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  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
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    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    OMG ten more minutes in and his grandmother dies?? Poor kid :'(

    :laugh: Classic. Good thing I avoided this thread until just now when I got done watching. Gotta say, I'm loving the MFP bookmark feature

    I would never read a thread on a show if I was not caught up on the latest episode, after all, what is the point of the thread if not to discuss the show!

    Yup.

  • Italian_Buju
    Italian_Buju Posts: 8,030 Member
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    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    OMG ten more minutes in and his grandmother dies?? Poor kid :'(

    :laugh: Classic. Good thing I avoided this thread until just now when I got done watching. Gotta say, I'm loving the MFP bookmark feature

    I would never read a thread on a show if I was not caught up on the latest episode, after all, what is the point of the thread if not to discuss the show!

    Likewise I stay away from the internet all together if I have not watched the latest episode of certain shows that are most likely to be posted about. It is only not a spoiler once the show has aired.

    Ten minutes in you're giving the mother of all spoilers?? Guess that's why spoiler tags were invented on some forums :)


    I was ten minutes in, the show was close to over.......
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,725 Member
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    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    OMG ten more minutes in and his grandmother dies?? Poor kid :'(

    :laugh: Classic. Good thing I avoided this thread until just now when I got done watching. Gotta say, I'm loving the MFP bookmark feature

    I would never read a thread on a show if I was not caught up on the latest episode, after all, what is the point of the thread if not to discuss the show!

    Likewise I stay away from the internet all together if I have not watched the latest episode of certain shows that are most likely to be posted about. It is only not a spoiler once the show has aired.

    Ten minutes in you're giving the mother of all spoilers?? Guess that's why spoiler tags were invented on some forums :)


    I was ten minutes in, the show was close to over.......

    Eh. I'm over it. Was mostly just poking fun, anyway. On forums that mostly exist for TV shows I think the spoiler tags help people in a different time zone, or if you inadvertently showed up to discuss an older episode. But that's not our primary purpose here so this is quite sufficient :)
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,725 Member
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    Did anyone ever happen to catch a glimpse of Chay's grandpa after his wife passed? Just devastated :(

    Man, the scene where they went out to eat was just brutal to me. On the one hand you should be able to vocally enjoy an epic meal even though you're eating with someone who's "dieting". On the other hand... dunno :|
  • haysavam
    haysavam Posts: 74 Member
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    evileen99 wrote: »
    MindySaysWhaaat wrote: »
    Tubbs216 wrote: »
    levitateme wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure tlc pays for everything (surgery, Dr. Now), but not sure about that.

    I think so too. Does it make anyone else smile every time the caption comes up "Chay is driving to Houston to visit a doctor who specialises in surgery for patients his size"? I always think "Ooh, surprise me! Is it a different doctor?!" Also, how old do you think Dr Nowzaradan (sp?) is? That dye-job isn't fooling anyone.

    It says on healthgrades that he's 70. I like Dr. Now though. The only thing I wish he'd do is make a point to get ALL of the patients into some kind of counseling. I've noticed on the show that most of the time if they get therapy they tend to do better.

    They all have to undergo a psychiatric eval before they're approved for surgery (never shown on TV though). Yes, they could all use some therapy, but they may be resistant. Or maybe TLC doesn't want them to have therapy to increase the drama.

    Therapy is a pretty private thing. I think the therapy they show on the show is staged, and real services are provided privately. Just my opinion though.
  • davidsanchezamezcua
    davidsanchezamezcua Posts: 24 Member
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    No fast food for me for 6 weeks straight. No carbonated drinks for 6 weeks. No bread for six weeks and being mexican only 4 tortillas in 6 weeks. It's tradition. Haha. Lost 39 lbs in 6 weeks. :)
  • teagirlmedium
    teagirlmedium Posts: 679 Member
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    sanchezamezcua wrote: »
    No fast food for me for 6 weeks straight. No carbonated drinks for 6 weeks. No bread for six weeks and being mexican only 4 tortillas in 6 weeks. It's tradition. Haha. Lost 39 lbs in 6 weeks. :)

    Congratulations on losing 39 pounds in only 6 weeks.
  • dbanks80
    dbanks80 Posts: 3,685 Member
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    I get frustrated with Pauline's story. She say she wants to lose weight but she makes so many excuses and she doesn't want to do anything. She plays the victim and all her crying is irritating. She doesn't take accountability for anything.
  • NataBost
    NataBost Posts: 418 Member
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    This thread is quite long, so I haven't read every reply. At any rate, I wish a lot of these shows would focus on therapy as well. Sometimes on this particular show, the surgeon and/or his office will recommend a therapist, but usually not until AFTER the client expresses depression. In a lot of these cases (granted, not all) there seems to be a running factor of some sort of abuse, loss or abandonment which has been self medicated with food.
  • ginny92802
    ginny92802 Posts: 66 Member
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    About who pays for what - I happened to notice one of the producers of the show had the same last name as Dr. Nowzardian in the credits. I don't know if it's his son or what.

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2890940/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
  • courtneyallisonatx
    courtneyallisonatx Posts: 133 Member
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    I am absolutely obsessed with my 600lb life. I watch it every Wednesday without fail.
    It motivates me, being half the size of these women and already feeling so worn down and in the way, I can not imagine how they feel.
    But I also know it makes me never want to get to that size. The show is what started my weight loss journey.
  • bigmantis
    bigmantis Posts: 10 Member
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    This show reminds why I'm trying to lose weight......I'm not getting that big..
  • tat2cookie
    tat2cookie Posts: 1,902 Member
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    Did any one watch Marla's story yet? I thought she was going to be another Penny for sure!
  • Italian_Buju
    Italian_Buju Posts: 8,030 Member
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    Yeah, Marla was being really difficult.....I was not sure why she even bothered going there in the first place....

    I have to admit, I was shocked, I mean mouth open shocked to see her leg so flexible at the beginning when her daughter was cleaning her!!

    On an offish topic note, was she cooking in bed?
  • StarlightAria
    StarlightAria Posts: 81 Member
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    Watching it right now
  • Robertus
    Robertus Posts: 558 Member
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    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    On an offish topic note, was she cooking in bed?
    I haven't been paying that close attention, but I saw a similar show several years ago where a 600+ lbs guy used to cook in bed. It seemed like a wonderful idea at the time.

  • pollypocket1021
    pollypocket1021 Posts: 533 Member
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    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    Yeah, Marla was being really difficult.....I was not sure why she even bothered going there in the first place....

    I have to admit, I was shocked, I mean mouth open shocked to see her leg so flexible at the beginning when her daughter was cleaning her!!

    On an offish topic note, was she cooking in bed?

    Yes! She was frying chicken in bed! OMG!
  • Ameengyrl
    Ameengyrl Posts: 127 Member
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    Yeah her flexibility blew me way...

    Not the season finale I was expecting but definitely the most shock value
  • tat2cookie
    tat2cookie Posts: 1,902 Member
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    Italian_Buju wrote: »
    Yeah, Marla was being really difficult.....I was not sure why she even bothered going there in the first place....

    I have to admit, I was shocked, I mean mouth open shocked to see her leg so flexible at the beginning when her daughter was cleaning her!!

    On an offish topic note, was she cooking in bed?

    Yes she was, fried chicken strips from the looks of it.
    To me she wanted to free surgery and then just wanted to be left alone. I'm glad that they daughter called the Dr and asked him to come talk to her. That had to be hard.
  • klkateri
    klkateri Posts: 432 Member
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    Mixed thoughts. I have a rather BIG friend (450+ pounds) and her sister died last year from a heart attack at 30 brought on from being well over 600 pounds and the show makes me sad because I know what's it's like to lose someone that large (She had to be cremated at a zoo because the local funeral home didn't have an oven large enough for her) but on the flipside it reminds me that I was headed down that path too and that I have to work at this everyday.... for the rest of my life.

    However, I sometimes get so mad at these people because they have so much help but they just whine and complain instead of understanding that they are killing themselves. But many times the family are just enablers and I want to shake them too and make them understand that this is an addiction!!

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