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jinniKate Dries
12/29/15 6:20pm
RIGHT ON TIME.

Anyone have any New Year’s resolutions for this year?

I don’t have too many yet (and the ones I have are pretty maudlin) but I am wondering if anyone has any juicy, original, creative or subversive resolutions? Inspire us!
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  GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the Barneyjinni
  12/29/15 6:21pm
  Nope. I am against the idea of resolutions, on principle.
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  jinniGinAndTonic Got Stuck in the Barney
  12/29/15 6:26pm
  Yes, I know. And I was going to add that this would likely be the philosophy of most commenters.
  
  This is the reason I would like to hear the creative and outlandish and fabulous ones.
  
  None of us is into the normative resolutions of the land of Yawn.
  
  Let’s get creative!
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StrategerieKate Dries
12/29/15 6:19pm
Oprah has the money for a private chef, a trainer (hell, she could hire a fleet of trainers), her own gym, and every other weight-loss motivator possible. Has she ever wondered how much more she could accomplish in life if she stopped obsessing over perfection and accepted herself as she is?
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  jinniStrategerie
  12/29/15 6:20pm
  mind blown
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  MaggiejeanerStrategerie
  12/29/15 6:24pm
  Seriously! For all of the watered down maya Angelou quotes she sputters out, that is the one lesson that she's completely blind to. I'm 40 and Oprah has been on this same struggle since I was 12—time to dust yourself off, enjoy your successes and spend time doing something else.
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SuffersfoolsgladlyKate Dries
12/29/15 6:17pm
Oh, for fuck’s sake, Oprah. Stop it.

You are never going to be skinny. You are now nine hundred years old and have done this more times than I can count.

Sure, we all remember that day when you had just finished an epic diet and life was new again, you were transformed forever and you wore those cool leather pants, but it was like, one day.

Why not stop this and just live your life?
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  grapesIickSuffersfoolsgladly
  12/29/15 6:21pm
  I think she’s done the transformed forever thing a few times. You’d think a woman as smart as she is would have realized the futility of it at this point.
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  GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the BarneygrapesIick
  12/29/15 6:25pm
  not to mention that she has so many resources at her disposal, far and beyond Weight Watchers, and can’t keep the weight off, so why would I, Joe Public, think Weight Watchers was going to do the trick?
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randilynisFINDILYNKate Dries
12/29/15 6:24pm
“If not me, who? If not now, when?”. I always thought this applied to awakening your social conscience, a kind of call to arms to the self to step up. Never realized it was about starting a diet on Jan 1.
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  grapesIickrandilynisFINDILYN
  12/29/15 6:28pm
  It occurs to me that I really have no right to judge Oprah. The importance she places on controlling her weight- I continue to do it no matter how ultimately insane and just plain stupid I know it is. I think what I’m much better at, though, is keeping the stupidity to myself. Although that’s no doubt easier when you don’t have a world wide platform ;), it’s not like Oprah HAS to do weepy ads for Weight Watchers.
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  jinnirandilynisFINDILYN
  12/29/15 6:33pm
  First they came for the sugar
  and I did not care
  because I had already given up sugar
  Then they came for the carbs
  and I did not care
  because sourdough is expensive
  Then they came for the meat
  and I did not care
  because really I prefer fish
  Then they came for legumes
  and there was no one left
  
  who wasn’t already Paleo.
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nutmegcinnamonKate Dries
12/29/15 6:26pm
I understand that programs like weight watchers do not work for all of their participants, and many are fraudulent. I understand that Oprah’s weight has fluctuated over the past thirty years. I do not understand “you’re fat, you will always be fat, and stop trying to lose weight” sentiment in these comments.

Are we faulting Oprah for trying to lose weight or for participating in a weight loss advertisement?
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  GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the Barneynutmegcinnamon
  12/29/15 6:35pm
  Because diets fail, and when they do, people regain the weight plus some. It’s an almost entirely futile effort for most people. That is a straight-up FACT. Better is to focus on exercising, eating healthily, and doing what you can to maintain health. Dieting doesn’t achieve that for most people for very long.
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  nutmegcinnamonGinAndTonic Got Stuck in the Barney
  12/29/15 7:34pm
  I agree that there are a large number of highly restrictive diets that damage health. There are also a lot of dumb products marketed for fast and easy weight loss, like Fit Tea. I still disagree that there are a large number of people that are inherently incapable of maintaining weight loss.
  
  There are women who are 5’6” and never be and one hundred and twenty pounds. I do think it is unreasonable to be 5’6” and try to weight one hundred a thirty five pounds instead of one hundred and eighty pounds.
  
  I think that your weight is a component of your health - not as important as eating healthy, exercising regularly, and not smoking - but it still is a component.
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buzzgirlKate Dries
12/29/15 6:46pm
I haven’t actually seen the commercials yet, but I *did* start doing Weight Watchers in October. I’m down 15lbs already. It really is a lot of common sense, but there’s something about the structure that is working for me. Well, the structure and the fact that there aren’t “forbidden” foods, because the spectre of “off-limits” makes me want something all the more. Moderation and serving sizes have always been my Achilles heel. And mindless eating. WW has helped.
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  cynceritybuzzgirl
  12/29/15 6:53pm
  I’m super pro weight watchers. I just rejoined after moving to a new town and getting off track. I miss going to meetings-those were my favorite parts.
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  nightvalebuzzgirl
  12/29/15 7:07pm
  Yeah, the accountability piece is great an it’s more about portion control then anything. I need to join again, but I’m scared to get back on the scale.
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JustCameToSayYoKate Dries
12/29/15 6:21pm
My diet resolution for the new year...

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  MarillenbaumJustCameToSayYo
  12/29/15 7:57pm
  I love this so much and I want it on a T-shirt.
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  JustCameToSayYoMarillenbaum
  12/29/15 9:24pm
  This can be arranged.
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UKaraKate Dries
12/29/15 9:22pm
Ugh. That diet. Oprah. Cut it out. You’re bigger than me and I’ve failed on this diet too many times. WW rarely works long term for most. There’s no real maintenance program—eat more until you start gaining then stop? That’s a life program? Even though you pretend to eat “healthier” the diet skews toward high-end carbs, even if low carb helps you lose. Sometimes you end up eating bars made of rice and sawdust with a smattering of chocolate to fill up on something that is one point. It’s no way to live.
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  TTTXOXOHTHUKara
  12/30/15 10:58am
  This is all false information. How much do you even know about the program? The new program incentivizes fruit, veggies and lean proteins, and it disincentivizes sugar, saturated fat and simple carbohydrates. Don't talk unless you know.
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  UKaraTTTXOXOHTH
  12/30/15 2:50pm
  I’ve been on the program as recently as August 2014-March 2015. In that time I discovered high protein, somewhat higher fat diet helps me lose and keep off weight. I tried to do that in WW and it didn’t work. If you eat 4-6 ounces of lean meats per meal, you rack up 12 to 18 points of your 22 points per day right there. If you eat certain cuts of pork or beef, you’re looking at 2 to 3 points an ounce. It all adds up fast. If you chose to use olive oil for cooking or salad dressing and add that into your points, that’s 1 pt/teaspoon. Even if I eat all vegetables around it and no other processed foods, I was frequently over the 22 points. If I stuck to a 22 point meal plan, I found myself eating chicken, turkey and tuna only, limiting olive oil for flavor and cooking. Rather than eat lower point versions of bread and pasta (which I can’t eat), I was eating higher point potatoes and yams. For my dietary requirements, it did not work. That was the seventh time I’ve tried to make WW work and I won’t do it anymore. It sounds good on paper, but the reality of it was too frustrating for me.
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LittleKingTrashmouth is Gary the dogKate Dries
12/29/15 7:03pm
I love O Magazine (yeah, I know, but it’s actually great if you want something beyond the typical sex/fashion/beauty mags), but Oprah was talking about her recommitment to Weight Watchers in the last issue, and then I read that she bought a stake in the company. Unbelievable. Did she think no one would notice? I’m just hoping now she doesn’t ruin the magazine with more poorly-disguised shilling for WW. There’s something truly galling about one of the richest women in the world sneakily pumping her fans for more money. I gave you $12 for my subscription, Oprah, and you won’t get a penny more!
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  TyrannosaurusBataarLittleKingTrashmouth is Gary the dog
  12/29/15 7:31pm
  They just said on a tv spot I saw that she owns 10% of the company.
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grapesIickKate Dries
12/29/15 6:14pm
Man does this stuff get old. The fact that one of the most powerful women in the world focuses so much mental energy on her weight- well, words fail me. I guess I just wish it wasn’t the case.
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  BawitabahgrapesIick
  12/29/15 6:37pm
  Or she doesn’t and this is a ploy to get money and a damn good one. Women’s weight/body insecurity is a zillion dollar business.
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  grapesIickBawitabah
  12/29/15 6:41pm
  Now I’m getting depressed.
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