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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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Hi Tyra, I recently watched this episode. It was hard to watch those beautiful girls talk about how they didn't have many friends, they are absolutely gorgeous. It was also hard to see how a 12 year old is embarrassed to eat at school. It breaks my heart and I want to thank you so much for taking them under your wing and helping them help themselves. I love you Tyra, you're my hero.
Posted by Alexis 02/26/09 10:03 AM
 
I watched this show yesterday and I just have to say that the girls on your show were so sweet and are absolutely beautiful. I understand that what they are going through can be extremely difficult and I wish them the best of luck in the future and with losing the weight. I don't normally leave comments on things such as these, but this particular episode touched my heart, I felt the need to give them come encouragement and to reinforce how beautiful they are. It makes me sick to hear that people can be so disgusting and rude to people just because of their weight when they know nothing at all about who they are inside. People need to no longer view others by what is superficial, but to see what is deep inside of them. Your exterior does not make who you are, it all matters on how you are on the inside and the actions that you make. It was very clear by looking at those girls that they are all wonderful people who are absolutely amazing.
Posted by Lorana 02/26/09 8:19 AM
 
I just want to say these girls are beautiful and i know what they are going through. I struggled with being overweight and not being able to show where i wanted and have really no friends. Its possible do lose the weight if you put your mind and heart to it. Believe me it wasn't easy and there would be times instead of losing weight i would gain but that made me work harder. when i watched this show i can feel what i felt when i was overweight and it hurts and people dont know how bad it does. I would get called names all the time. that when i decided to change before it got worse. I want to say good luck to them
Posted by Danielle 02/26/09 7:49 AM
 
Hi Tyra, I have a son who is some what over weight. My husband saw your show yesterday and was telling me about a skin disorder that was mentioned on the show. PLEASE LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU!
Posted by Jennifer 02/26/09 4:44 AM
 
Hi Tyra, Thank you so much for your focus on weight and being healthy. As someone who has been diagnosed with bulimia and have struggled with it almost half my life its greatly appreciated. I couldn't get this show with out crying. It breaks my heart to see their pain. Thank you for supporting them to get on the right track. They are beautiful girls and I hope you continue to update us on their progress.
Posted by Janey 02/25/09 9:33 PM
 
Hi Tyra, I came across your show today on teen obesity, and it really got to me. Partially because its upsetting to see such young girls with no confidence or self esteem, and partially because I was just like those girls. I guess that needs to be corrected...I'm still like them. But only in the aspect that I am still overweight, even at 27 years of age, but my self image has changed tremendously. I have worked hard all of my life to fit in and loose the weight. My self confidence pretty much went down the drain at the age of 5 years when I started kindergarten. On my first day of school I was suspended after receiving my first fat comment and punched a kid in the nose. Pretty much from that day forward I knew I was different, and it was unacceptable not to fit in. For years I tried diets, starving myself and hiding from my peers hoping for one day that I would fit in. But being from such a small town, it was something I was never going to accomplish. It wasn't until my last year of high school that I realized that the battle I had been fighting had to come to an end when the people that I though were my friends called me "baby beluga" on my grad day when I wore a blue gown. I was thankful I would be moving on. But it didn't stop there. I went off to college in a larger area to study to be part of the medical field. In the town I was in, people seemed to be more accepting of a bigger girl and it felt nice to be part of the population instead of hiding. That was until I discovered that
Posted by Melissa Wilson 02/25/09 7:25 PM
 
While I do feel for the girls on today's show, I think it was really irresponsible to air this show during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. While obesity can be a consequence of an eating disorder, this show had a definite focus on weight loss by means that are in conflict with most accepted means of eating disorder recovery.
Posted by Libby 02/25/09 6:50 PM
 
Hey tyra, i have been dealing with being fat for a long time like i always had as stomach and i love sports. I remember me n my old friend were being chosen for teams n it came between me n her and they chose her because she was way thinner than me and they said it to me like i was some sort of useless piece of trash. I would have been a better choice because my athletic experience but they chose the skinny 1 over me. Even with my father i was complaining that there was no food in the house and he looked at me like i was disgusting and said because you eat everything. I'm 15 years old and though i may not look it I'm almost 200 pounds or I am. Even though i can run fast I have no endurance i want to be skinny so bad. I used to think of a healthy way to be bulimic, like a healthy eating disorder. Like I think someone should come up with a biggest loser for teens over the summer mabe you can. =]
Posted by Atira 02/25/09 5:58 PM
 
hi.im 15 and i just want to say i have over wieght friend i know how they feel and i would love to be those gurlz friend they seem to be really chill.
Posted by rayne 02/25/09 5:51 PM
 
hi trya i just want to ask u if those gurl dont have any really good friends i would love to be there friend because i dont really have any friends because i am also over weight and i am 18 and i would really love to those girls friend,, so if you can plz get back to me plz
Posted by cindel bujanda 02/25/09 5:38 PM
 
looking for information about the skin discoration mentioned of the show...
Posted by catherine 02/25/09 4:50 PM
 
i do get made fun sometimes because of my weight im 13 and i weigh 190lbs but i dnt let people get to me i cover it up with tryin to at tuff which i know is not the rite way to deal with it but it helps but to the other there good luck
Posted by ryeisa 02/25/09 4:39 PM
 
Hi, Tyra. I saw the show about the overweight teens and I heard that they don't really know what having a best friend feels like. It made me feel so sad. What's a life without having a best friend? I've to get to know them and become their best friend. I have some friends, but aren't that close to them. I hate when people judge other people on their weight. I really hope that things get better for them.
Posted by Tai 02/25/09 4:14 PM
 
When I was younger and freshmen in high school, I made friends with 2 people in my English class. One was healthy skinny and the other was overweight. My overweight friend was like the guests on this show 15-16 years old, 5'3-5'5 and was around 280lbs. As a matter of fact, she was a happy-go-lucky girl, very outgoing & very outspoken. What I like about her was she seem like weight & body image was a thing in the past. She cracks jokes and had this positive energy because she wants people to pay attention to her personality rather than her weight. So girls on the Tyra show, love who are. Everyone is different but they are different at their own way. So be proud who you are, love your curves, embrace your curves. But make sure you try to live a healthy life and eat healthy. If you want to lose the weight, I say go for it. We had one life to live so try think positive of your life.
Posted by gladys 02/25/09 3:49 PM
 
i'm 16 years old and 290 pounds. i love myself just the way i am. i do get made fun of but i don't let that stop me from being me. When somebody makes fun of me i use wit. Example: "you're fat" i say "you're obvius" all the girls on this show are beautiful. And i've come to the understanding even if you're a size 2 people will still find something about you they don't like. My parents always told me that people treat you the way you let them. So if you don't like what somebody is doing (who the hell made them so important?)TELL THEM! Also if you sem confident on the outside you become it on the inside. And also find something you like about yourself and say it like "i lvoe my hair today","this shirt looks so good on me" and you will build up confidence. so remember Wit Confidence and Saying things you like about yourself. I know what you going though..i go through it all the time. Be happy with you and who your becoming
Posted by cera 02/25/09 3:35 PM



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