Kate, 22, recalls being bullied as early as elementary school for being overweight. “It made me feel like less of a person. I lost friends because I didn’t fit the mold,” she says, fighting back tears. “I think I use my weight as a shield to protect myself from getting hurt. It’s a lot of years of emotional build-up.”
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In the video above, Dr. Phil responds: “It’s astounding how people can say things that stick with you and have such a lasting effect on how you feel about yourself.”
Dr. Phil, whose newest book is The 20/20 Diet: 20 Key Foods To Help You Succeed Where Other Diets Fail, suggests that if you don’t get your mind and behavior right, you’ll never get your body right.
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“In order to get where you’re going, it’s critical to drop the negative baggage of where you’ve been,” he tells Kate. “I don’t want you to lose weight — I want you to lose weight and keep it off. I want you to lose weight and gain confidence. I want you to do this the right way one time so you get it off and keep it off.”
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Dr. Phil reveals “The Top 7 Ugly Truths About Dieting” — and a plan to inspire overcoming them — in The 20/20 Diet: 20 Key Foods To Help You Succeed Where Other Diets Fail. *
*A typical user of the Dr. Phil 20/20 Diet Plan can expect to lose about one to two pounds per week
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