Watching Rachael Ray

Ricki Lake joins the show right away to cheers of “Go Ricki! Go Ricki!” Ricki looks FANTASTIC. She’s even posed for US magazine in a bathing suit - she’s gorgeous! The key for her is learning to love her body and accept it for what it is. At her heaviest she was a size 24, and is now sporting a size 4. She still finds it strange that she can now fit the dress she always wanted too. She has no magic, she just committed to the process and it was hard as hell. She set a goal and worked her ass off - literally - to accomplish that. She decided to stay on the down low after her talk show ended, and spent time with her family. She’s just really content with her life and so happy right now.

They laugh about the tabloids and then get to the movie, The Business of Being Born, a documentary on the practices of maternity care in the United States. The infant mortality rate in the US is second highest in the developed world - and we spend 3x the money with poorer results. The system isn’t working and her movie is about woman’s choices in giving birth. She says that she hadn’t planned on including her own home birth footage when she filmed it. It was for her own eyes - if she knew she was going to share it with the world she would have had better lighting, removed the shampoo bottles from behind her head AND she would have worn a top for SURE! It’s not about telling people to have home birth at all, it’s about giving women more information to make their own choice.

Ricki sticks around for the next segment, another Human Lab with exercise products. JoAnn, a new mom, tried the Hoodi-Spray, an appetite supressent. Julie tried the WeightView website which motivates through images of yourself at a thinner weight, and Patricia tried the Thimage Weight Loss Program which claims to help you by changing your mindset.

Christine Bybee is on hand as a nutritionist to give us the low down on the diets and such. She’s been there, done it all on her own. Ricki says she tried the master cleanse once - and only lasted for 4 hours. Haha!

As for the Human Lab - Patricia says she didn’t see any difference in the scale or measurements, but she saw some differences in the way she was thinking, which made her happy. Joann said that the Hoodi-Spray didn’t do anything for her, and it sure didn’t suppress her appetite - it’s supposed to be used along with diet and exercise, but as Joann says - if you’re doing the diet and exercise why do you need the spray? Julie LOVES the Weight View website, and the way they motivated her to lose 15 pounds. She feels great and strong, and has more energy. It gave her confidence and motivated her to join the gym and start to eat better.

Christine adds that the number one key to success isn’t for sale. It’s conviction and determination to do things the right way that is the ultimate program. She does offer up some tips for some supplements to help and aid you in your journey. Vitran multi-vitamins, Pro Endorphin, Marine Omega-3 Fatty acids and ABC and Tea daily B complex.

Next up - my boy Colby is on hand to talk about the Olympic Games - sort of. Tyson foods challenges Rachael to come up with a recipe to help feed the athletes in Beijing! Rachael decided to take and adjust the most downloaded recipe from the site- Buffalo Chicken Chili - and send it off with Colby to the Olympic Training Center where they serve 1000 meals a day!

37 lbs of chicken for Rachael’s dish for just lunch! He talks to a dietician on hand and says that the Buffalo Chicken Chili Mac meets all the needs for athletes in training! Colby played around with some weight trainers, some fencers, and then served dinner. It got rave reviews all the way around, and Rachael’s recipe will make the cut and be going to Beijing with the athletes this summer!

Of course, that’s what’s for dinner tonight, Buffalo Chicken Chili Mac!