The M & J Show

My morning ritual has changed since getting laid off. We are a lot slower in the morning and by time I get to ironing I am usually watching this in the background. I miss my Fox 25 in the morning. I digress. I have never really been a morning talk show watcher and this one isn't too bad but I do take issue with the over sensationalism of some of their stories. Especially teh weight loss ones. I have never seen them have on a guest who lost weight with education, time and motivation. Normally the weight loss stories are of the expose kind, but they manage to find people who are drinking the Kool Aid even when they have nutritionists beating them down. Think Kimkins and injecting yourself with pregnancy hormones!!! I appreciate that they balance out the nut jobs with real medical professionals but just once I would like to see someone up there talking about how they lost weight by changing their life.
Today they kicked off their "NY vs LA Fit Fight." Two trainers competing to whip two couples into shape. Seems more about the trainers than about the participants but we'll see. One last thing... they gave them T shirts. Do you think they could have gotten ones that fit? Nope. Standing next to the trainers with the too tight tee shirts stretched over their clothes was hard to watch.

I Can Make You Thin. Really?

With Paul McKenna on TLC. He makes the show about the audience. Instead of watching others lose weight he brings you along on a 5 week program, (Sunday at 9pm), giving you weekly tasks to complete along with advice and suggestions for following his program.

He has 4 Golden Rules
Eat what you want,
when you are hungry,
consciously eating,
until you are full.

That will work for losing weight-- but I fear the gimmick does set people up for failure. Eat what you want? Perhaps in a future show he will include some pointers on good nutrition. Not all calories are created equal.

He does talk a lot about the mental battle of eating and food. He encourages people to throw out foods that don't inspire you. I've done some refrigerator purging myself recently and it felt great. He also speaks about the need to savor food. My favorite line of the night. “People who are overweight, think about food all the time, except for when they are actually eating it.” I couldn’t agree more. That has been one of the hardest of behaviors to modify-- the reminder was good. There is nothing wrong with getting in touch with your hunger.