Joychan Roberson, who promoted weight loss after shedding 600 pounds, dead at 50

Here's proof that dieting is deadly! Save yourself now.

Associated Press

LANCASTER, Calif. - Joychan Roberson, who dedicated herself to helping
others overcome morbid obesity after she lost 600 pounds, has died at age
50.

Roberson, of Lancaster in Los Angeles County, died Dec. 11 after suffering
from uterine cancer. A funeral was held Monday, the Los Angeles Times
reported.

Roberson once weighed 900 pounds and had to be hospitalized because her
lungs could no longer supply oxygen to her body.

"I'd eat because I was depressed and was depressed because I was fat," she
once said. "I earned every pound I carried. Most people have a time
separation between meals, but I ate all day long."

After being taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in a U-Haul
truck, she was placed in a special oversized bed. Roberson told friends she
realized she needed to lose weight after hearing doctors indicate there was
little they could do to help her.

She began exercising by pulling herself up by a bar hanging over her
hospital bed. After returning home, she paced around her mother's porch and
took strolls through a local park.

In 18 months, she trimmed down to 720 pounds.

She later joined a gym and began working with a professional trainer,
dropping 200 pounds in a year through a regimen of walking, swimming and
other exercises.

"She called me Dr. Death and Dr. Pain," said her trainer, Cecil Pullum.
"But as much as she complained and whined, she was there every day, ready
to sweat."

After slimming down, she and her trainer held workshops and seminars to
help others struggling with morbid obesity. She started an organization,
Life's Forgotten Angels, and appeared on Oprah Winfrey's talk show.

"If I can do it, so can others," Roberson said. "I can give them hope and
encouragement, but the bottom line is that it's their choice whether to
fight and live."

On 21 Dec 2004 13:49:26 -0000, Big Betty wrote:

Here's proof that dieting is deadly! Save yourself now.

So is running and being thin:

http://www.halhigdon.com/Articles/Fixx.htm

Jim Fixx died atage 52 from too much running.

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On 21 Dec 2004 13:49:26 -0000, Big Betty wrote:

Here's proof that dieting is deadly! Save yourself now.

So is running and being thin:

http://www.halhigdon.com/Articles/Fixx.htm

Jim Fixx died atage 52 from too much running.

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Bob M
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To much of any one thing is dangerous to the body. Yes, running is
dangerous if one does not know the limits of the one's own body. Over
the years, the body will become more enduring and stronger with rest
in-between. I would not run more than a mile before a big race, nor
would is eat extremely every day. There is a balance and know your
body is the only way you can gain more life. I once was a runner,
before my weight problem.
Running is an art of controling your breathing, your heart beat and
mediation as you run. Before running daily, I could not control my
heart. I was watching every hole and stone in my path. Later, I
learned to breath and started to run past obstacles with out looking at
them. Even later, I was in a sort of mediation, listening to my heart
and controlling it. This was when I realized that our heart is like an
boiler engine and you have to care for it the same way. Over
exercizing is dangerous and some times deadly, but we need it to
maintain a balance.
The other part of it is what we eat and taken. When I ran, I never
drank soda, alcohol, or ate candy, fast food. I knew that these would
make my performance sluggish and force my heart and kidneys to work
harder.
Now, I am overweight because I ignore my own knowledge, but I am
getting back to this balance.
It would be a mistake to say do not exercise. It is needed, but knowing
your limits is key. Personally, I go much further.... I know my
required Protein intake, Calorie intake, and Body Mass for my current
weight. I know what foods to eat and not. If I don't make it past 52
years, so be it. But I plan on passing this knowledge on to my siblings
and hope they are better than I.
Everett Tsosie
http://iphysicallyfit.com

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, "Bob M" wrote:

On 21 Dec 2004 13:49:26 -0000, Big Betty wrote:

Here's proof that dieting is deadly! Save yourself now.

So is running and being thin:

http://www.halhigdon.com/Articles/Fixx.htm

Jim Fixx died atage 52 from too much running.

Amen! Jim Fix would be alive today if he had not dieted. Fat also
protects against heart disease. Heart attacks are virtually unheard of in
people weighing several hundred pounds who have never dieted. Yo-yo
dieting is deadly.

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On 22 Dec 2004 02:28:29 -0000, (Big Betty) wrote:

This is a troll. Please ignore.

LV


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People who hide behind anonymous remailers and
ridicule fat people are cowardly idiots with no
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On 22 Dec 2004 02:28:29 -0000, (Big Betty) wrote:

This is a troll. Please ignore.

LV


Lady Veteran
- -----------------------------------
"I rode a tank and held a general's rank
when the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank..."
- -Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil
- ------------------------------------------------
People who hide behind anonymous remailers and
ridicule fat people are cowardly idiots with no
motive but malice.
- ---------------------------------------------
"Be who you are and say what
you feel because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind."

- --Unknown
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Patricia wrote:

Sick puppies out there - always looking for any excuse to blame anything
but their own bad choices.

Fat actually protects the body from cancer. Joychan Roberson lost 600
pounds of protection thanks to weight loss zealots like you. The safest
course of action is to eat what you want without deprivation, then let your
body find its natural weight. No one has ever died from obesity, just
yo-yo dieting.

RIP Joychan.

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Patricia wrote:

Sick puppies out there - always looking for any excuse to blame anything
but their own bad choices.

Fat actually protects the body from cancer. Joychan Roberson lost 600
pounds of protection thanks to weight loss zealots like you. The safest
course of action is to eat what you want without deprivation, then let your
body find its natural weight. No one has ever died from obesity, just
yo-yo dieting.

RIP Joychan.

Hey Big Betty,

I don't understand the correlation between losing weight and the unfortunate
woman having uterine cancer. Are you saying that fat people have a lower
incidence of cancer than slim people? Cite your sources, and name some
studies that we can reference please.

Thanks, I'm fascinated by the way that schizophrenic minds work.
Peter


"Big Betty" wrote in message
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Here's proof that dieting is deadly! Save yourself now.

Associated Press

LANCASTER, Calif. - Joychan Roberson, who dedicated herself to helping
others overcome morbid obesity after she lost 600 pounds, has died at age
50.

Roberson, of Lancaster in Los Angeles County, died Dec. 11 after suffering
from uterine cancer. A funeral was held Monday, the Los Angeles Times
reported.