Quote (rlebar @ 26 Sep 2016 19:15)
OPs answer it's at about 49 minutes. Th show takes a turn at about 42 minutes where all the fat women start to get defensive.
I thank you for picking that out or else I wouldn't have been able to watch all of that without binge eating, lol
But really, that helped a ton because when I originally started watching it I could only handle a few minutes before the Devil on my shoulder said "fuck this and fuck these people".
That Doctor did a great thing for the people there by giving them truth. I only hope they took it as motivation rather than a reason to get pissed off and create a tunnel of excuses to avoid reality. Also, the bariatric surgeon @ the end had a good comment, I like her approach. The clinical psychologist struck me as a total boso, and this comes from the perspective of a guiy who owns and operates a personal training and life coaching business. The ONLY "physiological" reason why people can't lose weight is in the neuronal and emotional components of physiology (i.e., if someone can't overcome feeling like shit).
So where I am deeply compassionate, especially as a trainer, regards the fact that life is hard for everyone and everyone has different tools to handle it. So emotional/psychological issues will cause people to avoid being healthy, but in many cases that can be treated. Exercise prescription is an avenue to feeling better about yourself, so it does two jobs in that respect. And some folks need more care and help than others, but it can't be a crutch so that they never get well.
It's a fantastic topic for discussion that, at least in the beginning of that video, was poorly presented and handled.
Also, in working with clients, I've come across the excuse trap in its various forms. It's always best to be compassionate but to deliver the truth both fully and directly. What you don't want as a trainer is to become part of a history of excuses a person can use for not losing weight, i.e., "I even used a trainer and I couldn't lose weight". Fuck that.