My 600 Lb Life OMG!!!
I feel sorry for these people
Everyone lives in a single wide trailer. ( Decor , don't get me started)
No one works including the extended family who enables the massively obese one.
They all eat fast food all the time.
Who is paying for all this surgery?? Who is paying their expenses ? We are with taxes !!!
Margaret Sanger had some good observations.
by Anonymous | reply 600 | April 25, 2019 8:40 PM
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Actually, their insurance companies pay for the surgery.
One episode had a fat bitch who said she was fine with her weight, and her family taking care of her.
She had the surgery and refused to lose weight.
There are people dying to have this surgery, she got it and did not appreciate it.
The new season starts this week. As a fatty myself I'll be watching and feeling grateful for not being [bold]that[/bold]
by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 3, 2015 11:52 PM
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R1, are you talking about the bitch that moved to Houston to be closer to her doctor? She had a son and her husband was the one taking care of her. She had the surgery but tried to claim that the surgery didn't work. What this bitch failed to do was eat properly and exercise. She was such a bitch to try to blame her doctor when he kept telling her she needed to eat properly and start moving around.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 4, 2015 12:04 AM
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Is there a link to something that you forgot to post OP?
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 4, 2015 12:13 AM
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What ever happened to Billy Robbins, the star of the tv show "Half-Ton Teen?" He was 800 pounds due to the loving care of his enabling, smothering mother who brought cartloads of food to her practically immobile "baby boy", who would lie around all day in bed playing video games. The relationship of those two was one of the sickest I've even seen on one of those types of shows. He was 18 or 19 and had the maturity of a nine year old, according to one doctor. I think she was being generous; when he didn't get his way he'd cry like a five year old. He had surgery to slice off the gobs of fat, but seemed unwilling to change his diet. There were two specials about him; I got the impression that the network could see he was hopeless and didn't want to continue to do anything more on his sad, sick existence.
On the first "Half-Ton Teen" special, there was another huge teenager, an African-American boy. He wanted the weight loss surgery, but he had to get down to a certain weight to do it. At the end of the special he was cursing the doctor who told him he had to stick to a diet if he wanted the surgery (he was still overeating). He seemed like a hopeless case, too.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 4, 2015 12:19 AM
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Google seems to work for the rest of us, R3.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 5 | January 4, 2015 12:29 AM
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Do you remember the Trapper John episode where Shirley Hemphill plays an obese woman getting an new, experimental, gastric bypass surgery? She couldn't have any food before the surgery and they discovered a bucket of fried chicken in her bed. I sound like a racist DL troll, making shit up but I swear I saw this. Even as a 9 year old, I knew it was wrong.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 4, 2015 12:38 AM
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I was being evaluated for the surgery in 2014 -- gastric sleeve. I was finished with the psych workup, was well on the way of losing 10% weight to prove I could follow a strict diet, and had my primary care sign off on the physical. I was scheduled for surgery in late January. Then, I was notified by my insurer (BCBS-VT) that my employer's plan would not cover bariatric surgery in 2015. Sucks.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 4, 2015 12:45 AM
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Apparently it was from 1983 so I was 7. The episode was called "Fat Chance" and it was "stomach stapling".
by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 4, 2015 12:47 AM
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Obese or not, there seem to be a lot of younger men that have doting mothers to the point of weird obsessions.
I kinda wonder about them.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 4, 2015 12:53 AM
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"Do you remember the Trapper John episode where Shirley Hemphill plays an obese woman getting an new, experimental, gastric bypass surgery? She couldn't have any food before the surgery and they discovered a bucket of fried chicken in her bed."
In that Half-Ton Teen special I was talking about the show had scenes in the obese African-American boy's home; one scene showed a BURGER in his bed! I don't think he was trying to hide it, it was just THERE. He WAS hiding candy bars somewhere, I think. Anyway, he seemed unwilling to change his eating habits. I don't know if he ever had the surgery or not, but it seems unlikely, considering how he couldn't stop eating junk food
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 4, 2015 1:08 AM
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R3
Here is the episode I was referring to
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | January 4, 2015 2:24 AM
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Why are the psychologists all over anorexia, but not these people?
They're compulsively eating their lives away, but the only doctors offering them a solution are the bariatric surgeons.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 4, 2015 4:18 AM
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I feel society is enabling these folks, seat belt extenders, 6X shirts and end the end a customer superized coffin .
You did not see this many uber obese people back in the 60s and 70s. It started to creep up in the 80s. I think the processed food we eat has gone up in consumption.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 4, 2015 4:25 AM
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R13, It's the super entitled mentality of these 350 lb plus Trolls. One Troll always bragged about how much liquor he could drink, and yes he drove until he lost his vehicle. A cold was an excuse to increase his daily fifth of vodka. Anyone who ate anything healthy was told, "I hate that shit."
The Troll said when Obamacare kicked in, he would be given priority in getting special medical care to help him lose weight. I relayed the story of a man I knew who was repeatedly hospitalized, as the doctor knew it was the only way to keep him away from fast food competition binges with his younger wife. At least he had unlimited savings and insurance.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 4, 2015 7:17 AM
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All I can say that if there is ever a natural or man made disaster these folks will be he first to meet their maker. I think about that every time I get on a train plane or bus and strategically avoid sitting close to them if they could impact my egress in an emergency. They cant move, they do not have the strength to run etc.
I would venture to say most of these folks have no metabolic or genetic component to their massive obesity. It's usually more cultural, growing up and living in a white trash or ghetto atmosphere where fast food and sedentary lifestyles are the norm. And having family members who enable them.
I think you can be healthy and moderately overweight, but this goes waaaay beyond that.
I agree with R13, society enables these folks by simply accommodating their size. They all cry and feel bad about themselves yadda yadda but when they pull into the KFC drive thru they consciously made the decision to do that. No one forced them.
We do end up paying for this as a society with SSI and Disability on the rise for all the disorders associated with morbid obesity.
I watched that show, maybe 5% of people take ownership and actually overcome. The other 95% refuse to follow the medical directions and fail and belly ache about it.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 4, 2015 12:08 PM
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Notice that families of the morbidly obese are also fat. All are poor, living on junk food.
In only one case did a wife also go for surgery.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 4, 2015 12:18 PM
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Speaking of insurance, Medicare now pays for sex reassignment surgery. A 74-year-old male Army Veteran sued the government.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 4, 2015 12:44 PM
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A man in Brooklyn was so large they had to remove a portion of his house to get him to the ambulance. He appeared on a talk show. Had the surgery, gained weight back. IIRC later lived in a Rockaway nursing home and died. Anyone remember him?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 4, 2015 12:49 PM
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There but for the grace of Dog, go I.
I can easily imagine myself sitting at a table that is covered in fast food and drink. I can easily imagine myself eating it all and then crying for more.
I feel like a bottomless pit most of the time. I can never get enough food or drink.
But.... I stopped doing that to myself. In fact, I have gone from 300 to 200 lbs in the last few years mostly by, as Saffy advised Eddie: "eat less and move more," pushing myself away from the table and walking outside for at least 3 miles a night.
I credit shows like "My 600 Lb Life" with my turnaround.
I feel great empathy for all the people on these shows.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 4, 2015 1:27 PM
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That's the bitch R2. At the end of the episode she as siting on her bed pontificating about her spiritual journey.
I remember that episode R6. Especially when they begin the surgery and start seeing all the food in her stomach and they have to close her up again.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 4, 2015 2:28 PM
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[quote]Why are the psychologists all over anorexia, but not these people?
Exactly R12.
If you're anorexic or bulimic you have a mental disorder and need help. If you're very fat you're lazy and greedy and need to suffer to lose your weight.
I used to overeat when I was sad, then I learned to control my depression and started overeating when I was angry. It took me years to get my anger under control and thus stop overeating.
I still have a lot of weight to lose--100 pounds--but I don't eat when I get angry because I don't allow myself to get angry anymore.
And I had to do this myself because I got zero help from my doctor.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 4, 2015 2:33 PM
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I blame their family member enablers just as much as the obese. The people are too fat to even move! Soooooo… how about not running over to them with fried foods and chips and soda and giving them healthier food? It's not like they're gonna get up and get the bad food themselves. They may balk at it at first but eventually they'll have no choice to eat it or starve.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 4, 2015 7:44 PM
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"If you're anorexic or bulimic you have a mental disorder and need help. If you're very fat you're lazy and greedy and need to suffer to lose your weight."
Exactly. So why aren't psychologists all over this behavior - is it because medical insurances will pay for therapy and inpatient clinics for anorexia, but offer nothing for eating yourself to death but bariatric surgery?
If so, why? Is it the because therapy and psych meds aren't effective for people who eat themselves to death, or are medical insurances run by idiots who think like R13 and R15, who just want these "entitled" people to vanish? And they don't vanish, they stay home and make prisoners of their families.
PS: I automatically dismiss the ideas of anyone who uses "entitled" as a pejorative term. In my long life, every single person I've encountered who uses that word that way, is a moron who thinks their prejudices are profound insights.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 4, 2015 8:56 PM
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R19, why do you feel like a bottomless pit? What do you think has caused your compulsion with food? I ask this as a serious question, I have a young family member who I deeply care about who I am afraid seems just like this, and everyone is trying to prevent this from taking over their lives and health, but it seems as if this compulsion is there no matter what is said or done. What would you do as an adult, to help a young you?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 4, 2015 9:05 PM
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The fault with obese people is families who buy the food. If it's not in the house, it can't be eaten.
The rules for Food Stamps/EBT are not strict enough. Too many of the allowable foods have no nutritional value. The food manufacturers lobby keep junk on the approved list.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 4, 2015 9:44 PM
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R18. His name was Mike Hebranko. He was featured on a show about some obesity clinic in Queens, N.Y. In his time he lost and regained hundreds of pounds. He was a fat ingrate who treated the medics who transported him to the clinic like dirt. His back hurt and he yelled and bitched about how rough they were treating him. He complained that no one had a wheelchair big enough to take him to the clinic "with dignity".
Richard Simmons actually came to visit him in clinic and blamed his wife for enabling him to regain so much weight. Naturally Tubby was indignant about Richard Simmons daring to speak the truth.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 4, 2015 10:01 PM
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I feel bad for those people.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 4, 2015 10:04 PM
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The enablers are at fault, but to a point. They themselves got themselves to the point of being bedridden, and depending on everyone else.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 4, 2015 10:06 PM
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I don't have a lot of sympathy for people who eat themselves to where they weight 300, 400, 500, 600 pounds or MORE. They have enablers who help them do it, but it's pure gluttony. Of course anybody who would do that would have to have some pretty severe psychological problems, but even so it's hard to feel sorry for people who can't stop shoving food into their faces. It's truly revolting to see some of these shows where the morbidly obese person is laid out like a giant blob, getting their bodies and private parts cleaned as though they were helpless infants. And it's all because their own self-indulgence. Gag!
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 4, 2015 10:13 PM
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[quote]Margaret Sanger had some good observations.
Rethugs/right-wingers and others have said similar things about gay people...remember that. You might think you are being a witty yet enonymous queen, but in truth, you sound quite vile.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 4, 2015 10:24 PM
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"I think it's mainly fluid."
Jesus.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 4, 2015 10:33 PM
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[quote]The fault with obese people is families who buy the food. If it's not in the house, it can't be eaten
True for the most part.
But on one episode of 600 pound life, the woman was doing her own shopping--in a scooter--and as she was putting bottles of pop into her cart along with snack cakes, she said, "Ooh, these are my favorite!"
I love chips, but only buy 1 bag a week as a treat. Some days I'd kill for a Pringle, but I can't have them in the house.
That's why I'm 300 lbs and not 700 lbs.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | January 4, 2015 10:55 PM
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I feel a great deal of sympathy for these people in the sense that there is a compulsive desire in me to eat take out and ice cream all the time. I don't and I work out, don't eat carbs and keep my weight down but there is never a moment where I don't want to eat an entire large pizza or half a banana cream pie. Ok a whole one.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | January 5, 2015 12:08 AM
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R30 , Yes Margaret Sanger had some racist ideology, however we see generation after generation of dependent, worthless, and society draining people reproducing with children who follow in their footsteps. Despite
Head Start
WIC
Welfare
Foodstamps
Oh I am referring to people of all ethnic backgrounds here.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 5, 2015 12:10 AM
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Yes the compulsion is always there OMG. I just love the feeling of being completely full. I want that feeling all the time.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | January 5, 2015 12:16 AM
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Watching makes me feel better about being a size 34 on a good day. I know that's morbidly obese by gay standards, but it's tough for me to maintain, having been a former fatty (well, formerly fatter).
by Anonymous | reply 38 | January 5, 2015 12:59 AM
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My mom is a gorger but she's only recently become this way. Since she can no longer walk (from old age and laziness), my brother and I do not indulge her. Our philosophy is "if you can get up and get to the refrigerator to get it, you can have it". Of course, she can't and if she did, she wouldn't find her precious candy there.
I don't know how these enablers do it. If I had to put up with some fucking berating fatty, I'd move out. When mom starts bitching at me about not having candy, I tell her to shut up and get up if she wants it. If she keeps on, I walk out.
These enablers have issues of their own. They could leave at any time and the fat one would either lay there and starve (over a period of years) or they'd get the fuck up and feed themselves.
I can understand the urge to eat a lot of food. What I can't understand is how you can LAY there, day after day, year after year and not even WANT to move. I guess I've been "blessed" with the love of exercise and movement. It kills me not to be active. I'm by no means thin but I am active.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | January 5, 2015 3:13 AM
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The chubby chaser husband on the one show pissed me off. What a sicko to try to tempt and harass his wife not to lose weight after the surgery. Even made their kid cry over how he treated his wife. I hope she eventually left him. He has bigger problems then her.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | January 5, 2015 3:36 AM
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r24, I don't know how to explain it to you. I don't know how I would advise anyone on what to do about it.
It took me a long time to come to terms with it. I just decided one day that enough was enough and I had to get it under control and I did. It was not easy and it is still not easy, but I will be damned if I will let it get so out of hand that I have to have a wall in my house removed to get me out of it and to the hospital.
r35, I know exactly how you feel, Congrats to us both for doing something about our problem.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 5, 2015 3:56 AM
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Well R41 I pray for your strength and happiness. You have bee given a struggle most others cannot relate to, which makes it so much more difficult for you. Be strong and figure out . I have faith that you can succeed in having the body that you want and deserve, and a happy existence. Never lose sight. Good luck.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | January 5, 2015 4:03 AM
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Fat people lie to themselves and others. The lie is they got fat by something other than eating too much.
The people on this show are physical wreaks. They are in and out of hospitals at young ages. The last thing you want is to be in hospitals depending on doctors and nurses to do the right things because there WILL be mistakes, there WILL be people who are careless about their jobs.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | January 5, 2015 4:32 AM
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My cousin Johnny, the one nobody talked about for years and I lost track of, died in 2012 of heart failure in Tennessee.
He was somewhere around 500 lbs, and hadn't been out of his mobile home in years, according to his sister Jean, who says a wall was disassembled to remove him. He was considerably skinnier than me as a kid...I was a fatty.
This sounds like a death wish and an enabling wife.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | January 5, 2015 5:06 AM
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I remember one of those "Massive Teen" shows. A boy of sixteen or so weight 500 lbs at least, and had the bariatric surgery and intensive counseling. When he finally got home... his momma cooked him his favorite junk food.
You know, I'm beginning to think that the biggest difference between anorexia is that anorectics don't need an enabler to destroy their bodies. And that "anorexia" has a name and is considered a disease, but that there isn't even an official term to describe a person who eats themselves to disability and death.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | January 5, 2015 9:04 AM
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The reason there isn't a term for it, R45, is because too many people think fat people are just lazy moochers. It's too difficult for them to comprehend the complex health and emotional issues involved, so they fall back on what they see in diet commercials, or the platitudes from those lowest-common-denominator "health" shows.
It took a long time for anorexia and bulemia and related disorders to be accepted as an actual disorder. If the media wanted to, they could do the same for compulsive overeating, especially those who, as you said, eat themselves into disability and death.
And R39, if your mom is literally unable to move and hounds you endlessly over wanting some candy, GET SOME GODDAMNED PROFESSIONAL HELP. Being a nasty little bitch isn't doing anyone any good. Contact her doctor or the local mental health center and get some help ASAP.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | January 5, 2015 10:51 AM
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I don't have all this anger or resentment towards these people that most of you do.
If you reach 600lbs it's not because you're weak. You are ill just like an anorexic is ill when they weigh 86lbs.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | January 5, 2015 11:13 AM
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A lot of us have negative strategies for coping or for insulating ourselves from whatever gives us pain. Alcohol, drugs, risk taking. Some methods are more socially acceptable than others, it seems. Using food to do so just happens to leave that visual cue. Once you reach a certain point it becomes so very hard to move your body effectively to enable weight loss even if you were of a mind to do so, and the weight piles on.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | January 5, 2015 11:39 AM
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and who's paying for all this food?? even if you are just eating fast food (and processed food) to maintain that weight (or gain) you have to consistently eat an enormous volume
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 5, 2015 12:30 PM
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also, since most of these people can barely walk or get out of bed-other people are shopping/preparing this for them--otherwise they wouldnt be able to consistently consume so much (and why do they all have spouses, boyfriends/girlfriends?)
by Anonymous | reply 50 | January 5, 2015 12:32 PM
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[quote] lot of us have negative strategies for coping or for insulating ourselves from whatever gives us pain. Alcohol, drugs, risk taking
I have no respect for those people, either.
Sooner or later, everyone has to step up to the plate and take responsibility for themselves. "I'm poor, I'm helpless, I'm unable to control myself." Too bad. The majority of us have to control ourselves and we do it. We'd all like to lue in bed and be fed by someone else. But we don't do it. We get up and go outside. We'd all like to get drunk and tell people what we really think of them. But we don't because we'd lose our livelihoods.
If the rest of us can do it, so can the overeater, drug taker, drinker. The vast majority of us can corral our desire to feel sorry for ourselves 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's not an impossible task.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | January 5, 2015 12:44 PM
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how many of these people have valid medical issues that perpetuate obesity? maybe 1/10th of 1 percent? they all dont all have thyroid/slow metabolisms--look at what these people are eating
by Anonymous | reply 52 | January 5, 2015 6:46 PM
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That's not really the point, R52. Morbidly obese people have psychological issues with food much the same way anorexics and bulimics do. Sure, you can control what you eat, but at a certain point you may lose control. You may also lose mobility, which compounds the problem. The problem I have with this show is you don't really see anyone working with the people on the psychological aspects of their food consumption. What does eating do for them? You see many who admit to being sexually abused, for example - how does that factor into their illness? Many anorexics admit to being sexually abused, as well. I don't think it's enough to just say, "they need to quit shoveling the food in". True, they need to re-program their eating habits and get exercise, but it goes a bit deeper than that.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 5, 2015 11:19 PM
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R51 you are right on the money. No one takes ownership anymore, it's all someone else's fault and bellyaching about a child hood trauma ( like that has not happened to everyone).
It's ridiculous, there are so many many people that cannot cope with day to day living with out medication, a comfort animal and everyone around them on eggshells . I am tired of nursing the sad inner child and having to provide affirmations of self esteem etc.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 6, 2015 4:41 AM
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As a retired health worker, I've previously posted my personal observations on the severely obese and was flamed for it. Almost all cases of obesity shared one trait...Laziness. Most were lazy children who grew up to be extremely lazy adults. Most became huge simply because they would rather sit on the couch all day eating and watching TV then moving. Most manipulated loved ones into becoming basically slaves to their needs..way before morbid obesity became a issue. I had one perfectly mobile capable patient sit in her own feces because " she didn't want to miss her TV show". I had another live in piles of rotting garbage covered in maggots because "the Garbage cans were too far away"...another moved her microwave next to her bed because " the kitchen was way down the hall ". etc. Flame away but its all true.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | January 6, 2015 6:07 AM
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I have no doubt what you're saying is true but doesn't this tell you that these people are terribly mentally ill? And that those close to them are in huge denial themselves and have their own issues to deal with?
by Anonymous | reply 56 | January 6, 2015 11:42 PM
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R55, Why do very obese adults cruelly insult those they encounter who choose to eat small portions of very healthy food? I would never tell them how to live their life. Yet so many complain how badly society treats them by not having large enough seats at fast food places, expecting them not to use disabled parking spaces if they CAN physically walk at all, and by not making very flattering cheap clothing in their size. Entitlement on steroids.
Alcoholics may put you down if you choose to only have one drink. They're not nearly as entitled as the very obese.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | January 7, 2015 1:00 AM
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If you're addicted to cigarettes, what's the first step to overcoming the addiction? Get them out of the house and away from you. If you're tangling with alcohol, what's the first step to getting sober? Get it out of the house and away from you.
This action of denial--get it out of sight--will work with any addiction. Gambling, coke, shopping... you name it. If you're not near it, you can't indulge.
Except food. You MUST be around food at least twice a day. No other addiction requires you to indulge in it in order to keep your body going. You don't need shopping or meth or sex in order to survive.
But we must have food. So that which tempts overeaters so deeply is right in front of them daily. No other addiction works this way.
Yeah, I hear the arguments now: put a salad in front of you instead of Twinkies. I get it. But salads don't satiate. Diets ration food, and leave dieters with cravings that don't let up...until you eat again. Often dieters are self-medicating with the chemicals foods offer. And what chemicals satisfy?
Fats and sugars. They'll shut down your appetite in a heartbeat. And for those who tangle with anxiety, the chemicals in fats and sugars slow the body down physically and make you feel...better.
Run the body on too few calories, you're guaranteed to keep it hungry and craving and fatigued. And that's a setup for failure.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 7, 2015 2:01 AM
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R55, you worked in health care but can't recognize mental illness?
by Anonymous | reply 59 | January 7, 2015 2:37 AM
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Years ago I saw a woman on a talk show who had been a sideshow fat lady in a carnival. One of her friends died and had to be buried in a piano case. She was so horrified, she decided that was not going to be her fate.
She lost an enormous amount of weight. The last I heard, she kept it off.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 7, 2015 3:01 AM
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R55 Thanks for your insight!! Let me guess these people were on SSI or Disability ?
by Anonymous | reply 61 | January 7, 2015 3:54 AM
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R58, it's not about dieting, it's about changing your life. It's idiotic to assume that someone is going to live on a salad. As a former compulsive overeater I had to learn how my body functioned. Learned to differentiate between feeling thirsty and feeling hungry. Learn to read whether my body was craving protein or craving complex carbohydrates. It takes a long time but it's something one can learn.
As a former fattie I don't keep food with little nutritional value in my house. If I'm hungry I'll eat tuna, eggs, other protein, veggies or fruits. I don't need to keep candy because that will only stimulate my wanting to eat more crappy food. I've never 'dieted' because that's a waste of time, but I did have to change what I ate.
I empathize with food addicts because I am a 'recovering' addict but I know enough about myself to learn my triggers. So yeah, it's similar to not keeping cigarettes or alcohol in you house, just don't keep your trigger foods and instead keep what's healthy in your house. That doesn't mean a salad, that means real food not things in a box or a package full of fake ingredients.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 7, 2015 4:06 AM
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R62, a friend went to Overeaters Anonymous to lose weight before she had gastric bypass surgery. She lost enough both before and after surgery that she now has a normal body and she uses what she learned in OA to stay on top of it.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 7, 2015 4:30 AM
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[quote]Learn to read whether my body was craving protein or craving complex carbohydrates. It takes a long time but it's something one can learn.
No, that's all a myth. Our bodies do not ever "crave" what we need. We crave what we want, otherwise why do people crave french fries, or donuts.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 7, 2015 4:46 AM
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R64
Nah, you wrong. It's our mind that crave "bad" food, like donuts or fries or candy - our body is smarter than our mind. People gain hundreds of pounds not because their bodies wanted it but because of their minds, their psychological issues.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 7, 2015 5:05 AM
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"As a former compulsive overeater I had to learn how my body functioned. Learned to differentiate between feeling thirsty and feeling hungry. Learn to read whether my body was craving protein or craving complex carbohydrates. It takes a long time but it's something one can learn."
Do you think you'd have been able to do all that, if you had severe depression or another serious mental illness? Or you were so deep into self-hatred and despair that you had lost hope for a better life?
I do wish there was some good psychological research on these people, I would very much like to know what differentiates the housebound behemoth from the everyday overeater like you and me. (Besides the enabling family members, of course.)
by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 7, 2015 5:33 AM
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R64, the BODY craves protein,complex carbs and liquids. That's what one listens to. My body has never craved a donut. I've been sad or anxious and my fucked up head tried to tell me to go the self destruct route and gorge on a whole gallon of ice cream but my body wasn't craving that nor did it want it since my body told me I was full.
R66, I was mentally ill. I lost 190 pounds so it wasn't like I was 50lbs overweight compulsive overeater. I had to do a true mental inventory and work on my addiction. It took a long time to work through my depression, self destructive tendancies and addiction. I think the difference is in willingness to do the therapeutic work and having coping skills. Also I took gym class daily throughout elementary and high school so I had been morbidly obese but active and my body was accustomed to exercise unlike people today.
My family never enabled my eating. They were always worried and they changed what they cooked and the foods they brought to the house when I asked them for help with my compulsion.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | January 7, 2015 6:03 AM
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No! You are anthropomorphizing your body. It doesn't crave what it needs. The fact that people crave crap foods proves this. Sure we get hungry or thirsty and you choose what to eat. The fact that you chose a salad doesn't mean you were craving roughage! Ask a scientist and quit consulting your mommyblogs!
by Anonymous | reply 68 | January 7, 2015 6:22 AM
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Contratulations, R62. Getting out of being morbidly obese is a horrendous task and you did it!
My personal experience tracks with what you are saying here.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | January 7, 2015 6:36 AM
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R58, Obese use their "salad only extreme diet trial," as an excuse to FAIL. No protein, nor good carbs? You can keep a small amount of sweets (chocolate covered mint patties) or fats (nuts) at home without resorting to the absolute garbage of Twinkies.
Studies have proven that having soup before a meal, and really increasing the amount of spices in dishes automatically makes people lose weight.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | January 7, 2015 6:53 AM
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Congratulations, R62, and do you mind if I ask another question? Do you think you'd have been able to do all that work on yourself, if you'd had an enabling or actively destructive family member around?
Many posters have noted that it's impossible to become a bedbound sphere, unless you have someone willing to feed you and wipe the bits you can't reach. And that there are people out there who will sabotage other's weight loss program.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | January 7, 2015 7:24 AM
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I told my relative that if she becomes bed-bound, I will not help her continue to gain. I told her I'd only bring her salads and greens and lean meat. No candy, chocolate, beer or pizza will ever cross her lips if I'm the one forced to take care of her. If she attempts to call out or use the Internet for delivery, I will turn them away.
She's about 430 lbs these days. I know she's struggling to keep herself from gaining more. The difference between me and the enablers we see on television is that I'm mean enough to stand by what I say.
Well, I think it's loving. SHE told me I'm mean enough. Damn straight.
I will not be convinced/coerced by anger or tears, especially by a person who has transformed into a giant infant. If she can't even leave the bed to fix her own poison, you has no power. She cannot berate me, guilt me, nor cry enough for me to assist her slow suicide.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | January 7, 2015 11:11 AM
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Good for you R72, you may be her only chance.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | January 7, 2015 11:22 PM
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Extra Mayo on that ham sandwich please
by Anonymous | reply 74 | January 8, 2015 11:57 PM
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Has anyone seen the episode with Penny? OMG, somebody should just shoot her in the head already. Penny openly and frequently lied to everyone. She didn't even try to follow the diet and even tried to sucker the doctor into believing she was one of the rare people who don't lose weight after the surgery. Mark my words, she's a goner. There's no hope for her and I fell so bad for her husband and son.
Oh, and if you didn't catch it the doctor was saying in to so many words that Penny was one of those "eternal victims" who wants to remain disabled. She wouldn't even get out of bed after surgery and the doctor basically said she didn't need to be on oxygen despite her claims otherwise. This woman is useless and she is destroying her family. I really hope her husband would just smother her with a pillow as she slept so he and his son can go on with their lives.
I'm serious. This woman is hopeless. Right after surgery she was eating fried food. She even gained 5 lbs within a month after surgery. The doctor told her at one point that most people months out after surgery have lost over a hundred pounds and yet she gained weight. Here's what another viewer thought of that episode.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 75 | January 9, 2015 12:15 AM
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I just watched the new episode on a woman named Zsailynn.
She weighed 596 and she made the decision, took it seriously and did everything right but her asshat of a husband was so awful to her.
He did not want her to lose any weight. He did everything possible to sabatage and harass her pre and post op.
She needs to slug him and divorce him. What a dick. Being that overweight has such an emotional factor. I have to commend her determination under such abuse.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | January 11, 2015 4:45 PM
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I saw that episode too -Zsalynn. (?) Her husband was a chubby chaser - he wanted a fat woman. He was awful to her. I hope she keeps going. Her poor daughter, caught in the middle of that.
Did anyone see the Hispanic lady with the lymph edema? Her one leg and her stomach were swollen and... crusty is the only word I can come up with. Her skin looked more like elephant skin than human skin. How does THAT happen? It was scary as hell! I have to admit, I didn't think she was going to do it, especially with her family (all of them obese) continuing to cook the fatty, delicious-looking Mexican food she clearly adored. I was really impressed at how far she came at the end of the episode. Plus that lymph edema they removed was 40 pounds!!!
by Anonymous | reply 77 | January 14, 2015 8:28 PM
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In the new season they did an update with Zsalynn and Christina (the 22 year old). Christina and her husband are no longer together. I think he couldn't handle her becoming independent and him not being the hero that took care of her. At the end of the episode Zsalynn was packing up her husband's things.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | January 14, 2015 8:44 PM
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Can someone suggest a good tasting low calorie salad dressing for me? They all taste like shit to me.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | January 14, 2015 8:58 PM
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R79, get the hidden valley ranch packets and make with fat free or low calorie ingredients.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | January 14, 2015 9:07 PM
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Everybody I ever knew who got money from the government was white.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | January 14, 2015 9:20 PM
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Christina at 22 already reached over 600 lbs and married and divorced. What does that say about her? Christina said she wanted to be independent. In her view, her husband got in the way. We didn't get to hear his side. I think she thinks she is hot stuff now and wants to upgrade.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | January 14, 2015 9:37 PM
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We had a guy locally who wanted to go for the all-time record. His quack doctor was allowing him to do it despite it being unhealthy because "you wouldn't stop a professional athlete from pushing their body to the breaking point."
by Anonymous | reply 83 | January 14, 2015 9:40 PM
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[quote]Christina at 22 already reached over 600 lbs and married and divorced. What does that say about her? Christina said she wanted to be independent. In her view, her husband got in the way. We didn't get to hear his side. I think she thinks she is hot stuff now and wants to upgrade.
Yes some people who are obese are delusional about themselves this way.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | January 14, 2015 9:45 PM
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Congrats R62.
I have friends who had to go to OA and learned to eat healthy, and what triggered them to eat poorly or binge on food.
One person I know is a compulsive over-eater and said therapy helped them stop doing this.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | January 14, 2015 10:13 PM
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R78
I wish I'd seen the follow up.
I am so glad to hear Zsalynn ditched the husband.
He was such an abusive prick. He wasn't even at the hospital when she had surgery. Someone who weighs 596 lbs could have easily died on the table.
When he picked her up at discharge he goes thru a fast food drive thru to tempt her. He did everything to derail her progress yet she kept forging ahead with her diet. What a selfish prick.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | January 14, 2015 10:41 PM
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R86, Those types of men only desire fat women because they have poor self esteem and are not likely to cheat or leave them.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | January 14, 2015 11:05 PM
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I just watched that episode of Trapper John with Shirley Hemphill. Pretty sad, and seemed fairly close to what we see with food addictions today.
It's an interesting change from a very short clip from Marcus Welby that I found on YouTube. It's only a minute long (apparently no full episodes are up on YouTube), but he places the blame squarely on the obese teen in question.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | January 15, 2015 1:22 AM
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Stop with the fat discrimination. You don't like being discriminated against by being called a faggot, do you? Don't put down others who have medical/mental problems. And stop living in a glass house pitying them. They don't want your pity. They need support and kindness, not being trolled by morons who enjoy being cruel to others to make themselves feel good.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | January 15, 2015 1:25 AM
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Read the thread before you flip out, R89. I think *most* people in this thread have been thoughtful. (Most, not all. This IS DL, after all.)
by Anonymous | reply 90 | January 15, 2015 2:32 AM
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Zsalynn has done amazing. I think she is a likely candidate for gaining the weight back though. Her downcast demeanor is from eating less sugars. Her brain got used to the flood of sugary floods she ate over decades and is now starved. If she gets hooked again by sugary foods again it will be all over for her weight loss.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | January 15, 2015 3:38 AM
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R91
People this obese are like alcoholics and heroin addicts.Of course they have a chance of relapsing.
I have to give Zsalynn's props though because it would have been so easy to give up with such and ass wipe of a husband. I doubt I could trudge on when every step I made was being belittled and sabataged.
She wanted to get better for her little girl.
The only thing I don't like about the show is the doctor. He has the worse bedside manner. He is so gruff and never praises them even when they have lost large sums of weight.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | January 15, 2015 7:27 AM
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I'm watching the "Where are they now?" episode now with the Hispanic lady I mentioned up thread (Olivia - she has a twin named Olga, and I couldn't remember either name when I originally posted about her). I'm really impressed with how well she's doing, and that she's not relapsing even though her mother died.
I haven't seen the Zsalynn episode yet. It's on the DVR. I'll get there probably tomorrow.
I'll tell you what - these people are really impressive. What they are doing is hard. Yes, they got themselves into it, but what an amazing effort to take it off!
by Anonymous | reply 93 | January 15, 2015 9:44 PM
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[quote]but he places the blame squarely on the obese teen in question.
Holy shit R88 I saw that episode a couple months back.
"Pizza, cake, cookies!"
It's amazing that a doctor would talk to a child like that.
But then we were suppose to have sympathy for the jockey who was starving himself to keep his weight down.
I was always fat and my family doctor never said anything about my weight.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | January 16, 2015 12:11 AM
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R94, I haven't seen the whole episode - where did you find it? Cozi TV was running the show for a while, and I watched for that episode, but never saw it. Now Cozi seems to have pulled Welby...
I was frankly shocked when I saw that clip though. I'm not old enough to have been around back then (born 1969), but I wondered if that was typical.
Not in your experience, then?
by Anonymous | reply 95 | January 16, 2015 3:12 PM
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[quote]where did you find it?
There's a Canadian station called VisionTV that has been airing it at 4PM weekdays.
As for my experience I was fat as a kid and my doctor never said anything about my weight, even when I was an adult. I'm not sure if it's because I'm male, or Canadian, or he was African, I don't know. But he never said anything about anyone's weight and from other people I've talked to my age their experiences were the same with their own doctors.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | January 16, 2015 3:36 PM
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Ah, ok R94. I was hoping it was on some random US station and I just hadn't found it yet.
Yeah, it seemed fairly harsh. Not my experience, but I'm younger than the show.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | January 17, 2015 9:38 PM
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I caught the show last night with the young woman named Billie Jo. I really felt sorry for her (and for her husband to some extent), she appeared so sad. She seemed like she very adamant about keeping her weight and diet under control once she started losing.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | February 26, 2015 6:46 PM
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Please say somebody saw the March 25th episode with Charity !!! I have been watching every episode since the series started and without question Charity was by far...The most unbelievable !! Her body defies description. Her ass had two huge rectangular fat formations which hovered past her hips and into surrounding space !! Additionally Charity had a 57 pound tumor hanging from her one leg and open sores that refused to heal. Also her daughter was well on her way to matching mom's obesity. It was a nightmare.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | March 26, 2015 5:40 AM
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Wait, isn't this most of America these days?
by Anonymous | reply 100 | March 26, 2015 5:49 AM
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R99 Her ass was like a car spoiler. The cases have gotten more severe in the last few weeks. The two good things about Charity is she admitted she had a problem and wanted to take action to change it by throwing away bad food. The more I watch this show the more I wonder how someone can get so out of control.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | March 26, 2015 5:56 AM
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[quote]Her body defies description. Her ass had two huge rectangular fat formations which hovered past her hips and into surrounding space !!
[quote]> Her ass was like a car spoiler.
LOL!
I once saw a young woman on the bus, and I swear to god she had the biggest ass I've ever seen in my life. I mean, I'm obese, and I've known a lot of fat people in my life, and this girl's body was astonishing. Her ass was easily 75% of her body mass!
by Anonymous | reply 102 | March 26, 2015 6:21 AM
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Charity, she had wings off her ass. And I couldn't believe she wore that short dress on the ambulance, her crotch and ass were hanging out of it.
Article about her and her 21 year old fiancée
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 103 | March 26, 2015 6:48 AM
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I've only started watching this latest season and have actually felt sorry for a lot of these people. I felt really bad for the woman a few episodes ago who said she started gaining weight around 11 years old after she had been molested by a cousin on several years. Having said that, are many of the women's partners "feeders"? A few have admitted that they like big woman and are happy to provide them with whatever food they want.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | March 26, 2015 3:41 PM
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R85, Good for them that they were actually willing to go to OA and wanted to eat more sensibly. I've tried to be friends with very heavy people. I heard constant bragging about how much food they could consume, and how everyone made chairs that were just too small.
The DL Troll who keeps trying to insult me writing absurd lies is well over 350 lbs. I once tried to help him. His response, "I hate that shit oatmeal and lentil soup that you eat." Then he'd drink a whole bottle of vodka and claim he could handle it, breaking the bottle on the floor.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | March 26, 2015 5:39 PM
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This show is a guilty pleasure for me. Along with Intervention and of course Hoarders.
The families are terrible. Some of the people on the show can barely walk. Considering the volume of food they have to eat to maintain their weight - the families have to be providing it.
I also don't believe the abuse stories - feels like it is planted by the producers.
The doctor is hilarious. Telling a 600 lb person they have to eat less. Or telling family members not to enable the 600 lb person. Sort of like telling someone who is clinically depressed to snap out of it.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | March 26, 2015 6:08 PM
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I checked Youtube to see if there was video of this Charity and her ass. No luck, but they had a short clip of her on the couch and my jaw dropped at the sight of her leg(s). OMG
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 107 | March 26, 2015 6:49 PM
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I just checked my TiVo.
The Charity episode will be repeated twice on Wednesday night.
8pE/7pC and 1aE/12aC
by Anonymous | reply 108 | March 26, 2015 8:01 PM
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Did she have wings (car spoiler) coming off her ass, or were the wings her actual ass? The skin was stretched like they could rip loose. I was cringing but couldn't look away.
there has to be something wrong with that 21 year old fiancée. I know he probably gets money for being her caretaker but who would fool around sexually with her?
by Anonymous | reply 109 | March 27, 2015 6:53 AM
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So do morbidly obese people make toilet clogging bms?
by Anonymous | reply 110 | March 27, 2015 11:11 AM
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I actually screamed when I saw those fat " wings "...!!! The way they seemed to pulsate when she moved was the stuff of nightmares. This episode { Sweet Charity } should be mandatory viewing for all DL participants.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | March 27, 2015 6:51 PM
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R109 - they were lipomas.
They are like fat tumors that develop and grow between muscles and skin.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | March 27, 2015 7:20 PM
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Can't they just amputate that third leg? Are there too many nerves and blood vessels to do that?
I noticed her breasts aren't unusually large considering her size. That's probably why she's still alive, they're not crushing her lungs.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | March 27, 2015 7:50 PM
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There was this huge gal who wore pigtails who looked like she had no ankles. It looked like she was walking on stubs, it was hilarious watching her walk.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | March 27, 2015 7:52 PM
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R1/2 are referring to Penny from Elkton, Maryland who got into a wheelchair on Halloween to accompany son, Liam, and husband Trick or Treating. She refuses to go on the eating program.
The doctor never reminds families they're responsible for supplying the patient with the food that got them to 600 pounds. Many of them need to lose poundage.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | March 27, 2015 7:59 PM
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I've seen the show and as far as I've seen, only one woman pretty much refused all attempts by the doctor to get her on track. All the other shows show that the people lose hundreds of pounds and even are able to get the skin surgery the absolutely need.
Eating is an addiction, some people overcome their addictions, some do not and they die from them.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | March 27, 2015 8:07 PM
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I feel sorry for anyone who goes back to the food addiction, it has to be devastating. When an alcoholic falls off the wagon they just have to sober up and go to a few meetings but a food addict, sometimes has to start from the very beginning.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | March 27, 2015 8:12 PM
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r94/5, the show airs on TLC. Next episodes on Monday, March 30. Melissa 7:00-9:00PM, Laura 9:00-10PM ET.
Melissa first aired on October 22, 2012. Laura originally seen on March 18, 2015.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | March 27, 2015 8:14 PM
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Someone earlier in the thread said the surgeries were covered by insurance. Most of the people look like they wouldn't have private insurance (I could be wrong, of course). Would TLC cover the surgeries?
If TLC is paying, maybe that's why they allow themselves to be filmed in the shower, having someone clean them, and in Charity's case, sitting on the toilet (!)
I watch the show but I have mixed feeling about it, it is exploitative but it seems like this is the only way for them to get help.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | March 27, 2015 8:16 PM
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I liked Amber, she followed everything the doctor suggested and is succeeding. Her brother, Omar, accompanied her to Houston, went on walks with her every day. Always optomistic about her furture.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | March 27, 2015 8:22 PM
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One man said he had insurance with his wife's work. If she left him he would have no insurance.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | March 27, 2015 8:47 PM
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And boy was he a whiny bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | March 27, 2015 8:51 PM
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Is saw it R99. I've been watching this show from the beginning, as well as the previous show with Dr. Now and his son performing surgeries, but Charity was the first patient that actually grossed me out. And that's coming from a fatty who has seen my own body.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | March 27, 2015 9:46 PM
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A couple of things about Penny. She has a public facebook page. If you scroll through her pics there you can see that her husband Edgar has clearly lost a lot of weight since her surgery. From what I understand her disability payments are because of a lung infection she had in 2007, not her weight. She should be re-evaluated, as Dr. Now said she does not need oxygen. Now I see she's hoarding food with her couponing. Edgar is clearly enraged at her and will not be responsible for his actions at some point.
On a side note, she actually has some pictures of People of Walmart on her Facebook page.
I have a friend whose mom is huge and he struggles with not being able to help her. She has a job and takes care of herself, but she's probably near 400 pounds. He's actually very thin, but it's a constant battle for him. He told me once that he never feels full, never. I can't even imagine how awful that must be for him. I feel much more compassionate towards his mom knowing this.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | March 27, 2015 10:18 PM
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I do think Charity was probably the saddest thing I had ever seen but she was brave and I think she did get at least one growth taken off.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | March 28, 2015 12:23 AM
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Many of the people around the 600 pounders are also very heavy and I wonder that the doctor doesn't ask them if they want the surgery?
by Anonymous | reply 126 | March 28, 2015 12:25 AM
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Charity's daughter was well on her way to morbid obesity. I would be very surprised if the Dr DID NOT mention something to her her. This peek into how people live, the empty ,depressing ,personality free homes, the diet consisting entirely of junk food and the lack of education and ambition is becoming the norm in America. No wonder this country is going to hell.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | March 28, 2015 5:08 AM
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In my opinion the fact that about the only jobs we can get now are in fast food restaurants or Walmart, it's a major problem. And not only are they bad paying jobs, they strip you of all your dignity. Freezing your pay at a certain level and then firing you for absolutely no reason. I've seen it happen, no matter how hard you work, you will never get a raise after you reach what they think is your limit and then they start the process of getting rid of you. They want to hire a new person and pay them minimum wage. Smart people catch on to the game pretty quickly...with no rewards, they lose their incentive.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | March 28, 2015 5:18 AM
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How do these women keep these boyfriends
by Anonymous | reply 129 | March 28, 2015 4:32 PM
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If I were a fat person looking to have some help in losing weight and saw the doctor who was going to help me come into the room, I have a feeling I would say: "Thanks, but no thanks."
Dumpy, overweight, that dyed Elvis wannabe hair and the barely understandable voice would not inspire confidence in me.
This is the guy who is going to lecture me on watching my diet? Pass. Next!
I could have lived my whole life without seeing Charity inching down on that port-a-potty. I also have a hunch that when Charity is otherwise occupado, the BF might be trying to get with the daughter when she is in between a mouthful of a large pizza slice with everything and ordering a large pizza with everything.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | March 28, 2015 4:50 PM
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[quote]the BF might be trying to get with the daughter
That's what I thought too R130. He seemed to have a closer relationship with the daughter than with the mother. This is the South, after all.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | March 28, 2015 4:52 PM
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Post 103...{ This is the guy who is going to lecture me on watching my diet? Pass. Next!}
Oh Mary...must all your Doctors be pretty ? Silly piss pot.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | March 29, 2015 6:23 AM
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Dr. Now's son is the producer and doing quite well.
It amazes how Dr. N seems so dedicated Not much of a personallity though
by Anonymous | reply 133 | March 29, 2015 6:50 AM
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[quote]It amazes how Dr. N seems so dedicated
Very true R133.
He was a vascular surgeon who decided to start doing these surgeries on morbidly obese people because no one else would do it.
Personally I don't find his bedside manner all that bad. A lot of these people are acting like children and need an authority figure to set them straight. And I write that as a fatty myself.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | March 29, 2015 2:57 PM
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Penny is a lost cause. She will be dead soon anyway. What a manipulative bitch she was.
The women always have a man taking care of them too.
I like Amber too. She was intelligent and understood her issues. I also loved when she was taken through the airport on a luggage cart because she broke the wheelchair. She looked like a siren on the bow of a ship!
by Anonymous | reply 135 | March 29, 2015 3:08 PM
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But but Penny can wash her own pussy now.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | March 29, 2015 3:14 PM
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Obviously the doctor is a great surgeon...how many doctors would take a chance on doing surgery on those people? I'm surprised most of them don't just end up in the morgue.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | March 29, 2015 4:39 PM
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R132, when referring to a previous post type R and the number (as I did here) so we can click and read the post. Yours should look like this R103. Thanks.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | March 29, 2015 8:54 PM
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There's a 60-year woman in my building who must weigh 400. Takes car service to work every day. Knows every subway station with elevators. Has no interest in losing weight. Says she too old to lose weight.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | March 29, 2015 9:00 PM
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Dr.Now is polite to all the patients. Knows that badgering them wont help them. I remember one of his patients dying while in the hospital. A woman with three kids.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | March 29, 2015 9:04 PM
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R124, Edgar and Liam should leave. The promise of getting Liam back might motivate her to get with the program.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | March 29, 2015 9:06 PM
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Sadly I think Penny is too far gone. A couple of weeks ago that was really rude woman on. Her poor son had to follow her around like a dog.
Total 700 lb cunt
by Anonymous | reply 142 | March 30, 2015 2:30 AM
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Penny looks thin compared the others now. Why doesn't doctor now do you skin surgery on her thighs so she can walk with ease .
There Is something up with that
by Anonymous | reply 143 | March 30, 2015 4:49 AM
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R139 That is unfortunate.
R130 Many times the people who are the best at what they do don't look the part. It's not about Dr. Now it's about morbidly obese people losing weight.
Penny (last season) and Pauline (this season) are mentally ill. I feel sorry for the people around them. They are weights dragging them down.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | March 30, 2015 5:15 AM
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R130 { This is the guy who is going to lecture me on watching my diet? Pass. Next!}
Oh Mary...must all your Doctors be pretty ? Silly priss pot.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | March 30, 2015 5:50 AM
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One of the strangest comments yet was she can wash her own vagina. What a crazy freaking thing to say
I'd love to know what Penny's husband was thinking when the doctor said that Penny was lying abt how much she was eating.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | March 30, 2015 6:46 AM
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R146, I loved that line! I can wash my own vagina now! Hysterics ensue. Meanwhile she was jiggling her are fat and saying this is just hanging off me. Then she tried to blame the scales! Penny is such an unintentional comedienne.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | March 30, 2015 5:49 PM
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He was a cry baby, r122 but he seemed to straighten himself out. Probably ended up divorcing his wife and finding another.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | March 30, 2015 6:10 PM
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I think the last ep i'm speaking of this woman named charity. She was 700 pounds and Dr N hated her. Her poor son was at her beckon and call.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | March 30, 2015 6:18 PM
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I haven't seen the show but watched the clip at R107, and I was shocked at how nice Charity's skin is. No lesions, no bad stretch marks or spots of fungus. That's really surprising to me.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | March 30, 2015 6:33 PM
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R148 his wife divorced him and he married a woman he had only been dating for a couple of months. I'm sure that will end well.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | March 30, 2015 7:38 PM
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R151...' and I was shocked at how nice Charity's skin is. No lesions, no bad stretch marks or spots of fungus. That's really surprising to me.'
I guess you missed the part about the giant, raw, weeping ulcers festering deep within the massive folds of her grotesque flesh..She kept a rolled bath towel wedged in it to collect pus. From working in a nursing home for almost 10 years , I can tell you ...where's there is puss...there is fowl Odor. Puss is essentially dead skin cells.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | March 30, 2015 11:04 PM
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I think he was being facetious R153.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | March 30, 2015 11:14 PM
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R154, are you saying the marriage he had at the time of his surgery...had only briefly been his wife?
I think he is really gay but I still don't believe this man will ever have a hard time finding a wife.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | March 30, 2015 11:17 PM
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R153 pus smells like chicken?
by Anonymous | reply 156 | March 30, 2015 11:27 PM
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I forget their names but the last episode I saw, I think was the worst. I thought it was Charity but I could be wrong.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | March 30, 2015 11:27 PM
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Come on, none of these people can hold a candle (or a cigarette) to the Smoking a Baby for insane parenting.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 158 | March 30, 2015 11:28 PM
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[quote] Her poor son was at her beckon and call.
Her what?
by Anonymous | reply 159 | March 30, 2015 11:29 PM
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Penny and Pauline were equally loathsome. Both have imprisoned their families to be caregivers. Pauline's son had to give up college and gets money from the government. It was so obvious he is in very deep depression.
As for the Dr., the obvious reason why he doesn't suggest surgery for the family members is that they aren't his patients. If he has such a hard time with people who come to him voluntarily, imagine what it would be like for those who don't ask for his help.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | March 30, 2015 11:50 PM
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I think the baby was a serious smoker in it's past life and it still remembered that life, IMO. Probably the parents first let it smoke because they thought it was cute, then they let it smoke so that it wouldn't cry.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | March 31, 2015 12:24 AM
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I have arthritis and if I get more than 20 lbs overweight I hurt all over, especially my joints. These people must have arthritis, their joints are bearing tremendous weight just sitting in bed. How can people like this "exercise," wash themselves or do anything that involves bending?
I saw one of these shows where the woman was down to maybe 350. I'm sure she feels much better and lighter. But that's still not without shortness of breath and joint pain, no matter how much better it is comparatively. These people must have very enlarged hearts and congestive heart failure.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | March 31, 2015 12:47 AM
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Watching the new "Laura" episode. Yes, some of these folks (men and women) are some real complainers and whiners. "Oh, it hurts!" Honey, you got people washing you like a damn car and you're bitching and moaning. She's a 600-lb baby.
Partner Joey seems caring and patient but, yep, another enabler. Probably 'cause it's just easier to get her the ice cream and candy then listen to her infantile whine...
by Anonymous | reply 163 | March 31, 2015 1:13 AM
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I've noticed that too R163. A lot of these patients seem trapped in childhood, very infantile.
I really noticed it with Joe, he seemed like a 12 year old being polite and courteous to the grown-ups around him.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | March 31, 2015 1:21 AM
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But when she wanted to change, he cooked good foods for her.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | March 31, 2015 1:44 AM
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It seems that many have a history of being sexually abused as children. That might explain the need to cover themselves in fat and remaining child-like.
I'm fascinated what the human body is capable of sustaining. And there must be some add'l genetic component that allows these folks to achieve that level of obesity. I don't think everyone can attain it.
But clearly the family abuse continues (from when they were a child). It's not possible to get that fat w/o enablers.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | March 31, 2015 4:22 PM
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Why are we so fat?
Processed foods. GMO's. Years of years of exposure to BPAs that accumulate in the body and mess up your hormones. The "soy mIlk is healthy so drink gallons of it" fad and get overdoses of estrogen. Having no quality of life and working all the time. Artificial lighting that prohibits the Vitamin D process. No time to exercise. No time to relax. No unscheduled time. No time to cook from scratch. The poor quality of food. Eating out of season stuff from other hemispheres and continents. Fruits and veggies that have been genetically modified to never spoil, which mean they lack enzymes, which prevents them from being utilized by your body. Addictive chemicals in any storebought food that causes your body to feel unsatisfied and crave more and more. Shows that normalize being really fat, like the show referenced in this thread (the "at least I'm not that fat, so I must be normal"). Toxic overload in food, coupled with it being devoid of nutrients or anything recognizable to your body, causes your body to store it in fat cells, because su dermal and visceraland fat keeps it from getting stored in organs and causing damage there. Despite how much food has increased in price, it's still the cheapest form of entertainment and self-soothing people might still be able to afford. Frankly, it's amazing we're not ALL 600 pounds.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | March 31, 2015 6:10 PM
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I feel guilty watching it, because TLC has THE DUGGARS on...any network promoting the idea of having nineteen kids, is disgusting.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | March 31, 2015 6:21 PM
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Best book on weight ever.
"The Overfed Head".
Fantastic.
This plus, what post 167 says, is the solution.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | March 31, 2015 6:22 PM
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The Charity episode was the ultimate. I seriously almost threw up. Each of her butterfly fat tumors that grew off her ass weighed 30 lbs. Any updates on her?
by Anonymous | reply 170 | April 3, 2015 1:19 AM
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Tonight featured Marla who weighs close to 800 lbs. Like many of the patients featured, she frequently complained about pain after the surgery and refused to stand or walk around and copped an attitude with Dr. Now.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | April 9, 2015 1:46 AM
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Fiona, Fiona, why are you so fat? Fiona, Fiona, no 12 year old should look like that! She's fat, but not the cuddly kind, She's got the personality of a porcupine, Fiona, Fiona, why are you so fat? (She's fat!) Fiona, Fiona, why are you so fat? (Really fat!) 🎶
by Anonymous | reply 173 | April 9, 2015 3:54 AM
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Marla is so b***k. Foul behavior after foul behavior and self righteous all the time. It looks like she got to Dr. Now because he gained a noticeable amount of weight when she was in the hospital. When he walked in the room at the five month mark I was shocked at his appearance. I don't have hope for her and I don't care. She brought down Dr. Now who many depend on for life-saving surgery. Marla made the excuse that she got fat because she was kidnapped. We saw her family and they all were incredibly overweight. I think it's the culture of her family that brought her to obesity.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | April 9, 2015 4:07 AM
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I think Charity was a big success, had a baby and started counseling other people. It was hard to believe she could ever be anything like normal weight but she got down to around 200 lbs., I think.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | April 9, 2015 4:14 AM
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I usually have at least a modicum of pity for most of the patients, but I really wanted someone to haul off and let Marla have it. It was encouraging that she eventually got out of bed and stood on her own, but it was several months after her surgery (twelve months in total from the start of the episode) and after she still had her daughter waiting on her.
One thing always gets me curious and it's probably been asked and answered but... how do these people manage to pay for the surgery? Is it covered by insurance? And even if the surgery is covered, patients like Marla apparently stay at the hospital for close to a week before they're discharged because they're "recuperating".
by Anonymous | reply 176 | April 9, 2015 5:49 AM
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Marla was DEEP FRYING food in her BED !! It was a Datalouge dream come true ! Judging from the rampant obesity in her family, I would imagine that her kidnapping excuse had little to do with her current enormous weight. Her sister was almost as large as Marla. She seemed incredibly lazy and was content to do nothing but sit ,eat and have people wait on her hand and foot. Marla was one of the few featured on this program that I seriously did not care if she lived or died.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | April 9, 2015 6:10 AM
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The Chay episode was very moving and I had nothing but sympathy for him. His voiceovers were very sensitive and diary like. His grandmother died in the episode but he ended up getting his shit together. He was one of the few this season that wasn't a disgusting idiot.
In Marla's episode when she lifted her leg up so her daughter could wash her vagina with a rag, I damn near barfed.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | April 9, 2015 6:28 AM
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Marla was 800 pounds. I'm waiting to see if the show can break the one-ton mark.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | April 9, 2015 3:39 PM
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Ricky is on now, he was 900 lbs. It's so sad but if I were 600 pounds, I would never have the strength or the faith to even try to lose the weight, I'd probably rather just shoot myself in the head.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | April 9, 2015 3:44 PM
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This show is heartbreaking and repulsive... all at the same time.
Most of them were cute kids, but they don't even seem willing to make little changes.
It's all fried foods, nachos, and pure junk.
A piece of fruit, a vegetable, or a grain never makes it into the house.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | April 9, 2015 3:46 PM
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Had to bump this thread. I love this show but watch with some morbid superiority (like Hoarders makes me feel like a neat freak, 600 Pound Life makes me feel like thin super model).
My favorite 600 Pounder, was Chuck in Texas. He was the one who had the surgery and before he was recovered his wife decided to have the surgery as well. He turned to overeating after his first wife was murdered.
He and his wife had a very interesting dynamic. He was a jerk towards her until she shoved divorce papers at him, then he cried like a baby. She had her moments too where she could be rotten to him as well.
I found him on FB and he and the wife divorced and he remarried last year, but it appears he may be not with his new wife anymore because he deleted that he had gotten married from his timeline. Interesting character.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | April 16, 2015 12:52 AM
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I have known a very obese person but he ate vegetables and fruit, he ate everything. He didn't become actually obese until he was past 60. He had been active, a hard worker but always a foodie. I'm not sure what happened to make him give himself entirely over to eating.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | April 16, 2015 12:58 AM
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r175 you have the wrong person, I think you are talking about Melissa
by Anonymous | reply 184 | April 17, 2015 5:24 AM
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Chey dressed like a woman and was feminine but they didn't address that. Chey reads social media so he knew all the right stuff to say for his episode.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | April 17, 2015 5:25 AM
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r182 - "don't do me like that!" I can still hear Chuck crying in the truck and saying that to his wife.
Chuck had an update show which showed him with his new wife who was a clone of the former wife. Interesting that they may not be together any more...
by Anonymous | reply 186 | April 17, 2015 1:14 PM
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r178 - I had to look away when Marla was doing the splits so her daughter could wash her crotch. NASTINESS!
by Anonymous | reply 187 | April 17, 2015 1:30 PM
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I love this show. How about pauline and son Dylan. Omg Poor guy. His mom has ruined him for life
by Anonymous | reply 188 | April 17, 2015 1:50 PM
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r188 - poor Dylan is just a whipped puppy. There are articles out there about Pauline before the show, she was trying for the world record for fattest and was bragging about how much sex she got. BLECH
by Anonymous | reply 189 | April 17, 2015 2:12 PM
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You know Henry died. He was huge black bus driver. He died driving the bus and killed someone. Last name is Foote I think
by Anonymous | reply 190 | April 17, 2015 2:27 PM
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Yeah that was sad R190. Henry worked so hard to get healthy only to die like that.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | April 17, 2015 2:58 PM
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R40 a lot of those men have serious control issues and are very insecure. Better to have a fat wife unable to leave the house then a svelte wife who is mobile and could possibly see leave his ass for another man. They are the same as abusive men who cut their wives off socially, which is one of the warning signs they tell women.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | April 17, 2015 3:07 PM
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TLC Stocks Up On ‘My 600-lb Life’
by Lisa de Moraes, April 17, 2015 8:26am
TLC announced today the renewal of My 600-lb Life, which it says follows “the transformational journeys of individuals each weighing over 600 pounds and attempting to regain control of their lives.” TLC notes Season 3’s 1.2 rating among women 25-54 was its highest date in that demo. The series averaged 1.4 million viewers overall; if you missed the drama, you can catch the reruns weekdays at 11 AM ET.
TLC has ordered, from Megalomedia, 10 more episodes of “compelling weight loss” for Q1 2016. Each one-hour episode tracks a year in the life of one morbidly obese person undergoing gastric bypass surgery and grappling with “the highs and lows of struggling with addiction and dependence.”
In the first half of 2014, TLC had 25 series averaging at least 1 million total viewers, including six that averaged 2 million viewers or more: The Little Couple, 19 Kids And Counting, Return To Amish, Sister Wives, Long Island Medium and 90 Day Fiancé. The network is part of Discovery Communications and available in more than 95 million homes in the U.S. and 352 million households in 185 markets internationally.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 193 | April 17, 2015 5:39 PM
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Great to hear the show is renewed. Does anyone remember the documentary series TLC showed years ago of a New York hospital for morbidly obese people? I think TLC should make that a show too or have the same concept in another hospital.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | April 17, 2015 5:53 PM
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How many 600 pound people are there? Aren't they going to run out of eligible people soon?
by Anonymous | reply 195 | April 17, 2015 5:57 PM
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I remember that show R194.
The doctor decided to separate the patients--those who adhere to the diet and those who were sneaking food into the hospital.
Very sad.
by Anonymous | reply 196 | April 17, 2015 6:01 PM
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[quote]I guess you missed the part about the giant, raw, weeping ulcers
Yeah, I did. Like I said, I only saw a small clip, and in that clip her legs looked like there were no lesions or varicose veins or anything, which was astonishing to me.
Finding out that she DID have skin ulcers doesn't surprise me.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | April 17, 2015 6:05 PM
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I don't think I saw Henry. How old was he when he died?
by Anonymous | reply 198 | April 17, 2015 6:22 PM
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R185 I thought Chey was a woman too, at the beginning of the show. He had a woman's voice and if you noticed when he went grocery shopping he had a purse with him.
R186 I forgot about "Don't do me like that." LOL. And the latest wife looked so much like his previous wife that the Daily Mail published the picture and the caption read that "Chuck and Nissa renewed their vows." That wasn't Nissa in the wedding pic. Opps.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | April 17, 2015 6:24 PM
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How long did it take the authorities to find Marla's fiancé/stalker? She said her weight had been normal then ballooned up to 700 lbs by the time he was caught. Even with stress eating and reduction in activity 500 + lbs is a lot to gain.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | April 17, 2015 10:23 PM
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Is there a link somewhere to full episodes of this show? the TLC website only has clips and I found nothing on Youtube. Thanks in advance.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | April 17, 2015 11:09 PM
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R201 there are some On Demand if you have that.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | April 18, 2015 1:16 AM
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R201 unfortunately, Discovery Communications is a company that does not allow it's shows to be aired online in full. They must hire people to keep an eye on Youtube, Mediaone etc...to make sure no one uploads any of their shows online.
So if you're looking for a show from TLC, Discovery, Animal Planet etc...you won't find them online.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | April 18, 2015 2:28 AM
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I'm watching the rerun with Amber. As with many of the patients, I do feel sorry for her because she seems like a genuinely nice young lady. But talk about an enabling environment with her parents and boyfriend. And once again, we hear how a partner like "heavier women". But Amber is so big, she actually has sores. I'm surprised she didn't have more serious health issues besides the obesity.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | April 19, 2015 12:29 AM
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R201, Nope. There's not even any on the pirated sights. You just have to catch them on TLC.
The fatties that lie and don't follow the diet or even try to lose weight on the show piss me off. I think they should be euthanized. Several of them are stealing the lives of their children. It's not right for a teenage boy to have to wipe his mother's ass and wash her cunt. If they refuse to follow the doctor's diet and walk or get exercise then just put a bullet through their brains and be done with it.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | April 19, 2015 12:34 AM
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They are having a marathon tonight (Saturday)
by Anonymous | reply 206 | April 19, 2015 12:51 AM
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R18. The man was named Michael Hebranko. He had to be cut out of his house in Brooklyn at least three times to be taken by ambulance to a hospital. He would lose massive amounts of weight, but always gain it back plus more. In the end he was in some obesity clinic and he still wouldn't lose weight. His poor heart finally gave out and he died a year or two ago.
He seemed to truly be a nice, gentle giant. R.I.P.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | April 19, 2015 1:08 AM
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If you go on YouTube there is at least 2 men who literally sat down in a chair and never got up again. They gained so much weight from the time they sat down they could not move. They could not clean themselves and nobody was doing it for them. The shit literally just kept piling up. One of the men's flesh melded to the fabric on the chair. Both men had to have the walls of their house knocked down to be able to get them out. One of them died at the hospital. The other one lived for at least a while. Who the fuck keeps feeding these fatties when then get this big? If they can't get out the chair then they obviously aren't starving or else they would lose weight. So somebody keeps feeding them.
Here's the news segment on the guy who melded to the chair.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 208 | April 19, 2015 1:14 AM
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How many DL posters will be profiled?
Will they be able to get them out of mom's basement?
by Anonymous | reply 209 | April 19, 2015 1:14 AM
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I hit 300 lb. two weeks ago and my doctor said I needed to make serious changes. I'm on Weight Watchers as my insurance won't pay for bariatric surgery. My doctor isn't hot on it, even though Fletcher Allen Medical Center is a center for bariatrics. He said of twenty patients from his group practice, only 4 have managed to keep the weight off after two years.
When I get to 250, I'm getting a bike (can't afford a fat guy's bike). Trying my best, but at 58 it is tough. Just from two weeks on WW, I had an attack of gout. We'll see. Sigh.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | April 19, 2015 1:25 AM
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R210, Have you heard of medical tourism? Every year thousands of Americans go to places like Tijuana to have weight loss surgery. You can get gastric sleeve surgery for $4,500, which includes a hotel stay. All you have to pay extra is your plane ticket and money to tip. So altogether it could run you as low as $5,500. Compare that to the out of pocket fee of about $15-$30 thousand in the states.
You might think it's substandard care but I can assure you they use the exact same medical equipment and do everything just like in the states. In fact, many people say the care in Mexico is better than in the U.S. Most of the doctors there have been trained in the U.S. I would strongly recommend you look into it.
by Anonymous | reply 211 | April 19, 2015 2:29 AM
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[quote]He said of twenty patients from his group practice, only 4 have managed to keep the weight off after two years.
That's interesting. It sounds like weight watchers is a better plan. In a way it's the only solution, i.e. if you have surgery and DON'T learn the habits that weight watchers teaches, odds are (80% using your doctor's data) that you'll gain back the weight.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | April 19, 2015 2:49 AM
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R212, Weight watchers is only temporary. Most people can't even afford it and have to stop. The only option that has statistically been proven to keep weight off for an average of at least 5 years is weight loss surgery. Everything else and they regain it and more within 1-2 years.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | April 19, 2015 2:56 AM
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r213, your statistics are belied by the doctor's statistics referred to in r210. Of 20 of his patients who had surgery, only 4 didn't gain the weight back.
My point wasn't an endorsement of WW per se. I meant to say unless you change your behavior and understand your motivations you are likely to resume old habits and gain back the weight.
Weight watchers is one way to change old habits. Surgery will not change old ingrained habits/patterns.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | April 19, 2015 3:30 AM
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R214, That's not how a study works. You need large numbers of people. There have been studies on weight loss and so far weight loss surgery patients keep off the weight longer than other methods.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | April 19, 2015 3:54 AM
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OK fair enough r215. So where are the studies that prove your point?
Links please.
by Anonymous | reply 216 | April 19, 2015 4:15 AM
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R216, Here's one. There are plenty others. Just Google it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 217 | April 19, 2015 4:18 AM
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TLC has renewed this show for a 4th season. It will air next year and will begin with 5 episodes focusing on the 10 patients from season 3 and their year 2 progress. And then 10 new episodes will follow.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | April 19, 2015 4:19 AM
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Looking forward to new ep. Love Dr Now💋
by Anonymous | reply 219 | April 19, 2015 8:58 AM
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How do these people - none of whom look wealthy, let's face it - afford all this fast food? They are all eating fast food all the time instead of cooking/having someone cook for them with groceries already in the house. I can't stop thinking about that.
by Anonymous | reply 220 | January 31, 2016 9:14 PM
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R220 I think a lot of them are to hungry to wait for food to be cooked. I think many of them can't fit in or walk to the kitchen. I wonder if they don't keep much food in the house in an effort to avoid eating and then lose their will and get fast food.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | January 31, 2016 9:27 PM
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But how can they afford it? They're not working. They're obviously on disability and instead of stretching it by getting groceries and making their own meals, they waste it on expensive fast food and it's definitely expensive when you're eating as much of it as they are.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | January 31, 2016 9:35 PM
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One episode had a woman who began gaining the weight when her son died five years ago. The show ended with her and her daughter sending what looked like 25+ balloons into the sky to honor him. Ugh. How do people still believe that sending that crap into the sky is not fucking up the environment? Or don't they care?
by Anonymous | reply 223 | January 31, 2016 10:02 PM
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I too am confused about how these people afford the food. Either they are at fast food or buying half the grocery store. I think there was one case where I think a husband worked a skilled trade that pays reasonably well, but most don't appear to work.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | March 4, 2016 2:01 AM
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I've been watching the Where Are They Now editions and almost all of them gain weight back, it is so discouraging. At least most of them are mobile now. But none of them looks attractive except for maybe Christine because she is young.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | April 26, 2016 3:12 AM
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I can't LIVE without won tons
by Anonymous | reply 227 | December 9, 2016 5:13 AM
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People like this are why Obamacare was doomed from the start.
by Anonymous | reply 228 | December 9, 2016 5:44 AM
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The new season looks HORRIFYING!! There is a trailer at the link...
People being hosed off like animals on their porch! All kinds of growths and fungus on the skin! Obese twins!!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 229 | December 26, 2016 10:58 PM
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R224 - go to the WalMart website and look for items like corn dogs, burritos, noodles, spaghetti, American cheese....Or go the store and check out the parts of the frozen food section where you have never shopped before.
Then go to fast food websites and check prices and calories.
If all you are looking for is high fat, corn syrup, sodium and calories - it isn't expensive to eat more than 10.000 calories of food a day.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | December 27, 2016 12:25 AM
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A secretary at my work has been out for the last three months and most likely will not return. She had THREE surgeries and wouldn't follow any of the post-op care directions. Ignored it all. Ate whatever, whenever she wanted. Zero exercise. Her last surgery was this past summer. This time, her health deteriorated rapidly. She was hospitalized for more than a month, had to be fed through an IV because her body was losing weight too quickly. Her family thought she was going to die because even the IV wasn't working for a while. She pulled through and is home now but can't return to work because she's too weak. And the Facebook bitching that insurance won't cover any of her medical expenses has begun. I just want to scream at her, "YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF." Her sister, who also had the surgery (only once) has become super-vigilant about taking her vitamins and drinking her protein shakes. She actually looks fabulous for her age. I didn't even realize she'd had surgery cause she looked so...normal.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | December 27, 2016 1:38 AM
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r231 that is good she looks "normal". Usually after surgery they all get that look on their face like they are dried up or something
by Anonymous | reply 232 | December 27, 2016 1:50 AM
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It's so disturbing to me to see the husband enabling. I believe it's not just a sexual fetish for fat women, or even a fear of losing a skinny woman to a better man - it's a need for control. You see it all the time on this show where the woman loses weight and the man loses interest (like the woman Melissa? who only wanted a baby). He wants someone to be COMPLETELY dependent on him, wherein he determines whether she is clean or not, is fed or not, is happy or not, and is alive or dead. I cannot explain why family members (especially parents) can do this however - I honestly cannot explain it.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | December 27, 2016 6:09 AM
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My family would never let me lie in bed while they brought me food, let alone bathed me and wiped my ass. People cannot get this fat without enablers.
by Anonymous | reply 234 | December 27, 2016 6:22 AM
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Pauline is going into some sort of septic shock? #watching
by Anonymous | reply 235 | December 29, 2016 1:35 AM
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Pauline's helping the rescued animals. Good for her....
by Anonymous | reply 236 | December 29, 2016 2:00 AM
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I absolutely love my 600 pounders. ALL of them.
by Anonymous | reply 237 | December 29, 2016 2:05 AM
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Those photos at R229's link -- oh sweet, fat Jesus!
by Anonymous | reply 238 | December 29, 2016 2:07 AM
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The human body is amazing. This really is a bad genetics plus bad habits storm. They have "thrifty genes" from the Paleolithic. Able to conserve in time of want, famine, whatever.
Unfortunately, that doesn't work now. And add on mental issues and super enabling families. I mean, as someone mentioned upstream, some of these folks are growing extra limbs to store the fat! They have an uphill battle to be healthy-size then add on general dysfunctional dynamics.
by Anonymous | reply 239 | December 29, 2016 4:09 AM
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Those twins are my favorite. The one w her hair pulled back is definitely a dike
by Anonymous | reply 240 | January 16, 2017 1:57 PM
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Oh come on. It's a great show
by Anonymous | reply 242 | January 16, 2017 8:21 PM
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I think there are a few different factors for the enabling families. Firstly, addicts are pretty good at manipulating people. They guilt trip and cry or get mad, the enabler just gives in to avoid conflict. Second, enabling creeps up on you. You help someone once and then they keep asking more often. If you're not great with setting boundaries it's easy to fall into the trap. Thirdly, a lot the families are obese themselves. They'd have to change their eating habits as well and they're not ready to. It can be comforting to have someone fatter around.
by Anonymous | reply 243 | January 16, 2017 9:51 PM
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Some of them just have NO idea about what's "good" food and what isn't. I've seen one (not from my 600lb life, but from "my half ton mom" or something) where this Haitian born woman honestly believed that food had nothing to do with her weight gain. The doctor prescribed her appetite suppressants and gave her a program where they literally delivered food to her door. She took all of the pills in one go and whispered to the camera (giggling) saying "yes I took them, I hope to lose 150lb this month". She refused to eat her food because "it's water in there, not grease!" and begged her five daughters to buy her deep fried meat.
Another lady was told by Dr Now after her surgery "you're on a strict diet now, no fat and no sugar". She went home and said "I'm eating really good now, I've got all of these yoghurts that I've been having". She then was given a nutritionist to come over and say things like "these cereals are full of sugar" and "the egg white is better than the yolk" and she rolled her eyes and laughed at the lady with her husband.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | February 17, 2017 8:16 AM
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The last one I saw, don't remember her name, went through a fast food drive-thru and was a total bitch to the cashier because she thought she had to wait too long to pick up her order. It was hysterical.
by Anonymous | reply 245 | February 17, 2017 1:04 PM
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I haven't been watching this season because it's just too fucking depressing. Depressing that they became so fat and depressing that after they're given a chance to lose weight they squander it.
by Anonymous | reply 246 | February 17, 2017 2:07 PM
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One thing that strikes me as interesting although I'm sure it's been mentioned before. You hardly see anyone scarfing down huge steaks or candy/cake/cookies. It's all fried food and pizza that seems to be driving the weight.
by Anonymous | reply 248 | February 18, 2017 2:19 AM
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You're right R248. That Latina chick who broke the toilet in the doctors office used to hide tacos in her purse to eat when her husband wasn't home.
by Anonymous | reply 249 | February 18, 2017 1:48 PM
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My insurance won't pay for it.
by Anonymous | reply 250 | February 18, 2017 1:52 PM
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I was under the impression that the show's producers paid for the surgeries.
by Anonymous | reply 251 | February 21, 2017 6:04 PM
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Weight loss surgery has a higher success rate than dieting because it's a radical procedure that literally alters the way your body handles food. Dieting (should actually be called "lifestyle change") works just as well, but problems arise because too many people do not understand how it actually works: It's not about suddenly starving yourself. It's not about doing it for a couple months so you can go to beach without a shirt on. It's not about gimmicks like Eat Just Watermelon Forever. It's about uprooting your poor relationship with food so you can lead a better life.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | February 21, 2017 7:24 PM
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People who have that surgery don't all keep the weight off permanently. I've noticed that they age at lightning speed after the weight loss surgery and look drawn and ill. Why is that?
by Anonymous | reply 253 | February 22, 2017 1:38 AM
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I think a lot of them go back to old eating habits, negating any benefit from the surgery. They're also even more malnourished because if your stomach is smaller and you only eat junk food, you're not getting any nutrients at all.
by Anonymous | reply 254 | February 22, 2017 4:26 PM
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The thing that gets me about these patients is the amount they eat! How could someone consume 2 WHOLE pizzas or several Big Macs in one meal?
I remember one patient who was in the hospital recuperating from surgery. She had her little bit of food and kept saying she was still hungry. Is part of the problem that they don't have that mechanism to tell them when they're full? Is it the sight of alot of food in front of them that makes them feel more comfortable?
I've heard that part of the problem with gastric bypass/gastric sleeve is that they don't know when they're full/have had enough to eat. Elvis Duran, the Z100 DJ had bariatric surgery. He said he had to careful when he first had the surgery because he could overeat and wind up throwing up.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | February 22, 2017 5:04 PM
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This show also dispels the notion that heavier people are somehow 'jolly'. A lot of them are nasty fucked-up pieces of work with unbelievable powers of self deception. It's hard to feel sorry for some of them, especially when they treat their families like restaurant servers.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | February 22, 2017 5:09 PM
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One episode had a 600+ lb. woman, who, whenever she got out of her car would smush into the steering column and make the horn honk.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | February 22, 2017 5:18 PM
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They should make a show about 600 lb. little people.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | February 22, 2017 5:35 PM
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R256 that notion is regarding regular fat people, not 600 pounders. Come on let's face it, if a person is so fat they can't move or ever leave the house, that is extreme and will make anyone angry no matter how jovial and good natured they once were.
by Anonymous | reply 259 | February 24, 2017 6:26 PM
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Before this show, I thought that morbidly obese people all, more or less, looked alike, bodywise. After seeing some of the very strange ways the human body will disperse the weight shows me that was a wrong way of thinking.
The "wings" and the flaps and the concentration of weight mass on some of these people is astounding. I doubt that I will ever get the image of that lady with the wings on top of her ass squatting on the port-a-potty completely out of my brain.
I've noticed that they seem to be reading from some sort of script too. Lots of talk about "working hard" (at not eating) and "getting my life back" and "this time it's different."
by Anonymous | reply 260 | February 24, 2017 6:47 PM
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I watched the recent Diana episode, and there was actually something likeable about her. I can't quite put my finger on what.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | February 27, 2017 8:03 PM
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Diana seemed reasonable and kind, at least in comparison to most of them. I thought she was going to be one of those ones that talks nice to the cameras and the doctor but then still goes home and fucks up anyway, but it seemed she was doing the work...
by Anonymous | reply 262 | February 28, 2017 1:21 PM
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They only follow the subjects for a year. I wonder if they every do update shows about how they do beyond that? Like who's keeping off the weight, who gained, who died?
by Anonymous | reply 263 | February 28, 2017 1:27 PM
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Clothing is cheap and it all stretches nowadays. Plus there's that whole baggy clothes fad. I remember when i couldnt finish a meal because my pants were too tight at the waist. When I had to unbutton my pants to feel comfortable is when i cut back on my food intake. I didnt really "diet," I just cut back.
Clothing was expensive. I was paying rent in NYC, buying food at inflated prices at supermarkets and didn't have enough money left over to buy a new wardrobe, so gaining more than 10lbs was not an option for me.
Now people just go to Walmart and buy cheap, giant tee shirts and pull-on pants with s-t-r-e-t-c-h waistbands.
When my sister was a young wife with a kid, she obsessively clipped coupons. I went shopping with her a few times and she had coupons for things like meat, milk, cheese. Nowadays all the coupons and bogos are for junk food.
by Anonymous | reply 264 | February 28, 2017 2:40 PM
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Last week's episode the woman was hosed off on the back porch for her baths.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | March 12, 2017 1:52 AM
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And their apartment got busted for drugs and the cops made her lift up her fat rolls to check for drugs. I am not kidding...
by Anonymous | reply 266 | March 12, 2017 9:20 PM
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Nicole was interviewed by some radio shock jock and she actually answered his questions about how she has sex at that size, how it feels to have her boyfriend wipe her ass and bathing outside.
by Anonymous | reply 267 | March 13, 2017 12:38 AM
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Last night's was the worst/best, it is on again tonight at 8. Dr Now cut him loose.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | March 16, 2017 11:48 PM
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James K's story was jaw dropping
by Anonymous | reply 269 | March 16, 2017 11:58 PM
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Of course I feel sorry for them and feel sorry for alcoholics too...addictions are horrible.
The problem is their caregivers help get them in such bad shape. And many of their caregivers are very overweight too.
by Anonymous | reply 271 | March 17, 2017 12:05 AM
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OMG.....I can't even look.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | March 17, 2017 12:05 AM
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Disgusting, his daughter has to clean him when he craps the bed
by Anonymous | reply 273 | March 17, 2017 12:07 AM
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These voice-overs and dramatic re-enactments. Jesus.
by Anonymous | reply 275 | March 17, 2017 12:14 AM
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6 eggs,6 sausages, biscuits, all covered in gravy
by Anonymous | reply 276 | March 17, 2017 12:16 AM
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His faith is gon' get him thru.
by Anonymous | reply 277 | March 17, 2017 12:29 AM
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A lot of insurance plans seem to pay for weight loss surgery, but don't pay for the skin removal after. What do people do then? That must be painful.
by Anonymous | reply 278 | March 17, 2017 12:43 AM
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R279 I was gonna say the same thing. Ow ma leg! Over and over and over again . Good Lord, James' story was unbelievable.
Dr Now was hell no!! Love how he made the house call with his white coat and stethoscope.
by Anonymous | reply 280 | March 17, 2017 1:48 AM
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This guy was probably the most delusional one they've have yet. He was shockingly selfish--the mom even took the daughter out of school so she could help take care of his mountainous ass. WTF? Who would do that?
I will never understand the enablers in these situations--especially when it's a case like this guy, who's so immobile he can't get out of bed and depends completely on other people to bring him his food. Yes, I realize these people will be throw fits and be very nasty and unpleasant if they don't get their 10,000 calories a day, but the enablers are literally killing them.
The power dynamics in these relationships are so strange and sick. I find it almost unbelievable that a person can be to all intents and purposes powerless--like James, completely immobile and very poor--and yet be able to psychologically manipulate those around them to take care of them 24/7 and provide them with a virtually unlimited supply of junk food. It's so bizarre and creepy.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | March 17, 2017 1:54 AM
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Yeah...those boils on his leg/foot were horrible.
by Anonymous | reply 282 | March 17, 2017 2:00 AM
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LMAO at the two physical therapists hauling him to a sitting position then the swelling music to end on a high note
by Anonymous | reply 283 | March 17, 2017 2:01 AM
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R281 - I don't think that wa his mother. I think that was his girlfriend - she was older but I'm pretty sure it was his gf
by Anonymous | reply 284 | March 17, 2017 2:18 AM
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Yes, I realize it was was his girlfriend. I said "the mom" because I was referring to her relationship with her daughter. I should have been more clear. The gf did look a lot older than James, however.
I felt sorry for the daughter who dropped out of school and for James' dad, who took out a second mortgage on his house so James could travel to get the surgery. The girlfriend was obviously completely miserable, but that was a misery of her own making.
by Anonymous | reply 285 | March 17, 2017 2:23 AM
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I don't think I've ever seen a level of delusion higher(so far) than James. He's all:*cheerful voice* Well, I'm glad everythings movin' in the right direction. I'll probably be able to go fishin' by next month.
At one point toward the end, did I hear correctly, when he had that little handle thing that hung from above that he could sort-of pull himself up with, he looked at his arms and was all These guns are gettin' in shape...
And now for a weird comment, I feel like if he was...you know...600 pounds lighter, James had the potential to be handsome. He was a complete fucking trainwreck in every way, but I feel like his face had the potential to be ok looking if he wasn't in the situation he was in..
by Anonymous | reply 286 | March 18, 2017 6:51 AM
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If you stop and think about it, I mean really think about it, this is fucking insane! There was recently a discussion on that picture some photog took in Somalia or something with a little girl dying of starvation on her way to a food bank and a buzzard is eyeing her, waiting for her to drop...then you watch this fucking tub of shit crying and complaining about his festering sores while his daughter stays out of school to care for him and 3 grown men have to help him hose himself off. It's literally fucking insanity that our country has this shit going on while people in other countries struggle to stay alive, He is fucking gross and so is whoever would breed with him. And why the fuck does is sound like he's reading cue cards when he is telling his own life story? Jesus, just an idiot and a mess.
by Anonymous | reply 287 | March 19, 2017 12:15 AM
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The lady on the last show was the one who should have been yelling Oh Mah Lahgs! Those things were humongous. And her boyfriend was attractive and clean looking. WTF?
by Anonymous | reply 289 | March 25, 2017 3:54 AM
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I like that lady from The last episode. She seemed alright. She at least wasn't like the fucking retard James.
Her hubby was very handsome and sweet and the end shot with them at the beach was nice.
by Anonymous | reply 290 | March 25, 2017 3:59 AM
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James looked like a floating head. Even if he tried to walk I imagine he has no muscle mass, he is just one big blob of goo.
by Anonymous | reply 291 | March 25, 2017 4:03 AM
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Nikki, the costume designer, was one of the most likeable people ever on the show and you could tell she had a really pretty face. She's going to be on an update episode and she looks great.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 292 | March 25, 2017 4:15 AM
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Dr. Now is a dick too. He sees that the guy (James) cannot loose weight on his own then he keeps him in hospital just too release him again, so he can loose more weight wich wont happen. He should have operated on him, when he was still hospitalized. I know it takes discipline to loose weight even with the bypass, but it would have been much easier and really the only logical option to keep him alive.
But yeah he sucked and his enabler wife. When she brought him the chinese food, I was shocked and then she lied her ass off about the food to dr Now. Feel like she kinda wants him to stay fat or has some psychological damage, that prohibits her from saying NO, even in the eye of death.
by Anonymous | reply 293 | March 25, 2017 4:54 AM
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Did anyone watch Steven tonight? What a psycho.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | March 30, 2017 5:16 AM
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Oh my god, r294, I was just coming to say that! What a complete piece of shit, I really can't with these fat fucks anymore. I keep wanting to change the channel but can't. His dad is the worst too. How his dad could believe a 600 pound man will faint from not eating for 2 hours is just ridiculous. And what is with all their teeth? They all have horsey looking caps but they seem to be real. I like his brother much more than him.
by Anonymous | reply 295 | March 30, 2017 5:20 AM
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[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 296 | March 30, 2017 5:22 AM
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His dad ordering pizza for Steven long distance. He should have hung up on him but his dad acted afraid of him. The brother was so beat down and socially inept.
by Anonymous | reply 297 | March 30, 2017 5:28 AM
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r297 I didn't see the first 30 mins but in the article referenced it said something like Steven has threatened many times to call the cops and accuse his dad of abusing him if he doesn't order him pizza. Instead of installing a camera or telling that fat fuck to go fuck himself, the dad goes along with it. Like how he threatened to go to the hospital if his dad didn't get the pizza for him, why the dad gives a rat's ass is beyond me.
by Anonymous | reply 298 | March 30, 2017 5:36 AM
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Oh, I'd get him the pizza- and take a huge wet dump on it before closing the box and giving it to the fat monster.
by Anonymous | reply 299 | March 30, 2017 1:47 PM
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There was a thread on him here when they kicked him out if the other hospital up north. Some DLers felt sorry for him but then someone started posting his you tube videos. Dr. Now is not a dick. The surgery is a tool not a cure like some of these people think. It doesn't mean you can eat what you want. You still have to diet. A lot of time and resources are used. If a person is not going to follow through it is a waste. Many of these people gain the weight back.
by Anonymous | reply 300 | March 30, 2017 3:39 PM
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OMG. This was the most horrifying episode yet. I hated myself for watching it and yet I couldn't turn away. Steven is a monster and the other brother, Justin, lives such a pathetic life and is in complete denial. They're both crazy as shithouse rats. This is the first episode where I'm rooting for the person to succeed. Steven is such a nasty, monstrously self-centered creep that the world would be better off without him.
I do hope Justin can pull himself together though. He's not terribly likable either but at least he's not a loathsome bully.
by Anonymous | reply 301 | March 30, 2017 4:50 PM
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Oops. Meant to write: "first episode where I'm *not* rooting for the person to succeed."
by Anonymous | reply 302 | March 30, 2017 5:08 PM
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The father was funny but a terrible parent, he enabled Steven and ignored Justin. Plus all 3 of them are living off the government.
by Anonymous | reply 303 | March 31, 2017 2:20 AM
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r300 I misread and thought you said Dr. Now is a dick and I was coming to defend him. I am seeing the fat fuck Steven's ep in the parts I missed and him flinging urine...fucking ugh...yeah, he deserved to be kicked out. What a vile person.
by Anonymous | reply 304 | March 31, 2017 4:22 AM
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Steven needs a vicious face slapping. His pig nose even annoys me.
by Anonymous | reply 305 | April 1, 2017 4:31 AM
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2 more hours of the ass tonight. The only good part was him falling off the golf cart.
by Anonymous | reply 306 | April 6, 2017 6:40 AM
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I want them to find a morbidly obese drug addict hoarder, and have My 600 Pound Life, Hoarders, and Intervention do a 3-way crossover episode.
Like when ABC's TGIF would do a theme night, or when The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, and Nurses all had a Hurricane episode.
by Anonymous | reply 307 | April 6, 2017 8:31 AM
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The father needs to cut both of those loser sons off.
by Anonymous | reply 308 | April 6, 2017 8:36 AM
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[quote]The Troll said when Obamacare kicked in, he would be given priority in getting special medical care to help him lose weight.
This is why I'm a Republican.
by Anonymous | reply 309 | January 10, 2018 5:04 AM
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For the people feeling sorry for Zsalyn about her husband. She met him because she was part of a fattie swingers club, she made her living from fat porn. They didn't tell that on the show and it makes her more complicit and less sympathetic.
by Anonymous | reply 310 | January 10, 2018 5:39 AM
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LMAO at the new episode last night. It was a couple, the woman was huge but the man was gigantic and rocked a mullet. He could only piss laying down and when they were in the car she had to insert a baggie in his pants so he could pee.
by Anonymous | reply 311 | January 11, 2018 7:46 PM
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Also the gross fat dude lied around naked, even in front of his sister. Nasty.
by Anonymous | reply 312 | January 11, 2018 7:47 PM
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The guy in last night's show was over 700 pounds, she was 549 but actually sicker and she took care of him.
by Anonymous | reply 313 | January 11, 2018 8:21 PM
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The guy who had lost his leg was actually likable in last week's show
by Anonymous | reply 314 | February 20, 2018 12:21 PM
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This past week's show was the gold standard. The woman had maggots feeding on her fat folds, had some kind of food reward for sex thing going on with her boyfriend, and Dr. Now booted her out.
by Anonymous | reply 315 | February 25, 2018 2:07 AM
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Yes, this episode was a classic all right. Lisa is this season's Steven.
by Anonymous | reply 316 | February 25, 2018 1:50 PM
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I can't imagine having your teenage grandson help bathe your naked body.
by Anonymous | reply 317 | February 26, 2018 3:08 AM
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I don't get the family dynamic at all. I can't imagine anyone in my family sneaking fast food into the hospital for me if I was there to lose weight or bringing me plates of fattening food to eat in bed when I can't get up to get food on my own because I ate myself to immobility.
I think some of them like being disabled, like Penny, who was smaller than a lot of the other patients who managed to get around but still wouldn't make an effort to walk. She's at the very least Munchausen adjacent and likes having everyone else's life revolve around her. She even had the nutritionist and physical therapist come out to her and it was pointless because she didn't care.
Only a few of them are shown going to a therapist but I hope that it's part of the process for all of them. Family or couple's therapy if they need it. Some cases like Penny no one will be able to help but for others they need to work on therapy or they won't keep the weight off.
by Anonymous | reply 318 | February 26, 2018 12:42 PM
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r318 You probably don't have co-dependent enablers in your family, me neither, yay us! But those people are getting something out of this too, be it money from the fatty's check or just martyr status of taking care of them, the whole family is fucking whacked. Same as the intervention parents who yell and bitch about it but still give the junkie money everyday, it's the exact same thing, and it's gross.
by Anonymous | reply 319 | February 26, 2018 11:22 PM
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These people are horrible and their enablers are even worse.
I still can’t believe these people are even alive.
Disgusting.
by Anonymous | reply 320 | February 26, 2018 11:30 PM
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Nobody in my family or my boyfriend would let me lay in bed all day waiting on me and wiping my ass. People do not get that big without enabling. What a cycle.
by Anonymous | reply 321 | February 27, 2018 7:28 AM
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The focus should be on forcing the enablers to go to weekly treatment for codependency for however many months it takes for them to change, THEN focus the medical and psychological aid on the morbidly obese person. IIRC, only 2% of these people keep the weight off for more than a couple years and the rest go right back to where they were. I believe the surgery and resources should only be provided when there’s at least a 1/3 to 1/2 chance of permanent success. The money could be used to help people with treatable/cureable medical problems.
What would be true justice is if the junk food corporations were forced to cover all the medical expenses. Foist this back on them instead of the taxpayers.
by Anonymous | reply 322 | February 27, 2018 8:53 PM
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When you are lining your bed with puppy potty pads because you are so large that can't get up to use the toilet you just might have a problem. If you are still able to get up and use the toilet but you break the toilet when you sit on it, it might be time to start questioning your life choices.
by Anonymous | reply 323 | February 27, 2018 11:56 PM
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I think the enablers are often much more sympathetic than the patients. You can see most of them have been beaten down by daily harassment. Anyone who has been in a similar situation with someone will understand how futile arguments are and realize that for the good of heir own mental health, they finally just give in. In some cases, I also thought the family members gave them all that food in the hopes that they would drop dead. Living with an addict is a recipe for insanity.
by Anonymous | reply 324 | February 28, 2018 1:17 AM
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It’s a good point r324. In most cases they’re basically slaves to the household Jabba, and it must be anguishing to feel like you’re trapped and can’t go live your life because if you leave, this bedridden person will die. They probably do unconsciously want to just see things through to the inevitable conclusion, and they probably rationalize their enabling by thinking it’s what the fat person wants so they, the enabler, can’t be held responsible. When Dr. Now shows up it must be a weird interruption.
by Anonymous | reply 325 | February 28, 2018 1:40 AM
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I do think some of the boyfriends/girlfriends are with them for the government benefits
by Anonymous | reply 326 | February 28, 2018 10:16 AM
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I would put the fatty in a nursing home, maybe that will give them incentive to lose weight to get out of there
by Anonymous | reply 327 | February 28, 2018 10:17 AM
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I know that insurance companies are getting better at covering hospital stays for anorexics but I'm not sure what the typical coverage is for these situations. I assume most of them are on Medicaid, and I guess that varies from state to state? The Dr. does keep some of them in the hospital to force the weight loss, but being able to stick to the program at home where the environment isn't controlled is a big part of the process.
A few of them had their kids as their caretakers, and those are the saddest cases. I won't call the kids enablers because it's not their fault they wound up in that situation.
Charity's boyfriend (who is her daughter's uncle btw...) seems legit retarded or something. Kinda messed up that it looks like she got someone who isn't all together there to be her caretaker.
Some of the men flat out admit that they are afraid if their wife loses weight that she'll leave. They want a woman who is literally dependent on them for everything and who literally can't leave. Pretty sick.
As far as the enablers being in it for the benefits, I do think that there is a way to get get paid under SSI to be a caretaker, but those payments and disability payments can't be that much. And when you consider that they must end up spending almost every last dollar on food I can't imagine that the financial incentive is worth it, especially when you think about how gross the job is. No amount of money could get me to clean out those disgusting skin folds or touch those disgusting lymphedemas .
by Anonymous | reply 328 | February 28, 2018 11:54 AM
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I wonder what they smell like?
by Anonymous | reply 330 | February 28, 2018 1:16 PM
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R330, Dr. Now told Steven to take a shower because he stank.
As for the "enablers" getting government money, that's correct but they have to earn every single penny with these people.
by Anonymous | reply 331 | February 28, 2018 3:40 PM
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Well, that was a sad story... Robert’s story. Makes me want to go out now and jog a few miles.
by Anonymous | reply 332 | March 1, 2018 2:28 AM
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R332, spoiler but was that.........the first death ever shown on this show?
by Anonymous | reply 333 | March 1, 2018 2:31 AM
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R333 yes. I guess this is the first one where they were still filming.
by Anonymous | reply 334 | March 1, 2018 2:39 AM
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Anyone stick around for 684 lb Teen? The kid is a gayling with an incredible voice and broadway aspirations. His mom has major issues with food that she passed on to her kids; he was one of those fat Maury babies with major arm and leg rolls. But he’s actually was off to a good start! His doctor is also a hot daddy.
by Anonymous | reply 335 | March 1, 2018 3:57 PM
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I hope they do an episode where two of them meet and get married. "My 1200lb Marriage'.
by Anonymous | reply 336 | March 1, 2018 4:07 PM
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I wonder if any of them have done specialty porn to make ends meet.
by Anonymous | reply 337 | March 1, 2018 4:08 PM
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What was that “extra person thing” growing out of Charity’s bum? Can’t they remove that?
And 337, that is just so DL. I love you!
by Anonymous | reply 338 | March 1, 2018 4:09 PM
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R337, one of their most loathsome "patients" Pauline Potter was/is a fetish model and reality TV show whore.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 339 | March 1, 2018 4:44 PM
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How could Lisa have intercourse? I assumed she was giving him BJs for food.
by Anonymous | reply 340 | March 1, 2018 6:46 PM
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r333 A couple people have died, Renee the fat mom from Austin I wanna say? Season one or two, and some black guy I think? Shit, now I can't remember but Renee had a very pretty face and a couple daughters that were dolls and were starting to make healthy choices so as not to be like her, she had the surgery I think and then had to go back to the hospital later and died there, heart things or maybe a p.e., can't remember. She was pretty no bullshit about what she ate and there was an older black chef interviewed from a nursing home she had been in and he said she ate a metric fuck ton of food.
by Anonymous | reply 341 | March 2, 2018 1:44 AM
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Dr. Now is a bit of a quack, he scolded the guy in the latest episode when he complained of pain and the the dude ends up dying.
by Anonymous | reply 342 | March 2, 2018 2:15 AM
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r337 at least two of them did from My 600 Pound Life. When Zsalynn started losing weight her husband was miffed because he likes big women (and the money from her fatty porn)
by Anonymous | reply 343 | March 2, 2018 3:15 AM
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Just read r339 and yes Pauline and Zsalynn did fatty porn
by Anonymous | reply 344 | March 2, 2018 3:16 AM
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r342 He might be kind of a dick and have a gruff manner but jesus, look at the shit and the people he deals with! Also, it's too bad that guy died but he is literally the court of last resort, no one else will touch these people and they will definitely die if they don't do something so it's a gamble, that's what happens when you weigh as much as a fucking family.
by Anonymous | reply 345 | March 2, 2018 3:31 AM
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Assuming they all become obese because they have the “addiction gene” and it’s actually very surprising that they aren’t all addicted to painkillers.
by Anonymous | reply 346 | March 2, 2018 3:37 AM
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R345, he has to have an incredibly tough job. I'm screaming at the TV at most of these patients and I think he shows remarkable restraint. He's also seen and heard every story 100 times over and clearly understands that many of these people need tough love.
by Anonymous | reply 347 | March 2, 2018 4:07 AM
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Dr Now's office looks like Saul Goodman's in a cheap strip mall
by Anonymous | reply 348 | March 2, 2018 4:46 AM
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It's a shame Robert didn't make it there sooner. These people are often barely clinging to life as it is. Pumping them full of painkillers isn't the best idea when they are already so bad off.
Dr. Now isn't trying to be a dick. Some of them need to lose weight on their own for the surgery to be medically safe. That surgery does major trauma to the body and a lot of them just can't withstand it when they are in such bad shape. Anesthesia has risks even for healthy people.
This surgery and care is a lot of work for the Dr. and costs a ton of money. Why would he make all that effort and why should they incur such a huge expense if the patient is just gonna go back to eating junk all day? He makes them get up and walk not because he wants to be an asshole but because if they don't move they are at risk for blood clots that could kill them. That's why he is tough with them.
Surgery is not a miracle cure. It requires effort on the patients part and they have to show they are ready to make the changes needed to make the surgery work. Otherwise it's a waste of time and money that could be better spent on someone who is willing to make it work. Like someone upthread mentioned, no other Dr. will touch these people. They are too high risk. It's pretty much Dr. Now or death for them and it's actually pretty amazing that Robert was the first one to die.
by Anonymous | reply 349 | March 2, 2018 11:46 AM
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If Dr Now gave Rob the hospital strength opiates he kept asking for he might have died even sooner. I think being on them for so long and then stopping the pills and adhering to a restrictive diet caused his normal dopamine levels to crater, as seen with his listless behavior and unwillingness to get up and move around.
It was sad to watch but I dont think more painkillers would have helped anything.
by Anonymous | reply 350 | March 2, 2018 12:19 PM
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I really thought Robert was going to succeed and was shocked when the show announced his death. He lost over 300 pounds in a very short period, but the pain killer addiction got the best of him.
I hope his fiancé is able to move on. She spent her like taking care of him and now that's gone.
by Anonymous | reply 351 | March 2, 2018 12:32 PM
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There's a post over on Reddit by a relative who outs Dr Now and the show production
by Anonymous | reply 352 | March 2, 2018 12:34 PM
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I guess r352 just wanted to hip us to the fact that we're missing out on something but not fucking link the thread or tell us anything, thanks, dick!
by Anonymous | reply 354 | March 3, 2018 1:22 AM
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R352 is Dr Now gay? I like the gruff, silent, mature type.
by Anonymous | reply 356 | March 3, 2018 2:49 AM
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[quote] Some of the men flat out admit that they are afraid if their wife loses weight that she'll leave. They want a woman who is literally dependent on them for everything and who literally can't leave. Pretty sick.
Oh, that's not so hard to make happen. You amputate their arms and legs and keep them in a box.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 357 | March 3, 2018 3:37 AM
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r354 it's not that tough to go to Reddit and then My 600 Pound Life forum to find it
by Anonymous | reply 358 | March 3, 2018 4:20 AM
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I assume this is the reddit post.
Looks like the family member is looking for someone to blame for Robert's death. Sorry, TLC and Dr. Now didn't make Robert get that big, they didn't enable him for years, they didn't get him hooked on pain pills and they aren't responsible for his family history of heart conditions.
It's a sad situation to be sure but it's not the shows fault that he is dead.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 359 | March 3, 2018 11:59 AM
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Oh thanks r359, yeah that guy didn't slap on 400 pounds overnight and he was going to die if he hadn't addressed it so this is sad but expected, here's a quote from that reddit: "Who knows, but I would like to point something out here: Robert, his mom and fiance were a team of enablers and addict for years. Not only did they manipulate each other but I am sure they manipulated what other family members knew/know. And when I say manipulate, I don't just mean in getting what they want. I mean that they probably also isolated themselves and tweaked information going out to friends and relatives to soften what truly was going on here. Did friends and relatives know for years and years that he was essentially bedbound and being served thousands upon thousands of extra calories daily, after getting bedbaths and diaper changes? Were they fed information that they made up... as addicts and enablers often do, to lessen their own complicity. All these people are EXPERTS at denial and responsibility off loading. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this is true for that FB post."
by Anonymous | reply 360 | March 3, 2018 2:31 PM
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She is claiming the show lied about his weight. We all saw him and we saw others in the 600s and he was way bigger. Maybe they did fudge the timeline for some reason, but everything else she claims either doesn't ring true or would not have made a difference to the outcome. It was a miracle he lived as long as he did at his size with all of the medications he was on with his family history.
Yeah, there is a lot of manipulation in these cases, but there is also a ton of denial. I think a lot of these people really do think they aren't eating THAT much. They never believe they are as big and as bad off as they are. They really don't think about exactly how many pills they are downing. They get a huge reality check on this show and a lot of times it's hard to accept. That's what this family member is dealing with.
by Anonymous | reply 361 | March 3, 2018 2:53 PM
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Yeah r361 the whole "they made him eat fried chicken" thing might have flown if it was one day that he looked bloated, but that fried chicken didn't slap 300 pounds on him overnight. And the stitches ripping is another one, that, again, was caused by his fucking ginormous weight which he had long before TLC showed up.
by Anonymous | reply 362 | March 3, 2018 11:46 PM
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NPR had a story a couple years ago highlighting the problem that morbidly obese patients pose for nurses who need to lift, roll, and transfer them from gurneys to hospital beds etc. Most hospitals don’t invest in the available equipment that could help lift and move heavy patients and as a result it’s common for nurses to end up being injured. The whole situation is such a mess. Now we have Trump wanting to send people “Harvest Boxes” full of Doritoes and cookies.
by Anonymous | reply 363 | March 4, 2018 1:19 AM
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For fans of Amber Rachdi, here's her Instagram. She looks amazing, especially considering she's lost over 400 pounds!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 364 | March 4, 2018 6:22 AM
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I have talked with Amber and she is a smart cookie, I hate to see her compared to some of the idiots on this show.
by Anonymous | reply 365 | March 5, 2018 2:54 AM
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I mean, come on, r365, she can't be that smart, she certainly wasn't smart about eating or choosing mates.
by Anonymous | reply 366 | March 5, 2018 4:18 PM
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The Assanti brothers are sexual icons of our era.
by Anonymous | reply 367 | March 15, 2018 10:47 AM
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r366 I don't know what her mental problem was that she became so overweight but she seems like an intelligent woman who knows what's up, more so than a lot of the patients we have seen. She is not with that guy she was with on the show any more.
by Anonymous | reply 368 | March 15, 2018 11:30 AM
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r318 r319 I too think people like Penny stay "disabled" to keep collecting government money. That's also why she insisted she needed to be on oxygen when Dr. Now said it was unnecessary.
by Anonymous | reply 369 | March 17, 2018 4:44 AM
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Schenee is a strong contender for Worst Patient Ever. She didn't even finish treatment and gained weight. She went to eight months and then blocked Dr. Now's phone. In one of the worst conversations ever on the show, Dr. Now knew she wasn't making her appointment because she knew she gained weight instead of losing. Schenee asked him if he believed in God and just wouldn't let it go. Dr. Now eventually said he did but also said that if she jumped off a building, God wasn't going to grab her hand and pull her back. God was not going to help her because of her bad decisions and Schenee just wouldn't listen. The Previously TV forums were closed because so many people were appalled that tax payers were paying for her and her deadbeat boyfriend.
And yes, the question....please don't let them be...and yes, they are.
by Anonymous | reply 370 | April 5, 2018 2:08 AM
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My god! Schenee was the biggest trainwreck in the show's history, except for Steven Assanti.
But I'll admit it: I live for these kinds of episodes.
by Anonymous | reply 371 | April 5, 2018 4:52 AM
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Dr. Now was on fire.
Dr. Now: “If you were to jump off building you think God's hand will come out of sky and catch you?”
Schenee: "Yes I do!"
by Anonymous | reply 372 | April 5, 2018 4:55 AM
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The cameraman is such a bitch, he got her sensuously eating that Taco Bell meal from every grotesque angle possible.
I love that she was stuffing her face in the moving truck complaining that her husband doesn't do anything for her, while juxtaposing footage showed him loading up all of their shit.
I agree R371, these combative meltdown episodes are the best; I crave them like Schenee craves sugar on spaghetti.
by Anonymous | reply 373 | April 5, 2018 8:32 AM
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It happened. Schenee has started a GoFundMe page because she claims she was "dragged to Houston" (insert your own joke) and humiliated on TV. She has also retained an attorney. She represents the worst stereotypes of people who have their hand out expecting the government to do everything for them. It's no longer funny.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 374 | April 9, 2018 5:40 PM
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Why doesn't she ask God for the $50,000.00?
by Anonymous | reply 375 | April 9, 2018 8:42 PM
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Lol r375. Schenee is the worst
by Anonymous | reply 376 | April 9, 2018 8:47 PM
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I didn't watch this one but am going to now! Those comments are brutal on the go fund me! I didn't get "college grad" vibe from what she had written, and she really needs a p.r. guy to fix it.
by Anonymous | reply 377 | April 9, 2018 8:57 PM
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Okay, who's the DL bitch who donated $5 and claims her name is Nausha Whitehead.
by Anonymous | reply 378 | April 9, 2018 9:55 PM
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Shenee's bf reminds me of that other loser who married Sherri Shepherd. This fat fuck expected her doctor to believe that she didn't eat any of the pizza he snuck into her room? How else does one gain 50 lbs.? I hate this pig and hopes she dies of a heart attack. Nice car, wigs, motels, lots of fried shrimp take out- how the hell does she pay for it all?- Or do we support her rolls of fat?
by Anonymous | reply 379 | April 9, 2018 10:42 PM
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I can't believe she has an open FB page because people are REALLY going after her.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 380 | April 10, 2018 12:14 AM
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How much shrimp can you buy for $5?
by Anonymous | reply 381 | April 10, 2018 3:29 AM
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r380 I went straight to the Facebook comments after reading your post, she is getting slammed on here. Surprised she doesn't delete the comments.
by Anonymous | reply 382 | April 10, 2018 3:43 AM
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God is gonna delete those comments. Trust and believe.
by Anonymous | reply 383 | April 10, 2018 3:48 AM
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There is something really hilarious about going to her Go Fund Me page and still seeing that she's raised a whopping $5.00.
by Anonymous | reply 384 | April 10, 2018 4:36 AM
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BTW, the gifs on the comments page are brilliant.
by Anonymous | reply 385 | April 10, 2018 4:41 AM
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Of all the people they’ve had on the show, Schenee is the most useless, loathsome one. Even Dr Now lost patience with her incredible stupidity.
by Anonymous | reply 386 | April 10, 2018 5:02 AM
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Her head is way larger than her husbands in R374 photo, I know it is a forced perspective because she is closer to the camera but she looks absolutely planetary.
by Anonymous | reply 387 | April 10, 2018 6:59 AM
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I still think Assanti is the worst
by Anonymous | reply 388 | April 10, 2018 8:30 AM
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I couldn't resist making a smart ass comment on Shenee's Facebook.
by Anonymous | reply 389 | April 10, 2018 11:20 AM
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Can you imagine what wiping her ass must be like? That is if you can find her hole. YUCHHHHHHHH
by Anonymous | reply 390 | April 10, 2018 7:23 PM
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Unbelievable. Shoveling the mountain of spaghetti into her pie hole. I’ll have nightmares over that.
by Anonymous | reply 391 | April 12, 2018 3:07 AM
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Is Steve A the “mah legs” guy r371?
by Anonymous | reply 392 | April 12, 2018 3:46 AM
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“You’re not 700 pounds of water”
by Anonymous | reply 394 | April 12, 2018 6:46 PM
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Her GoFundMe is now up to $20.00.
by Anonymous | reply 395 | April 12, 2018 7:46 PM
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It’s amazing that someone is so stupid to go for surgery out of eating too much. Next time, try reduce your butthole. You’ll feel full sooner.
by Anonymous | reply 396 | April 12, 2018 8:13 PM
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r371 I love the patients that argue with Dr. Now, I watch this show for the trainwreck value
by Anonymous | reply 397 | April 14, 2018 1:04 AM
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Schenee's phone call to Dr. Now.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 398 | April 16, 2018 9:02 PM
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Now we have some fat narcissist (Bettie Jo) claiming to have cancer because her ass is too lazy to even take care of her own baby. smdh
by Anonymous | reply 399 | April 21, 2018 5:24 AM
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James K (oh maaah laaaaaag! friiiiiieeed riiice) made his glorious return last night. It was a doozy.
by Anonymous | reply 400 | June 22, 2018 7:26 AM
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I recently saw 'My 3000 lb Family' on cable tv. It was shocking and fascinating. I live in Europe and although there are plenty of overweight people here, you just do not see that level of obesity. For one thing, food is expensive, unless you want to gorge on loaves of ordinary bread and white rice. Or maybe they never leave the house. Anyway, it was about a black family who had been given bariatric surgery. Their big reveal was that they had gotten from 500 to 400 lb. They had no insight whatever. They showed one guy in his underwear and my hair stood on end at the hanging skin. Feel sorry for these people obviously but must say I do not understand how anyone can get to that state.
by Anonymous | reply 401 | June 22, 2018 1:31 PM
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Food in Europe and the US costs the same. And yes, these people eat mainly fat and carbs.
by Anonymous | reply 402 | June 22, 2018 2:30 PM
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James K and his illustrious girlfriend, what a pair. I give credit to Dr. Now for his restraint when they were acting the fool.
by Anonymous | reply 403 | June 23, 2018 5:54 AM
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...I should have said, 'Fast food is expensive in Europe.' It is.
by Anonymous | reply 404 | June 23, 2018 7:02 AM
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That black lady kept sanctimoniously stating that she couldn't keep losing weight because she needs to take care of her kids. I doubt she will do anymore follow-up with Dr. Now. It seemed like she was just waiting for the camera crew to fuck off so she could start eating fast food again.
by Anonymous | reply 405 | June 23, 2018 8:06 AM
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James K gained 100 pounds in a month!
by Anonymous | reply 406 | June 23, 2018 7:55 PM
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R406, how is that even possible? I've never watched the show.
by Anonymous | reply 407 | June 23, 2018 8:00 PM
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How does Dr. Now deal with all these dysfunctional people? He's a surgeon but he also needs to act as a psychiatrist, too.
by Anonymous | reply 408 | June 23, 2018 8:04 PM
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I love this show, it inspires me to eat better and exercise so I don't turn into these people LOL.
by Anonymous | reply 409 | June 23, 2018 8:20 PM
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I can't imagine how these people can follow the 1200-calorie diet Dr. Now gives them.
by Anonymous | reply 410 | June 23, 2018 8:28 PM
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I love that program. SA on the golf cart is TV Gold. While the father smokes his ciggie. Giggles.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 411 | June 23, 2018 8:49 PM
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R408 he puts most of the people on the show in therapy.
by Anonymous | reply 412 | June 23, 2018 10:26 PM
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r406 then he claimed he was sticking to the diet! You would have to eat huge quantities of food almost 24 hours a day to gain like that but he did. Then when they put him in the hospital and said he could die his girlfriend still snuck in food and he gained.
by Anonymous | reply 413 | June 24, 2018 2:45 AM
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R413 James almost fell out of the bed when Dr Now suggested that James girlfriend stay away for 5 days so he could prove that his weight would go down without her sneaking in food to him. James is a gross addict but his simple minded spouse is obviously mentally warped for constantly feeding him crap and lying about it after being repeatedly chastised for it.
by Anonymous | reply 414 | June 24, 2018 4:02 AM
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r414 I about died when Dr. Now called Adult Protective Services on the girlfriend. LMAO!
by Anonymous | reply 415 | June 24, 2018 4:08 AM
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I can't watch depressing shit like this. It is pure exploitation of these people whether you like them, or not.
by Anonymous | reply 416 | June 24, 2018 4:24 AM
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r405 she kept saying she was good as she was but she was still 400 pounds and morbidly obese. She just didn't want to keep dieting.
by Anonymous | reply 417 | June 25, 2018 6:00 AM
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L.B. Bonner -- who appeared on "My 600-lb Life" and ultimately dropped over 300 pounds -- was found dead in a ditch with a gunshot wound ... TMZ has learned.
Police were making a welfare check Thursday night when they found him in a park in Lexington, South Carolina ... this according to a police report obtained by TMZ. The circumstances surrounding his death are now under investigation.
L.B. appeared in last season's "My 600-lb Life" that documented his incredible weight-loss journey. He started at 642 pounds and trimmed off a whopping 316 pounds, but kept shedding the weight even after filming the show.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 418 | August 3, 2018 9:49 PM
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Omg I remember L.B. ! He was one to actually root for. That is horrible :/
by Anonymous | reply 419 | August 3, 2018 11:02 PM
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But who pays for all that food?
by Anonymous | reply 420 | August 3, 2018 11:04 PM
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LB's girlfriend's name was Destiny Honeycutt, you can't make that shit up.
by Anonymous | reply 421 | August 4, 2018 12:51 AM
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Lisa Fleming, one of the more infamous, infuriating fatsos on this show, has died. If you recall she didn't follow the diet, wouldn't walk, and had an epic meltdown, howling and carrying on. She was 50 years old. He daughter said her death was unrelated to her weight and that she was ill before being on the show and her death was due to the illnesses. Yeah, right! She was ill because she was huge, and her weight eventually killed her. What denial. Anyway, her death is not surprising. She was one of the hopeless cases.
by Anonymous | reply 422 | August 26, 2018 2:12 AM
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As soon as this thread popped back up, I knew it was because one of them died.
by Anonymous | reply 423 | August 26, 2018 2:14 AM
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"Now who's eating DAT?" One of the great moments in reality TV.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 424 | August 26, 2018 2:27 AM
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I think some of the people who have lost weight get depressed because they lost their best friend, FOOD. In fact one of the show participants said that on an episode.
by Anonymous | reply 426 | February 5, 2019 5:20 AM
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I don’t know why Hulu is doing this, but it puts My 600 lb life on after any given show. So I got sucked into it; the one ton family with roshonda, Clarence, and the other .. found myself rooting for all of them.
by Anonymous | reply 427 | February 5, 2019 5:26 AM
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R426 that plus eating carbs releases serotonin. Hence the term comfort carbs. These people have their levels plummet when they can't eat much. They need to find a new way to get comfort.
by Anonymous | reply 428 | February 5, 2019 5:39 AM
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In every one of the episodes we've watched it was revealed at some point that the patient had been sexually molested as a child.
by Anonymous | reply 429 | February 5, 2019 6:27 AM
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R429 there was one recently in which the woman wasn't molested. Her dad was verbally abusive, especially regarding her weight. This lead to her eating more as a fuck you to him. She was raped by two male friends, but she wasn't a child. She was already obese, but her eating go worse. She was one of my favorites. She lost all the weight and more that Dr. Now asked her to before he'd agree to surgery. None of that you need to lose 50 lbs and then they only loose 35 lbs. then they have to be hospitalized to loose some more before the surgery. She just did what she needed to do without all the bitching and Dr. Now didn't need to lecture her. He looked happy. It was refreshing.
by Anonymous | reply 430 | February 6, 2019 12:04 AM
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R429, actually, many of the women reveal they were raped as teenagers, which they blame themselves for.
by Anonymous | reply 431 | February 6, 2019 1:17 AM
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R429, that’s about 85% of the addicts on “Intervention”. Almost all had been abused as children, usually sexually, but also physical.
I remember one girl and her sister had been sexually abused by the same man; both of them. The sister seemed to have recovered better, dealt with the trauma in therapy, and had her shit together. The other was in an absolute downward spiral and refused to deal with it except by using. I don’t even remember what her drug was. Just that the sisters had different responses to the same abuse.
by Anonymous | reply 432 | February 6, 2019 3:05 AM
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One of my favorites was that kid who was living with his mother. He was always doing needlepoint. He went to Dr. Now who put him on a 800 calorie a day diet which his mother thought was too restrictive. When they returned to Dr. Now two months later to be weighed Sean had gained over 90 pounds and weighed just over 1000 pounds!
by Anonymous | reply 433 | February 6, 2019 3:16 AM
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All of them have suffered great trauma in childhood. All of them.
by Anonymous | reply 434 | February 6, 2019 9:50 PM
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True, r434. Most of the women and some of the men were sexually abused as kids/teens. Those who weren't sexually abused usually grew up with adults who were physically abusive and/or drug addicted, mentally ill, etc. Quite a few were abandoned by one or both parents and raised by grandparents or whatever relatives would take them in; many grew up with a single parent who subjected them to a series of often-abusive step-parents/partners. I think I've seen maybe one episode featuring a 600 pounder who grew up in a relatively normal, intact family.
by Anonymous | reply 435 | February 6, 2019 10:06 PM
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I notice from the childhood pictures that most of them were a little plump as kids. They balloon up in their teens or early twenties. I think being this big is a combo of factors. Slower metabolism, big appetite, plus trauma. Most traumatized people don't get this big and some develop anorexia, or hyper sexuality or drug addiction. Most chubby kids will never be 600 lbs. They have a fondness for food so when they're traumatized they go to food for solace. They have sluggish metabolisms so they get really fat when they go for the food. The other thing is that fat people are often socially isolated and have low self esteem so they eat for comfort and it just snowballs.
by Anonymous | reply 436 | February 8, 2019 12:03 AM
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Erica Hall the woman with the bitchy sister. She lost a lot of weight then she reconnected with some former boyfriend and now they're a couple. He was good looking too. I'm NOT obese. Why can't I get a boyfriend?
by Anonymous | reply 437 | February 9, 2019 1:18 PM
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For those talking about childhood traumas, let's not forget how many of these people are very clearly gay and closeted.
Not surprisingly, many also come from religious families.
As a closeted gay fatso who used my weight as an excuse for not having a girlfriend in order to keep my family off my back about being single, I can understand how some of them became this way.
by Anonymous | reply 438 | February 9, 2019 1:24 PM
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Ignorance, stupidity and more ignorance reigns supreme on this thread. Deplorables one and all.
Stupid and ignorant people will never be able to understand addiction, even if they are victims, themselves.
by Anonymous | reply 439 | February 9, 2019 1:34 PM
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Maybe it’s just me, but when they show them shoveling 10000 calories of fast food in their gaping maws, it kinda makes me hungry for fast food.
by Anonymous | reply 440 | February 9, 2019 1:49 PM
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R438-That kid who peaked at 1000lbs who lived with his mother-Sean Milliken -he was always doing needlepoint to relax. I think he was a gay boy.
by Anonymous | reply 441 | February 9, 2019 2:56 PM
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Oh fuck off r439, these hambeasts put themselves in this position. We don't want to keep you from your snack so go back to huffing butter and blogging about how Tess Holliday is fierce.
by Anonymous | reply 442 | February 9, 2019 3:15 PM
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I think many fat women were traumatized sexually as girls and the concept that they're fat and undesirable makes them feel safe.
by Anonymous | reply 443 | February 9, 2019 3:19 PM
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R443, and there are chubby chasers who will want them if they change their minds.
I worked with an obese woman who had some kind of personality disorder. She was nice enough but had a serious temper. She was very quick to take offense to everything. Anyway, she complained about the chubby chasers and how gross they were to fetishize her and she wanted to be appreciated for her personality, not her size. I was a lot younger then, and was surprised that she didn’t appreciate men who liked her body type. I mean, I have a “type”; don’t most people? It’s not really a fetish. They are attracted to the physical and stay for the personality.??
Now that I think about it, she likely was a closeted lesbian. She wasn’t dressing to attract men.
by Anonymous | reply 444 | February 9, 2019 4:07 PM
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R439 I don’t think these people vote. If they did, they would vote for as many hand-outs as possible. Remember Steven Assanti screeching triumphantly about his “Obama phone that you bitches paid for”?
The ones who seem to have more success are the ones who were raised in working and middle-class families. Is this a work ethic issue (these people have seen their parents and siblings go off to work and earn money) or a helplessness issue (somebody else will handle it because I never had to handle anything)?
Some of these folks don’t seem that miserable in their fat beds. They have government housing and money, they have perfected the art of manipulating their friends and loved ones to wait on their every need, and they are the literal gravity-pulling sun that gets all the attention and time needed to feed, bathe, lotion, powder, and wash.
Several of the women make a living eating and modeling via the Internet for guys who like fat and food-shoveling. One woman stated that if she lost the weight, she would have to find a new career.
It is astonishing to watch, but I always root for the ones who work hard and treat this process as exciting and miraculous.
by Anonymous | reply 445 | February 9, 2019 4:42 PM
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R1 maybe the government is doing experiments on us through food.
by Anonymous | reply 446 | February 10, 2019 5:14 PM
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They need a supersize coffin because if they tried to cremate them the fat would melt and put the flames out.
by Anonymous | reply 447 | February 11, 2019 3:42 AM
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R447 do you know what happens when you pour oil on a flame?
by Anonymous | reply 448 | February 11, 2019 6:13 AM
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TMZ reporting that Sean Milliken has died.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 449 | February 19, 2019 5:38 PM
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Isn't this the show where they found Kristi Metz?
by Anonymous | reply 450 | February 19, 2019 5:43 PM
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This is why Jussie’s new lawyers are going out of their way to mention one of the brothers was Jussie’s “personal trainer preparing him for a new video” because they know there is evidence Jussie recently paid them $3500.
But don’t worry these three have been so comically inept and stupid the cops have an air tight case in about 20 different ways, besides the brothers cooperating and admitting they were paid to fake the attack there is physical evidence out the ying yang.
I’d bet 100 bucks they got a ton of text messages between Jussie and the boys coordinating their all plans using really bad “code words”
by Anonymous | reply 451 | February 19, 2019 5:52 PM
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R449-That's sad. He was the kid who at his peak weighed 1,000 pounds!
by Anonymous | reply 452 | February 19, 2019 5:53 PM
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R440 No, my husband watches and always gets hungry. Just like when we watch Dr Pimple Popper how he goes and gets a snack of cottage cheese.
People are weird.
by Anonymous | reply 453 | February 19, 2019 7:14 PM
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I believe it R1 the government made everyone quit smoking now it’s obesity that is the problem.
by Anonymous | reply 454 | February 19, 2019 8:32 PM
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Sorry.... but it’s their fault for becoming morbidly obese. Just say “NO” to unhealthy habits and food. End of story.
by Anonymous | reply 455 | February 19, 2019 10:35 PM
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Fat on the body increases exponentially. When there is no muscle no calories are burned. Vicious cycle turns into an unsolvable problem.
by Anonymous | reply 456 | February 20, 2019 1:14 AM
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And that other guy LB shot himself in the head after going through the weight loss. Was he gay?.
by Anonymous | reply 457 | February 20, 2019 5:33 PM
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^ Who cares what he was, he had no stomach & no head!
by Anonymous | reply 458 | February 21, 2019 5:09 PM
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They had 2 this season who didn't even get the surgery. The one who lives with her mother and multiple dogs in all that filth, I am afraid she and her mother are not long for this world if they stay in that house.
by Anonymous | reply 459 | March 27, 2019 10:24 PM
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R459 are they mixing hoarding with obesity?
by Anonymous | reply 460 | March 27, 2019 10:39 PM
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R447 The weight limit at even supersize crematoria is about 420lbs, at a normal size one it's about 330. It becomes dangerous after that.
Though as everything is bigger in the US it might work differently there.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 461 | March 27, 2019 10:56 PM
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I have compassion for these folks, I can't imagine being addicted to something you need to survive - it's not like you can abstain like with alcohol or drugs. I realize most that size are disabled and can't work, however, I often wonder how they got enough money to consume that much food - and the light and breezy way they just announce they have to move to Texas - like not a care in the world - hire a mover, find an apartment - no problem.
by Anonymous | reply 462 | March 27, 2019 11:07 PM
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R459 that was Jeanne and her House was filthy. There was cobwebs on the walls and they were sleeping on dirty mattresses. And there was trash everywhere. The had like 9 dogs
They could have been on “Hoarders” too
by Anonymous | reply 463 | March 27, 2019 11:18 PM
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I wonder if the show pays for the housing and transportation. It’s always bare bones accommodations
What happened to James “mah legs”. He was a holy mess
by Anonymous | reply 464 | March 27, 2019 11:39 PM
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I watched the episode with Jeanne and her family, and I don’t think I will be able to eat again. And the house was just filthy and disgusting.
I don’t know how people can live like that.
by Anonymous | reply 465 | March 27, 2019 11:49 PM
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The recent "Jeanne" episode is one of the worst. "Jeanne" is a a disgusting, lazy, unclean, self-pitying whiner who thinks weight loss surgery is the only way to fix her life. Her excuses are the usual kind; child abuse and child molestation. She says she was abused by her grandmother who beat her with "wire coat hangers." Hmm...where have I heard THAT before? And she was molested as a child, only once, by a molester who told her it would be "our secret." Do child molesters really talk in cliches? Anyway, I have a hard time believing her tales of woe. She and her mother and schizophrenic father live in a cramped trailer like dwelling with NINE dogs. She's too big to fit in the bathroom, so she pees and poops in a potty chair kept right beside her. After relieving herself her mother has to wipe her ass. Getting to Houston to see Dr. Now isn't really that big a problem; they live only four hours away. But she bitches and moans the whole way and when her mother stops to get gas she lights up a cigarette (at a gas pump) and bitches away about the people she thinks are staring at her: 'I hate people! I hate people!" They get to Dr. Now and aside from the morbid obesity both Jeanne and her mother have awful medical problems that necessitate surgery. Jeanne has a infected sore and the mother has infection from a colon operation; Dr. Now says the infections stem from their "unhygienic" living conditions. Jeanne's sore is infected with FECES. Seems her mother isn't keeping her clean after she takes her dumps. My God. Anyway, this show does NOT end on a positive note. It's probably one of the most appalling episodes of this series, a combination of "My 600 lb Life" and "Hoarders." It's tragic, but it's hard to feel sympathy for these people. Their awful lives are due to their own actions.
by Anonymous | reply 466 | March 27, 2019 11:57 PM
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The worst thing is when you are eating and this show comes on. You start to feel sick.
by Anonymous | reply 467 | March 28, 2019 12:00 AM
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People starving the world over, and these pigs stuff their goddamned pie holes.
Salad and water for a year, and made to walk each day will sort them out.
by Anonymous | reply 468 | March 28, 2019 12:00 AM
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Jeanne’s father suffered from schizophrenia. He died while they were with Dr Now
I think Jeanne suffers from the same affliction
by Anonymous | reply 469 | March 28, 2019 12:06 AM
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And there were flies everywhere in Jeanne’s house. Those poor dogs that have to live in that filth after their “rescue”.
Then she tells Dr. Now that she basically lives on lean meats, oranges, and the occasional pizza. Really? And when she was talking about following Dr. Now’s diet with zero carbs, she was stuffing pasta, 3 pounds of meat, sour cream, and cheese in her pie hole.
Everything about this episode made me scream.
by Anonymous | reply 470 | March 28, 2019 12:07 AM
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If you watch closely, at some point a roach can be seen scurrying across Jeanne's leg. Eek! And her father is seen handing her a tray of heavily frosted cupcakes. I think she eats all but two. "Oranges", my ass!
by Anonymous | reply 471 | March 28, 2019 12:17 AM
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And to top it all, ,Jean was a, wait for it, a registered Republican!!!
In tonight's episode, Kelly is attempting to get into a minivan outside of Dr. Now's office for transport to the hospital, but falls on the floor and gets stuck between rows of seats.
by Anonymous | reply 473 | March 28, 2019 1:01 AM
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It's sad that Sean Milliken died. At one time he weighed 1,000 lbs !
by Anonymous | reply 474 | March 28, 2019 1:54 AM
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Actually, R472, James "Ow, Mah Lag!" K. still survives. At least, I've never heard anywhere that he died.
by Anonymous | reply 475 | March 28, 2019 1:59 AM
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Tonight’s episode was sad
by Anonymous | reply 476 | March 28, 2019 2:23 AM
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Did Kelly get her weight loss surgery? I couldn't make it through the episode.
by Anonymous | reply 477 | March 28, 2019 2:30 AM
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Absolute nonsense R47. They're not fat because they're sick, they're sick because they're fat.
And they're fat because they eat the worst types of frankenfood out there. Can't even call it 'food'.
by Anonymous | reply 479 | March 28, 2019 2:33 AM
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Who is paying, OP? Your tax dollars at work!
by Anonymous | reply 480 | March 28, 2019 2:37 AM
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Yes, Kelly made it through the surgery and lost about 300 pounds.
by Anonymous | reply 481 | March 28, 2019 2:51 AM
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*Spoiler* The one in tonight's episode DIED
by Anonymous | reply 482 | March 28, 2019 5:25 AM
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I think there's only been one person on this show who was honest about what he ate and how much. Everyone else lies their fat asses off about their eating habits.
by Anonymous | reply 483 | March 28, 2019 1:01 PM
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They should put all the 600 pounders in a ring like the gladiators, install CCT and watch what happens to them.
by Anonymous | reply 484 | March 28, 2019 6:38 PM
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Kelly’s story was pretty messed up. There was nobody around to help her, or just come by and visit her.
She just seemed so excited when she was talking about her weight loss and her future. I found myself rooting for her. And then she died.
by Anonymous | reply 485 | March 28, 2019 6:59 PM
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R485, I think it was also some very judicious editing. The producers couldn't very well make the episode with her as a hateful bitch only to have her die. Who knows what was left on the cutting room floor but she did seem more likeable than most. I do wonder what happened with her relative who told her point blank she couldn't live with his family anymore. Much more to that story than we were allowed to see.
by Anonymous | reply 486 | March 28, 2019 7:12 PM
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Food addicts are lucky because they will never be asked to stop their drug entirely. They just need to eat less. Other kinds of addicts can’t whine “but I NEEED sex/heroin/cigarettes to stay alive!”
by Anonymous | reply 487 | March 28, 2019 7:21 PM
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Only 5% of the massively, morbid obese lose enough weight that is nearing normal range and manage to keep it off for the long-term. Many of those with surgery fail to continue losing weight. Even with constricted stomachs, they continue with the excesses in eating and don't bother to exercise.
by Anonymous | reply 488 | March 28, 2019 7:21 PM
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I need all those things r487!
by Anonymous | reply 489 | March 28, 2019 8:02 PM
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"I do wonder what happened with her relative who told her point blank she couldn't live with his family anymore."
Later in the episode, it was explained Gary, her cousin, changed his mind and would let her come back. Then she died.
BTW, did anyone else thing Gary was quite "festive."
by Anonymous | reply 490 | March 28, 2019 8:06 PM
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R490, I was aware of that but I was more interested as to why he said she couldn't come back in the first place. I'm fairly sure the answers were on tape, both actions and words but simply not included as they would have been too negative to the ending they had to tell.
by Anonymous | reply 491 | March 28, 2019 9:04 PM
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r492, Flamboyant, fun, fitting cocks into his mouth.
by Anonymous | reply 493 | March 30, 2019 10:03 PM
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Also, r462, miss me with that shit. I get super tired of the fatties whining that they are addicted to food and need it to survive. They are never addicted to broccoli or lean turkey, they're addicted to shitty food and they don't need it. It's like saying it must be hard to be an alkie (which I am) because we need liquid to survive.
by Anonymous | reply 494 | March 30, 2019 10:07 PM
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Anyone watch the latest episode with the lesbian? She was almost 700 pounds at 5’1”
by Anonymous | reply 495 | April 5, 2019 1:05 AM
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"Anyone watch the latest episode with the lesbian? She was almost 700 pounds at 5’1”
She ended up breaking up with her girlfriend. At the end of the show she's had her surgery and was losing weight, so it ended on a positive note. During the show she and the girlfriend got themselves a puppy in order to spur the fattie to exercise. It was her duty to "walk" the puppy. I hate it when these enormously overweight people and their enablers get pets. They can't even fucking take care of themselves and the enablers have their hands full dealing with the fattie; how can they properly take care of a pet? Remember Jeanne and the filthy house she lived in with her mother and NINE dogs? And what happened to Cupcake, the poor cat who was owned by the psychotic Steven Assanti? I hate it when pets are involved in these 600 lb life shows.
by Anonymous | reply 496 | April 5, 2019 1:34 AM
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hate it when pets are involved in these 600 lb life shows.
And on Hoarders too.
by Anonymous | reply 497 | April 5, 2019 1:44 AM
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I saw the lezzie yesterday. She just dumped that girl without a thought.
I really do not like that the show is two hours. They also made Hoarders two hours. I’m not watching the whole episode.
by Anonymous | reply 498 | April 5, 2019 1:52 AM
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Wow, so she's going to dump Erica? I thought for sure Erica was fucking around on her. What a bitch!
by Anonymous | reply 499 | April 5, 2019 1:57 AM
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I wish they would concentrate more on the weight loss and less on the whole story leading up to the surgery. And lord, I fast forward through the therapy sessions
by Anonymous | reply 501 | April 5, 2019 2:22 AM
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Yeah and that therapist chick is looking crazy with those wigs.
by Anonymous | reply 503 | April 5, 2019 2:29 AM
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OMG, her dragging that adorable puppy...what a cunt. And acting like dragging a 3 oz puppy is a workout. This is one case where I suggest a land shark, aka pitbull.
by Anonymous | reply 504 | April 5, 2019 2:31 AM
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R503-She's dresses like a prostitute. I much prefer the POCKET GAY therapist Dr. Paradise.
by Anonymous | reply 505 | April 5, 2019 1:20 PM
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The girlfriend wipes her fat fucking ass for god knows how long, then gets dumped on camera with no remorse. I mean, I get when it's over, it's over. But that breakup just seemed cold hearted.
by Anonymous | reply 506 | April 5, 2019 5:51 PM
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"And acting like dragging a 3 oz puppy is a workout. "
Yeah, that was really fucked up. So THAT was supposed to be "exercise?" Reminds me of Jeanne, who considered her "chore" of dumping Kibble in dog food bowls to be rigorous physical activity.
by Anonymous | reply 507 | April 5, 2019 8:28 PM
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R43 the third cause of death in the U.S. is medical mistakes. Some estimates are as high as 440,000.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 508 | April 5, 2019 8:49 PM
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I felt sorry for Erika. She rearranged her life for that miserable bitch. I don’t like this therapist chick who advises everyone to confront their parents. These are usually poor, old people with no understanding of psychology. They aren’t going to learn, so why shame them on television?
Also, I don’t trust the fat person’s perspective in every instance. What they are bitching about may have never happened.
Sometimes every feeling doesn’t have to be dissected, boiled, pulverized, and eaten on toast as replacement avocados between every party supposedly involved in the creation of said feelings. Sometimes you can say them to your therapist and just decide to let them go.
by Anonymous | reply 509 | April 8, 2019 6:10 AM
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"I’m confused growing up that was a derogatory term, how did it end up his nickname?"
He was a javelin thrower in college.
by Anonymous | reply 510 | April 14, 2019 2:05 AM
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Well now we need to know what his name is, r510! Also, I was going to bump this thread, just watched Maja again, god what an asshole she is.
by Anonymous | reply 512 | April 14, 2019 5:55 AM
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R12 very few members of the medical or psychological community understand compulsive overeating. And very few people are willing to go to Overeaters Anonymous which is the only free (and daily) way that a compulsive overeater can learn to replace food with social interaction and human connection—people would rather surgically remove their stomachs than go to meetings.
by Anonymous | reply 513 | April 14, 2019 8:21 AM
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I think in addition to compulsive overeating, it’s something genetic that makes me people gain weight to 700 pounds
I’ve known people that overeat a lot, and they’re overweight, but 700 pounds over weight
by Anonymous | reply 514 | April 14, 2019 3:14 PM
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Why would anyone watch this?
by Anonymous | reply 515 | April 14, 2019 3:16 PM
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"Why would anyone watch this?"
Morbid curiosity. And I think it does spur some people to improve their diets and exercise more. And I know it must make some people feel better about themselves to see these hugely overweight people who have eaten themselves to a point where they're hardly able to move.
by Anonymous | reply 516 | April 14, 2019 3:36 PM
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But it also proves something we already knew; diet works. When they do the 1200 calorie a day diet they lose weight. But we knew that, there's always some dummies who say they have tried everything, etc. But they haven't.
by Anonymous | reply 517 | April 14, 2019 4:10 PM
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What I don't understand is when theybdibhave success losing the weight, Dr. Now signs them up for surgery. Wouldn't you want to see what happens if you continue the diet before major surgery?
by Anonymous | reply 518 | April 14, 2019 10:48 PM
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One of the latest patients, "Angela", is another one of the hopeless cases. She'd already had weight loss surgery, but obviously it didn't work for her because she was the requisite 600 something pounds and through the entire show had oxygen tubes up her nose. Thinking herself very special indeed she posed this question to Dr. Now; since I do so well dieting on my own (a total delusion on her part) , can't I do the program from Ohio instead of moving to Houston? Dr. Now of course said no, and he also said she was delusional about her ability to diet, pointing out that if she was really good at sticking to diet she never would have gotten up to 600 lbs. Of course she didn't continue the program. The episode ended with her lolling around on a bed with the oxygen tubes still up her nose. Another hopeless case.
by Anonymous | reply 519 | April 14, 2019 11:52 PM
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Oh thanks for the head's up r519, I thought my mom and I had seen them all but not this one. How shocked was her "old flame"? Man, can you imagine an ex calls you and you show up to that? Wow.
by Anonymous | reply 520 | April 15, 2019 5:55 AM
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I read that Steven Assanti was recently married to a woman!! Who in their right mind would marry that mound of useless shit ? Not only useless but semi retarded and he STANK !
by Anonymous | reply 521 | April 15, 2019 7:49 AM
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Assanti claims to have married but I doubt its true. Remember when he threw himself off the moving golf cart? Bwaahaa
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 522 | April 15, 2019 8:35 AM
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God I hated that Angela, I may hate her more than Lisa. Her constant lying and acting like she is in the program, and then choosing to drop out of it, bitch, when were you in it? I hate her for wasting Now's time and missing every fucking appt. past the first one. Other people could have used that appt slot and even now she claims to still be losing and on a 1200 calorie diet. She was the worst. Worse than Steven, well, maybe not that bad but pretty awful. And your fat chick angles and bleaching your hair fool no one, hunty.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 523 | April 16, 2019 6:13 AM
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Steven Assanti supposedly IS legally married to a skank named Stephanie Sanger. She's supposedly a "massage therapist" but she looks more like a meth-addicted prostitute. And also has a daughter. I shudder to think what can of life that girl must have to lead with a druggie skank for a mother and a psycho pig for a stepfather.
by Anonymous | reply 524 | April 16, 2019 8:43 PM
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That Angela episode was a waste, it shouldn't have even been aired since she never showed up for a second appt. Just a bunch of long winded Skype calls with Dr. Now telling him how amazing she is doing at losing weight. Bitch, you still look absolutely planetary.
by Anonymous | reply 525 | April 16, 2019 9:09 PM
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The Dotti story is a killer with her lugging around her 12 year old kid with cerebral palsy and caring for a toddler as well.
by Anonymous | reply 527 | April 16, 2019 9:24 PM
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I’m still scarred from the Jeanne episode. How many times were we forced to watch her bend that ass over?
by Anonymous | reply 528 | April 16, 2019 9:46 PM
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Yes, Jeanne's was a particularly memorable episode. I wonder how she and her mother and the nine dogs are doing? I should think that after the airing of that episode Adult Protective Services and some kind of animal rescue group would have stepped in and done something about the nastiness they were living in.
by Anonymous | reply 529 | April 16, 2019 11:16 PM
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What I don’t get is, at some point how can you keep gaining infinite weight? I mean there is only so much food you can take in, even with these people.
by Anonymous | reply 530 | April 17, 2019 1:15 AM
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Is there ever a case to be made that they eat so much simply because it tastes good? Not childhood trauma, not “my eee-motions,” just ~ yum yum!
by Anonymous | reply 531 | April 17, 2019 1:18 AM
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R530, simple math. If your daily caloric need is 2000 calories, but you eat 5-6 times that amount, you will continue to lose weight.
And since your only activity is limited to taking a shower and shoveling food into your pie hole, your caloric need will continue to decrease, especially once your immobile and shit in your bed.
by Anonymous | reply 532 | April 17, 2019 1:36 AM
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R531, how good can 3 large pizzas eaten in one sitting taste? And then they’re “starving” 20 minutes later!
That’s not how you enjoy delicious food. And 90% of the food that they eat is cheap fast food. I would at least eat fantastic home cooked meals to get me to 600 lbs.
by Anonymous | reply 533 | April 17, 2019 1:42 AM
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I don't know, I think there has to be something special about their bodies. We're not talking 100lb overweight, but 600-900 lbs overweight.
Do you think -- even with threat of physical harm to a loved one -- your body could gain 700 lbs? And not shut down?
There's something about their bodies beyond the obsessive and excessive eating.
by Anonymous | reply 534 | April 17, 2019 1:49 AM
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Damn, vom worthy. Can you just imagine Assanti climbing up on top of that poor broad, with those nasty ass feet and blubber humping away.... then 10 years worth of splooge spraying everywhere.
by Anonymous | reply 535 | April 17, 2019 1:54 AM
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I meant you will gain weight, not lose weight! Obviously.
R534, I don’t think there’s anything special about their bodies, but they simply develop the stomach capacity of an elephant.
by Anonymous | reply 536 | April 17, 2019 1:55 AM
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Even Project Runway enables this shit.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 537 | April 17, 2019 1:55 AM
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R532, I guess, but man – you would think at some point it’s even work for your body to put on weight. You would think the body would just rebel at some point. Well I guess it does, in the form of horrible health. And the way the hunger never abates is peculiar too.
by Anonymous | reply 538 | April 17, 2019 2:05 AM
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I’ll be honest, the scenes near the beginning of them just chowing down are like porn to me. I would love to be able to eat that way. Yes fast food is nasty but it’s also delicious. My favorite one was a gal named I think Katrina, who waited until her family was out and then ordered like four pizzas and ate them all in one sitting. It was amazing.
by Anonymous | reply 539 | April 17, 2019 2:08 AM
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R539 I know what you mean. When I watch one of them wake up and eat a box of Entenmann's donuts before getting out of bed I feel envy and disgust. Oatmeal or fruit and yogurt gets boring.
by Anonymous | reply 540 | April 17, 2019 2:14 AM
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"Can you just imagine Assanti climbing up on top of that poor broad?"
No, I can't. I don't think it's possible. He's too heavy to fuck her with him on top. If they actually have sex, and it's a big if, she would have to get on top of him. But I think their marriage is more of an act than anything else.
by Anonymous | reply 541 | April 17, 2019 2:32 AM
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R538, I have a cousin who has Prader-Willi Syndrome. He’s ALWAYS hungry. He didn’t have that thing in his brain that said “your stomach is full now”. He would eat and eat and never stop. It was awful for my aunt. They had to lock up the fridge and cabinets and he would sneak out of the house and go through the neighbors’ garbage and beg them for food. Yes, he was fat. And cognitively impaired. You could have a conversation with him, but you could tell he wasn’t neurotypical. He moved to a group home and they had to warn everyone in town not to feed him.
I suppose they’ve tested these people for that, though.
by Anonymous | reply 542 | April 17, 2019 2:46 AM
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Angela sounds awful. I missed that episode. The ones I hated were Steven, Lisa, and Schnee (or however you spell it) the one who kept asking Dr. Now if he believed in God. She was awful.
by Anonymous | reply 543 | April 17, 2019 2:56 AM
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The one I liked that I saw recently was Justin- the redhead from SC. I liked his attitude and he worked hard to lose weight. I hope he keeps up the hard work.
by Anonymous | reply 544 | April 17, 2019 2:57 AM
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I haven't watched all the episodes of this show. But some of the worst patients were Steven Assanti (he was probably the worst of the worst), James King (Ow, mah lag!), Lisa Fleming (she ended up dying at 50), and Schenee Murray (a whining, complaining, lazy hog). More recent awful ones were Jeanne and Angela, both of whom did nothing Dr. Now told them to do.
by Anonymous | reply 545 | April 17, 2019 3:20 AM
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I wonder how twins Brandi and Candi are doing. I liked them.
by Anonymous | reply 546 | April 17, 2019 3:25 AM
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Milla’s episode haunts me. Those poor kids.
by Anonymous | reply 547 | April 17, 2019 3:40 AM
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I’m watching the Jeanne episode. Her mother seems very dim.
by Anonymous | reply 548 | April 17, 2019 3:45 AM
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For real r547 what's she going to do when they move out? The older teens have to be close to college age. They've got to be itching to leave.
by Anonymous | reply 549 | April 17, 2019 4:06 AM
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r544 I liked him too, and he's doing okay. Angela also had that PA way of rounding her o sounds that drives me nuts! My Aunt has that accent too, coupled with her excuses, I hated her so much.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 550 | April 17, 2019 5:27 PM
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"I wonder how twins Brandi and Candi are doing. I liked them."
They creeped me out. I remember seeing them on the Dr. Oz show. He asked if they still slept in the same bed, and they said yes, they sleep together, just like they did "in the womb." Gross!
by Anonymous | reply 551 | April 17, 2019 8:19 PM
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I bet they don't anymore.
Did the one who had the baby ever get her weight loss surgery?
It was kind of interesting that as soon as she lost a little weight on Dr. Now's program she got pregnant. Girl couldn't wait to get laid.
by Anonymous | reply 552 | April 17, 2019 8:57 PM
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Who was that Latino guy who got the surgery? That's the only episode that made me loathe the subject. He was a self-absorbed abusive jerk who cheated when playing miniature golf with his young son.
by Anonymous | reply 553 | April 17, 2019 11:55 PM
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Dr. Now’s 1200 calorie diet is starvation. It would take a tremendous mind control to eat that sparse diet.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 554 | April 18, 2019 3:32 AM
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Sounds pretty good to me r554.
by Anonymous | reply 555 | April 18, 2019 3:34 AM
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Diane Sawyer talked about her 1200 calorie diet and exercise.
by Anonymous | reply 556 | April 18, 2019 2:25 PM
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"Dr. Now’s 1200 calorie diet is starvation. It would take a tremendous mind control to eat that sparse diet."
Well yeah, when you are used to consuming 12-15,000 calories a day, it is a starvation diet.
by Anonymous | reply 557 | April 18, 2019 2:39 PM
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1200 calories a day is correct for women. Men need more depending how much we work out.
by Anonymous | reply 558 | April 18, 2019 2:49 PM
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But the point is you CAN lose weight by severely cutting calories. We, of course, already know this, but there are still some hard core fatties who insist that they have tried every diet. They haven't, of course, because there is no medical malady that defies the laws of intake vs output.
by Anonymous | reply 559 | April 18, 2019 4:56 PM
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A 600-pounder guy pinged. His overly protective mother who was also hefty, died. He had to continue his weight loss program without her.
And there were two chubby brothers. One was a screaming queen, bitching at everyone who tried to help him.
by Anonymous | reply 560 | April 18, 2019 5:05 PM
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Yes r560, the Assanti brothers, did you just open this thread? Steven has been mentioned several times.
by Anonymous | reply 561 | April 18, 2019 5:10 PM
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I'm a guy who eats 2500 calories a day but I exercise 3 times a week with heavy weights, hiit or cardio. Is that too many calories? I find that if I dont hit that then my energy is super low.
by Anonymous | reply 562 | April 18, 2019 5:21 PM
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R562, are you at your ideal weight? Then you’re eating the right amount of calories. If you want to lose weight, start by reducing your intake by 100 - 200 calories per day. The weight loss would be slow, but if you’re eating 2500 calories per day, you probably don’t weigh 300 lbs unless you’re a little person.
by Anonymous | reply 563 | April 18, 2019 5:33 PM
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R554, you can still eat a lot of food even on 1200 calories. You just have to eat the right foods. The “starving” is really just cravings and not physical hunger.
by Anonymous | reply 564 | April 18, 2019 5:36 PM
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R563 I'm 5'9" and about 185. Currently I'm focused on building muscle and not so much about losing weight. But I do want to stay leaner.
by Anonymous | reply 565 | April 18, 2019 5:50 PM
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Exactly r564! You can eat all the greens you want to. Salad, broccoli, asparagus, green beans, I love all those things. You can probably eat all the lean meat you want as well.
by Anonymous | reply 566 | April 18, 2019 6:51 PM
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1200 calories worth anyway.
by Anonymous | reply 567 | April 19, 2019 6:38 AM
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I heard Lens Dunham has been cast in the upcoming 600 lb life movie! Can't wait!
by Anonymous | reply 569 | April 20, 2019 3:34 PM
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I imagine Dr. Now grew up eating wonderful healthy Persian foods, and must be disgusted by all the fast food Americans eat.
by Anonymous | reply 570 | April 22, 2019 4:55 AM
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They do have some tasty saffron rice in Iran.
by Anonymous | reply 571 | April 22, 2019 6:29 AM
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He doesn't look like he's eating "wonderful healthy"
by Anonymous | reply 572 | April 22, 2019 10:42 PM
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Dr Now looks about 80 yrs old
by Anonymous | reply 573 | April 22, 2019 10:57 PM
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Dr. Now is only 74, but he does look more like 80. Isn't he a little old to still be doing gastric bypass surgery? He ought to be retired.
by Anonymous | reply 574 | April 22, 2019 11:12 PM
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It’s funny, I’ve watched the show so often I could do the surgery myself...... ROOM LIGHTS OFF!
by Anonymous | reply 575 | April 22, 2019 11:16 PM
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Dr Now is the only doctor to deal with these fools. He has zero fucks to give
I love when he straight out calls them liars.
by Anonymous | reply 576 | April 23, 2019 12:37 AM
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I only like the episodes where the "patient" clearly just wants to bitch and doesn't really want to sacrifice for it. I especially like the ones where they fool dr. now by doing the program at first until they get the surgery and then the mask comes off. When they're actually interested in losing the weight I feel good for them, but it's less interesting.
by Anonymous | reply 577 | April 23, 2019 12:44 AM
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Dr. Now always says the same thing-About how risky the surgery on a person of her/his size. He specializes in this type of surgery and has done it thousands of times so why should he constantly mention how risky it is.
by Anonymous | reply 578 | April 23, 2019 12:58 AM
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DL Homos didn't that woman with the lesbian haircut seem like a LESBIAN. Her fiancee seemed gay too. They drove a Toyota Camry and lived with her parents even though she was 38 years old.
by Anonymous | reply 579 | April 23, 2019 1:02 AM
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I don't think Dr. Now is that tough on his awful patients. He gives them chance after chance after chance even though he should have given up on them long ago. When Steven Assanti showed up at the hospital's emergency room (he called an ambulance to get a prescription filled) Dr. Now chews him out, tells him he's cancelling his insurance, threatens him with jail..but he STILL doesn't give up on him. He says an "unorthodox approach" may be needed in order to "save Steven's life." What he should have done was told Steven Assanti that's it, it's over, we're done. He should have ended it right there.
by Anonymous | reply 580 | April 23, 2019 1:04 AM
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These people are at death's door in part due to their enablers. If Dr. Now wants his patients to survive he needs to criticize that behavior.
by Anonymous | reply 581 | April 23, 2019 3:17 AM
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I lost 50 pounds eating 1200 calories a day but I was always hungry, some days nauseous because I was so hungry. I am gaining weight back rapidly now since I added more calories. Dieting is hard and it sucks. Although there is no excuse to get that big and just lie around in bed all day.
by Anonymous | reply 582 | April 23, 2019 4:55 AM
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R582 1200 calories is great for losing weight, but some people require more calories. If you want to reduce again, try 1600 calories and add beans or lentils to give you the feeling of carbs.
by Anonymous | reply 583 | April 23, 2019 10:56 PM
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Hcg helped an ex lose a lot of weight. He knew he could lose the weight but he didn't want to feel hungry so he tried the hcg. With the hcg he stayed on an 800 daily calorie diet for six weeks. H cg cuts the appetite without making one speedy. He's kept the weight off 5+ years. Looks great.
by Anonymous | reply 584 | April 24, 2019 12:26 AM
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Is there a new episode on tonight?
by Anonymous | reply 585 | April 24, 2019 2:12 PM
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Yes. Cillas' story.
Think it's pronounced 'Silas'?
by Anonymous | reply 586 | April 24, 2019 7:40 PM
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What happened to the fat tranny who looked like his grandmother?
by Anonymous | reply 587 | April 24, 2019 9:30 PM
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R588-Why was he hot? He was JUST A MESS!
by Anonymous | reply 589 | April 24, 2019 10:48 PM
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That's him R588. I felt bad for him when he was coming out to his family and his aunt, who's clearly a dyke, was standoffish.
by Anonymous | reply 590 | April 24, 2019 11:08 PM
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R588- That DYKE wasn't his aunt that was his mother.
by Anonymous | reply 591 | April 25, 2019 12:05 AM
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r591 She's my sister! She's my daughter!
by Anonymous | reply 592 | April 25, 2019 2:39 AM
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I love watching them eat!
by Anonymous | reply 593 | April 25, 2019 3:53 AM
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[quote]that was his mother
Jesus Christ!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 594 | April 25, 2019 1:10 PM
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I only recently started watching this show, I like how Dr Now doesn't coddle these people, he calls them liars right to their faces. He's heard every excuse and knows they are bullshitting him. My favorite excuse was when James K said the new mattress was pushing up and making him look fatter, I think he was the worst of them all.
by Anonymous | reply 595 | April 25, 2019 1:30 PM
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"I think he was the worst of them all."
Nobody beats me at being the worst, bitches.
by Anonymous | reply 596 | April 25, 2019 1:34 PM
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Steven Assanti was awful, but at least he didn't procreate and he got himself up to shit. James K forcing his daughter to quit school to stay home and change his shitty diaper and wipe his crotch and ass was what made him the worst to me. At least Steven knew he was evil.
by Anonymous | reply 597 | April 25, 2019 1:40 PM
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Was James K the one who had his father mortgage his house to get the money for the trip to Houston, and then he didn't even follow Dr. now's program and lost no weight? I felt bad for that dad.
by Anonymous | reply 598 | April 25, 2019 1:44 PM
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Cillas was one motivated mofo. He really followed “the program” and I never seen Dr Now so happy in an episode.
His girlfriend was very photogenic. I think the camera person was infatuated
by Anonymous | reply 599 | April 25, 2019 1:47 PM
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Steven Assanti may not have "procreated (maybe because no one will fuck him? I don't think even his "wife" fucks him)", but he's still the worst of all. There's footage of him on YouTube, raging in a hospital and using the n-word. Yes, he's a racist, too. He is truly sociopathic scum.
by Anonymous | reply 600 | April 25, 2019 8:40 PM
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