Ruby Gettinger is such an inspiration to so many. She began at 716 pounds and is now at 328 (July2011). What a journey. She is real. She is not 'biggest loser' contestant, but she is the biggest winner in life! She has such a personality that most people dream of having. She is beautiful, inside and out!
This show has helped me SO much in my own struggle with weight by going through the 'reasons' behind it. We can't all be on a game show, we can't all be on TV, heck, we can't even all afford the therapy! The show, Ruby, is so real and so much like our own struggles. It is so relate-able! The therapists, the nutritionist, the trainers, her friends - are so awesome and helpful. It even shows friends how to help even though it hurts at the moment. I loved the 6 day intensive with Tennie McCarty and loved Tennie's show "Addicted to Food" on the OWN network. Maybe OWN would be a better place for Ruby's show. I just know it needs to be somewhere! Hang in there Ruby, we are pulling for you!
RUBY'S DVD AND JOURNAL:
When television viewing audiences first met Ruby Gettinger, a mild-mannered, sweet-natured, Southern-food addicted Sunday school teacher, her weight was hovering near 500 pounds. As the ad campaign for the show says, Ruby doesn′t know how she got to this weight, but she knows its killing her. Having been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and told by doctors that she would die if she continued to carry all that weight, Ruby is changing her life to save it. Her honesty, optimism and genuine commitment to uncover all the underlying causes of her addiction--mental, physical and emotional--are inspiring millions of others in the process. So too is her progress.
While Style′s cameras have been following Ruby′s personal journey as she sheds the weight, gets healthier, battles discrimination daily, and struggles to recover lost childhood memories, these excerpts, taken from the journal Ruby carries with her everywhere on the show, include her most intimate reflections, insights and discoveries regarding her life "before" and "during" this incredibly transformative experience. It also includes her fears, hopes and dreams for life after her goal is realized. In addition, the book will feature thoughts from the doctors, dieticians, trainers, therapists, friends and family supporting Ruby′s mission. Everyone following and touched by Ruby′s story will want to read this book.
