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[Syreeta] If I don't
get this fixed,
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I could potentially
be bedbound.
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[woman 1] Somewhere... is
this little glimmer of hope.
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I just wanna be
a normal person.
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[grunts, pants]
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You can't do it,
and then I just get mad.
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[woman 2] If I don't make
a change now, I'm scared
it's gonna be too late.
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[woman 3] I refuse
to stop fighting.
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I have to do this
for my children.
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[grunts]
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[Dr. Now] This is your life
and you're killing
yourself with food,
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[Dr. Now] This is your life
and you're killing
yourself with food,
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You know, you're not gonna
live longer like that if you
keep gaining weight.
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[Syreeta] I don't sleep well
at night at all.
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I'm a night owl.
I'm up constantly all night.
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[grunting]
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I'm scared to sleep,
if I can be honest about it.
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I'm scared
that I'm not gonna wake up,
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I'm scared
that I'm not gonna wake up,
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because of my weight.
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So, yeah.
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My weight, it scares me now.
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And then, on top of that,
I wake up in a lot of pain.
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I live with
the love of my life,
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my husband, Lawrence,
and my stepson.
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I'm thankful...
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for my current
living situation,
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because not everybody
got a roof over their head,
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but at the same time,
it is challenging.
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The floor's unlevelled,
and uneven, and it's weak.
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So...
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[grunts]
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I'm scared that I...
I may fall through the floor.
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And then, it's hard going
up and down the stairs,
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because
my stairs are so steep.
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I have a fear
of falling down the stairs.
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...but my son fell
through first and I ended up
falling through again.
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...but my son fell
through first and I ended up
falling through again.
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Depending on how I'm feeling,
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every other day,
I will take a shower,
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because I honestly cannot
standup for a long period
of time at all.
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Sometimes the pain
in my legs will be
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so unbearable
that I will just wash up.
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As we call bird bath,
ho bath, you know.
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Like, the birds they go
into the water thing,
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and roll around in it.
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It's depressing,
because I have
a lot of stomach,
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and then with having
short arms and trying to reach
behind a big old body,
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and it's challenging,
very challenging.
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I do have a hard time
washing my feet,
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because once I bend over
to try to wash them,
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I'm... I'm wobbly
and I'll end up falling.
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I'd be out of breath
after I get out the shower.
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Or, just in a lot of pain
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from doing all that
moving in the shower.
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Then, I crawl up the stairs,
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'cause it hurts
to go up and down.
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And, so, I try not to depend
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on my family so much,
because sometimes
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they enable me
a little to much.
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So, I try
to depend on myself
before I ask for help.
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My husband does a lot.
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I can get dressed fine,
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but I feel like things
are getting harder.
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But, even though,
my life was miserable,
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I get an excitement when
I know it's time to eat again.
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What are we eating?
[breathing heavily] Huh?
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What are we eating?
[breathing heavily] Huh?
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Hello?
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What's for breakfast?
[chuckles]
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Ah! Okay. Ah, oh!
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[Lawrence speaking]
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I've been with girls
that was big,
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but she's
the biggest girl
I've been with.
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And at first,
it was kind of hard
to get used to.
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I'd never seen it
from the lens
of somebody bigger.
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You never know
what they really go through.
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You never know
what they really go through.
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That's fine.
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[Lawrence] Eating makes...
sometimes her mood better.
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If she's stressed out,
she eats, if she's unhappy,
she will eat.
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I mean... I guess
it's a coping mechanism
for her.
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I'm hungry. You ready
for breakfast? I am.
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What do you need me to get?
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I wanna do bacon,
egg and cheese sandwiches,
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-with some pizza rolls.
-Okay.
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Um, you can go grab that
and I'll get the stuff
set up up here.
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-Okay.
-All right, thank you.
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-Okay.
-All right, thank you.
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You welcome.
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It's like, peace and war.
Do I want war,
or do I want peace?
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If I give in, I have peace.
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If I don't, it'll be
a constant nagging about it.
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[Syreeta] Food fulfills me.
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It fulfills empty voids
that... that humans
can't fulfill.
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It fulfills empty voids
that... that humans
can't fulfill.
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Just like a kid
in the candy store.
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When you go in the candy store
and your eyes light up
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'cause you got
a multitude of stuff,
you got all types of different
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variety of stuff,
it's the same thing
when it comes
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to looking
at my refrigerator, like,
"Ooh, I'm eating
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out every one
of those snacks."
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It always puts
my mind elsewhere.
It puts me in a happy place.
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Going all the way
back to childhood.
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That's when it was my escape.
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I had a horrible childhood.
There was nothing sweet
about it.
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All the stuff
that I went through,
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a child should've
never went through.
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At two years old,
so, I was raised
by a lot of people.
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Moving around
from home to home.
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Moving around
from home to home.
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And more often than that,
I was abused in these homes.
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And by the time
I was eight years old,
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I had been physically,
sexually, and mentally abused.
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I was mentally traumatized.
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With each new family
that child services
sent me to,
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didn't have the knowledge
to know how to deal with that.
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I was a defiant kid
at that time.
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I was a defiant kid
at that time.
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So I was in
and out of girls' homes,
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and eventually
juvenile detention.
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So, around the time
when I was 11,
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I decided to try
and find my birth mom,
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and we reunited.
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I told her how I had been
in a foster care system,
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so she took me in.
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Well, at first
we had good times.
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We had good times,
dancing, and singing,
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you know, played around,
cooking. It wasn't all bad.
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you know, played around,
cooking. It wasn't all bad.
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But after
the first few months,
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we was like oil and water.
Like, we didn't mix.
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She had a mouth,
I had a smart mouth.
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So, I moved on from her,
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and I left feeling sad
that I didn't have
a good parent in my life.
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So, after that I just
made my peace with loving
the feeling I got from food.
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Because food was something
that loved me back.
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And by the end of the year,
I was 250 pounds.
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And by the end of the year,
I was 250 pounds.
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After that it was back
to being cycled around
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from one foster home
to another.
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I had to change schools
so many times,
I can't remember the names.
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After I got done
with high school,
I was 450 pounds.
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I was too old
to be in foster care.
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I didn't have a job
or a place to live,
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so I just stayed
with friends and relatives.
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I wanted to be
a cosmetologist,
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but... there wasn't
too many options
because of my size.
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So, I got on social security
and I lived with my grandma.
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I did hair,
and I baby-sit for friends
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to help pay
my bills and stuff.
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I had my first apartment
when I was almost
18 years old.
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I woke up one day and realized
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this is the first time
I had a roof over my head
free of abuse.
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And that felt good,
that felt so good.
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I ordered in, and ate
all the fries and pizza,
and burgers I wanted.
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I found myself
thinking on what to do
with the rest of my life.
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And that's when I decided
to become a nurse's aide.
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I was able to study
to get my certificate online,
but it was a lot of work,
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but it was hard for me
to get out and go anywhere
especially due to my size.
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but it was hard for me
to get out and go anywhere
especially due to my size.
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So, I started joining
friendship groups
on social media,
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and that's how I met Lawrence.
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I made a post
on a dating website,
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and he commented on it,
and I went to this page
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and I was like,
"Oh, yeah. He cute."
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Lawrence told me that
he thought big women are sexy,
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and one thing lead to another.
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We dated long distance
for two years,
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and then I moved
up there to be with him.
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and then I moved
up there to be with him.
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It felt good seeing
my dad get married.
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It felt good to see
my stepmom and him
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to walk... [exhales]
...walk the aisle together.
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That's it.
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Ooh, my knees hurt.
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[breathing heavily]
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Well, I've had
a lot of relations
and relationships,
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but...
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this is the only
real relationship
that I've ever had
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to the point where I'm...
actually genuinely
in love with that person.
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to the point where I'm...
actually genuinely
in love with that person.
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I tried to tell my husband
at times, like, you know,
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"People see you with me.
I'm a bigger woman."
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I always have a fear
of losing him to another woman
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who might be a little smaller,
maybe prettier.
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But, the biggest fear is
if I don't lose the weight,
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But, the biggest fear is
if I don't lose the weight,
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he's gonna have
a hard time burying me.
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What do you wanna have for...
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What else are we gonna have
besides chips?
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[car door beeping]
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[Syreeta] You know
what I don't understand?
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How your car...
Well, your car... it's not
littler than mine's, but...
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[breathing heavily]
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[breathing heavily]
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I get out your car easier
than I get out of my own car.
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Oh, my back.
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Ow! Snacks.
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Meal wise,
I probably eat twice a day.
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But as far as snacking wise,
that's everyday, all day,
constantly.
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Oh, these are so good.
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How about these right here?
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Ooh, yes. Maybe barbecue.
I actually like those.
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You want some cheese balls?
I like cheese balls.
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The cart is almost full.
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At times it is very hard
for me to stop eating.
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Like, I hit these points where
I will indulge in something,
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or my stomach
will start hurting,
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and I'm still eating.
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-[cashier] Hey, how are ya?
-I'm fine. How are you?
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Doing pretty good myself.
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-That's good.
-[scanner beeps]
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I opened these,
so I'mma give those to you.
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I opened these,
so I'mma give those to you.
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[scanner beeping]
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-[cashier] All righty.
-Thank you.
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[cashier] No problem.
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[Syreeta grunts]
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[grunts]
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[Lawrence speaking]
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No, I'm mixing mine together.
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[Lawrence] Mmm, okay.
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[Syreeta] Let me know
when to stop,
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-'cause once I get
ahold of this pot...
-[Lawrence] Yes, ma'am.
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...I ain't sharing.
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I think my weight
is changing for the worse,
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due to the fact that now
as day to day goes by,
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due to the fact that now
as day to day goes by,
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it's more, it's really hard
for me to actually move
around on a day to day basis
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because I be
in so much pain
just to walk to the bathroom.
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-You're eating too fast.
-I... Yeah, what you want.
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You know
I got chipmunk cheeks.
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If I don't get this fixed,
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I could potentially
be bedbound.
236
00:16:28,100 --> 00:16:30,000
Or either find myself
in somebody's nursing home
237
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,200
Or either find myself
in somebody's nursing home
238
00:16:31,266 --> 00:16:33,300
at a young age.
I'm too young for that,
239
00:16:33,367 --> 00:16:34,900
because I can't move around.
240
00:16:39,667 --> 00:16:42,767
I'd be mad at myself
at times, like...
241
00:16:42,767 --> 00:16:45,867
[hesitates] I mean,
you did this.
You let yourself go.
242
00:16:47,667 --> 00:16:51,166
Oh. I think I really
outdid myself this time,
again.
243
00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:52,667
Damn.
244
00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:57,600
And it's still hot? Oh, okay.
245
00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:03,367
It is... It's hard
to move around.
246
00:17:03,367 --> 00:17:05,367
[hesitates] It's sad.
247
00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,700
I'm scared
that there's nothing
I can do,
248
00:17:11,867 --> 00:17:14,066
and that I'm too
far gone to get help.
249
00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,266
And I'm scared,
it's just a matter of time,
250
00:17:18,266 --> 00:17:20,800
before I go to bed
and don't wake up.
251
00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,500
Well, I thank you, kindly,
sir, thank you, kindly.
252
00:17:53,367 --> 00:17:54,251
Chips! All right.
253
00:17:54,251 --> 00:17:55,767
Chips! All right.
254
00:17:58,867 --> 00:18:01,767
Okay. These gonna be
my chips for this trip.
255
00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,900
Bad addiction, bad addiction.
256
00:18:05,967 --> 00:18:07,800
-[zipper zips]
-Ooh, I don't know
what to expect.
257
00:18:07,867 --> 00:18:10,100
Are you nervous? I'm nervous.
258
00:18:10,166 --> 00:18:12,500
Did you grab you some snacks?
I'm not sharing my chips.
259
00:18:15,867 --> 00:18:17,600
Okay then.
260
00:18:17,667 --> 00:18:20,200
Today, everything
is gonna change.
261
00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:21,367
[groaning]
262
00:18:23,767 --> 00:18:24,251
Ooh!
263
00:18:24,251 --> 00:18:25,567
Ooh!
264
00:18:25,567 --> 00:18:29,000
I've finally made a decision
to go down to Houston,
265
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,100
and try to get help
from Dr. Now.
266
00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:36,100
[coughs]
267
00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:38,567
Because, if there's anyone
that's gonna help me
268
00:18:38,567 --> 00:18:40,900
lose this weight,
they say it's him.
269
00:18:42,266 --> 00:18:44,767
So, me and Lawrence
are gonna take his car,
270
00:18:44,767 --> 00:18:46,567
and it's gonna be
a long drive.
271
00:18:46,567 --> 00:18:48,100
Something like 18 hours.
272
00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,100
Thanks, son.
273
00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:54,251
I'm glad she's doing
this thing to help her
with her weight.
274
00:18:54,251 --> 00:18:55,300
I'm glad she's doing
this thing to help her
with her weight.
275
00:18:58,166 --> 00:19:01,200
She's doing
what she had to do,
and I appreciate it.
276
00:19:01,266 --> 00:19:03,166
So, she's making
that big step in her life,
277
00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:05,367
she's doing what she gotta do
to lose this weight.
278
00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:08,467
Ooh! All right, son. Love ya.
279
00:19:08,467 --> 00:19:10,066
[Lathanial] I love you too.
280
00:19:10,066 --> 00:19:11,100
[breathing heavily]
281
00:19:17,066 --> 00:19:19,400
Well, it is bright out here.
282
00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:39,800
I'm just worried about
how much it's gonna
hurt my legs,
283
00:19:39,867 --> 00:19:43,767
being cramped,
cooped up, stuffed
in the car for so long.
284
00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:45,367
But I know
it's gonna be worth it,
285
00:19:45,367 --> 00:19:47,967
if I can get Dr. Now
to help me lose some weight,
286
00:19:47,967 --> 00:19:50,166
and get my health
back together.
287
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,251
It makes me nervous
travelling this far from home,
288
00:19:54,251 --> 00:19:54,867
It makes me nervous
travelling this far from home,
289
00:19:54,867 --> 00:19:57,400
because I've never gone
this far before.
290
00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,467
I got chips for now,
so I'll just open
those up, but...
291
00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:03,100
[bag rustling]
292
00:20:04,667 --> 00:20:07,667
[Syreeta] And I don't know
what it's gonna be like.
293
00:20:07,667 --> 00:20:10,867
And I don't know
if I'll get along
with Dr. Now.
294
00:20:12,867 --> 00:20:15,266
I've heard a lot about him,
and it sounds like
295
00:20:15,266 --> 00:20:17,367
he's a tough love kind of guy.
296
00:20:17,367 --> 00:20:19,767
So, I just hope
that I can get along with him
297
00:20:19,767 --> 00:20:22,166
enough to get him to help me.
298
00:20:27,367 --> 00:20:29,700
Ooh-ah, ooh-ah, ooh-ah.
299
00:20:33,467 --> 00:20:34,767
[Syreeta sighing]
300
00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:35,800
[Lawrence speaking]
301
00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:38,266
[Syreeta] Oh.
302
00:20:38,867 --> 00:20:39,667
Oh!
303
00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:43,567
[Syreeta sighs and speaks]
304
00:20:46,567 --> 00:20:47,767
-[Syreeta speaking]
-[Lawrence] Yeah.
305
00:20:47,767 --> 00:20:48,800
[Syreeta speaking]
306
00:20:49,367 --> 00:20:50,166
[Lawrence] Uh-huh.
307
00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:51,700
[Syreeta speaking]
308
00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:56,900
[Lawrence speaking]
309
00:21:16,266 --> 00:21:17,100
[Syreeta sighs]
310
00:21:21,066 --> 00:21:22,600
[Syreeta] Oh, Jesus.
311
00:21:23,266 --> 00:21:24,251
Okay, I'm coming.
312
00:21:24,251 --> 00:21:24,467
Okay, I'm coming.
313
00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:27,767
Oh.
314
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,266
Ow, my legs. Oh.
315
00:21:35,667 --> 00:21:36,867
I'm fine. How are you?
316
00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,567
-Okay.
-[man] Go through the door
and take a left.
317
00:21:41,567 --> 00:21:42,467
[Syreeta] Okay.
318
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,266
Hello.
319
00:21:46,266 --> 00:21:47,900
Room 419.
320
00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,066
Right here.
321
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:56,867
Oh.
322
00:22:04,767 --> 00:22:05,767
[Syreeta sighs]
323
00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:12,000
Oh, okay.
324
00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:14,667
It's hard. It's hard to me.
325
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,166
[Syreeta] I'm tired and sore,
326
00:22:17,166 --> 00:22:19,100
and I just wanna
stretch out my legs
327
00:22:19,100 --> 00:22:20,467
and get me some sleep.
328
00:22:20,467 --> 00:22:21,600
[Syreeta groans]
329
00:22:21,667 --> 00:22:24,166
I think tomorrow
I'll be better,
330
00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:24,251
but right now I just
can't go no more.
331
00:22:24,251 --> 00:22:27,166
but right now I just
can't go no more.
332
00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:28,667
I'm spent.
333
00:22:28,667 --> 00:22:30,100
Breathe, damn, breathe.
334
00:22:31,367 --> 00:22:32,166
[Syreeta panting]
335
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,266
Whew!
336
00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,200
Oh, my back.
337
00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:49,166
Can you unlock the door, babe?
Thank you.
338
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,533
[grunts]
339
00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:14,100
Where is my chips at?
Did you accidentally throw
my chips in the garbage?
340
00:23:16,166 --> 00:23:17,266
[Lawrence speaking]
341
00:23:18,266 --> 00:23:20,000
Huh? Uh-huh.
342
00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:21,100
[Syreeta yawns]
343
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:27,367
[Lawrence speaking]
344
00:23:32,867 --> 00:23:33,900
[grunts]
345
00:23:35,367 --> 00:23:36,700
Ooh, that hurt.
346
00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:39,166
[Lawrence speaking]
347
00:23:39,166 --> 00:23:40,500
[Syreeta laughs]
348
00:23:43,367 --> 00:23:45,166
You're so sweet.
349
00:23:48,066 --> 00:23:50,700
This weather is
cutting up.
350
00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,066
[Lawrence speaking]
351
00:23:54,066 --> 00:23:54,251
[Syreeta speaking]
352
00:23:54,251 --> 00:23:55,100
[Syreeta speaking]
353
00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:05,100
[Lawrence speaking]
354
00:24:05,767 --> 00:24:06,900
[Syreeta speaking]
355
00:24:06,967 --> 00:24:08,100
[Lawrence speaking]
356
00:24:08,100 --> 00:24:09,100
[Syreeta speaking]
357
00:24:09,667 --> 00:24:10,667
[Lawrence speaking]
358
00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:13,100
[Syreeta speaking]
359
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:15,667
[Lawrence speaking]
360
00:24:21,867 --> 00:24:22,967
[Syreeta speaking]
361
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:24,251
[Lawrence speaking]
362
00:24:24,251 --> 00:24:24,967
[Lawrence speaking]
363
00:24:24,967 --> 00:24:26,000
[Syreeta speaking]
364
00:24:34,367 --> 00:24:35,266
[Lawrence speaking]
365
00:24:35,266 --> 00:24:36,467
[Syreeta speaking]
366
00:24:36,467 --> 00:24:37,367
[Lawrence speaking]
367
00:24:39,867 --> 00:24:41,000
[Syreeta speaking]
368
00:24:42,767 --> 00:24:43,900
[Lawrence speaking]
369
00:24:44,667 --> 00:24:45,800
[Syreeta speaking]
370
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,367
Lawrence is talking about
all this foolishness
371
00:24:56,367 --> 00:24:58,367
about how I might
wanna leave him
372
00:24:58,367 --> 00:25:00,867
after I lose this weight.
373
00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:03,300
That is something
that would never
cross my mind.
374
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,967
What I'm really worried about
375
00:25:07,967 --> 00:25:12,066
is if he found me in a BBW
social media group,
376
00:25:12,066 --> 00:25:15,600
and I lose the weight
and I'm not so big anymore,
377
00:25:15,667 --> 00:25:17,667
how is really gonna
feel about me?
378
00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:23,500
[grunts]
379
00:25:24,567 --> 00:25:25,667
Whew, ooh!
380
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,066
[sighs]
381
00:25:41,767 --> 00:25:42,700
Whew!
382
00:25:45,767 --> 00:25:48,300
Ow! I knew it was gonna
start doing it.
383
00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:49,967
Ohh!
384
00:25:49,967 --> 00:25:51,066
[Lawrence speaking]
385
00:25:51,066 --> 00:25:52,066
[Syreeta] Yeah.
386
00:26:05,266 --> 00:26:06,300
[grunts]
387
00:26:06,967 --> 00:26:09,066
Oh, Jesus.
388
00:26:09,066 --> 00:26:11,767
I'm gonna have to change
my whole mindset
389
00:26:11,767 --> 00:26:13,166
and change my life
390
00:26:13,166 --> 00:26:16,367
the way I know
he's gonna want me to do.
391
00:26:16,367 --> 00:26:20,266
So, I just need support
right now and not have
all this paranoid stuff.
392
00:26:20,967 --> 00:26:22,767
But before I see Dr. Now,
393
00:26:22,767 --> 00:26:24,251
I need to put my feet up
and get me some sleep.
394
00:26:24,251 --> 00:26:25,367
I need to put my feet up
and get me some sleep.
395
00:26:27,266 --> 00:26:28,367
[yawns]
396
00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:30,300
It's swollen.
397
00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:32,967
[grunts]
398
00:26:35,266 --> 00:26:36,300
[clears throat]
399
00:26:40,567 --> 00:26:41,800
-Okay, dear god.
-[sighs]
400
00:26:42,967 --> 00:26:44,266
-[sighs]
-[clears throat]
401
00:26:49,467 --> 00:26:50,567
Come up some.
402
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:52,367
Yes, that's...
403
00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:10,066
I don't know. If I can't eat
my feelings away,
404
00:27:10,066 --> 00:27:11,700
I get over it, I'll be mad,
405
00:27:11,767 --> 00:27:13,700
I'll have an attitude,
406
00:27:13,767 --> 00:27:17,367
but I'mma just keep in mind
it's either the grave
or the snacks.
407
00:27:18,166 --> 00:27:19,100
Take your pick.
408
00:27:20,166 --> 00:27:21,900
And I choose to live, so...
409
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,367
I'm gonna do
what I have to do.
410
00:27:26,367 --> 00:27:29,400
We're headed to Dr. Now's
for my first appointment.
411
00:27:29,467 --> 00:27:29,743
We drove the last two hours
412
00:27:29,743 --> 00:27:31,567
We drove the last two hours
413
00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:34,066
and made it here
with just enough time
414
00:27:34,066 --> 00:27:35,567
to check into a hotel
415
00:27:35,567 --> 00:27:37,000
so that after the appointment,
416
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,500
we could just come back
and rest.
417
00:27:38,567 --> 00:27:40,467
I'm nervous about meeting him,
418
00:27:40,467 --> 00:27:43,266
and I'm a little worried
that we won't get along,
419
00:27:43,266 --> 00:27:46,100
because I don't like
being told what to do.
420
00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:48,200
And if I don't
mesh with his manner,
421
00:27:48,266 --> 00:27:50,000
it's really gonna be
hard to handle.
422
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,100
But I really do need
the surgery,
423
00:27:59,100 --> 00:27:59,743
so I'm just gonna have to be
able to get along with him.
424
00:27:59,743 --> 00:28:01,600
so I'm just gonna have to be
able to get along with him.
425
00:28:13,266 --> 00:28:15,166
Well, let's just have
a look on in.
426
00:28:15,467 --> 00:28:16,300
Oh.
427
00:28:20,667 --> 00:28:21,800
Oh, I'm tired.
428
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:34,967
Syreeta.
429
00:28:34,967 --> 00:28:36,066
Here we go.
430
00:28:36,066 --> 00:28:37,166
Oh, my legs.
431
00:28:47,266 --> 00:28:48,100
Which way I go?
432
00:28:53,066 --> 00:28:54,667
Hmm.
433
00:28:54,667 --> 00:28:56,066
I think you can go ahead
on the scale.
434
00:29:16,567 --> 00:29:18,000
Okay. We're gonna
go to Room 5.
435
00:29:18,066 --> 00:29:19,000
Okay.
436
00:29:20,867 --> 00:29:23,000
[Syreeta] Damn,
I've gained weight.
437
00:29:23,066 --> 00:29:26,000
That's the first time
I've ever been 600 pounds.
438
00:29:31,667 --> 00:29:33,166
That moment was horrible.
439
00:29:33,166 --> 00:29:35,367
I couldn't believe I had
gained the damn weight.
440
00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:39,467
Everything's worse than
I thought.
441
00:29:39,467 --> 00:29:42,367
So whatever Dr. Now
asks me to do,
442
00:29:42,367 --> 00:29:43,300
I'm gonna do it.
443
00:29:43,367 --> 00:29:44,266
Oh, this is real.
444
00:29:46,166 --> 00:29:47,367
This is real.
445
00:29:52,567 --> 00:29:54,066
Hello. How y'all doing?
446
00:29:54,066 --> 00:29:55,367
[Syreeta] Fine. How are you?
447
00:29:55,367 --> 00:29:57,367
I'm doing well. Thank you.
448
00:29:57,367 --> 00:29:58,300
That's good. That's good.
449
00:29:58,367 --> 00:29:59,743
-Well, you must be Syreeta.
-Yes.
450
00:29:59,743 --> 00:30:00,567
-Well, you must be Syreeta.
-Yes.
451
00:30:00,567 --> 00:30:04,166
-You are from Columbus, Ohio.
-[Syreeta] Yes.
452
00:30:04,166 --> 00:30:06,700
So what brought you
down to Houston?
453
00:30:08,166 --> 00:30:10,200
Um, need help with getting
the weight off,
454
00:30:10,266 --> 00:30:11,600
came for surgery.
455
00:30:11,667 --> 00:30:13,200
Trying to get the extra
456
00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:16,467
push, support that I need
457
00:30:16,467 --> 00:30:18,567
to help with losing
the weight.
458
00:30:18,567 --> 00:30:21,000
And so, you're 31 years old
459
00:30:21,066 --> 00:30:24,700
-and you're just
over 600, huh?
-[Syreeta] Yes.
460
00:30:24,767 --> 00:30:25,767
So at your height,
461
00:30:25,767 --> 00:30:28,367
that puts your BMI over 100,
462
00:30:28,367 --> 00:30:29,743
which is very dangerous.
463
00:30:29,743 --> 00:30:30,000
which is very dangerous.
464
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,467
So what you have done
465
00:30:31,467 --> 00:30:33,867
so far to get
your weight down?
466
00:30:33,867 --> 00:30:37,567
I've tried dieting,
intermittent fasting
467
00:30:37,567 --> 00:30:40,066
-and lower carb options.
-Okay.
468
00:30:40,066 --> 00:30:42,600
-When you eat food,
do you feel comfort?
-I do.
469
00:30:42,667 --> 00:30:44,367
But do you feel
guilty afterward?
470
00:30:44,367 --> 00:30:46,367
I... Yes. I do.
471
00:30:46,367 --> 00:30:49,467
So you have a cycle
of going to food for comfort
472
00:30:49,467 --> 00:30:51,667
and eating what you know
you shouldn't
473
00:30:51,667 --> 00:30:52,767
and regretting it,
474
00:30:52,767 --> 00:30:55,567
but still not changing
any of your habits.
475
00:30:55,567 --> 00:30:57,066
So why haven't you made
476
00:30:57,066 --> 00:30:59,000
any changes to that cycle?
477
00:30:59,066 --> 00:30:59,743
It is so hard sometimes
that I can't...
478
00:30:59,743 --> 00:31:01,200
It is so hard sometimes
that I can't...
479
00:31:01,266 --> 00:31:03,066
It's a challenge for me
sometimes.
480
00:31:03,066 --> 00:31:05,066
Well, it is not gonna be easy.
481
00:31:05,066 --> 00:31:06,200
So you have to be willing
482
00:31:06,266 --> 00:31:08,200
to work hard
and change it if you want
483
00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:11,400
and better weight
and better health all around.
484
00:31:11,467 --> 00:31:14,867
Does anybody in the household
encourage you to eat more?
485
00:31:17,467 --> 00:31:18,400
Uh, yes.
486
00:31:18,467 --> 00:31:19,900
I have enablers,
487
00:31:19,967 --> 00:31:21,467
people that don't know
how to tell me no.
488
00:31:21,467 --> 00:31:23,100
So who is your enabler?
489
00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:26,000
Well, my husband is one
of my biggest enablers.
490
00:31:26,066 --> 00:31:28,000
So he doesn't want
to argue with you...
491
00:31:28,066 --> 00:31:29,700
-that you eat or...
-That's exactly...
492
00:31:29,767 --> 00:31:31,166
That's not being an enabler.
493
00:31:31,166 --> 00:31:32,367
-That's--
-That is an enabler.
494
00:31:32,367 --> 00:31:33,867
No, you're bullying him to
495
00:31:33,867 --> 00:31:36,367
feed you and you call
that the enabler.
496
00:31:36,367 --> 00:31:37,700
I do not bully him.
497
00:31:37,767 --> 00:31:40,166
So what does he
have to say about that?
498
00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:41,100
Am I right?
499
00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:42,166
[both laughing]
500
00:31:43,467 --> 00:31:44,500
-Tell him what--
-That's a good...
501
00:31:44,567 --> 00:31:46,266
That's a good one.
That's a good one.
502
00:31:46,266 --> 00:31:47,767
-[Dr. Now] Pretty much...
-That's how I feel.
503
00:31:47,767 --> 00:31:49,367
[Dr. Now] He don't wanna argue
with you, right?
504
00:31:49,367 --> 00:31:51,367
-Absolutely, yeah.
-That's how I feel.
505
00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:52,967
[Dr. Now] Um, so, Syreeta,
506
00:31:52,967 --> 00:31:55,800
how are you with your
activity and exercise?
507
00:31:55,867 --> 00:31:58,400
Um, it...
it could be challenging.
508
00:31:58,467 --> 00:31:59,743
I... I think I could be better
if I...
509
00:31:59,743 --> 00:32:00,800
I... I think I could be better
if I...
510
00:32:00,867 --> 00:32:04,166
I have pain in my knees
really bad sometimes, so.
511
00:32:04,166 --> 00:32:07,166
I just... I sit a lot.
512
00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:09,367
So you have a lot
of unhealthy habits
513
00:32:09,367 --> 00:32:10,567
that aren't good for you.
514
00:32:10,567 --> 00:32:13,100
In particular, you're eating
unhealthy food
515
00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:15,667
from start of the day
to the end of the day.
516
00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:17,100
And you need to start making
517
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:19,000
better choices
with your eating,
518
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,967
discipline yourself
about eating.
519
00:32:20,967 --> 00:32:22,600
Then once you do that
520
00:32:22,667 --> 00:32:24,266
and you get control on that,
521
00:32:24,266 --> 00:32:27,166
then a weight-loss surgery
maybe an option for you.
522
00:32:27,166 --> 00:32:29,567
-[Syreeta] Okay.
-[Dr. Now] Okay. So until then
523
00:32:29,567 --> 00:32:29,743
you're gonna have to develop
524
00:32:29,743 --> 00:32:31,266
you're gonna have to develop
525
00:32:31,266 --> 00:32:33,800
understanding and knowledge
of how to eat
526
00:32:33,867 --> 00:32:35,867
and how not to eat.
527
00:32:35,867 --> 00:32:37,266
-[Syreeta] Yes, sir. Hmm.
-Okay?
528
00:32:37,266 --> 00:32:38,967
And you're gonna be
supporting her
529
00:32:38,967 --> 00:32:41,700
to follow the diet
and do exercise and all that.
530
00:32:41,967 --> 00:32:42,767
Yes.
531
00:32:43,166 --> 00:32:44,266
All right.
532
00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:46,467
Super. All right.
Do you have any questions?
533
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:47,967
Mmm-mmm.
534
00:32:47,967 --> 00:32:49,900
Okay. So I'm gonna come back
535
00:32:49,967 --> 00:32:51,567
and give you
some stuff to read.
536
00:32:51,567 --> 00:32:53,166
And we will go with that
537
00:32:53,166 --> 00:32:56,367
so we can start your new diet
and exercise routine,
538
00:32:56,367 --> 00:32:59,300
and, you know, we're gonna see
how we're doing in two months.
539
00:32:59,367 --> 00:32:59,743
Okey-dokey.
540
00:32:59,743 --> 00:33:00,800
Okey-dokey.
541
00:33:00,867 --> 00:33:02,000
All right. I'll be back.
542
00:33:02,066 --> 00:33:03,166
[Syreeta] All righty.
543
00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:05,367
Ooh.
544
00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:08,867
[Syreeta sighs]
545
00:33:11,166 --> 00:33:12,266
I think I can do it.
546
00:33:13,266 --> 00:33:15,266
-Well, it ain't no thing
but that.
-Yeah.
547
00:33:16,166 --> 00:33:18,100
I feel like this chair
is about to break.
548
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:20,500
Nah, you're okay.
549
00:33:20,567 --> 00:33:21,867
That's just your mind.
550
00:33:23,467 --> 00:33:26,166
[Dr. Now] Syreeta clearly
knows that she has a problem
551
00:33:26,166 --> 00:33:27,500
with her overeating,
552
00:33:27,567 --> 00:33:29,743
and it has reached
a dangerous point.
553
00:33:29,743 --> 00:33:30,166
and it has reached
a dangerous point.
554
00:33:30,166 --> 00:33:31,667
The question is,
whether or not
555
00:33:31,667 --> 00:33:34,667
she's willing to do all
she needs to change that,
556
00:33:34,667 --> 00:33:37,300
or she's looking for
a quick fix
557
00:33:37,367 --> 00:33:40,467
and a magical solution
to fix it for her.
558
00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:42,767
[Dr. Now] All right.
559
00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:46,100
I got a homework for you.
560
00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:47,767
Okay.
561
00:33:47,767 --> 00:33:49,900
Read this every night.
562
00:33:49,967 --> 00:33:53,266
Uh, this color page will
tell you about obesity.
563
00:33:53,266 --> 00:33:56,567
And then what does it
say on top?
564
00:33:56,567 --> 00:33:58,166
"I really don't eat
very much..."
565
00:33:58,166 --> 00:33:59,166
Ooh.
566
00:33:59,166 --> 00:33:59,743
Okay. So you read that
very carefully
567
00:33:59,743 --> 00:34:02,266
Okay. So you read that
very carefully
568
00:34:02,266 --> 00:34:05,000
-so you understand
what's going on, okay?
-Mmm-hmm.
569
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,100
[Dr. Now] Food is Syreeta's
comfort,
570
00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:08,767
and it's not gonna be
easy for her
571
00:34:08,767 --> 00:34:09,967
to give it up.
572
00:34:09,967 --> 00:34:12,066
And it also is not
gonna be easy
573
00:34:12,066 --> 00:34:14,567
to change the environment
she has at home
574
00:34:14,567 --> 00:34:16,567
that facilitate her overeating
575
00:34:16,567 --> 00:34:19,100
and keep her in control
of what she wants.
576
00:34:19,166 --> 00:34:21,100
Her husband doesn't talk much.
577
00:34:21,166 --> 00:34:22,100
So it's clear
578
00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:24,000
the dynamic they have is one
579
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,800
where he either does
what she wants,
580
00:34:26,867 --> 00:34:29,743
or she bullies him
until she gets her way.
581
00:34:29,743 --> 00:34:29,800
or she bullies him
until she gets her way.
582
00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:32,567
I don't think everybody
is enabling her.
583
00:34:32,567 --> 00:34:34,900
I think everybody
is being, sort of,
584
00:34:34,967 --> 00:34:36,700
not wanting to argue with her
585
00:34:36,767 --> 00:34:38,767
and provide her
whatever she wants,
586
00:34:38,767 --> 00:34:42,200
and she's the driving force
for her overeating.
587
00:34:42,266 --> 00:34:44,200
And she's the one
that has to be
588
00:34:44,266 --> 00:34:46,667
the driving force
for a better living
589
00:34:46,667 --> 00:34:48,100
and healthy lifestyle
590
00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,500
if she's gonna turn
things around.
591
00:34:50,567 --> 00:34:52,367
[Dr. Now] None of these
is gonna work
592
00:34:52,367 --> 00:34:55,266
if you are not willing
to do your part.
593
00:34:56,367 --> 00:34:58,000
-Okay?
-Yes, sir.
594
00:34:58,066 --> 00:34:59,166
You think you can do it?
595
00:35:00,367 --> 00:35:01,166
[Syreeta] I can do it.
596
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,867
[Dr. Now] All right then,
superb.
597
00:35:03,867 --> 00:35:06,467
First hit your goal
and loose 60 pounds
598
00:35:06,467 --> 00:35:07,667
over the next two months,
599
00:35:07,667 --> 00:35:10,800
and then we will talk about
next steps, okay?
600
00:35:10,867 --> 00:35:12,567
-Okay.
-All right then.
601
00:35:12,567 --> 00:35:13,867
And if you need anything,
602
00:35:13,867 --> 00:35:15,500
don't hesitate
to give me a call.
603
00:35:15,567 --> 00:35:16,467
Yes, sir.
604
00:35:16,467 --> 00:35:18,367
All right. We'll see you soon.
605
00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:19,967
Okay.
606
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,567
-[Dr. Now] All right?
-[Syreeta] Yes, thank you.
607
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,500
It is going to be a tough
cookie but I'mma crack it.
608
00:35:50,867 --> 00:35:51,934
Ooh.
609
00:36:08,266 --> 00:36:11,305
[Lawrence] How does the
vegetarian chorizo taste?
610
00:36:11,305 --> 00:36:12,166
[Lawrence] How does the
vegetarian chorizo taste?
611
00:36:12,767 --> 00:36:14,100
[Syreeta] It's not bad.
612
00:36:15,166 --> 00:36:16,467
All veggies.
613
00:36:18,367 --> 00:36:21,800
It's been a couple of weeks
since we saw Dr. Now.
614
00:36:21,867 --> 00:36:25,400
and me and Lawrence
have been working
mostly on our diet.
615
00:36:25,467 --> 00:36:29,166
Now, today, we're gonna
add some exercise
into the mix.
616
00:36:31,166 --> 00:36:34,467
That was good.
Can you go grab my blanket
and the volleyball?
617
00:36:34,467 --> 00:36:35,867
Ouch, ouch, ouch.
618
00:36:39,467 --> 00:36:41,305
[Syreeta] My goal is
to make the workouts fun.
619
00:36:41,305 --> 00:36:42,266
[Syreeta] My goal is
to make the workouts fun.
620
00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:44,367
So, I like playing games
with Lawrence
621
00:36:44,367 --> 00:36:46,867
or just having a good time
going for a walk.
622
00:36:47,867 --> 00:36:49,500
One thing at a time.
623
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,867
When I was active, active,
624
00:36:54,867 --> 00:36:57,300
I was on
a volleyball team. So...
625
00:36:57,367 --> 00:37:00,066
I'm recreating stuff
I used to do
626
00:37:00,066 --> 00:37:02,467
when I was in my teens.
627
00:37:02,467 --> 00:37:04,367
I have anxiety
628
00:37:04,367 --> 00:37:08,367
of people, like kids
looking at me
629
00:37:08,367 --> 00:37:11,166
and you know,
I'm scared as hell
but at the end of the day,
630
00:37:11,166 --> 00:37:11,305
I'm doing this
for myself, so...
631
00:37:11,305 --> 00:37:13,200
I'm doing this
for myself, so...
632
00:37:13,266 --> 00:37:15,867
you know,
F them. [chuckles]
633
00:37:18,166 --> 00:37:19,266
You ready?
634
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,066
[both chuckle]
635
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,367
Thank you.
636
00:37:42,767 --> 00:37:43,667
[grunts]
637
00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:45,667
[sighs]
638
00:37:53,467 --> 00:37:54,600
[laughs]
639
00:37:56,166 --> 00:37:57,667
Ow, ow, ow, ow.
640
00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:00,900
[Lawrence speaking]
641
00:38:04,867 --> 00:38:07,000
[Syreeta]
I'm about to challenge myself.
I'm about to walk up the hill.
642
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,467
[Lawrence] Try the baby hill
with a walking stick.
643
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:11,305
[Syreeta] All right.
644
00:38:11,305 --> 00:38:12,100
[Syreeta] All right.
645
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,867
[Lawrence] Come on, baby.
You can do this.
646
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,567
-You can do it.
You can do it.
-Whoo!
647
00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:23,967
Okay, look at you.
648
00:38:23,967 --> 00:38:25,800
Go, sweetie. Go, baby.
649
00:38:25,867 --> 00:38:27,100
Come on, baby.
650
00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:29,000
Come on.
651
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,767
Go, baby. Go, baby.
652
00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:35,667
[yells]
653
00:38:35,667 --> 00:38:37,300
[panting]
654
00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:39,266
You okay, baby?
655
00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:41,305
-Yeah.
-You okay?
656
00:38:41,305 --> 00:38:41,667
-Yeah.
-You okay?
657
00:38:43,967 --> 00:38:45,500
[Syreeta speaking]
658
00:38:45,567 --> 00:38:47,867
-You made it.
-All right.
659
00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:49,500
[screams] I did it!
660
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,767
Okay.
661
00:38:57,767 --> 00:39:01,400
-[exhales]
-Ready? Are you gonna
try to slide down?
662
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,567
[grunts]
663
00:39:08,767 --> 00:39:10,867
-Yep!
-Okay, I'm coming.
664
00:39:10,867 --> 00:39:11,305
Oh, Lord. Here comes
665
00:39:11,305 --> 00:39:12,600
Oh, Lord. Here comes
666
00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:14,000
[Lawrence] Come on, baby.
667
00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:16,000
[screaming]
668
00:39:16,066 --> 00:39:17,166
[both laugh]
669
00:39:20,867 --> 00:39:22,400
[continues screaming]
670
00:39:24,166 --> 00:39:25,567
Wait a minute.
671
00:39:25,567 --> 00:39:27,667
Wait, I'm dizzy as hell!
672
00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:29,066
[laughing]
673
00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:33,867
Oh...
674
00:39:33,867 --> 00:39:35,567
Man, I gotta get up.
675
00:39:35,567 --> 00:39:37,000
-I gotta... yeah.
-You got it?
676
00:39:37,667 --> 00:39:39,000
[grunts]
677
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,867
-Proud of you.
-Thank you.
678
00:40:01,367 --> 00:40:02,500
-[Tyler] Feelin' it?
-Yeah.
679
00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:03,600
[Tyler] All right.
680
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,700
So we're gonna go
all the way down over there,
681
00:40:05,767 --> 00:40:08,266
but we're gonna use this
distance, right?
682
00:40:08,266 --> 00:40:10,166
So I want you just to swim.
683
00:40:10,166 --> 00:40:11,305
[Syreeta] A couple
of weeks ago,
684
00:40:11,305 --> 00:40:11,467
[Syreeta] A couple
of weeks ago,
685
00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:13,567
I started coming to the pool
on my own
686
00:40:13,567 --> 00:40:15,200
to do more exercising.
687
00:40:17,567 --> 00:40:18,467
[Tyler] That was really good.
688
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:20,867
When I first saw Syreeta,
689
00:40:20,867 --> 00:40:22,467
huge potential,
690
00:40:22,467 --> 00:40:24,700
a lot of weight to lose,
but it's very possible.
691
00:40:25,266 --> 00:40:26,600
Point your toe out.
692
00:40:26,667 --> 00:40:27,500
Just pick one.
693
00:40:27,567 --> 00:40:28,867
Lift up, touch down.
694
00:40:28,867 --> 00:40:30,100
Lift up, touch down.
695
00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:35,767
We're doing squats now,
right here.
696
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:36,867
-[Syreeta chuckles] Oh.
-Just squat down.
697
00:40:36,867 --> 00:40:38,000
You already started it.
698
00:40:38,066 --> 00:40:39,166
-There you go.
-Up.
699
00:40:39,166 --> 00:40:40,433
[Tyler] Yeah.
700
00:40:42,367 --> 00:40:45,567
I can do this now,
but I'll be feeling it
when I get out.
701
00:40:45,567 --> 00:40:47,100
All right.
Get down in that water,
702
00:40:47,567 --> 00:40:48,400
you're gonna punch.
703
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:49,667
Right here.
704
00:40:51,367 --> 00:40:52,200
Yep.
705
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:56,867
[Syreeta] I have some days
706
00:40:56,867 --> 00:40:59,100
where I struggle
more than others,
707
00:40:59,100 --> 00:41:00,900
but I'm always dedicated
708
00:41:00,967 --> 00:41:03,567
to getting back on track
if I ever slip up.
709
00:41:14,667 --> 00:41:16,100
[Tyler] All right.
We're gonna get fancy now.
710
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:17,100
You're about to jump around.
711
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:18,433
-Are you ready?
-[Syreeta] Yeah.
712
00:41:18,467 --> 00:41:19,767
-You gotta get all that
energy out, right?
-[Syreeta] Uh-huh.
713
00:41:19,767 --> 00:41:21,400
You're gonna do
a little squat, jump.
714
00:41:21,967 --> 00:41:23,266
Little squat and jump.
715
00:41:23,266 --> 00:41:24,867
[Syreeta] We did find
some places
716
00:41:24,867 --> 00:41:26,467
to live down there in Houston.
717
00:41:27,767 --> 00:41:30,000
So I'm ready to put
on a big push
718
00:41:30,066 --> 00:41:31,767
to get this
weight-loss surgery.
719
00:41:32,567 --> 00:41:34,367
By losing this weight
720
00:41:34,367 --> 00:41:36,100
and getting back to Dr. Now
721
00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:37,567
so I could show him
on the scale
722
00:41:37,567 --> 00:41:39,800
that I've done what
he asked me to do.
723
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,567
-We're gonna get faster now.
-[Syreeta] All right.
724
00:41:44,567 --> 00:41:45,767
You ready? I'mma burn you out
725
00:41:45,767 --> 00:41:47,266
and then you're gonna
have a good day, all right?
726
00:41:47,266 --> 00:41:49,000
Little fast punches,
fast punches.
727
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:50,800
Tah, tah, tah, tah, tah!
728
00:41:50,867 --> 00:41:51,967
There you go.
Punch it, punch it.
729
00:41:51,967 --> 00:41:52,800
Punch it, punch it, punch it.
730
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,467
[Tyler grunting]
731
00:41:55,467 --> 00:41:56,500
Punch down, punch down.
732
00:41:56,567 --> 00:41:57,533
Take it down, take it down.
733
00:41:57,567 --> 00:41:59,000
Take it down, take it down.
There you go.
734
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,800
-Punch it, punch it, punch it.
-[Syreeta] Whoo!
735
00:42:00,867 --> 00:42:01,900
Feel the burn, feel the burn.
736
00:42:01,967 --> 00:42:03,000
[laughs] Is it
making you float?
737
00:42:03,066 --> 00:42:03,967
What was that?
738
00:42:03,967 --> 00:42:04,800
[Tyler laughing]
739
00:42:05,367 --> 00:42:07,100
I told you. [laughs]
740
00:42:07,100 --> 00:42:08,300
[Tyler] Syreeta did
really good.
741
00:42:08,367 --> 00:42:10,467
She has huge potential
to keep going further
742
00:42:10,467 --> 00:42:11,305
and can honestly loose
a lot of weight.
743
00:42:11,305 --> 00:42:12,266
and can honestly loose
a lot of weight.
744
00:42:13,066 --> 00:42:14,500
I really appreciate it.
745
00:42:14,567 --> 00:42:15,667
-Thank you.
-You were awesome.
746
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:17,266
-You too.
-Okay.
747
00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:18,900
It went good.
748
00:42:18,967 --> 00:42:20,200
He worked the hell out of me.
749
00:42:21,100 --> 00:42:22,166
I'm tired.
750
00:42:23,367 --> 00:42:24,767
My legs is tired.
751
00:42:25,867 --> 00:42:27,367
My hips is tired.
752
00:42:28,166 --> 00:42:30,400
But it went good overall.
753
00:42:30,467 --> 00:42:31,867
It was fun to me.
754
00:42:48,266 --> 00:42:51,467
[Syreeta] We're back
in Houston again
to see Dr. Now.
755
00:42:51,467 --> 00:42:53,667
The past few months
have been pretty hard,
756
00:42:53,667 --> 00:42:55,500
but I know I've made progress.
757
00:42:55,567 --> 00:42:56,600
And I hope it's enough
758
00:42:56,667 --> 00:42:58,500
to get approved
for weight-loss surgery.
759
00:43:04,667 --> 00:43:04,885
[Syreeta] Oh.
760
00:43:04,885 --> 00:43:05,467
[Syreeta] Oh.
761
00:43:11,166 --> 00:43:12,000
Syreeta.
762
00:43:15,667 --> 00:43:16,600
Right.
763
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:18,800
At my last appointment,
I was 603,
764
00:43:19,667 --> 00:43:21,266
and Dr. Now gave me a goal
765
00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:22,667
of losing 60 pounds
766
00:43:22,667 --> 00:43:24,100
over the next two months.
767
00:43:26,867 --> 00:43:31,000
So if I did that, I will be
down to 543 today.
768
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,767
Let me empty out anything
that might make you heavy.
769
00:43:34,967 --> 00:43:35,867
Hold this.
770
00:43:38,867 --> 00:43:40,000
[nurse] Just step
on the scale.
771
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:03,433
[Syreeta] Told you.
772
00:44:04,266 --> 00:44:04,885
-You're gonna go to Room 5.
-Okay. All right.
773
00:44:04,885 --> 00:44:06,567
-You're gonna go to Room 5.
-Okay. All right.
774
00:44:09,266 --> 00:44:11,300
[Syreeta] That's a step
in the right direction.
775
00:44:11,367 --> 00:44:13,367
I know it's not
as much as he said,
776
00:44:13,367 --> 00:44:15,767
but that's a win for me
to be back in the fives.
777
00:44:16,467 --> 00:44:18,266
So I feel good about it.
778
00:44:18,266 --> 00:44:19,867
I know I'm doing
the right thing
779
00:44:19,867 --> 00:44:23,166
and I think Dr. Now will be
happy with that, too.
780
00:44:23,166 --> 00:44:25,166
Even though my numbers
fell short,
781
00:44:25,166 --> 00:44:26,867
he has to admit
782
00:44:26,867 --> 00:44:28,367
I'm still doing a good thing.
783
00:44:41,667 --> 00:44:43,567
Hello, how y'all doing?
784
00:44:43,567 --> 00:44:45,200
[Syreeta] Fine,
and how are you?
785
00:44:45,266 --> 00:44:47,066
[Dr. Now] I am good,
thank you.
786
00:44:47,066 --> 00:44:50,066
All right.
So, it's been two months.
787
00:44:50,066 --> 00:44:53,967
I expected that you're gonna
lose at least 60 pounds.
788
00:44:53,967 --> 00:44:57,667
But in return, you have
only lost 12 pounds,
789
00:44:57,667 --> 00:45:00,767
which is six pounds a month,
which is not very much.
790
00:45:00,767 --> 00:45:04,266
So what happened to the diet
instruction we gave you?
791
00:45:04,266 --> 00:45:04,885
Did you read those papers?
792
00:45:04,885 --> 00:45:06,200
Did you read those papers?
793
00:45:06,266 --> 00:45:08,667
-I did, I did.
-How many times you read it?
794
00:45:08,667 --> 00:45:12,166
-Actually I read it, like,
couple times because I was--
-Couple times?
795
00:45:12,166 --> 00:45:14,767
The deal was
you read it every night.
796
00:45:14,767 --> 00:45:18,767
I was doing good. I'm eating
more healthier than I was.
797
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,266
Um...
798
00:45:20,266 --> 00:45:23,567
I did good,
it's just the consistency
799
00:45:23,567 --> 00:45:25,767
that I think
that I struggle with.
800
00:45:25,767 --> 00:45:27,467
Well, you know,
801
00:45:27,467 --> 00:45:31,166
the normal weight
for your height is 140 pounds?
802
00:45:31,767 --> 00:45:33,100
-Is it?
-[Dr. Now] Yes.
803
00:45:33,166 --> 00:45:34,885
140 pounds.
You're not double of that.
804
00:45:34,885 --> 00:45:35,767
140 pounds.
You're not double of that.
805
00:45:35,767 --> 00:45:38,266
You're almost four
and a half times that.
806
00:45:38,266 --> 00:45:43,700
So, how you gonna lose
that weight to get down
to under 200?
807
00:45:43,767 --> 00:45:47,100
If you think losing six pounds
a month is good progress,
808
00:45:47,166 --> 00:45:50,667
if you're gonna do that,
it's gonna take you six
to seven years
809
00:45:50,667 --> 00:45:51,867
to lose that weight.
810
00:45:51,867 --> 00:45:54,166
And that is assuming
you stick with it.
811
00:45:54,166 --> 00:45:55,467
That's true.
812
00:45:55,467 --> 00:45:58,667
What do you think
will be the solution
for your problem?
813
00:45:58,667 --> 00:46:00,600
[sighs]
814
00:46:00,667 --> 00:46:04,367
You know, instead of being
140, you're not 240,
you're not 340,
815
00:46:04,367 --> 00:46:04,885
you're not 440,
you're not 540,
816
00:46:04,885 --> 00:46:06,867
you're not 440,
you're not 540,
817
00:46:06,867 --> 00:46:08,300
you're 591.
818
00:46:08,367 --> 00:46:12,166
So how long your body
is gonna tolerate all
that extra weight
819
00:46:12,166 --> 00:46:13,500
that you're putting on there?
820
00:46:13,567 --> 00:46:16,000
-[Syreeta] No.
-And this is your life
821
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,200
and, you know, you're not
gonna live longer like that
822
00:46:18,266 --> 00:46:20,700
if you keep all
that weight on you.
823
00:46:20,767 --> 00:46:23,367
But right now, you're killing
yourself with food,
824
00:46:23,367 --> 00:46:25,166
and you don't seem
to get that.
825
00:46:25,166 --> 00:46:28,266
And I'm not sure your family
is getting that, too.
826
00:46:30,300 --> 00:46:33,000
So what is your husband
doing to help you out
with that?
827
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:34,885
-Hmm?
-Ask him.
828
00:46:34,885 --> 00:46:36,166
-Hmm?
-Ask him.
829
00:46:36,166 --> 00:46:38,000
I don't know.
He's ignoring me.
830
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,266
He's not even
looking at me.
831
00:46:41,266 --> 00:46:43,100
He's looking at the floor.
832
00:46:43,166 --> 00:46:44,967
So, what are you doing
to help her?
833
00:46:51,266 --> 00:46:54,367
All right. Who buys
all the chips
and all the stuff?
834
00:46:56,100 --> 00:46:57,700
Me.
835
00:46:57,767 --> 00:46:59,700
So, you bring it
over there,
836
00:46:59,767 --> 00:47:01,467
you expect her...
not gonna eat it or what?
837
00:47:02,767 --> 00:47:04,885
You bringing it for yourself
or you're bringing it for her?
838
00:47:04,885 --> 00:47:05,300
You bringing it for yourself
or you're bringing it for her?
839
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,000
A little bit of both.
840
00:47:08,066 --> 00:47:10,266
So, what are you
willing to do to help her?
841
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:13,867
Stop giving her more chips.
842
00:47:13,867 --> 00:47:16,600
Or bring more stuff
that's better.
843
00:47:16,667 --> 00:47:20,066
What is today different
from two months ago?
844
00:47:20,066 --> 00:47:22,166
That's what
I'm concerned about.
845
00:47:22,166 --> 00:47:25,367
If you want her to live,
you need to do everything
you can
846
00:47:25,367 --> 00:47:27,567
to help her to make
the changes she needs
847
00:47:27,567 --> 00:47:28,867
to avoid temptation.
848
00:47:28,867 --> 00:47:32,367
But Syreeta, no matter
what everybody else does,
849
00:47:32,367 --> 00:47:34,885
there is no excuse
to eat chips and candy.
850
00:47:34,885 --> 00:47:35,767
there is no excuse
to eat chips and candy.
851
00:47:35,767 --> 00:47:39,500
You're responsible to change
your life, and no one else.
852
00:47:39,567 --> 00:47:43,367
Can you imagine if today
you were 140 pounds,
853
00:47:43,367 --> 00:47:45,500
what would be your life like?
854
00:47:45,567 --> 00:47:48,000
I wouldn't be sitting
in your office right now.
855
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,367
[Dr. Now] No,
you be out living your life
856
00:47:50,367 --> 00:47:52,367
and maybe starting a family.
857
00:47:52,367 --> 00:47:55,166
You wouldn't be facing
an early death.
858
00:47:55,166 --> 00:47:57,100
So, the question is,
what are we gonna do
859
00:47:57,100 --> 00:47:58,967
from this point
to get to that point?
860
00:47:58,967 --> 00:48:03,000
Because whatever we gave you
last time didn't work.
861
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:04,885
So what are we gonna do today
that's gonna make it work?
862
00:48:04,885 --> 00:48:06,800
So what are we gonna do today
that's gonna make it work?
863
00:48:06,867 --> 00:48:09,266
[Syreeta] I just gotta have
the willpower to say "No".
864
00:48:09,266 --> 00:48:12,900
[Dr. Now] So, let's
give you another two months
to lose 60 pounds again.
865
00:48:12,967 --> 00:48:13,967
See how we do.
866
00:48:13,967 --> 00:48:15,500
Okay.
867
00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:18,967
Any questions, anything I can
tell you or anything I can
help you with?
868
00:48:20,667 --> 00:48:23,066
I don't have anything
right now.
869
00:48:24,100 --> 00:48:26,500
All right. Have a safe trip
back home.
870
00:48:26,567 --> 00:48:28,166
Will do. Thank you.
871
00:48:28,166 --> 00:48:29,667
All right. See y'all later.
872
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,885
Nose is running. [sniffing]
873
00:48:34,885 --> 00:48:34,967
Nose is running. [sniffing]
874
00:48:39,500 --> 00:48:42,467
Unfortunately, not much
changed with Syreeta
875
00:48:42,467 --> 00:48:46,000
and her situation at home
over the last two months.
876
00:48:46,066 --> 00:48:48,700
She made some small
changes to her diet
877
00:48:48,767 --> 00:48:51,367
and convinced herself
that was good progress.
878
00:48:51,367 --> 00:48:54,000
So that is the problem
she has to overcome.
879
00:48:54,066 --> 00:48:55,567
And another issue is that
880
00:48:55,567 --> 00:48:58,767
she is still using her family
to get what she wants,
881
00:48:58,767 --> 00:49:01,567
justifying that it is
because of them
882
00:49:01,567 --> 00:49:03,166
that she is being tempted.
883
00:49:03,166 --> 00:49:04,885
So she is clearly not taking
responsibility for herself.
884
00:49:04,885 --> 00:49:07,300
So she is clearly not taking
responsibility for herself.
885
00:49:07,367 --> 00:49:10,400
And nothing is gonna change
unless she does that.
886
00:49:10,467 --> 00:49:13,500
Hopefully, we were able to get
her to wake up today
887
00:49:13,567 --> 00:49:15,567
to see that she has to do more
888
00:49:15,567 --> 00:49:19,567
if she's gonna have any chance
to get healthy and save
her life.
889
00:49:19,567 --> 00:49:22,300
Until she decides
she get motivated
890
00:49:22,367 --> 00:49:25,467
and do what she needs,
we're not moving ahead
with her.
891
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,367
[Syreeta] I'm happy
with what I lost,
892
00:49:31,367 --> 00:49:34,367
even if my progress
wasn't acknowledged
by Dr. Now
893
00:49:34,367 --> 00:49:34,885
like it should have been.
894
00:49:34,885 --> 00:49:36,800
like it should have been.
895
00:49:36,867 --> 00:49:39,567
Everything he was saying,
he wasn't lying about
anything he was saying,
896
00:49:39,567 --> 00:49:43,166
like, I agree... [sniffs]
...with what he was saying,
897
00:49:43,166 --> 00:49:46,200
but I go through a lot
mental-wise,
898
00:49:48,367 --> 00:49:50,500
and eating is how
I handle my emotions.
899
00:49:51,867 --> 00:49:54,700
I guess I gotta find that
willpower to fight through it.
900
00:50:08,100 --> 00:50:11,266
Only the ones from that
bag in the car,
901
00:50:11,967 --> 00:50:12,867
if possible.
902
00:50:12,867 --> 00:50:14,400
[Lawrence] Okay.
903
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,567
[Syreeta] Me and Lawrence
are packing up to move
to Houston.
904
00:50:17,567 --> 00:50:20,166
I've been in Ohio
for too long already.
905
00:50:20,166 --> 00:50:22,867
I just noted I'd do better
with my weight loss
906
00:50:22,867 --> 00:50:25,300
if I can go down there
and get situated.
907
00:50:25,367 --> 00:50:28,000
So we finally found it,
we found an apartment
908
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:30,767
and the landlord said that
they will hold it for us.
909
00:50:30,767 --> 00:50:34,367
So what we did was Lawrence
cashed in his 401k
910
00:50:34,367 --> 00:50:34,885
so we could have
enough money to move.
911
00:50:34,885 --> 00:50:37,400
so we could have
enough money to move.
912
00:50:37,467 --> 00:50:40,166
We're having a check
overnighted to us,
913
00:50:40,166 --> 00:50:43,100
but it was supposed to arrive
yesterday and it didn't.
914
00:50:43,100 --> 00:50:45,667
So I definitely think
it's gonna arrive today
915
00:50:45,667 --> 00:50:49,467
because it's had more
then enough time to get
here by now.
916
00:50:49,467 --> 00:50:52,100
I can't wait to get
all this behind us.
917
00:50:52,100 --> 00:50:55,900
It's stressful and it just
hasn't been a healthy
environment for me.
918
00:50:55,967 --> 00:50:57,600
And I can't wait
to start fresh
919
00:50:57,667 --> 00:51:00,066
and have a new life
where we start from scratch
920
00:51:00,066 --> 00:51:01,467
and do it right this time.
921
00:51:10,467 --> 00:51:12,300
[Syreeta] The check
is here in Columbus.
922
00:51:12,367 --> 00:51:16,900
Either it's lost, or somebody
took it from the facility.
923
00:51:16,967 --> 00:51:18,367
'Cause at first,
it said on its way,
924
00:51:18,367 --> 00:51:20,266
and then, it says delayed.
What are y'all doing?
925
00:51:20,266 --> 00:51:23,000
Like, that don't sound
freakish to you?
926
00:51:23,767 --> 00:51:25,767
[man over phone]
927
00:51:27,500 --> 00:51:28,467
[Syreeta] Yes.
928
00:51:31,467 --> 00:51:32,700
[Syreeta] Okay.
929
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,200
[Syreeta] So that's basically
like a whole another month.
930
00:51:54,266 --> 00:51:56,066
[man talking indistinctly
over phone]
931
00:51:57,400 --> 00:51:59,100
[Syreeta] It's real
right now, like,
932
00:51:59,166 --> 00:52:01,867
if it can't hit the account
tomorrow, then it's pointless.
933
00:52:01,867 --> 00:52:03,367
If you try to set up
direct deposit,
934
00:52:03,367 --> 00:52:04,885
you're not gonna receive
anything until next month.
935
00:52:04,885 --> 00:52:05,800
you're not gonna receive
anything until next month.
936
00:52:07,767 --> 00:52:09,967
[Syreeta] It's just too much,
today's just too much.
937
00:52:09,967 --> 00:52:11,867
It's really hard
at times like this
938
00:52:11,867 --> 00:52:15,166
not to feel like the world
has really got it out for me.
939
00:52:15,166 --> 00:52:16,767
Then, not only that,
then people just, like,
940
00:52:16,767 --> 00:52:19,467
"Well, I told y'all so and...
941
00:52:19,467 --> 00:52:21,767
this and this and this
and they're wanna gonna
do this
942
00:52:21,767 --> 00:52:23,500
and they're wanna gonna
do that."
943
00:52:23,567 --> 00:52:25,000
But, just today,
944
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,166
we seen a lot of that.
945
00:52:27,166 --> 00:52:29,300
A lot of...
946
00:52:29,367 --> 00:52:31,800
Y'all saying one thing,
but y'all did another thing.
947
00:52:31,867 --> 00:52:33,367
And it's just like... [sighs]
948
00:52:33,367 --> 00:52:34,885
And honestly, I don't know
what we're gonna do.
949
00:52:34,885 --> 00:52:36,667
And honestly, I don't know
what we're gonna do.
950
00:52:36,667 --> 00:52:40,367
[Syreeta] We do not have
any money.
951
00:52:40,367 --> 00:52:43,000
UPS [bleep] us.
That's not our fault.
952
00:53:09,467 --> 00:53:12,667
[Syreeta] One thing,
this travelling back
and forth to Houston though,
953
00:53:12,667 --> 00:53:16,100
is definitely taking a toll
on my body, something serious.
954
00:53:17,867 --> 00:53:20,266
Like, my knees
have been swelling,
955
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:27,266
my hips have just been...
Oh, my goodness.
956
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,700
Might ask Dr. Now to give
me a breast reduction.
957
00:53:33,767 --> 00:53:36,367
[Lawrence] I think that comes
with the package sometimes.
958
00:53:36,367 --> 00:53:38,000
I don't want no more titties.
959
00:53:43,900 --> 00:53:45,467
[Syreeta chuckling]
960
00:53:48,467 --> 00:53:49,800
Oh, my God.
961
00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:58,567
[Lawrence grunts]
962
00:54:03,867 --> 00:54:05,567
[Syreeta] Come carry me out.
963
00:54:06,467 --> 00:54:08,266
[chuckles]
964
00:54:11,367 --> 00:54:12,767
Hold that.
965
00:54:18,066 --> 00:54:19,367
[grunting]
966
00:54:33,100 --> 00:54:34,900
Don't walk off
and just leave me.
967
00:54:38,967 --> 00:54:41,000
[Syreeta] We made it
back to Houston.
968
00:54:41,066 --> 00:54:42,967
It's a hard
and stressful time,
969
00:54:42,967 --> 00:54:46,872
but I've been working
to stay on track with my diet
and exercise.
970
00:54:46,872 --> 00:54:46,900
but I've been working
to stay on track with my diet
and exercise.
971
00:54:46,967 --> 00:54:49,266
I really hope
I get approved today,
972
00:54:49,266 --> 00:54:51,800
but I'm nervous about
finding out my progress.
973
00:54:51,867 --> 00:54:53,667
Feel like I ain't got time
for y'all today.
974
00:54:57,700 --> 00:55:00,266
I was gonna sit
in the big chair,
you can sit in the big chair.
975
00:55:00,266 --> 00:55:02,300
Oh, you so nice.
976
00:55:02,367 --> 00:55:03,500
I'm skinny today.
977
00:55:04,667 --> 00:55:05,500
Syreeta?
978
00:55:06,967 --> 00:55:07,867
[Syreeta grunts]
979
00:55:09,266 --> 00:55:10,367
Come on.
980
00:55:12,500 --> 00:55:14,867
Oh, that's definitely
not the same one.
981
00:55:18,166 --> 00:55:20,166
-[Syreeta] Hello.
-[nurse] Hello, how are you?
982
00:55:20,166 --> 00:55:21,700
[Syreeta] I'm fine, yeah.
983
00:55:25,300 --> 00:55:27,367
[Syreeta] At my last
appointment two months ago,
984
00:55:27,367 --> 00:55:31,967
I was at 591 and Dr. Now
wanted me to lose 60 pounds.
985
00:55:35,667 --> 00:55:39,066
So that means I need to see
a number that's at 531
986
00:55:39,066 --> 00:55:40,166
or less, today.
987
00:55:59,900 --> 00:56:01,600
[nurse] Your weight is 544.
988
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:09,367
Oh, hell no.
989
00:56:10,266 --> 00:56:12,000
The scale don't lie,
people do.
990
00:56:13,266 --> 00:56:14,767
We will be going to room five.
991
00:56:14,767 --> 00:56:16,266
Room five, all right.
992
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:24,000
[Syreeta] It's not as low
as it was supposed to be.
993
00:56:25,867 --> 00:56:27,367
But I think
I have a better chance
994
00:56:27,367 --> 00:56:30,467
of Dr. Now being happy
with this progress this time.
995
00:56:45,266 --> 00:56:46,600
Hello, how y'all doing?
996
00:56:46,667 --> 00:56:46,872
[Syreeta] Fine. How are you?
997
00:56:46,872 --> 00:56:48,066
[Syreeta] Fine. How are you?
998
00:56:48,066 --> 00:56:49,500
[Dr. Now] I am good.
999
00:56:49,500 --> 00:56:52,767
Well, it looks like you've
lost little bit more weight
this time.
1000
00:56:52,767 --> 00:56:53,700
Yes.
1001
00:56:53,767 --> 00:56:55,367
[Dr. Now] It isn't
as much as it should be,
1002
00:56:55,367 --> 00:56:58,667
but it is good improvement,
so I'm happy about that.
1003
00:56:58,667 --> 00:56:59,767
Before you get started,
1004
00:56:59,767 --> 00:57:01,800
can I have a thing
for souvenir?
1005
00:57:01,867 --> 00:57:03,467
I like the little
jewelries on you.
1006
00:57:03,467 --> 00:57:04,567
What are you talking about?
1007
00:57:04,567 --> 00:57:05,767
[Lawrence] She trying
to take your stuff.
1008
00:57:05,767 --> 00:57:07,467
Yeah, I'm trying to take
that home with me.
1009
00:57:07,467 --> 00:57:09,066
-Take this with you?
-Yeah.
1010
00:57:09,066 --> 00:57:11,367
I got something better for you
to take home with you.
1011
00:57:11,367 --> 00:57:12,400
Oh, love.
1012
00:57:12,467 --> 00:57:14,800
I'm gonna approve you
for weight loss surgery
1013
00:57:14,867 --> 00:57:16,872
if you lose another 25 pounds
and move down to Houston.
1014
00:57:16,872 --> 00:57:18,367
if you lose another 25 pounds
and move down to Houston.
1015
00:57:18,367 --> 00:57:20,200
You think you can do all this?
1016
00:57:20,266 --> 00:57:23,667
Yes, Dr. Now. Yes, I can.
Yes, I can.
1017
00:57:23,667 --> 00:57:25,667
All right, I'm proud
of you for improving,
1018
00:57:25,667 --> 00:57:27,767
but you still have
some work to do
1019
00:57:27,767 --> 00:57:29,800
because you have
a long way to go.
1020
00:57:29,867 --> 00:57:32,000
So now is not time
to slack off.
1021
00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:33,367
-Okay?
-[Syreeta] Mm-hmm.
1022
00:57:33,367 --> 00:57:36,000
[Dr. Now] All right.
Let me know when
you have moved to Houston.
1023
00:57:36,066 --> 00:57:38,567
Don't take too long.
And if you're still losing,
1024
00:57:38,567 --> 00:57:40,367
we will move ahead
with you, okay?
1025
00:57:40,367 --> 00:57:41,467
[Syreeta] Yes.
1026
00:57:41,467 --> 00:57:43,066
[Dr. Now]
So keep it up.
1027
00:57:43,066 --> 00:57:44,000
-Okay.
-[Dr. Now] Okay?
1028
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:45,100
-Mm-hmm.
-And I hope
1029
00:57:45,166 --> 00:57:46,600
I'm going to see you soon.
1030
00:57:46,667 --> 00:57:46,872
You will.
1031
00:57:46,872 --> 00:57:47,734
You will.
1032
00:57:47,734 --> 00:57:50,000
All right, if you need
anything, give me a call.
1033
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:51,967
Y'all have a safe trip
back home.
1034
00:57:51,967 --> 00:57:53,000
Will do.
1035
00:57:53,066 --> 00:57:54,500
[Dr. Now] All right,
see you then.
1036
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:03,000
[Lawrence speaking]
1037
00:58:06,567 --> 00:58:07,867
I was, but I'm...
1038
00:58:07,867 --> 00:58:11,266
I just gotta learn
not to give up so damn easily.
1039
00:58:12,700 --> 00:58:14,166
Oh [bleep].
1040
00:58:15,867 --> 00:58:16,872
Shoot [bleep].
1041
00:58:16,872 --> 00:58:17,367
Shoot [bleep].
1042
00:58:19,667 --> 00:58:20,567
Ouch!
1043
00:58:20,567 --> 00:58:21,667
Stop popping!
1044
00:58:21,667 --> 00:58:23,800
[Syreeta] I wasn't sure
if I can do it,
1045
00:58:23,867 --> 00:58:26,500
and I pretty much just
stopped believing in myself.
1046
00:58:26,567 --> 00:58:29,800
So to be here now
with an approval for surgery,
1047
00:58:29,867 --> 00:58:32,200
it feels amazing,
it feels so real.
1048
00:58:33,700 --> 00:58:36,567
I know I need to keep
going and making progress
1049
00:58:36,567 --> 00:58:37,967
so I don't mess this up.
1050
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:42,967
But the bottom line is,
we're gonna figure it out
1051
00:58:42,967 --> 00:58:45,700
and we're gonna start
this new life together.
1052
00:58:45,767 --> 00:58:46,872
It's gonna be so much better.
1053
00:58:46,872 --> 00:58:47,567
It's gonna be so much better.
1054
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:50,266
I know what I need to do.
1055
00:58:53,266 --> 00:58:54,567
I just need to do it.
1056
00:58:59,700 --> 00:59:00,800
[Syreeta vocalizes]
1057
00:59:21,867 --> 00:59:23,867
Lawrence, are we
keeping the washer?
1058
00:59:23,867 --> 00:59:25,367
We can't put it on the truck.
1059
00:59:25,367 --> 00:59:27,200
Oh, no, can't put it
on the truck.
1060
00:59:29,467 --> 00:59:32,467
[Syreeta] It's been a few
months since I saw Dr. Now
1061
00:59:32,467 --> 00:59:34,400
and got my surgery approval
1062
00:59:34,467 --> 00:59:35,900
Maybe like four.
1063
00:59:35,967 --> 00:59:39,166
It took us a few months
to find a place.
1064
00:59:39,166 --> 00:59:41,166
Because there isn't
an inventory
1065
00:59:41,166 --> 00:59:43,400
of a lot of place
out there
that we can afford.
1066
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:46,872
I couldn't just go
to any place, either.
1067
00:59:46,872 --> 00:59:48,600
I couldn't just go
to any place, either.
1068
00:59:48,667 --> 00:59:52,100
Because it depends
whether or not
I can use the bathroom.
1069
00:59:52,166 --> 00:59:54,000
But we finally
found a place
1070
00:59:54,066 --> 00:59:56,300
and we're starting the process
of packing again.
1071
00:59:59,667 --> 01:00:00,767
But I ain't gonna lie, though.
1072
01:00:00,767 --> 01:00:04,266
From all the packing,
my body hurts.
1073
01:00:04,266 --> 01:00:07,266
More so, my knees.
They gonna fall off.
1074
01:00:09,166 --> 01:00:12,200
-Hey!
-[all laughing]
1075
01:00:13,467 --> 01:00:14,567
I'm sorry.
1076
01:00:14,567 --> 01:00:15,567
Hi, y'all.
1077
01:00:15,567 --> 01:00:16,872
you've got your
naked butt on...
1078
01:00:16,872 --> 01:00:17,567
you've got your
naked butt on...
1079
01:00:17,567 --> 01:00:20,867
Um, I don't wanna much
'cause I don't wanna cry, so.
1080
01:00:22,100 --> 01:00:23,567
Oh, God.
1081
01:00:23,567 --> 01:00:25,166
So, I'm not gonna do that.
1082
01:00:25,166 --> 01:00:26,700
I'm gonna walk away.
1083
01:00:26,767 --> 01:00:29,200
-Aww.
-'Cause I don't
wanna do that.
1084
01:00:29,266 --> 01:00:32,900
[Syreeta] I'm gonna drive
the car and Lawrence is
gonna drive the U-Haul.
1085
01:00:32,967 --> 01:00:35,467
And we hope I can
handle all the driving
1086
01:00:35,467 --> 01:00:37,567
because I've never driven
that far before.
1087
01:00:39,367 --> 01:00:43,200
-[crying]
-[indistinct]
1088
01:00:44,367 --> 01:00:46,100
I love you.
1089
01:00:46,100 --> 01:00:46,872
[Syreeta] But hopefully
the progress I made helps.
1090
01:00:46,872 --> 01:00:49,500
[Syreeta] But hopefully
the progress I made helps.
1091
01:00:49,567 --> 01:00:53,467
-The first born...
-That's my second baby
but he gave me a hug,
1092
01:00:53,467 --> 01:00:55,100
You guys are gonna
do well.
1093
01:00:55,100 --> 01:00:57,266
This is a great opportunity
for you guys
1094
01:00:57,266 --> 01:00:59,600
to do something different.
1095
01:00:59,667 --> 01:01:02,100
[Syreeta] It's harder
to say goodbye
than I thought it would be
1096
01:01:02,100 --> 01:01:03,767
now that the moment is here.
1097
01:01:03,767 --> 01:01:05,667
All right, God bless you guys.
1098
01:01:05,667 --> 01:01:06,667
Be safe. Save travels.
1099
01:01:06,667 --> 01:01:09,367
May God be
with you guys. Amen.
1100
01:01:09,367 --> 01:01:10,967
[all] Amen.
1101
01:01:10,967 --> 01:01:14,467
Yeah, I'm ready to go.
I ain't gonna lie though,
I'm gonna miss my in-laws.
1102
01:01:14,467 --> 01:01:16,500
But I know
it's the right thing to do
1103
01:01:16,567 --> 01:01:16,872
because I know it's gonna
help me save my life.
1104
01:01:16,872 --> 01:01:18,000
because I know it's gonna
help me save my life.
1105
01:01:28,900 --> 01:01:31,467
[Syreeta] It's the day
of my appointment
with Dr. Now
1106
01:01:31,467 --> 01:01:33,567
and we're racing to get there.
1107
01:01:33,567 --> 01:01:36,667
We made it to Houston
and we have a little bit
of time,
1108
01:01:36,667 --> 01:01:38,800
so we're gonna start moving
into our new house
1109
01:01:38,867 --> 01:01:40,867
before it's time
to go to Dr. Now's.
1110
01:01:40,867 --> 01:01:42,767
I don't wanna be late
for my appointment,
1111
01:01:42,767 --> 01:01:45,300
so we have to hurry
and get what we can done.
1112
01:01:45,367 --> 01:01:46,367
It's this right here.
1113
01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:08,667
[Syreeta] You ready?
1114
01:02:11,867 --> 01:02:13,967
Ooh, okay!
1115
01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:17,467
Ooh!
1116
01:02:21,667 --> 01:02:22,303
So bathroom there.
1117
01:02:22,303 --> 01:02:23,066
So bathroom there.
1118
01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:26,767
[Syreeta] This place
isn't so bad,
1119
01:02:26,767 --> 01:02:29,100
especially considering
where we just came from.
1120
01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:31,567
The water's on.
1121
01:02:31,567 --> 01:02:34,200
I'm looking forward
to making a home here.
1122
01:02:34,266 --> 01:02:36,367
I hope that now that
we're down here,
1123
01:02:36,367 --> 01:02:38,800
everything gets
a little bit easier.
1124
01:02:38,867 --> 01:02:41,266
And I really hope
this thing was worth it.
1125
01:02:42,367 --> 01:02:43,200
Damn!
1126
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:45,467
Dang!
1127
01:02:51,600 --> 01:02:52,303
[Syreeta] All right, I can't
believe I'm here already.
1128
01:02:52,303 --> 01:02:54,066
[Syreeta] All right, I can't
believe I'm here already.
1129
01:02:54,066 --> 01:02:56,667
I've been looking forward
to this day for so many
months,
1130
01:02:56,667 --> 01:02:59,667
but instead of feeling
excited and enthusiastic,
1131
01:02:59,667 --> 01:03:01,867
I'm just feeling
nervous and scared
1132
01:03:01,867 --> 01:03:04,567
because I don't wanna
mess up my surgery approval.
1133
01:03:04,567 --> 01:03:07,200
But I'm afraid that I may
have done just that.
1134
01:03:18,767 --> 01:03:20,367
Hotter than hell.
1135
01:03:20,367 --> 01:03:22,303
Hey, y'all. Hello, hello.
1136
01:03:22,303 --> 01:03:22,500
Hey, y'all. Hello, hello.
1137
01:03:33,100 --> 01:03:34,367
Syreeta?
1138
01:03:34,367 --> 01:03:36,266
[whispering] Oh, my God.
1139
01:03:36,266 --> 01:03:38,567
[Syreeta] Back when
i was approved for surgery,
1140
01:03:38,567 --> 01:03:42,967
Dr. Now said I needed to lose
another 25 pounds for surgery.
1141
01:03:42,967 --> 01:03:47,567
So I would've been down
from 544 to 519.
1142
01:03:47,567 --> 01:03:50,767
But that was supposed to be
a month long time span.
1143
01:03:50,767 --> 01:03:52,303
Since then,
it's been four months
1144
01:03:52,303 --> 01:03:53,200
Since then,
it's been four months
1145
01:03:53,266 --> 01:03:56,500
and I don't think I've lost
anything close to a 100 pound.
1146
01:04:18,767 --> 01:04:19,867
Go into room five.
1147
01:04:21,767 --> 01:04:22,303
[Syreeta]
That's really disappointing,
1148
01:04:22,303 --> 01:04:23,400
[Syreeta]
That's really disappointing,
1149
01:04:23,467 --> 01:04:25,667
and I feel like
I can't catch a break.
1150
01:04:25,667 --> 01:04:27,567
With the move
and all that stuff,
1151
01:04:27,567 --> 01:04:29,266
it's really stressing me out
1152
01:04:29,266 --> 01:04:32,000
and it's made it hard
to stick to the diet.
1153
01:04:32,066 --> 01:04:35,166
I thought I was cutting back
right and eating less,
1154
01:04:35,166 --> 01:04:36,867
but I guess
I was kidding myself.
1155
01:04:37,400 --> 01:04:38,867
I'm not sure,
1156
01:04:38,867 --> 01:04:41,000
I just hope Dr. now
gives me some credit
1157
01:04:41,066 --> 01:04:42,667
for everything
that I have done.
1158
01:04:42,667 --> 01:04:45,000
And we can focus on that
and move forward.
1159
01:04:55,700 --> 01:04:56,967
Hello, how y'all doing?
1160
01:04:56,967 --> 01:04:58,000
[Lawrence] Fine.
1161
01:04:59,066 --> 01:05:01,967
All right. Syreeta,
what's going on with you?
1162
01:05:01,967 --> 01:05:03,266
[Syreeta] Dr. Now,
go ahead, lay it on me.
1163
01:05:03,266 --> 01:05:05,100
Go ahead, cuss me out,
'cause I know you want to.
1164
01:05:05,166 --> 01:05:06,767
[Dr. Now] And why
should I cuss you out?
1165
01:05:06,767 --> 01:05:09,767
Because I didn't meet
my goal again this time.
1166
01:05:09,767 --> 01:05:13,100
You're right about that.
This is four months later.
1167
01:05:13,166 --> 01:05:16,567
You could have lost
another 200 pound,
but you gained.
1168
01:05:16,567 --> 01:05:18,300
-So why is that?
-[Syreeta] Well...
1169
01:05:18,367 --> 01:05:20,767
You know I had
a lot going on back at home.
1170
01:05:20,767 --> 01:05:22,303
I was still eating,
you know, as far as
1171
01:05:22,303 --> 01:05:23,567
I was still eating,
you know, as far as
1172
01:05:23,567 --> 01:05:25,000
on the healthy-wise.
1173
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:26,767
But it was just
so much stuff going on
1174
01:05:27,367 --> 01:05:28,867
at that time so I wasn't
1175
01:05:29,300 --> 01:05:31,066
being mobile...
1176
01:05:31,967 --> 01:05:34,367
enough as
I should have been, and--
1177
01:05:34,367 --> 01:05:39,467
Just hold on. Your activity
has very little to do
with your weight.
1178
01:05:39,467 --> 01:05:41,000
Well, that's what you said.
1179
01:05:41,066 --> 01:05:43,900
Okay, and let's...
let's back up a little bit.
1180
01:05:43,967 --> 01:05:45,767
-Oh yeah.
-[Dr. Now] Okay.
You think your weight
1181
01:05:45,767 --> 01:05:48,200
isn't mostly about
your eating habit?
1182
01:05:48,266 --> 01:05:50,166
I feel like
I've been doing good
1183
01:05:50,166 --> 01:05:51,600
-with my eating habit--
-That's not the question.
1184
01:05:51,667 --> 01:05:52,303
Just stick with the question.
Don't... don't go off.
1185
01:05:52,303 --> 01:05:53,900
Just stick with the question.
Don't... don't go off.
1186
01:05:53,967 --> 01:05:56,900
-Mm, okay.
-So, you think your weight
1187
01:05:56,967 --> 01:05:59,767
has to do with
your eating habit. Correct?
1188
01:05:59,767 --> 01:06:02,567
-Correct.
-If you are
five pounds overweight
1189
01:06:02,567 --> 01:06:05,000
and you want
to burn extra calories,
1190
01:06:05,066 --> 01:06:06,867
working hard
would help with that.
1191
01:06:06,867 --> 01:06:09,767
But if you are
five to 600 pounds,
1192
01:06:09,767 --> 01:06:12,567
the only thing it does
will improve your stamina.
1193
01:06:12,567 --> 01:06:15,600
It's not a significant factor
of your weight loss.
1194
01:06:15,667 --> 01:06:19,166
So the only thing
that make difference
is if you eat less.
1195
01:06:19,166 --> 01:06:21,266
-Do you get that?
-Uh-huh.
1196
01:06:21,266 --> 01:06:22,303
-Right. Mm-hmm.
-Let me give an example, okay?
1197
01:06:22,303 --> 01:06:24,100
-Right. Mm-hmm.
-Let me give an example, okay?
1198
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:25,767
You assume
you're going to the bank,
1199
01:06:25,767 --> 01:06:27,467
you're depositing $100 in...
1200
01:06:27,467 --> 01:06:29,767
Put in $100 bill each month.
1201
01:06:29,767 --> 01:06:32,767
-Mm-hmm.
-But now, this time,
you're going to bank,
1202
01:06:32,767 --> 01:06:35,500
you're gonna deposit $100
1203
01:06:35,567 --> 01:06:37,467
in nickel and dime,
and $1 bill.
1204
01:06:37,467 --> 01:06:39,600
You still deposit
the same amount,
1205
01:06:39,667 --> 01:06:41,667
but it's broken
into small portions.
1206
01:06:41,667 --> 01:06:43,900
But you still have
the same total.
1207
01:06:43,967 --> 01:06:46,100
Would that make
any difference? No.
1208
01:06:46,166 --> 01:06:49,166
You're telling me
that you're eating
just smaller meals now
1209
01:06:49,166 --> 01:06:51,800
and you're eating less
at one time.
1210
01:06:51,867 --> 01:06:52,303
So you doin' great.
1211
01:06:52,303 --> 01:06:53,400
So you doin' great.
1212
01:06:53,467 --> 01:06:56,900
But, you're still eating
the same total in a day.
1213
01:06:56,967 --> 01:07:00,100
If you're
changing some product
in your eating habit,
1214
01:07:00,166 --> 01:07:02,166
but you're getting
the same amount of calorie,
1215
01:07:02,166 --> 01:07:03,400
that not gonna matter.
1216
01:07:03,467 --> 01:07:05,266
That... okay. That... okay.
1217
01:07:05,266 --> 01:07:08,767
Now that you said that...
Now that's a different...
1218
01:07:08,767 --> 01:07:10,300
That's... That... Okay.
1219
01:07:10,367 --> 01:07:11,900
-Now I see what you're saying.
-Do you understand
what I'm talking about?
1220
01:07:11,967 --> 01:07:14,367
-[Syreeta] Mm-hmm.
-Okay, so, no matter
what you do,
1221
01:07:14,367 --> 01:07:16,200
you gotta see some changes
on the scale.
1222
01:07:17,166 --> 01:07:19,367
And if you're not,
then you still need
1223
01:07:19,367 --> 01:07:21,367
to reduce
the total calorie intake.
1224
01:07:21,367 --> 01:07:22,303
The whole idea is not
1225
01:07:22,303 --> 01:07:23,100
The whole idea is not
1226
01:07:23,100 --> 01:07:25,166
that you're gonna eat
less in volume
1227
01:07:25,166 --> 01:07:26,967
but less in calorie.
1228
01:07:26,967 --> 01:07:29,600
-That's right.
-So that $100 deposit
that you're making,
1229
01:07:29,667 --> 01:07:31,367
you need to cut that down.
1230
01:07:31,367 --> 01:07:33,166
You need to change
your eating habit.
1231
01:07:33,166 --> 01:07:36,266
So that's where
your focus needs to be.
1232
01:07:36,266 --> 01:07:38,300
-You understand that?
-[Syreeta] Yes.
1233
01:07:38,367 --> 01:07:40,867
You should be able
to lose five pound a week.
1234
01:07:40,867 --> 01:07:43,400
-[exhales] Okay.
-[Dr. Now] So, over
the next two months
1235
01:07:43,467 --> 01:07:46,166
I want you to lose
at least 40 pounds,
1236
01:07:46,166 --> 01:07:48,200
to show me
that you're back on track
1237
01:07:48,266 --> 01:07:50,800
-and doing
what you need. Okay?
-Yes.
1238
01:07:50,867 --> 01:07:51,900
Five pounds a week.
1239
01:07:51,967 --> 01:07:52,303
-For you
shouldn't be any problem.
-Mm-hmm.
1240
01:07:52,303 --> 01:07:54,567
-For you
shouldn't be any problem.
-Mm-hmm.
1241
01:07:54,567 --> 01:07:56,467
If you just eat
the appropriate amount
1242
01:07:56,467 --> 01:07:58,567
and the calorie, you're gonna
be able to do that.
1243
01:07:59,500 --> 01:08:00,867
-Okay.
-Mm-hmm.
1244
01:08:00,867 --> 01:08:03,400
I'm gonna set you up
to see a, um, therapist
1245
01:08:03,467 --> 01:08:04,900
to figure out
what issue you have
1246
01:08:04,967 --> 01:08:06,100
with your eating habit,
1247
01:08:06,100 --> 01:08:08,467
what anxiety
and thing driving you to eat
1248
01:08:08,467 --> 01:08:10,667
and why you don't want
to give it up.
1249
01:08:10,667 --> 01:08:12,000
So, if we set that up,
1250
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:14,767
-you think you can go
an do that?
-Yes.
1251
01:08:14,767 --> 01:08:16,467
All right.
I'll see y'all later.
1252
01:08:16,467 --> 01:08:18,200
And if you need anything,
give me a call.
1253
01:08:18,266 --> 01:08:20,066
-I will.
-All right,
we'll see you then.
1254
01:08:20,066 --> 01:08:21,233
[Syreeta] All right.
1255
01:08:23,867 --> 01:08:26,500
[whispering] There's about
to be some living out here.
1256
01:08:26,567 --> 01:08:28,467
He about to really be
on my behind.
1257
01:08:29,867 --> 01:08:31,967
[Dr. Now] Unfortunately,
it looks like
1258
01:08:31,967 --> 01:08:35,767
Syreeta's moderation and
hard work was short lived.
1259
01:08:35,767 --> 01:08:39,266
That is concerning,
but what is
even more concerning
1260
01:08:39,266 --> 01:08:42,567
is that she seems
to be convincing herself
1261
01:08:42,567 --> 01:08:44,567
that she's
not eating too much.
1262
01:08:44,567 --> 01:08:49,100
And her overeating is not
what led her to weight gain.
1263
01:08:49,100 --> 01:08:51,300
And I think
the reason for that is
1264
01:08:51,367 --> 01:08:52,303
she ultimately
doesn't want to give up
1265
01:08:52,303 --> 01:08:54,100
she ultimately
doesn't want to give up
1266
01:08:54,166 --> 01:08:56,600
the comfort
she gets from food.
1267
01:08:56,667 --> 01:08:58,467
So I'm hoping that therapy
1268
01:08:58,467 --> 01:09:00,300
might start to help
to do that,
1269
01:09:00,367 --> 01:09:03,000
because she needs
to face reality.
1270
01:09:05,367 --> 01:09:06,734
[Syreeta] Well,
1271
01:09:06,734 --> 01:09:09,066
that's just
really disappointing
and frustrating.
1272
01:09:09,066 --> 01:09:10,767
I know I need to do better.
1273
01:09:10,767 --> 01:09:13,100
But I feel like
I'm not getting any credit
1274
01:09:13,100 --> 01:09:14,767
for all the work
that I have done.
1275
01:09:15,800 --> 01:09:17,300
I'm not giving up.
1276
01:09:17,367 --> 01:09:20,100
I haven't done all this
to come down here
and give up.
1277
01:09:22,800 --> 01:09:26,867
So I'm gonna keep doing
what I need to do
and get back on track.
1278
01:09:26,867 --> 01:09:29,867
And make sure
I get the surgery,
no matter what.
1279
01:09:41,500 --> 01:09:42,867
[Lawrence] How do you feel
about going to see
1280
01:09:42,867 --> 01:09:45,166
Dr. Paradise today?
1281
01:09:45,166 --> 01:09:46,066
You nervous?
1282
01:09:47,100 --> 01:09:48,467
[Syreeta] Um... I'm nervous.
1283
01:09:49,967 --> 01:09:51,567
But, I mean, let's...
1284
01:09:53,100 --> 01:09:55,266
Well, let's see what's...
what's to come off it.
1285
01:09:56,100 --> 01:09:56,967
[yawning]
1286
01:10:01,867 --> 01:10:03,867
No... oh, oh, oh, oh.
1287
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:05,087
Getting up.
1288
01:10:05,087 --> 01:10:05,867
Getting up.
1289
01:10:14,100 --> 01:10:14,900
Right.
1290
01:10:15,767 --> 01:10:17,300
You thought that was bananas?
1291
01:10:17,367 --> 01:10:18,967
-[Lawrence] No.
-Oh.
1292
01:10:19,767 --> 01:10:22,100
[breathing heavily]
1293
01:10:39,100 --> 01:10:41,000
Hi, folks. I'm Dr. Paradise.
Come on in.
1294
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:42,867
Hi, Syreeta, Syreeta.
1295
01:10:42,867 --> 01:10:44,266
[clears throat] Hi!
1296
01:10:44,266 --> 01:10:46,667
You can I have a seat
right over there.
And you're?
1297
01:10:46,667 --> 01:10:48,066
-Lawrence.
-Hi, Lawrence.
1298
01:10:48,066 --> 01:10:50,000
Good to meet you.
Have a seat right over there.
1299
01:10:57,100 --> 01:10:59,166
Welcome. I'm glad
you guys are here.
1300
01:10:59,166 --> 01:11:00,967
So Lawrence
is gonna be with us
1301
01:11:00,967 --> 01:11:03,967
and I'm glad to have you
together, 'cause I wanna hear
from him too.
1302
01:11:03,967 --> 01:11:05,087
But, Syreeta,
why don't you start
and tell me
1303
01:11:05,087 --> 01:11:05,667
But, Syreeta,
why don't you start
and tell me
1304
01:11:05,667 --> 01:11:06,867
a little bit about yourself.
1305
01:11:06,867 --> 01:11:08,400
I'm 31.
1306
01:11:08,467 --> 01:11:10,166
I grew up in Peoria, Illinois.
1307
01:11:10,166 --> 01:11:12,000
Oh, wow, Illinois.
I grew up in Illinois too.
1308
01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:13,567
-I would...
Grew up outside of Chicago.
-[Syreeta] Oh, great.
1309
01:11:13,567 --> 01:11:14,967
Yeah.
1310
01:11:14,967 --> 01:11:18,266
-Um, grew up
in foster care, um...
-What was that like?
1311
01:11:19,266 --> 01:11:20,967
It was horrible.
1312
01:11:20,967 --> 01:11:23,800
Um, the typical stories
of foster care.
1313
01:11:23,867 --> 01:11:25,266
The typical...
1314
01:11:25,266 --> 01:11:28,066
horrific things
you normally hear
about foster care.
1315
01:11:28,066 --> 01:11:29,800
That's the...
That's the typical...
1316
01:11:29,867 --> 01:11:30,967
That's what happened.
1317
01:11:30,967 --> 01:11:33,200
I feel bad
'cause we're jumping
right into it,
1318
01:11:33,266 --> 01:11:34,500
but sounds like
you were abused.
1319
01:11:35,367 --> 01:11:37,300
-Yeah.
-Uh, what kind of abuse?
1320
01:11:38,367 --> 01:11:42,000
Sexual...
physical... mental...
1321
01:11:42,066 --> 01:11:43,467
-[Dr. Paradise] All of it.
-[Syreeta] Yeah.
1322
01:11:43,467 --> 01:11:44,367
Wow. Okay.
1323
01:11:44,367 --> 01:11:46,567
I mean, you...
You were literally,
1324
01:11:46,567 --> 01:11:48,367
physically defending yourself
1325
01:11:48,367 --> 01:11:50,300
from the earliest stage,
right?
1326
01:11:50,367 --> 01:11:52,166
-Yeah.
-Let's talk about your mom.
1327
01:11:52,166 --> 01:11:53,266
What'd you think your mom's...
1328
01:11:53,900 --> 01:11:56,100
attitude towards you was?
1329
01:11:56,166 --> 01:11:57,800
Like, I... I don't know.
1330
01:11:57,867 --> 01:12:00,066
Like, I... I felt like
she hated me.
1331
01:12:00,066 --> 01:12:02,567
My mom treated me like I was
a bitch off the streets.
1332
01:12:02,567 --> 01:12:04,367
[chuckles] Like... [sniffles]
1333
01:12:04,367 --> 01:12:05,087
Was there any follow up
1334
01:12:05,087 --> 01:12:05,667
Was there any follow up
1335
01:12:05,667 --> 01:12:07,166
about the abuse and stuff
in foster home?
1336
01:12:07,166 --> 01:12:10,967
Were there ever charges filed
or anybody got in trouble, no?
1337
01:12:10,967 --> 01:12:13,667
You know, Syreeta,
your entire life
1338
01:12:13,667 --> 01:12:15,700
nobody has ever
stuck up for you.
1339
01:12:17,066 --> 01:12:19,600
You've been defending
yourself so long,
1340
01:12:19,667 --> 01:12:21,767
I feel like you come
into the room like this.
[chuckles]
1341
01:12:23,567 --> 01:12:24,967
Am I right?
1342
01:12:24,967 --> 01:12:26,667
Did she have her...
have her dukes up?
1343
01:12:27,800 --> 01:12:29,000
Yeah.
1344
01:12:29,066 --> 01:12:30,767
[Lawrence] I think
it's because...
1345
01:12:30,767 --> 01:12:33,100
if somebody gave you
a piece of gum,
1346
01:12:33,100 --> 01:12:35,000
in the back
of your mind you think,
1347
01:12:35,066 --> 01:12:35,087
"What I gotta do because
I got this piece of gum?"
1348
01:12:35,087 --> 01:12:37,467
"What I gotta do because
I got this piece of gum?"
1349
01:12:38,467 --> 01:12:39,767
And it... it goes...
1350
01:12:39,767 --> 01:12:42,467
it goes in on and on and on,
it goes like that.
1351
01:12:43,266 --> 01:12:45,367
Your husband's very smart.
1352
01:12:45,367 --> 01:12:47,767
I read you more than what
you think I read you.
1353
01:12:49,567 --> 01:12:50,700
Did... Did you hear
what he said?
1354
01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:52,600
Mm-hmm.
1355
01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:54,967
It's as if you're suspicious
of people who are trying
to help you.
1356
01:12:57,767 --> 01:12:59,767
Even somebody
like Dr. Now, right?
1357
01:12:59,767 --> 01:13:01,667
And somebody could even
make the argument
1358
01:13:01,667 --> 01:13:04,400
that the gaining
a little bit weight
right before the surgery,
1359
01:13:04,467 --> 01:13:05,087
'cause you don't even trust
the surgery, right?
1360
01:13:05,087 --> 01:13:05,900
'cause you don't even trust
the surgery, right?
1361
01:13:05,967 --> 01:13:07,767
[sniffles]
1362
01:13:07,767 --> 01:13:10,600
You're maybe worried
that that's not gonna help.
1363
01:13:10,667 --> 01:13:13,367
Yeah, it's...
I'm scared, I'm terrified.
[sniffles]
1364
01:13:13,367 --> 01:13:14,367
Scared of the surgery?
1365
01:13:14,367 --> 01:13:16,700
-I'm scared of it all.
-Yeah.
1366
01:13:18,567 --> 01:13:21,266
[Dr. Paradise] It's normal
to be worried
about a surgery, right?
1367
01:13:22,467 --> 01:13:23,433
So...
1368
01:13:23,467 --> 01:13:27,100
All of the homework
I wanna focus on, one...
1369
01:13:27,100 --> 01:13:29,467
Letting down
your guard a little bit.
1370
01:13:29,467 --> 01:13:31,266
Being a little less defensive.
1371
01:13:31,266 --> 01:13:32,967
And I think one
of the ways to do that
1372
01:13:32,967 --> 01:13:35,087
is to keep track
of what you've been eating
really accurately
1373
01:13:35,087 --> 01:13:36,300
is to keep track
of what you've been eating
really accurately
1374
01:13:36,367 --> 01:13:40,000
so that when Dr. Now asks you,
you can tell him, right?
1375
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:41,767
Second homework,
if we were doing
1376
01:13:41,767 --> 01:13:44,800
a trauma journal,
what might make it
in that journal?
1377
01:13:44,867 --> 01:13:45,700
What would you be writing?
1378
01:13:46,567 --> 01:13:49,000
I wanna write
a letter to my mom.
1379
01:13:49,066 --> 01:13:50,667
Because I wanna be able to...
1380
01:13:50,667 --> 01:13:54,367
to let them feelings go
and leave it there
on that paper.
1381
01:13:54,367 --> 01:13:57,166
Letting go of the weight
that's holding you down.
1382
01:13:57,166 --> 01:13:58,000
You can do this.
1383
01:13:59,300 --> 01:14:00,166
You believe that?
1384
01:14:02,667 --> 01:14:05,087
-I... I think so.
-Okay.
1385
01:14:05,087 --> 01:14:05,266
-I... I think so.
-Okay.
1386
01:14:05,266 --> 01:14:07,166
Great to meet both of you.
Take care.
1387
01:14:15,367 --> 01:14:16,300
Nice meeting you.
1388
01:14:16,367 --> 01:14:17,800
Good to meet you too.
1389
01:14:17,867 --> 01:14:19,400
-Take care.
Good to meet you, man.
-You too.
1390
01:14:21,166 --> 01:14:24,367
[Syreeta] I think
the counselling session
with Dr. Paradise
1391
01:14:24,367 --> 01:14:25,400
went pretty good.
1392
01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:27,867
'Cause it...
It made me talk
about some stuff
1393
01:14:27,867 --> 01:14:29,900
that I didn't really
wanna talk about.
1394
01:14:29,967 --> 01:14:34,400
About me having trust issues
and just...
1395
01:14:34,467 --> 01:14:35,087
Understanding that not
everybody is not out
to hinder me.
1396
01:14:35,087 --> 01:14:39,066
Understanding that not
everybody is not out
to hinder me.
1397
01:14:39,066 --> 01:14:42,500
But there is actually
good people out here
actually to help me.
1398
01:14:44,166 --> 01:14:45,567
[Lawrence speaking]
1399
01:14:45,567 --> 01:14:46,867
[Syreeta chuckles] Mm-hmm.
1400
01:14:46,867 --> 01:14:47,767
[Lawrence speaking]
1401
01:14:58,967 --> 01:15:00,367
You enjoy my cooking today?
1402
01:15:01,066 --> 01:15:03,166
Yeah.
1403
01:15:03,166 --> 01:15:05,087
It's refreshing
cooking healthier meals
versus all the little...
1404
01:15:05,087 --> 01:15:06,266
It's refreshing
cooking healthier meals
versus all the little...
1405
01:15:07,400 --> 01:15:09,100
fattening stuff
that I'm used to.
1406
01:15:11,066 --> 01:15:13,266
Fried chicken and pork chops.
1407
01:15:14,867 --> 01:15:15,967
All that stuff.
1408
01:15:17,066 --> 01:15:18,600
I enjoy it but I've missed...
1409
01:15:19,367 --> 01:15:20,367
the other stuff.
1410
01:15:22,266 --> 01:15:25,100
Recently Dr. Paradise
prescribed me to do
1411
01:15:25,100 --> 01:15:27,100
food journaling therapy.
1412
01:15:27,667 --> 01:15:29,000
It's been pretty cool.
1413
01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:31,367
I'm more aware of...
1414
01:15:32,266 --> 01:15:34,667
my intake and I'm more aware
1415
01:15:34,667 --> 01:15:35,087
of what's going
into my body, so...
1416
01:15:35,087 --> 01:15:36,767
of what's going
into my body, so...
1417
01:15:37,767 --> 01:15:40,000
It's easier for me
to keep track
1418
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:41,300
and I can actually pinpoint,
1419
01:15:41,367 --> 01:15:42,700
oh, this is what I ate.
1420
01:15:42,767 --> 01:15:44,500
And how much of it I ate.
1421
01:15:48,867 --> 01:15:50,300
Ow. [bleep]
1422
01:15:51,266 --> 01:15:55,166
Therapy
has impacted my diet
1423
01:15:55,166 --> 01:15:58,300
in a few little ways.
Like it's
holding me accountable.
1424
01:15:58,367 --> 01:15:59,700
It's making me more aware.
1425
01:15:59,767 --> 01:16:01,600
I'm more aware of my intake.
1426
01:16:01,667 --> 01:16:04,367
And then I can be aware
of like how each meal
1427
01:16:04,367 --> 01:16:05,087
made me feel
and like if I'm energized
or if I'm sluggish.
1428
01:16:05,087 --> 01:16:08,667
made me feel
and like if I'm energized
or if I'm sluggish.
1429
01:16:10,767 --> 01:16:11,700
Thank you.
1430
01:16:12,667 --> 01:16:14,967
Today I had shrimp
and veggies for dinner,
1431
01:16:14,967 --> 01:16:18,667
so I literally had to count
each shrimp that I had, so...
1432
01:16:18,667 --> 01:16:20,266
It started,
it was supposed to be eight,
1433
01:16:20,266 --> 01:16:22,767
but my husband put 14
on my plate, so...
1434
01:16:22,767 --> 01:16:25,367
ended up having
14 shrimp, and...
1435
01:16:25,367 --> 01:16:28,066
One thing about me,
I'm not shy of vegetables.
1436
01:16:28,066 --> 01:16:29,367
I love vegetables, so...
1437
01:16:30,867 --> 01:16:32,867
I would've preferred
more veggies than shrimp.
1438
01:16:40,200 --> 01:16:41,767
[sighs, groans]
1439
01:16:47,500 --> 01:16:50,000
Today I wrote
a letter to my mom.
1440
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:51,800
I writing this letter to her
1441
01:16:51,867 --> 01:16:52,700
because I feel like
1442
01:16:52,767 --> 01:16:54,867
it plays a big part
1443
01:16:54,867 --> 01:16:57,467
in my stress and
why I eat a lot
1444
01:16:57,467 --> 01:16:58,867
and why I eat so much.
1445
01:16:58,867 --> 01:17:01,166
So, it plays
a big role in that.
1446
01:17:01,166 --> 01:17:03,567
And I feel like
it's gonna help me
let it go.
1447
01:17:05,100 --> 01:17:08,066
Well, it says,
"Dear mama,
it's been exactly a year
1448
01:17:08,066 --> 01:17:10,200
and almost one month
1449
01:17:10,266 --> 01:17:13,266
since she left
this wicked ass world.
1450
01:17:13,266 --> 01:17:16,867
I know, since she left,
it definitely hasn't been easy
for me at all.
1451
01:17:16,867 --> 01:17:19,600
Somedays, those grudges
that I have for many years
1452
01:17:19,667 --> 01:17:23,000
creep back up and most days
I wish you knew how much
I really loved you
1453
01:17:23,066 --> 01:17:23,900
beyond that madness.
1454
01:17:24,667 --> 01:17:27,100
I never felt
the same from you,
1455
01:17:27,100 --> 01:17:29,367
I always felt like
you hated me.
1456
01:17:29,367 --> 01:17:30,867
Like, it felt like,
1457
01:17:30,867 --> 01:17:32,867
most times
I wasn't your child.
1458
01:17:32,867 --> 01:17:35,087
I always carried that grudge
1459
01:17:35,087 --> 01:17:35,266
I always carried that grudge
1460
01:17:35,266 --> 01:17:38,266
that you loved
the other children
more than you liked me.
1461
01:17:38,266 --> 01:17:39,867
You put me back
out on the streets.
1462
01:17:40,300 --> 01:17:41,400
Why?
1463
01:17:41,400 --> 01:17:44,367
But with my other siblings
you didn't do that.
1464
01:17:44,367 --> 01:17:48,100
Didn't even bother
to ask me what
I was going through or why.
1465
01:17:48,100 --> 01:17:50,700
You just put me back
on the streets, like I was
just some animal."
1466
01:17:52,767 --> 01:17:53,667
[Lawrence] How did
your letter go?
1467
01:17:56,066 --> 01:17:57,567
Uh, it went.
1468
01:17:58,400 --> 01:18:00,100
-Hmm.
-It was all right.
1469
01:18:00,867 --> 01:18:01,700
Hmm.
1470
01:18:02,567 --> 01:18:03,800
That's good.
1471
01:18:05,100 --> 01:18:07,467
[Syreeta] I think Dr. Paradise
had me write this letter
1472
01:18:07,467 --> 01:18:11,367
because, like, me having
to defend myself as a child
1473
01:18:11,367 --> 01:18:15,100
growing up, I started out
at a young age, and...
1474
01:18:15,166 --> 01:18:18,467
The one person who,
feel like, hurted me the most,
1475
01:18:19,266 --> 01:18:20,400
that let me down,
1476
01:18:21,767 --> 01:18:24,700
needs to hear,
and basically, you know,
1477
01:18:24,767 --> 01:18:27,667
she's deceased now,
so I have to get to a part
where I need to let it go.
1478
01:18:28,667 --> 01:18:29,500
I'm proud of you.
1479
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:31,800
All right.
1480
01:18:57,867 --> 01:18:59,567
I feel like my whole future
1481
01:18:59,567 --> 01:19:02,400
and everything depends
on my progress today.
1482
01:19:08,700 --> 01:19:09,700
Syreeta?
1483
01:19:11,266 --> 01:19:12,767
[Syreeta] So I've been
busting my butt
1484
01:19:12,767 --> 01:19:15,266
up until now to do
the best that I can.
1485
01:19:18,100 --> 01:19:19,500
Last time I was here,
1486
01:19:19,567 --> 01:19:21,166
I weighed 552.
1487
01:19:24,300 --> 01:19:27,266
And Dr. Now told me
I had to lose 40 pounds
1488
01:19:27,266 --> 01:19:28,567
over the last two month.
1489
01:19:30,867 --> 01:19:32,567
[nurse] Okay.
Step up on the scale.
1490
01:19:38,166 --> 01:19:41,200
[Syreeta] So I need
to be down to 512 today.
1491
01:19:41,266 --> 01:19:42,767
And I really hope I did that.
1492
01:19:47,300 --> 01:19:48,166
[nurse] You can step down.
1493
01:19:51,300 --> 01:19:52,967
And we're going to room five.
1494
01:19:55,700 --> 01:19:59,100
[Syreeta] Well, I'm relieved
that I lost weight
and didn't gain any.
1495
01:20:00,166 --> 01:20:01,300
But I'm worried
1496
01:20:01,300 --> 01:20:04,000
that's is not enough to meet
what Dr. Now said.
1497
01:20:33,767 --> 01:20:34,600
[knock on door]
1498
01:20:36,467 --> 01:20:37,567
Hello. How you doing?
1499
01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:39,166
Fine. How are you?
1500
01:20:40,467 --> 01:20:41,767
Good.
1501
01:20:41,767 --> 01:20:45,300
All right. So, I'm glad to see
you're losing again.
1502
01:20:45,367 --> 01:20:47,867
Not as much as
I'd like you to lose.
1503
01:20:47,867 --> 01:20:50,767
But at least you're moving
in the right direction
1504
01:20:50,767 --> 01:20:52,100
and not gaining.
1505
01:20:52,100 --> 01:20:54,967
So how we doing
with your eating habit
and diet and all that?
1506
01:20:54,967 --> 01:20:56,600
My eating habits,
they're better.
1507
01:20:56,667 --> 01:21:00,400
And I'm working
really, really, really,
really hard, and...
1508
01:21:00,467 --> 01:21:03,367
I'm really trying
to show not just...
1509
01:21:03,367 --> 01:21:05,600
you, but, you know, myself
1510
01:21:05,667 --> 01:21:07,000
that this is what
I really, really want.
1511
01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:08,004
This is not only that I want,
it's a need.
1512
01:21:08,004 --> 01:21:09,000
This is not only that I want,
it's a need.
1513
01:21:09,066 --> 01:21:11,800
It's my health, and my life
is dependent on it.
1514
01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:13,266
So, this...
this is what I want
1515
01:21:13,266 --> 01:21:16,166
and I'm showing you
that this is what I need.
1516
01:21:16,166 --> 01:21:18,266
Great. I'm glad
you realize that,
1517
01:21:18,266 --> 01:21:20,867
and I'm glad to see
that you're making progress.
1518
01:21:20,867 --> 01:21:23,700
If you continue
making this progress,
1519
01:21:23,767 --> 01:21:25,767
I will tell you
what I'm willing to do.
1520
01:21:25,767 --> 01:21:27,567
I'm gonna give you two months,
1521
01:21:27,567 --> 01:21:30,100
and if in two months
you keep losing weight
1522
01:21:30,100 --> 01:21:31,300
like you have been,
1523
01:21:31,367 --> 01:21:33,700
then we gonna do
weight loss surgery, okay?
1524
01:21:34,266 --> 01:21:35,567
All righty.
1525
01:21:35,567 --> 01:21:37,200
That sounds good to me.
1526
01:21:37,266 --> 01:21:38,004
[Dr. Now] You need to show me
1527
01:21:38,004 --> 01:21:38,367
[Dr. Now] You need to show me
1528
01:21:38,367 --> 01:21:40,667
that this is not gonna be
a temporary change
1529
01:21:40,667 --> 01:21:41,800
like last time.
1530
01:21:41,800 --> 01:21:44,667
And you're gonna stick with it
and not start to slip.
1531
01:21:44,667 --> 01:21:46,800
So as long as
you continue losing
1532
01:21:46,867 --> 01:21:48,900
14 pound a month or more,
1533
01:21:48,967 --> 01:21:50,967
in two months,
we can do the surgery.
1534
01:21:51,367 --> 01:21:52,700
-Okay.
-Okay?
1535
01:21:52,767 --> 01:21:54,200
-Yes.
-Do you feel
1536
01:21:54,266 --> 01:21:55,900
the therapy is helping you?
1537
01:21:55,967 --> 01:21:57,266
Therapy is helping
1538
01:21:57,266 --> 01:21:59,300
and basically what
I learnt from therapy
1539
01:21:59,367 --> 01:22:02,166
is that not everybody
is against me and so,
1540
01:22:02,166 --> 01:22:03,667
I just have
to let that wall down,
1541
01:22:03,667 --> 01:22:06,367
just understand that people
are here to help me
1542
01:22:06,367 --> 01:22:07,767
and they're just
telling me right.
1543
01:22:07,767 --> 01:22:08,004
And they're not
telling me wrong.
1544
01:22:08,004 --> 01:22:09,467
And they're not
telling me wrong.
1545
01:22:10,100 --> 01:22:11,500
Okay. Super.
1546
01:22:11,567 --> 01:22:15,166
You have to stop snacking
between the meal,
1547
01:22:15,166 --> 01:22:17,767
and you have to cut
your portions down.
1548
01:22:17,767 --> 01:22:20,300
I've been doing
'cause I don't snack
in between the meals.
1549
01:22:20,367 --> 01:22:22,400
I actually,
I don't snack at all.
1550
01:22:22,467 --> 01:22:23,867
And if I...
Well, I'm not gonna say
1551
01:22:23,867 --> 01:22:26,266
I don't snack at all,
because if I do it's fruit.
1552
01:22:26,900 --> 01:22:28,600
So right now at your weight,
1553
01:22:28,667 --> 01:22:30,100
you should give up all fruit.
1554
01:22:30,166 --> 01:22:31,467
-And then...
-Oh, okay.
1555
01:22:31,467 --> 01:22:33,667
So that is gonna be
a hard work
1556
01:22:33,667 --> 01:22:35,967
that you need
to stick with it, okay?
1557
01:22:35,967 --> 01:22:37,100
-Yes.
-All right.
1558
01:22:37,800 --> 01:22:38,004
So keep up with the therapy
1559
01:22:38,004 --> 01:22:39,467
So keep up with the therapy
1560
01:22:39,467 --> 01:22:42,100
and keep up with
your healthy eating habit
1561
01:22:42,166 --> 01:22:44,367
and we will see how you doing
next two month.
1562
01:22:44,367 --> 01:22:46,100
If you stay
on track hopefully,
1563
01:22:46,166 --> 01:22:48,800
within a year we get you
to your goal weight.
1564
01:22:49,300 --> 01:22:50,400
Yes, sir.
1565
01:22:50,467 --> 01:22:51,800
All right.
If you need anything,
1566
01:22:51,867 --> 01:22:53,400
-give me a call.
-Okay.
1567
01:22:53,467 --> 01:22:54,567
I will see you later.
1568
01:22:54,567 --> 01:22:56,567
-All righty. Thank you.
-Okay. And you're welcome.
1569
01:23:03,600 --> 01:23:05,567
[Dr. Now] I'm very glad
to see Syreeta
1570
01:23:05,567 --> 01:23:08,004
is back going
in the right direction again.
1571
01:23:08,004 --> 01:23:08,166
is back going
in the right direction again.
1572
01:23:08,166 --> 01:23:09,600
That's very positive,
1573
01:23:09,667 --> 01:23:12,367
but I need to see
a little more from her
1574
01:23:12,367 --> 01:23:14,567
to show me
that she gonna stick with it
1575
01:23:14,567 --> 01:23:16,467
and stay on track this time.
1576
01:23:16,467 --> 01:23:19,000
If she does that
over the next two months,
1577
01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:20,367
and she shows me
1578
01:23:20,367 --> 01:23:24,166
she's making some decent
and consistent progress,
1579
01:23:24,166 --> 01:23:25,667
then we will move ahead
1580
01:23:25,667 --> 01:23:27,567
and I will do
weight loss surgery on her.
1581
01:23:46,867 --> 01:23:48,300
Try this one,
we're gonna go out the sides,
1582
01:23:48,367 --> 01:23:49,166
just straight up the sides.
1583
01:23:49,867 --> 01:23:50,700
-Ooh.
-[Jorge] And here.
1584
01:23:51,700 --> 01:23:52,567
A little heavier, yeah.
1585
01:23:53,400 --> 01:23:54,467
And we're gonna go one,
1586
01:23:54,467 --> 01:23:55,567
up 45 degrees to the front,
1587
01:23:57,266 --> 01:23:58,367
and then one straight up
the middle.
1588
01:24:00,867 --> 01:24:03,300
[Syreeta] The past month
I've been working hard
1589
01:24:03,367 --> 01:24:07,367
and I'm more than halfway
to the goal Dr. Now gave me.
1590
01:24:07,367 --> 01:24:08,004
And I have another month
to lose the rest.
1591
01:24:08,004 --> 01:24:09,700
And I have another month
to lose the rest.
1592
01:24:10,567 --> 01:24:12,367
But I plan
to keep working hard
1593
01:24:12,367 --> 01:24:14,066
to blow past that goal.
1594
01:24:14,066 --> 01:24:15,367
And get that surgery
1595
01:24:15,367 --> 01:24:17,700
because nothing
is gonna stand in my way
1596
01:24:17,767 --> 01:24:19,467
of moving ahead this time.
1597
01:24:19,467 --> 01:24:21,266
Go as high as you can,
slow, slow and controlled.
1598
01:24:22,467 --> 01:24:24,400
[Syreeta] I've been journaling
about my food
1599
01:24:24,467 --> 01:24:27,166
and I've been eating less
and I've joined a gym.
1600
01:24:27,166 --> 01:24:29,867
And the life
that we are creating down here
1601
01:24:29,867 --> 01:24:32,000
is all new and is all healthy.
1602
01:24:37,967 --> 01:24:38,004
[Jorge] And we're good.
1603
01:24:38,004 --> 01:24:39,100
[Jorge] And we're good.
1604
01:24:39,700 --> 01:24:40,800
[Syreeta panting] Okay.
1605
01:24:47,100 --> 01:24:48,767
[Syreeta] And I'm working
with Dr. Paradise.
1606
01:24:57,467 --> 01:24:58,300
Oh!
1607
01:24:59,100 --> 01:25:00,367
Mm-hmm. [chuckles]
1608
01:25:00,367 --> 01:25:01,467
Get your butt in the sun.
1609
01:25:02,667 --> 01:25:03,700
You wanna sit on my lap?
1610
01:25:03,767 --> 01:25:05,166
-No.
-You sure?
1611
01:25:05,467 --> 01:25:06,433
Mm-hmm.
1612
01:25:06,433 --> 01:25:07,867
[Syreeta] If I can lose
the weight,
1613
01:25:07,867 --> 01:25:08,004
I would like to have children
of our own.
1614
01:25:08,004 --> 01:25:10,066
I would like to have children
of our own.
1615
01:25:12,367 --> 01:25:14,266
That's a big motivator for me.
1616
01:25:14,667 --> 01:25:16,066
At this point,
1617
01:25:16,066 --> 01:25:19,500
I've only got
about 200 pounds left to go.
1618
01:25:19,567 --> 01:25:21,867
So I'm excited
'cause I can't believe
1619
01:25:21,867 --> 01:25:24,600
that's even something
I can look forward to.
1620
01:25:24,667 --> 01:25:25,367
Good bye, old me.