12. Follow-up (Texas)
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This one-hour special will bring us up to date on where the Texas participants are in their weight loss journey, what they're doing differently, and what the trainers think.
11. Sallie / Chad (South Carolina)
2011 - Season 1
Sallie is the life of every party, but at age 30 and 443 pounds, she is finding she can no longer be as active as she once was. Now, as she watches her 9-year-old son Sam follow in her footsteps and gain weight, she realizes that it is time to change her life--for both her and Sam. Chad, at age 28 and weighing 509 pounds, has met the love of his life and is ready to start a family of his own. However, Leina isn't willing to settle down with Chad until he changes to a healthier lifestyle. She doesn't want to marry someone who could die in a year. Unwilling to lose Leina, Chad is ready to prove that he can be the man she wants him to be.
10. Mark / Patty (South Carolina)
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Mark is only months away from being a first-time father, but at age 40 and weighing 516 pounds, Mark is afraid if something doesn't change soon, he won't live to see his daughter grow up.
9. Stacia / Tim (South Carolina)
2011 - Season 1
Stacia used to live to perform theater, but at 435 pounds, her weight proved to be too much of an obstacle to take the stage. She has tried to lose the weight before but she and her husband fall into old patterns and find they just can't give up their food. At 36 years old, Stacia realizes that time is ticking and, if she wants to change, she must do it now, even if it means making some drastic changes to her home life. At 4'2" and 240 pounds, Tim is a little person whose health problems from his dwarfism are made worse by his excess weight. He dreams of holding down a job and finding love, but until he takes off the weight, those goals are out of reach. He has vowed to take off the weight before, but has never followed through. Will this time be different or will he once again fall back on old habits?
8. Bill / Julia (South Carolina)
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Bill, 52 years old and 443 pounds, is a former college football star with two national championships under his belt who at one time had it all but lost his job
7. Jill / Johnny (South Carolina)
2011 - Season 1
Jill wants nothing in the world more than to have a baby, but at 35 years old and 305 pounds, her doctor told her she has a hundred pounds to lose before she can become pregnant. Will Jill be able to reach her goal to be a mom, or will her history of being a closet eater come back to haunt her? Johnny, at 443 pounds, has spent most of the 19 years of his life using food as a comfort. Abandoned by his biological mother at age three, Johnny has struggled with his weight ever since. Now Johnny is ready to let go of the anger, and get a fresh start in life.
6. Ronnie / Debbie (South Carolina)
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At 45-years-old and weighing 446 pounds, Ronnie is engaged to be married to the love of his life, Cara.
5. Kevin / Flor (Texas)
2011 - Season 1
When Kevin, 39 years old and 597 pounds, got married, his weight started to spiral out of control. His wife has tried to motivate him to diet and exercise, but nothing has worked. With two kids and a nephew to take care of, Kevin's greatest fear is that he's passing his bad habits onto them. He knows that if he doesn't do something to change soon, he may not be around much longer. Growing up, Flor, 40 years old and 309 pounds, remembers how her mother used to call her "the fat one." After hearing so many times that she was fat, she says she just accepted that fact and gave into it. Nothing she did could stop the weight gain and finding comfort in food. Flor needs to make a change now if she wants to take her life back and participate in life with her family.
4. Travis / Lindy (Texas)
2011 - Season 1
Travis' addiction to food has made him blind to the damage he's doing to his body, and his family. At age 34 and weighing 431 pounds, he's been trapped in a vicious cycle of eating and depression. If he doesn't change now, the doctors warn he risks making his wife a widow and a single parent to their seven-year-old son and baby on the way. Lindy, 37 years old and 285 pounds, used to be the most popular girl in school. She was skinny and a cheerleader...she had it all. But after 17 years of marriage, her husband told her she was too fat and the marriage ended. Since the divorce, she has gained 175 pounds and her daughters won't have anything to do with her. She needs to lose the weight so that she can get her life and her family back.
3. Sharon / Ashley (Texas)
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Sharon's life has been marked with tragedy. After losing her mother she gained 100 pounds, after her son committed suicide, she gained another 60. Now, 47 years old and 366 pounds, Sharon knows she must do something about her weight, or her family may lose her next. Ashley weighed more than 230 pounds by the time she graduated from high school.
2. Rickywayne / Jessica (Texas)
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Rickywayne, 35 years old and 555 pounds, started putting on weight when he was in the 5th grade. Getting creative with how to sneak the extra food, he was eating six or seven meals a day.
1. Tom / Jodi (Texas)
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Witness the journey of Tom and Jodi, both 37 from Houston Texas, and learn more about why they are heavy and how they can reverse their lifestyles through health, nutrition and exercise methods.
