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Post by libgirl2 on Aug 24, 2018 16:11:51 GMT
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Post by Eastcoastmom on Aug 24, 2018 16:30:56 GMT
How incredibly sad! I remember her episode. She not only had a food addiction but at one time was addicted to heroin as well. I hope she is now at peace.
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Post by libgirl2 on Aug 24, 2018 16:57:12 GMT
How incredibly sad! I remember her episode. She not only had a food addiction but at one time was addicted to heroin as well. I hope she is now at peace. I don't remember the heroin but I do remember her boyfriend Hubert (?) bringing her food in the hospital and Dr.Now finding a bag of chips hidden in her bed. |
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Post by Eastcoastmom on Aug 24, 2018 17:44:45 GMT
How incredibly sad! I remember her episode. She not only had a food addiction but at one time was addicted to heroin as well. I hope she is now at peace. I don't remember the heroin but I do remember her boyfriend Hubert (?) bringing her food in the hospital and Dr.Now finding a bag of chips hidden in her bed. libgirl, I don't remember the heroin addiction, either, but it was mentioned in the linked article.  |
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Post by Critical on Aug 24, 2018 21:35:34 GMT
I think they probably didn't mention the heroin addiction because she'd kicked it. SO, we know she was capable of conquering an addiction. Just not the one that ended up killing her  I just remember how awful she was to Dr. Now. They all think they know better, even though it's clear they don't. I keep hoping we won't see another of these stories, but they keep coming. |
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Post by waywyrd on Aug 24, 2018 22:26:09 GMT
That's sad...the article said she'd lost 200 lbs., but her body just gave out. Honestly, I'm surprised we haven't seen more of these stories. Your body is pretty resilient, but it can only take so much.  |
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Post by Critical on Aug 24, 2018 23:51:31 GMT
That's sad...the article said she'd lost 200 lbs., but her body just gave out. Honestly, I'm surprised we haven't seen more of these stories. Your body is pretty resilient, but it can only take so much. Years ago, I student taught Anatomy and Physiology at a community college. I remember being constantly amazed at how many things could go wrong in our bodies, but don't. Just one little thing could stop working and BAM! we're dead. It's shocking how little it takes and also shocking that those little things don't happen more frequently than they do.
Every time I watch this show, I marvel at how much abuse has been heaped on these bodies AND marvel that they all haven't died yet. Our muscular, skeletal, circulatory etc. systems aren't designed to support bodies that large. Eventually, something's going to give. While Lisa lost 200 lbs, she was still probably over 400 lbs. Plus, the damage was already done. Unlike your lungs when you quit smoking, your organs and joints and everything else generally don't repair themselves when you lose weight. I remember that one woman who I think got down close to her goal weight - the one who lived in a basement and had a twin sister - but had that painful gait because of all the damage she'd done to her knees.
I wasn't shocked that Lisa died (I'm not shocked when ANY of them do), but I was shocked that she was just 50 years old.
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Post by waywyrd on Dec 29, 2018 15:25:48 GMT
New season starts this Wednesday, Jan. 2nd at 8 pm!
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Post by nennie on Dec 29, 2018 15:59:35 GMT
I have seen previews for the upcoming season and not sure I want to watch. I know how easy it is to let yourself go and gain so much weight but it amazes me at how big these people are.
My sister is way overweight and her thyroid doesn't work at all and that is when she gained so much weight and she is diabetic and has high BP. She takes the pill for diabetes but she had a high sugar episode thursday night and her levels aren't coming down like they should so I am sure if she doesn't get it back in control she will be on shots. That being said she like these people on 600 lb life LIKES FOOD. This episode scared her because she almost passed out and didn't know what was wrong. I asked her questions about was she having chest pains etc and she wasn't so I figured it was her sugar. My grandson is diabetic so the symptons are the same when he has problems.I got a meter and took her sugar and it wouldn't even register.
I fully understand weight issues because I have to stay on top of mine all the time. It sucks but sometimes you have to buck up and take control of your life.
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Post by libgirl2 on Jan 10, 2019 17:35:33 GMT
Anyone see Brianne last night? I was so proud of her! She started doing well from the get go and kept it up!
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Post by nennie on Jan 10, 2019 19:52:09 GMT
Anyone see Brianne last night? I was so proud of her! She started doing well from the get go and kept it up! I thought she did a great job. I was worried we would see the same old whining we get from most of the others but she took the bull by the horns and did it. I would love to see a follow up of her. I think it helps them when they are mobile from the start. Her mindset was to lose the weight and get surgery. I wonder if her dad ever came around to see her? |
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Post by libgirl2 on Jan 10, 2019 21:16:42 GMT
Anyone see Brianne last night? I was so proud of her! She started doing well from the get go and kept it up! I thought she did a great job. I was worried we would see the same old whining we get from most of the others but she took the bull by the horns and did it. I would love to see a follow up of her. I think it helps them when they are mobile from the start. Her mindset was to lose the weight and get surgery. I wonder if her dad ever came around to see her? I also think she was motivated by a few factors, her husband's ill health---- no way he could be lifting her with a heart condition and her daughter's increasing weight. It seems to me even though she was heavy she was very mobile in the past and only recently was starting to lose some of that. That probably scared her. She really seemed to take Dr. Now's talk about her health seriously, unlike so many others who seem to not want to believe him. I wish her luck and want a follow up too. I don't know if she saw her father, her mother wasn't all that great, but Brianne did try. And when it got tough, she didn't turn to food, even when her husband was in the ICU so far from her. She could have easily had eaten a pizza. And playing softball at the end! God bless her. |
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Post by nennie on Jan 10, 2019 21:29:39 GMT
I thought she did a great job. I was worried we would see the same old whining we get from most of the others but she took the bull by the horns and did it. I would love to see a follow up of her. I think it helps them when they are mobile from the start. Her mindset was to lose the weight and get surgery. I wonder if her dad ever came around to see her? I also think she was motivated by a few factors, her husband's ill health---- no way he could be lifting her with a heart condition and her daughter's increasing weight. It seems to me even though she was heavy she was very mobile in the past and only recently was starting to lose some of that. That probably scared her. She really seemed to take Dr. Now's talk about her health seriously, unlike so many others who seem to not want to believe him. I wish her luck and want a follow up too. I don't know if she saw her father, her mother wasn't all that great, but Brianne did try. And when it got tough, she didn't turn to food, even when her husband was in the ICU so far from her. She could have easily had eaten a pizza. And playing softball at the end! God bless her. That was great of her. I just read where the rest of her story will be aired next year. She has lost half of her body weight. She is the kind of story I like to watch on this series. I won't hardly watch a full episode if they are always blaming someone else or whining all the time. Her husband was great with her. He is 30,years older than her. He was 52 and she was 22 when they married. |
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Post by libgirl2 on Jan 10, 2019 21:52:10 GMT
I also think she was motivated by a few factors, her husband's ill health---- no way he could be lifting her with a heart condition and her daughter's increasing weight. It seems to me even though she was heavy she was very mobile in the past and only recently was starting to lose some of that. That probably scared her. She really seemed to take Dr. Now's talk about her health seriously, unlike so many others who seem to not want to believe him. I wish her luck and want a follow up too. I don't know if she saw her father, her mother wasn't all that great, but Brianne did try. And when it got tough, she didn't turn to food, even when her husband was in the ICU so far from her. She could have easily had eaten a pizza. And playing softball at the end! God bless her. That was great of her. I just read where the rest of her story will be aired next year. She has lost half of her body weight. She is the kind of story I like to watch on this series. I won't hardly watch a full episode if they are always blaming someone else or whining all the time. Her husband was great with her. He is 30,years older than her. He was 52 and she was 22 when they married. I am so glad they will have a follow up! I hope its a positive one too. I read before it aired that he was much older than her, but he seems to just love her and not be some fat fetish person who is going to sabotage her at every turn. She also seems to love him a lot and loves their daughter who in turn just adores her. She is so lucky to have such a great core family even though her dad seems like a jerk and her mother wasn't much better at the restaurant, but I guess there are two sides to every story. |
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Post by waywyrd on Jan 24, 2019 20:10:33 GMT
I was flipping around and missed the very end - how did he end up? From what I watched he was losing a lot of weight and doing well.
It still irritates me to no end that these friends and family keep bringing them crap to eat while bemoaning the fact that their loved one keeps gaining weight. Stop being part of the problem! And almost every time, they stop to grab triple bacon cheeseburgers and fries while on the way to meet Dr. Now for the first time. Ugh.
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Post by libgirl2 on Jan 24, 2019 21:26:17 GMT
I was flipping around and missed the very end - how did he end up? From what I watched he was losing a lot of weight and doing well. It still irritates me to no end that these friends and family keep bringing them crap to eat while bemoaning the fact that their loved one keeps gaining weight. Stop being part of the problem! And almost every time, they stop to grab triple bacon cheeseburgers and fries while on the way to meet Dr. Now for the first time. Ugh. Are you talking about Justin from last night? He did very well. He looks fantastic. Dr. Now said he was the best patient he ever had. And --- get this---- when he went to a fast food place, he ordered the grilled chicken! |
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Post by nennie on Jan 24, 2019 22:00:36 GMT
I was flipping around and missed the very end - how did he end up? From what I watched he was losing a lot of weight and doing well. It still irritates me to no end that these friends and family keep bringing them crap to eat while bemoaning the fact that their loved one keeps gaining weight. Stop being part of the problem! And almost every time, they stop to grab triple bacon cheeseburgers and fries while on the way to meet Dr. Now for the first time. Ugh. Are you talking about Justin from last night? He did very well. He looks fantastic. Dr. Now said he was the best patient he ever had. And --- get this---- when he went to a fast food place, he ordered the grilled chicken! Crud I missed this one. He is the kind of story I like to watch. |
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Post by libgirl2 on Jan 24, 2019 22:03:47 GMT
Are you talking about Justin from last night? He did very well. He looks fantastic. Dr. Now said he was the best patient he ever had. And --- get this---- when he went to a fast food place, he ordered the grilled chicken! Crud I missed this one. He is the kind of story I like to watch. You have to see it. He was a keeper. Educated and dedicated to what needed to be done. Nice home...... They should have people like Penny and Schenee sit down and watch this episode to see how its done. |
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Post by nennie on Jan 24, 2019 22:15:07 GMT
Crud I missed this one. He is the kind of story I like to watch. You have to see it. He was a keeper. Educated and dedicated to what needed to be done. Nice home...... They should have people like Penny and Schenee sit down and watch this episode to see how its done. Those 2 are clueless and such MeMe's they wouldn't get it. To entitled. Maybe I can catch it on the rerun. I did go look him up on on the web. Kudos to this young man. |
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Post by libgirl2 on Feb 19, 2019 18:26:34 GMT
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Post by Kao on Feb 19, 2019 21:49:19 GMT
The infection he had sounds like MRSA. You have to act fast with it, otherwise it can get you. Poor guy. |
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Post by libgirl2 on Feb 19, 2019 21:58:45 GMT
The infection he had sounds like MRSA. You have to act fast with it, otherwise it can get you. Poor guy. Being morbidly obese didn't help either. I know, poor guy. |
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Post by Critical on Feb 22, 2019 4:28:35 GMT
Sadly, Sean's death isn't surprising at all. After his mother passed, I figured he wouldn't be far behind. They had such a sick, codependent relationship that I don't think he could survive without her, even though it was her actions that were helping to kill him.
I'm always surprised at how much abuse a human body can take. I also find it shocking that more of these people haven't died during filming. So many of them seem to be right on the edge.
This week's episode was SO frustrating. It's clear Maja's childhood lead to her being a verbally abusive person. I can't believe Christian hung around as long as he did. It's hard to understand why he was interested in her in the first place because she seems like a thoroughly unappealing person to me. If she spoke to him like that in front of the camera, how did she behave when the cameras weren't around? Not surprised at all that she didn't succeed at Dr. Now's program. He requires personal accountability and she wants to blame everyone else.
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Post by libgirl2 on Feb 22, 2019 15:40:05 GMT
Sadly, Sean's death isn't surprising at all. After his mother passed, I figured he wouldn't be far behind. They had such a sick, codependent relationship that I don't think he could survive without her, even though it was her actions that were helping to kill him. I'm always surprised at how much abuse a human body can take. I also find it shocking that more of these people haven't died during filming. So many of them seem to be right on the edge. This week's episode was SO frustrating. It's clear Maja's childhood lead to her being a verbally abusive person. I can't believe Christian hung around as long as he did. It's hard to understand why he was interested in her in the first place because she seems like a thoroughly unappealing person to me. If she spoke to him like that in front of the camera, how did she behave when the cameras weren't around? Not surprised at all that she didn't succeed at Dr. Now's program. He requires personal accountability and she wants to blame everyone else. I think one guy did die near the end of the filming, Robert, I believe his name was. I know his story ended with him having suddenly passed. He was not only obese but had a drug dependency. Sad case. He seemed like a nice man. Sean's mother made sure he could never function without her. I lay a lot of blame at her feet and at his father's. Sean's life was in bed with his mom sitting next to him getting him food and attending to his every need. She spoke for him too. He had no real voice. Remember in the hospital, she listed what was wrong with him. He just sat there. Checked out. Didn't he even cover his face at one point? As for Maja, I think she is one of those people who on the surface first seem real nice and then you get to know the real them. I think this is probably what happened with Christian. Its good he got out of there. I wouldn't be surprised if she even tried to hit him. |
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Post by Critical on Feb 24, 2019 7:52:46 GMT
I remember Robert but IIRC, he's the only one in all of these seasons who died during filming. Several passed after filming - some as a direct result of health problems related to their obesity - but not during. So many of them seem like they're at death's door that it's shocking to me, especially in light of how young they are. Every time one of the parents - and it's usually the mother - claims they keep supplying their super obese child with food because they LOVE them, I wish I could reach through the TV and smack them over the head. Giving someone everything they want IS NOT love. My mom and I agree that, if anyone in our family got to the point of being so heavy that they couldn't get out of bed, they wouldn't be eating until they COULD get out of bed. TOUGH love is still love!  |
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Post by Critical on Mar 1, 2019 3:52:01 GMT
Good LORD, I don't think I've ever seen someone on this show who eats more than Tiffany. That was appalling! She gobbles up $30+ worth of fast food, proclaims herself "starving" and wants to get a pizza? 
Every time she talked about how she was starving, I wanted someone to tell her. "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." NO honey, you are not starving. I'd guess she's not even actually hungry; she just wants to eat. She probably just eats so much that her body isn't even capable of proper hunger signals any more.
I find these types of episodes - where there are MONTHS before the person makes any progress - really frustrating. If they don't even get the WLS until month 7, how much progress do they actually film? Yeah, she lost over 200 lbs, but I couldn't even tell the difference  These are the ones I'd like to see updates on. Maybe after a few years, the progress will be more noticeable. |
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Post by Kao on Mar 1, 2019 4:16:36 GMT
I think people who eat like that are trying to fill a hole within themselves that never can be filled. I felt really bad for her because of her back story but at what point do you acknowledge that you have an issue with food? She had her BF drive her to a restaurant for takeout, then got another meal after that, and she was STILL hungry. I can understand why Dr. Now recommended a psychiatrist for her before he even did the surgery because imo she really needed it, both for her family and eating issues.
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Post by Critical on Mar 1, 2019 5:19:50 GMT
Yeah, at a certain point you have to realize that the "hunger" isn't actually about food. It seems like almost every one of them is SO resistant to therapy, but then they go and find out that, yeah, they've been holding onto a lot of stuff.
My jaw dropped when they got the order total at the drive thru window. What the HELL did she order for it to be over $30? She didn't seem to have one moment when she wasn't eating. I couldn't believe they asked the driver to stop off at a drive thru after he picked them up at the airport. No matter how hungry I was, that wouldn't even occur to me!
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Post by libgirl2 on Mar 1, 2019 19:32:26 GMT
Yeah, at a certain point you have to realize that the "hunger" isn't actually about food. It seems like almost every one of them is SO resistant to therapy, but then they go and find out that, yeah, they've been holding onto a lot of stuff. My jaw dropped when they got the order total at the drive thru window. What the HELL did she order for it to be over $30? She didn't seem to have one moment when she wasn't eating. I couldn't believe they asked the driver to stop off at a drive thru after he picked them up at the airport. No matter how hungry I was, that wouldn't even occur to me! They spent $30 at McDonald's after they went "grocery" shopping (which she had cookies in the parking lot), then they picked up what appeared to be three pizzas because she was "starving". I wonder how much money they spent on that junk? And her bf works 2 jobs! The woman went to culinary school and was employed until she got to big. She knows how to cook. And when Dr. Now mentioned healthier foods, she said they were low income. They must drop at least $50+ a day on fast food! |
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Post by libgirl2 on Mar 1, 2019 19:38:02 GMT
Good LORD, I don't think I've ever seen someone on this show who eats more than Tiffany. That was appalling! She gobbles up $30+ worth of fast food, proclaims herself "starving" and wants to get a pizza?
Every time she talked about how she was starving, I wanted someone to tell her. "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." NO honey, you are not starving. I'd guess she's not even actually hungry; she just wants to eat. She probably just eats so much that her body isn't even capable of proper hunger signals any more.
I find these types of episodes - where there are MONTHS before the person makes any progress - really frustrating. If they don't even get the WLS until month 7, how much progress do they actually film? Yeah, she lost over 200 lbs, but I couldn't even tell the difference These are the ones I'd like to see updates on. Maybe after a few years, the progress will be more noticeable. You must have missed Holly, I believe. I actually felt sick watching her stuff so much food down her throat. How could she not have exploded ala Mr. Kerosote from Monty Python? AS for starving, no you are not, would you like to see people who are actually starving? Grrr...... I agree on the slow progress. Maybe they just don't have enough people who do well like a Justin? I would also prefer the show to be one hour long and perhaps have more updates. |
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These are the ones I'd like to see updates on. Maybe after a few years, the progress will be more noticeable.