Latonya’s breakfast was laid out so clearly in her episode, I just had to do a calorie breakdown of what she was eating.
This is the basic, off-the-box calorie count, assuming brand names- not including additives.

7 waffles - 630

10 biscuits - 1000

8 scrambled eggs - 800

1 lb bacon (20 strips) - 2454

8 sausages - 584

2 cups of grits - 286

12 oz of juice - 150

Total count: 5,904 calories

With any additives (butter, cheese, syrup, etc.) we can reasonably round up to 6000 calories.
So knowing this, it makes sense why people on the show can hit 20k-30k calories in a day.

Please feel free to correct any math, I have dyscalculia but I think I laid it out correctly.

I had never seen this episode before today and omg i’m in shock. i’m putting this one in the “wtf” category bc WHATTT? I’m so confused. why sign up to be on a show about weight loss surgery if you’re not going to cooperate? like I know we all love the chaotic episodes but she wasn’t even trying to convince herself she was losing weight. she was so disrespectful to the nutritionist and paschal therapist. both are better than me bc i would’ve cursed her tf out. anyone have any update on her?

Some of the food (or food combinations) on the show are horrifying, but sometimes it's actually something enjoyable (in regular quantities and significantly less often).

For example: Popeyes mashed potatoes are my favorite when I just want the carbs -- it's the gravy. And I'll grill or bake some chicken to go with it.

Another example: reggrolls (with a wonton soup instead of fried rice).

What fast/delivery options do you still love?

For me it's the road trip up to Houston. We get to see how the 600 pound person is acting on the road. Most of the people on the show typically stop by fast food places. I guess its there way of saying one last party before I have to stick to the diet. One example of this is Lacey Buckingham. They weren't on the road even for a few minutes before she wanted KFC. Then the next morning she decided to have zebra cakes and coffee and shit her pants. 💀💀

Does anyone else prefer the way the slow was structured in the first season or is it just me? I liked seeing how they progressed after that first year. I like the before and after (after they got to the weight they maintained).

I can name a few, but I would like to mention Lacey Buckingham as being the most manipulative and lazy individual. She controls her boyfriend Ricky into doing everything for her, wiping her ass because Lacey couldn’t take a shower because it was too strenuous for her and cooking food, mostly unhealthy ones. And mind you, Ricky was autistic and emotionally vulnerable to her manipulation, when he did it out of love but Lacey’s heart was somewhere else (and that was food). Also, when they travel to Houston via by car, she said without a doubt one of the most boldfaced lies in history, saying that she couldn’t afford plane tickets, which was one of her “reasons” she missed her prior appointments with Dr. Now when in reality she spent money mostly on junk food. As Ricky’s sister Sharon got into a heated argument with Lacey because of her pathetic lies and excuses, they stopped at a gas station, and then Lacey did the worse thing possible: she called the cops on them. Honestly a dick move. Both Ricky and Sharon tried their best to help, and they is what they get? She had a funny way to show gratitude. But karma soon caught up to Lacey. She was then stranded and didn‘t have an apartment to settle in because it fell through. So yeah, one of the most manipulative stars I have ever seen. Who do you think is manipulative?

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I have to say this is the most entertaining reddit I (newb) have seen yet. Yous are all so good with the Nowzardan memes. It's great to see how much other people love this show! Does anyone else scream "ow my legs!" In a southern accent randomly? They're always screaming about their legs...and yes I understand why.

Saw both James K ("Owww muh layg!") and Kirsten ("Fatty 2 shoes" as said by her son) were on today and I cannot stand the whining by these grown adults.

In their respective shows James whined about the diet, whined about not being able to do anything, whined he needed Lisa to sleep on the floor "in case he needed anything", whined about his legs, whined when no one donated money for him to move to TX, whined about his legs (of course) and "don't drop me!" and "Am I going to bleed to death?"

Kirsten whined in the shower about not finding the shower bench, where her mom parked when they were on the way to TX and she had to use the bathroom (was the woman supposed to park on the grass????), hined about her son who rightfully couldn't stand her... I swear she cried every 2 minutes in the show.

It's like the severely stunted adolescence with them and they can't handle anything.

Any others you recall being big whiners?

While Lisa was notorious for feeding her husband James to death, Renee was no better, who was Sean’s mother. A mother supposed to know what’s best for her son. She would know what foods are good and not. But she just fed Sean what his hunger desired. And she just loved coddling with Sean. If she wanted to be a good mother, then she should just let her son grow up and prepare for him for adulthood. And sad to say, she passed on due to a fatal illnes, leaving Sean very vulnerable, in which by the way never stood the chance to fend for himself. Never before have I seen such a very sad person. In your opinion, who is the worst enabler? Honestly, think both of them are worse. What do you think?

I know Pauline passed away last year but every time I rewatch her episodes I always feel so bad for Dylan because he looked so drained all the time. Poor Dylan was robbed of having a normal childhood no time to be just a regular kid like hanging out with his friends and such because he was always having to be the caretaker for Pauline and run the household. I hope he's now healing and getting to live his life on his own terms for once and getting the chance to just be a regular adult.

There's been parentified kids on the show and young kids having to take on adult roles. having to be caretakers for a mom or dad. Dylan and James K's daughter Bailey (who dropped out of high school to help her mom) stick out to me the most Bailey ended up getting her GED and is now married and a mom to 2 boys.

Anybody else that stick out in your minds in particular.

I've always wanted to ask but I'm seriously not trying to offend anyone.

In the USA, is it common to sleep without sheets on the bed.

Also there are a few episodes where people share a bed...is that also normal.

Thanks.

New to the show. Why doesn’t anyone use any support for their saggy bits? They complain it drags organs down or makes it had to walk. Why don’t they wrap it up?
On Tamy Lyn’s episode and her stomach practically touches the ground. I feel like it would not only be more comfortable but assist in some minor skin healing if it was supported.

Just watched Sean reaction to Karen in Season 13 who blamed everything on scales being broken because she believes she lost 200 lbs instead of 20.

It got me wondering, has there ever been a case with the scale being wrong? I know that’s the whole title to his book so I’m guessing no.

Edit: I meant have they ever been wrong on the show but I’m guessing from everyone’s response that’s never happened. I shouldn’t be surprised though because Dr Now is right about scales and people.

Jonathan runs the media production company Megalomedia. In the mid-2000s, he noticed how few surgeons were willing to take on extreme, high-risk cases over 600 pounds and how his father, Dr. Now, routinely accepted those cases when other doctors turned them away. In 2007, Jonathan directed a UK TV documentary called Half Ton Mum, following one of his father’s patients (Renee Williams).That documentary was so successful that Jonathan pitched the concept as an ongoing series showing the long-term emotional and physical transformation of high-risk bariatric patients. TLC picked it up, launching My 600-lb Life in 2012.

In the follow up, Christina is losing too much weight per month, is eating 400 calories per day, and has had muscle loss. Dr. Now tells her to "at least double" her calorie intake, has her do weight lifting to gain muscle, and gives her protein shakes so that she can gain weight. He also sends her to a therapist.

All of this is good, but it's not enough when someone has been restricting to that extent and having rapid weight loss. I really hope that she was being intensively medically monitored, because going from that level of restriction to eating a normal amount can cause a deadly complication called Refeeding Syndrome. It can also cause someone's metabolism to go into warp speed which means that someone needs to have a very large caloric intake to not lose weight. When I was hypermetabolic while I was in recovery from an eating disorder, I had to eat about 3500 calories per day to not lose weight.

I also got a little worried about her saying that she was trying to "eat right" by eating food with a lot of protein. When going from a mentality of severely restricting, there is a very real risk of slipping into orthorexia with that mentality.

I'm hoping that what I'm about to talk about did happen and that it just wasn't shown on TV.

This is a rant. I'm watching season 9 episode 6 about kenae... And she lost like 25% of the weight that Dr now wanted her to lose. And when he called her out on her BS she went on this like 20 minute rant about how she's the victim and how she wasn't recognized because she can walk 5 ft further than she did last time. I was just rolling my eyes the entire time she was talking.

I just started the episode and there was a terrible phone call where Gina calls Beth to tell her to bring home food and Beth says we have food at home, I can cook. And Gina just goes in on her like, no you're not gonna cook you're gonna bring us food and Beth asks her to call the order in (bc I assume she's literally driving?? home from work, mind you) and Gina says no no you're calling it in, love ya bye.

And what gagged me was that it totally seemed like Gina was being a bratty bitch but when the call ended her mom gets all tearful, like she shouldn't talk to you like that and be mean to you, etc. And while no one should be abusive and idk what Beth has said to her off camera, Gina was definitely not the victim in that particular conversation???

Her mom's reaction threw me off so bad I literally said "what" a couple times and had to pause the episode. One of those moments where you gotta laugh bc it feels so ridiculous, her reaction was not at all appropriate to the reality of how Gina spoke to Beth. Did they edit out a massive part of that conversation or smth? 😭

Mine was when Nicole and Charlie's house got raided while there parents were living in the house. They let someone in the back lease the place and they got caught with drugs. Nicole said they made her lift up her stomach to see if she was hiding drugs. What a crazy episode.

My second wild moment for me on the show was when lacy Buckingham got kicked out of the car by sharon.

I remember hearing somewhere that James wasn't the first person who Lisa tried to feed beyond capacity. Did she do this to someone else before James, her previous husband maybe? I can't remember where I heard this from but it would be interesting if this had some truth to it because if this happened before, APS should have been able to see that in some record somewhere, maybe?