My 600 Pound Life?

AskTracyAnnK28
AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Kinda OT but I didn't know where else to post this...

Have any of you seen this show on TLC? I'm just curious of your thoughts...knowing what we've all learned here about eating at a deficit to lose weight and watching these people struggle and have such a hard time giving up fast food, etc. even when it's threatening their lives and costing them their families.
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  • amber5151
    amber5151 Posts: 51 Member
    It motivates me. Just like Hoarders makes me clean my house, 600 lb life makes me want to work out
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    amber7088 wrote: »
    It motivates me. Just like Hoarders makes me clean my house, 600 lb life makes me want to work out

    Me too!!! I sometimes watch it while I'm doing pilates lolol

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  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    My response is "There but for the grace of God go I."
  • 2girlzmm
    2girlzmm Posts: 81 Member
    Show helps to keep me motivated.
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    TLC has kind of turned into a freak show over the past decade. It used to be The Learning Channel and showed documentry type things similar to Discovery Channel. Now it's all reality shows and things like "My Strange Addiction"
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    It makes me sad :'(
  • erockem
    erockem Posts: 278 Member
    I watched a few last night. I can sit and watch all that stuff and it inspires and motivates me. Then they showed one girl who's calves enveloped her feet as she walked. I was speechless and saddened.

    Here is a pic, I did not want to embed the pic so you can choose to see it or not.
    Not for the faint of heart. :'(Amber
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    erockem wrote: »
    I watched a few last night. I can sit and watch all that stuff and it inspires and motivates me. Then they showed one girl who's calves enveloped her feet as she walked. I was speechless and saddened.

    Here is a pic, I did not want to embed the pic so you can choose to see it or not.
    Not for the faint of heart. :'(Amber

    OMG, that's terrible
  • slovie64
    slovie64 Posts: 55 Member
    Most of the people succeed. Except for Penny. Everyone should watch her story - part one and two - to see what denial really looks like.
  • DeboraW_55
    DeboraW_55 Posts: 95 Member
    edited February 2015
    Jruzer, that is so true! It could be us.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    I know the feeling. I never seeing the show but i get it. Well all have habits that are hard to break.
  • 3athlt
    3athlt Posts: 131 Member
    I've watched a few episodes lately. While this show doesn't motivate me the way that The Biggest Loser motivates me, it reminds me of what could be ahead of me if I don't stay on this path.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    I can't watch shows like that because there is often a medical/surgical component, which I can't stomach. I used to watch Supersize vs. Superskinny on BBC. I really liked that show.
  • OldWomanRuns
    OldWomanRuns Posts: 106 Member
    While watching any of those shows; first is curiosity as to how it happens to that extreme (either 600# or hoarding); and then comes sadness at their plight and then "it" kicks in - either I want to go run another few miles or start throwing things out of my house - which scares my husband since there isn't anything left to throw!
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,147 Member
    I've seen a few episodes. I always wonder how some of them decided that continuing to eat so much is better than having mobility. Probably because I've always been able to move myself without aid and eat what I want; that and I've been screwed over by so many people that I would never ask anyone to help me take care of myself.

    I'd like to know how much help they get to change their eating or even reducing how much they eat.
  • FenTiger89
    FenTiger89 Posts: 49 Member
    I have mixed feelings about that show. On the one hand, it makes me feel sad for the person. I know how I felt about myself at my highest point, and truthfully I can't imagine how they get through each day. On the other hand, many of the people they profile are house-bound and rely on friends and family to bring them their food, essentially making them enablers. If Aunt Lulu brought a grilled chicken salad instead of a bucket of KFC, guess who would be eating a salad that day? I get a little rage-y with the friends and family who won't step in and say "You know what? This isn't healthy. We need to make a change."

    I will say that I've enjoyed the few episodes of "My Big Fat Life" with Whitney Thorne. I don't get quite as much of the "sideshow" vibe from her and it doesn't seem like she sits around feeling sorry for herself.
  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    My favorite part was the two Nutella commercials that ran. Brazen little crack in a jar hussies, aren't they? ;)

    (That was a joke, don't jump all over me and point out you gained your weight without ever having ever tasted Nutella in your entire life, simmer down, there!)

    I really like this series and Where Are They Now, too. Sorry to see Penny still doesn't have her poop in a group, to use her words. I hope she will in the future.

    Sad how many marriages and relationships end at least in part because of the weight loss causing relationship changes. It's like the reverse of the stereotypical 'my spouse gained weight and doesn't look or act the same, so the marriage is over'. Cures me of ever wanting to dive into a tub of ice cream, come back out, and find a nice chubby chaser of my own.
  • erockem
    erockem Posts: 278 Member
    Also the red robin with bottomless fries.

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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    erockem wrote: »
    Also the red robin with bottomless fries.

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    I wonder how I would fit bottomless fries in my day.
  • ciacyrus29
    ciacyrus29 Posts: 109 Member
    I watched several last night and often watch it from time to time. I did not watch the one regarding Amber but I did start off. I turned off the tv and forgot about turning it back on. I was sitting there last night eating my dinner and getting so upset. I found myself wondering if I should eat at all! I feel sorry for these individuals that their families and friends didn't step in or step up and say, 'no we aren't going to feed you this way.' So often you see families who contribute to their obesity and that is just sad.
    I don't mind the medical procedures and stuff - it actually fascinates me. I watch many of these types of shows and Hoaders just makes me want to smack someone but makes me overly critical of my own home.
    - Yes, watching these shows makes me aware of my own weight and what I eat and the amount of exercise I do. But last night I just wanted to cry.
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    slovie64 wrote: »
    Most of the people succeed. Except for Penny. Everyone should watch her story - part one and two - to see what denial really looks like.

    Oh yeah - Penny. Penny who was so proud of herself for taking her son Trick-or-Treating even though she didn't leave her scooter. She's awful. I felt bad for Dr. Now to have to deal with her as a patient.

  • roxannecarriere
    roxannecarriere Posts: 30 Member
    I find the show very motivating. When I'm feeling sorry for myself and the 35 lbs I need to lose (AGAIN), I think it could be so much worse. At least I put the brakes on and got back on track. I find it also keeps me a little more accountable to myself - when you see how badly some of them are in denial...
  • softblondechick
    softblondechick Posts: 1,275 Member
    I force myself to watch each show, there for the Grace of God. ...they could easily be me. Except for the fact that no one supports me. Work or be homeless! Something to be thankful for, I guess. I can see how severe clinical depression, treated with psychopharmacology that makes people ravenous hungry, I think they should re name Paxil to "Pack It On". But, some doctors don't know enough about psychopharmacology and randomly prescribe meds without proper monitoring. It happened to me. I was depressed, a doctor prescribed me a med, that made me hungry.

    Anyway, side issue. This is important that these people are getting treatment. And Penny, bless her heart...where did she find a man who puts up with her!?
  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    roxannecarriere wrote: »
    I find the show very motivating. When I'm feeling sorry for myself and the 35 lbs I need to lose (AGAIN), I think it could be so much worse. At least I put the brakes on and got back on track. I find it also keeps me a little more accountable to myself - when you see how badly some of them are in denial...

    This too! I'm crying over less than 20 pounds to lose and some of these ladies have a goal weight higher than my highest weight of all time, which was morbid obesity range. If I hadn't stopped in my tracks and hit reverse, I'd be right there with them by now, too. Or dead. Extra motivation to keep going down the scale and not back up.
  • NJGamerChick
    NJGamerChick Posts: 467 Member
    This show fascinates me. The family dynamics, the lengths that people are willing to go to get their fix, the manipulation, the codependency, the toxicity. So many issues. It's taken something a person needs to live and turned it into an addiction. People eat when not hungry, but for a high they get. Sure, it's a reality type show, but there are things you can learn from it. It's a look into their brains, into their relationships. Some of these people and their families need family and individual therapy badly. The show does show me one thing every episode, and that for them, the food isn't the real problem, it's a symptom of something else, usually more than one thing.
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    softblondechick wrote: »
    I force myself to watch each show, there for the Grace of God. ...they could easily be me. Except for the fact that no one supports me. Work or be homeless! Something to be thankful for, I guess. I can see how severe clinical depression, treated with psychopharmacology that makes people ravenous hungry, I think they should re name Paxil to "Pack It On". But, some doctors don't know enough about psychopharmacology and randomly prescribe meds without proper monitoring. It happened to me. I was depressed, a doctor prescribed me a med, that made me hungry.

    Anyway, side issue. This is important that these people are getting treatment. And Penny, bless her heart...where did she find a man who puts up with her!?

    Ugh...I haven't had a boyfriend in years and Penny is awful and found a man who puts up with her. SO not fair!

    There was this other guy who's wife was murdered and he later remarried and they had an adopted son. I'm trying to figure out what kind of adoption agency was OK with giving a child to a man who couldn't take care of himself?????

  • FloraJL
    FloraJL Posts: 121 Member
    My best friend was on a TLC reality health show. She said sooooo many things were staged. So the question about My 600 Pound Life is, "What here is real and what is made up by the producers to make a 'better' show?"
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    I'm sure a lot of the drama and food enabling is staged up.
  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    FloraJL wrote: »
    My best friend was on a TLC reality health show. She said sooooo many things were staged. So the question about My 600 Pound Life is, "What here is real and what is made up by the producers to make a 'better' show?"

    I wonder how much of My Big Fat Fabulous Life is this way. I think it's funny, especially the mother, but how many of their lines are fed to them?

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