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Insight channel for yet another great video. There are a lot of reality TV
shows out there that document a whole slew of the most entertaining situations
imaginable. With the exponential growth in popularity these shows have, people
are often drawn to the drama or the unique scenarios that are explored.
Whether you want to follow the shenanigans of a rich family like
Keeping Up with the Kardashians or even seeing who will persevere through tough
challenges like in The Amazing Race, there's a lot that this genre has to offer.
One of the most popular producers of this type of television is the widely
known TLC which stands for the Learning Channel.
A big portion of their shows are often strictly entertaining and goofy but then
they make shows like My 600 Pound Life, which is very raw, heartbreaking, and also
motivating. Each episode follows over a year span the process of someone who's
morbidly overweight who takes measures in their own hands towards having a
healthier lifestyle and diet. This show features some of the most dramatic
transformations all thanks to Dr. Now's intervention. Some of these people have
gone on to become stars on social media which gives us the chance to keep up
with how they're doing aftert he show, which is where we will discuss today.
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Paula Jones
Working out as a necessary evil. You only get better by doing it. It's kinda like math homework
For a extremely troubling and emotional season 2 episode
Paula Jones, a 39 year old woman from Georgia struggled
with her weight being 542 pounds upon appearing at Doctor Now's office.
Her weight gain was heavily blamed on her past trauma when she was
molested by a family member which pushed her to food for comfort. Once she was out
of high school she was 220 pounds, which got worse with each kid that she had
gaining 50 pounds more every time. Sadly enough her husband who she had built a
family and was hoping to spend the rest of her life with passed gradually with
time as a result of his weight. His kidneys and heart were not working as
they should be, which eventually degraded him until he passed and the fear for her
own life pushed her to see Dr.Now. Following months of a change diet
including strictly drinking liquids, working out, and having a gastric bypass
surgery, Jones dropped down to 269 pounds, which it was an amazing feat that
allowed her to take off the excess skin. Today even though she hasn't posted
since March, we know that she still had a rather healthy weight compared to the
past but it's still unclear exactly which it is now. She at least can enjoy
spending time with her children
Amber Rachdi
In a season 3 episode that is rough
to watch, we meet a woman named Amber Rachdi who only seems to describe herself
as a hideous monster. Struggling with obesity since she was a toddler, weighing
160 pounds at the age of 5, which is four times the average weight, being
overweight is all she's ever known. Rachdi was unable to perform basic tasks
without the aid of her parents including personal hygiene and to some degree
walking in general. Food to her was the perfect mechanism to dealing with her
emotions since it was always there to consume and made her feel instantly better.
This sparked an eating habit in the young woman which quickly created a
cycle of weight gain and self-hatred. Her inability to do basic things because of
her weight made her feel trapped and even more depressed making her eat more.
Being around enablers, her boyfriend and father, this made her condition even
worse which pushed her mother to take her to Doctor Now. After a wake-up call
and tons of fundamental changes including the people around her and
sticking to a program, she was able to lose 400 pounds with the gastric bypass
surgery. Now she's a social media sensation showing off her stunning hard
work, with a new boyfriend and new life.
Charity Pierce
"You can live your whole
life believing that you can't change the things you just don't like. The day you
see that for a lie, anything is possible."
Nearing the end of the 3rd season we
meet Charity Pierce who is a 39 year old woman who lived in Iowa with her
daughter and fiance. Weighing in at 778 pounds on first
coming on, she was barred from doing everyday tasks
as a result of her weight relying on the help of others around her. Being very
misshapen and having open sores that never healed due to her excess weight,
she feels inhuman and ashamed of her physical form. Fed up with the constant
dependence on others Pierce decided to take her life back by going to visit Dr.Now
Upon arriving, after the famous gastric bypass, the surgeon assessed the
situation and she was admitted to the hospital for three months so they could
monitor her eating habits. Her situation was pretty bad. Going through so much bad
through the weight loss process, including overdosing on painkillers,
becoming addicted to alcohol as a result of her daughter moving out, kidney cancer
and her weight fluctuating, she is now persevering. Weighing 500 pounds less
she's in the high 200's, which is fantastic and is seemingly recovering
from everything
Nikki Webster
So this is an addiction for me.
And my addiction to it is killing me.
Kicking off the beginning of season 4 with a woman named Nikki Webster, we learned that she is
struggling as well with morbid obesity. Weighing over 640 pounds
upon getting onto the show, it was very clear that Webster was deeply addicted
to food which was often enabled by her parents. They installed a chairlift to
bring up trays of food so she wouldn't have to come down
stairs and give her what she wants whenever she asked. The immense pain that
was accompanied with the excess weight on her knees made doing anything
unbearable. Finally she decided to go visit Dr.Now where he expressed that
she would have to lose 50 pounds in order to get to the surgery that she
wanted. Not only did she lose 50 pounds following the diet that he gave her, she
lost over 112 pounds which is more than double the needed weight for surgery.
Very impressed, she was able to get the gastric bypass, which helps with losing
more weight to this day. Now at 200 pounds, she's currently in
a relationship and living a healthy life.
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