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New You Resolution

Aired January 05, 2004 - 07:50   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: How healthy are you? Are you as healthy as you think? Take a close look at these five participants sitting here today. David, Kim, Kathryn, Pam and Michael all appear to be in pretty good health and pretty good shape, too. But some of them may have serious health conditions lying underneath.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: In fact, we set out to find five people who might look just fine, but actually need to make some changes to improve their general health. Forty thousand of you wrote in asking for a lifestyle makeover for the next eight weeks.

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta is going to work with these five people, as they try to turn their health around. And if any of you want to join along in this health challenge that we are calling our "New You Resolution" are welcome to join as well.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right. We're hoping you do that at home. But let's get to know our participants first.

Meet David Peck. David's father died of a heart attack at age 49. His brother had a triple bypass at 50. Now David is approaching 50 and extremely concerned about his own heart health. The biggest challenge to fitness, the father of two spends several days a month on the road for his job. In fact, he e-mailed his application for this program from a laptop in a hotel room.

Kim Everett, she's just 24, but she knows she's at high risk, because both her mom and her dad have diabetes, and her father had a heart attack just recently. Kim looks at herself and already sees some signs of trouble. She calls it "Miss Phat Booty" and wants to turn it around before it gets any worse.

Kathryn Burkholder, age 31, has smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for more than half of her life, and now she says "Enough." The problem is when she tried to quite before, she gained 10 pounds overnight, and she's scared it might happen again. And that's called the "quitter's quandary." What is Kathryn willing to do to see if we can help?

Last up, Pam and Michael Kirkbride. The Kirkbrides, they had a baby girl six months ago. And as any new parents can relate, that little girl turned their lives upside down. Pam still has all of the extra weight she gained during pregnancy, and Michael gained even more -- 40 pounds between the two of them. On top of that, Pam and Michael are overwhelmed and losing their time management. The problem is keeping them from getting healthy, and it's also leading to a lot of stress.

So, those are the 5 of the 40,000 that came in.

O'BRIEN: Well, welcome. You are some brave souls. And we're looking forward to the next eight weeks.

I'm going to start with them -- with Pam and Michael. You know you're never getting the time back, right? You know, it's done.

PAM KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Well, we're hoping.

O'BRIEN: You are going to be busy and more busy for the rest of your life. So, my question to you would be: What are you willing to do? What are you willing to give? How are you going to change your schedule? Because you never get any actual hours and minutes back.

MICHAEL KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Well, I think it's just sort of looking at where we are and taking a step back and trying to get closer to where we were. I mean, we are eating the way that we've always eaten, which has never been that well to begin with. We haven't been to the gym for upwards of a year between us, and just trying to find time to put some of that back into our lives to the extent that we can.

HEMMER: Any advice? Good luck.

O'BRIEN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) they've got eight weeks.

HEMMER: Hey, David, your family history with hearts. Why did you take so long to get checked out for yourself.

DAVID PECK, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Well, it's a good question. I actually had talked to doctors, and I think they kind of wanted to reassure me that, you know, genetics has some play in it, but don't focus on it. You know, live your life. But I was pretty curious and wanted to know more. And so, the older you get, you know, the more concerned you get.

HEMMER: Do you feel better now? Do you feel more reassured or not?

PECK: Yes, absolutely. I'm a person that wants to know. There are some that don't.

O'BRIEN: All right, I have a question for Kim. You call yourself Miss Phat Booty. I think you have a cute booty. And I see her standing up and walking around. But I know you said you want to get to the gym more. Can you carve out time in your schedule to do that?

KIM EVERETT, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: I'm going to try. It's going to be very hard.

O'BRIEN: What are you aiming for?

EVERETT: Three days a week on a regular basis.

GUPTA: And, you know, Kathryn, you've tried several times in the past to quit smoking. How many times?

KATHRYN BURKHOLDER, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Twelve.

GUPTA: Twelve times. What makes you think this time is going to be the time, you know, to stay on the wagon?

BURKHOLDER: I think I have a lot more moral support this time than I've ever had before.

GUPTA: Are you talking about us?

O'BRIEN: We're your moral support, Kathryn.

BURKHOLDER: Not just you guys, but a lot of friends and family that before I didn't invite to participate, so...

GUPTA: All right, well, we'll find out two months from now. And there's a lot more ahead in this series as well.

Here's how it's going to work this week.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GUPTA (voice-over): Tomorrow, we follow David Peck as he tries to fight his family history, and as he deals with a new discovery about his own heart. Wednesday, we see why Kim's family is so worried about her. Thursday, a closer look at Kathryn's battle with smoking. And Friday, the new parents.

Also, you can follow their progress online. Log on to cnn.com/resolution. You can read their daily journals and download a journal of your own.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

David Peck's story, which we're going to reveal tomorrow, gave us all a bit of a jolt here on AMERICAN MORNING. You're not going to want to miss his New You Resolution. That's tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. Eastern.

O'BRIEN: All right, Sanjay, thank you very much . And again to all of our participants, welcome. We'll see a lot of you over the next eight weeks. Also thanks for being with us. It takes a lot of guts it do this.

GUPTA: Yes.

O'BRIEN: So, we appreciate it certainly.

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Aired January 5, 2004 - 07:50   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: How healthy are you? Are you as healthy as you think? Take a close look at these five participants sitting here today. David, Kim, Kathryn, Pam and Michael all appear to be in pretty good health and pretty good shape, too. But some of them may have serious health conditions lying underneath.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: In fact, we set out to find five people who might look just fine, but actually need to make some changes to improve their general health. Forty thousand of you wrote in asking for a lifestyle makeover for the next eight weeks.

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta is going to work with these five people, as they try to turn their health around. And if any of you want to join along in this health challenge that we are calling our "New You Resolution" are welcome to join as well.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right. We're hoping you do that at home. But let's get to know our participants first.

Meet David Peck. David's father died of a heart attack at age 49. His brother had a triple bypass at 50. Now David is approaching 50 and extremely concerned about his own heart health. The biggest challenge to fitness, the father of two spends several days a month on the road for his job. In fact, he e-mailed his application for this program from a laptop in a hotel room.

Kim Everett, she's just 24, but she knows she's at high risk, because both her mom and her dad have diabetes, and her father had a heart attack just recently. Kim looks at herself and already sees some signs of trouble. She calls it "Miss Phat Booty" and wants to turn it around before it gets any worse.

Kathryn Burkholder, age 31, has smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for more than half of her life, and now she says "Enough." The problem is when she tried to quite before, she gained 10 pounds overnight, and she's scared it might happen again. And that's called the "quitter's quandary." What is Kathryn willing to do to see if we can help?

Last up, Pam and Michael Kirkbride. The Kirkbrides, they had a baby girl six months ago. And as any new parents can relate, that little girl turned their lives upside down. Pam still has all of the extra weight she gained during pregnancy, and Michael gained even more -- 40 pounds between the two of them. On top of that, Pam and Michael are overwhelmed and losing their time management. The problem is keeping them from getting healthy, and it's also leading to a lot of stress.

So, those are the 5 of the 40,000 that came in.

O'BRIEN: Well, welcome. You are some brave souls. And we're looking forward to the next eight weeks.

I'm going to start with them -- with Pam and Michael. You know you're never getting the time back, right? You know, it's done.

PAM KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Well, we're hoping.

O'BRIEN: You are going to be busy and more busy for the rest of your life. So, my question to you would be: What are you willing to do? What are you willing to give? How are you going to change your schedule? Because you never get any actual hours and minutes back.

MICHAEL KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Well, I think it's just sort of looking at where we are and taking a step back and trying to get closer to where we were. I mean, we are eating the way that we've always eaten, which has never been that well to begin with. We haven't been to the gym for upwards of a year between us, and just trying to find time to put some of that back into our lives to the extent that we can.

HEMMER: Any advice? Good luck.

O'BRIEN: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) they've got eight weeks.

HEMMER: Hey, David, your family history with hearts. Why did you take so long to get checked out for yourself.

DAVID PECK, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Well, it's a good question. I actually had talked to doctors, and I think they kind of wanted to reassure me that, you know, genetics has some play in it, but don't focus on it. You know, live your life. But I was pretty curious and wanted to know more. And so, the older you get, you know, the more concerned you get.

HEMMER: Do you feel better now? Do you feel more reassured or not?

PECK: Yes, absolutely. I'm a person that wants to know. There are some that don't.

O'BRIEN: All right, I have a question for Kim. You call yourself Miss Phat Booty. I think you have a cute booty. And I see her standing up and walking around. But I know you said you want to get to the gym more. Can you carve out time in your schedule to do that?

KIM EVERETT, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: I'm going to try. It's going to be very hard.

O'BRIEN: What are you aiming for?

EVERETT: Three days a week on a regular basis.

GUPTA: And, you know, Kathryn, you've tried several times in the past to quit smoking. How many times?

KATHRYN BURKHOLDER, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Twelve.

GUPTA: Twelve times. What makes you think this time is going to be the time, you know, to stay on the wagon?

BURKHOLDER: I think I have a lot more moral support this time than I've ever had before.

GUPTA: Are you talking about us?

O'BRIEN: We're your moral support, Kathryn.

BURKHOLDER: Not just you guys, but a lot of friends and family that before I didn't invite to participate, so...

GUPTA: All right, well, we'll find out two months from now. And there's a lot more ahead in this series as well.

Here's how it's going to work this week.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GUPTA (voice-over): Tomorrow, we follow David Peck as he tries to fight his family history, and as he deals with a new discovery about his own heart. Wednesday, we see why Kim's family is so worried about her. Thursday, a closer look at Kathryn's battle with smoking. And Friday, the new parents.

Also, you can follow their progress online. Log on to cnn.com/resolution. You can read their daily journals and download a journal of your own.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

David Peck's story, which we're going to reveal tomorrow, gave us all a bit of a jolt here on AMERICAN MORNING. You're not going to want to miss his New You Resolution. That's tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. Eastern.

O'BRIEN: All right, Sanjay, thank you very much . And again to all of our participants, welcome. We'll see a lot of you over the next eight weeks. Also thanks for being with us. It takes a lot of guts it do this.

GUPTA: Yes.

O'BRIEN: So, we appreciate it certainly.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.