First of all I think the show is wonderful! There are so many many people that are over weight and desperately wants to lose the weight but does not know how. Often times overweight people take offense to those people that think it is so easy and say things like “Just go on a diet or cut-back” when in reality being obese is a disease just is being an alcoholic. Could you tell an alcoholic to just put down the bottle? I am 34 yrs old and have been overwieght all of my life. I have tried diet pills after diet pills, and cutting back I don’t think I eat that much however it is quite obvious that something is putting on the weight. I am a southern girl, born and raised in Mississppi, so the only foods that I am accustomed to is “Soul Food” which is high in colesterol, salt and fat. I know these things but honestly I do not know how to change. Join a gym some might say, but in today’s economy and being a single parent of two young children I don’t have the money nor the time. I have thought seriously of the weight loss surgery and I really don’t want to lose it that way because of the sagging skin that remains along with all of the other health side affects that goes along with it. However your program is teaching or rather making people choose the right eating patterns,exercise, and challenge as well as reward the weight loss. And most of us need that, Just that little extra push of encouragment make things happen. I dream of that happening to me, however I’m not a celebrity and the chances of me coming to the show are I’m sure slim to none, but in the future if you guys ever should choose someone that needs the help other than celebrities Please Please choose me. I would love to run outside and play with my children. I would love to take them Trick o Treating. I would love to dress like my daughter and go out and have mommy and daughter day. I would love to take my son out and play catch with him. If you guys could just let one person ordinary, average person,overweight person be included with the celebrities each season or show it would be so so wonderful. That one person would be so motivated simply because he/she is surrounded by Celebrities that are having the same problem as he/she and they would work just as hard or more to lose the weight. Normally celebrities have the money to have in-house gyms personal trainers and also their own personal chef. The average overweight mom does not have the necessities. Please Please at least consider these things and make a fat girl dream come true!!! Job Well Done
Marilyn Shelby

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