Fans have been tuning in to witness the real life transformations on My 600-lb Life for almost a
decade — with its most dedicated stars earning a brand new lease on life. But if you think
you saw the whole story on the show, you won't believe what these series stunners look like now!
Like nearly all of the back-stories on My 600-lb Life,
Season 6 star Alicia experienced a traumatic childhood that left
lasting scars. After turning to food for comfort, she eventually maxed out at 622 pounds.
"I feel like food is the one thing that doesn't judge you.
It never lets me down and never disappoints me."
Fortunately, with Dr. Now's help and a lot of hard work, Alicia dropped down to 436 pounds.
And from the looks of it, she's still making amazing progress. She wrote on Facebook in 2020,
"The last three years, while amazing, have been some of the most challenging of my life,
and with all the changes ahead of me I don't see it easing up. […] But this is
life. This is what I worked hard to be able to do, live a fulfilling exciting life!"
When Season 2's Christina decided she was ready for a change, she was 708 pounds,
and just 23 years old. At the time, she was eating a whopping 7,000 calories a day.
"I'm ready to change and be able to live normal again. I'm ready to change it all."
But fast-forward to today, and you can barely recognize the woman Christina
once was. Having clocked-in at as low as 172 pounds, Christina has found her happy place,
running 5Ks and spending time with her nephews. She told Starcasm in 2019,
"I am alive, I am better than I was and all I can do is focus on myself.
I'm thankful for where I am at and being able to share my story with others."
It appears Christina is also focusing on another little
someone in her life — her son Ethan, who she welcomed in February 2021.
James weighed in at 728 pounds the first time he stepped on Dr. Now's scale, in Season 2.
Having lost both his father and his sister to weight-related issues,
James knew that he didn't want to continue down the same path.
"I know if I really wanna make a living doing what I want, I have to lose the weight."
He got so serious about the program that he shed over half of his body weight
by the end of his episode. And it didn't stop there.
He told Starcasm in 2019 that he had officially hit 239 pounds. These days,
James is fairly active on his Facebook page, where he appears to be making the best of every moment.
When Sarah was first introduced to fans on Season 6, she was 642 pounds and just 24 years old.
Unable to properly care for herself, she left Ohio and relocated to Texas to seek help from Dr. Now.
"Food is everything for me. It's my purpose for living. And I think about it 'til I go to sleep."
While her first few months in the doctor's program were challenging,
Sarah eventually got on track, dropping under 400 pounds by the time the cameras wrapped. But even
after that, she continued on her journey until she weighed in at 197 pounds, according to Starcasm.
While it hasn't been smooth sailing for Sarah — who struggled with addiction and entered rehab in
2019, according to her Instagram — things are looking up. She got married in 2020,
and months later, she and her husband welcomed their first child together.
One particular success story from Season 8 featured Travis,
a musician and songwriter from Texas. After experiencing childhood neglect,
Travis found solace in food. But his life changed when he met his wife,
Yazmin . After first rendering her an enabler, Travis finally decided to turn things around.
"Once I start eating it's like this wave of happiness comes over me.
And I can never get enough of it."
Travis was 617 pounds at the start of his journey, but he quickly started making progress. And by the
end of his episode, he'd lost 240 pounds. These days, he occasionally posts on Instagram, and
vlogs about his life on YouTube. And by the looks of it, things are going very well for Travis.
"Right now my life is waking up and getting food and watching TV."
When twins Brandi and Kandi started their weight loss journey,
they both weighed-in at roughly 600 pounds. While they had tried to lose weight before,
it wasn't until Season 5 of the show that they turned their lives around. Brandi told People,
"[My sister and I have] been trying to go through this process for a long time,
and it just happened at the right time. I was terrified of going on camera,
but it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so we took it."
"If we wanna lose 50 pounds each, this month, we're gonna have to work really hard."
But things took a terrifying turn just days after Kandi's weight loss surgery when her heart
stopped, and she was put into a medical coma. Fortunately, she was able to make a full recovery.
"I wasn't gonna
leave you. You weren't gonna leave me? You scared the living s--- out of me."
By the end of the episode, both sisters had dropped more than 200 pounds.
And by the looks of Kandi's Facebook, the twins have lost even more. These days Kandi is a proud
aunt to Brandi's two kids, and the sisters look like they're living every day to the fullest.
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