The My 600 Lb Life Renee Biran episode depicted a mother of six who risked organ failure if she didn’t lose weight fast. Fortunately, Renee, who once enjoyed a lucrative career as a plus-sized model, was able to meet with Dr. Nowzaradan and steer herself away from dangerous obesity. 53-year-old Renee Biran explained that she…
Our latest update on My 600 Lb Life Nikki Webster now sees a number of big changes for the Season 4 participant. The biggest of all? Since her most recent episode aired, Nikki tied the knot in a lovely ceremony with her boyfriend Marcus! Followers of Nikki’s weight loss journey will recall Marcus from his…
Viewers who were initially disappointed by Janine Mueller’s comparatively minor weight loss in her My 600 Lb Life episode should be heartened by the latest My 600 Lb Life Janine before and after pics. The 54-year-old Texas transplant appears to be doing much better than when we last saw her, and she’s shared a couple…
It’s been a long time since the latest My 600 Lb Life Tara update, and it turns out that plenty’s been going on in Tara’s life. For one thing, her children are growing up fast, and her daughter’s even left home for college. For another, Tara is now engaged and planning her wedding to Eugene…
The latest My 600 Lb Life Rena and Lee update sees the couple still moving in a positive direction. It looks like things have been going well for Rena and Lee ever since their episode kicked off My 600 Lb Life Season 6, as evidenced by the new photos and comments they’ve offered since then….
The My 600 Lb Life David and Benji episode featured two brothers who weighed over 1,300 pounds between them. By episode’s end, though, the brothers Bolton had lost well over half of their combined weight — and an accidental tea spilling by a family member has since revealed just how much *more* weight the two…
News of Steven Assanti’s girlfriend has provoked a wider variety of strong reactions than probably any My 600 Lb Life-related story since…well, since the last time Steven Assanti did something shocking. (We’ll go with his naked Christmas caroling, but really you can take your pick.) The most controversial participant in My 600 Lb Life history…
The outpouring of sympathy and support following the My 600 Lb Life Robert Buchel episode has been like no other in the show’s history. Robert’s shocking death from a heart attack came after he’d already lost 340 pounds from his peak weight — but his post-surgery depression and addiction to painkillers proved to be too…
After a sleeve bypass operation helped him lose a third of his peak weight in the first My 600 Lb Life Sean episode, things seemed to be looking up for the 25-year-old. But the latest Sean Milliken update is an unfortunately tragic one: Renee, Sean’s mother and his primary caregiver, recently passed away at the…
We’ve been big admirers of Brittani Fulfer and her infectious good mood almost since her very first My 600 Lb Life episode first aired. So it’s with genuine amazement that we present the complete transformation that is My 600 Lb Life Brittani now! (Yes, that really is her in the photo at the top of…
The My 600 Lb Life Joe Wexler episodes represent one of the happiest arcs in the show’s history. Since his Season 3 introduction, Joe — who started off bewildered by the news that he was eating 10,000 calories per day — has lost an astonishing 63.7% of his peak weight. But going from 792 to…
Fans of the My 600 Lb Life Chad episode (and its equally encouraging Where Are They Now? follow-up) will be delighted to hear that Chad seems to be doing better than ever! Chad’s weight loss journey is still going strong, and he’s almost reached his fundraising goal to cover the daunting cost of skin removal…
The My 600 Lb Life Doug episode was one of Season 5’s most endearing success stories. Standing six feet, six inches tall, native Texan Doug Armstrong would be a giant at any weight — but Doug knew his peak weight of 684 pounds was a dangerous one. Doug’s chief weight loss motivation was his family….
It’s been an exceptionally long weight loss journey for My 600 Lb Life‘s Chay Guillory. Viewers who first met her with the My 600 Lb Life Chay debut back in Season 3 will be stunned to see a completely different person in more ways than one. Chay’s journey has always had a heavier emotional component…
The My 600 Lb Life Kirsten Perez episode was one of the most notorious of Season 5, with many viewers comparing Kirsten to Penny due to similarities in attitude and snark. But she also had one unfortunate thing in common with fellow Season 5 participant Erica Wall: both women turned to food to help cope…
Viewers have been shocked and heartbroken to learn that Robert Buchel, a 41-year-old My 600 Lb Life participant from Forked River NJ, became the first person to die while filming the show after suffering a heart attack last year. (First, a quick note of explanation, since there’s been some confusion on this point. Former My…
The My 600 Lb Life Robert episode features one of the heaviest participants in the show’s long history — and Robert’s medical problems have become a deadly threat. His extreme obesity has rendered Robert “completely dependent” upon his fiancée, Kathryn, for support, but the situation for both is becoming desperate. In a teaser clip available…
Our last My 600 Lb Life Christina Phillips update revealed that the Season 2 participant was responsible for the biggest individual weight loss in the show’s history. Now that 2018 is well underway, we’re pleased to report that Christina’s lifestyle changes remain firmly in place, and her weight loss success continues. When viewers first met…
The latest My 600 Lb Life Lisa Fleming update, just ahead of part two of her episode, sees the controversial cast member continuing to lay low. However, we’ve managed to come up with a recent photo of Lisa, along with a doctor’s explanation of how those infamous maggots may have taken hold in the folds…
The My 600 Lb Life Erica episode presented one of the most harrowing stories in the show’s history. Fortunately for viewers looking for an update, it seems that Erica’s life has been turning toward a happy ending. 44-year-old Erica Wall had an affinity for fried food when she was younger, and weighed 300 pounds by…
The latest My 600 Lb Life Milla Clark update offers reason for happiness, along with a possible cause for concern. Milla’s latest photos appear to show more weight loss than what viewers saw during last year’s Where Are They Now? episode — but the photos appear to show Milla in a hospital bed. When we…
Last night’s episode of My 600 Lb Life featured what may have been the most controversial participant in the show’s long history — and yes, we’re including Steven Assanti in that estimate. Fan outrage over the My 600 Lb Life Lisa episode shows no signs of slowing, thanks to Lisa’s stubborn approach and manipulative ways….
My 600 Lb Life‘s Lisa Fleming has one of the most horrifying origin stories of any participant in the show’s long history. Lisa’s episode features a particularly disturbing reveal: at her peak weight of 704 pounds, she was shocked to find maggots growing in the folds of her skin. The detail comes from People‘s first…
Fans of James “LB” Bonner’s My 600 Lb Life episode — and it turns out that there’s a huge number of them — have no shortage of good news to look forward to with his latest update. It seems like everything’s coming up roses for LB, and the newest James Bonner before and after pics…
Years after making her divorce final, the latest My 600 Lb Life Zsalynn update sees Mrs. Whitworth in what seems to be a truly good place. Zsalynn initially struggled with depression after getting rid of her manipulative, emotionally abusive ex-husband Gareth, but she’s coping by making every minute count with her daughter, Hannah — and…
Thanks to Dr. Nowzaradan’s surgery and the complete transformation of her lifestyle, My 600 Lb Life‘s Amber Rachdi has lost well over 400 pounds since her episode kicked off Season 3. Whether you’re counting the total number of pounds or the percentage of the peak weight that she’s lost, Amber’s story is one of the…
TLC viewers who’ve been hoping for an episode on My 600 Lb Life Nicole Lewis today are in for a treat! Nicole herself just confirmed that production of her Where Are They Now? episode is ongoing — and she offered more good news in the form of brand new before and after pics! My 600…
If early reactions are any indication, the My 600 Lb Life James Bonner episode is the fan favorite for Season 6. The man’s constant good cheer and touching story appear to have won over the hearts of fans everywhere — and, thanks to the latest updates on James, we know that story has a happy…
Karina Garcia has come a long way since TLC’s cameras began filming for her My 600 Lb Life episode. The 38-year-old Texan’s introductory weight was 633 pounds, and her eating was out of control even with a gastric balloon. Since then, Karina has lost over a third of her weight, continues to drop pounds, and…
It turns out that the first My 600 Lb Life June episode was merely the beginning of one of the biggest physical transformations in the show’s history. When viewers first met June McCamey during Season 4, they found a woman who felt “imprisoned” in her own body, and who relied upon Sadi, her lover, for…
The My 600 Lb Life Donald episode was the second in the show’s history — and the first without a happy ending. Though Melissa Morris, the first-ever participant, was able to lose and keep off a huge amount of weight, Donald found initial success before struggling with weight gain related to an unrelated and unexpected…
The My 600 Lb Life Alicia Kirgan episode presented one of the happier success stories in the show’s recent history. Now, thanks to a recent update from Alicia herself, we know that her weight loss didn’t stop when the cameras went away — and that her life has only continued to get better. The My…
Lee and Rena from My 600 Lb Life aren’t just losing hundreds of pounds thanks to their participation on the show — they’re also building a stronger relationship than they’ve ever had before. In fact, according to Lee, wedding bells are in the couple’s future. As we wrote following the first half of their two-part…
The My 600 Lb Life Lee and Rena episode depicted a loving couple struggling against all odds to save themselves from the hell of food addiction — and save their relationship from the same issue. The couple, who actually met at a weight loss clinic, are no strangers to difficulty; after all, they were forced…
Controversial My 600 Lb Life cast member Steven Assanti just took to Facebook for an impromptu Live session in which he answered the question he says he gets asked more than any other: Is My 600 Lb Life real? Ostensibly, the stream was a promotion of the first episode of My 600 Lb Life Season…
Steven Assanti, the most controversial figure in My 600 Lb Life history, is back to his bizarre ways ahead of he and brother Justin’s “Where Are They Now?” episode. Despite a brief (and surprising) kind streak this past summer, Steven has lately taken to updating his Facebook page with footage of himself sitting on the…
The My 600 Lb Life Michael Dominguez episode introduced viewers to a gentle man whose childhood emotional problems led him down a dark path of overeating — and who was in danger of losing his entire family. But today, Michael has lost and kept off half his starting weight, and his home life appears healthier…
Gideon Yeakley came to My 600 Lb Life in desperate straits. A guilt-wracked childhood, stemming from having to choose between his divorcing parents as a boy, led him to a weight of over 400 pounds at his high school graduation. The emotional eating that defined Gideon’s life only got worse following his mother’s death a…
The My 600 Lb Life Ashley Dunn Bratcher episode chilled viewers with a simple, direct, and terrifying admission: “There is not a day that goes by that I don’t have pain.” A devastating combination of poor diet and deep emotional trauma stemming from sexual abuse she suffered as a girl left Ashley despondent and nearly…
The My 600 Lb Life Diana Bunch episode was one of the most physically harrowing in the entirety of Season 5. Diana, whose weight had made her a self-described “invalid,” had to somehow travel the 1,900 miles from her home in Seattle to Dr. Now’s Houston office. But Diana’s 620-pound peak weight wasn’t the only…
It seems there’s still no love lost between the Assanti brothers of My 600 Lb Life fame. The last time we had a Steven Assanti update, the controversial participant was feeling good, looking like he’d lost a considerable amount of weight, and surprising at least some of his former detractors with a more upbeat outlook…
The My 600 Lb Life Charity Pierce episode featured what was at the time the heaviest female participant in the show’s history–and one of its most despondent. “It doesn’t even feel like me,” said Charity of a compulsive need to eat that drove her weight to nearly 800 pounds. “It feels like something’s taking over…
The last time viewers got a My 600 Lb Life Zsalynn Whitworth update, the 45-year-old mother was doing unbelievably well with her weight loss, but struggling with the emotional side of things. Though Zsalynn’s first episode aired in 2014, she also participated in a “Where Are They Now?” special last spring. In it, she revealed…
As you can tell from just the photo above, Brittani Fulfer has come a very, very long way from her first My 600 Lb Life Brittani episode. That episode, which depicted an absolutely miserable person even by the show’s standards, was notable for Brittani’s painfully vivid descriptions of herself: both in body and in self-esteem….
(UPDATE – Since this article was written, there’s unfortunately been an addition to the number of My 600 Lb Life deaths. 41-year-old Robert Buchel, a season six participant from New Jersey, passed away from a heart attack due in part to the emotional complications he suffered after surgery to remove a lymphedema mass. Click here…
Over the last few years, Amber Rachdi’s life has undergone a radical transformation. The My 600 Lb Life Amber episode that kicked off Season 3 (and which you can watch here via TLC) depicted a 23-year-old woman who was troubled, distressed, and in need of assistance for even basic tasks. While she was being filmed…
Unfortunately for My 600 Lb Life fans, Penny has kept a very low social media profile since her episode aired in early 2014. It seems that part of the reason for her relative silence is the comparative outrage with which her episode was greeted. Because she was alone among the show’s participants in that she…
One of My 600 Lb Life‘s very first participants can lay claim to the most successful weight loss story in the show’s history. Christina Phillips, now 27, featured all the way back in Season 2 of the show. Her episode focused on her literal inability to leave her house and her family’s initially enabling behavior….
Susan Farmer presented one of the more sympathetic and complicated cases of My 600 Lb Life Season 4. Her weight upon being introduced to viewers was 607 pounds, but Susan’s massive lymphedema made getting around even more difficult than it would have been otherwise. (For clarity’s sake, we should note that the above photo was…
My 600 Lb Life has begun shooting its latest round of “Where Are They Now” footage, which means that all the Season 5 participants who are active on social media have been forbidden to share new photos or videos until after their segments have aired. Fortunately for fans, the latest My 600 Lb Life Nicole…
Steven Assanti might have provoked the strongest negative response of anyone in My 600 Lb Life history. He was rude and stubborn to such an unprecedented extent that even Dr. Now lost his temper–and, as Inquisitr pointed out, Justin Assanti called Steven “probably borderline sociopathic” in a post-show interview on Reddit. So viewers–and detractors–may be…
It’s been a year since she featured on My 600-Lb. Life, and, at the time, Lupe Donovan acknowledged that her weight was causing her body to break down. In fact, Lupe was in dire straits: her kidneys had already failed once, and she’d been unable to walk for a decade, ever since falling into a…
The TLC reality series My 600-LB Life is returning in January with 14 brand new two-hour episodes featuring 15 morbidly obese individuals hoping to turn their lives around with the help of Dr. Nowzaradan and gastric bypass surgery. The network has just released the first preview trailer, which gives viewers the first glimpse of the…
I’m about as huge (pardon the expression) of a My 600-Lb Life fan as there is, but there is one underlying fundamental question that continues to bother me about the show. Invariably, when patients visit Dr. Nowzaradan for the first time, he educates them on nutrition and asks that they try to adhere to a…
On the heels of the success of TLC’s My 600 lb. Life, the network’s been retiring a 2007 documentary series My Weight is Killing Me (It previously aired under the title Big Medicine.) The show features a bariatric father-son team as they intervene on morbidly obese patients. Like My 600 lb. Life‘s Dr. Nowzaradan, father…
If you watched this week’s episode of TLC’s My 600-Lb Life and thought that 678-pound Pauline looked familiar, that could be for any number of reasons. The 50-year-old Sacramento, California mother of one is no stranger to national and even worldwide publicity after putting together a headline-grabbing resume that includes being named the Guinness Book…
One of the most touching episodes of TLC’s My 600-lb Life was last week’s episode featuring 37-year-old Susan Farmer. Although some episodes involve people who weigh less than 600 pounds, but still have a high BMI, Susan was right at 600. Her mother was her care-taker, and if she didn’t make changes, soon, she was…
If you’ve ever watched TLC’s popular docu-series My 600-Lb Life, then you’ve been introduced to Dr. Younan Nowzaradan, the gastric bypass surgeon from Houston Obesity Surgery who performs all of the procedures on the show. You know, the man with the golden stethoscope and a serious aversion to ending words with the letter “s”? If…
The season 2 episode of My 600-lb Life featuring Maryland native Penny Saeger is the TLC show’s most controversial episode to date. Unlike most of the people who followed this life-changing show, Penny made no progress one year out from risky weight loss surgery. She was shown on camera eating calorie-ladder foods like fried wontons…
The first season of My 600 lb. Life featured an update on two heart wrenching stories from last season: Zsalynn and Christina. Zsalynn originally found attention in a BBW community where she met her husband, but when she gained so much weight that her health and mobility began to fail, her husband turned on her. “Big cannot be beautiful…
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