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I kept kicking that can
down the road so far
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and now it's like
a great, big, heavy can,
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I need help to move it.
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[woman] Somewhere in me is
this little glimmer of hope.
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I just wanna be
a normal person.
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[sighs with effort]
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[panting]
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You can't do it,
and then I just get mad.
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[woman] If I don't
make a change now,
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I'm scared
it's gonna be too late.
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No!
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My arm!
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[woman] I refuse
to stop fighting.
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I have to do this
for my children.
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Ooh!
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That's exactly
what you're doing,
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you're talking
out your [bleep].
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you're talking
out your [bleep].
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You're not
thinking this through.
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Then so be it.
But it's my decision to make.
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[groans]
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When I open my eyes
in the morning,
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it's like, "Oh, [bleep],
tomorrow keeps coming."
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it's like, "Oh, [bleep],
tomorrow keeps coming."
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It hurts when I move.
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Every day gets harder to move,
harder to breathe.
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You know?
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And then I gotta sit up,
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and I gotta kind of
give myself a pep talk.
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[exhales]
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Just let my joints
kind of get lubricated.
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[sighs]
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[sighs]
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[grunts]
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And when I do it,
it's so painful
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that I can only walk
maybe 30 steps at a time.
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[clattering]
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Once I'm under the hot water,
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showering's not bad.
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I don't really have to stand
all that much.
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I'll put my feet up
on the chair
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and then I'll sit on the thing
and get all in here.
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Sometimes you gotta
put your hand
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on the wall
and rotate your body
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there is difficulties.
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I got
the detachable shower head
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where I rinse myself off.
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But as soon as
I have to stand again,
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the rest of the day after my
shower basically is torture.
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[grunts]
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When you get to be this size,
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you're definitely
broken mentally.
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I mean, I know I'm fat.
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And I have the ability
to change it.
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But I can't stop eating.
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Because when I'm eating,
it's the only time
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I get relief
from the physical pain.
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It's the only time
that I'm happy.
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But my relationship with food
is an issue for my family.
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Because I've been living
in my parents' guest house
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since I became immobile.
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My mom and my dad,
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My mom and my dad,
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they're working hard not to
be enablers, but they are.
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My mom's an enabler
to a certain extent.
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Because she's coming
from a place of love.
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She loves her baby boy.
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-[Maria on phone] Hey.
-Good morning, Momma.
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[mom speaking]
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Good. What are you
thinking for breakfast?
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[chuckles] Okay.
Thanks, Momma.
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I'll see you in a minute.
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[Maria] All right, bye.
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-Good morning.
-Hey, good morning.
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Do you want
the eggs scrambled?
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Doing chorizo,
you could do an omelette.
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[Mark] Um, scrambled is good.
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I am very conflicted
in providing food for Mark.
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-Hey, Ma?
-Yeah?
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Can I get a whole lot
of cheese, please?
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Okay.
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[Mark] Thank you.
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[Maria] The food that he needs
is very, very small amounts.
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[Maria] The food that he needs
is very, very small amounts.
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But I know
if we don't feed him
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proportionally
with what he wants,
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he'll just order more food.
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[Rocky] You need that?
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It's a weekend. They can...
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[Rocky] Every day's a weekend
for you right now.
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[Mark] My dad
tells me what to do.
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But it has
a reverse influence on me.
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Did you guys already eat?
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Uh, yeah, yeah.
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Just had a little bit
of coffee and stuff.
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Just had a little bit
of coffee and stuff.
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There's that.
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-Thank you, Momma.
-You're welcome.
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[Mark] The more
you come at me like that,
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the more it makes me
wanna eat,
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and go down that road.
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Like, it's always been
a steady uphill struggle.
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Growing up, I always
lived in a happy home.
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My mom and dad were
really young when they had me.
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They were married
when they were really young,
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They were married
when they were really young,
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and they're still together
to this day.
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[Rocky] I was 19 years old
whenever Mark was born,
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and, um, my wife and I both
were babies raising babies.
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And he didn't come
with an instruction manual.
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[Mark] If I had
to put one event
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that I contributed
to my addiction on food,
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and led me
to where I'm at today,
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it would have been
when my dad lost his job.
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That had a definite
traumatic effect on me
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in so many different ways.
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We lost everything.
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It was a whole new dynamic
overnight.
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It was a whole new dynamic
overnight.
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All my old clothes,
my old lifestyle, was gone.
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We ended up moving to Arizona.
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We lived
on my grandmother's patio,
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which is a room, but it was
insulated with newspapers.
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Just a horrible,
horrible place.
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My first day of school I ended
up getting into a fight.
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And it was just,
"This place sucks.
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I hate everything about it."
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[Maria] When Rocky
got laid off,
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and I also got laid off
from my aerospace job,
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it was a real big time.
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We lived
a very comfortable life.
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As the paychecks
weren't coming in,
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As the paychecks
weren't coming in,
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other priorities
had to happen, you know?
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We had to pay
the utilities and...
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It was so traumatic.
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Mark was about 12.
He was very depressed.
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And all he did at my mom's
was sleep. I remember that.
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He just slept.
It was just easier to sleep.
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You know,
than to deal with it.
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I was starting to hold back
a little bit on the food.
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It had to have been rationed.
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And I'm sure it affected Mark.
Probably scared him.
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And I'm sure it affected Mark.
Probably scared him.
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"What's going on with
the food?" [laughs] You know?
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[Mark] Food is
comforting to me
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because it just reminds me
of being happy.
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Having that full stomach
and the roof over your head,
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you know, and everything's
taken care of.
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I think we have an addiction
in our family to food.
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I know that I have to get up
and walk away from food.
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I know that I have to get up
and walk away from food.
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I don't stop eating it.
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And I think Mark has a lot
of the same traits that I do
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when it comes to that.
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[Mark] In high school I was
probably 220, 230 pounds.
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My size got the attention
of the football coach.
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He wanted to put me
on the line.
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Once I made the football team,
they told me,
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"Mark, we need to get you up
to 300 pounds."
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It was just the excuse
I'd been looking for,
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to postpone doing anything
about my food addiction.
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to postpone doing anything
about my food addiction.
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I was like, "Hell yeah,
I'll have four burgers."
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I was a pretty good athlete.
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I was faster at the time
than I've ever been,
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stronger at the time
than I've ever been.
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I got a scholarship to play
football at a junior college.
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I was gonna go transfer and
play division one football.
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But after that first semester,
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we were practicing
and I got hit,
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and my knee went
one way and I went the other.
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You have to love football
to make it,
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and you have to be lucky
to make it.
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It's like you really
have to love something
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It's like you really
have to love something
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to fight through the pain.
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And I didn't love it enough
to fight through the pain.
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And I just wasn't
in that frame of mind,
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where I just,
"I don't want this anymore."
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Between my knee being injured,
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missing my friends,
missing my family,
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travelling out of state,
I was just done with sports.
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Then a friend offered me a job
as a bouncer at a concert
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for a Top 40 rock band.
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Then that led me to
a permanent job
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working security
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at a well-known music venue
in West Hollywood
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at a well-known music venue
in West Hollywood
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on Sunset Boulevard.
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And it was one of the funnest
jobs I've ever had.
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Music replaced
the excitement of football.
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Ah.
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No matter what race, religion,
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sexual orientation,
whatever - music.
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That's something
everybody has in common.
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But what ended up happening,
I would get distracted
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by all the partying
going down after work.
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I was doing
recreational drugs,
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drinking, and that got me
into binge eating.
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drinking, and that got me
into binge eating.
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And then all of a sudden
I was 350 pounds.
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And then after
a few years security,
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the company I was bouncing for
offered me a promotion
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at their sister venue
on the strip in Vegas.
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And I was kind of
in the moment,
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like, "Yeah, I could do that."
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So I made the move.
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[Mark sighs]
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-Thank you.
-[Maria] You're welcome.
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Vegas was
a slower pace of life.
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Living there didn't help
my fast food addiction.
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I partied, I ate, and I drank.
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I was consuming so much,
I wound up taking a second job
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as a security guy
in a gated community
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to try to pay for it all.
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When I first started noticing
Mark's weight gain
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was in his middle-20s.
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We could just kind of tell.
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He'd be eating a little more.
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He had to buy clothes
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He had to buy clothes
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to come home and visit
Mom and Dad.
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[Mark] I had no idea how much
I weighed at that point.
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But my weight,
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just keep getting higher
and higher and higher.
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And then, boom.
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Before I knew it
I was too big to do security.
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And the bigger you get,
the harder it is to get a job.
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Because there is that negative
connotation with being big.
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But I found one where you can
sit down at a sportsbook.
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And then a pandemic happened.
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That job went away.
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So I put myself into storage
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So I put myself into storage
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and I tucked my tail
between my legs
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and moved back home
with Mom and Dad.
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I've been looking for work
for the past year and a half,
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but now I have stipulations.
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I can't go work
in an office anymore.
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I'm too big for that.
I can't drive to the office.
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[Rocky] Hey, Mark.
Let's get ready.
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You ready to go?
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-Yeah, right now?
-Yeah.
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-Okay.
-Yeah?
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-Let's go.
-Okay.
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-Let's go.
-Okay.
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[groans]
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I felt like
a complete failure.
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It was a hard pill to swallow,
251
00:12:40,567 --> 00:12:43,767
but fortunately, like,
they're okay with it.
252
00:12:43,767 --> 00:12:45,867
I mean, they want
me gone. [chuckles]
253
00:12:45,867 --> 00:12:48,300
They want me out quick.
But at the same time,
254
00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:50,100
they want me to get right
before I get out.
255
00:12:52,667 --> 00:12:56,000
I have a lot of anxiety about
going out into public now.
256
00:12:56,066 --> 00:12:57,300
I don't wanna deal with looks,
257
00:12:57,367 --> 00:12:58,700
I don't wanna
deal with comments.
258
00:12:58,767 --> 00:13:00,000
I don't wanna
deal with any of it.
259
00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:00,600
I don't wanna
deal with any of it.
260
00:13:00,667 --> 00:13:02,400
I'm just over all of it.
261
00:13:02,467 --> 00:13:03,600
You know?
262
00:13:03,667 --> 00:13:05,066
So if I have to do it,
263
00:13:05,066 --> 00:13:07,367
gotta put that brave face on
like, okay, I gotta do it...
264
00:13:08,266 --> 00:13:09,767
but I don't gotta like it.
265
00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:13,000
All right.
266
00:13:26,767 --> 00:13:28,567
The grocery store, it sucks.
267
00:13:28,567 --> 00:13:30,000
Just finding a trolley
that I can sit in,
268
00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,066
Just finding a trolley
that I can sit in,
269
00:13:31,066 --> 00:13:33,600
it's like,
"Hoo. Give me a minute."
270
00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,200
I don't know
how that's gonna fit.
271
00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,200
This isn't gonna work.
272
00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,066
You're gonna have to get up
273
00:13:44,066 --> 00:13:45,700
-and push a cart.
-I can't.
274
00:13:45,767 --> 00:13:47,600
You gotta push a cart, Mark.
275
00:13:48,667 --> 00:13:50,166
That's all you can do.
276
00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,266
[Mark] By the time
we are inside the store,
277
00:13:58,266 --> 00:14:00,000
both of my knees
are usually throbbing.
278
00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,000
both of my knees
are usually throbbing.
279
00:14:01,066 --> 00:14:03,567
And it sucks.
280
00:14:03,567 --> 00:14:06,467
I can't live like this
much longer.
281
00:14:06,467 --> 00:14:10,000
And I know
if something doesn't change,
282
00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,700
I don't have long.
283
00:14:13,367 --> 00:14:15,667
[Rocky] I rode
the scooter behind him
284
00:14:15,667 --> 00:14:17,667
so that he could take a break.
285
00:14:18,667 --> 00:14:21,467
-All right, you need to sit?
-Yeah.
286
00:14:21,467 --> 00:14:23,300
[Rocky] I feel
horrible for him.
287
00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:25,467
You know, I was always told
288
00:14:25,467 --> 00:14:27,467
that people in China
are starving to death.
289
00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:29,600
So you finish your meal.
290
00:14:29,667 --> 00:14:30,000
But I am ridden
with a lot of guilt
291
00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000
But I am ridden
with a lot of guilt
292
00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,100
because of the way
that Mark is right now.
293
00:14:36,166 --> 00:14:39,000
I know that I've enabled Mark
over the years.
294
00:14:39,066 --> 00:14:42,000
So I try not to enable him
any longer.
295
00:14:42,667 --> 00:14:44,367
They got ice cream down there?
296
00:14:45,166 --> 00:14:46,567
Just one of those, or two?
297
00:14:46,567 --> 00:14:49,767
[Rocky] But I still do,
so often.
298
00:14:49,767 --> 00:14:53,000
It's very hard for me
to break the bad habits.
299
00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,000
I want Mark to be healthy.
300
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:00,066
I want Mark to be healthy.
301
00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:01,266
We can't live this life.
302
00:15:01,266 --> 00:15:03,500
We can't continue
to live this life.
303
00:15:03,567 --> 00:15:06,367
I really believe in him,
304
00:15:06,367 --> 00:15:08,767
but, uh, it's a hard road.
305
00:15:09,967 --> 00:15:12,500
[Mark] I'm definitely
at a crossroads right now.
306
00:15:12,567 --> 00:15:15,900
You know what I mean?
It's... it's urgent now.
307
00:15:15,967 --> 00:15:17,667
[bleep] got real.
308
00:15:27,767 --> 00:15:29,567
That's how you're gonna do it?
You're gonna throw it on,
chef style?
309
00:15:29,567 --> 00:15:30,000
Yeah, dude.
310
00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:30,567
Yeah, dude.
311
00:15:32,567 --> 00:15:33,700
-Thanks, Momma.
-You okay?
312
00:15:33,767 --> 00:15:35,000
Yeah. Are you drinking?
313
00:15:35,066 --> 00:15:36,400
[Maria] No. No way.
314
00:15:36,467 --> 00:15:37,767
-[Mark] Wuss.
-[Maria] No way.
315
00:15:39,166 --> 00:15:41,367
Mark is definitely becoming
a shut-in.
316
00:15:41,367 --> 00:15:44,567
He's home for two,
three months at a time,
317
00:15:44,567 --> 00:15:45,967
and he's just fine with it.
318
00:15:48,266 --> 00:15:50,767
Smelling
pretty scrumptious, man.
319
00:15:50,767 --> 00:15:54,066
I'm starting to worry,
of course, always the weight,
320
00:15:54,066 --> 00:15:58,000
but now I'm starting to worry
more about the mental health.
321
00:15:58,066 --> 00:16:00,000
Mark, you're gonna
have asparagus, right?
322
00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:00,900
Mark, you're gonna
have asparagus, right?
323
00:16:00,967 --> 00:16:02,266
Yes, please.
324
00:16:03,266 --> 00:16:07,266
[Maria] Mark can manipulate me
and Rocky both for the food.
325
00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:10,600
Mostly me,
326
00:16:10,667 --> 00:16:13,600
because I feel
so darn sorry for him.
327
00:16:13,667 --> 00:16:15,266
Move your chair closer, Mark.
328
00:16:15,266 --> 00:16:16,567
[Mark] Yup, I'm on it.
329
00:16:16,567 --> 00:16:19,266
[chuckles]
330
00:16:19,266 --> 00:16:22,100
We are not making Mark
pay any rent,
331
00:16:22,166 --> 00:16:24,400
any utilities, nothing.
332
00:16:24,467 --> 00:16:26,800
We are not
holding him accountable.
333
00:16:26,867 --> 00:16:29,400
Because Mark
basically has spent
334
00:16:29,467 --> 00:16:30,000
all his money on food.
335
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,500
all his money on food.
336
00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:36,567
I'm really excited. This could
really change your life.
337
00:16:36,567 --> 00:16:38,567
I'm not going through
all the [bleep]
338
00:16:38,567 --> 00:16:40,266
-for no reason.
-[Maria] Good.
339
00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:42,467
You know what?
We'll go through it together.
340
00:16:42,467 --> 00:16:44,467
Whenever you get back
from Houston,
341
00:16:44,467 --> 00:16:46,300
I don't think you can make
one of those trips
342
00:16:46,367 --> 00:16:48,166
to the store
like you did today.
343
00:16:49,367 --> 00:16:52,367
I don't think
that ever happens again.
344
00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:55,400
I think you need to make
a lot better choices.
345
00:16:55,467 --> 00:16:57,800
They're not gonna tell me
how many calories to eat.
346
00:16:57,867 --> 00:17:00,000
-They're not gonna tell me
how many bites to eat.
-Yes, they will.
347
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:00,166
-They're not gonna tell me
how many bites to eat.
-Yes, they will.
348
00:17:00,166 --> 00:17:02,600
They'll tell you
how much protein to have,
349
00:17:02,667 --> 00:17:04,367
how much calories to have,
350
00:17:04,367 --> 00:17:06,867
how much carbohydrates
to have.
351
00:17:07,567 --> 00:17:09,367
They'll tell you everything.
352
00:17:09,367 --> 00:17:11,367
And if you're serious
about listening,
353
00:17:11,367 --> 00:17:14,000
they will really
save your life.
354
00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,367
[Mark] That's where we're at.
355
00:17:17,367 --> 00:17:19,367
It's not like
you're gonna die young,
356
00:17:19,367 --> 00:17:20,767
it's like
you're gonna die soon.
357
00:17:20,767 --> 00:17:23,300
You don't have an A path,
a B path,
358
00:17:23,367 --> 00:17:25,867
a C path, a D path,
and an E path anymore,
359
00:17:25,867 --> 00:17:29,700
now you just have A and B.
Live or die.
360
00:17:30,767 --> 00:17:32,667
You were supposed to be
my buddy
361
00:17:32,667 --> 00:17:35,000
that went out with me,
362
00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,667
doing everything and stuff
whenever you came to visit.
363
00:17:38,667 --> 00:17:41,367
But instead, you're sitting
in a pool-house.
364
00:17:42,300 --> 00:17:43,500
Yeah.
365
00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,066
I feel like
they're disappointed
in me, absolutely.
366
00:17:48,066 --> 00:17:51,567
This isn't how I was raised.
You know what I mean?
367
00:17:52,567 --> 00:17:53,967
Like, I shouldn't be here.
368
00:17:53,967 --> 00:17:57,667
I made virtually every
[bleep] poor choice
369
00:17:57,667 --> 00:17:58,700
you can make in life
370
00:17:58,767 --> 00:18:00,000
I had to have made
to end up right here.
371
00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,400
I had to have made
to end up right here.
372
00:18:01,467 --> 00:18:04,600
You really have to buckle down
to do this.
373
00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:06,266
I'm not gonna
harass you tonight.
374
00:18:06,266 --> 00:18:08,100
I want you to enjoy yourself.
375
00:18:08,166 --> 00:18:10,500
-But...
-Well, let's do that.
376
00:18:10,567 --> 00:18:12,700
-I want you
to take it really--
-Let's try that, okay?
377
00:18:12,767 --> 00:18:15,166
Yeah, but I really want you
to take it serious, son.
378
00:18:15,166 --> 00:18:17,200
-[Mark] Well, yeah.
-Just give me that.
379
00:18:17,266 --> 00:18:19,367
That's all.
That's all I'm asking.
380
00:18:19,367 --> 00:18:21,900
I think I've kind of proven
that so far, but...
381
00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:23,567
[Mike] Nah, you haven't
proven [bleep].
382
00:18:24,567 --> 00:18:25,767
It's time to get to work.
383
00:18:25,767 --> 00:18:27,367
-You're right.
-Yeah.
384
00:18:27,367 --> 00:18:29,567
The hard part comes next.
385
00:18:29,567 --> 00:18:30,000
[Mark] I get it.
386
00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:30,900
[Mark] I get it.
387
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,200
You guys ready?
388
00:19:07,166 --> 00:19:09,467
[Maria] Yeah, almost, Mark.
One second.
389
00:19:13,367 --> 00:19:14,367
Are you okay?
390
00:19:14,367 --> 00:19:15,900
-[Mark] Yeah, are you?
-Yeah.
391
00:19:25,367 --> 00:19:27,200
[Mark] Today I'm traveling
to Houston
392
00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:28,367
to meet Dr. Now,
393
00:19:28,367 --> 00:19:30,500
who can hopefully help me
lose some weight.
394
00:19:30,567 --> 00:19:32,166
Yeah. Go ahead.
395
00:19:32,166 --> 00:19:33,570
-Go.
-Okay.
396
00:19:33,570 --> 00:19:35,000
-Go.
-Okay.
397
00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,000
We're going in the car so it's
gonna be a pretty long drive.
398
00:19:38,066 --> 00:19:40,266
It's about 13 or 14 hours,
399
00:19:40,266 --> 00:19:43,166
and I'm looking forward
to none of it.
400
00:19:43,166 --> 00:19:44,367
Don't forget your keys.
401
00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:45,967
There's no way
I can last that long
402
00:19:45,967 --> 00:19:47,467
in a car without a break.
403
00:19:47,467 --> 00:19:49,667
So we're gonna split it up
into two days.
404
00:19:50,900 --> 00:19:54,000
I'm very grateful to have
the support of my mom
405
00:19:54,066 --> 00:19:56,367
and my brother-in-law, RJ,
406
00:19:56,367 --> 00:19:59,867
who flew down from Seattle
to help us with the drive.
407
00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:01,800
Because if they
weren't taking me,
408
00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:03,266
I don't know if I would go.
409
00:20:03,266 --> 00:20:03,570
[Maria] What are you gonna do?
Can you lay it down?
410
00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:04,867
[Maria] What are you gonna do?
Can you lay it down?
411
00:20:04,867 --> 00:20:06,867
Can you lay the luggage down
and lay this on top?
412
00:20:07,767 --> 00:20:08,900
Lay the luggage flat.
413
00:20:16,767 --> 00:20:19,367
-[RJ] That work?
-Yeah, then just put this...
414
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000
[Mark] You comfortable?
415
00:20:35,066 --> 00:20:36,900
[Maria] I am, yeah.
This is nice.
416
00:20:37,867 --> 00:20:39,200
A new beginning.
417
00:20:39,266 --> 00:20:42,000
Are we eating or are we gonna
get on the road?
418
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,567
[RJ] Yeah, we're gonna get
on the road, buddy.
We'll get the gas.
419
00:20:45,567 --> 00:20:48,166
[Maria] So, RJ, you drive
for a little bit
and let me know, okay?
420
00:20:48,166 --> 00:20:51,100
[RJ] Okay. I should be able
to get a good four hours in.
421
00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:52,467
You're fine, aren't you?
422
00:20:52,467 --> 00:20:54,700
-Are you fine?
-Yeah.
423
00:20:54,767 --> 00:20:57,200
[Mark] We've hardly been
on the road very long at all,
424
00:20:57,266 --> 00:20:59,000
maybe a couple of hours.
425
00:20:59,066 --> 00:21:01,400
I'm really struggling
with wanting to eat,
426
00:21:01,467 --> 00:21:03,570
even though I know
I'm gonna get weighed
427
00:21:03,570 --> 00:21:03,700
even though I know
I'm gonna get weighed
428
00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:04,900
when I get to Dr. No's.
429
00:21:05,867 --> 00:21:07,367
[Maria] Is it good, Mark?
430
00:21:07,367 --> 00:21:09,867
[Mark] It's okay.
It gets the job done, right?
431
00:21:09,867 --> 00:21:11,300
What's the job?
432
00:21:12,567 --> 00:21:14,000
-Food.
-Food?
433
00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:16,800
Gas tank, right?
434
00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:33,570
[Maria] I can't eat any more.
435
00:21:33,570 --> 00:21:34,867
[Maria] I can't eat any more.
436
00:21:38,467 --> 00:21:39,767
[Mark grunts]
437
00:22:06,066 --> 00:22:08,100
It's been a long,
terrible day,
438
00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:10,800
and I can't wait to lie down
and get some rest.
439
00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:15,967
I normally don't sleep
that well
440
00:22:15,967 --> 00:22:18,500
but tonight I think I will.
441
00:22:18,567 --> 00:22:20,667
We're more than halfway
to Houston.
442
00:22:20,667 --> 00:22:22,800
That's about
the only silver lining.
443
00:22:26,567 --> 00:22:28,767
[Maria] You okay?
444
00:22:28,767 --> 00:22:31,567
[Mark] If we weren't past
the halfway point already,
445
00:22:31,567 --> 00:22:33,570
I might just decide
to pack it in and go home.
446
00:22:33,570 --> 00:22:34,100
I might just decide
to pack it in and go home.
447
00:22:34,166 --> 00:22:35,700
But I can't do that.
448
00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:40,400
[Maria] Oh, Mark, I'm sorry.
449
00:22:40,467 --> 00:22:41,867
Guys.
450
00:22:43,066 --> 00:22:44,300
[sighs] Hoo.
451
00:22:54,467 --> 00:22:55,867
[sighs]
452
00:23:09,767 --> 00:23:12,467
We finally made it to Houston.
453
00:23:12,467 --> 00:23:16,166
And we're barely gonna make it
on time for my appointment.
454
00:23:16,166 --> 00:23:19,066
We had hoped to check in
at the hotel first,
455
00:23:19,066 --> 00:23:21,567
and maybe rest for a minute
before the appointment,
456
00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:24,367
but there's no time for that.
457
00:23:24,367 --> 00:23:27,100
Here we are.
Let's just get this over with.
458
00:23:51,867 --> 00:23:53,066
Thank you.
459
00:24:04,767 --> 00:24:06,166
This trip was hell.
460
00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:10,567
-Stop.
-Sorry.
461
00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:12,567
You can't do that.
462
00:24:12,567 --> 00:24:14,667
-I love you, okay?
-I love you, too.
463
00:24:15,867 --> 00:24:16,867
[nurse] Mark?
464
00:24:19,467 --> 00:24:20,967
-Hi.
-Hi, how are you?
465
00:24:20,967 --> 00:24:23,000
-Good, how are you?
-Good, thank you.
466
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,767
[Mark] Right now I feel awful.
467
00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:26,767
My body's in pain all over.
468
00:24:26,767 --> 00:24:29,967
And I'm really not
looking forward to
stepping on the scale.
469
00:24:29,967 --> 00:24:31,467
Go ahead
and stand on the scale.
470
00:24:31,467 --> 00:24:33,570
[Mark] The last time I weighed
myself I was 430,
471
00:24:33,570 --> 00:24:34,900
[Mark] The last time I weighed
myself I was 430,
472
00:24:34,967 --> 00:24:36,567
and that was a few years ago.
473
00:24:36,567 --> 00:24:39,300
So I'm pretty sure
I'm in the 600s by now.
474
00:24:53,967 --> 00:24:55,667
So, your weight is 715.
475
00:24:55,667 --> 00:24:57,166
Hoo.
476
00:24:57,166 --> 00:24:59,367
Get the hell off of that.
477
00:25:00,667 --> 00:25:01,900
I'll beat it.
478
00:25:03,567 --> 00:25:03,570
I'm okay, all right?
479
00:25:03,570 --> 00:25:04,867
I'm okay, all right?
480
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,166
[RJ] We got your back, Mark.
481
00:25:09,166 --> 00:25:11,066
[Mark] No matter
how many excuses,
482
00:25:11,066 --> 00:25:13,467
with your help, I'll beat it.
483
00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:18,266
Holy crap.
484
00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:20,900
I feel bad for my mom
having to see this.
485
00:25:22,867 --> 00:25:25,900
But right now,
this is a business trip.
486
00:25:35,567 --> 00:25:37,166
[knock at door]
487
00:25:41,567 --> 00:25:44,000
-Hello, how you all doing?
-Hello, Dr. How are you?
488
00:25:44,066 --> 00:25:47,166
-How are you doing?
-I'm doing okay.
489
00:25:47,166 --> 00:25:49,100
-Nice to meet you, Mark.
-You too, sir.
490
00:25:49,166 --> 00:25:50,300
Thank you for taking
the time to see me.
491
00:25:50,367 --> 00:25:52,166
Oh, definitely.
492
00:25:52,166 --> 00:25:53,800
All right,
you come in from where?
493
00:25:53,867 --> 00:25:57,100
-Florida. Orlando.
-Orlando?
494
00:25:57,100 --> 00:25:58,467
-Orlando, Florida.
-Well.
495
00:25:58,467 --> 00:25:59,867
We drove a long way
to see you.
496
00:25:59,867 --> 00:26:02,567
Okay. And who
is this young lady?
497
00:26:02,567 --> 00:26:03,570
-This is my mother, Maria.
-Maria.
498
00:26:03,570 --> 00:26:04,500
-This is my mother, Maria.
-Maria.
499
00:26:04,567 --> 00:26:05,900
And that's my brother-in-law.
500
00:26:05,967 --> 00:26:07,667
He's married
to my sister, April.
501
00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:09,000
-[Dr. Now] Okay.
-RJ.
502
00:26:09,066 --> 00:26:10,166
All right, great.
503
00:26:10,166 --> 00:26:12,767
So, what brought you
down to Houston?
504
00:26:12,767 --> 00:26:14,967
[sighs] Well...
505
00:26:14,967 --> 00:26:16,600
I have a little bit
of a weight problem.
506
00:26:16,667 --> 00:26:18,600
Okay. I can see that.
507
00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:22,200
So you came all this way
to get help with that problem.
508
00:26:22,266 --> 00:26:23,600
-[Mark] Yeah.
-Okay.
509
00:26:23,667 --> 00:26:25,166
You're 42 years old.
510
00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:28,467
At what age did you start
struggling with your weight?
511
00:26:28,467 --> 00:26:30,767
-I've always been overweight.
-Okay.
512
00:26:30,767 --> 00:26:33,570
But the past couple years,
this happened.
513
00:26:33,570 --> 00:26:34,600
But the past couple years,
this happened.
514
00:26:34,667 --> 00:26:36,567
So what do you think
is causing you to have
515
00:26:36,567 --> 00:26:38,900
all that issue
with your weight?
516
00:26:38,967 --> 00:26:41,467
[sighs] I definitely
eat too much.
517
00:26:41,467 --> 00:26:43,900
Actually, I wouldn't
even say I eat too...
I eat the wrong things.
518
00:26:43,967 --> 00:26:47,200
[Dr. Now] If you're 700 pounds
you do both.
519
00:26:47,266 --> 00:26:49,867
So what do you think
is driving you to do that?
520
00:26:49,867 --> 00:26:51,467
Um...
521
00:26:51,467 --> 00:26:54,767
Well, hunger sometimes.
Sometimes I'll get mad.
522
00:26:54,767 --> 00:26:56,867
Sometimes it's just
my schedule, you know,
523
00:26:56,867 --> 00:26:59,000
wake up and eat
something for breakfast.
524
00:27:00,567 --> 00:27:02,100
-You know?
-Okay.
525
00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:03,570
So with all
your unhealthy patterns,
526
00:27:03,570 --> 00:27:04,266
So with all
your unhealthy patterns,
527
00:27:04,266 --> 00:27:07,100
you never saw a problem
with any of that?
528
00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:09,100
I saw a lot of things
wrong with it.
529
00:27:09,166 --> 00:27:12,100
And it was always, "I know
I have to take care of it,
530
00:27:12,166 --> 00:27:13,767
but I'll do it tomorrow.
531
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,166
I'm just gonna
eat this right now
532
00:27:16,166 --> 00:27:19,166
and I'll deal
with this later."
533
00:27:19,166 --> 00:27:21,166
Now it's later...
534
00:27:21,166 --> 00:27:23,300
and I kicked the can
so far down the road,
535
00:27:23,367 --> 00:27:25,266
I can't lift it
without your help, so...
536
00:27:25,266 --> 00:27:29,266
All right, so, you live alone
or you live with somebody?
537
00:27:29,266 --> 00:27:30,500
I moved in with them.
538
00:27:30,567 --> 00:27:32,166
[Dr. Now] How long
you been with them?
539
00:27:32,166 --> 00:27:33,570
Couple of years. A year?
540
00:27:33,570 --> 00:27:34,000
Couple of years. A year?
541
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,567
So, are they supporting you
to eat less, or...?
542
00:27:37,567 --> 00:27:39,400
Very supportive of me
to eat less.
543
00:27:39,467 --> 00:27:42,667
So what did they tell you,
eat less? Or you don't listen?
544
00:27:42,667 --> 00:27:45,467
Um, it just depends
how they come off.
545
00:27:45,467 --> 00:27:46,767
Sometimes they [bleep] me off,
546
00:27:46,767 --> 00:27:49,000
and it makes me
wanna eat more,
547
00:27:49,066 --> 00:27:51,000
like, "[bleep] you,
I'll show you."
548
00:27:51,066 --> 00:27:52,900
As stupid as that sounds.
549
00:27:52,967 --> 00:27:54,400
You know what I mean?
550
00:27:54,467 --> 00:27:55,767
Okay.
551
00:27:55,767 --> 00:27:57,467
It's like, I know
what I'm doing is wrong.
552
00:27:57,467 --> 00:27:59,367
I don't need to hear your
[bleep] about me doing it.
553
00:27:59,367 --> 00:28:01,066
Excuse my language, I'm not...
554
00:28:01,066 --> 00:28:03,570
Well, it's not like
you just woke up today
555
00:28:03,570 --> 00:28:04,900
Well, it's not like
you just woke up today
556
00:28:04,967 --> 00:28:06,867
and you realized that
you're eating too much.
557
00:28:06,867 --> 00:28:11,200
So what is different today
than past 42 years?
558
00:28:12,767 --> 00:28:14,266
I was looking for a job.
559
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,266
-And I can't find a job.
-Yeah.
560
00:28:17,266 --> 00:28:19,266
Now I can't even
really leave the house.
561
00:28:19,266 --> 00:28:20,800
I was able to find a job now,
562
00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:22,767
or I'm gonna be
working from home.
563
00:28:22,767 --> 00:28:25,166
But all these jobs out there,
564
00:28:25,166 --> 00:28:27,367
"Oh, there are so many jobs
out there, go get a job,"
565
00:28:27,367 --> 00:28:30,166
that doesn't apply
when you're 700 pounds.
566
00:28:30,166 --> 00:28:33,400
And I don't wanna keep staying
with my mom and dad, like...
567
00:28:33,467 --> 00:28:33,570
I'm 42 years old.
I wanna go out there and...
568
00:28:33,570 --> 00:28:36,667
I'm 42 years old.
I wanna go out there and...
569
00:28:36,667 --> 00:28:38,100
be my own man again.
570
00:28:39,066 --> 00:28:40,233
You know?
571
00:28:40,233 --> 00:28:42,900
So you have gotten too weak
to function like you want,
572
00:28:42,967 --> 00:28:45,266
and you waking up
to your situation?
573
00:28:45,266 --> 00:28:46,367
[Mark] I guess.
574
00:28:46,367 --> 00:28:47,800
[Dr. Now] Okay. All right.
575
00:28:47,867 --> 00:28:49,567
We're gonna give you
some instruction,
576
00:28:49,567 --> 00:28:51,367
and you're gonna
have to follow them
577
00:28:51,367 --> 00:28:54,100
and see if you can
stick with the program.
578
00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:57,900
To start I'm gonna give you
a 1,200-calorie-a-day diet.
579
00:28:57,967 --> 00:28:59,567
Low carb, high protein.
580
00:28:59,567 --> 00:29:03,000
And some exercises that
you need to start immediately
581
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:03,570
if you want to do my program.
582
00:29:03,570 --> 00:29:04,767
if you want to do my program.
583
00:29:04,767 --> 00:29:05,800
-Okay?
-Okay.
584
00:29:05,867 --> 00:29:07,567
I mean, you are 700 pounds.
585
00:29:07,567 --> 00:29:09,900
If you stick with
the 1,200-calorie diet,
586
00:29:09,967 --> 00:29:12,200
you're gonna be able to lose
more than 100 pounds
587
00:29:12,266 --> 00:29:13,700
in one month easily.
588
00:29:13,767 --> 00:29:15,567
-Okay?
-Okay.
589
00:29:15,567 --> 00:29:19,100
If you do that I will consider
you for weight loss surgery.
590
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:21,867
Ultimately weight loss
surgery is gonna be
591
00:29:21,867 --> 00:29:24,567
the only option for you
to keep the weight off
592
00:29:24,567 --> 00:29:26,900
-for the long term, okay?
-Okay.
593
00:29:26,967 --> 00:29:29,767
So if you don't have a handle
on your compulsive eating,
594
00:29:29,767 --> 00:29:31,567
you're not gonna succeed
in the long term.
595
00:29:31,567 --> 00:29:33,570
Okay? So you ready
to make the changes?
596
00:29:33,570 --> 00:29:34,266
Okay? So you ready
to make the changes?
597
00:29:34,266 --> 00:29:35,467
I am.
598
00:29:35,467 --> 00:29:36,667
All right, super.
599
00:29:36,667 --> 00:29:40,066
So, we have a couple of
questions. Is it a good time?
600
00:29:40,066 --> 00:29:41,667
Absolutely.
601
00:29:41,667 --> 00:29:43,400
Um, so my daughter is a nurse,
602
00:29:43,467 --> 00:29:46,900
and she's not able to be here
so she sent me a list.
603
00:29:46,967 --> 00:29:50,100
Are you gonna do
any cardiac markers today
604
00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:52,100
to see where he's at?
605
00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:54,600
And will you be checking
his kidney levels?
606
00:29:54,667 --> 00:29:56,967
And, uh, cholesterol?
607
00:29:56,967 --> 00:29:59,967
Once he gets into surgery,
then we gonna see
608
00:29:59,967 --> 00:30:01,467
what is going on
with the heart
609
00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:02,600
-and lung and all that.
-Okay.
610
00:30:02,667 --> 00:30:03,570
But unless we get
to that point,
611
00:30:03,570 --> 00:30:04,467
But unless we get
to that point,
612
00:30:04,467 --> 00:30:07,767
or he has some sort of issue
that we need to look into,
613
00:30:07,767 --> 00:30:10,100
-there's no point to do that.
-Okay.
614
00:30:10,166 --> 00:30:12,166
When was the last time
you had a blood test done?
615
00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:15,000
Never.
616
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,467
So we're gonna do
some blood tests on you today.
617
00:30:17,467 --> 00:30:20,300
And we're gonna make sure
everything's okay.
618
00:30:20,367 --> 00:30:22,967
But we don't need to do
the other tests right now.
619
00:30:22,967 --> 00:30:24,266
-Okay?
-Okay.
620
00:30:24,266 --> 00:30:26,867
-Any other questions?
-That's it.
621
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:30,266
Uh, I think that's pretty much
a general yes.
622
00:30:30,266 --> 00:30:31,400
[Mark] Thank you, Dr.
623
00:30:31,467 --> 00:30:33,467
All right, let me get
all the stuff for you, okay?
624
00:30:33,467 --> 00:30:33,570
-Thank you, sir.
-Thank you.
625
00:30:33,570 --> 00:30:35,367
-Thank you, sir.
-Thank you.
626
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,100
Now because of my sister
I gotta get blood.
627
00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:46,300
[RJ] Oh, better you than me.
628
00:30:46,367 --> 00:30:48,567
What an [bleep] she is.
629
00:30:48,567 --> 00:30:51,367
[Dr. Now] Hopefully Mark is
as motivated
630
00:30:51,367 --> 00:30:53,266
to change his life
as he claims.
631
00:30:53,266 --> 00:30:55,667
Because at over 700 pounds,
632
00:30:55,667 --> 00:30:57,867
he can't afford
to continue gaining
633
00:30:57,867 --> 00:30:59,467
and waste any more time.
634
00:30:59,467 --> 00:31:02,367
My bigger concern
with Mark right now
635
00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:03,570
is his dynamic at home.
636
00:31:03,570 --> 00:31:04,100
is his dynamic at home.
637
00:31:04,166 --> 00:31:06,166
The family seems supportive,
638
00:31:06,166 --> 00:31:08,800
but it's also clear
from the questions
639
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,967
his mom had from his sister
640
00:31:10,967 --> 00:31:13,667
that they are
a bit overprotective of him,
641
00:31:13,667 --> 00:31:16,166
and they seem
to baby him a little.
642
00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:19,000
If that's the case,
they may be crippling him
643
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,467
in a way that's gonna
make it hard for him
644
00:31:21,467 --> 00:31:23,367
to break free long term.
645
00:31:23,367 --> 00:31:24,867
And they may realize
646
00:31:24,867 --> 00:31:27,367
they may not want him
to do that either.
647
00:31:27,367 --> 00:31:30,667
So we amy potentially have
a bigger situation
648
00:31:30,667 --> 00:31:33,570
that needs to be addressed
with the whole family.
649
00:31:33,570 --> 00:31:33,667
that needs to be addressed
with the whole family.
650
00:31:33,667 --> 00:31:36,367
But right now it is
Mark's responsibility
651
00:31:36,367 --> 00:31:38,166
to turn his life around.
652
00:31:40,166 --> 00:31:41,567
All right, Mark.
653
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,300
What I got here is...
654
00:31:47,166 --> 00:31:49,266
a thing that you need to read.
655
00:31:49,266 --> 00:31:50,767
Okay.
656
00:31:50,767 --> 00:31:53,200
You have to read that
very carefully.
657
00:31:53,266 --> 00:31:54,500
-Okay?
-Okay.
658
00:31:54,567 --> 00:31:56,967
Also my book.
659
00:31:58,066 --> 00:32:01,266
And there's a bookmark in here
660
00:32:01,266 --> 00:32:03,570
to give you the chapter
on exercise.
661
00:32:03,570 --> 00:32:03,767
to give you the chapter
on exercise.
662
00:32:03,767 --> 00:32:04,867
[Mark] Oh, nice.
663
00:32:04,867 --> 00:32:07,667
[Dr. Now] Okay?
So those exercises,
664
00:32:07,667 --> 00:32:10,166
I want you to do them
an hour in the morning,
665
00:32:10,166 --> 00:32:12,667
an hour in the evening.
666
00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:14,166
-Okay?
-Okay.
667
00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:16,000
So, we'll see you
in two months.
668
00:32:16,066 --> 00:32:18,867
In the meantime, if you
need anything, give me a call.
669
00:32:18,867 --> 00:32:20,467
-Thank you.
-Awesome.
670
00:32:20,467 --> 00:32:21,867
Have a safe trip back home.
671
00:32:21,867 --> 00:32:23,000
[both] Thank you.
672
00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:24,867
-Thank you for seeing me.
-[Dr. Now] Any time.
673
00:32:24,867 --> 00:32:25,967
I'll see you all later.
674
00:32:25,967 --> 00:32:27,266
Have a good day, Dr.
Thank you.
675
00:32:27,266 --> 00:32:28,600
[Dr. Now] You too.
676
00:32:28,667 --> 00:32:29,867
[Maria] So, does it say
677
00:32:29,867 --> 00:32:31,767
-what foods to eat?
-[Mark] Mmm-hmm.
678
00:32:31,767 --> 00:32:33,200
-You guys ready?
-[Maria] Yeah.
679
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,367
[Mark] When I saw that number
on the scale today,
680
00:32:37,367 --> 00:32:39,700
my first thought was,
"Holy [bleep]."
681
00:32:39,767 --> 00:32:41,767
It's eye-opening.
It's a big number.
682
00:32:42,867 --> 00:32:44,867
I mean, you think there would
be disappointment,
683
00:32:44,867 --> 00:32:46,266
you think there would be fear.
684
00:32:46,266 --> 00:32:48,467
I'm already past all that.
685
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:51,500
Disappointment, fear, that was
all on the ride up here.
686
00:32:51,567 --> 00:32:54,200
That was the pre-game.
But now it's game time.
687
00:32:54,266 --> 00:32:55,967
Now it's just
focus on the goal.
688
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,570
I wish I could say
I was gonna start right now.
689
00:33:03,570 --> 00:33:04,467
I wish I could say
I was gonna start right now.
690
00:33:04,467 --> 00:33:07,000
But there's this one
burger place in town
691
00:33:07,066 --> 00:33:09,266
that I really
have to hit first.
692
00:33:09,266 --> 00:33:12,667
But after that, I'm starting,
and there's no looking back.
693
00:33:41,767 --> 00:33:44,000
It's been a month
since I saw Dr. Now,
694
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,400
and I feel like it's been
a really productive time
for me.
695
00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:51,166
I started my job,
so I'm working,
696
00:33:51,166 --> 00:33:52,767
and that feels good.
697
00:33:52,767 --> 00:33:53,084
I got a job as a travel agent
working over the phone.
698
00:33:53,084 --> 00:33:55,800
I got a job as a travel agent
working over the phone.
699
00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:57,767
Good morning,
thank you for calling
700
00:33:57,767 --> 00:33:59,567
the travel department.
How can I help you today?
701
00:34:00,467 --> 00:34:03,767
Oh? We can do that.
702
00:34:03,767 --> 00:34:06,767
What are you thinking?
February? Valentine's Day?
703
00:34:06,767 --> 00:34:09,266
So I don't even
have to leave the house.
704
00:34:09,266 --> 00:34:13,066
The only thing is I don't like
that I'm sitting all day.
705
00:34:13,066 --> 00:34:16,066
So I try to get up and walk
as much as possible.
706
00:34:16,066 --> 00:34:18,467
But it does feel good
to be working again,
707
00:34:18,467 --> 00:34:21,200
since I've been wanting to
contribute to the house fund.
708
00:34:21,266 --> 00:34:23,084
Honestly, in June,
that's summer time.
709
00:34:23,084 --> 00:34:23,800
Honestly, in June,
that's summer time.
710
00:34:23,867 --> 00:34:25,667
I would probably try to do it
during the week
711
00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:26,967
if at all possible.
712
00:34:26,967 --> 00:34:29,567
One big benefit from my job
713
00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:32,266
is I feel like it distracts me
from being hungry.
714
00:34:32,266 --> 00:34:35,667
So I'm not sitting around
being hungry all day,
715
00:34:35,667 --> 00:34:38,266
watching TV, saying,
"Damn, I'm hungry."
716
00:34:38,266 --> 00:34:40,967
Now I have a little bit
of a purpose to me,
717
00:34:40,967 --> 00:34:43,300
and a little bit of purpose
to your day
718
00:34:43,367 --> 00:34:45,266
where you're not
just existing,
719
00:34:45,266 --> 00:34:47,300
so it defnitely helps.
720
00:34:47,367 --> 00:34:48,767
Thank you for calling.
721
00:34:48,767 --> 00:34:51,100
Have a great day.
Enjoy your trip.
722
00:34:51,166 --> 00:34:53,084
It's like the job
is helping me with the diet,
723
00:34:53,084 --> 00:34:54,000
It's like the job
is helping me with the diet,
724
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,266
and that's a bonus.
725
00:34:56,367 --> 00:34:58,467
Still got a long way to go,
still a long road,
726
00:34:58,467 --> 00:35:01,667
but I'm making progress. I get
better and better every day,
727
00:35:01,667 --> 00:35:04,567
so, one step at a time.
728
00:35:14,266 --> 00:35:17,266
My family really helps me
stay focused.
729
00:35:17,266 --> 00:35:19,867
But my mom is the one
with me every day.
730
00:35:19,867 --> 00:35:21,667
-Hi.
-[Maria] Hey, what's up?
731
00:35:21,667 --> 00:35:23,084
[Mark] Nothing. How are you?
732
00:35:23,084 --> 00:35:23,367
[Mark] Nothing. How are you?
733
00:35:23,367 --> 00:35:25,600
[Maria] I'm good. Just looking
through the magazine.
734
00:35:25,667 --> 00:35:28,600
[Mark] And she's the one
helping me plan meals,
735
00:35:28,667 --> 00:35:31,500
and helping me make sure
that we keep track of it,
736
00:35:31,567 --> 00:35:33,367
and that I stay
on top of the plan.
737
00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:37,100
Are you hungry?
738
00:35:37,166 --> 00:35:39,266
Maybe a little bit,
but I don't know.
739
00:35:39,266 --> 00:35:41,867
You ready to eat a little bit
of something-something?
740
00:35:41,867 --> 00:35:44,600
I don't know, with the doctor
looking at me and all.
741
00:35:44,667 --> 00:35:47,266
Doctor's always
looking at you.
742
00:35:47,266 --> 00:35:48,667
[Mark] Order stuffed crust?
743
00:35:48,667 --> 00:35:50,166
[Maria] A pizza?
744
00:35:50,166 --> 00:35:52,467
How about a little
egg and cheese burrito?
745
00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:55,600
Well, that's a nice
consolation prize.
746
00:35:55,667 --> 00:35:57,867
We'll slap in a couple
little turkey pepperonis.
747
00:35:57,867 --> 00:36:00,100
-I know, right? Okay.
-Yeah.
748
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:02,400
-Can we do that?
-Yeah.
749
00:36:02,467 --> 00:36:05,600
-This is
low-carb tortillas, right?
-Yes, yes.
750
00:36:05,667 --> 00:36:07,367
Don't be so paranoid. Yes.
751
00:36:07,367 --> 00:36:09,367
-Thank you, Mom.
-All right.
752
00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:12,266
All right. Perfect. 28 grams.
753
00:36:14,667 --> 00:36:16,867
I still don't think
I'm gonna come close
754
00:36:16,867 --> 00:36:18,967
-to my 1,200, Mom.
-No.
755
00:36:18,967 --> 00:36:22,266
All right, Mark. This is gonna
be a little bit simple today.
756
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,100
All right.
757
00:36:26,166 --> 00:36:27,767
I didn't heat
the tortilla either.
758
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,667
Is that okay? Yeah?
759
00:36:33,667 --> 00:36:35,567
-You did good, Ma.
-Thank you.
760
00:36:36,767 --> 00:36:38,867
[Mark] I wouldn't be
the successful
761
00:36:38,867 --> 00:36:40,100
that I have been right now
762
00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:43,100
without the support that I
have of the people around me.
763
00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:46,467
The success that I do have
is a big testament to them.
764
00:36:46,467 --> 00:36:48,567
My mom will go
grocery shopping
765
00:36:48,567 --> 00:36:51,266
and there's no junk
in the house.
766
00:36:51,266 --> 00:36:53,084
And just the words
of encouragement, like,
767
00:36:53,084 --> 00:36:53,567
And just the words
of encouragement, like,
768
00:36:53,567 --> 00:36:56,200
"Hey, you're doing great and
I'm proud of you." So it's...
769
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,000
It's been really cool.
770
00:36:59,066 --> 00:37:00,667
Thank you. I'm gonna go home.
771
00:37:00,667 --> 00:37:02,500
Walk careful.
772
00:37:02,567 --> 00:37:03,767
Have a good day.
We'll talk later.
773
00:37:03,767 --> 00:37:06,266
You're just walking more
and you don't even realize it.
774
00:37:06,266 --> 00:37:08,100
Oh, I realize it.
775
00:37:08,166 --> 00:37:10,467
I'm not kidding, Mark.
You just, you walked out--
776
00:37:10,467 --> 00:37:11,800
I'm not kidding either.
I realize it.
777
00:37:11,867 --> 00:37:13,667
-You do?
-[chuckling] Yeah.
778
00:37:13,667 --> 00:37:16,166
I mean, I called April
in tears. I'm not kidding.
779
00:37:16,166 --> 00:37:17,800
Why? Is it that bad?
780
00:37:17,867 --> 00:37:19,767
No, Mark. You just walked
781
00:37:19,767 --> 00:37:22,266
and you picked up the chair
like it was no big deal.
782
00:37:22,266 --> 00:37:23,084
But it was unbelievable,
you know?
783
00:37:23,084 --> 00:37:24,600
But it was unbelievable,
you know?
784
00:37:24,667 --> 00:37:25,800
It was just...
785
00:37:25,867 --> 00:37:27,266
-I couldn't believe it.
-Yeah?
786
00:37:27,266 --> 00:37:30,100
Wait till you see how quick
I go home now.
787
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:31,800
[chair scrapes on floor]
788
00:37:31,867 --> 00:37:33,300
Peace out, Ma. Thank you.
789
00:37:33,367 --> 00:37:34,967
-Love you.
-Love you, too. Bye.
790
00:37:38,367 --> 00:37:41,400
Have been progressively
getting better and better.
791
00:37:41,467 --> 00:37:43,767
I feel like I'm seeing
some results from it all,
792
00:37:43,767 --> 00:37:45,400
because I'm able to do more.
793
00:37:45,467 --> 00:37:47,800
But I could always do better
than I'm doing now.
794
00:37:47,867 --> 00:37:50,900
So I try to do better
every day.
795
00:37:54,467 --> 00:37:56,066
All right, baby.
796
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,000
I'm making progress. I can see
that I'm making progress.
797
00:38:01,066 --> 00:38:04,600
The scale says that
I'm making progress, so...
798
00:38:06,467 --> 00:38:08,700
that's all I'm doing,
and I just keep hoping that
799
00:38:08,767 --> 00:38:10,867
tomorrow's gonna be
better than today,
800
00:38:10,867 --> 00:38:13,600
because that's what
I'm working towards.
801
00:38:14,767 --> 00:38:17,367
[panting]
802
00:38:26,767 --> 00:38:28,200
[Rocky] All right,
so we're close.
803
00:38:28,266 --> 00:38:30,567
You anxious?
804
00:38:30,567 --> 00:38:32,900
I'm curious to see
what my weight is right now.
805
00:38:32,967 --> 00:38:34,667
[Rocky] He's gonna say,
"Okay, get ready
806
00:38:34,667 --> 00:38:36,200
for the surgery next week."
807
00:38:37,567 --> 00:38:40,100
-[Mark] I don't think
he's gonna wanna do that.
-Okay.
808
00:38:41,667 --> 00:38:42,867
Turn in here.
809
00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:45,066
We're here.
810
00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:50,266
I'm back in Houston
to meet with Dr. Now
811
00:38:50,266 --> 00:38:51,867
for my first follow-up.
812
00:38:51,867 --> 00:38:53,084
My dad came with me this time.
813
00:38:53,084 --> 00:38:53,967
My dad came with me this time.
814
00:38:53,967 --> 00:38:56,600
The trip was a lot easier
on my body.
815
00:38:59,767 --> 00:39:01,567
So I'm feeling pretty good,
816
00:39:01,567 --> 00:39:03,867
and I'm hoping my progress
is gonna be enough
817
00:39:03,867 --> 00:39:05,567
to show Dr. Now
what I could do.
818
00:39:16,667 --> 00:39:17,767
Thank you.
819
00:39:26,667 --> 00:39:28,000
So, what are you gonna do
820
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,166
if you've only lost,
like, 40 or 50 pounds?
821
00:39:30,166 --> 00:39:31,300
Work harder.
822
00:39:31,367 --> 00:39:32,567
So you're gonna
forgive yourself
823
00:39:32,567 --> 00:39:33,967
and you're gonna keep trying.
824
00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:36,667
Mark.
825
00:39:36,667 --> 00:39:38,900
-Let's go, Padre.
-All right.
826
00:39:38,967 --> 00:39:41,400
-All right, how are you?
-Hello, I'm good. How are you?
827
00:39:41,467 --> 00:39:43,100
-Good.
-Hello.
828
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:44,266
[Rocky] Hi there.
829
00:39:48,467 --> 00:39:51,166
-[exhales] We meet again.
-The moment of truth, huh?
830
00:39:53,667 --> 00:39:54,900
[nurse] All right, Mark,
you ready?
831
00:39:54,967 --> 00:39:58,200
[Mark] 120 pounds
is a lot to lose,
832
00:39:58,266 --> 00:40:01,266
and I've been working
really hard to hit that goal.
833
00:40:01,266 --> 00:40:04,166
I've needed to turn my life
around for a while now,
834
00:40:04,166 --> 00:40:06,300
and I haven't been able
to do it.
835
00:40:06,367 --> 00:40:08,100
But now this is my big chance,
836
00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:10,667
and I don't wanna mess it up.
837
00:40:10,667 --> 00:40:13,800
So I have to succeed.
There's no other way forward.
838
00:40:28,367 --> 00:40:30,800
I'm at Dr. Now's
and I'm about to find out
839
00:40:30,867 --> 00:40:33,166
how much weight I lost
in the past couple months.
840
00:40:33,166 --> 00:40:36,700
At the first weigh-in
I was 715 pounds.
841
00:40:36,767 --> 00:40:40,800
I'm supposed to lose
120 pounds over two months.
842
00:40:40,867 --> 00:40:44,900
So that would put me at
or below 595.
843
00:40:46,567 --> 00:40:48,567
[nurse] All right,
your weight is 618.
844
00:40:48,567 --> 00:40:49,867
[Rocky] Oh, my God.
845
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,967
I mean,
that's damn impressive, son.
846
00:40:54,967 --> 00:40:57,867
-Long ways to go.
-I understand that.
847
00:40:57,867 --> 00:40:59,266
All right, we're gonna go
to room five.
848
00:40:59,266 --> 00:41:00,967
-All right. Thank you.
-You're welcome.
849
00:41:00,967 --> 00:41:02,700
[Mark] Hey, all right.
850
00:41:02,767 --> 00:41:04,367
That's not too shabby.
851
00:41:04,367 --> 00:41:06,467
I think that's more
than I've lost
852
00:41:06,467 --> 00:41:08,266
in my whole life combined.
853
00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:10,767
Sure, it's not
all the way to my goal,
854
00:41:10,767 --> 00:41:12,567
but it's almost 100 pounds.
855
00:41:12,567 --> 00:41:13,967
And that's pretty damn good.
856
00:41:13,967 --> 00:41:18,300
And I'm pretty sure Dr. Now
will be happy about that.
857
00:41:25,367 --> 00:41:26,800
[knock at door]
858
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,400
-Hello.
-Hey, Doc.
859
00:41:31,467 --> 00:41:33,967
-How you all doing?
-Good, sir. How are you?
860
00:41:33,967 --> 00:41:35,367
I am doing well.
861
00:41:35,367 --> 00:41:38,467
All right, Mark. Well, I see
you lost some weight,
862
00:41:38,467 --> 00:41:41,100
so what changes you made
in your eating habits?
863
00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:45,367
Um, my eating habits
have done a 180.
864
00:41:45,367 --> 00:41:47,767
So I've done really good
865
00:41:47,767 --> 00:41:50,467
as far as everything.
I haven't been perfect.
866
00:41:50,467 --> 00:41:50,835
I had a piece of pie,
I had a piece of fudge,
867
00:41:50,835 --> 00:41:53,467
I had a piece of pie,
I had a piece of fudge,
868
00:41:53,467 --> 00:41:55,000
and other than that
I've been pretty darn good.
869
00:41:55,066 --> 00:41:57,767
So you change
your eating habit
870
00:41:57,767 --> 00:42:01,300
and eating only two or three
times a day, no snacking?
871
00:42:01,367 --> 00:42:03,867
I'm eating
one or two times a day.
872
00:42:03,867 --> 00:42:05,767
I have my protein coffee
in the morning.
873
00:42:05,767 --> 00:42:08,800
I eat vegetables with...
At least once a day.
874
00:42:08,867 --> 00:42:14,367
Um, meat, you know, no breads.
Nothing like that.
875
00:42:14,367 --> 00:42:17,266
Okay, so you made some changes
876
00:42:17,266 --> 00:42:19,100
in your eating habit,
which is good.
877
00:42:19,166 --> 00:42:20,835
-So 220 will be goal weight.
-220?
878
00:42:20,835 --> 00:42:22,667
-So 220 will be goal weight.
-220?
879
00:42:22,667 --> 00:42:25,166
[laughing] I mean, you...
880
00:42:25,166 --> 00:42:26,467
[Rocky] It's a great weight.
881
00:42:26,467 --> 00:42:28,200
Yeah, I don't think
I've been 220
882
00:42:28,266 --> 00:42:31,066
since I've been, like,
10 years old, but...
883
00:42:31,066 --> 00:42:32,800
I mean, I'd love to get there.
884
00:42:32,867 --> 00:42:35,467
[Dr. Now] Well, that is
what you need to be.
885
00:42:35,467 --> 00:42:37,500
All right, Mark,
you're doing good.
886
00:42:37,567 --> 00:42:40,767
Keep it up. I'm pleased to see
that you lost that weight.
887
00:42:40,767 --> 00:42:42,667
I'm proud of your progress.
888
00:42:42,667 --> 00:42:44,800
But keep it up,
and don't make this
889
00:42:44,867 --> 00:42:48,166
as a victory lap
and forget about everything.
890
00:42:48,166 --> 00:42:49,600
Oh, I'm taking this
one day at a time.
891
00:42:49,667 --> 00:42:50,835
So, I'm gonna approve you
for weight loss surgery.
892
00:42:50,835 --> 00:42:52,000
So, I'm gonna approve you
for weight loss surgery.
893
00:42:52,066 --> 00:42:54,166
And as soon as
you move down here,
894
00:42:54,166 --> 00:42:56,000
and as long as
you stay on track,
895
00:42:56,066 --> 00:42:58,200
we will move ahead
with your surgery
896
00:42:58,266 --> 00:43:00,500
and help you to get
to your goal weight.
897
00:43:00,567 --> 00:43:02,266
Do I really
have to move, though?
898
00:43:02,266 --> 00:43:05,266
Yes, you have to move
to Houston for a period
899
00:43:05,266 --> 00:43:07,100
if you want
weight loss surgery.
900
00:43:07,166 --> 00:43:09,467
Right now, I'm feeling good.
901
00:43:10,700 --> 00:43:12,900
I'm taking this step by step.
902
00:43:12,967 --> 00:43:14,200
I mean it's a struggle
903
00:43:14,266 --> 00:43:17,367
that I know I have
so much further to go.
904
00:43:17,367 --> 00:43:20,700
I don't even know.
I can't even say this to you.
905
00:43:20,767 --> 00:43:20,835
Could you help me do this
without the surgery?
906
00:43:20,835 --> 00:43:23,266
Could you help me do this
without the surgery?
907
00:43:23,266 --> 00:43:24,600
Is that possible?
908
00:43:24,667 --> 00:43:28,967
I feel strong in my mind.
I feel like I can do this.
909
00:43:28,967 --> 00:43:31,667
I'm making the right steps.
I know it's gonna be hard.
910
00:43:31,667 --> 00:43:35,467
Can I... Can we try this
without the surgery? Like...
911
00:43:35,467 --> 00:43:37,700
[Dr. Now] Well, right now,
you're doing good.
912
00:43:37,767 --> 00:43:39,867
But as you lose more weight,
913
00:43:39,867 --> 00:43:41,767
your weight loss
will slow down.
914
00:43:41,767 --> 00:43:44,200
And at some point,
915
00:43:44,266 --> 00:43:46,166
your weight loss just stops,
916
00:43:46,166 --> 00:43:48,400
or can't go any further.
917
00:43:48,467 --> 00:43:50,600
Then surgery
would be an option
918
00:43:50,667 --> 00:43:50,835
to give you an extra tool.
919
00:43:50,835 --> 00:43:52,567
to give you an extra tool.
920
00:43:52,567 --> 00:43:53,667
Okay.
921
00:43:53,667 --> 00:43:55,767
[Dr. Now] So if you don't want
to do surgery,
922
00:43:55,767 --> 00:43:57,667
and you want to do my program,
923
00:43:57,667 --> 00:43:59,467
then I'll make you a deal.
924
00:43:59,467 --> 00:44:01,400
As long as you keep losing
925
00:44:01,467 --> 00:44:03,300
the same amount
over the next two months,
926
00:44:03,367 --> 00:44:05,967
then I will agree that you can
do this on your own.
927
00:44:05,967 --> 00:44:08,667
But if the next time,
your weight loss slows,
928
00:44:08,667 --> 00:44:10,767
then you should consider
weight loss surgery.
929
00:44:10,767 --> 00:44:12,266
-Okay?
-Okay.
930
00:44:12,266 --> 00:44:15,467
All right. So at this point,
931
00:44:15,467 --> 00:44:16,667
let's concentrate on
932
00:44:16,667 --> 00:44:18,567
sharpening up
your eating habit.
933
00:44:18,567 --> 00:44:20,600
And don't feel like
934
00:44:20,667 --> 00:44:20,835
what you're doing right now
isn't perfect.
935
00:44:20,835 --> 00:44:22,767
what you're doing right now
isn't perfect.
936
00:44:22,767 --> 00:44:25,000
It's not.
So you're doing good.
937
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:26,467
But you can do better.
938
00:44:26,467 --> 00:44:27,967
[Mark] So how much
do I need to lose?
939
00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:30,567
Well, you're 600 pounds.
940
00:44:30,567 --> 00:44:34,000
You can lose 50, 60 pounds
easily in a month.
941
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,567
-Okay.
-Okay?
942
00:44:36,567 --> 00:44:39,667
So, you know, stick with
your healthy eating habit,
943
00:44:39,667 --> 00:44:42,000
and increase your activity,
944
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,767
and become more independent.
945
00:44:43,767 --> 00:44:45,800
See where we go
with that, okay?
946
00:44:45,867 --> 00:44:47,133
Thank you, Doc.
947
00:44:47,133 --> 00:44:50,835
So, you know, we'll figure out
if you can do that on your own
948
00:44:50,835 --> 00:44:52,166
So, you know, we'll figure out
if you can do that on your own
949
00:44:52,166 --> 00:44:54,000
or you're gonna
hit the plateau
950
00:44:54,066 --> 00:44:56,500
and we're gonna have to
get you to surgery
951
00:44:56,567 --> 00:44:58,000
to get to your goal weight.
952
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,066
But in the meantime,
953
00:45:00,066 --> 00:45:02,867
you can keep focused,
and, you know, take care.
954
00:45:02,867 --> 00:45:04,900
[Mark] You also.
Have a good night.
955
00:45:04,967 --> 00:45:06,767
All right, well,
see you all later.
956
00:45:10,567 --> 00:45:12,000
That's exciting though, right?
957
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,266
I mean, now you know
you have it, I mean,
958
00:45:15,266 --> 00:45:17,500
I know you're trying to do it
on your own,
959
00:45:17,567 --> 00:45:19,166
but you know you have this.
960
00:45:20,100 --> 00:45:20,835
I'm really proud of Mark.
961
00:45:20,835 --> 00:45:22,467
I'm really proud of Mark.
962
00:45:22,467 --> 00:45:25,467
He was able to lose almost
100 pounds in two months.
963
00:45:25,467 --> 00:45:28,166
So he stick with the diet
and did very well.
964
00:45:28,166 --> 00:45:30,700
But I have
a lot of concerns with him.
965
00:45:30,767 --> 00:45:32,500
He lives with his parents
966
00:45:32,567 --> 00:45:34,867
that look like
they're enabling him.
967
00:45:34,867 --> 00:45:37,467
So I'm hoping that
he will be able to
968
00:45:37,467 --> 00:45:39,567
move out and be on his own,
969
00:45:39,567 --> 00:45:41,166
and not depend on parents,
970
00:45:41,166 --> 00:45:43,467
and have better outlook
on his life.
971
00:45:44,700 --> 00:45:46,667
At this point I'm gonna
972
00:45:46,667 --> 00:45:48,667
approve Mark
for weight loss surgery.
973
00:45:48,667 --> 00:45:50,400
But I'm gonna give him
two more months
974
00:45:50,467 --> 00:45:50,835
and see how he's gonna do.
975
00:45:50,835 --> 00:45:52,166
and see how he's gonna do.
976
00:45:52,166 --> 00:45:54,900
I'm hoping that he will
continue with his weight loss.
977
00:45:54,967 --> 00:45:57,100
I'm encouraged
with his progress.
978
00:45:57,100 --> 00:46:01,367
And let's see how Mark will do
next couple of months.
979
00:46:01,367 --> 00:46:03,400
I just have a lot of people
invested in this.
980
00:46:03,467 --> 00:46:06,300
Like my parents,
my family, my cousin,
981
00:46:06,367 --> 00:46:07,600
my sister.
982
00:46:07,667 --> 00:46:09,600
I owe myself,
but I owe a lot of people.
983
00:46:09,667 --> 00:46:12,467
Like, there's... I got a lot
of supporters out there.
984
00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:15,600
So just time to go to work.
985
00:46:15,667 --> 00:46:18,767
No time to, "Ooh, 100 pounds!
Ooh!" You know what I mean?
986
00:46:18,767 --> 00:46:20,835
Be like "Oh, holy [bleep].
I did it."
987
00:46:20,835 --> 00:46:21,567
Be like "Oh, holy [bleep].
I did it."
988
00:46:21,567 --> 00:46:23,200
That's what I'll say
at the end of it.
989
00:46:23,266 --> 00:46:25,800
Looking back, like,
"Damn, I did it."
990
00:46:25,867 --> 00:46:27,567
And getting the surgery
right now
991
00:46:27,567 --> 00:46:29,200
just feels like a cheat.
992
00:46:29,266 --> 00:46:30,967
So I wanna keep this up.
993
00:46:30,967 --> 00:46:32,467
And I'm gonna give it
everything I have
994
00:46:32,467 --> 00:46:33,867
to make sure that I do.
995
00:46:46,266 --> 00:46:49,166
It looks like
there's only one hotel
996
00:46:49,166 --> 00:46:51,500
that matches your criteria.
997
00:46:51,567 --> 00:46:53,300
Rates aren't that bad.
998
00:46:53,367 --> 00:46:56,100
If you want a balcony it'll be
860 for the whole trip,
999
00:46:56,100 --> 00:46:58,100
if you want the balcony
for the three nights.
1000
00:46:58,100 --> 00:47:00,166
Yeah do you wanna
use your points on that,
1001
00:47:00,166 --> 00:47:02,200
or do you wanna do...?
1002
00:47:07,767 --> 00:47:08,967
Mark.
1003
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:12,000
You ready?
1004
00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:14,867
Don't... Come on.
1005
00:47:14,867 --> 00:47:17,867
[Mark] I'm thankful for
how supportive my family
has been to me,
1006
00:47:17,867 --> 00:47:20,500
even if it's been
annoying at times.
1007
00:47:20,567 --> 00:47:22,400
My mom and sister
have both been on me
1008
00:47:22,467 --> 00:47:24,166
for working as much as I have,
1009
00:47:24,166 --> 00:47:26,000
and for not going out much.
1010
00:47:29,266 --> 00:47:30,667
[Maria] Hi, guys.
1011
00:47:30,667 --> 00:47:31,867
Mia.
1012
00:47:31,867 --> 00:47:32,967
[Maria] Can you help?
1013
00:47:33,867 --> 00:47:35,400
-Yeah.
-What are you making?
1014
00:47:35,467 --> 00:47:36,867
[Maria] We'll do
a quick lunch.
1015
00:47:36,867 --> 00:47:38,367
[Mark] Okay.
1016
00:47:38,367 --> 00:47:40,005
And I feel like
my family needs
1017
00:47:40,005 --> 00:47:40,467
And I feel like
my family needs
1018
00:47:40,467 --> 00:47:42,467
to give me
some breathing room.
1019
00:47:42,467 --> 00:47:44,066
But I know
they're all proud of me.
1020
00:47:44,066 --> 00:47:45,367
[Maria] Cauliflower.
1021
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:48,767
[Mark] My mom and my sister
1022
00:47:48,767 --> 00:47:50,867
have both told me
they think I'm doing great,
1023
00:47:50,867 --> 00:47:53,000
and my weight loss
has been an inspiration
1024
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,767
to the whole family.
1025
00:47:54,767 --> 00:47:57,100
But they seem to kinda doubt
whether I can keep doing this
1026
00:47:57,166 --> 00:47:58,367
on my own without surgery.
1027
00:47:58,367 --> 00:48:00,367
-What do I do with this one?
-Keep going.
1028
00:48:00,367 --> 00:48:01,900
-[Maria] Yeah, keep going.
-[Rocky] It's not done.
1029
00:48:01,967 --> 00:48:04,266
[Rocky] I think he could be
doing a little bit better.
1030
00:48:04,266 --> 00:48:07,266
But I'm proud
of Mark's progress so far.
1031
00:48:07,266 --> 00:48:10,005
I keep telling him,
"Cut back on the portion."
1032
00:48:10,005 --> 00:48:10,467
I keep telling him,
"Cut back on the portion."
1033
00:48:10,467 --> 00:48:12,800
I used a protein shake
as the creamer.
1034
00:48:12,867 --> 00:48:14,800
[Rocky] And what's the coffee?
1035
00:48:14,867 --> 00:48:17,767
-[Maria] I really think
you're gonna like this.
-It'll be okay.
1036
00:48:17,767 --> 00:48:21,567
So April weighed out his...
um, his portion.
1037
00:48:21,567 --> 00:48:22,800
[Rocky] Oh, good.
1038
00:48:22,867 --> 00:48:26,367
April is really focused
on making healthy foods.
1039
00:48:26,367 --> 00:48:28,767
I love it. I think Mark needs
to just suck it up.
1040
00:48:28,767 --> 00:48:30,166
He's being a little whimp.
1041
00:48:30,166 --> 00:48:32,000
This is a leaf!
1042
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,967
[April] Yeah. It's good.
1043
00:48:33,967 --> 00:48:35,066
It's good, Mark.
1044
00:48:35,066 --> 00:48:36,467
-You think about cooking it?
-[Mark groans]
1045
00:48:36,467 --> 00:48:39,266
[Maria] I'm here
at home with Mark
1046
00:48:39,266 --> 00:48:40,005
but I don't see him all day.
1047
00:48:40,005 --> 00:48:40,967
but I don't see him all day.
1048
00:48:40,967 --> 00:48:42,367
He works from home.
1049
00:48:42,367 --> 00:48:44,567
You know, there's still
a lot of struggles.
1050
00:48:45,467 --> 00:48:47,200
You know, he won't go out.
1051
00:48:47,266 --> 00:48:50,000
You know, it's hard.
It's hard for me.
1052
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,100
This is good.
1053
00:48:53,900 --> 00:48:57,000
You can have, like,
maybe three wings tonight?
1054
00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:59,667
You don't need
four or five or six.
1055
00:48:59,667 --> 00:49:02,867
You need to start getting your
stomach strengthened, right?
1056
00:49:02,867 --> 00:49:04,100
[Mark] You're my trigger.
1057
00:49:04,166 --> 00:49:06,166
Yeah, you're my trigger, too.
1058
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,066
Anybody ever tell you that?
1059
00:49:10,900 --> 00:49:12,800
-That was really good.
-It really was.
1060
00:49:12,867 --> 00:49:15,166
[Maria] He ate a little bit,
but could have been better.
1061
00:49:19,567 --> 00:49:21,567
[Lily] Ooh, yeah.
1062
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:24,667
Wow. Wow.
1063
00:49:24,667 --> 00:49:27,000
-All right, Mark, you're up.
-On your feet.
1064
00:49:31,667 --> 00:49:32,867
Watch your toes.
1065
00:49:33,667 --> 00:49:35,367
[laughs]
1066
00:49:35,367 --> 00:49:38,500
[Mark] At first, when I
started Dr. Now's program,
1067
00:49:38,567 --> 00:49:40,005
getting surgery was the goal.
1068
00:49:40,005 --> 00:49:40,467
getting surgery was the goal.
1069
00:49:40,467 --> 00:49:42,166
And when I got his instruction
1070
00:49:42,166 --> 00:49:45,100
on what I need to do to
lose weight and get healthy,
1071
00:49:45,166 --> 00:49:47,800
I realized that I just needed
that guidance
1072
00:49:47,867 --> 00:49:50,500
of somebody breaking it down
for me like that.
1073
00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:53,667
And then we learned that
I needed
1074
00:49:53,667 --> 00:49:55,467
to move to Houston for a year,
1075
00:49:55,467 --> 00:49:57,700
just because of the surgery.
1076
00:49:57,767 --> 00:49:59,567
It was kinda the final thing
1077
00:49:59,567 --> 00:50:01,800
that pushed me over
to realize that
1078
00:50:01,867 --> 00:50:04,066
I don't need the surgery,
you know?
1079
00:50:04,066 --> 00:50:06,967
I know what I need to do,
and I have all the support
1080
00:50:06,967 --> 00:50:08,867
that I need
here with my family.
1081
00:50:08,867 --> 00:50:10,005
And I think leaving that,
1082
00:50:10,005 --> 00:50:10,867
And I think leaving that,
1083
00:50:10,867 --> 00:50:13,867
giving that up, would actually
be bad for my progress.
1084
00:50:14,900 --> 00:50:16,700
-I think I'm done.
-[Rocky] Are you really?
1085
00:50:16,767 --> 00:50:18,100
[Mark] Think so.
1086
00:50:32,066 --> 00:50:37,600
So, going to Dr. Now's for my
second follow-up appointment.
1087
00:50:37,667 --> 00:50:39,300
Right here.
1088
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:42,700
-Here.
-Yeah, right here?
1089
00:50:48,767 --> 00:50:50,266
[Mark] Since I last seen him,
1090
00:50:50,266 --> 00:50:52,266
he wanted me
to lose 100 pounds.
1091
00:50:52,266 --> 00:50:55,266
So we'll see
what the scale says.
1092
00:50:55,266 --> 00:50:57,367
I think I did good.
My diet's been good.
1093
00:50:57,367 --> 00:51:01,066
Like, I haven't really screwed
anything up, I don't think.
1094
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:24,967
Mark.
1095
00:51:27,066 --> 00:51:29,266
-[sighs] Hi.
-[nurse] Hello.
1096
00:51:29,266 --> 00:51:31,166
-How are you?
-I'm okay, how are you?
1097
00:51:31,166 --> 00:51:34,867
-[sighs] I don't know.
-Oh. Hi.
1098
00:51:34,867 --> 00:51:37,567
[Mark] I can't wait
to prove to Dr. Now
1099
00:51:37,567 --> 00:51:40,005
that I can do this on my own,
1100
00:51:40,005 --> 00:51:40,467
that I can do this on my own,
1101
00:51:40,467 --> 00:51:42,266
and I don't even need
the surgery.
1102
00:51:42,266 --> 00:51:44,367
Okay, step up on the scale.
1103
00:51:44,367 --> 00:51:45,467
[exhales heavily]
1104
00:51:45,467 --> 00:51:46,800
[bleep]
1105
00:51:48,367 --> 00:51:50,200
All right.
1106
00:52:07,667 --> 00:52:09,900
Me and my dad are back
in Houston again
1107
00:52:09,967 --> 00:52:11,133
to see Dr. Now.
1108
00:52:11,133 --> 00:52:14,867
I'm supposed to lose
100 pounds over two months.
1109
00:52:14,867 --> 00:52:19,066
So that would put me
at or below 500 pounds.
1110
00:52:21,166 --> 00:52:23,867
-[nurse] Your weight is 576.
-[Mark exhales]
1111
00:52:23,867 --> 00:52:25,367
[Rocky] See?
You lost more weight.
1112
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:28,700
That's not bad, right?
1113
00:52:28,767 --> 00:52:30,667
Ah, you know.
1114
00:52:30,667 --> 00:52:30,700
And we'll be going
to room five, okay?
1115
00:52:30,700 --> 00:52:32,867
And we'll be going
to room five, okay?
1116
00:52:33,867 --> 00:52:36,467
[Mark] All right.
42 pounds isn't bad.
1117
00:52:36,467 --> 00:52:38,400
I mean,
it's pretty good weight loss.
1118
00:52:38,467 --> 00:52:40,467
But I don't know
what Dr. Now is gonna say.
1119
00:52:40,467 --> 00:52:42,567
Probably that
I need the surgery.
1120
00:52:42,567 --> 00:52:45,266
But I'm still not sure
that I agree with him.
1121
00:52:55,266 --> 00:52:56,400
[coughs]
1122
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:00,166
[knock at door]
1123
00:53:02,667 --> 00:53:04,166
Hello, how you all doing?
1124
00:53:04,166 --> 00:53:05,800
[Mark] How you doing, Doc?
Good to see you.
1125
00:53:05,867 --> 00:53:07,100
[Dr. Now] Nice to see you.
1126
00:53:07,166 --> 00:53:08,900
Well, let's look at
what's going on.
1127
00:53:08,967 --> 00:53:12,567
You started from 715 pounds.
1128
00:53:12,567 --> 00:53:15,767
You're down to 576.
1129
00:53:15,767 --> 00:53:20,467
So overall that make it
139-pound weight loss.
1130
00:53:20,467 --> 00:53:23,467
But you went from
losing 50 pounds a month
1131
00:53:23,467 --> 00:53:26,266
to 20 pounds a month,
which is a huge drop.
1132
00:53:26,266 --> 00:53:29,266
And so your progress is
slowing just like I told you.
1133
00:53:29,266 --> 00:53:30,700
It will get slower,
and that is normal,
1134
00:53:30,700 --> 00:53:32,066
It will get slower,
and that is normal,
1135
00:53:32,066 --> 00:53:35,200
because you get closer to
where your body should be at.
1136
00:53:35,266 --> 00:53:37,600
So weight loss surgery
is going to be
1137
00:53:37,667 --> 00:53:39,600
a way to get
to your goal weight.
1138
00:53:39,667 --> 00:53:41,867
But not 100%.
1139
00:53:41,867 --> 00:53:44,266
-You still have to do...
-[Mark] Right.
1140
00:53:44,266 --> 00:53:46,467
...some work with that
to make that happen.
1141
00:53:46,467 --> 00:53:48,600
So, what will be next step
1142
00:53:48,667 --> 00:53:50,367
if we consider
weight loss surgery?
1143
00:53:50,367 --> 00:53:54,000
The next step will be that we
need to do some testing on you
1144
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,200
to make sure
it is safe for you
1145
00:53:56,266 --> 00:53:57,800
to have weight loss surgery.
1146
00:53:57,867 --> 00:54:00,567
And to see that
surgery is going to be
1147
00:54:00,567 --> 00:54:00,700
a reasonable risk to take
in doing the operation.
1148
00:54:00,700 --> 00:54:04,066
a reasonable risk to take
in doing the operation.
1149
00:54:04,066 --> 00:54:06,300
So, what do you do all day?
1150
00:54:07,066 --> 00:54:09,367
Oh, I'm a travel agent.
1151
00:54:09,367 --> 00:54:12,066
I book vacations for people.
1152
00:54:12,066 --> 00:54:15,166
-Okay, so you work at home?
-Yeah, I work at home.
1153
00:54:15,166 --> 00:54:17,200
So you can do that anywhere,
1154
00:54:17,266 --> 00:54:19,667
where you are, or in Houston?
1155
00:54:19,667 --> 00:54:22,800
-Um, I can, yeah.
-Okay.
1156
00:54:22,867 --> 00:54:25,367
So for weight loss surgery,
1157
00:54:25,367 --> 00:54:27,166
one of the big step
is gonna be
1158
00:54:27,166 --> 00:54:28,567
that you have to
move down here.
1159
00:54:28,567 --> 00:54:30,667
So we'll do your surgery
1160
00:54:30,667 --> 00:54:30,700
and make sure
everything's okay,
1161
00:54:30,700 --> 00:54:32,767
and make sure
everything's okay,
1162
00:54:32,767 --> 00:54:34,867
then you can travel
when we okay you.
1163
00:54:34,867 --> 00:54:38,600
But will be a while
before you're ready
to travel back home.
1164
00:54:38,667 --> 00:54:42,567
Okay? So at this point I think
you're on the right track.
1165
00:54:42,567 --> 00:54:44,367
You continue
with your weight loss,
1166
00:54:44,367 --> 00:54:47,100
so this is not
the end of the road
1167
00:54:47,166 --> 00:54:50,166
that you stop your effort
to lose weight.
1168
00:54:50,166 --> 00:54:52,100
-No.
-Just keep it up.
1169
00:54:52,166 --> 00:54:55,767
And we will start the process
of getting you ready
1170
00:54:55,767 --> 00:54:58,266
for weight loss surgery, okay?
1171
00:54:58,266 --> 00:55:00,667
All right, so we're gonna do
some blood tests on you
1172
00:55:00,667 --> 00:55:00,700
and get your EKG today.
1173
00:55:00,700 --> 00:55:02,100
and get your EKG today.
1174
00:55:02,166 --> 00:55:06,567
And we need you to come back
one day, middle of the week,
1175
00:55:06,567 --> 00:55:09,500
for you to have
endoscopy done.
1176
00:55:09,567 --> 00:55:13,200
And we'll set up
your psych evaluation,
1177
00:55:13,266 --> 00:55:16,266
all those, you can do those
when we are back at home.
1178
00:55:16,266 --> 00:55:19,200
Once we see that
you're okay for surgery,
1179
00:55:19,266 --> 00:55:22,467
you then can make arrangements
to stay in Houston.
1180
00:55:23,467 --> 00:55:25,667
How that work for you?
1181
00:55:25,667 --> 00:55:27,867
I appreciate that, Doc.
Thank you so much
1182
00:55:27,867 --> 00:55:30,200
for taking the time.
Thank you for everything.
1183
00:55:30,266 --> 00:55:30,700
All right, you're welcome.
1184
00:55:30,700 --> 00:55:31,767
All right, you're welcome.
1185
00:55:31,767 --> 00:55:33,967
That's my job to change
your life, okay?
1186
00:55:33,967 --> 00:55:36,100
And it's very much
appreciated, thank you.
1187
00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:37,667
[Dr. Now] You're welcome.
1188
00:55:37,667 --> 00:55:38,867
If you need anything, call us.
1189
00:55:38,867 --> 00:55:40,767
Otherwise I'm gonna
wait for you
1190
00:55:40,767 --> 00:55:43,100
to let me know when
you can come in a week
1191
00:55:43,166 --> 00:55:44,967
for doing your endoscopy.
1192
00:55:44,967 --> 00:55:46,967
-All right?
-Sounds good,
thank you for everything.
1193
00:55:46,967 --> 00:55:49,100
-You're welcome.
-I appreciate you.
1194
00:55:49,166 --> 00:55:51,266
-Very much. Thank you.
-You're quite welcome.
1195
00:55:51,266 --> 00:55:53,266
Yeah, thank you, Dr. Now.
Appreciate it.
1196
00:55:53,266 --> 00:55:54,800
All right, you all take care.
1197
00:55:54,867 --> 00:55:55,900
-All right.
-We will, sir.
1198
00:55:55,967 --> 00:55:57,567
All right,
have a safe trip back home.
1199
00:55:57,567 --> 00:55:58,667
Thank you, sir.
1200
00:55:58,667 --> 00:56:00,400
You come see me
in Florida one day.
1201
00:56:00,467 --> 00:56:00,700
I'll send you
on a good vacation.
1202
00:56:00,700 --> 00:56:02,667
I'll send you
on a good vacation.
1203
00:56:02,667 --> 00:56:05,467
-I'll get you a good package.
-All right, thank you.
1204
00:56:09,867 --> 00:56:13,467
I was happy to see that Mark
continued to lose weight.
1205
00:56:13,467 --> 00:56:15,767
But it will be highly unlikely
1206
00:56:15,767 --> 00:56:18,166
that he will be able
to reach his goal
1207
00:56:18,166 --> 00:56:19,567
with the diet and exercise.
1208
00:56:19,567 --> 00:56:23,100
He won't be able to do that
without weight loss surgery.
1209
00:56:23,100 --> 00:56:25,600
I think he's coming
to the reality that
1210
00:56:25,667 --> 00:56:29,767
weight loss surgery is going
to be only option for him.
1211
00:56:29,767 --> 00:56:30,700
At this point we're gonna set
him up for doing some tests,
1212
00:56:30,700 --> 00:56:33,500
At this point we're gonna set
him up for doing some tests,
1213
00:56:33,567 --> 00:56:36,000
and if all those tests
are showing that
1214
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,567
weight loss surgery
is a safe option for him
1215
00:56:38,567 --> 00:56:40,367
to get him to his goal weight.
1216
00:56:43,900 --> 00:56:45,567
[Mark] After the appointment,
1217
00:56:45,567 --> 00:56:47,400
I'm considering
doing the surgery.
1218
00:56:47,467 --> 00:56:49,367
What's holding me back
to saying yes,
1219
00:56:49,367 --> 00:56:51,900
I still think
I could do it on my own.
1220
00:56:51,967 --> 00:56:53,467
I have a lot to work on.
1221
00:56:53,467 --> 00:56:55,166
And if I get the surgery,
1222
00:56:55,166 --> 00:56:57,000
I don't want it
to go to waste.
1223
00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,567
I want it to be
for the right reasons,
1224
00:56:59,567 --> 00:57:00,700
and be
completely successful and...
1225
00:57:00,700 --> 00:57:02,000
and be
completely successful and...
1226
00:57:02,066 --> 00:57:03,767
I just wanna wash my hands
and be done with this.
1227
00:57:06,100 --> 00:57:10,400
I need to have a serious
sit-down with my family
1228
00:57:10,467 --> 00:57:12,767
then I have to sit down
and make a final decision.
1229
00:57:21,266 --> 00:57:23,200
Wrap it up
and put it in the fridge.
1230
00:57:26,767 --> 00:57:29,066
[Mark] It's been a week
since my last appointment
1231
00:57:29,066 --> 00:57:30,700
where Dr. Now told me
he wants to move ahead
1232
00:57:30,700 --> 00:57:31,300
where Dr. Now told me
he wants to move ahead
1233
00:57:31,367 --> 00:57:33,000
with weight loss surgery.
1234
00:57:33,066 --> 00:57:34,667
My pants are falling down.
1235
00:57:34,667 --> 00:57:36,100
Well, yeah, that's because
1236
00:57:36,100 --> 00:57:38,367
you need, like,
two sizes too small.
1237
00:57:38,367 --> 00:57:39,467
[Mark] I had all my tests done
1238
00:57:39,467 --> 00:57:41,000
and I was cleared
to move ahead,
1239
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:43,567
so all I would have to do
is move to Houston.
1240
00:57:43,567 --> 00:57:45,700
[Maria] Do you not have
a drawstring on them?
1241
00:57:45,767 --> 00:57:47,700
[Mark] It's tight.
It keeps falling.
1242
00:57:47,767 --> 00:57:49,100
But I don't think
I need to take
1243
00:57:49,166 --> 00:57:51,166
such a drastic step just yet.
1244
00:57:51,166 --> 00:57:53,600
Especially because
all my tests show that
1245
00:57:53,667 --> 00:57:55,867
I'm still in pretty darn
good shape overall.
1246
00:57:55,867 --> 00:57:59,000
Dr. Now's diagnosis
also doesn't take into account
1247
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:00,400
the fact that I got
this trainer
1248
00:58:00,467 --> 00:58:00,700
that is really helping me.
1249
00:58:00,700 --> 00:58:01,800
that is really helping me.
1250
00:58:01,867 --> 00:58:04,567
He's helped me take
my workouts to a new level,
1251
00:58:04,567 --> 00:58:06,867
and he's also been
helping me plan meals,
1252
00:58:06,867 --> 00:58:09,367
so I can take my weight loss
up a notch.
1253
00:58:09,367 --> 00:58:11,567
-He's home.
-Hi, guys.
1254
00:58:11,567 --> 00:58:13,266
-Hey.
-What up, Padre?
1255
00:58:13,266 --> 00:58:14,400
What's going on?
1256
00:58:14,467 --> 00:58:16,800
Nothing, just Mark
finished his lunch.
1257
00:58:16,867 --> 00:58:18,700
-Oh, okay.
-Just hanging out.
1258
00:58:18,767 --> 00:58:20,000
Do another pizza bowl?
1259
00:58:20,667 --> 00:58:22,300
Okay. I'm not surprised.
1260
00:58:22,367 --> 00:58:25,100
I get it. I like it, too.
1261
00:58:25,166 --> 00:58:27,700
Let's have a drink.
We need to have a talk.
1262
00:58:27,767 --> 00:58:29,100
Okay.
1263
00:58:29,166 --> 00:58:30,600
[Mark] You got it?
1264
00:58:30,667 --> 00:58:30,700
[Rocky] Yeah, I'll get it.
1265
00:58:30,700 --> 00:58:31,900
[Rocky] Yeah, I'll get it.
1266
00:58:38,467 --> 00:58:39,500
[Mark] All right.
1267
00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:41,667
[Rocky] You wanted to talk?
1268
00:58:41,667 --> 00:58:43,266
[Mark] Yeah.
1269
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:45,800
So, everything's
been going good.
1270
00:58:45,867 --> 00:58:47,967
I've been working with
a trainer at the gym.
1271
00:58:47,967 --> 00:58:49,667
Been losing weight,
1272
00:58:49,667 --> 00:58:51,867
he's happy with the progress
I've been making.
1273
00:58:51,867 --> 00:58:56,066
But with all that
being said...
1274
00:58:59,166 --> 00:59:00,700
All that being said, what?
1275
00:59:00,700 --> 00:59:00,967
All that being said, what?
1276
00:59:00,967 --> 00:59:02,166
Um...
1277
00:59:03,166 --> 00:59:05,367
You sound nervous.
1278
00:59:05,367 --> 00:59:06,567
[sighs]
1279
00:59:09,567 --> 00:59:11,166
I'm not gonna do the surgery.
1280
00:59:12,367 --> 00:59:14,900
-Okay.
-Not this month.
1281
00:59:16,867 --> 00:59:17,867
Hopefully not ever.
1282
00:59:19,066 --> 00:59:20,700
Mark, this is
a real big decision
1283
00:59:20,767 --> 00:59:23,700
and I think you need to get
your sister involved in this.
1284
00:59:23,767 --> 00:59:24,800
I'll tell her.
1285
00:59:24,867 --> 00:59:26,400
Yeah, let's let her know
at least.
1286
00:59:28,166 --> 00:59:29,900
Okay, there she is.
1287
00:59:30,767 --> 00:59:32,066
Hold the phone.
1288
00:59:32,066 --> 00:59:34,000
Don't... There's no time
to waste.
1289
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:35,367
Hey, how's it going?
1290
00:59:35,367 --> 00:59:37,500
[Mark] Hi. Are you okay?
1291
00:59:37,567 --> 00:59:38,867
Yeah, are you?
1292
00:59:38,867 --> 00:59:40,200
[Mark] Yeah.
1293
00:59:40,266 --> 00:59:42,000
You look like crap.
1294
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:43,867
I'm tired.
1295
00:59:43,867 --> 00:59:45,867
Yeah. I told
Mom and Dad my decision.
1296
00:59:45,867 --> 00:59:47,300
What decision?
1297
00:59:47,367 --> 00:59:50,166
About moving to Houston
1298
00:59:50,166 --> 00:59:52,467
and getting the surgery
and all of that.
1299
00:59:52,467 --> 00:59:54,166
Are you gonna do it?
1300
00:59:54,166 --> 00:59:55,567
No.
1301
00:59:55,567 --> 00:59:56,967
Why?
1302
00:59:56,967 --> 00:59:59,467
It's a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity.
1303
00:59:59,467 --> 01:00:00,700
Yeah, I get it.
1304
01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:01,200
Yeah, I get it.
1305
01:00:01,266 --> 01:00:03,667
I got the greatest weight loss
doctor in the world,
1306
01:00:03,667 --> 01:00:05,467
and all you guys
want me to do it.
1307
01:00:05,467 --> 01:00:08,066
It's not an easy decision
for me not to do this.
1308
01:00:08,066 --> 01:00:09,500
So you understand, 550.
1309
01:00:09,567 --> 01:00:11,367
You haven't even lost
200 pounds.
1310
01:00:11,367 --> 01:00:12,667
-I know.
-Okay?
1311
01:00:12,667 --> 01:00:15,600
You've lost what, 160 pounds?
1312
01:00:15,667 --> 01:00:18,500
And 250 more
1313
01:00:18,567 --> 01:00:20,166
and you're down around 300?
1314
01:00:20,166 --> 01:00:21,467
[Mark] I can't hear that.
1315
01:00:21,467 --> 01:00:23,000
-You have to.
-I can't hear that.
1316
01:00:23,066 --> 01:00:24,200
Okay, but you have to.
1317
01:00:24,266 --> 01:00:26,100
That's the same [bleep]
Dr. Now did.
1318
01:00:26,166 --> 01:00:27,467
That's the same [bleep]
he was saying.
1319
01:00:27,467 --> 01:00:29,467
"You still have
300 pounds to lose."
1320
01:00:29,467 --> 01:00:30,700
Like, yeah, I don't care.
1321
01:00:30,700 --> 01:00:31,200
Like, yeah, I don't care.
1322
01:00:31,266 --> 01:00:33,367
You work hard,
you do everything you can,
1323
01:00:33,367 --> 01:00:34,967
and the number on the scale,
1324
01:00:34,967 --> 01:00:36,266
that's gonna
take care of itself.
1325
01:00:36,266 --> 01:00:38,467
What's three months
from now look like?
1326
01:00:38,467 --> 01:00:40,467
I can't have...
1327
01:00:42,166 --> 01:00:45,266
a long-term thing on
the [bleep] 'cause you're...
1328
01:00:45,266 --> 01:00:47,066
-You do.
-No.
1329
01:00:47,066 --> 01:00:49,667
You have a long-term thing
no matter what.
1330
01:00:49,667 --> 01:00:52,467
I have no intention
on going backwards.
1331
01:00:52,467 --> 01:00:55,767
I know, but you're not gonna
get the opportunity again.
1332
01:00:57,700 --> 01:01:00,100
I know, but I'm gonna get
the opportunity
1333
01:01:00,166 --> 01:01:00,700
to see what I'm made of
right now.
1334
01:01:00,700 --> 01:01:01,800
to see what I'm made of
right now.
1335
01:01:02,667 --> 01:01:05,266
And that's more valuable.
1336
01:01:05,266 --> 01:01:06,967
'Cause you know what?
You guys are...
1337
01:01:06,967 --> 01:01:10,066
There's a possibility
you guys are all right.
1338
01:01:10,066 --> 01:01:13,500
But we won't know
until we know.
1339
01:01:13,567 --> 01:01:15,266
[April] I have to go.
1340
01:01:15,266 --> 01:01:16,767
I think you should
do the surgery.
1341
01:01:16,767 --> 01:01:20,100
-[Mark] Okay.
-I think she's right on.
1342
01:01:20,166 --> 01:01:21,967
You always think
she's right on.
1343
01:01:21,967 --> 01:01:24,000
-I do too, though.
-She's smarter than you.
1344
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,166
You got my back
if I don't do it, right?
1345
01:01:27,166 --> 01:01:29,567
No, you're out on your own
if you don't do it.
1346
01:01:29,567 --> 01:01:30,700
Think you got about two weeks
to get to Houston.
1347
01:01:30,700 --> 01:01:32,567
Think you got about two weeks
to get to Houston.
1348
01:01:32,567 --> 01:01:34,467
You can always
change your mind.
1349
01:01:34,467 --> 01:01:36,100
It won't make you
any less of a man.
1350
01:01:36,166 --> 01:01:38,000
-I'm not afraid
to change my mind.
-Okay.
1351
01:01:38,066 --> 01:01:39,800
-I have to see
what I'm made of first.
-All right.
1352
01:01:40,667 --> 01:01:41,767
-[Maria] Okay.
-[Rocky] All right.
1353
01:01:41,767 --> 01:01:43,266
I hope it all works well.
1354
01:01:43,266 --> 01:01:44,767
See you later.
1355
01:01:44,767 --> 01:01:47,300
[Maria] I just don't know
why he would sway from it,
1356
01:01:47,367 --> 01:01:50,000
why he wouldn't just jump
at the opportunity.
1357
01:01:50,066 --> 01:01:52,000
But he's a grown man.
1358
01:01:52,066 --> 01:01:53,867
I love you, Momma.
1359
01:01:53,867 --> 01:01:55,467
-Pops?
-Yeah?
1360
01:01:55,467 --> 01:01:56,567
-You're a [bleep].
-Yeah.
1361
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:15,000
That's where I would get
my breakfast right there.
1362
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:16,467
Every day.
1363
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:19,500
Right now I'm going to the gym
to work out
1364
01:02:19,567 --> 01:02:21,100
with my trainer Alejandro.
1365
01:02:21,100 --> 01:02:22,867
I've been working
with Alejandro
1366
01:02:22,867 --> 01:02:24,400
for a couple months now.
1367
01:02:24,467 --> 01:02:26,300
I see him three times a week,
1368
01:02:26,367 --> 01:02:27,867
and it's really helping
to motivate me
1369
01:02:27,867 --> 01:02:30,467
to get off my butt,
and do what I gotta do.
1370
01:02:30,467 --> 01:02:31,008
With Alejandro's help,
I've really taken
1371
01:02:31,008 --> 01:02:32,467
With Alejandro's help,
I've really taken
1372
01:02:32,467 --> 01:02:34,367
my weight loss journey
to the next level.
1373
01:02:43,100 --> 01:02:45,300
-What's going on, brother?
-[chuckles] Hey!
1374
01:02:45,367 --> 01:02:46,600
Hey!
1375
01:02:46,667 --> 01:02:48,967
-All clean shaven.
-That's right.
1376
01:02:48,967 --> 01:02:51,800
-Hey, man, got the hair!
-All right.
1377
01:02:51,867 --> 01:02:54,867
Remember, today,
work on that deep breathing.
1378
01:02:54,867 --> 01:02:57,800
The challenges that Mark faces
unlike the average person,
1379
01:02:57,867 --> 01:02:59,667
is because of his weight,
with his body,
1380
01:02:59,667 --> 01:03:01,008
it does very extreme stress
on the joints.
1381
01:03:01,008 --> 01:03:01,900
it does very extreme stress
on the joints.
1382
01:03:01,967 --> 01:03:03,967
So I like to try
and keep him moving,
1383
01:03:03,967 --> 01:03:06,000
but I also let him have
his rest periods in between.
1384
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:07,800
Let's go.
1385
01:03:09,767 --> 01:03:12,066
Come on, Mark.
Keep it up, buddy.
1386
01:03:12,066 --> 01:03:13,567
I believe Mark
will actually get
1387
01:03:13,567 --> 01:03:15,266
to his goal weight without
the weight loss surgery
1388
01:03:15,266 --> 01:03:17,266
because of the willpower
that he has.
1389
01:03:17,266 --> 01:03:18,767
Success starts within. If you
believe that in yourself
1390
01:03:18,767 --> 01:03:20,266
that you can make it,
you're gonna make it.
1391
01:03:20,266 --> 01:03:22,867
I'll go first, bad boy.
1392
01:03:22,867 --> 01:03:24,166
110%, let's go.
1393
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:31,008
[Alejandro grunts]
1394
01:03:31,008 --> 01:03:31,367
[Alejandro grunts]
1395
01:03:34,767 --> 01:03:37,867
[Mark] I'm loving the
motivation Alejandro gives me.
1396
01:03:37,867 --> 01:03:39,467
It's been great.
1397
01:03:39,467 --> 01:03:41,767
And I feel like
it's making me work harder.
1398
01:03:41,767 --> 01:03:44,700
Not just with the workouts
but with how I eat, too.
1399
01:03:46,567 --> 01:03:48,066
He's showing me a new diet
1400
01:03:48,066 --> 01:03:49,667
that can help me
do even better.
1401
01:03:49,667 --> 01:03:52,066
And it's been exciting,
because I feel like
1402
01:03:52,066 --> 01:03:53,166
I'm getting
all these great tools
1403
01:03:53,166 --> 01:03:54,700
to turn my life around.
1404
01:03:57,700 --> 01:03:59,066
And I didn't move to Houston.
1405
01:04:00,066 --> 01:04:01,008
Dr. Now called me
to check up on me,
1406
01:04:01,008 --> 01:04:01,867
Dr. Now called me
to check up on me,
1407
01:04:01,867 --> 01:04:05,367
and I told him
I decided against the surgery.
1408
01:04:05,367 --> 01:04:07,300
I told him that
I have a good trainer,
1409
01:04:07,367 --> 01:04:10,300
and he's helping me
do a lot better.
1410
01:04:10,367 --> 01:04:12,467
He wanted to set up
a local place for me
1411
01:04:12,467 --> 01:04:14,000
to get my weight checked.
1412
01:04:14,066 --> 01:04:15,467
If I do that,
1413
01:04:15,467 --> 01:04:17,066
and my weight loss
has slowed again,
1414
01:04:17,066 --> 01:04:20,100
I told him that I would
consider the surgery then.
1415
01:04:22,700 --> 01:04:24,367
[Alejandro] What you feeling
right now?
1416
01:04:26,667 --> 01:04:28,266
It was hard.
1417
01:04:28,266 --> 01:04:29,800
Got a long way to go, dog.
1418
01:04:29,867 --> 01:04:31,008
Long way to go,
but at the same time,
1419
01:04:31,008 --> 01:04:31,900
Long way to go,
but at the same time,
1420
01:04:31,967 --> 01:04:33,700
you gonna be proud of yourself
when you finish it.
1421
01:04:33,767 --> 01:04:35,500
-Yeah.
-I get you.
1422
01:04:35,567 --> 01:04:37,300
'Cause nobody else did it
but yourself.
1423
01:04:38,700 --> 01:04:41,567
All I'm doing is just giving
you the support that you need.
1424
01:04:41,567 --> 01:04:43,967
-You're doing a lot more
than that, homeboy.
-[Alejandro chuckles]
1425
01:04:57,400 --> 01:04:58,767
[coughs]
1426
01:05:12,667 --> 01:05:13,867
Where's Stupid?
1427
01:05:13,867 --> 01:05:16,667
-[Maria] Uh, April?
-Yeah.
1428
01:05:16,667 --> 01:05:18,867
[Maria] She's driving
with Dad.
1429
01:05:18,867 --> 01:05:21,567
-Is she a couple cars
in front of us?
-Yeah.
1430
01:05:22,266 --> 01:05:23,967
I might get over real quick.
1431
01:05:24,800 --> 01:05:26,100
[Mark] Me and my family
are heading
1432
01:05:26,166 --> 01:05:27,700
to the local clinic
here in Florida
1433
01:05:27,767 --> 01:05:29,166
that Dr. Now is sending me to,
1434
01:05:29,166 --> 01:05:31,008
because they supposedly have
1435
01:05:31,008 --> 01:05:31,266
because they supposedly have
1436
01:05:31,266 --> 01:05:33,200
a scale that can
weigh me accurately.
1437
01:05:34,567 --> 01:05:37,400
My sister
and my brother-in-law
are back in town,
1438
01:05:37,467 --> 01:05:39,767
so I asked everyone
to tag along.
1439
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:44,767
Because I wanna show everyone
that I was right,
1440
01:05:44,767 --> 01:05:46,867
and that I'm succeeding
on my own.
1441
01:05:46,867 --> 01:05:48,800
And I wish they could've
just believed me
1442
01:05:48,867 --> 01:05:50,000
in the first place.
1443
01:06:34,500 --> 01:06:35,900
-Hello, Mark.
-Hi.
1444
01:06:35,967 --> 01:06:37,200
My name's Melanie,
nice to meet you.
1445
01:06:37,266 --> 01:06:38,700
Mark. Nice to meet you.
Thank you.
1446
01:06:38,767 --> 01:06:40,100
We're gonna go ahead
and take your vitals, okay?
1447
01:06:40,100 --> 01:06:41,100
[Mark] Okay.
1448
01:06:43,100 --> 01:06:45,000
But Dr. Now and my family,
1449
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:48,066
everyone thinks I'm gonna have
less progress than before.
1450
01:06:48,066 --> 01:06:50,300
But I've been working hard
to prove them wrong.
1451
01:06:50,367 --> 01:06:52,066
And that's what
I'm gonna try to do.
1452
01:07:07,266 --> 01:07:09,367
All right, here we go.
1453
01:07:09,367 --> 01:07:11,400
At my last weigh-in
four months ago,
1454
01:07:11,467 --> 01:07:13,000
I lost 42 pounds
1455
01:07:13,066 --> 01:07:15,500
to get down to 576.
1456
01:07:15,567 --> 01:07:17,367
Then Dr. Now said
my weight loss
1457
01:07:17,367 --> 01:07:19,066
is gonna slow even more.
1458
01:07:19,066 --> 01:07:22,100
I've been working hard
to lose more this time,
1459
01:07:22,166 --> 01:07:24,166
and show everyone
once and for all that
1460
01:07:24,166 --> 01:07:26,166
I'm gonna succeed at this.
1461
01:07:31,700 --> 01:07:32,800
All right.
1462
01:07:32,867 --> 01:07:34,166
Come on Mark,
we're gonna go ahead into--
1463
01:07:34,166 --> 01:07:35,567
[Mark] Well, okay.
1464
01:07:35,567 --> 01:07:37,467
Not quite
what I was looking for.
1465
01:07:39,300 --> 01:07:41,000
-Hi.
-[Rocky] Hey.
1466
01:07:42,166 --> 01:07:44,100
[Mark] Now I'm supposed
to call Dr. Now.
1467
01:07:44,100 --> 01:07:46,300
I already know
what he's gonna say.
1468
01:07:48,166 --> 01:07:52,100
[cell phone ringing]
1469
01:07:52,166 --> 01:07:54,166
[Dr. Now on phone]
Hello. Hi Mark.
1470
01:07:54,166 --> 01:07:56,000
[Mark] How you doing, sir?
1471
01:07:56,066 --> 01:07:57,400
Nice to see you.
1472
01:07:57,467 --> 01:08:00,100
Nice to see you, too.
What's going on with you?
1473
01:08:00,100 --> 01:08:01,475
Um, nothing.
Same old, same old,
1474
01:08:01,475 --> 01:08:02,767
Um, nothing.
Same old, same old,
1475
01:08:02,767 --> 01:08:05,000
just trying to stay busy,
keep working out.
1476
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:07,300
And that's great.
So how is your weight doing?
1477
01:08:07,367 --> 01:08:08,467
[Mark] Um...
1478
01:08:09,300 --> 01:08:11,500
I actually gained
a few pounds.
1479
01:08:11,567 --> 01:08:12,600
Believe it or not.
1480
01:08:12,667 --> 01:08:14,000
So what happened?
1481
01:08:14,066 --> 01:08:15,500
[Mark] Yeah, I...
1482
01:08:15,567 --> 01:08:16,600
I don't know.
1483
01:08:16,667 --> 01:08:18,767
Um, I don't wanna
come up with any excuses.
1484
01:08:18,767 --> 01:08:21,266
I haven't really used the
bathroom in a couple days.
1485
01:08:21,266 --> 01:08:23,100
But...
1486
01:08:23,100 --> 01:08:26,200
no excuses,
just gotta work harder.
1487
01:08:26,266 --> 01:08:31,367
Mark, the reality is that
we told you
1488
01:08:31,367 --> 01:08:31,475
that it's going to be
statistically impossible
1489
01:08:31,475 --> 01:08:35,300
that it's going to be
statistically impossible
1490
01:08:35,367 --> 01:08:37,200
to hit your goal weight.
1491
01:08:37,266 --> 01:08:40,166
Statistically for success,
1492
01:08:40,166 --> 01:08:43,900
for this type of thing
without any surgery,
1493
01:08:43,967 --> 01:08:47,000
with exercise and diet, is 0%.
1494
01:08:47,066 --> 01:08:50,266
So what are
the solutions for you?
1495
01:08:50,266 --> 01:08:53,667
If you want fresh advice
from me,
1496
01:08:53,667 --> 01:08:55,867
it's going to be
come back to Houston
1497
01:08:55,867 --> 01:08:57,767
and have
your weight loss surgery.
1498
01:08:57,767 --> 01:09:01,475
So let's keep your goal
of losing 50 pounds a month.
1499
01:09:01,475 --> 01:09:02,066
So let's keep your goal
of losing 50 pounds a month.
1500
01:09:02,066 --> 01:09:06,100
And then come and see us
for weight loss surgery.
1501
01:09:06,100 --> 01:09:08,100
Even that's gonna be
a challenge for you.
1502
01:09:08,100 --> 01:09:10,000
Right, well...
1503
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:13,667
Doc, my life is going
really good right now.
1504
01:09:13,667 --> 01:09:15,367
You know,
work is going really good,
1505
01:09:15,367 --> 01:09:18,166
I'm making really good
progress at the gym,
1506
01:09:18,166 --> 01:09:20,667
I'm feeling good,
I'm feeling healthy.
1507
01:09:20,667 --> 01:09:22,567
Um...
1508
01:09:22,567 --> 01:09:24,367
Like, I'll definitely lose,
1509
01:09:24,367 --> 01:09:27,266
like, 20 pounds in a month.
Like, I like that goal.
1510
01:09:27,266 --> 01:09:29,800
I can't give up on doing this
on my own.
1511
01:09:29,867 --> 01:09:31,475
I just can't.
1512
01:09:31,475 --> 01:09:31,567
I just can't.
1513
01:09:31,567 --> 01:09:33,867
[Dr. Now] You're playing
a risky game, Mark.
1514
01:09:33,867 --> 01:09:35,800
So here's what I want to do.
1515
01:09:35,867 --> 01:09:37,867
If you want to stay
in my program,
1516
01:09:37,867 --> 01:09:41,400
then I want to set up
a therapy appointment
1517
01:09:41,467 --> 01:09:44,767
over video
with you and your family
1518
01:09:44,767 --> 01:09:46,300
to talk through things.
1519
01:09:46,367 --> 01:09:48,767
You think that is something
we can do?
1520
01:09:48,767 --> 01:09:50,000
[Mark] Okay.
1521
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:51,767
Okay. If you need anything,
give me a call.
1522
01:09:51,767 --> 01:09:53,667
Thank you, Doc. You have
a great day, sir. Thank you.
1523
01:09:53,667 --> 01:09:55,166
You too.
1524
01:09:55,166 --> 01:09:57,166
-Bye.
-Bye now.
1525
01:09:58,767 --> 01:10:00,266
I really like him.
1526
01:10:00,266 --> 01:10:01,475
Then you need to start
talking to him.
1527
01:10:01,475 --> 01:10:02,667
Then you need to start
talking to him.
1528
01:10:02,667 --> 01:10:04,567
'Cause what
he's telling you is true.
1529
01:10:04,567 --> 01:10:07,066
And your attitude of,
"Oh, I can have
1530
01:10:07,066 --> 01:10:09,000
a couple of cookies,"
[bleep] like that,
1531
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:10,500
you're stupid to think that.
1532
01:10:10,567 --> 01:10:11,967
I gotta do it my way.
1533
01:10:15,867 --> 01:10:18,567
I feel like no one understands
what I'm trying to say.
1534
01:10:26,500 --> 01:10:29,266
Dr. Now probably thinks
I'm crazy.
1535
01:10:29,266 --> 01:10:31,475
But I'm not. I just have
to do it my way.
1536
01:10:31,475 --> 01:10:31,967
But I'm not. I just have
to do it my way.
1537
01:10:50,166 --> 01:10:51,767
Today we're doing a video call
1538
01:10:51,767 --> 01:10:54,100
with a therapist
Dr. Now set up for us.
1539
01:10:56,266 --> 01:10:57,767
He wanted my mom and my dad
1540
01:10:57,767 --> 01:10:59,467
and my sister
to be a part of it.
1541
01:11:00,900 --> 01:11:01,475
But my sister can't,
1542
01:11:01,475 --> 01:11:02,467
But my sister can't,
1543
01:11:02,467 --> 01:11:04,767
so it's just gonna be
me and my parents.
1544
01:11:04,767 --> 01:11:07,667
I'm just gonna take the call
in the pool-house.
1545
01:11:18,567 --> 01:11:20,000
[Dr. Paradise] Mark.
1546
01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:22,800
Dr. Paradise,
thank you for taking the time.
1547
01:11:22,867 --> 01:11:27,000
You're more than welcome.
And I have Rocky and Maria.
1548
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:28,867
-Yes, hi. Good to meet you.
-Okay.
1549
01:11:28,867 --> 01:11:30,100
And you guys are all,
1550
01:11:30,166 --> 01:11:31,475
you're in the same house,
different rooms, right?
1551
01:11:31,475 --> 01:11:32,166
you're in the same house,
different rooms, right?
1552
01:11:32,166 --> 01:11:33,967
-Right.
-Okay.
1553
01:11:33,967 --> 01:11:35,667
So, it's good to talk to you.
1554
01:11:35,667 --> 01:11:37,700
I'm glad we're all
finally connecting.
1555
01:11:37,767 --> 01:11:41,166
Mark, can you tell me
where you're at with, um,
1556
01:11:41,166 --> 01:11:43,066
your weight loss
and the surgery?
1557
01:11:43,066 --> 01:11:45,567
I understand
there's some decisions
being made right now.
1558
01:11:45,567 --> 01:11:47,166
I'm not doing the surgery.
1559
01:11:48,900 --> 01:11:51,467
I wanna see if I can
do this on my own.
1560
01:11:51,467 --> 01:11:53,500
Like, to me, for me,
it feels like
1561
01:11:53,567 --> 01:11:55,066
if I take the surgery
right now,
1562
01:11:55,066 --> 01:11:56,667
I'd be giving up on myself.
1563
01:11:56,667 --> 01:11:59,066
[Dr. Paradise] Mark,
what I'm interested in is
1564
01:11:59,066 --> 01:12:01,475
why you wouldn't
take advantage
1565
01:12:01,475 --> 01:12:02,000
why you wouldn't
take advantage
1566
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:04,300
of something
that could be helpful?
1567
01:12:04,367 --> 01:12:06,967
You could be 300 pounds
in no time.
1568
01:12:06,967 --> 01:12:10,266
There's a 16-year-old girl who
I recently became close to.
1569
01:12:10,266 --> 01:12:12,567
She suffers from CRGS.
1570
01:12:12,567 --> 01:12:15,166
Which I know, you obviously
know what that is,
1571
01:12:15,166 --> 01:12:17,867
but she can't even
put on her shoe.
1572
01:12:17,867 --> 01:12:20,500
You know what I mean?
If she's fighting this battle,
1573
01:12:20,567 --> 01:12:23,166
it's like
if this 16-year-old girl
1574
01:12:23,166 --> 01:12:25,066
going through
can fight this battle,
1575
01:12:25,066 --> 01:12:28,367
I can go through
and fight this battle. It's...
1576
01:12:28,367 --> 01:12:29,667
[Dr. Paradise] Mark, what does
that have to do with
1577
01:12:29,667 --> 01:12:31,066
getting the surgery?
1578
01:12:31,066 --> 01:12:31,475
Surgery is not
an option for her.
1579
01:12:31,475 --> 01:12:33,100
Surgery is not
an option for her.
1580
01:12:33,100 --> 01:12:34,967
There's no quick fix for her.
1581
01:12:34,967 --> 01:12:38,767
If she can fight through this,
then I can fight through it.
1582
01:12:38,767 --> 01:12:41,867
[Dr. Paradise] My guess
if I talked to her and I said,
1583
01:12:41,867 --> 01:12:45,600
"Do you want Mark not to have
the surgery so he can...
1584
01:12:45,667 --> 01:12:47,600
you guys can share
the hopelessness
1585
01:12:47,667 --> 01:12:49,266
of not having
any intervention?"
1586
01:12:49,266 --> 01:12:51,100
She would say,
"Absolutely not."
1587
01:12:51,100 --> 01:12:54,767
She would say, "I would take
a surgery yesterday."
1588
01:12:54,767 --> 01:12:58,367
So I'm trying to figure out
whether it's denial,
1589
01:12:58,367 --> 01:13:00,867
whether it's fear that
you're gonna use that tool
1590
01:13:00,867 --> 01:13:01,475
and you're gonna fail.
1591
01:13:01,475 --> 01:13:02,000
and you're gonna fail.
1592
01:13:02,066 --> 01:13:04,367
I don't know why
you're rejecting it.
1593
01:13:04,367 --> 01:13:06,100
I see Mark progressing,
1594
01:13:06,166 --> 01:13:08,266
Mark's moving,
he's going to the gym,
1595
01:13:08,266 --> 01:13:11,100
he's really
picked up the pace.
1596
01:13:11,166 --> 01:13:14,166
But I feel, my heart feels,
1597
01:13:14,166 --> 01:13:16,867
do the surgery
to better yourself.
1598
01:13:17,667 --> 01:13:19,367
You're getting older.
1599
01:13:19,367 --> 01:13:21,767
Thank God you're not diabetic.
1600
01:13:21,767 --> 01:13:25,467
But if things
don't happen fast enough,
1601
01:13:25,467 --> 01:13:28,367
you know,
his health will change.
1602
01:13:28,367 --> 01:13:30,467
I'm not afraid
to get the surgery,
1603
01:13:30,467 --> 01:13:31,475
when I need
to prove this to myself
1604
01:13:31,475 --> 01:13:33,400
when I need
to prove this to myself
1605
01:13:33,467 --> 01:13:35,100
through grit and tenacity.
1606
01:13:35,100 --> 01:13:37,467
You know what I mean? Like,
I'm not afraid of failing.
1607
01:13:37,467 --> 01:13:39,400
I've been failing
my whole life.
1608
01:13:39,467 --> 01:13:41,667
[Dr. Paradise]
Mark, what's the real fear?
1609
01:13:42,467 --> 01:13:44,100
There's no real fear.
1610
01:13:44,100 --> 01:13:46,500
What I'd like to do
is what feels right.
1611
01:13:46,567 --> 01:13:49,166
[Dr. Paradise] This is
make-or-break time right now.
1612
01:13:49,166 --> 01:13:51,667
And I feel like
you're asking for, like,
1613
01:13:51,667 --> 01:13:54,800
an extension on a homework
assignment. [laughs]
1614
01:13:54,867 --> 01:13:55,900
You know what I mean?
1615
01:13:55,967 --> 01:13:57,600
Like, "I'll get it done,
1616
01:13:57,667 --> 01:13:59,400
just give me
a couple more days."
1617
01:13:59,467 --> 01:14:01,475
Mark, you're past the weight,
1618
01:14:01,475 --> 01:14:01,900
Mark, you're past the weight,
1619
01:14:01,967 --> 01:14:04,266
and you've been
past the weight
1620
01:14:04,266 --> 01:14:07,367
where we think,
"Oh, this is just
a willpower issue," right?
1621
01:14:07,367 --> 01:14:10,900
You are in the "your weight's
gonna kill you" category.
1622
01:14:10,967 --> 01:14:13,700
And this is the medically
reccommended treatment.
1623
01:14:15,567 --> 01:14:19,000
There's all kinds of people,
including your doctors,
1624
01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:20,767
that are giving you
strong advice
1625
01:14:20,767 --> 01:14:24,400
that this surgery is your
best possible bet right now,
1626
01:14:24,467 --> 01:14:27,066
and it doesn't make sense
that you're turning it down.
1627
01:14:27,066 --> 01:14:28,667
And you need to ask yourself,
1628
01:14:28,667 --> 01:14:31,475
"Why am I going against
medical advice?"
1629
01:14:31,475 --> 01:14:31,567
"Why am I going against
medical advice?"
1630
01:14:31,567 --> 01:14:33,367
I need to know
I'm betting on myself
1631
01:14:33,367 --> 01:14:35,767
for the first time
in a long time.
1632
01:14:37,867 --> 01:14:40,400
[Dr. Paradise] I don't know
that it's really
betting on yourself.
1633
01:14:40,467 --> 01:14:42,667
Your very best bet
is to have the surgery.
1634
01:14:42,667 --> 01:14:44,867
And I hope that
you reconsider.
1635
01:14:44,867 --> 01:14:47,467
I hope that you think about
what it means
1636
01:14:47,467 --> 01:14:49,867
to not take advantage of
1637
01:14:49,867 --> 01:14:52,200
the tool that you have
in front of you.
1638
01:14:52,266 --> 01:14:54,567
Thank you so much
for taking the time,
1639
01:14:54,567 --> 01:14:57,100
and I'm so sorry,
I don't wanna disappoint you.
1640
01:14:57,100 --> 01:14:59,500
Mark, this is isn't about
my being disappointed.
1641
01:14:59,567 --> 01:15:01,475
This is about
my making recommendations
1642
01:15:01,475 --> 01:15:01,867
This is about
my making recommendations
1643
01:15:01,867 --> 01:15:04,367
based on data and experience.
1644
01:15:04,367 --> 01:15:06,700
I like you. You seem like
a really nice guy.
1645
01:15:06,767 --> 01:15:09,567
You seem like you have
incredible willpower.
1646
01:15:09,567 --> 01:15:13,166
Good luck, and I can't wait
to hear how you do.
1647
01:15:13,166 --> 01:15:14,467
Take care, guys.
1648
01:15:17,066 --> 01:15:19,100
[Mark] I like Dr. Paradise.
1649
01:15:19,100 --> 01:15:21,667
He said I was
going against medical advice,
1650
01:15:21,667 --> 01:15:23,567
and it's scary because...
1651
01:15:25,166 --> 01:15:28,100
I don't know if what I'm doing
is the right thing.
1652
01:15:28,166 --> 01:15:30,667
But I'm gonna try it.
1653
01:15:30,667 --> 01:15:31,475
[Rocky] A lot of times,
1654
01:15:31,475 --> 01:15:32,266
[Rocky] A lot of times,
1655
01:15:32,266 --> 01:15:34,667
the way you have to
deal with Mark is
1656
01:15:34,667 --> 01:15:38,100
you have to let him
fall flat on his face.
1657
01:15:38,100 --> 01:15:40,567
But I'm always gonna be there
to pick him up.
1658
01:15:40,567 --> 01:15:43,066
I can't not do that.
1659
01:15:43,066 --> 01:15:44,700
What do you do
for consequences
1660
01:15:44,767 --> 01:15:46,100
for a 43-year-old man?
1661
01:15:46,166 --> 01:15:48,767
You know, he's not some teen.
1662
01:15:48,767 --> 01:15:50,467
I can't take away his car.
1663
01:15:50,467 --> 01:15:51,700
He's gonna do
what he's gonna do.
1664
01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:16,867
[Mark] All right. I'm heading
back to the local clinic
1665
01:16:16,867 --> 01:16:18,567
with my family right now
1666
01:16:18,567 --> 01:16:20,800
in order to get weighed
once again.
1667
01:16:20,867 --> 01:16:22,367
And this is a big one.
1668
01:16:22,367 --> 01:16:24,667
I made a choice
to go out on my own.
1669
01:16:24,667 --> 01:16:26,800
To continue with
my weight loss journey
1670
01:16:26,867 --> 01:16:26,885
without the surgery.
1671
01:16:26,885 --> 01:16:28,500
without the surgery.
1672
01:16:30,066 --> 01:16:31,467
[Rocky] What do you think
you weigh?
1673
01:16:31,467 --> 01:16:34,000
[Mark] Anything over 220
and I'm disappointed.
1674
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:35,800
[Rocky] I think
you're three times 220.
1675
01:16:35,867 --> 01:16:37,100
I would go with that.
1676
01:16:38,066 --> 01:16:39,500
[Mark] And it's
been challenging.
1677
01:16:39,567 --> 01:16:41,567
But ironically enough,
1678
01:16:41,567 --> 01:16:43,400
the most difficult part
1679
01:16:43,467 --> 01:16:46,200
has not been the diet
or the exercise.
1680
01:16:46,266 --> 01:16:50,467
It's been trying to convince
my family that I got this.
1681
01:16:50,467 --> 01:16:52,300
I can't say that
I know what I'm doing,
1682
01:16:52,367 --> 01:16:54,667
because I [bleep] have no idea
what I'm doing.
1683
01:16:54,667 --> 01:16:56,885
I'm not confident that
I made the right decision.
1684
01:16:56,885 --> 01:16:58,000
I'm not confident that
I made the right decision.
1685
01:16:58,000 --> 01:17:01,500
-Hello.
-Hi there.
1686
01:17:01,567 --> 01:17:04,467
-Hi Mark. How are you?
-[Mark] Good, how are you?
1687
01:17:04,467 --> 01:17:06,100
Good. Nice to meet you,
my name's Tina.
1688
01:17:06,100 --> 01:17:07,967
-Mark. Nice to meet you.
-Why don't you come on back?
1689
01:17:09,200 --> 01:17:10,667
Go ahead
and step on the scale.
1690
01:17:10,667 --> 01:17:12,200
I want to take a picture,
1691
01:17:12,266 --> 01:17:13,800
-get a picture of the scale.
-Okay. You do it.
1692
01:17:13,867 --> 01:17:15,500
Get your picture.
1693
01:17:16,567 --> 01:17:18,300
[Mark] The last time
I weighed myself,
1694
01:17:18,367 --> 01:17:20,000
I was 570-something.
1695
01:17:21,467 --> 01:17:22,967
I'm supposed
to lose 20 pounds,
1696
01:17:22,967 --> 01:17:25,266
to get down to 550-ish.
1697
01:17:29,100 --> 01:17:31,300
Okay, you go ahead
and have a seat.
1698
01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:42,100
We ready to talk to the doc?
Let's do it.
1699
01:17:43,100 --> 01:17:46,467
[cell phone ringing]
1700
01:17:47,767 --> 01:17:48,967
Hi Mark, you doing okay?
1701
01:17:48,967 --> 01:17:51,266
Good to see you, sir.
Always good to see you.
1702
01:17:51,266 --> 01:17:52,400
Yeah, I'm doing good, man.
1703
01:17:52,467 --> 01:17:53,900
What did you weigh today?
1704
01:17:53,967 --> 01:17:55,100
[Mark] 578.
1705
01:17:56,900 --> 01:18:01,100
Well, you were down
two months ago to 579.
1706
01:18:01,166 --> 01:18:05,400
So essentially your
weight loss has slowed down.
1707
01:18:05,467 --> 01:18:07,567
-And that's you not...
-Considerably.
1708
01:18:07,567 --> 01:18:09,767
...making any progess with it.
1709
01:18:09,767 --> 01:18:13,900
All right, Mark, so this is
not working for you.
1710
01:18:13,967 --> 01:18:18,100
And so your weight
is plateauing now,
1711
01:18:18,100 --> 01:18:21,567
and once we've got those
you stay that for a while,
1712
01:18:21,567 --> 01:18:24,467
then start going up
slowly a pound or two.
1713
01:18:24,467 --> 01:18:26,700
And then next thing you know,
1714
01:18:26,767 --> 01:18:26,885
you're back
to the original weight.
1715
01:18:26,885 --> 01:18:28,300
you're back
to the original weight.
1716
01:18:28,367 --> 01:18:30,266
I won't go back to my weight.
1717
01:18:30,266 --> 01:18:33,100
I hope to God
I won't go back to my weight.
1718
01:18:33,166 --> 01:18:36,166
Doc, I worked so hard
to get to this point.
1719
01:18:36,166 --> 01:18:37,700
You have to work harder
1720
01:18:37,767 --> 01:18:40,200
to maintain that
rest of your life.
1721
01:18:40,266 --> 01:18:42,367
I understand
that's your feelings, I do.
1722
01:18:42,367 --> 01:18:43,600
But it's like right now,
1723
01:18:43,667 --> 01:18:45,367
I just feel like
I can do this.
1724
01:18:45,367 --> 01:18:46,767
And I need to see
if I'm right.
1725
01:18:47,667 --> 01:18:49,000
-You know?
-All right.
1726
01:18:49,000 --> 01:18:53,467
If you wanna continue
with exercise and diet,
1727
01:18:53,467 --> 01:18:55,800
then I wish you the best.
1728
01:18:55,867 --> 01:18:56,885
And there's not much more
we can do for you for that.
1729
01:18:56,885 --> 01:18:59,667
And there's not much more
we can do for you for that.
1730
01:18:59,667 --> 01:19:01,867
And in any point in the future
1731
01:19:01,867 --> 01:19:04,867
that you come to reality
that this is not gonna work,
1732
01:19:04,867 --> 01:19:08,200
then let us know, and then
1733
01:19:08,266 --> 01:19:10,500
see what options we got
for you, okay?
1734
01:19:10,567 --> 01:19:15,500
And you are running the risk
of being back to 700 pounds
1735
01:19:15,567 --> 01:19:19,166
in just
a matter of time. Okay?
1736
01:19:19,166 --> 01:19:22,266
-Yes, sir.
-All right, if you need
anything, give me a call.
1737
01:19:23,367 --> 01:19:25,000
Always good to see you, sir.
Thank you.
1738
01:19:25,066 --> 01:19:26,700
All right. Bye now.
1739
01:19:26,767 --> 01:19:26,885
-Have a good day.
-You too.
1740
01:19:26,885 --> 01:19:28,867
-Have a good day.
-You too.
1741
01:19:31,767 --> 01:19:33,066
[Rocky] What do you think?
1742
01:19:34,700 --> 01:19:37,000
-[Mark] Mmm-mmm.
-You ready?
1743
01:19:37,800 --> 01:19:40,700
-I don't know.
-What do you know?
1744
01:19:41,867 --> 01:19:43,100
[Mark] Mmm-mmm.
1745
01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:46,367
[Rocky] What would you say
if you found out
1746
01:19:46,367 --> 01:19:48,000
you didn't
lose a couple of pounds?
1747
01:19:49,200 --> 01:19:50,567
[Rocky] If that?
1748
01:19:50,567 --> 01:19:52,266
I'm not worried
about my weight right now.
1749
01:19:52,266 --> 01:19:53,467
I'm getting better.
1750
01:19:53,467 --> 01:19:55,500
I mean, this ain't a game,
this is your life.
1751
01:19:55,567 --> 01:19:56,885
You don't think
I understand that?
1752
01:19:56,885 --> 01:19:57,166
You don't think
I understand that?
1753
01:19:57,166 --> 01:19:59,867
Okay. So no matter
what you do,
1754
01:19:59,867 --> 01:20:03,000
it's gonna be hard work.
And no matter what,
1755
01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:04,567
even if you do it on your own,
1756
01:20:04,567 --> 01:20:06,667
you're still gonna have
skin surgery,
1757
01:20:06,667 --> 01:20:08,467
so you're still
gonna have surgery.
1758
01:20:08,467 --> 01:20:11,300
I'm not... I don't have a
problem with the skin removal.
1759
01:20:11,367 --> 01:20:13,467
I'm trying to get
to that point first.
1760
01:20:13,467 --> 01:20:15,767
I don't have
a problem with the...
1761
01:20:15,767 --> 01:20:16,967
I need to see
if I can do this!
1762
01:20:16,967 --> 01:20:18,500
I understand that, love.
1763
01:20:18,567 --> 01:20:20,567
-Why can't you support that?
-I am supporting you.
1764
01:20:20,567 --> 01:20:21,700
But I, I--
1765
01:20:21,767 --> 01:20:23,767
Then stop bringing it up.
Every [bleep] third...
1766
01:20:23,767 --> 01:20:26,266
Every third word you [bleep]
say to me is [bleep] surgery.
1767
01:20:26,266 --> 01:20:26,885
I don't need to hear
about surgery from you
1768
01:20:26,885 --> 01:20:28,400
I don't need to hear
about surgery from you
1769
01:20:28,467 --> 01:20:30,600
-six times a day, please.
-Hey, hey, back off.
1770
01:20:30,667 --> 01:20:32,767
You just need
to sleep on everything
1771
01:20:32,767 --> 01:20:34,100
that's been said to you,
1772
01:20:34,166 --> 01:20:36,700
and think about
1773
01:20:36,767 --> 01:20:39,400
what the conversation was
with Dr. Paradise.
1774
01:20:39,467 --> 01:20:42,266
Dr. Paradise,
he's a frickin' doctor.
1775
01:20:42,266 --> 01:20:44,367
He's not just talking
out his [bleep].
1776
01:20:44,367 --> 01:20:46,667
And something... That's
exactly what you're doing.
1777
01:20:46,667 --> 01:20:48,266
You're talking
out your [bleep].
1778
01:20:48,266 --> 01:20:50,200
You're not
thinking this through.
1779
01:20:50,266 --> 01:20:51,867
You're just determined
to do it your way
1780
01:20:51,867 --> 01:20:54,200
which is not
necessarily the right way.
1781
01:20:54,266 --> 01:20:56,367
Then so be it,
but it's my decision to make,
1782
01:20:56,367 --> 01:20:56,885
and if you need me to move out
I'll move out.
1783
01:20:56,885 --> 01:20:58,066
and if you need me to move out
I'll move out.
1784
01:20:58,066 --> 01:20:59,700
No, it's your decision
to make.
1785
01:20:59,767 --> 01:21:04,000
But if you keep being
a [bleep] with us about this
1786
01:21:04,066 --> 01:21:06,567
because Mom mentions it
or something like that,
1787
01:21:06,567 --> 01:21:07,900
that ain't gonna work.
1788
01:21:07,967 --> 01:21:09,867
I don't need to hear it
every freaking day,
1789
01:21:09,867 --> 01:21:11,400
multiple times a day.
1790
01:21:11,467 --> 01:21:13,166
Well then, you have a choice.
1791
01:21:13,166 --> 01:21:14,767
But we live there,
1792
01:21:14,767 --> 01:21:17,100
and you're not
gonna disrespect your mom.
1793
01:21:17,100 --> 01:21:19,700
I'm asking you
not to bring up the surgery.
1794
01:21:19,767 --> 01:21:22,567
I'm not gonna [bleep] forget
the surgery is an option.
1795
01:21:22,567 --> 01:21:24,367
-Yeah.
-It's not gonna slip my mind.
1796
01:21:24,367 --> 01:21:26,300
Well, you know, even if
you have the surgery, Mark,
1797
01:21:26,367 --> 01:21:26,885
it's still a tremendous amount
of work.
1798
01:21:26,885 --> 01:21:28,867
it's still a tremendous amount
of work.
1799
01:21:28,867 --> 01:21:30,767
-I understand!
-Okay, but you think that--
1800
01:21:30,767 --> 01:21:33,367
I heard this from the doctors,
I understand--
1801
01:21:33,367 --> 01:21:35,000
[Rocky] Well then
why don't you just listen
1802
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:36,100
to your mom and let her talk?
1803
01:21:36,100 --> 01:21:38,667
But you think
you're getting off easy
1804
01:21:38,667 --> 01:21:40,667
doing the surgery
and "poof" you're done,
1805
01:21:40,667 --> 01:21:42,667
but that's when
the real hard work starts.
1806
01:21:42,667 --> 01:21:44,266
You guys
haven't been listening to...
1807
01:21:44,266 --> 01:21:46,600
-[Maria] Yeah, I have.
-No, you haven't.
1808
01:21:46,667 --> 01:21:48,166
You [bleep] haven't.
1809
01:21:48,166 --> 01:21:50,667
We have,
but at the same point,
1810
01:21:50,667 --> 01:21:52,767
we're just hearing
the same load of [bleep]
1811
01:21:52,767 --> 01:21:55,166
-that we've heard
for so many things...
-Great.
1812
01:21:55,166 --> 01:21:56,885
...in your life. Okay, great.
1813
01:21:56,885 --> 01:21:57,266
...in your life. Okay, great.
1814
01:21:57,266 --> 01:21:58,867
Yeah.
1815
01:21:58,867 --> 01:22:01,467
I'm done talking. All you guys
want me to do is talk
1816
01:22:01,467 --> 01:22:02,800
and I don't wanna
[bleep] talk.
1817
01:22:02,867 --> 01:22:04,100
No, I don't want you
to talk anymore.
1818
01:22:04,166 --> 01:22:05,867
-We gotta go. Let's just go.
-We're good.
1819
01:22:05,867 --> 01:22:08,100
Yeah, let's call it.
1820
01:22:08,100 --> 01:22:11,000
-We're not getting anywhere.
-[Rocky] Yep.
1821
01:22:18,667 --> 01:22:21,166
[Dr. Now] I'm proud of Mark
for his hard work
1822
01:22:21,166 --> 01:22:22,567
and the progress he has made.
1823
01:22:22,567 --> 01:22:25,500
But if he continues
on the path he's on,
1824
01:22:25,567 --> 01:22:26,885
he's gonna undo that all
very soon.
1825
01:22:26,885 --> 01:22:27,767
he's gonna undo that all
very soon.
1826
01:22:27,767 --> 01:22:30,166
And we can see from his weight
1827
01:22:30,166 --> 01:22:32,500
that process
has already started.
1828
01:22:32,567 --> 01:22:34,166
So it is unfortunate
1829
01:22:34,166 --> 01:22:37,066
that Mark is continuing
this path,
1830
01:22:37,066 --> 01:22:39,800
where he says
he wants to prove himself
1831
01:22:39,867 --> 01:22:42,166
and he feels like
surgery means
1832
01:22:42,166 --> 01:22:43,467
he's given up on himself.
1833
01:22:43,467 --> 01:22:45,467
But really
all those statements
1834
01:22:45,467 --> 01:22:47,800
and excuses are a smoke screen
1835
01:22:47,867 --> 01:22:50,867
for the fact that he's scared
to leave what's safe for him.
1836
01:22:50,867 --> 01:22:53,867
And so that is the real issue
that his family
1837
01:22:53,867 --> 01:22:56,367
is gonna have to work with him
at this point.
1838
01:22:56,367 --> 01:22:56,885
They clearly love him and want
what is best for him.
1839
01:22:56,885 --> 01:23:00,066
They clearly love him and want
what is best for him.
1840
01:23:00,066 --> 01:23:01,867
They need to give him
some more tough love
1841
01:23:01,867 --> 01:23:05,000
if he's gonna keep
acting like a child.
1842
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:07,500
Because his choices
and behavior right now
1843
01:23:07,567 --> 01:23:10,767
is gonna ultimately lead to
a very bad place for Mark.
1844
01:23:10,767 --> 01:23:12,867
Hopefully he comes around
1845
01:23:12,867 --> 01:23:15,300
and starts to see
reality soon.
1846
01:23:15,367 --> 01:23:18,667
But until then, we've done
all we can for him.
1847
01:23:24,467 --> 01:23:26,700
[Maria] Okay, we're ready
to eat, guys.
1848
01:23:26,767 --> 01:23:26,885
[Rocky] Awesome.
1849
01:23:26,885 --> 01:23:27,900
[Rocky] Awesome.
1850
01:23:27,967 --> 01:23:29,100
[Maria] Let's keep it covered,
1851
01:23:29,166 --> 01:23:30,767
I don't want
husky food in there.
1852
01:23:30,767 --> 01:23:33,600
[Rocky] Mark, look at
all that food, my God.
1853
01:23:33,667 --> 01:23:36,266
-I know.
-[Maria] Mark, get your...
1854
01:23:36,266 --> 01:23:37,400
-Yup.
-[Rocky] He'll be back.
1855
01:23:37,467 --> 01:23:39,266
[Maria] No, you won't.
You're done.
1856
01:23:39,967 --> 01:23:41,266
You guys get out of my way.
1857
01:23:41,266 --> 01:23:43,967
I'm trying to,
I got a fan behind me.
1858
01:23:48,800 --> 01:23:50,667
[Mark] You know what? I worked
really hard last month,
1859
01:23:50,667 --> 01:23:51,967
harder than ever.
1860
01:23:51,967 --> 01:23:56,066
And I got a scale that I can
use to weigh myself now.
1861
01:23:56,066 --> 01:23:56,885
Dr. Now says that those aren't
accurate for someone my size
1862
01:23:56,885 --> 01:23:59,900
Dr. Now says that those aren't
accurate for someone my size
1863
01:23:59,967 --> 01:24:01,600
if they're not
professional ones,
1864
01:24:01,667 --> 01:24:03,500
but it seems
to be working for me.
1865
01:24:04,867 --> 01:24:06,767
I lost a few pounds
again this week,
1866
01:24:06,767 --> 01:24:08,600
so I know
I'm turning things around.
1867
01:24:08,667 --> 01:24:10,567
And I'm going to improve it.
1868
01:24:10,567 --> 01:24:12,166
I'm gonna keep working hard.
1869
01:24:15,000 --> 01:24:16,767
[Maria] What do you think
about Uncle Mark?
1870
01:24:16,767 --> 01:24:18,700
Well, I'm kinda confused.
1871
01:24:18,767 --> 01:24:20,567
Are you doing the surgery?
1872
01:24:20,567 --> 01:24:22,066
Mmm-mmm.
1873
01:24:22,066 --> 01:24:24,500
-I hope not.
-Why not?
1874
01:24:24,567 --> 01:24:26,000
I'm gonna try not to do it.
1875
01:24:27,266 --> 01:24:28,800
[Rocky] You think he should?
1876
01:24:28,867 --> 01:24:30,767
What's wrong with the surgery?
Why not?
1877
01:24:33,700 --> 01:24:35,300
Yeah, I think it would.
1878
01:24:37,800 --> 01:24:40,700
So why not do it? It would
make it so much easier.
1879
01:24:44,567 --> 01:24:46,767
[Mark] My mom and dad
have been talking about
me moving out.
1880
01:24:46,767 --> 01:24:48,367
Mostly my dad.
1881
01:24:48,367 --> 01:24:51,000
Because I can tell
my mom isn't as crazy about
1882
01:24:51,066 --> 01:24:52,367
kicking me out.
1883
01:24:52,367 --> 01:24:53,667
Let's be honest,
1884
01:24:53,667 --> 01:24:56,300
I wanted to get out of there
for a while now.
1885
01:24:56,367 --> 01:24:56,885
Get my own place or something,
1886
01:24:56,885 --> 01:24:58,467
Get my own place or something,
1887
01:24:58,467 --> 01:25:01,667
so I have a roof over my head
that's mine.
1888
01:25:01,667 --> 01:25:02,967
You want some dessert?
1889
01:25:02,967 --> 01:25:04,467
Or you want something?
1890
01:25:04,467 --> 01:25:07,166
-I have these pecans,
I'm good.
-You good?
1891
01:25:07,166 --> 01:25:09,300
I think I'm gonna go to bed
here soon, guys,
1892
01:25:09,367 --> 01:25:10,700
believe it or not.
1893
01:25:10,767 --> 01:25:13,367
The point is, I'm gonna
work hard to succeed.
1894
01:25:13,367 --> 01:25:15,467
No matter what anybody says,
1895
01:25:15,467 --> 01:25:17,567
or even what the scale says.
1896
01:25:17,567 --> 01:25:19,667
That's what's about to happen.
1897
01:25:19,667 --> 01:25:21,767
And that is where I'm going.
1898
01:25:22,667 --> 01:25:25,100
Always forward, never back.