5 things I learned from Jillian Michaels

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  Posted by robert c Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:52am PDT

  "loser" is correct.

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  Posted by Gowrish Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:04am PDT

  Hi,

  I just skimmed through this article and ya know what...it is clearly a perfect example of where we are as a society in terms of what the media has forced down the throats of young women AND now men of what is acceptable in terms of body and weight and all of it. The thing that sparked me the most was the suggestion to pour candle wax on food at a restaurant so that you don't eat too much. The selfishness and self centeredness of this suggestion is the reason people are starving in the world...we are so obsessed with our weight and looking skinny enough....I think people in the West look absolutely sickly with the minimal amounts of body fat and faces sinking in with lines around the mouths and eyes...in other Third World Countries these people are photographed to show what World Hunger looks like! Did anyone ever consider getting out of their own head and simply asking the waiter to wrap the food to go and then giving it to someone who is hungry on your way home or is that just too much effort and not cool enough? Yeah, pouring candle wax on perfectly fine food is a great idea....just waste...waste....waste....what??? who cares about the people who are hungry....I mean ....why don't they get jobs or something! Isn't that the attitude this supports......ME ME ME ME! We need to change this and fast.....losing weight to be healthy, going to the gym to be healthy and look good is one thing.....our culture is obsessed with the nonsense of our bodies.

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  Posted by Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:11am PDT

  She has one very very HOT body!.....

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  Posted by Steve Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:41am PDT

  People are funny, Most of you are 50lbs more or less over weight and if you have control enough to not eat then great, Why listen to a trainer if you have it figured out in your own heads. Every one is different. Jillian acknowledges her problems and uses methods she feels necessary to help her control it. What she says is not the holly grail to weight loss, its just one method that works for her. just like every one else has there own method to control it. People should take what is said and either use it as one of your many tools to help out in certain situations.

  For the people that thnk putting candle wax on the food is wasteful then you need to go work in a restaurant for a while, The food that comes off someones plate gets tossed in the garbage along with every thing else and thrown out for the seagulls to eat at the local dump., Just because she puts wax on the her food doesn't mean shes being wasteful, just means she knows her self and her eating habits.

  On the will power thing, I disagree.

  Try sitting down to eat where the last 30 years of your life has been centered around grandmas table and tell me how your will power serves you. Getting up is not an option because its considered rude, being told to make sure your plates clean has been engraved in to your head. Sometimes all you have is willpower to not eat that last ravioli or last bite of bread. Do I take offense to her comment? haha no, she just hasn't sat around my grandmas table is all I have lost almost 100lbs in the last year, some days I feel will power is all I have when it comes to the holidays.

  Some good advice I learned is to split meals when going out, Thats right order one meal between two people, you get great portion size and your food bill is lower. Eventually you will start eating less on your own even when faced with a big meal.

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  Posted by Mike Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:47am PDT

  I just turned 30 and my doctor told me if I don't lose the weight I'm going to suffer a heart attack soon. So I hired a personal trainer and, although its really more than I can afford, I figure its worth my health. 3 days a week (and I can barely walk when he's done with me) and 2 days doing cardio on my own. It hurts and I absolutely hate it but I just have to take it one day at a time and remember why I'm doing it. Although my entire body feels like Jello, I'm already starting to see a difference.

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  Posted by Angelita Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:09pm PDT

  I disagree with wasting food just so you don't eat it. How about order less food when you are out at a restaurant? Order a salad or an appetizer or split an entree with a friend. Don't pour wax on your food, LOL. It is shameful what some people do to waste food while there are millions of hungry people out there. Also, don't keep the food which you don't want to eat at home. If you don't have it, you can't eat it. Stock up on fresh fruits and veggies, some low calorie snacks. When you are home and hungry, you'll eat what you have at home.

  Also, it does take will power to control your eating. Being smart about the food you put in front of yourself is, of course, an easier way to not eat things you shouldn't be eating. But, still there will be situations when you are surrounded with junk food. You need to have will power to fight the urge to eat all that greasy, sugary, salty stuff in a matter of minutes.

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  Posted by Jose Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:15pm PDT

  It is ok advice. Saying running is the best form of cardio is wrong on so many levels. First, one will NOT lose weight running (I am not talking about a marathon, which will slowly destroy your joints); second, if you want to lose weight, strength training and some interval training (sprints, see Doctors Heart Cure by Al Sears, MD) or power walking is superior. Besides, you can do all the 'cardio' that you want, if your diet is not good, you will get fat or not lose anything.

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  Posted by Steven Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:20pm PDT

  I don't have a weight problem, but I watch the show often to see the motivation that is empowered on the contestants. I am impressed that these folks hang it all out there for the world to see and cheer them on. Jillian Michaels is a true motivator and brings out the best in all the contestants even the ones that are voted out, and it doesn't hurt that she is HOT either!!!!

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  Posted by Pete Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:42pm PDT

  Many people in our culture are obese and physically mess is due to ignorance. To succeed at anything, that means anything, you must have specific, appropriate knowledge. Too many in our society look for the magic diet or work out, hoping!!!, that somehow the health fairy will sprinkle magic dust and the will become something besides what they are now. A work out is a WORKOUT. Don't look for the diet study nutrition.

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