Jerry P on Extra TV Talks About Being Morbidly Obese

[cooldude8413]

Does anyone know where I can find the full show of this EXTRA?

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A sad update. Jerry Poole passed away in June 2010 from complications of a stroke. His ashes were scattered at sea, per his wishes. He was well known at the Redondo Beach Marina where he used to captain the Ocean Racer, as well as the Compton Airport where he was involved with an aviation museum.

He ended up losing even more weight than is evident in these videos. The surgery unquestionably gave him several more years of a very active life.

[ClayMastah344]

Dude, Jerry seems like a cool guy. He seems to enjoy life a bit more

[avengedpenis]

damn 40 pounds a month!

[anfetrion1313]

At a trip 350 lbs?

There is nothing trim about that and the chair he was sitting in was a love seat.

I mean good for him for dropping some weight but lets be realistic, he is still obese and FAR from healthy. The pouch was drastic and is not healthy either. It is essentially a starvation diet. How about just a little self control, it's free and the ONLY proven way to success. What ever happened to eating right and exercising?

[Misshaircare2009]

Hey...he lost 350 from being 700 and talk about accomplishment. He proved it to himself.

[gabepalcic]

what a bunch of fatasses, they need to lose the weight on there own, without any kind of surgery, furthermore televesion shows shouldn't bring attention to fat people losing weight through procedures, stupid fat asses

[phildavidx]

Jerry I love you buddy. I'm 34 and weigh over 600. I've been really depressed about how my life is already passed me by. Seeing you on your bike and what you said about making up for the lost time really encourages me. Thanks for posting this video. Phil.

[Fattened1]

Did you see the fat girl in the supermarket laughing at him. Her double chin was as big as his. Amazing!

[kancerzx]

everyone can change with time and effort

[ShockResistor]

Cute fatty couple! Even the morbidly obese find love! Theres hope for all of us! I wonder what it looks like when they have sex. They should film a porn together! And for that matter, I wonder how big their bed is!...Just wondering..No disrespect intended! I'm happy for them!

[DefyingGravity99]

The bigger you get, the harder it is to lose weight.

Think about it. It's a vicious cycle. You gain weight, feel terrible about it, eat more, decide to go on a diet, but it's so difficult that you give up, you feel terrible again, eat more, and it goes on and on.

[KungFu17]

ha. what's that hostility about?

[Brightstar27]

This isn't meant to sound offensive or degrading, but how can people let themselves get that size in the first place? What makes any individual want to eat so much and do so little about it that they become like thes emorbidly obese people? (This IS a serious question.)

[KungFu17]

No one wants to eat so much and do little about it - that sounds like a systematic way to become obese - but there are plenty of reasons why these things occur in tandem. Sometimes people have metabolic disorders and their bodies have problems processing food, they may never feel full (as in Prader-Willi syndrome), or they might use food to regulate their emotions, and not know another way.

[KungFu17]

When you've been doing that since childhood, the behavior is hard to break. Food is a powerful chemical (especially now with the processed and artificial ingredients) and some people experience a craving for certain foods much like those with a psychological addiction. In these very extreme cases, and most likely even in mild cases of obesity, asking someone to eat less and exercise more and threatening health consequences

[KungFu17]

is like telling an alcoholic that drinking out oc control can be harmful. The morbidly obese already feel the consequences and I can only imagine how difficult it would be, especially if I was in constant pain already from simply walking 10 feet, to start moving and to radically alter such long-held habits. It would be easier to continue eating and at least enjoy that.

[Brightstar27]

Ahh, very well. Thankyou for the answer.

[isaaczeke]

I am currently morbidly obese, but have lost 75 lbs in the last 5 months and am now down to around 270lbs and am shooting for 190lbs. I think it is mostly habits learned or not learned during childhood and adolesence. However, I think the worst thing we can do is treat obesity like a disease. It's not. It's a failure to take care of an aspect of life. I started losing weight because I realized this failure was NOT ok, and there was no excuse.

[ConnieDobbs]

Well said ! People seem to be desperate to claim obesity is a disease or a condition or 'genetic' as a way to absolve themselves of personal responsibility.

Well done for owning your own problems!

[KungFu17]

I don't think "disease" implies that it is OK, or that it's not affected by habits, etc. I do think, however, that some people will never have that problem, and that it does run in families (both nature and nurture), and so some epidemiological studies can be very useful - that's all. Excess fat isn't the problem, but the related behaviors. There is indeed no excuse to not respond to the condition and to simply enable it. - Congrats on losing the weight, btw.

[isaaczeke]

Thanks! Since I posted that last comment I've lost another 20lbs down to 250lbs, so I'm getting closer.

I agree that obesity does run in families, but I think that is more the result of passed on habits than genetics in most cases. Society has villainized obesity so much that it's hard for many to admit to themselves that they are fat, it's their fault, and they can do something about it.

[cypruschick]

Ahhhh bless him Im so pleased for him :0)

[xeryph]

Gastric Bypass is amazing surgery, I'm glad you was able to recover!

[mark99501]

Good for him.