My 600-lb Life

2020
4.5
807 reviews
TV-14
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Season 8 episodes (16)

1 John & Lonnie's Story
1/1/20
John & Lonnie are two brothers from opposite ends of the spectrum. For years estranged, the brothers are now brought together by a common need to lose weight while they still can.
2 Lindsey's Story
1/8/20
Lindsey Witte had it all: a white picket fence, a loving husband, a great job. But now her food addiction is threatening to ruin everything. And as she embarks on a weight loss journey to save her life, is her husband a support or an addict himself?
3 Bethany's Story
1/15/20
Bethany has two daughters who live in fear of losing their mom to her food addiction. Once an addiction counselor, Bethany has gotten so big that she can no longer work. Now she risks losing her life, if Dr. Now can't help her curb her own addiction.
4 J.T.'s Story
1/22/20
J.T. is almost 900lbs with a 100-lb lymphedema mass on his leg and a food addiction that is bound to kill him if he doesn't change. His girlfriend takes him to Houston, but when his behavior drives her away, J.T. is left with only Dr. Now to help.
5 Gina's Story
1/29/20
Gina and wife Beth live with Gina's mom but don't have her support. She and Gina's sister blame Beth for Gina's spiraling weight problem. Now it will take all Gina's will to leave home for Houston to get Dr. Now's help, to save her life and her marriage.
6 Travis' Story
2/5/20
When Travis got too big to walk down the aisle, he promised to give his wife a proper wedding one day. Since then he's only gained weight. Now, Dr. Now is Travis's only hope to lose weight and get the life he and his wife dreamed of having together.
7 Joyce's Story
2/12/20
Joyce needs home health care 24/7 and hasn't left the house in 3 years. But getting to Dr. Now in Houston is just the first step, and when he prescribes therapy where Joyce must revisit an unhappy past with her mom, it might be more than she can handle.
8 Carlton & Shantel's Story
2/19/20
Shantel's brother Carlton lives downstairs but she hardly ever sees him because at 600+ lbs each, neither can do the stairs safely. Now to break free from a death spiral of codependent eating they need Dr. Now's help to reforge their sibling relationship.
9 Seana's Story
2/26/20
Seana is 23 and nearly 700 lbs, living at her mom's house, depressed and anxious, her weight-gain threatening to take her last breath. Dr. Now can give her the tools she needs to live, but until she chooses life, no one can save Seana but Seana.
10 Ashley B's Story
3/4/20
At 600lbs, Ashley had to move home so her mom could help her care for not just herself but her newborn daughter too. Now Ashley must overcome a lifetime's worth of unfortunate circumstances and get Dr. Now's help in Houston to find a way to go on living.
11 Tommy's Story
3/11/20
Tommy wants to lose weight so he can marry his fiancee and have the life he always dreamed of with her, but to break the cycle of pathological eating that left him nearly bed-bound, he'll have to face a piece of his past he has always kept secret.
12 Coliesa's Story
3/18/20
The 4 best reasons for Coliesa to live are her daughters. But after a heart attack and losing the love of her life in a car crash, Coliesa eats non-stop to escape from reality, and unless she can stop that, the next heart attack will be fatal.
13 Dominic's Story
3/25/20
Dominic's life is falling apart due to his food addiction. At over 600-lbs, living in a van with his brother, Dominic decides to leave California for Texas, where only Dr. Now can help him learn to face life's challenges without using food to cope.
14 Megan's Story
4/1/20
At 24 years old and over 600 lbs, Megan lives at home with her mom, who cooks for her since Megan can't do much on her own. Now, Megan must travel to Houston to meet Dr. Now and change her eating habit or her life may end before it ever begins.
15 Ashley T's Story
4/8/20
Ashley is 24 and lives alone. Her only sources of comfort are food and the relationships she has online, but not a single one of her profiles is real. Soon, Ashley learns that Dr. Now isn't someone she can lie to like her online friends.
16 Leneatha's Story
4/15/20
For 23 years, Leneatha has worked as a pharmacy tech at a local hospital. Now, she has a young daughter to support, but she's so big that it's hard to move. If Dr. Now can't help her stop eating, losing her job could be the least of her worries.

About this show

Follow the personal stories of individuals weighing more than 600 lbs. who embark on a year-long journey to lose weight. The stories include high-risk surgery, addiction, dependency, fear, pain, helplessness, victory, and pride - and each is as much about heart as it is about weight loss.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
807 reviews
Sharon Byrd
January 4, 2021
Watching this show a long time. People dont listen. They have been eating themselves to death for years due to emotional problems. But when you get a dr who can actually help you, some of the people dont want to give up their food. I'll tell you one thing, Ive been fat for a long time. This show hot mre off the couch, and started me moving. To this day, I have gained and lost weight twice. Gained it all back from a car accident. He probably is arrogant...hes trying to save their lives.
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Rouzbeh Teimouri
July 14, 2020
He doesn't know how to talk to/inspire his patients AT ALL... and he's pretty arrogant. No need to be so arrogant and talk to your patients like they're retarded... We all make mistakes and he sure isn't perfect as you can see just by looking at the way he acts and talks. Obviously over eating is bad, but he just doesn't know how to inspire his patients and surgery does nothing without properly inspiring your patients.
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mendoza “smile” christina
March 15, 2016
As soon as i saw this video i felt sorry 4him, but the next day i get sumthing sent me sum thing saying dat he was more happier being heavier then losing all da weight cuz he can eat wat he wanted more then he could after da surgery.
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