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An emotional and empowering hour you can't miss.

Obese teens talk about their struggles with weight and the heartache they've experienced due to their size. Meet their concerned family members who are afraid their loved ones will die if they don't do something to start losing weight now. The teens hear the straight (and sometimes painful) truth from a doctor, and they meet with exercise expert Jorge Cruise to develop a weight loss program that's right for them. Plus, "Cheetah Girl" Sabrina Bryan shares her own story about growing up overweight. This is an hour you can't miss!

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Posted by Wtxlxhmy 06/23/09 2:34 AM
 
heyy tyra. uuhm. i just got done watchin the episode with the overweight teens, and i think that that show was interesting. but, i think you need a show about teens that are overweight, but happy and content with how they look and how they are. i am overweight and i am happy. yes, i do want to lose weight and i do want to make improvements with the way i look but, im not going home sad and mad and angry with my mother and father and resenting myself and not liking what i see. i love my body and i love the way i look and yea, people are always saying stuff about me, but that's life. people are ALWAYS going to talk bout you even if you're fat, skinny, ugly, old, stupid, ect. i kind of got the feeling that you only got people that hate themselves and dont like to look at themselves in the mirror. the way i see it (i weigh over 200 pounds) if you are getting talked about, dont ever let them see you cry. dont let them get the satifaction of knowing they made you cry because that's what they want. i have been talked about since i was in the first grade. i have awsome friends, and i have alot of friends that like me for my personality and they talk bout me but i let them know that if they are going to talk about me, then they can kick rocks because by getting mad and sad in my eyes, it shows that you care. yea you can cry about it, but cry in private, cry when you're in your room. i learned alot going to summer camps. i and my sister went to recreation camps in the summer
Posted by Teri Seabrook 05/25/09 10:27 PM
 
Hey Tyra. My name is Diana. I am 13 years old. Yes 13! Probably what i am about to say is going to sound made up but its true. But yes i am 13. I am 5'9 and weight bout 290 pounds. I am huge. I am always made fun of. I get called names like gorilla. King kong. big foot...which really hurt. I am one of the biggest kids at school with height and weight...I do try to loose weight but it never works. i have tried pills, diets, and my lowest..making myself vomit. I always have to cover up my body and i never feel comfortible wearing regular clothes. I wear super baggy clothes. As i write this i have tears running down my face. I know i have a weight problem but the kids at school just seem to pick on me. I just ignore their harsh comments but i always wanna cry..If you have any advice for what i could do...please dont hesitate to reply. it will be very appreciated. I love your show. you inspire me i want to become like you when i grow up and give advice to many other women like you. Take care. -Diana.
Posted by Diana. :] 05/25/09 10:21 PM
 
hi tyra.. honestly this is a very hard subject for me to discuss with not just you but with my famly and friends..i am 15 and weight 225 pounds or somewhere around that an i am 5'8-'9 ..my dads family has a history of diabetes an my moms mom,my grandma, was diagnosed with diabetes also so its really up to me to stay healthy..i just dont know tyra i have never been comftoarable with teens my age because their all skinny and im not. I do have a boyfriend and i constintly feel the need to question his love for me because i dont see why any guy would want to be with me...im just not confident an if i had one wish it would be to lose over 100 pounds and if i had a second wish it would be that no one else EVER had to go through the pain and embarrasment i feel everyday.
Posted by anonymous 05/25/09 9:17 PM
 
hi Tyra, i have heard alot about you and watch your show too. i have a problem and i believe you can help me with it. im 16 and weight 170pounds and 5 inches tall. i feel big, heavy , not fitting in some of my clothes. when i make a decision to do some jugging, after some days i will have a lot of things to do and later realize that i actully have no time for it. then i maybe decided to be on a diet. i realize myself later eatting something i was not supposed to.i hope u understand what i am going through. i really pray you have a solution to my problem.
Posted by chanty 05/15/09 9:47 PM
 
Dear Tyra, i am 23 years old and i just want to say thank you for talking about bigger girls and how beautiful they can be, in elementary school and high school i was constantly teased because i wasnt "skinny", i look back in my pictures and i really cannot see why they teased me, i was never a Big girl, but i was never smaller than a size 14 in high school. No i am a mother of 2 and i weight 260 pounds and i still feel beautiful, i am working on getting to a healthier weight, but i know i will never be that " skinny girl" i love my curves!
Posted by Natasha 05/13/09 10:55 AM
 
hello tyra In the beginning you must Excuse me in my bad english, but I work on it iam ibrahim.m from egypt , i can get your show in DudiOne Tv channel but so late (i get that workshop few days ago only) Whatever ,a lot of People (i was one of them ) do not believe in love from the first look, but that girl at the work "Overweight teens" Megan take me down to become mired in love I know she is still teenage and that i must be patient event she agreed , but I could not patience to tell you. So please please please reply me . oh by the way iam a Math & computer teacher and i have my small computer business. thank you tyra with my best wishes Ibrahim.M
Posted by Ibrahim.M 05/10/09 1:56 PM
 
hi tyra.. im 18 & im 5'2 - 220 pounds, & im so depressed, i want nothing more than to lose weight :( the summer is coming up, and i wanna be able to have fun this summer. so if you could just help me, or give me some tips.. that would mean so much.! or if anyonr could help.. thanks so much.
Posted by heatherlynn 05/02/09 7:15 AM
 
Hi, first off i would like to say that ever since I was 10 or 11 is when people started to make fun of me because I was overweight. It's been at least four years and I'm in high school now, in high school what people don't seem to understand is when you talk behind someones back with time what you said will come up again. So let me just ask my question is loosing weifht part psycological, why I'm asking is because I've been wanting to loose weight for years and whenever i try to put my fitness plan into effect I always end up falling on my face. I hope you can answer my question. God bless.
Posted by Kenyatta Muhamidi 04/21/09 8:22 PM
 
Hey Tyra I love your show. i know you have helped many girls like me and I hope you can help me too. I am 14 and my weight is 289. i get picked on even by my own brothers!!! I am so tired of being like this but i cant do it alone I need help!!!!
Posted by Taryn 04/21/09 11:02 AM
 
hey Tyra, my name is Amanda and well i remember quite a while ago this girl came on your show and she was a teen as myself struggleing with her weight. Im a sixteen year old, young girl, with my whole life ahead of me. Im about 5'5 and i weigh almost 370 but im not sure anymore. Tyra i know you have helped other girls like me and im asking you that you will find it in your caring gracious heart to help me. I have tried and tried so many different things to get rid of my extra weight but nothing helps. My mother and my sister are both over weight and i have seen how being that way has affected their lives. They are happy but i know they arent. you can tell by how they act. Ms. Tyra let me tell you a little about my daily life. i wake up every morning to go to school, which i hate soo much. i put on the same very tight shirt that makes me feel thinner. and i always put on more than one shirt. I always wear a jucket i never wear short sleeves anymore because it makes me feel uncomfertable. Again ms. tyra i beg you and pray that you find it in your loving and gracious heart to help me as much as you can. so plz help me tyra plz?!?!?! im not asking you im literally begging you. to help me... wen i look at myself i dont see me. i see me in a fat suit that i cant get out of. I feel like i trapped in my fat and i cant get out. so plz plz tyra plz HELP!!
Posted by Amanda 04/20/09 5:31 PM
 
Hi Tyra,im 15 and overweight.I hate myself.I have no good memories growing up because all I can think abut are the bad ones.Even my own family thinks im fat.i try to pretend like it dosent affect me but it does.I hate going shopping with my friends because im embarrased to show them my size.Sometimes a guy will look at me, but I never really get approached.Sometimes when im by myself,ill just break down and cry because im not pretty like my friends.Can you please help me?thanx.
Posted by Angelica 04/18/09 8:56 PM
 
HEY TYRA I AM AM A OVERWEIGHT TEENAGER I LOVE AND MY BODY, BUT SOMETIMES ITS HARD CAUSE I CANT FIND NICE STUFF TO WEAR, I LOVE HANG OUT BUT I STAY IN THE HOUSE ALOT JUST BEFOR OF MY CLOTHES. BUT I KNOW I HAVE TO LOSS WEIGHT FOR NOT JUST TO BE ABLE TO FIT IN " PRETTY" CLOTHES ITS HEALTH REASONS, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE CAN U REALLY GIVE ME GOOD/ REAL TIPS ABOUT HOW TO LOSS WEIGHT AND TO STAY HEALTH
Posted by rochelle 04/15/09 6:25 AM
 
All i would like to say is no matter what it may look like or feel like teens i want you to remember that you can overcome any obstacle you put your mind to wether it be you oarents,weight,sex,glutne,abuse, or whatever life throws at you i know because i've been there and it was only by the grace of God i made it thru what i made it thru, i am only 19 years of age but with the testimony i have you would think i was about 30 plus..soo hang in there girls and if you need to talk to someone im always here just hit me up tikapoohb@hotmail.com Be Easy & God Bless -Tika
Posted by Martika 04/13/09 12:35 PM
 
I really wanted to see this show but I was at work when it aired! Is it ever going to be on again?
Posted by Amanda 03/31/09 3:48 PM



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