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Oprah Exits Weight Watchers Board After Admitting She Took Weight Loss Meds, Stock Tumbling (futurism.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

If WW actually worked, they would be out of business.
Success happens with nutritional education and constant physical activity.
No one needs an extreme diet, or kooky rules to follow. That is called failure.

It's not hard to learn that a portion is the size of your fist.
Read the ingredients on the Back of the product.
Eat more fiber and tons of vegetables.
You don't need a portion of protein at every meal throughout the day. All foods except Oil contain protein. You will not die if you don't eat a steak at all 3 meals.
Go for a walk after dinner, or lunch, or BOTH.
Have more sex with your partner to burn those calories and up your breathing.
You lose weight by breathing.

And finally, no one needs to be rail thin to be "healthy" or "beautiful". Burn the magazines and delete Insta.
Love and Respect yourself.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)

First read this as “Oprah Exists”.

And I’m like yeah no shit.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why is this surprising or even controversial? Weight Watchers bought Sequence whose whole purpose was to fast track access to Wegovy. Seems a little ridiculous to point towards that as the reason for the stock falling. Most likely it was simply because she left the board.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

It can be due to both, no need to expect the market is reacting in a appropriate and not overblown way.

[–] [email protected] 152 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Oprah is a bullshit artist. She has always been a bullshit artist and she got rich peddling bullshit. Her efficiency promoting pseudoscience throughout her career makes her a blight on society, forever deserving scorn for the people she helped to hurt. We are collectively dumber because of her efforts, and she gets to live her life lavished by luxury and adulation as a result.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 9 months ago (11 children)

As someone who is loosing weight it's basically calories in and calories out without eating over your daily calory budget

loseit is a good app and will calculate your calory budget for you and can track the foods you eat and add them up

I feel sorry for you americans though that don't have the per 100g on your nutritional labels though because serving sizes can be deceptive

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

serving sizes can be deceptive

The funniest example I've seen of this recently is the whipped butter that my parents buy. It has a blurb on the front that says "50% less fat than regular butter per serving", which is true - because even though the serving sizes are the same (1 tablespoon) the whipped butter is fucking half air.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Agreed. But we should still acknowledge that losing fat is difficult for multiple reasons. Sure, ultimately it's basic physics. If you operate on a caloric deficit over a longer period of time you will lose weight. That is true for everybody. But on a personal level it can be quite a challenge to lose fat and not gain it again. There are often life-long habits to overcome, sometimes (mental) health issues to deal with. You must find the time and energy and money to change your eating habits to something healthy. A simple drastic reduction of your caloric intake is unsustainable and unhealthy, you need to come up with a good plan. You need to find time to work out, because that's also healthy and muscle mass is vital to losing fat. And I sad fat, not weight, because if you gain muscles you will also gain weight, as muscles are heavier than fat. But that's healthy weight. Anyway, I'm rambling.

I'm not saying this to discourage anyone, living healthier will benefit you in so many ways. But I feel it's worth acknowledging that there's usually more to it than just counting calories.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You now gave me the idea to maybe give these calorie counters a shot. In my appstore it shows up as "Lose It!", I asume thats the one? Also question, how privacy safe are these?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Wait.. They don't have that level of detail on the labels?? That's ridiculous? Serving size is arbitrary nonsense.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (8 children)

It’s just not that easy for some folks. Especially people who have developed eating disorders.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I know this might not sound positive but people with eating disorders should try to speak to a therapist about it because eating disorders can end up being horrible for your health

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Although it is true what you say and I do agree, I also read between your lines that maybe you don't know how difficult and (life)long that process is.

An eating disorder is a disease/issue that honestly isn't solvable, you carry that weak point for the rest of your life and will have to battle it. Which with eating is extra difficult, since you have to eat. You can't stay sober from food.

(But maybe I misunderstood your words (being written text without further context). )

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

This is why I'm not against drugs like Ozempic for those who need it.

I used a new medication to make me not want opiates. Used it for about two years until I had enough healthy habits in place to actually not want opiates. Been clean for 6 years and off the medication for over a year without issue.

Never would have gotten clean without it so it makes sense to me how people end up obese.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

What was that Oprah said about these younger generations not wanting to work for something ?

"My frustration with young women + young men is that they think success is supposed to happen like - That!"

that's her. ~~what a fraud.~~ i take that back. she left the board. i hope that she finds some peace with her body.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

She's a multi-billionaire. I say she can keep the struggle with her body image.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Very good article by the wonderful Cathy O'Neil (mathbabe) about Wegovy (she has lost 60 lb by using it): https://mathbabe.org/2024/02/04/why-people-hate-wegovy/

Tldr: it makes it harder to shame fat people.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Harder to shame rich fat people.

Harder to get meds to poor fat people with diabetes, prolly, too.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I always knew she was full of it, "dr"Phil proved it, dr.oz sealed it down.

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