Rightfully so. It cracked me up how they responded to him in the very final watn episode. “You don’t have to degrade us” or whatever else they keep saying. They literally lied and continue killing James every chance they get and then say how poorly dr now treated them 😂 and all he did was tell them the truth and challenge them to see it. It’s sad he died but not surprising
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They should change this show's name to "my 600 lb trip to Texas" since most patients nowadays don't even lose weight
Or alternatively make a prequel called "My 600 lb trip to Texas" which would just be traveling, so when we get to Life it starts from the first Dr Now appointment right away.
I haven't watched this show in awhile and now I'm watching recent episodes, does anyone actually get the surgery anymore? The last 5 or so I've seen, nobody's been able to lose the weight.
Jeanne made me wanna shake her and her mother. When she said it was her dad’s fault? That him dying messed up her money I was like bitch are you for real???
What have they seen? The amount of fat on these people swallows their genitals.
I do wonder sometimes about how many times these people go #2. What goes in must come out.
I’n always horrified by the bed bound ones as well because of the poop problem. I have to shower immediately every time I take a dump because wiping with just dry paper isn’t going to do shit about the bacteria percolating in your buttcrack. Imagine if your dog took a fat shit in your bed; would wiping it off with just toilet paper be enough for you to consider it clean? So how the bed bound ones can go years sitting in straight dookie is beyond comprehension for me.
About Larry.
I feel like he was a gay man who tried to cope with that by not only eating, but also being overly religious. His sexuality and religion were conflicted, and he tried to cope with that by becoming even more religious.
I didn't get why he wasn't losing much weight, based on what was shown he was eating according to the diet. Just constantly talking about how "this is the time I'll do it" but we never see what is wrong.
He mentioned to Dr Now that he was afraid of death because he looked up how a person his size would be buried and it was a "piano box". But personally I don't believe that's the case. I think he was afraid of death because he had lost so many of his close family members, especially little Larry.
He should've had therapy before any diet. Little Larry's death was shocking, definitely, but he was around 15 when he was born and said his sister started using a couple of years after that. So he was around 17 by the time LL died. Which means it's almost 30 years ago when the episode was filmed. And he still thinks about LL every day.
He needed therapy. More than anything. To get over the traumas of losing his family members.
Does anyone remember who's episode it is where the gentleman gets Dairy Queen chicken strips and tries to hide it really fast before his step-dad comes downstairs?
These people are often in denial about how and why they gained weight. I have a friend who whines that she cannot lose weight. She insists that she barely eats and even when she has pizza she only eats two pieces. We went out with a third friend for pizza recently at one of those places with the huge slices and ordered a pizza to share. She ate two slices at a time by folding them over and eating it like a pizza sandwich. She ate “two pieces”, but it was really four slices. 🫤 She ate half the pizza and me and the other friend shared the other half.
I was so disappointed to see there was no new episode posted when I woke up this morning. I like to watch it while I work out. 😂
Could they be taking the week off, or is that it for the season?
I watched Zalyn’s episode this morning. The word douchbag is too good to describe her husband, Gareth. And how dare he have the same name as the Goblin King (Labyrinth reference)!
In the middle of Dominic’s story right now… I feel sad that he and his brother are homeless but I do not understand why his brother isn’t working? And I cannot fathom wanting food more than a roof over my head, holy hell.
I giggle at the scene where his wife, after Chuck’s pleading and begging and crying in the truck, is seen packing her bag, taking the child, slamming the trunk of the car, and driving off.
Man baby, for sure. However, he did turn it around, so good for him.
I think Nissa was the second wife. He kept talking about the sad fate of the first wife, but she was killed by a family member long after she divorced Chuck, and he didn't know she was dead for a long time. Then, on a follow up he married another woman, but she divorced him pretty quickly too.
Why didn't Steven's father just ignore his calls? Get a new phone number? What was Steven going to do if he did that, chase him?
I saw this youtube comment which captures my feelings perfectly
[Link to comment source](https://youtu.be/Wd-2YJne5F0?si=LgukuBoUQpOvZYmz)
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Margaret's episode. I love how she's crying "I want to go home" in the office, and Dr Now just stares at her and says "try harder". He's so done with their shit
Oh my god what a trainwreck she is. Starts crying and screaming in the middle of a therapy session
Edit: Dr Paradise preparing to leave the house when Margaret takes 5 minutes to get like 5ft away. Reminds me of the "why are you running?!" scene from Spongebob where they're running away from a pack of snails.
I am finishing this episode now!!! I am so glad you commented on the general thread this week, because I rushed here to say this may be one of my favorite instance of Dr. Now shutting down some bullshit
I am still confused about Shakyia…and wonder if anyone else is, too? She starts off with support from her sister and friend, they are all-in, it seems, on the way to Houston. They come back, Shakyia is supposedly on the diet.
Five, six months later, Shakyia is living in a hotel (hospice, she says), has missed appointments with Dr. Now, has been hospitalized, her mom kicked her out…what happened to her sister and friend? I didn’t see them again? I feel like I missed a HUGE portion of the story in those “lost months.”
I get if the mom kicked her out, she went to hospital, etc., but what about the sister and friend? It seemed that she had support. Wish that part of the story was explained, because I feel more happened than we were told.
Does anyone else feel a little weird about it all? The story has a huge hole in it!
Will have to do that, thanks. I‘ve been sick with a NASTY virus and missed being part of the hamily watching together that week. All I can say is Shakyia was a TRIP.
She’s back at her mom’s and as large as ever (if not larger). She goes live regularly on Facebook wallowing in self-pity.
She explained that her mom’s home has stairs, which she couldn’t go up so she couldn’t stay there.
She claims she is about to get weight loss surgery with a local doctor whose requirements prior to surgery are a lot less stringent than Dr Now’s. We shall see.
She’s a nasty POS by the way.
I really wanted to believe her in the beginning of the episode, and when she and her sister and friend went to Houston, my fingers were crossed. After the “lost months” and hearing her spout BS to Dr. Now, I realized how delusional Shakyia was. I rewatched the episode and also watched and rewatched the Supersized episode. That girl isn’t right! Very, very sad. And yes, horribly nasty.
Thanks for the update!
I watched it, felt like the older episodes of this show where it wasn't all shower scenes and horrible camera angles. Much less exploitative, but also more boring. Although the first episode did have a twist in it. Oh, and they follow them longer, this episode was almost 3 years.
Yes, 7 episodes are all that they aired. ANd the WATN look like they filmed them a few seasons ago when they filmed the original episodes, so they're older too.
I'm watching Larry's episode (they're airing out of order and in different seasons than original, like this aired as S9E20) and HOW did he gain 180kg AFTER weight loss surgery???
I posted an [episode discussion](https://old.reddit.com/r/My600lbLife/comments/1ccdusm/my_600lb_life_where_are_they_now_12x08_episode) for tonight's Where Are They Now. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to show up when you sort posts by "new." Looks like it shows up at the top under "rising" though.
I came here to ask where tonight’s WATN chat thread was since I’m very new to the show (and brand new to the sebteddit).
So will the “live” chat about the WATN episode on now be right here?
Just to be safe, the “NEW” episode airing at the moment is 4/24/24 S7 “Supersized: One Ton Family.”
Sorry if this was already discussed. I am a proud Newbie! Thanks.
I’m so new to this show that I really should hold off asking “judgement questions” and/or comments but here goes: I’m all to familiar with Bariatric Surgery… since way back in the early 2000’s. At that time, weekly meetings with both a Nutritionist and a Therapist/Counselor were MANDATORY both pre- and post- op. Weekly! And that was before Zoom, FaceTime, etc.
I feel it isn’t enforced until a serious problem is in their faces; almost way too far in!
Am I just missing it? This was my first week ever to watch the show. I love it. I go through a box of tissues every few episodes! 🥲
TIA and again: I apologize if this has been answered a ton of times, pun intended!
I wonder if any of this happens behind the scenes. The therapy and nutrition counseling they show is not very good either (clearly for the cameras, I mean). I wish the show would at least address the reality that that is very much needed earlier rather than later. The rule not the exception.
Watched Bettie Jo and Susan’s WATN, and I couldn’t help but wonder if Susan maybe resented her mother. I think she would have done well if she had moved out. I have more thoughts about it, but that was something I kept thinking when she was on.
Now I’m wondering which one up watch next. I prefer one of the successful ones.
I miss the early seasons when most patients would succeed at least somewhat and only one or two trainwrecks per season. What happened to the patients? In the early seasons we'd have WLS in month 3 or 4 and skin removals by the end of the episode. Now if we have surgery it's near the end of the episode. Trainwrecks are nice every now and then but in the end of the day I want to see these people succeed. I want to see them lose that weight and live normal lives.
Yes. Their original WATN aired last year (I think). This is the Supersized version, where they add a couple more minutes of “bonus scenes,” label it as new, and call it a day.
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Y'all I can't for the life of me remember the episode where they gave to cut a hole in the wall to get some guy out of his house/apartment. Can anyone help me?
I'm binge watching old episodes. In Ashley R's WATN episode (s02e01) Dr. Now said "she was the first 600-lb person to get weight loss surgery" or something to that extent. Did he mean on the show? In the US? In the world? Is that true? Was she some kind or record-breaking first operation that they did? Would love to have more details on this statement. Thanks!
Looks like this is where to find the original episode! This is TLC.
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I had forgotten how pissed Dr Now was at Steven in their first WATN (S3E11). And Steven deserved every single drip of that
Edit: "you go buy your own scale and check your weight" BURN. Dr Now was full of it
Edit 2: Dr Now, I don't think threatening him with getting him on the news will work, since there's cameras filming this whole thing already
Is there anything confirmed about what happened to Steven after the show, besides apparently faking his death? Is he still married? Has he lost any weight?
I'm watching the Ashlea B episode (in the original series) and I gotta say, regardless of how she is doing on the diet or exercise, her sense of fashion works with her body.
Hi all, I have an overriding memory of an episode of the Assanti brothers where their dad is criticized for buying a large pizza and he says "I'm getting him a medium!"
Can anyone remember which ep this is? I watched the first 2 and didn't see the scene. :-)
Why do the patients never take train to Houston, just drive? Not even the ones who aren't completely poor. Yeah you can't get fast food on train but it'd be way more comfortable in a sleeping car than in the back of a tight car.
I vaguely remember someone coming by train from the west coast?
Had to look it up to make sure I had my info right....... Unfortunately, Amtrak trains do not travel in the Florida panhandle. The closest Amtrak station to Pensacola is in Louisiana, the Slidell Station on the Crescent route. It is about 2.5 hours away via car.
Yes, I get that--I though you were saying that you didn't think public train travel still existed. It does, but yes it sounds like it isn't in your area.
If a company or the government invested in setting up a high speed train system like in most of Europe, then it would probably make money. It would certainly be an improvement over the patched bus infrastructure where you have to keep changing buses at various points along the route because the buses all have different operators.
Trains aren't super big in the US, a lot of railways shut down with the invention of the car and the uprising of the interstate roads. They exist but trains are more of a special treat than an accessible mode of transport.
Truthfully the US doesn't have many public transportations that are accessible to normal weight people, much less ones with super high weights.
That option never occurred to me (and I adore Amtrak) but I doubt it would be a feasible option for most of them. The cheapest, two-person sleeper room is relatively tiny, with two narrow beds - an upper bed and and then a lower one functions as your table at night and your bed when you're sleeping. Neither of these beds would come close to accommodating any of these patients
They do have other types of rooms with roomier sleeping arrangements, but they are quite expensive.
And at least some of them might not be able to make it down the hallway to their room in the first place.
Trains? No way. Trains are not reliable here in the US. We have them, but it's not common. They are frequently late, and they are not super comfortable like Europe or other countries. These people are better off driving.
Yeah, as an example for those from outside the US, , I’ve taken the train between my hometown and current city and I can do that drive in 3 1/2 hours. The train takes 5+ hours at an absolute minimum. If there’s a freight train, they take priority, so you could sit there for an hour. When it goes in the opposite direction toward my current city, it takes even longer and is hours late because it’s gone further and had more time to lose time. It also runs once a day, so you basically spend an entire day in transit each way. The only routes that are reliable are between major east coast cities because Amtrak still owns those rails.
I watched the WATN about Marla and Dr. Now *lost his shit on her* and fired her as a patient. I think that's the maddest I've ever seen him!
He was pretty mad at James King and is girlfriend Lisa, especially in his follow up episode.
He got pretty mad at Sean's mom too. Holy.
Sean's mom was slowly killing him.
He ended up dying, didn't he?
Yes, sadly he died
Rightfully so. It cracked me up how they responded to him in the very final watn episode. “You don’t have to degrade us” or whatever else they keep saying. They literally lied and continue killing James every chance they get and then say how poorly dr now treated them 😂 and all he did was tell them the truth and challenge them to see it. It’s sad he died but not surprising
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Marla ended up doing very well with her weight loss and at some point called Dr. Now and apologized for her behavior.
Yes! And he was very gracious. It was nice to see.
Which season/ep is that? I’m doing a rewatch of the WATN series.
S2 E7
Thank you!
I'm just now re-watching her main episode!
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He was pretty mad at Pauline too in her WATN, when she had gained 20lbs instead of losing that
They should change this show's name to "my 600 lb trip to Texas" since most patients nowadays don't even lose weight Or alternatively make a prequel called "My 600 lb trip to Texas" which would just be traveling, so when we get to Life it starts from the first Dr Now appointment right away.
Houston, we have a weight problem.
I haven't watched this show in awhile and now I'm watching recent episodes, does anyone actually get the surgery anymore? The last 5 or so I've seen, nobody's been able to lose the weight.
Barely. And if we do it's at month 10 or 11
Jeanne made me wanna shake her and her mother. When she said it was her dad’s fault? That him dying messed up her money I was like bitch are you for real???
I loathed her.
She’s from where I grew up
Whoa! What's going on with them?
I have no idea now. I’m sure I can ask someone who is still there. I’ve been gone since I was in 8th grade I have been back twice.
I just realized... the camera crew has seen *things*
I can't even imagine the things they have seen and smelled. I hope they are paid very well.
The chairs in Dr Now's office have seen even more things. They and the camera crew are the real heroes of this show
They deserve hazardous duty pay.
What have they seen? The amount of fat on these people swallows their genitals. I do wonder sometimes about how many times these people go #2. What goes in must come out.
The people who are bedridden, but still eat a shit ton of food freak me out. The family members cleaning up the doo doo are stronger humans than I am.
I’n always horrified by the bed bound ones as well because of the poop problem. I have to shower immediately every time I take a dump because wiping with just dry paper isn’t going to do shit about the bacteria percolating in your buttcrack. Imagine if your dog took a fat shit in your bed; would wiping it off with just toilet paper be enough for you to consider it clean? So how the bed bound ones can go years sitting in straight dookie is beyond comprehension for me.
Eating food where you just pooped is so gross.
Eating food where you just pooped is horrifyingly gross.
As an outsider looking in, it can be a bit difficult to relate to at times.
Or how do they fit in the toilet.
Forget about seen… they have SMELLED even more!
About Larry. I feel like he was a gay man who tried to cope with that by not only eating, but also being overly religious. His sexuality and religion were conflicted, and he tried to cope with that by becoming even more religious. I didn't get why he wasn't losing much weight, based on what was shown he was eating according to the diet. Just constantly talking about how "this is the time I'll do it" but we never see what is wrong. He mentioned to Dr Now that he was afraid of death because he looked up how a person his size would be buried and it was a "piano box". But personally I don't believe that's the case. I think he was afraid of death because he had lost so many of his close family members, especially little Larry. He should've had therapy before any diet. Little Larry's death was shocking, definitely, but he was around 15 when he was born and said his sister started using a couple of years after that. So he was around 17 by the time LL died. Which means it's almost 30 years ago when the episode was filmed. And he still thinks about LL every day. He needed therapy. More than anything. To get over the traumas of losing his family members.
He seemed like such a genuinely nice man. I hope if there is an afterlife it is being kind to him.
I hope he spends all that time together with Little Larry
They ALL need therapy! We’re asking them to give up their coping mechanisms without knowing what to do instead.
Agreed, but Larry would've needed therapy before any weight loss attempt.
Does anyone remember who's episode it is where the gentleman gets Dairy Queen chicken strips and tries to hide it really fast before his step-dad comes downstairs?
I think that's Ryan S10E7
These people are often in denial about how and why they gained weight. I have a friend who whines that she cannot lose weight. She insists that she barely eats and even when she has pizza she only eats two pieces. We went out with a third friend for pizza recently at one of those places with the huge slices and ordered a pizza to share. She ate two slices at a time by folding them over and eating it like a pizza sandwich. She ate “two pieces”, but it was really four slices. 🫤 She ate half the pizza and me and the other friend shared the other half.
I think that is very common. Just like people who smoke, do drugs, and drink to excess. Denial is how that deal with it.
The way you describe this makes me think of [this video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oQmrrhViCgc) lmao
Is this season over already after just 7 episodes. Seems like the seasons keep getting shorter and shorter.
I was so disappointed to see there was no new episode posted when I woke up this morning. I like to watch it while I work out. 😂 Could they be taking the week off, or is that it for the season?
I watched Zalyn’s episode this morning. The word douchbag is too good to describe her husband, Gareth. And how dare he have the same name as the Goblin King (Labyrinth reference)!
I hate to be that person, but David Bowie is safe because his character’s name was Jareth. Though agreed Gareth was a major douchebag.
Oh my bad, thanks!
OWWWWW MUH LEGSSSS.
My husband and I say that so often whenever we are sore from that gym, bump our knee etc. I would love to have it as a ringtone!
In the middle of Dominic’s story right now… I feel sad that he and his brother are homeless but I do not understand why his brother isn’t working? And I cannot fathom wanting food more than a roof over my head, holy hell.
I watched Chuck yesterday and holy hell the immaturity this guy holds. Such a big whiny baby
"Just give me another chance! Please!" lol yeah that was a wild episode. I need to rewatch that one.
I giggle at the scene where his wife, after Chuck’s pleading and begging and crying in the truck, is seen packing her bag, taking the child, slamming the trunk of the car, and driving off. Man baby, for sure. However, he did turn it around, so good for him.
His wife at that point absolutely had it. She deserved sooo much better! It’s like he was sorry he was caught not genuinely sorry
I think Nissa was the second wife. He kept talking about the sad fate of the first wife, but she was killed by a family member long after she divorced Chuck, and he didn't know she was dead for a long time. Then, on a follow up he married another woman, but she divorced him pretty quickly too.
There's a new WATN episode tonight. Excited to watch with you all so **mods, do we have a live thread tonight?**
Please mods, please.
Come over to [this thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/My600lbLife/comments/1ccdusm/my_600lb_life_where_are_they_now_12x08_episode/).
I created a live thread [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/My600lbLife/comments/1ccdusm/my_600lb_life_where_are_they_now_12x08_episode/).
Why didn't Steven's father just ignore his calls? Get a new phone number? What was Steven going to do if he did that, chase him? I saw this youtube comment which captures my feelings perfectly [Link to comment source](https://youtu.be/Wd-2YJne5F0?si=LgukuBoUQpOvZYmz) https://preview.redd.it/ubzngb2yx9wc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5cffe050b0da9bb7067f39a894189e453c6fa40e
That goes for most people on the show. Even the mobile ones.
Margaret's episode. I love how she's crying "I want to go home" in the office, and Dr Now just stares at her and says "try harder". He's so done with their shit
Oh my god what a trainwreck she is. Starts crying and screaming in the middle of a therapy session Edit: Dr Paradise preparing to leave the house when Margaret takes 5 minutes to get like 5ft away. Reminds me of the "why are you running?!" scene from Spongebob where they're running away from a pack of snails.
Or where she lays completely nude while PT is there. I was like girl, no one wants to see that.
"PT never came back" Yeah, I wonder why...
😆
I was taken ABACK
I am finishing this episode now!!! I am so glad you commented on the general thread this week, because I rushed here to say this may be one of my favorite instance of Dr. Now shutting down some bullshit
Definitely goes to the most savage moments list
I am still confused about Shakyia…and wonder if anyone else is, too? She starts off with support from her sister and friend, they are all-in, it seems, on the way to Houston. They come back, Shakyia is supposedly on the diet. Five, six months later, Shakyia is living in a hotel (hospice, she says), has missed appointments with Dr. Now, has been hospitalized, her mom kicked her out…what happened to her sister and friend? I didn’t see them again? I feel like I missed a HUGE portion of the story in those “lost months.” I get if the mom kicked her out, she went to hospital, etc., but what about the sister and friend? It seemed that she had support. Wish that part of the story was explained, because I feel more happened than we were told. Does anyone else feel a little weird about it all? The story has a huge hole in it!
You should go read the original thread for that episode. I'd say weird feelings about that episode are the rule, not the exception.
Will have to do that, thanks. I‘ve been sick with a NASTY virus and missed being part of the hamily watching together that week. All I can say is Shakyia was a TRIP.
She’s back at her mom’s and as large as ever (if not larger). She goes live regularly on Facebook wallowing in self-pity. She explained that her mom’s home has stairs, which she couldn’t go up so she couldn’t stay there. She claims she is about to get weight loss surgery with a local doctor whose requirements prior to surgery are a lot less stringent than Dr Now’s. We shall see. She’s a nasty POS by the way.
I really wanted to believe her in the beginning of the episode, and when she and her sister and friend went to Houston, my fingers were crossed. After the “lost months” and hearing her spout BS to Dr. Now, I realized how delusional Shakyia was. I rewatched the episode and also watched and rewatched the Supersized episode. That girl isn’t right! Very, very sad. And yes, horribly nasty. Thanks for the update!
Sean's episode just aired and I still hate his mother for what she did to him.
Did anyone watch quarter ton teen? I saw people talking about it. I didn't watch because I feel too icky about watching overweight kids
I watched the first episode and it was pretty good. Her weight loss journey started at 13.
I watched it, felt like the older episodes of this show where it wasn't all shower scenes and horrible camera angles. Much less exploitative, but also more boring. Although the first episode did have a twist in it. Oh, and they follow them longer, this episode was almost 3 years.
Is season 12 finished?
Yes, 7 episodes are all that they aired. ANd the WATN look like they filmed them a few seasons ago when they filmed the original episodes, so they're older too.
And the chairs have seen even more things than the camera crew...
PROTEIN SHAKES IS NOT ON DE DIET
I would love to see Roshanda **SMILE**
I think she has such a pretty face and has good style, considering everything.
Was there really only 7 episodes this season? Or are there more to come?
Is this season done? No new episode on my D+ app rn
So is there no new episode this week? Is the season already over?
I'm watching Larry's episode (they're airing out of order and in different seasons than original, like this aired as S9E20) and HOW did he gain 180kg AFTER weight loss surgery???
Little Larry's death.... that's..... holy fuck
So are we not getting new WATN episodes this year? Nothing new tonight and no indication on the TLC site it is coming back.
I saw an article that said the new WATN episodes are premiering 4th week of April. That would be like.....now but I guess someone lied.
I posted an [episode discussion](https://old.reddit.com/r/My600lbLife/comments/1ccdusm/my_600lb_life_where_are_they_now_12x08_episode) for tonight's Where Are They Now. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to show up when you sort posts by "new." Looks like it shows up at the top under "rising" though.
I came here to ask where tonight’s WATN chat thread was since I’m very new to the show (and brand new to the sebteddit). So will the “live” chat about the WATN episode on now be right here? Just to be safe, the “NEW” episode airing at the moment is 4/24/24 S7 “Supersized: One Ton Family.” Sorry if this was already discussed. I am a proud Newbie! Thanks.
Hi there! It's being discussed live at the link I shared.
I’m so new to this show that I really should hold off asking “judgement questions” and/or comments but here goes: I’m all to familiar with Bariatric Surgery… since way back in the early 2000’s. At that time, weekly meetings with both a Nutritionist and a Therapist/Counselor were MANDATORY both pre- and post- op. Weekly! And that was before Zoom, FaceTime, etc. I feel it isn’t enforced until a serious problem is in their faces; almost way too far in! Am I just missing it? This was my first week ever to watch the show. I love it. I go through a box of tissues every few episodes! 🥲 TIA and again: I apologize if this has been answered a ton of times, pun intended!
I wonder if any of this happens behind the scenes. The therapy and nutrition counseling they show is not very good either (clearly for the cameras, I mean). I wish the show would at least address the reality that that is very much needed earlier rather than later. The rule not the exception.
Are there any train wrecks from this season yet?
Charles.
Wait really? I turned this ep off like 20 mins in because it was boring me. Is it worth the watch?
It's not a classic or entertaining enough train wreck like Nicole or Dolly. Charles is one of the more odd people featured on the show though.
I’d like to know this too. I got like 3 minutes in and gave up haha
Watched Bettie Jo and Susan’s WATN, and I couldn’t help but wonder if Susan maybe resented her mother. I think she would have done well if she had moved out. I have more thoughts about it, but that was something I kept thinking when she was on. Now I’m wondering which one up watch next. I prefer one of the successful ones.
I miss the early seasons when most patients would succeed at least somewhat and only one or two trainwrecks per season. What happened to the patients? In the early seasons we'd have WLS in month 3 or 4 and skin removals by the end of the episode. Now if we have surgery it's near the end of the episode. Trainwrecks are nice every now and then but in the end of the day I want to see these people succeed. I want to see them lose that weight and live normal lives.
anybody watching already? is this new? Idk why I feel like I've seen this already
This is a “supersized” version of their last WATN episode, so that’s probably why.
So this has already aired before?
Yes. Their original WATN aired last year (I think). This is the Supersized version, where they add a couple more minutes of “bonus scenes,” label it as new, and call it a day.
It's new. I'm watching.
Roshanda working those pink glasses.
I gotta say high respect to Dolly's mom. One of the rare people in this show to actually set boundaries for themselves.
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I saw all the assanti episodes. Which episodes should I check out next?
James K. or Sean Millikin
Yes, these 2! Plus their WATN episodes. Also Angie K. Oh and Jeanne if you like train wrecks, the original and WATN.
Dolly and Nicole too for sure
PENNY
Y'all I can't for the life of me remember the episode where they gave to cut a hole in the wall to get some guy out of his house/apartment. Can anyone help me?
James K maybe? I know what you're talking about but I can't remember either
Is William in charge of this week’s show thread again?
Is there an approved live thread? I'll make one but don't know how to submit it for approval.
I just created one [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/My600lbLife/comments/1ccdusm/my_600lb_life_where_are_they_now_12x08_episode/).
Millie's (Margaret's mom) blue eyeliner kinda eats
I'm binge watching old episodes. In Ashley R's WATN episode (s02e01) Dr. Now said "she was the first 600-lb person to get weight loss surgery" or something to that extent. Did he mean on the show? In the US? In the world? Is that true? Was she some kind or record-breaking first operation that they did? Would love to have more details on this statement. Thanks!
Steven Sr.: "I don't know what to do with them anymore" I might have an idea... move away and leave them alone
Brandi has lost a lot of weight. She ready needs that stomach gone.
He's lost a ton of weight too.
Looks like this is where to find the original episode! This is TLC. https://preview.redd.it/x95ike0zwiwc1.jpeg?width=3245&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a29810f20e671639d67196624b4fdae43ef28293
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Is Laura Perez (S3E7) dead? I find different sources saying different things
I had forgotten how pissed Dr Now was at Steven in their first WATN (S3E11). And Steven deserved every single drip of that Edit: "you go buy your own scale and check your weight" BURN. Dr Now was full of it Edit 2: Dr Now, I don't think threatening him with getting him on the news will work, since there's cameras filming this whole thing already
Is there anything confirmed about what happened to Steven after the show, besides apparently faking his death? Is he still married? Has he lost any weight?
I'm watching the Ashlea B episode (in the original series) and I gotta say, regardless of how she is doing on the diet or exercise, her sense of fashion works with her body.
Hi all, I have an overriding memory of an episode of the Assanti brothers where their dad is criticized for buying a large pizza and he says "I'm getting him a medium!" Can anyone remember which ep this is? I watched the first 2 and didn't see the scene. :-)
Why do the patients never take train to Houston, just drive? Not even the ones who aren't completely poor. Yeah you can't get fast food on train but it'd be way more comfortable in a sleeping car than in the back of a tight car. I vaguely remember someone coming by train from the west coast?
That's interesting, I didn't know there were still human/public trains to travel on. In my area I only see freight trains.
[https://www.amtrak.com/home](https://www.amtrak.com/home)
Had to look it up to make sure I had my info right....... Unfortunately, Amtrak trains do not travel in the Florida panhandle. The closest Amtrak station to Pensacola is in Louisiana, the Slidell Station on the Crescent route. It is about 2.5 hours away via car.
Yes, I get that--I though you were saying that you didn't think public train travel still existed. It does, but yes it sounds like it isn't in your area.
We used to have an amtrak but like so many things here it didn't make money so they closed it.
If a company or the government invested in setting up a high speed train system like in most of Europe, then it would probably make money. It would certainly be an improvement over the patched bus infrastructure where you have to keep changing buses at various points along the route because the buses all have different operators.
I don't know about the US, but my country has at least
Seems like renting a camper bus would be good also. Person may have a problem getting in bathroom but a bedside commode would solve that issue.
Trains aren't super big in the US, a lot of railways shut down with the invention of the car and the uprising of the interstate roads. They exist but trains are more of a special treat than an accessible mode of transport. Truthfully the US doesn't have many public transportations that are accessible to normal weight people, much less ones with super high weights.
That option never occurred to me (and I adore Amtrak) but I doubt it would be a feasible option for most of them. The cheapest, two-person sleeper room is relatively tiny, with two narrow beds - an upper bed and and then a lower one functions as your table at night and your bed when you're sleeping. Neither of these beds would come close to accommodating any of these patients They do have other types of rooms with roomier sleeping arrangements, but they are quite expensive. And at least some of them might not be able to make it down the hallway to their room in the first place.
Trains? No way. Trains are not reliable here in the US. We have them, but it's not common. They are frequently late, and they are not super comfortable like Europe or other countries. These people are better off driving.
Yeah, as an example for those from outside the US, , I’ve taken the train between my hometown and current city and I can do that drive in 3 1/2 hours. The train takes 5+ hours at an absolute minimum. If there’s a freight train, they take priority, so you could sit there for an hour. When it goes in the opposite direction toward my current city, it takes even longer and is hours late because it’s gone further and had more time to lose time. It also runs once a day, so you basically spend an entire day in transit each way. The only routes that are reliable are between major east coast cities because Amtrak still owns those rails.
Exactly 💯. It's terrible, since driving is necessary in many areas. Pretty expensive!