Showing posts with label Losing It with Jillian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Losing It with Jillian. Show all posts
September 01, 2010
August 01, 2010
Review of Losing It with Jillian
As noted in Preview of Losing It with Jillian and Jillian Tosses the Frybread, America's latest weight-loss guru tackled the Yavapai-Apache tribe's health problems. I finally watched the episode called Improving a Tribe's Health (airdate: 7/6/10). It was good overall, but with several bumps in the road. Let's take a look:
[spoiler alert]
Dr. Katja Van Herle apparently gives the Plunkett-Marquez family initial check-ups, or at least a talking-to. She's blunt, telling the Indians they're 100 or whatever pounds overweight with little preamble. Traditionally, Indians don't like blunt talk from strangers; it's considered rude.
I don't know if that applies in this case. Since the family is participating in a TV reality show, it probably doesn't consider itself traditional. Cora-Lei, the woman who invited Jillian Michaels to the rez, is a tribal councilwoman. Also, the family asked for the doctor's advice, and doctors are supposed to be honest and direct.
Jillian drives up and everyone is hugs and smiles. It's not clear if she knows anything about the family, other than their names, or the tribe. But she doesn't say anything condescending or embarrassing.
Jillian starts training the five family members. Immediately she yells at them, harangues them to do better. This is so obnoxious it becomes uncomfortable. Jillian isn't haranguing them for not trying hard enough, or for quitting, although she does that too. Her style is apparently to shout at exercising people whether they're doing well or not.
The tribe prepares a welcoming ceremony for Jillian. Someone says they'll be serving frybread. Jillian innocently asks what that is and is shocked to hear it's a dish baked with white flour and lard.
Really? Are we supposed to believe Jillian didn't do any research on tribal health issues or practices before the show? That she's totally ignorant about frybread? I suppose that's possible. It's also possible that every scene was scripted and staged--that nothing happened spontaneously.
The frybread incident
Jillian attends the ceremony with its traditional dancers. She notices that people are serving everyone frybread--even little children. She decides she has to save them from what she calls "poison," so she grabs a box of frybread and dumps it in a trashcan.
A boy approaches with a plate of frybread, perhaps wanting more. Jillian says he's got to be kidding. She tries to grab the plate from his hands. He warns her that he'll throw the frybread at her, then does it. She brushes it off and says okay, maybe you'll live longer, kid.
I'd say Jillian got what she deserved for her rude behavior. The boy is 11 or 12 and not overweight. He's exactly the type of person who can eat frybread without worrying about it right away. What's next...snatching bottles from babies and forcing them to breast-feed?
Sure, Jillian may be concerned about his future health. But to take the frybread from a healthy person's plate? At a welcoming ceremony in her honor? I don't think so.
Interesting to note the power dynamics here. White woman moves to physically assault a Native boy. Yet it seems to work out okay.
If Jillian had snatched the frybread from a grown woman, an elder of either sex, or a girl, it might've seemed like bullying. The boy is one of the few people she could've confronted physically without looking bad. Since she's an older white woman and a celebrity, the boy wouldn't do anything too challenging in response. And since boys are supposedly rambunctious, no one would get too upset at the altercation.
Of course, Jillian and company may have staged some or all of this incident. Beforehand, she even hints that the Indians may not like what she does. Whether she staged the boy's response or not, she apparently had a good sense of how far she could go without going too far.
The diabetes lecture
As the frybread controversy buzzes through the community, Jillian decides the tribe needs more information. She invites Dr. Van Herle to fly out from Los Angeles and give a presentation on diabetes. She makes up fliers and distributes them.
Only about 20 people show up. Which conveniently gives the show more drama. How can I get through to these people? Jillian asks the camera. This is her toughest challenge yet.
The poor attendance isn't surprising. There's no evidence the tribe lacks health and nutrition information. This is a tribe located on a well-traveled freeway between Flagstaff and Phoenix with its own casino. It's not in some remote location without doctors or clinics.
What the tribe lacks is something else--perhaps motivation or willpower. But Jillian isn't asking them what they need, she's telling them. She's harangued people and disrupted their ceremony; now she's flying in an outside expert to lecture them about something they probably already know. The Indians naturally don't respond to this Great White Father (or Mother) routine.
Jillian and Cora-Lei go jogging in the desert. Jillian is realizing that she can't save a thousand Indians singlehandedly. She has to empower tribal members such as Cora-Lei to lead the effort.
Gee, really...ya think? The tribe won't listen to a rude outsider but may listen to a respected insider? Brilliant deduction, Sherlock!
Jillian meets an overweight mother and harangues her for serving junk food to her 4-year-old. "Why don't you care?" Jillian demands. Jillian gets the woman to break down and admit she doesn't know what to do. Jillian then promises to help her--to "teach" her day and night.
I wonder if Jillian really hands out her phone number so people can call her at 3 am and say, "I have an uncontrollable craving for ice cream. Can you talk me out of it?" It's possible, but somehow I doubt it.
The big walk
The frybread controversy is still shaking up the community, so Jillian meets with an elder to smooth things over. She says she's sorry for offending people, but she considers frybread "poison," not food. The elder says that some people agree with her that they don't need frybread.
Left unsaid is what the other people think. Jillian allows only her side of the story on camera. If others think she's rude, disrespectful, insulting, outrageous, an ugly American, a smug know-it-all, a rich white phony, etc., we don't get to hear it.
Jillian organizes a tribal walk and again distributes fliers. The big question is whether the people who didn't come to the diabetes lecture will come to this. After a few tense moments, we learn the answer: yes! A couple hundred people show up to walk.
At the end of the walk, Jillian congratulates them on taking the first step. She says she's given them the "tools and information" they need, which apparently refers to her harangues and her website. As a special bonus, she'll give them free memberships in JillianMichaels.com, where they can develop personalized recipes and workout plans.
This seems ludicrously wide of the mark. How many of these Indians have computers and Internet access? How many of the older ones know how to navigate websites? Etc.
What these people seem to need is leadership and motivation, not "tools and information."
Jillian's week on the rez is up so she leaves. The Plunkett-Marquez family continues to exercise and train for the next six weeks. This goes by in a rapid montage so we don't have to see the grueling work involved.
Jillian returns to check on the family's progress. Lo and behold, they've lost an average of 33 pounds each. Not bad for a six-week effort. Jillian finally gives them something real. She says local trainers have developed a five-week program and she'll help fund it.
Conclusion
Some key questions go unanswered. Does tribe still serve frybread at events? Did it continue the walking program? Has anyone other than the Plunkett-Marquez family committed to losing weight? A year from now, will the family members have gained the weight back, or will they continue to diet and exercise?
Despite my criticism, Jillian's "tough love" approach may be the only one that'll work. These people know they're overweight. They know frybread is bad for them. They know they're susceptible to diabetes and heart disease. They know they need to diet and exercise.
It seems they're in denial, which is probably true of a lot of overweight Americans. If a kinder, gentler approach hasn't worked, maybe they need someone yelling at them to their faces. As I'm sure Jillian would agree, they can blame the messenger all they want, but it's the message that counts. Even if it means being unpopular, someone has to set them straight.
For more on Losing It with Jillian, see How Jillian Came to the Rez and Jillian Stirs Frybread Furor.
[spoiler alert]
I don't know if that applies in this case. Since the family is participating in a TV reality show, it probably doesn't consider itself traditional. Cora-Lei, the woman who invited Jillian Michaels to the rez, is a tribal councilwoman. Also, the family asked for the doctor's advice, and doctors are supposed to be honest and direct.
Really? Are we supposed to believe Jillian didn't do any research on tribal health issues or practices before the show? That she's totally ignorant about frybread? I suppose that's possible. It's also possible that every scene was scripted and staged--that nothing happened spontaneously.
The frybread incident
A boy approaches with a plate of frybread, perhaps wanting more. Jillian says he's got to be kidding. She tries to grab the plate from his hands. He warns her that he'll throw the frybread at her, then does it. She brushes it off and says okay, maybe you'll live longer, kid.
I'd say Jillian got what she deserved for her rude behavior. The boy is 11 or 12 and not overweight. He's exactly the type of person who can eat frybread without worrying about it right away. What's next...snatching bottles from babies and forcing them to breast-feed?
Sure, Jillian may be concerned about his future health. But to take the frybread from a healthy person's plate? At a welcoming ceremony in her honor? I don't think so.
Interesting to note the power dynamics here. White woman moves to physically assault a Native boy. Yet it seems to work out okay.
If Jillian had snatched the frybread from a grown woman, an elder of either sex, or a girl, it might've seemed like bullying. The boy is one of the few people she could've confronted physically without looking bad. Since she's an older white woman and a celebrity, the boy wouldn't do anything too challenging in response. And since boys are supposedly rambunctious, no one would get too upset at the altercation.
Of course, Jillian and company may have staged some or all of this incident. Beforehand, she even hints that the Indians may not like what she does. Whether she staged the boy's response or not, she apparently had a good sense of how far she could go without going too far.
The diabetes lecture
Only about 20 people show up. Which conveniently gives the show more drama. How can I get through to these people? Jillian asks the camera. This is her toughest challenge yet.
The poor attendance isn't surprising. There's no evidence the tribe lacks health and nutrition information. This is a tribe located on a well-traveled freeway between Flagstaff and Phoenix with its own casino. It's not in some remote location without doctors or clinics.
What the tribe lacks is something else--perhaps motivation or willpower. But Jillian isn't asking them what they need, she's telling them. She's harangued people and disrupted their ceremony; now she's flying in an outside expert to lecture them about something they probably already know. The Indians naturally don't respond to this Great White Father (or Mother) routine.
Gee, really...ya think? The tribe won't listen to a rude outsider but may listen to a respected insider? Brilliant deduction, Sherlock!
I wonder if Jillian really hands out her phone number so people can call her at 3 am and say, "I have an uncontrollable craving for ice cream. Can you talk me out of it?" It's possible, but somehow I doubt it.
The big walk
Left unsaid is what the other people think. Jillian allows only her side of the story on camera. If others think she's rude, disrespectful, insulting, outrageous, an ugly American, a smug know-it-all, a rich white phony, etc., we don't get to hear it.
At the end of the walk, Jillian congratulates them on taking the first step. She says she's given them the "tools and information" they need, which apparently refers to her harangues and her website. As a special bonus, she'll give them free memberships in JillianMichaels.com, where they can develop personalized recipes and workout plans.
This seems ludicrously wide of the mark. How many of these Indians have computers and Internet access? How many of the older ones know how to navigate websites? Etc.
What these people seem to need is leadership and motivation, not "tools and information."
Jillian returns to check on the family's progress. Lo and behold, they've lost an average of 33 pounds each. Not bad for a six-week effort. Jillian finally gives them something real. She says local trainers have developed a five-week program and she'll help fund it.
Conclusion
Some key questions go unanswered. Does tribe still serve frybread at events? Did it continue the walking program? Has anyone other than the Plunkett-Marquez family committed to losing weight? A year from now, will the family members have gained the weight back, or will they continue to diet and exercise?
Despite my criticism, Jillian's "tough love" approach may be the only one that'll work. These people know they're overweight. They know frybread is bad for them. They know they're susceptible to diabetes and heart disease. They know they need to diet and exercise.
It seems they're in denial, which is probably true of a lot of overweight Americans. If a kinder, gentler approach hasn't worked, maybe they need someone yelling at them to their faces. As I'm sure Jillian would agree, they can blame the messenger all they want, but it's the message that counts. Even if it means being unpopular, someone has to set them straight.
For more on Losing It with Jillian, see How Jillian Came to the Rez and Jillian Stirs Frybread Furor.
Jillian stirs frybread furor
Some reactions to frybread's being named one of the 50 fattiest foods and the Losing It with Jillian episode:
The Horror of Fry Bread? The Truth about Mindful Eating
By Susan AlbersJillian is passionate about her job and about helping people manage their weight. Each week, she expresses her commitment to this goal on the show. She is amazing in her dedication to helping people make healthier choices. In the show, she used creative strategies to get this group engaged and dedicated to changing their unhealthy eating habits.
Jillian discovered that her stance on cultural foods is a controversial topic. This was pretty clear by the reaction of the community. Jillian’s stance was unwavering. She seemed to suggest that you should nix culturally infused foods if they aren’t the healthiest.
There was some debate about whether Fry Bread is a "traditional Indian food." But, no matter what culture you come from, it’s likely that you have particular foods that are part of your heritage. So what do you do? Give up your Knish, tamales and handmade perogies?
This is where mindful eating can be helpful. You can still eat foods important to your culture but in a new way. It is about savoring them, eating mindful portions and balancing it in your life. Comment: I'm not as enthusiastic about Jillian Michaels as Albers is. Michaels is getting paid for every TV show, book, and DVD she produces. What she gives of herself is a different matter. Her inclination in the Yavapai-Apache case was to help only in low-cost, low-effort ways. Fly out a diabetes expert, organize a single walk, and give free memberships in JillianMichaels.com--which basically costs her nothing.
It goes back to the "3 am phone call" question I asked. How much does she help people when she isn't being paid for it?
More criticism of frybread
Go easy on that tasty fry bread
By Colleen SimardIt's not surprising that in the U.S. native Americans suffer from high rates of obesity and obesity-related diseases, like diabetes, similar to aboriginal Canadian rates. In fact, it's time we back away from the fry bread, too.
It was a really tough road for the Plunkett-Marquez family, but four of them ended up losing about 150 pounds (combined) in only six weeks.
I've been aware of the dangers of fry bread for a while. I actually try stay as far away as I can from anything made with white flour, like white bread, white pasta and our beloved native staple: fry bread. I'm a multi-grain or whole-wheat flour lover.
Just like the Plunkett-Marquez family explained, fry bread is a relatively new but treasured part of our culture, but something we shouldn't hold on to so tightly. Fry bread furor: Standing by a food tradition in a negative light
The traditional Native American food has been condemned as the fattiest food in the state. How are Native Americans standing up for their culture?
By BryAnn BeckerPeople expect the food at Native American celebrations, DeCory says. "It's become so inculcated in our feasts and our ceremonies, when we have food, that everyone thinks, 'Where's the fry bread?'"
She tries to encourage women to cut the fry bread into small pieces at traditional events, like powwows and sun dances.
"Fry bread, for those of us who are trying to lose weight, trying to not get on the diabetes train, that's one of the things that we can't be eating," she says.
But cutting out the food may not be feasible--or practical.
"It falls into the category that I call a splurge food," Shearer says. "It's one of those foods that's a treat, something that you might have at the fair once a year. ... Certainly not something you want to have on a daily basis, for obvious reasons, because there's nothing in the bread that's really of any nutritional benefit."
The long-term solution may be going back to a more traditional diet that doesn't include flour and processed foods. Comment: I like how this article counsels "moderation" but defines it as eating frybread once a year. Yeah, you can keep enjoying your frybread as long as you don't eat it 99.7% of the time. In other words, moderation is the same as abstinence with an annual lapse.
For more on Losing It with Jillian, see How Jillian Came to the Rez and Review of Losing It with Jillian. For more on frybread, see Frybread = "Impending Doom" and Frybread = Prison Food.
Below: "Mary Tsosie mixes the ingredients for her frybread." (Devin Wagner/Argus Leader)
The Horror of Fry Bread? The Truth about Mindful Eating
By Susan Albers
Jillian discovered that her stance on cultural foods is a controversial topic. This was pretty clear by the reaction of the community. Jillian’s stance was unwavering. She seemed to suggest that you should nix culturally infused foods if they aren’t the healthiest.
There was some debate about whether Fry Bread is a "traditional Indian food." But, no matter what culture you come from, it’s likely that you have particular foods that are part of your heritage. So what do you do? Give up your Knish, tamales and handmade perogies?
This is where mindful eating can be helpful. You can still eat foods important to your culture but in a new way. It is about savoring them, eating mindful portions and balancing it in your life.
It goes back to the "3 am phone call" question I asked. How much does she help people when she isn't being paid for it?
More criticism of frybread
Go easy on that tasty fry bread
By Colleen Simard
It was a really tough road for the Plunkett-Marquez family, but four of them ended up losing about 150 pounds (combined) in only six weeks.
I've been aware of the dangers of fry bread for a while. I actually try stay as far away as I can from anything made with white flour, like white bread, white pasta and our beloved native staple: fry bread. I'm a multi-grain or whole-wheat flour lover.
Just like the Plunkett-Marquez family explained, fry bread is a relatively new but treasured part of our culture, but something we shouldn't hold on to so tightly.
The traditional Native American food has been condemned as the fattiest food in the state. How are Native Americans standing up for their culture?
By BryAnn Becker
She tries to encourage women to cut the fry bread into small pieces at traditional events, like powwows and sun dances.
"Fry bread, for those of us who are trying to lose weight, trying to not get on the diabetes train, that's one of the things that we can't be eating," she says.
But cutting out the food may not be feasible--or practical.
"It falls into the category that I call a splurge food," Shearer says. "It's one of those foods that's a treat, something that you might have at the fair once a year. ... Certainly not something you want to have on a daily basis, for obvious reasons, because there's nothing in the bread that's really of any nutritional benefit."
The long-term solution may be going back to a more traditional diet that doesn't include flour and processed foods.
For more on Losing It with Jillian, see How Jillian Came to the Rez and Review of Losing It with Jillian. For more on frybread, see Frybread = "Impending Doom" and Frybread = Prison Food.
Below: "Mary Tsosie mixes the ingredients for her frybread." (Devin Wagner/Argus Leader)
How Jillian came to the rez
Yavapai-Apache Nation takes lead in fight against diabetesWith insurance premiums on the rise and the demand on YAN's healthcare resources at an all time high, Chairman Thomas Beauty directed his staff to implement a weight loss challenge to the tribe's employees and community members. Executive Assistant Kim Nightpipe took the initiative one step further and sought advice from one of the country's top weight loss promoters.
Nightpipe states, "I couldn't believe they (the national program) contacted the tribe. When I got the phone call that the producers would be sending a team to the tribe to begin working on negotiations, I still couldn't believe it. I don't think it really hit home until the production team actually showed up and got the community members out of their homes and walking."
One family from YAN was chosen to lead in the fight against diabetes. That family, while nervous about appearing nationally and taking the lead internally with the tribe, undertook the challenge and set aside their performance and leadership fears to fight diabetes as an example for Native American communities. This effort resulted in a six-week fitness program designed to implement exercise with nutrition to reduce weight that would otherwise lead to the identified health problems.
As a part of the fitness program, frybread, an intrinsic part of today's Native American dietary cuisine, was tossed out and replaced with healthier foods. Exercise, along with good nutrition, became a part of the family's daily lives. Gradually, the family came to understand that their former lifestyle promoted the diabetic epidemic we now see in Indian Country. Comment: For more on the subject, see Review of Losing It with Jillian and Jillian Stirs Frybread Furor.
Below: "A television show has helped the Yavapai-Apache Nation implement a change of lifestyle."
Nightpipe states, "I couldn't believe they (the national program) contacted the tribe. When I got the phone call that the producers would be sending a team to the tribe to begin working on negotiations, I still couldn't believe it. I don't think it really hit home until the production team actually showed up and got the community members out of their homes and walking."
One family from YAN was chosen to lead in the fight against diabetes. That family, while nervous about appearing nationally and taking the lead internally with the tribe, undertook the challenge and set aside their performance and leadership fears to fight diabetes as an example for Native American communities. This effort resulted in a six-week fitness program designed to implement exercise with nutrition to reduce weight that would otherwise lead to the identified health problems.
As a part of the fitness program, frybread, an intrinsic part of today's Native American dietary cuisine, was tossed out and replaced with healthier foods. Exercise, along with good nutrition, became a part of the family's daily lives. Gradually, the family came to understand that their former lifestyle promoted the diabetic epidemic we now see in Indian Country.
Below: "A television show has helped the Yavapai-Apache Nation implement a change of lifestyle."
July 06, 2010
Jillian tosses the frybread
I haven't watched the Yavapai-Apache episode of Losing It with Jillian yet, but apparently it started with a bang.
Losing It With Jillian: The Marquez-Plunkett family
By Gail Gedan SpencerJillian’s in Arizona this week to visit the Plunkett-Marquez family–mom Dolores, daughters Delight and Cora-Lei, Cora-Lei’s husband Brian and their son Brandon. The Yavapai-Apache tribe, and native Americans in general, has a huge obesity and diabetes problem and this family is no different.
The traditional food made Jillian nuts–especially the frybread, which is bleached flour blobs fried in lard. And things got a little testy when at a welcoming party for Jillian, she dumped a big box of frybread in the trash. A preteen boy even threw a chunk of frybread at her in retaliation.
A new day dawned and Jillian was unsure of how open the tribe was about having Dr. Van Herle speak about diabetes prevention. They were open to it but only a handful of people came to her the doctor talk--another blow for Jillian.
The apathy in the community was hard for Jillian to understand. “Crap is all I’ve known,” said a tearful Delight, who seems like she really wants to change. She said that she just needs to be steered in the right direction.
Jillian then met with Don Decker, the tribal elder, about the frybread incident. Turns out all the controversy over her throwing out the food turned into a positive thing. People started saying “We don’t need that frybread” as a cultural staple. And Mr. Decker assured Jillian that he would help her with her quest. Comment: I figured Jillian would be insensitive to the Indians' culture. Glad to see she didn't disappoint me.
Whether the Indians needed a kick in the pants from Jillian is another matter. I'm sure people have debated and done studies on whether the "tough love" approach works.
Of course, frybread isn't really a "traditional food." It's traditional only in the sense that US government forced imprisoned Navajos to concoct it about 140 years to avoid starvation. Other tribes adopted it after that and it became a pan-Indian food. Which is fine, but let's not pretend the Creator gave it to Indians as a gift at the dawn of time.
Rob = Jillian?
Incidentally, a Native woman on Facebook "defriended" me for criticizing frybread. Here's how she dismissed me:Nice being friends with you...but I don't like feeling like some nice white guy's project. Later... Here's how I would've responded if she'd stuck around:
Pardon me for reporting that a health magazine labeled frybread one of the 50 fattiest foods. I guess no one should talk about health or nutrition because it might mean judging someone's choices.
Incidentally, my advice applies to all races, creeds, and colors. It's false or misleading to suggest this is a black and white (or red and white) issue.
Find my dad in heaven and ask him if you don't believe me. You'll see I don't play favorites when it comes to advocating good health.
In Hofer: Are You Living Smart?, a Native woman advocates healthy eating the same way I do. Note that she doesn't make exceptions for food such as frybread. She doesn't try to justify "traditional" food, "comfort" food, or food that signifies "love."
For more on the subject, see Frybread = "Impending Doom" and Frybread = Prison Food.
Below: "Jillian, Cora-Lei and Dolores commune with nature."
Losing It With Jillian: The Marquez-Plunkett family
By Gail Gedan Spencer
The traditional food made Jillian nuts–especially the frybread, which is bleached flour blobs fried in lard. And things got a little testy when at a welcoming party for Jillian, she dumped a big box of frybread in the trash. A preteen boy even threw a chunk of frybread at her in retaliation.
A new day dawned and Jillian was unsure of how open the tribe was about having Dr. Van Herle speak about diabetes prevention. They were open to it but only a handful of people came to her the doctor talk--another blow for Jillian.
The apathy in the community was hard for Jillian to understand. “Crap is all I’ve known,” said a tearful Delight, who seems like she really wants to change. She said that she just needs to be steered in the right direction.
Jillian then met with Don Decker, the tribal elder, about the frybread incident. Turns out all the controversy over her throwing out the food turned into a positive thing. People started saying “We don’t need that frybread” as a cultural staple. And Mr. Decker assured Jillian that he would help her with her quest.
Whether the Indians needed a kick in the pants from Jillian is another matter. I'm sure people have debated and done studies on whether the "tough love" approach works.
Of course, frybread isn't really a "traditional food." It's traditional only in the sense that US government forced imprisoned Navajos to concoct it about 140 years to avoid starvation. Other tribes adopted it after that and it became a pan-Indian food. Which is fine, but let's not pretend the Creator gave it to Indians as a gift at the dawn of time.
Rob = Jillian?
Incidentally, a Native woman on Facebook "defriended" me for criticizing frybread. Here's how she dismissed me:
Pardon me for reporting that a health magazine labeled frybread one of the 50 fattiest foods. I guess no one should talk about health or nutrition because it might mean judging someone's choices.
Incidentally, my advice applies to all races, creeds, and colors. It's false or misleading to suggest this is a black and white (or red and white) issue.
Find my dad in heaven and ask him if you don't believe me. You'll see I don't play favorites when it comes to advocating good health.
In Hofer: Are You Living Smart?, a Native woman advocates healthy eating the same way I do. Note that she doesn't make exceptions for food such as frybread. She doesn't try to justify "traditional" food, "comfort" food, or food that signifies "love."
For more on the subject, see Frybread = "Impending Doom" and Frybread = Prison Food.
Below: "Jillian, Cora-Lei and Dolores commune with nature."
July 01, 2010
Preview of Losing It with Jillian
Next week's episode of Losing It with Jillian, the weight-loss reality show, will feature Indians:07/06/2010 (08:00PM-09:00PM) (Tuesday): While guiding Dolores towards a healthy lifestyle, Jillian aids in the improvement of an entire tribe--Dolores Plunkett and her daughter, Coralie, are two of three cultural leaders of their tribe, the Yavapai-Apache Nation. Both want to see a change in their family's unhealthy diet (the result of snacking and convenience), and to help improve the health of their tribe. Jillian travels to Camp Verde, Arizona and joins the family in a traditional Yavapai welcoming ceremony and Apache dancing and shows them that there are still ways to be traditional and stay healthy at the same time by roasting an agave plant and planting corn. Dr. Katja Van Herle also stars. Comment: Nice of Jillian to teach the Yavapai-Apache how to practice their own traditions!
For more on the subject, see TV Shows Featuring Indians.
For more on the subject, see TV Shows Featuring Indians.
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