Guest guest]

Kathy,

I sent Dr. Phil a letter. Go to DrPhil.com and send your comments

and maybe we can get him to do a show on Dr. R.

Have a great Holiday!

Karla Attamack

8/4/00

364/179

6/16/02 MGB Baby girl

[Guest guest]

Did anyone see Dr. Phil yesterday? He had a father who did not want his son

medicated for ADHD and the police became involved. Terrible!!!!!!

Kathy

[Guest guest]

I am sitting here, watching Dr. Phil this afternoon. If any of you are on the west coast and can still catch it, you might want to. He is “helping” women with their body image. He is so kind that he just gave three women breast augmentations to help them with their body image problems. Aren’t we supposed to learn to love ourselves the way we are?? For God’s sake, he’s a shrink, I think he could have worked this a different way...

Kenda

[Guest guest]

I'm nearly 100% positive his wife has breast implants. I would bet a

lot of money on it!!

He isn't so informed, really. Shoots from the hip, but doesn't take

the time to read what his own licensing association says about many

human issues. :-/

(sigh)

> I am sitting here, watching Dr. Phil this afternoon. If any of you

are on

> the west coast and can still catch it, you might want to. He is

³helping²

> women with their body image. He is so kind that he just gave three

women

> breast augmentations to help them with their body image problems.

Aren¹t we

> supposed to learn to love ourselves the way we are?? For God¹s sake,

he¹s a

> shrink, I think he could have worked this a different way...

>

> Kenda

[Guest guest]

I could never stand " Dr. Phil " . Maybe I am a lone wolf here, but what little I

saw of him I

found nauseating.

" Dr. Phil " is an entertainer.

> Re: Dr. PhilHoney, I stopped watching him, but lately I have

been

watching him again. If he has done this I promise that I will never watch his

show again.

His wife has breast implants and that is why I stopped watching him.

>

> Bless all the darling sick women.....love you all....Lea

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`````````

> Re: Dr. Phil

>

>

> I am sitting here, watching Dr. Phil this afternoon. If any of you are on

the west coast

and can still catch it, you might want to. He is " helping " women with their

body image. He

is so kind that he just gave three women breast augmentations to help them with

their

body image problems. Aren't we supposed to learn to love ourselves the way we

are?? For

God's sake, he's a shrink, I think he could have worked this a different way...

>

> Kenda

>

>

>

> Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by

licensed health

care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed health care professional

before

commencing any medical treatment.

>

> " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you.

Find out what

the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and

how to work

for a better world. " - Linus ing, two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954,

Chemistry; 1963,

Peace)

>

>

[Guest guest]

Of course he is an entertainer, that’s how he keeps his ratings up. He does help families from time to time, those are the shows that I enjoy.

Kenda

I could never stand " Dr. Phil " . Maybe I am a lone wolf here, but what little I saw of him I

found nauseating.

" Dr. Phil " is an entertainer.

> Re: Dr. PhilHoney, I stopped watching him, but lately I have been

watching him again. If he has done this I promise that I will never watch his show again.

His wife has breast implants and that is why I stopped watching him.

>

> Bless all the darling sick women.....love you all....Lea

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`````````

> Re: Dr. Phil

>

>

> I am sitting here, watching Dr. Phil this afternoon. If any of you are on the west coast

and can still catch it, you might want to. He is " helping " women with their body image. He

is so kind that he just gave three women breast augmentations to help them with their

body image problems. Aren't we supposed to learn to love ourselves the way we are?? For

God's sake, he's a shrink, I think he could have worked this a different way...

>

> Kenda

>

>

>

> Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by licensed health

care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed health care professional before

commencing any medical treatment.

>

> " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what

the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work

for a better world. " - Linus ing, two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963,

Peace)

>

>

[Guest guest]

I agree, Lea. Stuff like this is inexcusable. But then, I'm not a Phil fan and

never was. ;-)

> > Re: Dr. PhilHoney, I stopped watching him, but lately I

have been

> watching him again. If he has done this I promise that I will never watch

his show

again.

> His wife has breast implants and that is why I stopped watching him.

> >

> > Bless all the darling sick women.....love you all....Lea

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`````````

> > Re: Dr. Phil

> >

> >

> > I am sitting here, watching Dr. Phil this afternoon. If any of you

are on the west

coast

> and can still catch it, you might want to. He is " helping " women with

their body

image. He

> is so kind that he just gave three women breast augmentations to help them

with

their

> body image problems. Aren't we supposed to learn to love ourselves the

way we

are?? For

> God's sake, he's a shrink, I think he could have worked this a different

way...

> >

> > Kenda

> >

> >

> >

> > Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by

licensed

health

> care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed health care

professional before

> commencing any medical treatment.

> >

> > " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead

you. Find out

what

> the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life

and how to

work

> for a better world. " - Linus ing, two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954,

Chemistry;

1963,

> Peace)

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I watch Dr. Phil from time to time and have seen shows like today, that disgust me. I watched a few days ago and he was reuniting families in Louisiana. He flew one woman to Texas to be reunited with her children and husband. She had no idea if any of them was dead or alive. It was a very touching show. He is helping the families in the show but their lives back together and committed himself to helping those affected by Katrina. He’s not all good but he’s not all bad either. Trying to appeal to the masses, he has to earn his ratings in order stay on the tube. I’d love for a talk show host to get up and stand for everything I believe in but I doubt it would be a very well rated show. That show would be more suited to a Christian station, not network TV.

Kenda

I agree, Lea. Stuff like this is inexcusable. But then, I'm not a Phil fan and never was. ;-)

> > Re: Dr. PhilHoney, I stopped watching him, but lately I have been

> watching him again. If he has done this I promise that I will never watch his show

again.

> His wife has breast implants and that is why I stopped watching him.

> >

> > Bless all the darling sick women.....love you all....Lea

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`````````

> > Re: Dr. Phil

> >

> >

> > I am sitting here, watching Dr. Phil this afternoon. If any of you are on the west

coast

> and can still catch it, you might want to. He is " helping " women with their body

image. He

> is so kind that he just gave three women breast augmentations to help them with

their

> body image problems. Aren't we supposed to learn to love ourselves the way we

are?? For

> God's sake, he's a shrink, I think he could have worked this a different way...

> >

> > Kenda

> >

> >

> >

> > Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by licensed

health

> care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed health care professional before

> commencing any medical treatment.

> >

> > " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out

what

> the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to

work

> for a better world. " - Linus ing, two-time Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry;

1963,

> Peace)

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I suspect he received a nice stipend for promoting

breast implants! . . .

maybe he need his very own implant! . . . like a

brain!

Rogene

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I want to see if I can get off this list until after I have the surgery and

will have news then. I appreciate everything, but I am a college student

and a volunteer grievance counselor so it is too tempting to stay on the

email. Will check in later.

Thanks,

Donna

COULD YOU PLEASE INFORM OTHERS OF THIS.

Re: Dr. Phil

> I suspect he received a nice stipend for promoting

> breast implants! . . .

>

> maybe he need his very own implant! . . . like a

> brain!

>

> Rogene

>

>

>

>

>

> Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by

licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed

health care professional before commencing any medical treatment.

>

> " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you.

Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a

happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing, two-time

Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

>

>

[Guest guest]

I tried to help you by going to our member list and making changes

to your email delivery, but I absolutely cannot find you listed

anywhere! I am stumped.

The only thing I can suggest for you is to go to your group list and

make the editing changes yourself. (Go to " My Groups " in the upper

right corner of the webpage and edit it from there. You can choose

web only as an option, which keeps your membership, but stops

delivery of the emails.) Wish I could help you more...I tried!

Patty

> Hi,

> I want to see if I can get off this list until after I have the

surgery and

> will have news then. I appreciate everything, but I am a college

student

> and a volunteer grievance counselor so it is too tempting to stay

on the

> email. Will check in later.

> Thanks,

> Donna

> COULD YOU PLEASE INFORM OTHERS OF THIS.

> Re: Dr. Phil

>

>

> > I suspect he received a nice stipend for promoting

> > breast implants! . . .

> >

> > maybe he need his very own implant! . . . like a

> > brain!

> >

> > Rogene

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice

given by

> licensed health care professionals. Consult your physician or

licensed

> health care professional before commencing any medical treatment.

> >

> > " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians

mislead you.

> Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how

to live a

> happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing,

two-time

> Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Jo Lynn...personally I don't care for Dr. Phil. I had a friend who went once to be in the audience. What she relayed to me was this...each and everyone who sits in the audience MUST sign a form stating they have NEVER had mental problems and have NEVER had a need for a therapist. If you HAVE had experience with a therapist for any reason whatsoever, you are denied entry.....it is amazing to me that everyone in the audience has NEVER see a therapist? Maybe I am just the oddball, but many many people I know have been in that chair! After I heard the paperwork that had to be signed, I realized that perhaps he has some tactics that are less that honorable.

I would be happy to write and add to the campaign...just let me know where I write!

Debby

[ ] Dr. Phil

I do not care if I get credit, I just want Dr. Phil to explain his numbers. I think his comments has probably hurt Donor Awareness. If you go by his figures than I would think maybe ppl would think twice about signing a Donor Card and more important letting their family know their wishes. Also if you are dead you cannot sit up and say NO NO to your family so it is best to have your wishes done by an attorney so your final wishes are what you want. I belong to other Liver Groups and many many many many people have written to Dr. Phil both snail mail and email. All have promised me they would let me know either thru the groups or off group if they hear from the Dr. Phil show. At this time no one has heard back from the Dr. Phil show. Guess we are going to have to work harder.

So Thanks to all that are helping out with this.

Jo Lynne

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[Guest guest]

I wrote a while back asking where they got their figures and told

them that giving misleading and false information could be harmful for

those waiting for transplants. I asked for their source of

information.

I never received an answer.

That's weird that your friends had to sign such a waiver. I

thought that people on his show were there for therapy so why can't

people in need of therapy be in the audience?

I do like Dr. Phil. He's entertaining but I think it's

tacky the way he gets his son and wife to participate on his show.

They aren't very interesting and I doubt that anyone really wants to

see them. It doesn't reflect well on Phil's judgement. Someone

mentioned that he's not really a doctor.

Maybe if we would all write we might make an impact. Obviously, I

didn't.

Good luck,

Dr.

(just kidding)

Jo Lynn...personally I don't care for Dr. Phil. I

had a friend who went once to be in the audience. What she

relayed to me was this...each and everyone who sits in the audience

MUST sign a form stating they have NEVER had mental problems and have

NEVER had a need for a therapist. If you HAVE had experience

with a therapist for any reason whatsoever, you are denied

entry.....it is amazing to me that everyone in the audience has NEVER

see a therapist? Maybe I am just the oddball, but many many

people I know have been in that chair! After I heard the

paperwork that had to be signed, I realized that perhaps he has some

tactics that are less that honorable.

I would be happy to write and add to the campaign...just

let me know where I write!

Debby

[Guest guest]

I have to say that I like Dr. Phil and I like his wife and son's input. I think

it's neat that they are always there to support him. I thought the opposite of

the info he gave about donars. I felt that more people would donate if they

realized that most people die before getting a liver. I can't imagine having to

sign a waiver like that either. They can edit things out. Oh well. I am

staying a donar no matter what anyone says, even Dr. Phil!

Zanna