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New You Resolution
Aired January 07, 2004 - 07:54 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Time now for our "New You Resolution," an eight-week series in which we take five regular people, regular Joes and Josies, who want to make big health changes in 2004 and help them out.
You don't like that?
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Yes.
HEMMER: To help them on their way. Today, the life of Kimberly Everett. She's busy. She lives in suburban Atlanta. She's 24 years old.
O'BRIEN: She is busy. She juggles two jobs, and she says that too much work yields too little time for working out. She says she also hardly has the time to eat a healthy meal. Big problems for her.
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: But she signed up, because she knows she has to stay healthy or she's going to end up following in her family's footsteps. We've talked about that. Diabetes and heart problems run in her family.
Well, have no fear, Kim. The new you is just eight weeks away.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA (voice-over): Meet Kimberly Everett.
KIMBERLY EVERETT, NEW YOU PARTICIPANT: I'm going to be so sexy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kim is not going to do this diet.
EVERETT: Yes, I am!
GUPTA: She wakes up at 6:00, sits in Atlanta traffic and makes it to her full-time PR job at 7:30. And three nights a week she works at her favorite store.
EVERETT: Would you like some comforting tea tonight?
GUPTA: She signed up for the "New You Resolution" because she knew she needed to lose weight.
EVERETT: I was like, wow, you know, 10 pounds is a lot. So, I totally killed the breakfast. I knew that was one thing that had changed totally.
GUPTA: And lunch...
EVERETT: Cheese sticks.
GUPTA: ... and dinner.
EVERETT: I guess I'll have -- yes, I'll have a daiquiri. I'm not really hungry tonight.
GUPTA: Her sister, Toy (ph), roommate and best friend, worries about Kim's eating habits.
EVERETT: After 24 years of eating unhealthy, you really don't know. I mean, you don't. You don't know how to eat healthy. Every night we have fried foods for dinner. My dad tried to eat a little healthier after his heart attack.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He tried.
EVERETT: It would be like baked fish and a beer or something.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
GUPTA: So, we checked in with internist Dr. Richard Right (ph) for a physical to get her started.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, being that your parents both have diabetes and high blood pressure that's going to put you at risk for getting high blood pressure and diabetes..
GUPTA: Kim may not be able to change her family history, but the American Diabetes Association says she can reduce her risk for diabetes by getting her weight under control through diet and exercise.
EVERETT: We're not going to be exercising today.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kim feel, ooh!
GUPTA: Can she handle the challenge?
EVERETT: I hope to look like Tina Turner with a great body when I'm 60. So, if I can start off now at 24, then I'll be happy.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
EVERETT: So corny.
O'BRIEN: That body looks good on you.
GUPTA: You look great, you know. And it's interesting, because you are 24 years old.
EVERETT: Yes.
GUPTA: And so, you're pretty young. I think people were surprised that we have a 24 year old. But here's a statistic: If you eat right but you don't exercise starting in your mid-20s, you will put on about a pound or two a year for the next 20 years...
EVERETT: That's a lot.
GUPTA: ... even if you are eating right. So, that's something to keep in mind.
O'BRIEN: Do you exercise at all?
EVERETT: No, not usually. Maybe once a month I might do something if I feel like it, but my exercise is working hours. I work two job, so I figured that was, you know, being active enough.
O'BRIEN: The stress was good exercise.
EVERETT: Yes.
HEMMER: If our cameras weren't in your face for the next eight weeks, would you be able to do this? Could you do it?
EVERETT: I don't know. I don't know.
HEMMER: Is this incentive then do you think?
EVERETT: This is definitely incentive, yes, definitely.
HEMMER: We need more cameras.
O'BRIEN: I need a camera to follow me home. Do you think your sister is supportive? I mean, obviously, she is very funny, and the two of you were cracking up. But do you think she is supportive? Because you know, she was kind of making fun of your crunches.
EVERETT: She's supportive.
O'BRIEN: I think sometimes siblings can -- she's supportive?
(CROSSTALK)
EVERETT: Yes, I dont' think she really thinks I'm going to do it. She wants me to. Yes, so she...
GUPTA: Well, it seems like your entire family is supportive. And weve got extra help for you as well.
EVERETT: Yes.
GUPTA: Even if your sister doesn't stick with you, you're going to listen to a dietician, a physiologist, all of these to help you get you on your path. So, here's your prescription for help to get you started.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, she works a lot, but a lot of it is laziness, too, because Kim likes to lay down and relax a lot. GUPTA (voice-over): Get ready, Kim. We've got the formula for a new you. Here's the dietician's prescription: routine, routine, routine. Get on an eating schedule. No more skipping meals. Fight family history with high fiber and calorie control. Choose wisely during a fast food frenzy. Pack power lunches.
And the trainer says, variety, variety, variety. Circuit cardio six days a week. Weight training three days a week. Squeeze in a stress release class. Measure your body fat percentage at mid-program and week eight.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
O'BRIEN: Can she squeeze that all in, in eight weeks?
GUPTA: Well, I'll tell you, she's getting off the plane today where she's going and going straight to the gym.
EVERETT: Head to the gym straight from the airport.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: You've got to do cardio six days a week.
EVERETT: Six days a week, yes.
O'BRIEN: And then weight training three days a week.
EVERETT: Yes.
HEMMER: Variety, variety, variety.
EVERETT: Variety, a lot of variety.
GUPTA: We know you're up to the challenge. More importantly, a lot of people at home we're hoping can learn a thing or two by watching your plan and action.
Tomorrow, we're going to meet our next new you participant. She is Kathryn Buckholder (ph). For her, starting the "New You Resolution" means quitting smoking. At 31 years old, she wants to end her pack-a-day habit while not packing on the pounds. Tune in tomorrow as we unveil her plan.
O'BRIEN: Kim, good luck.
EVERETT: Thank you.
O'BRIEN: Get a cute outfit to work out in, you know.
EVERETT: I need to. Thank you. I definitely will be there.
HEMMER: Do you want to drop and do some crunches for us?
EVERETT: I'm good.
HEMMER: Good luck.
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Aired January 7, 2004 - 07:54 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Time now for our "New You Resolution," an eight-week series in which we take five regular people, regular Joes and Josies, who want to make big health changes in 2004 and help them out.
You don't like that?
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Yes.
HEMMER: To help them on their way. Today, the life of Kimberly Everett. She's busy. She lives in suburban Atlanta. She's 24 years old.
O'BRIEN: She is busy. She juggles two jobs, and she says that too much work yields too little time for working out. She says she also hardly has the time to eat a healthy meal. Big problems for her.
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: But she signed up, because she knows she has to stay healthy or she's going to end up following in her family's footsteps. We've talked about that. Diabetes and heart problems run in her family.
Well, have no fear, Kim. The new you is just eight weeks away.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA (voice-over): Meet Kimberly Everett.
KIMBERLY EVERETT, NEW YOU PARTICIPANT: I'm going to be so sexy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kim is not going to do this diet.
EVERETT: Yes, I am!
GUPTA: She wakes up at 6:00, sits in Atlanta traffic and makes it to her full-time PR job at 7:30. And three nights a week she works at her favorite store.
EVERETT: Would you like some comforting tea tonight?
GUPTA: She signed up for the "New You Resolution" because she knew she needed to lose weight.
EVERETT: I was like, wow, you know, 10 pounds is a lot. So, I totally killed the breakfast. I knew that was one thing that had changed totally.
GUPTA: And lunch...
EVERETT: Cheese sticks.
GUPTA: ... and dinner.
EVERETT: I guess I'll have -- yes, I'll have a daiquiri. I'm not really hungry tonight.
GUPTA: Her sister, Toy (ph), roommate and best friend, worries about Kim's eating habits.
EVERETT: After 24 years of eating unhealthy, you really don't know. I mean, you don't. You don't know how to eat healthy. Every night we have fried foods for dinner. My dad tried to eat a little healthier after his heart attack.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He tried.
EVERETT: It would be like baked fish and a beer or something.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
GUPTA: So, we checked in with internist Dr. Richard Right (ph) for a physical to get her started.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, being that your parents both have diabetes and high blood pressure that's going to put you at risk for getting high blood pressure and diabetes..
GUPTA: Kim may not be able to change her family history, but the American Diabetes Association says she can reduce her risk for diabetes by getting her weight under control through diet and exercise.
EVERETT: We're not going to be exercising today.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kim feel, ooh!
GUPTA: Can she handle the challenge?
EVERETT: I hope to look like Tina Turner with a great body when I'm 60. So, if I can start off now at 24, then I'll be happy.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
EVERETT: So corny.
O'BRIEN: That body looks good on you.
GUPTA: You look great, you know. And it's interesting, because you are 24 years old.
EVERETT: Yes.
GUPTA: And so, you're pretty young. I think people were surprised that we have a 24 year old. But here's a statistic: If you eat right but you don't exercise starting in your mid-20s, you will put on about a pound or two a year for the next 20 years...
EVERETT: That's a lot.
GUPTA: ... even if you are eating right. So, that's something to keep in mind.
O'BRIEN: Do you exercise at all?
EVERETT: No, not usually. Maybe once a month I might do something if I feel like it, but my exercise is working hours. I work two job, so I figured that was, you know, being active enough.
O'BRIEN: The stress was good exercise.
EVERETT: Yes.
HEMMER: If our cameras weren't in your face for the next eight weeks, would you be able to do this? Could you do it?
EVERETT: I don't know. I don't know.
HEMMER: Is this incentive then do you think?
EVERETT: This is definitely incentive, yes, definitely.
HEMMER: We need more cameras.
O'BRIEN: I need a camera to follow me home. Do you think your sister is supportive? I mean, obviously, she is very funny, and the two of you were cracking up. But do you think she is supportive? Because you know, she was kind of making fun of your crunches.
EVERETT: She's supportive.
O'BRIEN: I think sometimes siblings can -- she's supportive?
(CROSSTALK)
EVERETT: Yes, I dont' think she really thinks I'm going to do it. She wants me to. Yes, so she...
GUPTA: Well, it seems like your entire family is supportive. And weve got extra help for you as well.
EVERETT: Yes.
GUPTA: Even if your sister doesn't stick with you, you're going to listen to a dietician, a physiologist, all of these to help you get you on your path. So, here's your prescription for help to get you started.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, she works a lot, but a lot of it is laziness, too, because Kim likes to lay down and relax a lot. GUPTA (voice-over): Get ready, Kim. We've got the formula for a new you. Here's the dietician's prescription: routine, routine, routine. Get on an eating schedule. No more skipping meals. Fight family history with high fiber and calorie control. Choose wisely during a fast food frenzy. Pack power lunches.
And the trainer says, variety, variety, variety. Circuit cardio six days a week. Weight training three days a week. Squeeze in a stress release class. Measure your body fat percentage at mid-program and week eight.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
O'BRIEN: Can she squeeze that all in, in eight weeks?
GUPTA: Well, I'll tell you, she's getting off the plane today where she's going and going straight to the gym.
EVERETT: Head to the gym straight from the airport.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: You've got to do cardio six days a week.
EVERETT: Six days a week, yes.
O'BRIEN: And then weight training three days a week.
EVERETT: Yes.
HEMMER: Variety, variety, variety.
EVERETT: Variety, a lot of variety.
GUPTA: We know you're up to the challenge. More importantly, a lot of people at home we're hoping can learn a thing or two by watching your plan and action.
Tomorrow, we're going to meet our next new you participant. She is Kathryn Buckholder (ph). For her, starting the "New You Resolution" means quitting smoking. At 31 years old, she wants to end her pack-a-day habit while not packing on the pounds. Tune in tomorrow as we unveil her plan.
O'BRIEN: Kim, good luck.
EVERETT: Thank you.
O'BRIEN: Get a cute outfit to work out in, you know.
EVERETT: I need to. Thank you. I definitely will be there.
HEMMER: Do you want to drop and do some crunches for us?
EVERETT: I'm good.
HEMMER: Good luck.
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