From Dr. Phil's latest series on Overweight Brides...
Kelly
Kelly, who weighs 226 pounds, is sick of being overweight. "I was always the biggest kid in my class," she reveals. "I felt like an amazon compared to the other kids."
Her fiancé, Jeremy, is stationed in the mainland and won't be back home to Hawaii until right before their wedding. Now she's ready to make some changes. She asks Dr. Phil, "Can you help me surprise the love of my life with a new sexy body in time for the wedding? I want to be able to stand up straight and proud on the biggest day of my life."
"I'm sorry that you're not getting to see Jeremy, but it's kind of fun that you're not going to see him while you're doing this, right?" Dr. Phil asks.
It's very exciting," Kelly replies. "I don't want anyone to blow it for me."
"Do you believe you can do it?"
"I do think I can do it. That's why I'm here."
Kelly has tried numerous diets such as Weight Watchers, Atkins and Jenny Craig, but to no avail. "When I tend to diet, I usually diet and I don't exercise as much. Or I'll get into exercise and not watch what I eat as well," she admits.
Dr. Phil explains why diets don't work: "If you go on a diet, it's very restrictive, right? And you rebel against restriction."
Kelly agrees. "I do cheat."
Telling Kelly that she needs a lifestyle realignment, Dr. Phil says, "It's going to involve what you eat, how you eat, when you eat, where you eat, why you eat --all of those things. If you do what is outlined in The Ultimate Weight Solution, you will get to your goal."
"That's what I'm waiting for."
"And this isn't about willpower; this is about programming," Dr. Phil stresses.