One week from Friday??? Who can wait that long?

[nativetxn]

What is that program with Dr. Phill they are hyping on NBC? I'm supposed to wait until next <i>Friday</i>????

It looks like it will be very interesting, don't let me forget to watch it.

 

[mum4jenn]

I have been wondering the same thing. Sounds interesting and I do plan on watching!!!

 

[catherine]

I love Dr Phil!! I used to watch him on Oprah, but as far as I know Oprah is no longer showing in the UK. So I don't get to see him anymore I guess that is another good reason why we should move back to the US!

 

[anniet]

He's coming out with a new weight loss book too, on September 9th. I can't wait either, because I think he's going to be a big help to me and a lot of other people. I read a review of the book and they said the traditional diet "gurus" can't say whether it's good or bad because it's not about dieting at all it's about BEHAVIOR!

Can't wait to see it. Is it on the regular Dr. Phil show, or is it a prime time special?


p.s. Catherine, Dr. Phil isn't on Oprah, anymore....he's got his own show!

 

[catherine]

Thanks anniet. I heard that he had his own show, unfortunately that isn't shown over here either (as far as I know)

 

[wdwnutze]

Hsaven't heard about this yet but I did hear that this Sunday, E is doing the Dr. Phil biography. It's on at 8 I think. I love Dr. Phil cause he just tells it like it is!

 

[Beanie]

Can someone post a reminder on the day of the show or keep this bumped up?? I just know I will forget!

Thanks!

 

[Whosemom]

I don't know anything about Dr Phil's plan. But really, WW is about behavior too. Let me go put on my "professor hat". I had to do a thesis for my masters, and it was on self-monitoring. As in, the WW journals. You wouldn't believe the amount of research that shows how helpful it is to keep some kind of formal written record of a behavior you're trying to change. I haven't really followed WW as far as checking off the veggies or anything. I eat "whatever" but I write everything down. The minute I stop writing every bite, I blow it (ie camping ). And I keep a lovely graph going in excel

ok, enough of me

 

[anniet]

I agree whosemom, WW does promote behavior modification, but I believe Dr. Phil's philosophy goes far beyond journaling.

It goes towards emotional eating, eating out of habit or boredom, how to change those learned behaviors of using food to deal with feelings that you should be dealing with in other ways and replace them with new behaviors. His philosophy is you cannot be overweight unless your lifestyle SUPPORTS you being overweight, hence if you change your lifestyle to support a slimmer you, you will have a slimmer you.

(this bumps for you, Beanie! )

 

[wovenwonder]

The today show mentioned something about having Doctor Phil on all next week PLUS they also had a blurb about he and Katie doing a 2 hr special next friday on the 'ultimate weight solution'.

 

[nativetxn]

It is the two hour special that I'm anxious to see

 

[mowsie dreamer]

Me, too, Kath!!! No fair, them making us wait a whole extra week to see it!! If we were people that could live with delayed gratification, we wouldn't even NEED to see it!!

 

[disykat]

The thing about Dr. Phil is that he tells us to stop whining and do something about it. It's all about changing your behavior to get the result you want. I think most of us just need a good kick in the rear and that's what he gives. He has a "fatherly" kind of demeaner and tries to get us to be responsible for our own actions. I'll be watching it too.

 

[ibouncetoo]

The special with Katie & Dr Phil airs for 2 hours (7-9P central/mt or 8-10p eastern/pacific). It's actually a 2 hour DATELINE, so that's how it will be listed in your TV Guide or on your cable pre-veiw channel. He is also scheduled to appear on the Today Show.
I'm so looking forward to it ...tho a little apprehensive...I think he may say things I don't want to hear, but NEED to hear!
I think we'll be having some interesting discussions after this show!

 

[anniet]

Originally posted by ibouncetoo

I'm so looking forward to it ...tho a little apprehensive...I think he may say things I don't want to hear, but NEED to hear!

I totally agree. I remember watching him one time and he said Oprah invited him to speak to her "weight loss club" (I forget what they call themselves) He said "You don't want me there" and she said "Yes we do" so when they asked why they were overweight he replied "Because you choose to be"

I almost fell off my couch, but he had a point. That was the first time I heard him say "You can't be overweight, unless you have a lifestyle that SUPPORTS it!"

....stay tuned, I'm sure he's going to be frightening and helpful.

 

[gillis95]

Originally posted by ibouncetoo
The special with Katie & Dr Phil airs for 2 hours (7-9P central/mt or 8-10p eastern/pacific). It's actually a 2 hour DATELINE, so that's how it will be listed in your TV Guide or on your cable pre-veiw channel. He is also scheduled to appear on the Today Show.

What dates are we talking about here??

 

[CarolMN]

Originally posted by gillis95
What dates are we talking about here??

Friday, September 12, 2003

 

[mum4jenn]

I saw in pne of the drug store ads in todays paper where they have his book,suplements,and the bars. The suplements are sold according to body shape such as "pear" and "apple".

 

[wovenwonder]

Don't forget WISHers -- 4 more days!

NBC -
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 - 8:00 PM ET
Dr. Phill with Katie Couric
in an exclusive interview, Katie Couric sits down with self-help guru, Dr. Phil McGraw to discuss his take on how people can get real about weight loss in a ”Katie Couric Special.” Then, Dr. Phil puts his advice to the test in a weeklong series on ”Today” starting Sept. 15.


I am looking forward to this but have to admit I'm a little worried that it will become a 'low carb' busting show. Katie is very well known to feel that the low carb ways of eating are unhealthy. But, ofcourse most of us know she is just misinformed.

 

[MelanieC]

I was doing some searches last night trying to find out more info, and I found a TV-Guide article, and Dr. Phil mentioned about Low Carb in one of the questions. I think that even if they are misinformed, you could throw those parts out and still get a lot of good info. I thought that besides the part about the low carb diets, the article in the TV guide was good.


Here is the article:



Q&A WITH DR. PHIL
By Janet Weeks

Phillip C. McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil to the nearly six million daytime TV viewers who have made his talk show No. 2 in the nation, has a new book coming out. And no, it's not titled More Advice I Just Pulled Out of My ***, as David Letterman joked on The Late Show. It's The Ultimate Weight Solution: 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom. Yes, the master of healing the inner you — the man who wants America to "get real!" — now wants to take on your outside self. TV Guide talked to him about the book and the second season of his show, which kicks off September 15.
TVG: Is your book just for morbidly obese folks? Or is it for anybody, like somebody who is just 10 pounds overweight?
Dr. Phil: Well, everybody that is morbidly obese passed 10 pounds at some point. They went through the 10-pound point. Maybe you just passed it during the night. One night you went to bed and you woke up and you were 20 pounds overweight. That's the way a lot of people feel. Weight is something that has to be managed. And so it certainly is germane to anyone and everyone that is focused on managing their health and their weight.

TVG: There are a lot of diet books on the market. How is yours different?
Dr. Phil: The difference between this book and everything else I've ever seen out there is this one isn't written with a marketing sensitivity. I mean, nowhere in there did I say "Quick and easy!" "Thirty pounds in 30 days!" "Seven days to the new you!" That's what people write, and that's what people sell, because that's what the buyer wants to buy. You want somebody to tell you what you want to hear. Well, you can't do it in 30 days. It's a lifestyle realignment that will start today and it will go forward for the rest of your life, and it won't fix all your problems.

TVG: You caution against people expecting too much of themselves.
Dr. Phil: One of the things that I talk about in the book is your "get real weight." It's a concept of weight wellness. The whole idea is you have to be realistic for who and what you are. I hear so many women say, "My goal weight is when I graduated from college. I was 5'3" and weighed 118 and wore a size 2. I felt so good then, that's where I want to be." Well, you know what, you're 45, you're post-menopausal, your hormones have changed. You've had three kids. And you ain't going to be 118 pounds and a size 2, and if you did, you would look sick.

TVG: You're also not a fan of relying on willpower.
Dr. Phil: I think one of the real misgivings that I have with most approaches to weight is even though they may say otherwise, they depend an awful lot on willpower. Motivation. Rah, rah. Let's go. And that's okay. You do have to get a point of readiness. But willpower is fickle. It comes and goes. "We're going to lose 10 pounds! We're going to start exercising!"

TVG: And it lasts three weeks.
Dr. Phil: Yeah. We get all pumped up and that's fine. But then what do you do when you're not? And that's where programming is so important. You've got to set your life up in such a way that it supports you. It moves you in a compliant direction when you don't feel like it. And we get very nuts and bolts about just how to do that.

TVG: How do you do that?
Dr. Phil: For example, I tell people "Burn your bridges behind you." Let's say you're a woman and you're in a size 24. All right. And we start working on this while you're all excited, while you're all pumped up. We're just shaking and baking. And you go down to a size 22, or a size 20. Burn your bridges behind you. Get rid of everything above a size 20 in your closet. Get rid of your muumuus and your housedresses. Husbands get rid of these infinitely expandable sweat pants. Get rid of those things where you've got nowhere to go but down.

TVG: On the second season of your show, you're going to be following 12 overweight Americans as they follow your plan. Will you check frequently on their progress?
Dr. Phil: You bet. And we're going to have a very active Web involvement with this, where people can sign up and track their weight and journal everything and record all the stuff. Ask questions. Get additional information.

TVG: How do you feel about the Atkins Diet?
Dr. Phil: I think that all of the diets that I've ever looked at, most of them work short term. If I said, "Until I see you three weeks from now, all I want you to eat are oranges," that would be the new Beverly Hills Orange Diet. And you know what? You would lose weight. But that's not the issue here. The issue is not how much weight we can yo-yo off of you. It's why they eat, when they eat, where they eat, how they eat. It's all of those things, in addition to what they eat.

TVG: In the book, you also advise people to stop stop obsessing about their weight.
Dr. Phil: I'm saying if you're reading this book, get happy. Relax. Because for the first time in your life, you're truly on task. I mean, for the first time, you realistically, honestly are dealing with your problem and your issues, and if you'll just do the things that are laid out it will take care of itself.

For more on Dr. Phil, pick up this week's issue of TV Guide magazine, on newsstands now.

Weighing In: Dr. Phil



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MelanieTV Guide