As a nurse I've cared for a few folks in this situation. Many of these patients have family who enable them . It's actually an eating disorder just like anorexia, just the opposite.
I don't think people understand this. Yes, I think it's mental and an addiction, but people with other addictions like heroin, cocaine, meth, or alcoholism or even anorexia are seen as sympathetic while overweight is seen as disgusting. Ask someone what ugly is and "fat" is usually the first word they say. Eating is the only addiction you need to survive. It's not easy like people think. Sexual abuse is one cause of weight gain. People who do lose weight often gain it back. Look at celebrities with every resource - money, trainers, equipment.. even they gain it back. I've had the problem myself and whenever I lose weight I gain back more than I lost. It's like the body is in control, not the mind. I was a vegetarian for 6 years and gained 10 lbs. I didn't have a car for 7 years, walked my dog about 4 hours a week year round, carried my groceries home and didn't lose anything, but when I started dating I lost 50 lbs in no time even though I didn't change my diet or exercise. My cardiologist told me there was nothing I could do. DNA. I'm not 600 lbs., but these people need to be treated like human beings with serious problems, not like scum. Nobody jokes about drug addicts or alcoholics who kill innocent people, but overweight people are the butt of jokes and insults. That's where we need to start to make a difference. You can't tell an alcoholic to just stop drinking (and nobody does) or an opioid addict to just stop even after they've been brought back to life on the street. Companies make billions of dollars with lousy weight loss garbage. If it were so easy it wouldn't be a problem.
@FourFish47 You're absolutely right that child sexual abuse can lead to over-eating and weight gain. Some describe it as stuffing the anger down in the frenetic eating.
I wonder how many people would manage to get over a drug addiction if they were told, "Yes, you need to stop using heroin but, in the meantime, you need to take just a little bit of heroin every day" or tell someone who is trying to stop smoking, "You must smoke ONE cigarette three times a day every day, but you must never smoke more than those three cigarettes per day." That's the dilemma people who try to lose weight face. They have to eat to survive so it is extremely difficult for them to take just a "little bit" of food and then stop. And you're right. No one tells a drug addict, "Why don't you just stop using drugs?" You are also correct that "fat and ugly" goes together sort of like "peas and carrots". I don't think I have ever heard anyone say someone was "thin and ugly" and yet obviously there are plenty of thin people who are ugly. I wish people would realize that addiction to food is just as real as an addiction to drugs or alcohol.
As an obese person (not to this extent, thank god) on the road to losing weight and getting back into exercising, it really comes down to willpower and having that healthy support network alongside you. Stress eating, eating disorder, trauma from your childhood, anything can cause you to turn to food as a crutch. It's painful, but I find this show motivating in the sense of: "You will end up just like this if you keep this up. Get on the right track." In....six months, I'm down 30 pounds, and I'll be hitting my goal weight once I lose 70 more pounds. To my other overweight folks out there trying to lose weight healthily- you got this! I believe in you!!!
That last entry with the mom and her son reminded me of the movie 'Whats Eating Gilbert Grape' a tragic movie for sure, luckily it sounds like that lady was headed in the right direction.
Research I've done says a lot of overweight people have had sexual abuse issues. Many times it runs in the family. There's tons of weight loss programs, pills, surgery, etc., etc., but there's more money to be made in those programs than healthy people. This is exactly what I was talking about - people who don't have the problem don't understand it, but think it's a simple solution. These people shouldn't have enablers, but to think it's a simple problem is ridiculous. Do you think these people like living this way? Like the woman who couldn't fit in the car and started crying. There's nothing funny about it and they need to stop being treated like garbage. Even young kids who are overweight are suicidal. Ask me how I know.
@@FourFish47 I agree. No one grows up thinking "one day I wanna weigh 6 or 7 hundred pounds". They have always been treated like lesser people and it's sad.
As an American I think this is the wrong thing to do, pretty much pay people for their poor decisions, I think they should get a check for weight lost and getting back to being a productive member of society. Might sound harsh but paying people for being overweight just encourages them to stay unhealthy
I live in Houston and what’s funny is his office is in the same parking lot as one of Houston’s best Chinese buffets. I always wondered if they waddled on over because that baked salmon 🍣 goes off tbh 😂😂😂😂
@@Lucas6l5 I totally agree. We've all made poor choices in our lives to one degree or another. As you suggested, let's incentivize positive actions instead of negative actions. I don't think you sound harsh, you sound like someone who actually desires that people improve rather than decline. We, as a society, cannot truly help those who, although mentally and physically capable, don't wish to help themselves. I realize on UA-cam, I am now a Stalinist/Nazi.
You need to see more. They had one lady who couldn’t get out of the bed. She had her children bring her a portable stove and she fried chicken in bed and ate it.
Being this overweight it's very complicated yes there's a component of mental problems that usually stem from some kind of abuse when they were younger. It's very much like being an alcoholic you are trying to bury something that is very painful and if it takes a lot of fat to do that that's what you'll do. No one consciously sets out to get this large. It comes on gradually. Often they were large as a child and were taught bad eating habits and then again as I said they're trying to cover up some pain so the eating just becomes more and more and more to where they could eat ten times more than you can at one sitting. Very often they will have people in their lives that enable them to continue this Behavior and that person is often oblivious to what they are doing. Whether it's alcohol drugs or food when you start trying to take that away from people of course they're going to get petulant because you are taking away their crutch. Becoming obese or being anorexic they're both eating disorders and have to be treated by a professional.
There is the food addiction aspect, but there is also deep depression that you have to learn to deal with. My highest weight was 375lbs. Now, I weigh 292. It is hard for me to get around, because I have Charcot Arthropathy in my feet. I have two rods in one foot. I am not giving up, but my depression makes it hard also. I love that you are so sensitive to these people. Thank you! ❤️🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲❤️
I am now binge watching this show and it’s a roller coaster of emotions for me. I either get so uplifted by their triumphs or I get so frustrated at them I could throw my shoe at the screen. It also motivated me to eat healthier and lose some weight.
I can't imagine how much pain they are in. I just had fluid in my leg due to a reaction from some medicine. I couldn't even walk it hurt so bad. And it wasn't anything near how big some of their legs were!!! My god! You would think that by the time they get to 3 or 400lbs they would want to do something about it. And im sorry that poor little boy should not be taking care of his mom! He needs to be taken care of. That's child abuse in my opinion.!
@Josh Kirk he is still a baby and there are things around the house that he could get hurt doing like using the stove. If there was ever a fire, she can't take care of it, she can't move. If children services ever knew they would probably take him away. She's an unfit mother. There are better ways to make your children self sufficient. My son is 37 and started working at 14. I was a single mother and if he wanted extras like a cell phone he had to buy it himself. He has been on his own since he was 20. Very responsible.
We “yelled 1lbs!!” at the same time😂😂 I can 💩 and lose close to that😂🤦♀️ maybe🤷♀️ I’m technically overweight at 160 5’5”.. but I don’t eat fast food, love butter in my cooking and don’t love exercise..
Unfortunately,their life becomes eating. There really is no hobbies or anything else. As someone pointed out,they almost have to have an enabler;someone who brings all that food in.It’s very sad. I think they need help before they get to that size. They also need something healthy to do to replace the hours spent eating.
Disgusting isn't it, It a big cash cow for TLC if fact its on right now.Its amazing how none of their friends or relatives say anything or try to help,also 600 lbs is nothing some are well over 700 lbs and one guy was little over 1000 lbs!! imagine weight in as much as entire family Not to be gross , but how in the world do these people go to the bathroom?? or do I even have to stomach to hear the answer..
Kabir, a majority of Dr Now’s patients have deep-seated depression and PTSD from child sexual abuse and/or neglect. They used food as a comfort. Please lookup Lymphedema. It’s what’s causing the swelling in their legs. AND-- you must Google Steven Assante. He began his infamy on YT as a huge, grotesque, raunchy vlogger. Unforgettable character.
I’m so glad you’re watching this since you love food. A lot of these people are emotional eaters. There’s something emotional more than mental going on in their lives.
I live in Houston and a few years ago Dr Now put a big ole lit up at night portrait 🖼 of him in front of his office. I fall out every time I drive down Bellaire Blvd lmao. I know homie living his best life now, good for him. He’s come a long way from leaving Iran to make a home in Texas.
Kabir when you said I've never seen a leg like that, I can only speak for myself...But I never seen anything close to that!!I think ALOT of ppl that have gotten that big,don't leave there home.
I am not making excuses for them, but I am, if that makes sense. Let me explain. For anyone who has never had a weight problem, they have no idea what causes it or why they eat so much. I grew up super skinny most of my life. I weighed only 125lbs. when I graduated high school. At the age of 40, I weighed 165 and had a flat stomach and looked and felt good. I soon got divorced. I was sad and depressed a bit from that and food was comfort to me. So it’s not just the amount of food these people eat, it’s WHY they eat it. I now weigh 195lbs and am only 5’6” tall. I am not far all over. Still have thin legs hunting have a gut. I hate it, but I also hate living alone, and sometimes I eat comfort food to make me not feel so sad. Now, I have seen women in Chinese videos that can eat 3 times as much as me, and have almost no waist. I don’t know how they do it. Anyway, I know some of why these people eat so much but I could never eat that much. These days I can order a large pizza and it will last me 2 full days of meals. I do not eat that much. I just do not get the movement I need to work it off. I am almost 61 and have not had work for 4 years now, so all I do it sit. I hate it, but I have lost 10 lbs in the past 2 years and for me not changing anything other than skipping a meal now and then because now I fee full most of the time, I am losing some slowly. I am not anywhere near those folks shape, but I am bigger than I wished I was. Just stating that I know what the cause is and instead of making these folks mad by a mean Dr. maybe they should seek counseling first. Get their mind right, then that weight will come off easier.
The cost of all this comes from taxpayers money. The majority of these people are on disability. which makes them eligible to receive checks from the state. I feel like all these people have some form of mental illness, they should start with counseling, and some form of program where they get sent off to a facility that they can be cared for. One of the things that holds them back is of course their own attitude, as well the enablers in their lives.
It’s sad that these people are morbidly obese. It’s also sad that people think these shows are “entertainment “. I guess it’s like when you slow down driving past an auto accident.
These people volunteer to be on that show and they are compensated for it. If they don’t want to play by the rules and get shamed for it, that’s their fault. There were people on there that did what was required of them and succeeded. And that’s great for them! Pity doesn’t get you anywhere. Self determination and good medical help does.
It does begin as a mental illness if this happens as an adult. If it starts as a child it usually begins with parents feeding too much or food is comfort in a chaotic home.
We are constantly bombarded with images and commercials of food. I think a lot of people eat for comfort or because they are bored. Some of it is probably mental illness, some is environmental.
If you aren't ready mentally, it's going to lead to failure. I'm down 80lbs and at my highest, I was just lost. It was just me, I guess I didn't want to acknowledge it. But, I found exercise that I could stick with and my diet improved, which led to my weight now being healthy. This was hard to watch. I feel so bad for them. But like I said, if you aren't ready, it's just not going to happen.
For someone to be THAT big and cannot get out of bed? Then I blame the family for providing the food! The family should have ONLY given the amount of food that is REASONABLE for an average diet per meal. NO SNACKS between meals, and ONLY 3 meals a day. PERIOD, end of story!
Wow. Ive never watched this show, though have seen clips. I found it overwhemning to watch. That made me consider how overwhelming they felt. I must admit, and this Im sure will sound ignorant, before clips of this show I didnt realize people could actually survive at these weights. That maggot thing got to me. Oof!
It's a sad thing to see people abuse themselves in this manner. It is a food addiction and a lot of times, a mental or psychological eating disorder. A lot of these patients are victims of sex abuse as children and a lot have enablers.
I never have understood how people get to this weight. I understand food addiction or medical conditions but like omg. Like i weigh 130 pounds and can eat every minute of the day and not gain a pound and it does get frustrating sometimes but after seeing how some people end up im not even mad about it
I've always had the thought when watching this show that, at 600+ lbs, wouldn't just the everyday activities of the average person's life make you lose weight (no matter WHAT you were eating), as long as you stuck to healthy portion sizes and meals per day?
There was one woman who weighed (It seems impossible) about 1500 lbs. She was said to eat 15 chickens a day. They had to cut the bedroom wall open to take her to the hospital. I always wondered how she afforded the food bill!
I'm in a nursing home now and suffer from lymphadenitis and am bed ridden but weight was a factor due to having 36 blood clots and leg ulcers for 20 years because I wouldn't let the doctors amputate my legs ( both )
These people have only themselves to blame for their situation. Having said that, though, their family members and friends also share in the blame. I would never bring home fast food for a family member who weighed 600 pounds. People that big cannot move around to procure the food, so the fault lies at the feet of the people who do their shopping.
When my best friend wanted gastric bypass surgery she had to lose weight before to prove she was serious about losing weight and had healthy habits in place. Losing extreme weight like that is very much a mental thing. If morbidly obese people were to get surgery to lose weight but not have the internal motivation to actually put in the work they would regain any weight lost and possibly die of they overeat too soon after surgery.
These people can't get up and get their own food. To me a simple solution is don't feed them so much. Why do their family members or care givers give them so much food? Just control what they eat.
I feel bad for the people that have that lymp disease. It's when you see someone with a huge limb but the rest may be normal. I don't know the name of this disease. I can't imagine the smell of these people. There is no way they can smell ok. How their skin doesn't split and rot is what I think about. I'm not a small lady, but nowhere like these people. When I got hurt and my whole life changed I did overeat. This year alone I have lost 30lbs and I'm not really doing anything. I just can't eat. I'm still big and the doctor has told me that I have to eat at least 1000 calories because my body is in starvation mode which is just weird to me because I'm still fat. I had a bad reaction to an antibiotic and it kinda cooked the lining of my intestines. I hurt when I eat and I hurt when I don't eat. I think I could live a month on just one plate of food these people eat.
You need to watch full episodes of this show to see what all these people were offered and required. These small clips don’t show it. But one had to be willing in order for anything to work. Many weren’t.
Kabir, sweetie, I wonder if you've done reactions to Hoarders. I think the mental issue is very similiar to this. It's also (at first sight) disgusting and you can make instant observations about being lazy, etc., but we're learning there's much more to it. I think you'd be surprised, (disgusted) and maybe inspired to see humans in a different way. Either way I think it's psychologically fascinating. I hope you do too.
The show and all shows like it are an absolute Trainwreck. And I'm not too fond of the Network's either. I believe almost everybody that sues them.. I think the producers manipulate the situations.. I think heavy editing is involved to get more drama going. Some of those patients and contestants are not mentally and psychologically and emotionally ready for that the manipulation and threats and that might be part of the reason that they quit and/or sue. I think these weight loss shows take people who are vulnerable and at their worst and make it fodder for entertainment. They may be grown people but I don't think they have the capacity to understand the Fallout of these kinds of shows.. but maybe that's just me
I can’t watch this show. It really grosses me out. I can’t understand lack of concern for their addiction to food. I eat to live not live to just eat. My addiction was vodka so don’t hate on me. I assure you, if you saw me drunk you would have been grossed out watching me as well. I never would have gone on a tv show to get sober. Lol.
I am sorry I cannot watch this one Kabir. I have a son who has battled with his weight for a VERY long time. He suffers from deep bouts of depression and turns to food for his comfort zone. We have paid for his weight loss surgery and yet he continues to use food. If you don't have someone close to your heart who has this condition, it is easy for you to say the should just stop eating. Stopping is not that easy! It is no easier to stop eating than an alcoholic to stop drinking, or a coke head to stop doing coke. It breaks my heart everyday I live knowing he will likely die before I do.....and he has two very beautiful girls who depend on him. I just refuse to watch this show on TV as I DO NOT FIND IT ENTERTAINING IN THE LEAST!!!
@@TexasRose50 Yes.....on medications also....it is a never ending loop. I just don't want people judging others for their weight assuming they are all just slobs that sit and eat fried chicken all day. There is so much more going on with many of them, it just breaks my heart. There is literally nothing we can do to change him or his situation and that gives me unbearable grief every single day.
I’m so sorry y’all are having to go through this. I can only imagine how hard it must be. You are right, not everyone is the same. I just said a prayer for you. You take care. And hang in there the best you can. Don’t let this affect your health.
I feel bad for these people but it's entirely their fault. It's no different than a drug addiction. It's sad but they know what they have to do to fix it, they just don't. Today's society babys these people and allows them to lie and make excuses to themselves to not hurt their fee fees, because being "nice" is more important to people than human life.
@@kabirconsiders but this particular genre… sheesh. Similarly I don’t understand how nikocado avocado is monetized on this platform. He’s he’s literally killing himself every single day for likes and money and I literally cannot watch him without being nauseated.
okay, but weight loss is hard and any weight loss should be praised, not put down. That amount of weight loss in anyone would have triggered a doctor to check if someone was sick, because healthy weight loss is 1-2 lbs per week. Her weight loss was in that range. It is a form of fatphobia to expect obese people to eat bad diets to lose more weight than what is recommended as healthy. It is one of the major reasons that most people just gain the weight back and more, because instead of making lifelong changes, they are put on fad 1200 calorie diets for a tv show of to feed some doctors ego. You cannot get the needed nutrients for your body on 1200 calories.
As a nurse I've cared for a few folks in this situation. Many of these patients have family who enable them . It's actually an eating disorder just like anorexia, just the opposite.
Kabir I would just like to say, you’re my favorite UA-cam channel and I anxiously await your every upload, keep up the great work brother, much love
Thanks so much :)
I don't think people understand this. Yes, I think it's mental and an addiction, but people with other addictions like heroin, cocaine, meth, or alcoholism or even anorexia are seen as sympathetic while overweight is seen as disgusting. Ask someone what ugly is and "fat" is usually the first word they say. Eating is the only addiction you need to survive. It's not easy like people think. Sexual abuse is one cause of weight gain. People who do lose weight often gain it back. Look at celebrities with every resource - money, trainers, equipment.. even they gain it back. I've had the problem myself and whenever I lose weight I gain back more than I lost. It's like the body is in control, not the mind. I was a vegetarian for 6 years and gained 10 lbs. I didn't have a car for 7 years, walked my dog about 4 hours a week year round, carried my groceries home and didn't lose anything, but when I started dating I lost 50 lbs in no time even though I didn't change my diet or exercise. My cardiologist told me there was nothing I could do. DNA. I'm not 600 lbs., but these people need to be treated like human beings with serious problems, not like scum. Nobody jokes about drug addicts or alcoholics who kill innocent people, but overweight people are the butt of jokes and insults. That's where we need to start to make a difference. You can't tell an alcoholic to just stop drinking (and nobody does) or an opioid addict to just stop even after they've been brought back to life on the street. Companies make billions of dollars with lousy weight loss garbage. If it were so easy it wouldn't be a problem.
@FourFish47 You're absolutely right that child sexual abuse can lead to over-eating and weight gain. Some describe it as stuffing the anger down in the frenetic eating.
I wonder how many people would manage to get over a drug addiction if they were told, "Yes, you need to stop using heroin but, in the meantime, you need to take just a little bit of heroin every day" or tell someone who is trying to stop smoking, "You must smoke ONE cigarette three times a day every day, but you must never smoke more than those three cigarettes per day." That's the dilemma people who try to lose weight face. They have to eat to survive so it is extremely difficult for them to take just a "little bit" of food and then stop. And you're right. No one tells a drug addict, "Why don't you just stop using drugs?" You are also correct that "fat and ugly" goes together sort of like "peas and carrots". I don't think I have ever heard anyone say someone was "thin and ugly" and yet obviously there are plenty of thin people who are ugly. I wish people would realize that addiction to food is just as real as an addiction to drugs or alcohol.
As an obese person (not to this extent, thank god) on the road to losing weight and getting back into exercising, it really comes down to willpower and having that healthy support network alongside you. Stress eating, eating disorder, trauma from your childhood, anything can cause you to turn to food as a crutch. It's painful, but I find this show motivating in the sense of: "You will end up just like this if you keep this up. Get on the right track." In....six months, I'm down 30 pounds, and I'll be hitting my goal weight once I lose 70 more pounds. To my other overweight folks out there trying to lose weight healthily- you got this! I believe in you!!!
That last entry with the mom and her son reminded me of the movie 'Whats Eating Gilbert Grape' a tragic movie for sure, luckily it sounds like that lady was headed in the right direction.
I feel bad for these people. Like you said, the majority of their problems stems from a mental health issue.
I don’t buy that at all.
@@Ira88881 that's your right. I'm not gonna waste my time trying to change your mind.
Research I've done says a lot of overweight people have had sexual abuse issues. Many times it runs in the family. There's tons of weight loss programs, pills, surgery, etc., etc., but there's more money to be made in those programs than healthy people. This is exactly what I was talking about - people who don't have the problem don't understand it, but think it's a simple solution. These people shouldn't have enablers, but to think it's a simple problem is ridiculous. Do you think these people like living this way? Like the woman who couldn't fit in the car and started crying. There's nothing funny about it and they need to stop being treated like garbage. Even young kids who are overweight are suicidal. Ask me how I know.
@@FourFish47 I agree. No one grows up thinking "one day I wanna weigh 6 or 7 hundred pounds". They have always been treated like lesser people and it's sad.
They get disability checks in the USA. Anyone over 500 pounds. I love Dr Nou, he don't play with them.
As an American I think this is the wrong thing to do, pretty much pay people for their poor decisions, I think they should get a check for weight lost and getting back to being a productive member of society. Might sound harsh but paying people for being overweight just encourages them to stay unhealthy
@@Lucas6l5 True
I live in Houston and what’s funny is his office is in the same parking lot as one of Houston’s best Chinese buffets. I always wondered if they waddled on over because that baked salmon 🍣 goes off tbh 😂😂😂😂
@@Lucas6l5 I totally agree. We've all made poor choices in our lives to one degree or another. As you suggested, let's incentivize positive actions instead of negative actions. I don't think you sound harsh, you sound like someone who actually desires that people improve rather than decline. We, as a society, cannot truly help those who, although mentally and physically capable, don't wish to help themselves. I realize on UA-cam, I am now a Stalinist/Nazi.
Should watch the "Where are they now". The after mass of the show yr -2 yrs after the program. One girl is a model now.😳😳😳😳😳
I definitely remember Steven. He was something else!
You need to see more. They had one lady who couldn’t get out of the bed. She had her children bring her a portable stove and she fried chicken in bed and ate it.
she ate the stove???
@@hifijohn Fried chicken.
@@Kenyon712 Probably both!
@@hifijohn outta line 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Being this overweight it's very complicated yes there's a component of mental problems that usually stem from some kind of abuse when they were younger. It's very much like being an alcoholic you are trying to bury something that is very painful and if it takes a lot of fat to do that that's what you'll do. No one consciously sets out to get this large. It comes on gradually. Often they were large as a child and were taught bad eating habits and then again as I said they're trying to cover up some pain so the eating just becomes more and more and more to where they could eat ten times more than you can at one sitting. Very often they will have people in their lives that enable them to continue this Behavior and that person is often oblivious to what they are doing. Whether it's alcohol drugs or food when you start trying to take that away from people of course they're going to get petulant because you are taking away their crutch. Becoming obese or being anorexic they're both eating disorders and have to be treated by a professional.
"She lost 1 pound" that's one healthy shit lol 💩
There is the food addiction aspect, but there is also deep depression that you have to learn to deal with. My highest weight was 375lbs. Now, I weigh 292. It is hard for me to get around, because I have Charcot Arthropathy in my feet. I have two rods in one foot. I am not giving up, but my depression makes it hard also. I love that you are so sensitive to these people. Thank you! ❤️🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲❤️
Wow, good for you on your prior weight loss. It must be so hard. ❤️
Congratulations on your weight loss! That's amazing! 💜
Thank you ❤️ It is hard, but I am not giving up.
Don’t give up! Keep trying your best! ❤❤❤ You are worth the effort
@@Happyface1981 Thank you!❤️
I am now binge watching this show and it’s a roller coaster of emotions for me. I either get so uplifted by their triumphs or I get so frustrated at them I could throw my shoe at the screen. It also motivated me to eat healthier and lose some weight.
That last one, I wish I had been forced to do more chores as a kid to be honest. I'd be a heck of a lot more productive today lol.
I admire you for admitting that. I had a friend that said the same thing.
I can't imagine how much pain they are in. I just had fluid in my leg due to a reaction from some medicine. I couldn't even walk it hurt so bad. And it wasn't anything near how big some of their legs were!!! My god! You would think that by the time they get to 3 or 400lbs they would want to do something about it. And im sorry that poor little boy should not be taking care of his mom! He needs to be taken care of. That's child abuse in my opinion.!
@Josh Kirk he is still a baby and there are things around the house that he could get hurt doing like using the stove. If there was ever a fire, she can't take care of it, she can't move. If children services ever knew they would probably take him away. She's an unfit mother. There are better ways to make your children self sufficient. My son is 37 and started working at 14. I was a single mother and if he wanted extras like a cell phone he had to buy it himself. He has been on his own since he was 20. Very responsible.
Idk how people could let themselves go this much
We “yelled 1lbs!!” at the same time😂😂
I can 💩 and lose close to that😂🤦♀️ maybe🤷♀️
I’m technically overweight at 160 5’5”.. but I don’t eat fast food, love butter in my cooking and don’t love exercise..
I watch this every week
Interesting Kabir. Thank you for sharing 😘
"A POUND "Oh come on Janine!!😆😅That cracked me up!!But...I do feel for them,because it's an addiction, just like drugs,alcohol ect...
Unfortunately,their life becomes eating. There really is no hobbies or anything else. As someone pointed out,they almost have to have an enabler;someone who brings all that food in.It’s very sad. I think they need help before they get to that size. They also need something healthy to do to replace the hours spent eating.
They're called enablers
Oh this is going to be a fun one!
Disgusting isn't it, It a big cash cow for TLC if fact its on right now.Its amazing how none of their friends or relatives say anything or try to help,also 600 lbs is nothing some are well over 700 lbs and one guy was little over 1000 lbs!! imagine weight in as much as entire family Not to be gross , but how in the world do these people go to the bathroom?? or do I even have to stomach to hear the answer..
It’s not just about eating, it’s about inactivity.
Kabir, a majority of Dr Now’s patients have deep-seated depression and PTSD from child sexual abuse and/or neglect. They used food as a comfort. Please lookup Lymphedema. It’s what’s causing the swelling in their legs.
AND-- you must Google Steven Assante. He began his infamy on YT as a huge, grotesque, raunchy vlogger. Unforgettable character.
yes assanti is the goat
They get their money from disability checks, our neighbor used to get $2500 a month just sitting a home. Some get more than that
I’m so glad you’re watching this since you love food. A lot of these people are emotional eaters. There’s something emotional more than mental going on in their lives.
I live in Houston and a few years ago Dr Now put a big ole lit up at night portrait 🖼 of him in front of his office. I fall out every time I drive down Bellaire Blvd lmao. I know homie living his best life now, good for him. He’s come a long way from leaving Iran to make a home in Texas.
The maggots got me too!
Kabir when you said I've never seen a leg like that, I can only speak for myself...But I never seen anything close to that!!I think ALOT of ppl that have gotten that big,don't leave there home.
10:35 whiplash
This is going to be a good one .. I haven’t even watched video yet and I already liked it! Lol
Julian Asante seemed to be insane!!!
I am not making excuses for them, but I am, if that makes sense. Let me explain. For anyone who has never had a weight problem, they have no idea what causes it or why they eat so much. I grew up super skinny most of my life. I weighed only 125lbs. when I graduated high school. At the age of 40, I weighed 165 and had a flat stomach and looked and felt good. I soon got divorced. I was sad and depressed a bit from that and food was comfort to me. So it’s not just the amount of food these people eat, it’s WHY they eat it. I now weigh 195lbs and am only 5’6” tall. I am not far all over. Still have thin legs hunting have a gut. I hate it, but I also hate living alone, and sometimes I eat comfort food to make me not feel so sad. Now, I have seen women in Chinese videos that can eat 3 times as much as me, and have almost no waist. I don’t know how they do it. Anyway, I know some of why these people eat so much but I could never eat that much. These days I can order a large pizza and it will last me 2 full days of meals. I do not eat that much. I just do not get the movement I need to work it off. I am almost 61 and have not had work for 4 years now, so all I do it sit. I hate it, but I have lost 10 lbs in the past 2 years and for me not changing anything other than skipping a meal now and then because now I fee full most of the time, I am losing some slowly. I am not anywhere near those folks shape, but I am bigger than I wished I was. Just stating that I know what the cause is and instead of making these folks mad by a mean Dr. maybe they should seek counseling first. Get their mind right, then that weight will come off easier.
Oh that poor child. I'm glad she turned her life around for her son.
470 is incredible, but if they ALL actually followed Dr. Now’s directions, they’d ALL lose a lot of weight!
The cost of all this comes from taxpayers money. The majority of these people are on disability. which makes them eligible to receive checks from the state. I feel like all these people have some form of mental illness, they should start with counseling, and some form of program where they get sent off to a facility that they can be cared for. One of the things that holds them back is of course their own attitude, as well the enablers in their lives.
the power of addiction is fierce.
It’s sad that these people are morbidly obese. It’s also sad that people think these shows are “entertainment “. I guess it’s like when you slow down driving past an auto accident.
These people volunteer to be on that show and they are compensated for it. If they don’t want to play by the rules and get shamed for it, that’s their fault. There were people on there that did what was required of them and succeeded. And that’s great for them! Pity doesn’t get you anywhere. Self determination and good medical help does.
It does begin as a mental illness if this happens as an adult. If it starts as a child it usually begins with parents feeding too much or food is comfort in a chaotic home.
I'm sure they'll be someone here who will say "If you think these women/men are unattractive then you're fatphobic".
We are constantly bombarded with images and commercials of food. I think a lot of people eat for comfort or because they are bored. Some of it is probably mental illness, some is environmental.
It's when they say I haven't eaten much. I myself suffer with bulimia nervosa
At least the ended the video with a positive case.
If you aren't ready mentally, it's going to lead to failure. I'm down 80lbs and at my highest, I was just lost. It was just me, I guess I didn't want to acknowledge it. But, I found exercise that I could stick with and my diet improved, which led to my weight now being healthy. This was hard to watch. I feel so bad for them. But like I said, if you aren't ready, it's just not going to happen.
Lisa passed away about 2 years or so ago.
How do you know? Does anyone know what her episode is I would like to see it.
For someone to be THAT big and cannot get out of bed? Then I blame the family for providing the food! The family should have ONLY given the amount of food that is REASONABLE for an average diet per meal. NO SNACKS between meals, and ONLY 3 meals a day. PERIOD, end of story!
“I’m going to send you to de terapist.” Dr. Now
The lady with the maggots in her leg passed away.
Wow. Ive never watched this show, though have seen clips. I found it overwhemning to watch. That made me consider how overwhelming they felt. I must admit, and this Im sure will sound ignorant, before clips of this show I didnt realize people could actually survive at these weights.
That maggot thing got to me.
Oof!
Even if they do lose the weight, then they need to have multiple surgeries to remove excess skin
5:08 thicc with 800000000 c’s
It's a sad thing to see people abuse themselves in this manner. It is a food addiction and a lot of times, a mental or psychological eating disorder. A lot of these patients are victims of sex abuse as children and a lot have enablers.
2:55 Pippen & Merry think she needs to slow it down.
I never have understood how people get to this weight. I understand food addiction or medical conditions but like omg. Like i weigh 130 pounds and can eat every minute of the day and not gain a pound and it does get frustrating sometimes but after seeing how some people end up im not even mad about it
$100 a day 😳! I’d hate to see their debt from credit cards 🥴
I've always had the thought when watching this show that, at 600+ lbs, wouldn't just the everyday activities of the average person's life make you lose weight (no matter WHAT you were eating), as long as you stuck to healthy portion sizes and meals per day?
I’ve watched the show for years, many have done well but there are sooooooo many of them who just will NOT LISTEN to Dr. Now!!!
They look like they might eat a lot, but you have to consider how huge they are also…they have to sustain their body
There was one woman who weighed (It seems impossible) about 1500 lbs. She was said to eat 15 chickens a day. They had to cut the bedroom wall open to take her to the hospital. I always wondered how she afforded the food bill!
There is no authenticated case of a person that heavy. The heaviest woman ever recorded was called Carol Yager, who at her peak was 1,200 lbs.
I can't watch this show cuz I had a friend who was like this and he passed away
I'm in a nursing home now and suffer from lymphadenitis and am bed ridden but weight was a factor due to having 36 blood clots and leg ulcers for 20 years because I wouldn't let the doctors amputate my legs ( both )
These people have only themselves to blame for their situation. Having said that, though, their family members and friends also share in the blame. I would never bring home fast food for a family member who weighed 600 pounds. People that big cannot move around to procure the food, so the fault lies at the feet of the people who do their shopping.
When my best friend wanted gastric bypass surgery she had to lose weight before to prove she was serious about losing weight and had healthy habits in place. Losing extreme weight like that is very much a mental thing. If morbidly obese people were to get surgery to lose weight but not have the internal motivation to actually put in the work they would regain any weight lost and possibly die of they overeat too soon after surgery.
I'll never understand the reason of why!
These people can't get up and get their own food. To me a simple solution is don't feed them so much. Why do their family members or care givers give them so much food? Just control what they eat.
I feel bad for the people that have that lymp disease. It's when you see someone with a huge limb but the rest may be normal. I don't know the name of this disease.
I can't imagine the smell of these people. There is no way they can smell ok. How their skin doesn't split and rot is what I think about. I'm not a small lady, but nowhere like these people. When I got hurt and my whole life changed I did overeat. This year alone I have lost 30lbs and I'm not really doing anything. I just can't eat. I'm still big and the doctor has told me that I have to eat at least 1000 calories because my body is in starvation mode which is just weird to me because I'm still fat. I had a bad reaction to an antibiotic and it kinda cooked the lining of my intestines. I hurt when I eat and I hurt when I don't eat. I think I could live a month on just one plate of food these people eat.
Love dr. Now
That last lady lost 470 pounds??
That's two of me and I'm trying to get back to about 200!!
That's wild!!
7:20 sadly that was probably done intentionally by the show just to get this reaction TLC is nothing but a freak show.
A show all about promoting weight loss surgery rather than helping people lose weight and be healthy.
I agree. They need to help do more programs where people come to their home and make them move!
You need to watch full episodes of this show to see what all these people were offered and required. These small clips don’t show it. But one had to be willing in order for anything to work. Many weren’t.
@@TexasRose50 I have watched a few full episodes.
Kabir, sweetie, I wonder if you've done reactions to Hoarders. I think the mental issue is very similiar to this. It's also (at first sight) disgusting and you can make instant observations about being lazy, etc., but we're learning there's much more to it. I think you'd be surprised, (disgusted) and maybe inspired to see humans in a different way. Either way I think it's psychologically fascinating. I hope you do too.
Its not all food sometimes the body has things go wrong and weight gain happens . Thyroids cab cause it just Lot of stuff
I can’t believe the the lady with the “butterfly butt” isn’t in the video. I don’t mean to be rude but I didn’t know how else to describe her. 🤷🏻♂️
I went from 210 to 120 in less than a year when I had cancer. If you want to lose weight, just get cancer haha kidding, but true story lol
Have you seen the Social Vibe doing 5 things you did not know about Kabir.
Is the young girl your Sister cause it doesn't look like her cooking.
Food is an addiction just like drugs or alcohol
10: so, ray was her enabler = not helping her at all....
The show and all shows like it are an absolute Trainwreck. And I'm not too fond of the Network's either. I believe almost everybody that sues them.. I think the producers manipulate the situations.. I think heavy editing is involved to get more drama going. Some of those patients and contestants are not mentally and psychologically and emotionally ready for that the manipulation and threats and that might be part of the reason that they quit and/or sue. I think these weight loss shows take people who are vulnerable and at their worst and make it fodder for entertainment. They may be grown people but I don't think they have the capacity to understand the Fallout of these kinds of shows.. but maybe that's just me
I can’t watch this show. It really grosses me out. I can’t understand lack of concern for their addiction to food. I eat to live not live to just eat. My addiction was vodka so don’t hate on me. I assure you, if you saw me drunk you would have been grossed out watching me as well. I never would have gone on a tv show to get sober. Lol.
I am sorry I cannot watch this one Kabir. I have a son who has battled with his weight for a VERY long time. He suffers from deep bouts of depression and turns to food for his comfort zone. We have paid for his weight loss surgery and yet he continues to use food. If you don't have someone close to your heart who has this condition, it is easy for you to say the should just stop eating. Stopping is not that easy! It is no easier to stop eating than an alcoholic to stop drinking, or a coke head to stop doing coke. It breaks my heart everyday I live knowing he will likely die before I do.....and he has two very beautiful girls who depend on him. I just refuse to watch this show on TV as I DO NOT FIND IT ENTERTAINING IN THE LEAST!!!
Has he ever been to a therapist for his depression?
@@TexasRose50 Yes.....on medications also....it is a never ending loop. I just don't want people judging others for their weight assuming they are all just slobs that sit and eat fried chicken all day. There is so much more going on with many of them, it just breaks my heart. There is literally nothing we can do to change him or his situation and that gives me unbearable grief every single day.
I’m so sorry y’all are having to go through this. I can only imagine how hard it must be. You are right, not everyone is the same. I just said a prayer for you. You take care. And hang in there the best you can. Don’t let this affect your health.
I feel bad for these people but it's entirely their fault. It's no different than a drug addiction. It's sad but they know what they have to do to fix it, they just don't. Today's society babys these people and allows them to lie and make excuses to themselves to not hurt their fee fees, because being "nice" is more important to people than human life.
I HATE 90 day fiance.
I don't believe it either
You've tasted the food already, just stop. I know addiction is hard but damn.
Kabir, you lost me ar the maggots.
Brits are watching american reality tv?! Dont sink to our level Britain, your supposed to be better than this
At least he didn't have to go the bait shop when he went fishing. Just lift up a fold of skin, grab some critters, and bait your hook!!!
One guy actually had some type of mold growing on his leg.
I literally cannot watch this.
i feel sorry for them, but yeah it was kinda gross at times
@@kabirconsiders It’s like hoarders or Intervention. It feels really exploitive to me.
@@kabirconsiders but this particular genre… sheesh. Similarly I don’t understand how nikocado avocado is monetized on this platform. He’s he’s literally killing himself every single day for likes and money and I literally cannot watch him without being nauseated.
okay, but weight loss is hard and any weight loss should be praised, not put down. That amount of weight loss in anyone would have triggered a doctor to check if someone was sick, because healthy weight loss is 1-2 lbs per week. Her weight loss was in that range. It is a form of fatphobia to expect obese people to eat bad diets to lose more weight than what is recommended as healthy. It is one of the major reasons that most people just gain the weight back and more, because instead of making lifelong changes, they are put on fad 1200 calorie diets for a tv show of to feed some doctors ego. You cannot get the needed nutrients for your body on 1200 calories.
100lbs in 2 months!? That is as ridiculous as only losing 3 lbs.
Just wondering, are you a dietitian?
Kabir you have never weighed 600 pounds so you don't know what these people go thru so please do yourself a favor and stop being so critical.