Just watched my 600lb life.

juliebccs

Can't describe the feelings that hit me when I watched this show about Christina. She is so young.
I feel so fortunate to have been able to have my sleeve. I had a rapid weight increase between 2000-2003,,then things crept up. But my suffering was for only about a decade really, from 33-44 (now). I can't imagine what it would have been like to miss out on being young. Yes I lost a period that was important but not my youth. I am so sad that such young people are suffering so much like this young women.

pawoodhull

I can't watch shows like that. I was a chubby kid, but not really overweight. My parents made sure we had lots of exercise and balanced meals. I started gaining after I got married and moved out. I realize not everyone grows up like I did, but shows like that with really young people having obesity issues make me wonder where the parents are and why they didn't get a handle on this earlier. Like you said, so sad that she is missing her youth.

jkern9110

I think I have watched almost every episode of that show. I spent my entire youth overweight, but I didn't let it slow me down. At 200+ pounds in high school, I played softball and was on the dance team. I even made All Stars and danced at the Capital One Bowl half-time show on New Years Day. So my story is quite different from the extreme's portrayed by those on the show. Parents do play a huge role, especially early on when nutritional education is most important. But for a young-adult in high school, my eating problems were completely my own. I can't blame my parents for that. My mom even tried to help me by paying for weight watchers and curves, but it just didn't make a difference to me. I later found success with WW and dropped 80 pounds. But gained it back very quickly because I hadn't addressed the root cause of my over eating. I think no matter the starting weight when a patient undergoes WLS, the only way we can be truly successful is to uncover and remedy those root causes that lead us to being overweight. I like watching that show to see who can uncover and remedy those problems. You can really tell who will be successful and who won't be.

lee91356

When I watch the show I am amazed that the people who have the surgeries and dont seem to lose much weight. That REALLY confuses me. Not only do so many of them have to jump through hoops to get the surgery, but how they keep can eating lol. After my surgery I couldnt eat for months (well I could but you know what I mean) and lost a lot those first few months, and I was only half their weight lol. I guess what it comes down to is really seeing the difference between those that REALLY want to make a lifestyle change and those that say they want to.

relentless2121

I Love watching "My 600 Pound Life." As someone who is on the journey to WLS (probably the VSG) I learn so much about the process, preparation and lifestyle changes we need to make to be successful. Because the people profiled on that show are completely dependent on their family to bring them food, and their family members usually eat the same food, I am hoping that living on my own and being independent will help me to control all the food brought into my house.
If there is unhealthy food in the house I know I will get into it.
I am new to this forum and eager to get to know others and hear of their journey.
I'm looking forward to watching new episodes of "My 600 Pound Life" when they become available, but in the meantime I'll keep watching the repeats as I always learn something new.

Ksh1055

I can't watch shows like this either. When my niece was little (8 years younger than my daughter) my sister allowed her to eat and drink anything she wanted, whenever she wanted and she was well overweight. It got to the point that my daughter couldn't hand any of her clothing down as it was too small. There were no medical issues and I had periodically discussed this with my sister, but to no avail. It was no way to go through school - children can be very mean and hurtful.

I do know that people have their own "this is enough" point in their lives, but it's hard to imagine not getting to this point until 600 lbs. This is going to be a long, hard journey for her and I do wish her luck and hope she has the willpower, commitment and support she requires to make changes.

juliebccs

With this particular show, the young girl had just come home from hospital and her family were eating junk food around her. I find that really sad. They talked support but they were really enablers, asking her if she wanted any. I personally had to remind my husband that even though I could only fit a little bit in after vsg, the idea of fries was still appealing at first. He had brought McDonald's home. Not so bothered now but the first few weeks were full of mental challenges and good habits were not formed yet.
I have four children, One is very skinny, one works hard to stay fit, has great will power but could be overweight if she let herself, one is struggling a little bit with weight but is tall and athletic so he seems to cope and tends to get a bit heavier around exam time. My oldest however struggles a lot. She is 22 and has very little will power. I worry that she will have a miserable 20's if she can't get on top of it now. Even though we have good food in the house, she takes her lunch with her to uni, but then buys crap instead, throwing out the good food. It is almost like she is 8 and at primary school. It is hard to raise 4 children so close in age
(now 20,20,21,22) and deny the skinny kids treats OR deny the heavier kids treats. Trying to find a balance was hard. We made changes to skim milk about 18 years ago when we witnessed one of the boys getting a bit chunky. That has stuck in their lives. When they were young they had lots of veg and fruit and only take away now and again. They really had a healthy diet in primary school but we could see who was going to go down the weight road even then. High school you have less control over their diet but my kids played heaps of sports and I mean several times per week. I can't imagine what would have occurred if they hadn't.

loriloftness

I have watched all the shows. It makes me sad to see the condition most of the people are in before their surgery. It also makes me sad to see that while their family members don't like how unhealthy these people are, they continue to enable them by bringing in really unhealthy food. Seems like a bad circle. I am always happy to see that most of the people have done fairly well at the 1 year mark. They have gone through a lot in the year, including the surgery, learning all new eating habbits and learning to be mobile again. I imagine it can be pretty overwhelming at times.