Flooding an inbox near you is going to be the pleas, the cries, the challenges, the problem solvers, the blamers, and the money hungry fame wanting “gurus” that know the Willy Wonka golden ticket lies in the hands of one woman. It is sad that almost 99% of them get it wrong, and will take her down the exact same path as good ole Bob Greene.
5 Reasons why the next Oprah trainer will fail
Reason #1-The Thyroid Effect
None of the trainers understand the effects of the thyroid on metabolic behavior and how to manipulate it to burn fat. When you are metabolically challenged the game changes. That doesn’t mean you define laws, it means your speed limits are different. I see trainers and nutritionists, even good ones, work with those with thyroid problems, and they still don’t get it. You can’t do the same things, the normal tricks don’t work. You have to play a different game. You aren’t just dealing with the physical either, it is also the mental that comes along side of it.
Reason #2-The Apathy Effect
They don’t really care. All they want is the fame and money, which isn’t even that intense. There are actually easier ways to make money than to toy with the hearts and minds of a talk show host and not to mention leagues of women who watch it all across America.
Reason #3-They Don’t Get Fat Loss
Even if you look beyond the thyroid issue, there is still the issue of the fact that the majority of trainers don’t understand the first thing about training and nutrition for normal fat loss. They ignore the science because it doesn’t help their sales, they ignore their clients because people leaving hurts their pockets, and they teach the “do as I say, not as I teach” principle making the ones who do succeed, feel tied and trapped to them, for life.
Reason #4-They Don’t Get Women
Sorry, hate to break it to you, but they are a different creature to train. The average women is different than the average man. Sure there are exceptions, but Oprah is very much your average woman. You can’t train them the same and anyone who says otherwise only works with athlete women or never trains them. That doesn’t mean they are bad or better, they are just different.
Reason # 5-She will not trust you
Your fault or not she, like many other women, don’t have much more trust left to give. They have been duped, toyed with, and tricked for so long that everything, even the good is just another scam. The only way that you will get through, the only way to stand apart is to be the one that really does. If you are any of the reasons 1-4, then you will not win because she will not trust you.
I for one am not entering the race, I am merely just a spectator. At the end of the day if the “winner” happens to catch this blog post then I have a message for you.
Do your homework, because the weight of millions of women could rest in your hands.
OOOh, but if Oprah hired you–imagine the difference you could make!! And you just think you’re busy now!
Great post. It’s good to have you “back”!
How funny…I wrote about the same thing today. Slightly different approach though…
http://livewell360.com/2008/12/learn-from-oprahs-battle/
Sheila
What do you think is different about training women?
Oprah’s biggest problem is Oprah, not the trainers and nutritionists.
Her weight is not really her priority. It’s just that simple. When her weight outranks everything else on the priority scale, that’s when it will happen. it’s the same for everyone else out there in TV land.
Grainne, Leigh has discussed the idea that training women is different before. Part of it is the hormonal fluctuations and water shifts that happen with women, but I think, too, she’s said that sometimes you have to deal with women different mentally–sometimes half the battle is in our heads, if you will, and that getting us to not be scared to try the things she suggests or get over the idea that if we just eat less (like way way less like 1000 cal) then we’ll lose weight, which isn’t always true.
The key to losing weight is simple–eat the right amount of (mostly) good things, move a pretty good amount, drink your water, rest. Sometimes getting the head around doing those simple things is the hardest part.
maybe Tracy Anderson will be Oprah’s next trainer!!!
The truth about fat loss is not glamorous enough for Oprah’s masses. It can’t be that simple! People think there has to be a trick, a gimmick, in order to sell their “method.”
Sinead- I would love to train Oprah if it would make a difference, but I don’t have a gimmick.
Sheila- I think everyone wrote about that on Wednesday haha. I did like your post though.
Gráinne- Sinead said everything for me.
Mike- I completely agree with you, but at the same time people all think she is special because she is Oprah but she knows just as little as the rest of the world.
Sinead- Thanks for getting to that so fast!
Lindsay- God…She probably will
[...] say it’s become/-ing the norm in this country. Man, I’d hate to be her next “trainer,” though I imagine a lot of people would sign on just for the money and let their reputations [...]
See? I listen.
hehehe Which is a good thing because I’ll be back on the weight loss train in another few months. 
And yeah, can you imagine if Oprah actually plugged in to what you are saying? Can you imagine the difference that could make in her life–and dude, in yours? You’re right, you don’t have a gimmick. You are clear and right to the point, and you don’t mess around with silly tricks for this and that just to make you look good. You don’t need that; all people have to do is follow your recommendations and you look good because you told the truth.