Re: On Oprah today...
From: anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:41:28 -0600 (CST)
IMHO Oprah is in denial!!! And she probably has several endocrine
disorders. Who cares about how a person feels about being overweight
the bottom line is that it is unhealthy!!!
I think she is vastly overrated and has far more power and influence
than she deserves.
(Disclaimer, I haven't watched her in a decade).
At Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Ginger wrote:
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>Awesome! You Go Girl! You Rock!
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>Ginger Dawn Harman
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>At Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Alexis wrote:
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>>Well, I just watched it...must say that I feel like writing to the Oprah
>>show again. I remember a year or so ago, when a bunch of us from this
>>board got together and sent emails to the Oprah show after that Dr.
>>Whatever his name was said that all fat people are that way because they
>>choose to be and because they eat too much. Well, on todays show there
>>were four courageous large women who like to eat...and (maybe because of
>>that) are between 270-380 lbs. They are (the majority of them) happy
>>with themselves & their bodies....and, personally I think that's great.
>>Now, here's what bothers me....these shows (such as Oprah today) are
>>sticking it into peoples heads that ALL people are FAT because they EAT
>>too much & that it really doesn't bother them that they are so fat. So,
>>that's great...here we are (many of us overweight PCOS
>>cysters)...stuggling day to day...not only with the weight but with many
>>other horrible effects of PCOS...and who knows...when we walk into the
>>mall, the grocery store...anywhere....people will have that thought in
>>the back of their minds..."whoa...she eats WAY too much...she's fat!"
>>So, I'll do it again...write that letter to Oprah...letting her know
>>what kind of message she's putting out there and voicing my opinion
>>about how this kind of message hurts people like myself. When will it
>>end? Sorry to ramble...just needed to vent....and the cats weren't
>>offering much support today! :-)
>>
>>At Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Randi wrote:
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>>>Just thought I'd pass this along...Oprah Winfrey is having women discuss
>>>what is feels like to be fat on today's show...should be interesting...
>>>
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>>>Randi
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>Ginger..Wilford Hall Pt... San Antonio Tx.
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