1 00:00:03,344 --> 00:00:04,310 ♪♪ 2 00:00:04,310 --> 00:00:05,724 Tiffany: I'M NOT READY TO DIE. 3 00:00:05,724 --> 00:00:09,000 BUT I'M ALSO NOT READY TO GIVE UP FOOD, 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,896 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 5 00:00:10,896 --> 00:00:13,896 ♪♪ 6 00:00:13,896 --> 00:00:16,896 ♪♪ 7 00:00:16,896 --> 00:00:18,068 Woman: HE CAN'T STOP. 8 00:00:18,068 --> 00:00:19,586 HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW. 9 00:00:19,586 --> 00:00:22,517 Woman #2: IT'S TERRIFYING TO THINK THAT AT ANY MOMENT, 10 00:00:22,517 --> 00:00:24,517 YOUR HEART CAN EXPLODE. 11 00:00:24,517 --> 00:00:29,793 ♪♪ 12 00:00:29,793 --> 00:00:35,103 ♪♪ 13 00:00:35,103 --> 00:00:37,413 Woman #3: I DON'T WANT TO DIE. 14 00:00:37,413 --> 00:00:39,724 I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO LIVE YET. 15 00:00:39,724 --> 00:00:44,310 ♪♪ 16 00:00:44,310 --> 00:00:46,137 WHY ARE YOU JUMPING ON MY CASE?! 17 00:00:46,137 --> 00:00:49,689 YOU'RE OVEREATING, AND YOU'RE ACTING LIKE IT IS OUR FAULT! 18 00:00:49,689 --> 00:00:51,310 I KNOW THAT I'M DYING. 19 00:00:51,310 --> 00:00:53,655 I KNOW THAT I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT. 20 00:00:53,655 --> 00:00:57,379 ♪♪ 21 00:00:57,379 --> 00:01:00,068 IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE WORK PUTTING MYSELF FIRST. 22 00:01:00,068 --> 00:01:04,793 THAT RESONATES WITH SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED. 23 00:01:04,793 --> 00:01:07,793 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 24 00:01:07,793 --> 00:01:10,758 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 25 00:01:10,758 --> 00:01:15,448 ♪♪ 26 00:01:15,448 --> 00:01:21,034 ♪♪ 27 00:01:21,034 --> 00:01:26,551 ♪♪ 28 00:01:26,551 --> 00:01:32,137 ♪♪ 29 00:01:32,137 --> 00:01:37,689 ♪♪ 30 00:01:37,689 --> 00:01:40,689 EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE HAS BECOME SUCH A STRUGGLE 31 00:01:40,689 --> 00:01:42,482 BECAUSE OF HOW BIG I AM NOW 32 00:01:42,482 --> 00:01:45,655 AND ALL THE WEIGHT I HAVE ON MY BODY. 33 00:01:45,655 --> 00:01:47,310 AND I'M OVERWHELMED WITH THE PAIN 34 00:01:47,310 --> 00:01:51,172 THAT I HAVE TO ENDURE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 35 00:01:51,172 --> 00:01:54,241 AND IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE BECAUSE I'M AT THE POINT 36 00:01:54,241 --> 00:01:57,793 WHERE I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF BED ON MY OWN. 37 00:01:57,793 --> 00:02:00,758 HEY, BABE. CAN YOU COME HELP? 38 00:02:00,758 --> 00:02:02,758 MY BOYFRIEND, AARON, HAS TO HELP ME WITH 39 00:02:02,758 --> 00:02:05,862 AT LEAST GETTING UP AND STARTING MY DAY. 40 00:02:05,862 --> 00:02:08,482 BUT ONCE I CAN GET GOING I'M STILL ABLE TO MANAGE, 41 00:02:08,482 --> 00:02:11,344 BUT JUST BARELY. 42 00:02:11,344 --> 00:02:13,620 -YOU READY? -YEAH. 43 00:02:13,620 --> 00:02:16,241 ONE, TWO. 44 00:02:16,241 --> 00:02:18,482 -THANK YOU. -ALL RIGHT. 45 00:02:18,482 --> 00:02:19,620 -I'M GONNA HEAD TO WORK. -HAVE A GOOD DAY. 46 00:02:19,620 --> 00:02:21,862 Aaron: ALL RIGHT. 47 00:02:21,862 --> 00:02:26,034 ♪♪ 48 00:02:26,034 --> 00:02:30,827 THE WHOLE WEIGHT OF MY BODY JUST PULLS DOWN ON ME, 49 00:02:30,827 --> 00:02:35,344 MAKING IT SO HARD TO EVEN MOVE. 50 00:02:35,344 --> 00:02:37,517 IT IS MISERABLE. 51 00:02:37,517 --> 00:02:40,103 I HATE MY BODY. 52 00:02:40,103 --> 00:02:45,862 IT'S JUST DISGUSTING, AND I HATE EVEN LOOKING AT IT. 53 00:02:45,862 --> 00:02:49,862 WHEN I SEE MYSELF, I FEEL LIKE A FREAK. 54 00:02:49,862 --> 00:02:52,172 AND IT MAKES ME FEEL HUMILIATED 55 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:54,551 EVEN WHEN NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE MY BODY, 56 00:02:54,551 --> 00:02:56,620 BECAUSE I CAN SEE ALL THE PARTS OF ME 57 00:02:56,620 --> 00:03:00,137 THAT DON'T EVEN LOOK LIKE A HUMAN, 58 00:03:00,137 --> 00:03:03,758 ESPECIALLY MY STOMACH AND THE LYMPHEDEMA ON MY LEGS. 59 00:03:03,758 --> 00:03:06,413 ♪♪ 60 00:03:06,413 --> 00:03:08,103 AND IT REQUIRES ME TO DO A LOT 61 00:03:08,103 --> 00:03:10,896 TO PREVENT THINGS FROM GETTING WORSE, 62 00:03:10,896 --> 00:03:13,724 BECAUSE ALL THE HANGING AREAS OF MY BODY CHAFE 63 00:03:13,724 --> 00:03:16,655 AND RUB AGAINST EACH OTHER WHEN THEY MOVE 64 00:03:16,655 --> 00:03:20,931 TO THE POINT WHERE THEY BLISTER AND BLEED. 65 00:03:20,931 --> 00:03:24,965 SO I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CLEAN THOSE AREAS 66 00:03:24,965 --> 00:03:31,517 BECAUSE WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT MAKES IT UNBEARABLE TO MOVE. 67 00:03:31,517 --> 00:03:34,000 EVERYTHING IS A CHORE. 68 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,586 AND IF I'M NOT CAREFUL, 69 00:03:35,586 --> 00:03:39,793 I COULD FALL AND SERIOUSLY HURT MYSELF. 70 00:03:39,793 --> 00:03:43,586 AND IF I FALL, IT'S ALL OVER FOR ME. 71 00:03:43,586 --> 00:03:45,758 THERE'S NO WAY I'D BE ABLE TO SURVIVE. 72 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:50,586 ♪♪ 73 00:03:50,586 --> 00:03:55,413 ♪♪ 74 00:03:55,413 --> 00:04:00,275 ♪♪ 75 00:04:00,275 --> 00:04:03,068 BUT I KNOW THE ONLY REASON I'M IN THIS SITUATION 76 00:04:03,068 --> 00:04:08,724 AND MY BODY IS LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE OF HOW I EAT. 77 00:04:08,724 --> 00:04:13,103 IF I CHANGED THAT, THEN ALL THIS WOULD GET BETTER. 78 00:04:13,103 --> 00:04:15,655 BUT AT THIS POINT, FOOD IS THE ONLY PLEASURE 79 00:04:15,655 --> 00:04:20,655 I HAVE LEFT IN MY LIFE. 80 00:04:20,655 --> 00:04:22,482 DESSERT IS MOSTLY WHAT I CRAVE, 81 00:04:22,482 --> 00:04:27,310 AND SO MY FIRST CHOICE IS EITHER CAKE OR ICE CREAM. 82 00:04:27,310 --> 00:04:31,586 NOTHING MAKES ME FEEL AS GOOD AS SUGAR DOES, 83 00:04:31,586 --> 00:04:34,448 SO IT'S THE FIRST THING I HAVE EVERY DAY. 84 00:04:34,448 --> 00:04:39,241 ♪♪ 85 00:04:39,241 --> 00:04:44,000 ♪♪ 86 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,793 ♪♪ 87 00:04:48,793 --> 00:04:52,448 AND THE SECOND I TAKE A BITE, ALL MY PAIN AND WORRY 88 00:04:52,448 --> 00:04:55,965 FADE AWAY FOR JUST A MOMENT. 89 00:04:55,965 --> 00:04:59,310 SO AS LONG AS I'M EATING, IT'S LIKE I'M INVINCIBLE. 90 00:04:59,310 --> 00:05:02,827 NOTHING CAN HURT ME. 91 00:05:02,827 --> 00:05:05,862 FOOD HELPS ME ESCAPE MY LIFE, 92 00:05:05,862 --> 00:05:09,724 AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOR ME FOR A LONG, LONG TIME NOW. 93 00:05:09,724 --> 00:05:13,344 ♪♪ 94 00:05:13,344 --> 00:05:16,965 ♪♪ 95 00:05:16,965 --> 00:05:19,793 I COME FROM A FAMILY OF LARGE PEOPLE, 96 00:05:19,793 --> 00:05:23,586 ESPECIALLY MY DAD. 97 00:05:23,586 --> 00:05:29,551 I THINK HE WAS AROUND 450 POUNDS WHEN I WAS A BABY. 98 00:05:29,551 --> 00:05:32,137 SO FOOD WAS ALWAYS AROUND, AND WE WERE ALWAYS EATING 99 00:05:32,137 --> 00:05:34,344 BECAUSE WHEN MY DAD WAS IN CHARGE, 100 00:05:34,344 --> 00:05:36,379 YOU HAD TO BE PART OF THE CLEAN PLATE CLUB. 101 00:05:36,379 --> 00:05:38,517 EVERYTHING HAD TO BE CLEANED OFF OF YOUR PLATE. 102 00:05:38,517 --> 00:05:39,896 YOU COULDN'T LEAVE THE TABLE. 103 00:05:39,896 --> 00:05:44,103 AND OFTENTIMES, HE WOULD PUT WAY TOO MUCH ON MY PLATE. 104 00:05:44,103 --> 00:05:46,724 SO WE WERE ALWAYS EATING A LOT. 105 00:05:46,724 --> 00:05:50,862 BUT I WAS THE ONE THAT ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE EATING THE MOST, 106 00:05:50,862 --> 00:05:53,896 BECAUSE WHEN MY SISTER CAME ALONG A FEW YEARS AFTER ME, 107 00:05:53,896 --> 00:05:56,620 MY PARENTS TRIED TO CURB HER EATING SOME 108 00:05:56,620 --> 00:05:59,379 BECAUSE THEY SAW THE WEIGHT THAT I WAS ALREADY GAINING, 109 00:05:59,379 --> 00:06:03,793 AND THEY TRIED TO CHANGE THAT FOR HER. 110 00:06:03,793 --> 00:06:05,137 BY THE TIME I WAS 5, 111 00:06:05,137 --> 00:06:08,310 I WAS ALREADY APPROACHING BEING 100 POUNDS. 112 00:06:08,310 --> 00:06:11,517 I WAS JUST ALWAYS EATING A LOT OF UNHEALTHY FOODS, 113 00:06:11,517 --> 00:06:13,862 ESPECIALLY SWEETS. 114 00:06:13,862 --> 00:06:15,413 WHENEVER I FELL DOWN, 115 00:06:15,413 --> 00:06:18,655 MY FAMILY WOULD GIVE ME A COOKIE OR A CANDY BAR. 116 00:06:18,655 --> 00:06:21,827 AND THAT WAS ALWAYS TO CHEER ME UP, 117 00:06:21,827 --> 00:06:24,827 SO I STARTED EATING TO FEEL GOOD. 118 00:06:24,827 --> 00:06:27,275 AND I NEEDED THAT BECAUSE AS I GOT OLDER, 119 00:06:27,275 --> 00:06:31,689 MY FAMILY STARTED TO STRUGGLE WITH SOME THINGS. 120 00:06:31,689 --> 00:06:35,068 AS MY FATHER GOT BIGGER, HE STARTED TO WORK LESS 121 00:06:35,068 --> 00:06:38,931 AND THAT BECAME A SOURCE OF FRICTION BETWEEN MY MOM AND HIM. 122 00:06:38,931 --> 00:06:41,551 IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE HAD TO MOVE IN WITH MY GRANDMOTHER 123 00:06:41,551 --> 00:06:43,620 JUST TO GET BY, 124 00:06:43,620 --> 00:06:47,862 AND IT MEANT MY MOM HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK. 125 00:06:47,862 --> 00:06:50,724 SO DURING ALL THIS WHEN MY PARENTS WERE FIGHTING, 126 00:06:50,724 --> 00:06:55,379 THERE WAS ALWAYS FOOD TO MAKE ME HAPPY. 127 00:06:55,379 --> 00:06:59,068 AND FOOD DID THE SAME FOR MY DAD AND MY GRANDMA, 128 00:06:59,068 --> 00:07:02,379 BUT THAT CAUSED EVEN MORE CONFLICT BETWEEN MY PARENTS 129 00:07:02,379 --> 00:07:03,862 BECAUSE MY MOM WASN'T HAPPY 130 00:07:03,862 --> 00:07:07,137 AT HOW MY DAD AND MY GRANDMA FED ME. 131 00:07:07,137 --> 00:07:09,448 I WOULD DESCRIBE MY FATHER'S COOKING STYLE 132 00:07:09,448 --> 00:07:12,206 AS BUTTER FRIED IN BUTTER. 133 00:07:12,206 --> 00:07:15,896 HE WAS TAUGHT BY HIS MOTHER AND HIS GRANDMOTHER, 134 00:07:15,896 --> 00:07:20,620 AND EVERYTHING IS REALLY FATTY AND VERY SUGARY. 135 00:07:20,620 --> 00:07:23,482 ♪♪ 136 00:07:23,482 --> 00:07:26,724 TIFFANY'S WEIGHT DID CAUSE CONFLICT, 137 00:07:26,724 --> 00:07:29,206 BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS BECAUSE OF HER DAD. 138 00:07:29,206 --> 00:07:31,413 IT WAS WHEN WE HAD TO LIVE WITH HIS MOTHER. 139 00:07:31,413 --> 00:07:33,068 SHE ALWAYS HAD BIG CAKES 140 00:07:33,068 --> 00:07:34,379 AND THEY WERE ALWAYS FEEDING HER. 141 00:07:34,379 --> 00:07:36,275 AND THEN SHE'D FEED WHAT I FED HER, 142 00:07:36,275 --> 00:07:41,689 AND THEN AT DESSERT TIME, EAT WHAT THEY WERE FEEDING HER. 143 00:07:41,689 --> 00:07:46,275 I WAS 8 THEN, AND I HAD GOTTEN UP TO 170 POUNDS. 144 00:07:46,275 --> 00:07:50,586 AND MY WEIGHT GAIN JUST GOT WORSE AS I GOT OLDER, 145 00:07:50,586 --> 00:07:53,655 BECAUSE THINGS KEPT GETTING WORSE BETWEEN MY MOM AND MY DAD 146 00:07:53,655 --> 00:07:55,379 AND I STARTED TO GET REALLY DEPRESSED, 147 00:07:55,379 --> 00:07:59,172 AND ATE MORE TO DEAL WITH THAT. 148 00:07:59,172 --> 00:08:03,137 MY DAD STARTED TO GET SO BIG HE WAS BECOMING IMMOBILE, 149 00:08:03,137 --> 00:08:05,689 AND MY MOM WAS GETTING TO A BREAKING POINT WITH IT ALL. 150 00:08:05,689 --> 00:08:08,206 SHE JUST GOT FED UP BECAUSE OF WHAT IT DID TO HER, 151 00:08:08,206 --> 00:08:10,275 AND HOW HIS EATING HABITS AFFECTED ME 152 00:08:10,275 --> 00:08:14,413 AS I GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER, 153 00:08:14,413 --> 00:08:17,310 BECAUSE I WAS GAINING A LOT AT A VERY QUICK RATE 154 00:08:17,310 --> 00:08:21,448 AND HIT 300 POUNDS WHEN I WAS 12. 155 00:08:21,448 --> 00:08:23,965 BUT THAT'S AROUND WHEN THINGS GOT TO THEIR WORST POINT 156 00:08:23,965 --> 00:08:26,793 BETWEEN MY DAD AND MY MOM. 157 00:08:26,793 --> 00:08:30,000 THEY WERE CONSTANTLY ARGUING AND FIGHTING OVER THINGS. 158 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,931 AND I TOOK IT VERY HARD BECAUSE I HAD ALWAYS BEEN 159 00:08:31,931 --> 00:08:33,620 A DADDY'S GIRL, AND THEN REALIZED 160 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:36,172 JUST HOW VERBALLY ABUSIVE 161 00:08:36,172 --> 00:08:38,793 AND MANIPULATIVE MY FATHER COULD BE. 162 00:08:38,793 --> 00:08:41,896 AND I STARTED TAKING MY MOM'S SIDE. 163 00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:46,448 THAT'S WHEN HIS ANGER TURNED TO ME. 164 00:08:46,448 --> 00:08:50,241 I WAS HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO MY DAD, 165 00:08:50,241 --> 00:08:52,068 I USED TO THINK HE WALKED ON WATER. 166 00:08:52,068 --> 00:08:55,758 AND THEN WHEN I STARTED TO DEFEND MY MOM, 167 00:08:55,758 --> 00:08:59,344 I REALIZED JUST HOW MEAN 168 00:08:59,344 --> 00:09:02,517 AND HATEFUL OF A PERSON HE COULD BE. 169 00:09:02,517 --> 00:09:06,862 HE CALLED ME ALL THESE NAMES, AND I STARTED TO BELIEVE HIM. 170 00:09:06,862 --> 00:09:08,931 HE WOULD CALL ME A LITTLE [BLEEP] 171 00:09:08,931 --> 00:09:10,862 HE WOULD CALL ME FAT [BLEEP] 172 00:09:10,862 --> 00:09:14,241 HE WOULD CALL ME "THE LITTLE [BLEEP]" 173 00:09:14,241 --> 00:09:17,413 IT WENT FROM BEING LIKE THE CENTER OF HIS WORLD 174 00:09:17,413 --> 00:09:22,206 TO BEING JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF [BLEEP] DOWN THE WAY. 175 00:09:22,206 --> 00:09:24,137 I HAD VERY LOW SELF-CONFIDENCE, 176 00:09:24,137 --> 00:09:29,655 AND THAT JUST MADE WHAT LITTLE BIT I HAD LEFT DISAPPEAR. 177 00:09:29,655 --> 00:09:33,344 SO I WENT FROM ADMIRING MY DAD 178 00:09:33,344 --> 00:09:37,758 IN A MATTER OF A YEAR TO DESPISING HIM. 179 00:09:37,758 --> 00:09:41,448 MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY DAD NEVER REALLY RECOVERED. 180 00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:45,034 SO THAT WAS A REALLY PAINFUL TIME, LOSING THAT RELATIONSHIP. 181 00:09:45,034 --> 00:09:49,068 SO I JUST WENT TO FOOD WITH ALL OF THAT. 182 00:09:49,068 --> 00:09:52,310 AND I PUT ON 200 POUNDS IN TWO YEARS, 183 00:09:52,310 --> 00:09:58,103 AND WAS OVER 500 WHEN I STARTED HIGH SCHOOL AT 14. 184 00:09:58,103 --> 00:10:00,758 MY HEALTH JUST CONTINUED TO GET MUCH WORSE FROM THERE, 185 00:10:00,758 --> 00:10:02,655 BECAUSE MY LYMPHEDEMA ON MY LEGS 186 00:10:02,655 --> 00:10:06,448 STARTED TO DEVELOP WHEN I WAS 16. 187 00:10:06,448 --> 00:10:09,413 SO THAT WAS WHEN IT STARTED TO GET HARDER TO GET AROUND 188 00:10:09,413 --> 00:10:13,965 AND STAY ACTIVE, SO I STARTED DOING A LOT LESS. 189 00:10:13,965 --> 00:10:18,586 AND IT GOT SO BAD THAT I HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL, 190 00:10:18,586 --> 00:10:19,931 AND THAT WAS HUMILIATING 191 00:10:19,931 --> 00:10:22,689 AND I STARTED TO GET EVEN MORE DEPRESSED. 192 00:10:22,689 --> 00:10:24,965 EVENTUALLY, WE FOUND AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL 193 00:10:24,965 --> 00:10:29,206 THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE MY NEEDS. 194 00:10:29,206 --> 00:10:32,931 AND I WAS ABLE TO GET MY HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE AND GRADUATE. 195 00:10:32,931 --> 00:10:36,931 AND AT THAT POINT, I WAS AROUND 560. 196 00:10:36,931 --> 00:10:40,379 I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT MY WEIGHT WAS GETTING SO BAD. 197 00:10:40,379 --> 00:10:43,448 I WAS 18, BUT I WAS STILL TRYING TO DO WHAT I COULD 198 00:10:43,448 --> 00:10:45,517 TO HAVE A LIFE. 199 00:10:45,517 --> 00:10:47,827 AND I DECIDED TO GO TO CULINARY SCHOOL, 200 00:10:47,827 --> 00:10:50,344 AND I ACTUALLY DID WELL AND LOVED IT. 201 00:10:50,344 --> 00:10:54,275 COOKING WAS A DREAM JOB FOR ME. 202 00:10:54,275 --> 00:10:57,206 BUT MY WEIGHT GOT IN THE WAY OF THAT, TOO. 203 00:10:57,206 --> 00:10:59,344 I WAS A COOK FOR A BANQUET AT A CASINO, 204 00:10:59,344 --> 00:11:01,103 SO I COULDN'T GET AROUND FAST ENOUGH 205 00:11:01,103 --> 00:11:04,862 TO GET THE FOOD OUT LIKE I NEEDED. 206 00:11:04,862 --> 00:11:06,103 SO I LOST MY JOB. 207 00:11:06,103 --> 00:11:10,655 AND AT THE SAME TIME, MY PARENTS SEPARATED. 208 00:11:10,655 --> 00:11:13,724 SO IT JUST SEEMED LIKE MY WHOLE WORLD WAS IMPLODING, 209 00:11:13,724 --> 00:11:15,793 AND I TURNED INTO A SHUT-IN FOR A WHILE 210 00:11:15,793 --> 00:11:19,827 BECAUSE I WAS SO DEPRESSED. 211 00:11:19,827 --> 00:11:22,620 AND I, OF COURSE, KEPT EATING. 212 00:11:22,620 --> 00:11:27,551 I FELT LIKE THE ONLY THING I HAD WAS FOOD. 213 00:11:27,551 --> 00:11:30,310 BUT WHEN I WAS 24, I WAS PLAYING A GAME ONLINE 214 00:11:30,310 --> 00:11:35,172 WHICH I DID A LOT THEN AND I MET SOMEONE. 215 00:11:35,172 --> 00:11:37,896 WE STARTED TALKING, AND THEN WE JUST KIND OF HIT IT OFF. 216 00:11:37,896 --> 00:11:41,862 AND I KNEW THAT IF I WASN'T HONEST WITH HIM, 217 00:11:41,862 --> 00:11:43,793 IT COULD RUIN EVERYTHING. 218 00:11:43,793 --> 00:11:47,310 SO I TOLD HIM HOW MUCH I WEIGHED. 219 00:11:47,310 --> 00:11:49,241 I SHOWED HIM PICTURES. 220 00:11:49,241 --> 00:11:52,896 AND HE STILL WANTED TO BE WITH ME. 221 00:11:52,896 --> 00:11:55,620 SO OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE GOT REALLY SERIOUS. 222 00:11:55,620 --> 00:12:00,034 AND HE ASKED ME TO MOVE IN WITH HIM, AND I SAID YES. 223 00:12:00,034 --> 00:12:02,482 SO I MOVED OUT OF MY MOM'S HOUSE AND IN WITH HIM, 224 00:12:02,482 --> 00:12:06,620 AND WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 225 00:12:06,620 --> 00:12:10,137 BUT IN THAT TIME, AARON HAS HAD TO BECOME MY CAREGIVER. 226 00:12:10,137 --> 00:12:11,482 WITH EACH YEAR THAT'S PASSED, 227 00:12:11,482 --> 00:12:13,379 I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO LESS AND LESS. 228 00:12:13,379 --> 00:12:16,068 SO I'M NOT ABLE TO WORK OR DO ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE 229 00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:19,724 TO THE FINANCES, AND THAT'S NOW MADE AARON 230 00:12:19,724 --> 00:12:24,379 HAVE TO TAKE ON TWO JOBS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT US. 231 00:12:24,379 --> 00:12:27,137 SO I FEEL LIKE I'M TURNING OUT TO BE JUST LIKE MY DAD. 232 00:12:27,137 --> 00:12:31,310 I AM DOING TO AARON WHAT MY DAD DID TO MY MOM. 233 00:12:31,310 --> 00:12:34,827 AND SEEING HOW MY DAD'S HEALTH HAS DECLINED, 234 00:12:34,827 --> 00:12:39,724 AND ALL THIS DUE TO THE WAY HE ATE, 235 00:12:39,724 --> 00:12:42,965 I AM TERRIFIED THAT I'M GONNA END UP 236 00:12:42,965 --> 00:12:46,448 IN THE SAME POSITION HE IS. 237 00:12:46,448 --> 00:12:49,137 AND I'M WORSE NOW THAN I'VE EVER BEEN. 238 00:12:49,137 --> 00:12:52,310 I'M 28, I'M AT LEAST 650 POUNDS, 239 00:12:52,310 --> 00:12:56,413 AND NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM BEING BEDRIDDEN. 240 00:12:56,413 --> 00:12:58,689 AT THIS POINT, I DON'T EVEN HAVE A LIFE. 241 00:12:58,689 --> 00:13:00,965 I JUST SIT IN MY ROOM PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, 242 00:13:00,965 --> 00:13:04,793 AND WATCH MOVIES AND TV SHOWS. 243 00:13:04,793 --> 00:13:06,517 I'M LETTING MY WEIGHT DESTROY MY LIFE, 244 00:13:06,517 --> 00:13:09,000 AND IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE. 245 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,413 AND I'M SCARED SOON, IT'S GONNA GET TO A POINT 246 00:13:11,413 --> 00:13:15,344 WHERE IT'S TOO MUCH FOR AARON AND HE'S GONNA LEAVE ME. 247 00:13:15,344 --> 00:13:17,586 WE'RE ALREADY NOT REALLY BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND. 248 00:13:17,586 --> 00:13:19,310 WE CAN'T BE INTIMATE. 249 00:13:19,310 --> 00:13:23,000 AND I'VE TOLD HIM BEFORE, IF HE WANTED AN OPEN RELATIONSHIP 250 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,206 SO THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN, 251 00:13:25,206 --> 00:13:29,172 I WAS OKAY AND I UNDERSTOOD, AND WE WOULD MAKE RULES. 252 00:13:29,172 --> 00:13:31,206 AND HE DIDN'T WANT THAT. 253 00:13:31,206 --> 00:13:32,517 BUT I DON'T WANT MY WEIGHT 254 00:13:32,517 --> 00:13:35,172 TO COST ME MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 255 00:13:35,172 --> 00:13:36,586 IT'S ALREADY BECOME A RIFT 256 00:13:36,586 --> 00:13:39,310 IN THE ONLY OTHER CLOSE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE -- 257 00:13:39,310 --> 00:13:41,413 MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MOM -- 258 00:13:41,413 --> 00:13:42,896 BECAUSE IT GOT TO A POINT WITH HER 259 00:13:42,896 --> 00:13:45,724 WHERE ALL SHE DID WAS GUILT ME ABOUT MY WEIGHT. 260 00:13:45,724 --> 00:13:49,241 SO I DON'T TALK MUCH TO HER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THAT. 261 00:13:49,241 --> 00:13:51,965 SHE GOT ANGRY OVER SOMETHING I SAID TO HER 262 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:54,379 THAT WAS TOO BRUTALLY HONEST, APPARENTLY. 263 00:13:54,379 --> 00:13:56,241 AND I JUST TOLD HER, "OKAY. 264 00:13:56,241 --> 00:13:57,965 WHEN YOU'RE DONE THROWING YOUR DADDY TEMPER-TANTRUM, 265 00:13:57,965 --> 00:14:01,931 YOU CAN CALL ME." 266 00:14:01,931 --> 00:14:05,068 I KNOW HOW BAD IT IS NOW. 267 00:14:05,068 --> 00:14:07,724 BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I'D BEGIN TO GIVE UP THE WAY 268 00:14:07,724 --> 00:14:10,241 I CONSTANTLY NEED FOOD AND WANT IT. 269 00:14:10,241 --> 00:14:11,655 ♪♪ 270 00:14:11,655 --> 00:14:12,793 -HEY. -HEY, WHAT'S UP? 271 00:14:12,793 --> 00:14:14,931 -ARE YOU READY? -YEAH. 272 00:14:14,931 --> 00:14:16,379 YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HELP ME UP. 273 00:14:16,379 --> 00:14:18,551 -ALL RIGHT. -MY HIP'S PRETTY BAD TODAY. 274 00:14:18,551 --> 00:14:22,000 ONE, TWO, THREE. 275 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,137 TIFFANY AND I DATED ABOUT SIX MONTHS ONLINE 276 00:14:24,137 --> 00:14:25,931 BEFORE WE MET IN PERSON. 277 00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:27,758 WHEN I FIRST MET TIFFANY IN PERSON, 278 00:14:27,758 --> 00:14:29,517 I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW BIG SHE WAS. 279 00:14:29,517 --> 00:14:30,793 BUT I LOVED WHO SHE WAS, 280 00:14:30,793 --> 00:14:36,172 SO I DIDN'T REALLY LET IT AFFECT ME. 281 00:14:36,172 --> 00:14:39,551 I'M BARELY ABLE TO FUNCTION AND GET AROUND. 282 00:14:39,551 --> 00:14:41,275 BUT IF I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GO SHOPPING 283 00:14:41,275 --> 00:14:42,482 AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT, 284 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:45,448 I WILL PUSH MYSELF TO TRY AND GO OUT. 285 00:14:45,448 --> 00:14:48,793 BUT I CAN BARELY FIT IN THE CAR NOW, AND I GET EASILY WINDED. 286 00:14:48,793 --> 00:14:54,793 ♪♪ 287 00:14:54,793 --> 00:14:59,103 SO IF I'M GONNA TRY AND SHOP, I HAVE TO GET A MOTORIZED CART. 288 00:14:59,103 --> 00:15:01,344 AND IF WHERE WE GO DOESN'T HAVE ONE, 289 00:15:01,344 --> 00:15:03,724 I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO WALK THAT FAR. 290 00:15:03,724 --> 00:15:08,068 ♪♪ 291 00:15:08,068 --> 00:15:12,413 ♪♪ 292 00:15:12,413 --> 00:15:16,758 ♪♪ 293 00:15:16,758 --> 00:15:18,000 HOW YOU FEELING? 294 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,655 I HAVE HURTS. 295 00:15:20,655 --> 00:15:23,724 DO THEY HAVE ANY OF THE SITTING CARTS AVAILABLE? 296 00:15:23,724 --> 00:15:25,724 UM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. 297 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:29,482 ALL RIGHT. 298 00:15:29,482 --> 00:15:34,000 SHOPPING FOR FOOD IS SOMETHING THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE. 299 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,517 ASIDE FROM EATING, IT'S MY FAVORITE THING TO DO. 300 00:15:37,517 --> 00:15:39,689 I LIKE BUTTERSCOTCH. 301 00:15:39,689 --> 00:15:41,448 AND IT FILLS ME WITH SUCH EXCITEMENT 302 00:15:41,448 --> 00:15:43,862 WHEN I FIND WHAT I WANT. 303 00:15:43,862 --> 00:15:46,758 BUT ALL THIS ACTIVITY TAKES A TOLL ON ME, 304 00:15:46,758 --> 00:15:49,482 AND IT GETS TO BE SO HARD TO MOVE. 305 00:15:49,482 --> 00:15:50,862 I KIND OF WANNA JUST GO SIT DOWN. 306 00:15:50,862 --> 00:15:52,413 MY HIP HURTS REALLY BAD. 307 00:15:52,413 --> 00:15:54,551 ALL RIGHT. 308 00:15:54,551 --> 00:15:57,310 THANK YOU. 309 00:15:57,310 --> 00:16:01,310 MY HIP AND MY LEGS ARE IN SO MUCH PAIN, 310 00:16:01,310 --> 00:16:03,586 AND IT TAKES JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN ME 311 00:16:03,586 --> 00:16:06,620 TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE CAR. 312 00:16:06,620 --> 00:16:09,310 IT'S SO EXHAUSTING. 313 00:16:09,310 --> 00:16:12,310 [ CAR HORN HONKS ] 314 00:16:12,310 --> 00:16:15,103 [ HONKING CONTINUES ] 315 00:16:26,413 --> 00:16:28,896 I'M SORRY, MISS. I AM HANDICAPPED. 316 00:16:28,896 --> 00:16:30,931 I CAN'T WALK VERY FAST. 317 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,586 STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WHEN I GO OUT. 318 00:16:38,586 --> 00:16:40,310 PEOPLE EITHER STARE AND POINT AT ME, 319 00:16:40,310 --> 00:16:44,620 OR THEY MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW I'M IN THE WAY. 320 00:16:44,620 --> 00:16:46,517 PEOPLE ARE REALLY BRUTAL AND JUDGMENTAL 321 00:16:46,517 --> 00:16:48,862 WHEN YOU'RE MY SIZE, 322 00:16:48,862 --> 00:16:50,758 AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS 323 00:16:50,758 --> 00:16:53,413 FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME TO DO THIS AND GET AROUND. 324 00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:55,827 ♪♪ 325 00:16:55,827 --> 00:16:59,827 I TRY TO IGNORE IT, BUT YOU NEVER REALLY GET USED TO IT. 326 00:16:59,827 --> 00:17:03,034 ♪♪ 327 00:17:03,034 --> 00:17:04,517 -HEY, BABE. -YEAH? 328 00:17:04,517 --> 00:17:07,655 CAN YOU BRING ME THE COOKIES? 329 00:17:07,655 --> 00:17:08,931 I NEED THOSE, PLEASE. 330 00:17:08,931 --> 00:17:11,724 ALL RIGHT. 331 00:17:11,724 --> 00:17:13,724 I'M STARVING. 332 00:17:13,724 --> 00:17:18,379 ♪♪ 333 00:17:18,379 --> 00:17:19,551 SO, I WAS THINKING ON THE WAY HOME, 334 00:17:19,551 --> 00:17:21,931 WE COULD STOP BY AND PICK UP SOME FOOD. 335 00:17:21,931 --> 00:17:23,758 -IS THAT OKAY? -YEAH, IF YOU'RE HUNGRY. 336 00:17:23,758 --> 00:17:25,862 YEAH, I AM. 337 00:17:25,862 --> 00:17:31,655 ♪♪ 338 00:17:31,655 --> 00:17:34,000 Man: WELCOME TO MCDONALD'S. WHAT'LL IT BE TODAY? 339 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,931 CAN I GET THE DOUBLE QUARTER POUNDER MEAL, LARGE? 340 00:17:37,931 --> 00:17:39,724 AN ORDER OF 20-PIECE NUGGETS, AS WELL? 341 00:17:39,724 --> 00:17:41,034 COOKIES, AS WELL? 342 00:17:41,034 --> 00:17:43,103 ALL RIGHT. $30.63 AT THE WINDOW, PLEASE. 343 00:17:43,103 --> 00:17:44,931 THANK YOU. 344 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:47,068 HELLO. 345 00:17:47,068 --> 00:17:50,379 ♪♪ 346 00:17:50,379 --> 00:17:56,068 NO MATTER WHAT I EAT OR HOW MUCH I EAT, I NEVER SEEM TO GET FULL. 347 00:17:56,068 --> 00:17:58,068 AND I WOULD EAT NONSTOP IF I COULD. 348 00:17:58,068 --> 00:18:03,724 ♪♪ 349 00:18:03,724 --> 00:18:07,241 I KNOW I EAT WAY TOO MUCH. 350 00:18:07,241 --> 00:18:09,931 THE PROBLEM ISN'T UNDERSTANDING THAT. 351 00:18:09,931 --> 00:18:13,137 IT'S NOT BEING ABLE TO CHANGE THAT. 352 00:18:13,137 --> 00:18:14,620 AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SCARED ABOUT, 353 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:17,000 BECAUSE I FEEL ALL THE THINGS IN MY BODY 354 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,689 TELLING ME THAT I'M GETTING TO A POINT 355 00:18:18,689 --> 00:18:20,896 WHERE I WON'T BE ABLE TO GO ON. 356 00:18:20,896 --> 00:18:25,172 ♪♪ 357 00:18:25,172 --> 00:18:26,896 I'M DONE, BUT I'M STILL HUNGRY. 358 00:18:26,896 --> 00:18:29,551 -ALL RIGHT. -CAN YOU ORDER ME A PIZZA? 359 00:18:29,551 --> 00:18:31,586 ALL RIGHT. 360 00:18:31,586 --> 00:18:34,655 Aaron: MY BIGGEST FEAR FOR TIFFANY IS DEATH. 361 00:18:34,655 --> 00:18:37,896 IT DEFINITELY IS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE OF HER WEIGHT. 362 00:18:37,896 --> 00:18:39,827 HER HEART COULD GIVE OUT AT ANY MOMENT, 363 00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,344 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEAR. 364 00:18:41,344 --> 00:18:44,034 SO I WANT TIFFANY TO LOSE WEIGHT NOT ONLY FOR HER LIFE, 365 00:18:44,034 --> 00:18:46,310 BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP AS WELL. 366 00:18:46,310 --> 00:18:49,482 BUT IF TIFFANY WANTS A SPECIFIC FOOD, I GET IT 367 00:18:49,482 --> 00:18:51,655 BECAUSE I JUST -- I DON'T KNOW. I JUST WANT HER TO BE HAPPY. 368 00:18:51,655 --> 00:18:55,137 ♪♪ 369 00:18:55,137 --> 00:18:57,310 Tiffany: I'M NOT READY TO DIE. 370 00:18:57,310 --> 00:19:01,172 I STILL HAVE DREAMS OF HAVING A FAMILY AND KIDS. 371 00:19:01,172 --> 00:19:04,344 BUT I'M ALSO NOT READY TO GIVE UP FOOD, 372 00:19:04,344 --> 00:19:07,310 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 373 00:19:07,310 --> 00:19:09,275 BECAUSE AT THIS RATE, I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY 374 00:19:09,275 --> 00:19:11,827 I COULD GO ON LIKE THIS MUCH LONGER 375 00:19:11,827 --> 00:19:13,827 AND THAT I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 376 00:19:18,172 --> 00:19:22,965 ♪♪ 377 00:19:22,965 --> 00:19:27,862 ♪♪ 378 00:19:27,862 --> 00:19:32,827 ♪♪ 379 00:19:32,827 --> 00:19:34,793 TODAY IS A REALLY BIG DAY FOR ME. 380 00:19:34,793 --> 00:19:37,724 ME AND AARON ARE FLYING TO HOUSTON TO SEE DR. NOW 381 00:19:37,724 --> 00:19:41,620 TO TRY AND GET THE HELP I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. 382 00:19:41,620 --> 00:19:43,000 MY APPOINTMENT IS TOMORROW, 383 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,275 SO TODAY MY FOCUS IS JUST GETTING TO HOUSTON. 384 00:19:46,275 --> 00:19:47,896 AND IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE 385 00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:50,586 THAT I'LL FLY ON A PLANE, 386 00:19:50,586 --> 00:19:52,448 AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT 387 00:19:52,448 --> 00:19:55,655 OR IF I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO EVEN DO THIS. 388 00:19:55,655 --> 00:19:58,310 BUT I KNOW I HAVE TO TRY. 389 00:20:01,413 --> 00:20:03,793 ...I'LL EVER BE ON AN AIRPLANE. 390 00:20:03,793 --> 00:20:06,137 Aaron: YEAH. 391 00:20:06,137 --> 00:20:09,137 YEAH, I'M KIND OF TERRIFIED 'CAUSE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD 392 00:20:09,137 --> 00:20:12,275 THAT AIRPLANE BATHROOMS ARE REALLY SMALL. 393 00:20:12,275 --> 00:20:14,344 'CAUSE I DID TAKE MY WATER PILL THIS MORNING, 394 00:20:14,344 --> 00:20:16,862 AND THAT'S GONNA MAKE ME HAVE TO GO PEE. 395 00:20:18,896 --> 00:20:23,172 ♪♪ 396 00:20:23,172 --> 00:20:27,448 AARON CALLED THE AIRPORT TO FIND OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS. 397 00:20:27,448 --> 00:20:29,551 THEY DID TELL US WE CAN VALET THE CAR 398 00:20:29,551 --> 00:20:32,551 SO I DON'T HAVE TO WALK FROM THE PARKING AREAS, 399 00:20:32,551 --> 00:20:34,724 AND THEY'LL HAVE A WHEELCHAIR WAITING FOR ME. 400 00:20:36,724 --> 00:20:39,344 ALL RIGHT. 401 00:20:39,344 --> 00:20:41,827 I JUST HOPE IT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR ME. 402 00:20:41,827 --> 00:20:43,344 -HELLO, MA'AM. -THANK YOU. 403 00:20:43,344 --> 00:20:46,379 YOU'RE WELCOME, MA'AM. 404 00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:49,172 OKAY. 405 00:20:49,172 --> 00:20:52,655 THIS IS EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING. 406 00:20:52,655 --> 00:20:54,103 THERE WE GO. 407 00:20:54,103 --> 00:20:57,758 I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE'S JUST STARING BECAUSE OF HOW BIG I AM, 408 00:20:57,758 --> 00:20:59,413 SO I JUST WANNA GET TO THE PLANE 409 00:20:59,413 --> 00:21:03,482 AND GET THIS ALL OVER WITH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 410 00:21:03,482 --> 00:21:05,551 Man: SHE'S GONNA NEED AT LEAST TWO TICKETS. 411 00:21:05,551 --> 00:21:08,379 ALL RIGHT. 412 00:21:09,827 --> 00:21:11,931 -ALL RIGHT. -THANK YOU. 413 00:21:11,931 --> 00:21:14,034 -YEAH. -OKAY, LET'S GO. 414 00:21:14,034 --> 00:21:19,517 ♪♪ 415 00:21:19,517 --> 00:21:23,275 I REALLY HOPE DOING THIS ISN'T A BIG MISTAKE. 416 00:21:23,275 --> 00:21:25,793 I DON'T LIKE BEING AROUND CROWDS LIKE THIS, 417 00:21:25,793 --> 00:21:30,413 AND I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND THIS MANY PEOPLE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. 418 00:21:30,413 --> 00:21:31,827 THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON 419 00:21:31,827 --> 00:21:34,896 WHO ISN'T STARING OR GAWKING AT ME RIGHT NOW, 420 00:21:34,896 --> 00:21:37,517 SO I'M REALLY QUESTIONING THIS WHOLE TRIP 421 00:21:37,517 --> 00:21:41,448 AND DOING THIS. 422 00:21:41,448 --> 00:21:43,172 OKAY. 423 00:21:43,172 --> 00:21:44,310 -AWESOME. -YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 424 00:21:44,310 --> 00:21:47,517 -THANK YOU. -YOU'RE WELCOME. 425 00:21:50,551 --> 00:21:55,655 ALL RIGHT. 426 00:21:55,655 --> 00:21:57,482 -ARE YOU READY? -YEAH. 427 00:21:57,482 --> 00:22:01,206 I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO FIT IN ANY AIRPLANE BATHROOM, 428 00:22:01,206 --> 00:22:03,689 AND I CAN'T HOLD IT THE WHOLE TIME. 429 00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:06,689 BUT I'M NOT GONNA LET MYSELF HAVE AN ACCIDENT ON THE PLANE, 430 00:22:06,689 --> 00:22:08,517 SO I NEED TO GO NOW. 431 00:22:08,517 --> 00:22:10,586 Woman: SOUTHWEST FLIGHT 1281 432 00:22:10,586 --> 00:22:13,793 IN THE FINAL BOARDING PROCESS FOR THIS FLIGHT. 433 00:22:13,793 --> 00:22:17,482 AND NOW OUR PLANE IS BOARDING, SO THIS IS NOT GOOD. 434 00:22:17,482 --> 00:22:21,551 ♪♪ 435 00:22:21,551 --> 00:22:24,275 I'LL HAVE TO HOLD IT THE WHOLE WAY THERE, 436 00:22:24,275 --> 00:22:26,827 AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN. 437 00:22:26,827 --> 00:22:30,172 ♪♪ 438 00:22:30,172 --> 00:22:33,551 ♪♪ 439 00:22:33,551 --> 00:22:36,827 THIS IS PRETTY MUCH MY NIGHTMARE SCENARIO, 440 00:22:36,827 --> 00:22:38,655 SO I'M REALLY QUESTIONING THIS WHOLE TRIP 441 00:22:38,655 --> 00:22:40,413 AND DOING THIS RIGHT NOW. 442 00:22:40,413 --> 00:22:42,482 SORRY. 443 00:22:42,482 --> 00:22:44,206 I'M ALREADY AN EMOTIONAL WRECK, 444 00:22:44,206 --> 00:22:48,275 AND I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HANDLE MUCH MORE EMBARRASSMENT. 445 00:22:48,275 --> 00:22:51,068 [ GRUNTS ] 446 00:22:51,068 --> 00:22:54,517 MY FEET ARE A LITTLE ASLEEP. 447 00:22:54,517 --> 00:22:56,517 ♪♪ 448 00:22:56,517 --> 00:23:01,965 THIS IS SO STRESSFUL, SO MY ANXIETY'S THROUGH THE ROOF. 449 00:23:01,965 --> 00:23:07,310 I'M JUST GLAD I HAVE AARON WITH ME TO HELP ME. 450 00:23:07,310 --> 00:23:09,551 IT WAS EMBARRASSING TO HAVE TO GET TWO SEATS, 451 00:23:09,551 --> 00:23:14,137 BUT I'M GLAD I HAVE THEM BECAUSE IT DOES HELP. 452 00:23:14,137 --> 00:23:16,827 AND I KNOW ONCE I EAT, I'LL CALM DOWN AND FEEL BETTER. 453 00:23:16,827 --> 00:23:21,206 ♪♪ 454 00:23:21,206 --> 00:23:23,448 AND THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO FIT 455 00:23:23,448 --> 00:23:27,310 IN THE ONE ON THE PLANE, SO I JUST HOPE I CAN MAKE IT. 456 00:23:27,310 --> 00:23:33,206 ♪♪ 457 00:23:33,206 --> 00:23:34,758 WE'VE BEEN FLYING FOR OVER FOUR HOURS, 458 00:23:34,758 --> 00:23:37,655 AND THANKFULLY, WE'RE ALMOST THERE. 459 00:23:37,655 --> 00:23:40,000 IT HASN'T BEEN AS RESTFUL AS I WAS HOPING, 460 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,896 BECAUSE I NEEDED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM THE WHOLE TIME. 461 00:23:43,896 --> 00:23:46,689 SO IF I DON'T GET OFF AND INTO A BATHROOM SOON, 462 00:23:46,689 --> 00:23:48,379 I'M GONNA HAVE AN ACCIDENT. 463 00:23:48,379 --> 00:23:52,620 ♪♪ 464 00:23:55,482 --> 00:23:57,586 ALL RIGHT. 465 00:23:57,586 --> 00:24:01,896 OH, I'M GOOD. 466 00:24:01,896 --> 00:24:04,034 Woman: YEAH. 467 00:24:04,034 --> 00:24:07,379 ♪♪ 468 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:10,724 ♪♪ 469 00:24:14,448 --> 00:24:16,862 OKAY, I GOT IT. 470 00:24:33,689 --> 00:24:37,896 I'M REALLY EMBARRASSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAD TO GO IN MY PANTS. 471 00:24:37,896 --> 00:24:41,034 BUT NOW I NEED TO CLEAN UP AND CHANGE MY UNDERWEAR. 472 00:24:41,034 --> 00:24:43,862 BUT THE SAD REALITY IS, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME 473 00:24:43,862 --> 00:24:46,793 THAT IT'S HAPPENED BECAUSE OF MY WEIGHT AND MOBILITY. 474 00:24:48,896 --> 00:24:53,000 AND THAT IS HUMILIATING FOR ANY GROWN ADULT, TO -- 475 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,275 TO HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR CLOTHES 476 00:24:54,275 --> 00:24:58,586 BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T QUITE MAKE IT. 477 00:24:58,586 --> 00:25:00,689 BUT THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW, 478 00:25:00,689 --> 00:25:03,586 EXCEPT TO MOVE ON AND GET TO WHERE I NEED. 479 00:25:03,586 --> 00:25:06,068 ♪♪ 480 00:25:06,068 --> 00:25:09,448 I'M COMPLETELY WIPED OUT AND EXTREMELY SORE, 481 00:25:09,448 --> 00:25:12,931 AND I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE'S STARING AT ME AGAIN. 482 00:25:12,931 --> 00:25:14,965 I FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE PEOPLE JUDGING 483 00:25:14,965 --> 00:25:17,034 IN THIS LESS-CROWDED AIRPORT THAN THERE WAS IN THE -- 484 00:25:17,034 --> 00:25:18,241 WHY'S THAT? 485 00:25:18,241 --> 00:25:20,586 BECAUSE I'VE SEEN MORE PEOPLE STARE, LIKE -- 486 00:25:20,586 --> 00:25:22,931 YEAH. 487 00:25:22,931 --> 00:25:24,413 Tiffany: THANKFULLY, WE DON'T HAVE BAGS TO GET 488 00:25:24,413 --> 00:25:28,137 SINCE WE TOOK OUR ONLY LUGGAGE WITH US ON THE PLANE. 489 00:25:28,137 --> 00:25:30,620 SO WE CAN JUST GO GET A CAB AND GET TO THE HOTEL, 490 00:25:30,620 --> 00:25:32,241 AND I CAN REST 491 00:25:32,241 --> 00:25:37,310 AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT BECAUSE I'M STARVING. 492 00:25:37,310 --> 00:25:39,896 THE ONLY WORRY I HAVE NOW IS WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE 493 00:25:39,896 --> 00:25:41,586 THEY HAVE WITH THE CABS, 494 00:25:41,586 --> 00:25:44,655 AND IF I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND ONE THAT I CAN FIT IN. 495 00:25:44,655 --> 00:25:50,275 ♪♪ 496 00:25:50,275 --> 00:25:55,862 ♪♪ 497 00:25:59,206 --> 00:26:01,413 OH, NO. YOU'RE FINE. 498 00:26:01,413 --> 00:26:04,758 ♪♪ 499 00:26:04,758 --> 00:26:07,379 THIS STILL LOOKS LIKE A TIGHT SQUEEZE. 500 00:26:07,379 --> 00:26:09,000 ♪♪ 501 00:26:15,689 --> 00:26:18,103 YEAH. 502 00:26:18,103 --> 00:26:22,689 ♪♪ 503 00:26:22,689 --> 00:26:25,103 THIS IS TIGHT, BUT I'M FITTING. 504 00:26:30,586 --> 00:26:32,310 THAT WAS THE LAST BIG OBSTACLE, 505 00:26:32,310 --> 00:26:36,068 SO I'M HOPING NOW WE CAN GET SOME FOOD AND THEN REST. 506 00:26:36,068 --> 00:26:38,620 BUT I'M STARVING RIGHT NOW. 507 00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:42,482 ♪♪ 508 00:26:42,482 --> 00:26:46,413 ♪♪ 509 00:26:46,413 --> 00:26:48,586 ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. 510 00:26:48,586 --> 00:26:54,448 ♪♪ 511 00:26:56,896 --> 00:27:00,310 I THINK I'M GONNA GO FOR THE NUMBER ONE COMBO. 512 00:27:00,310 --> 00:27:03,862 CAN I GET A NUMBER ONE COMBO, PLEASE? 513 00:27:03,862 --> 00:27:05,068 A [BLEEP] MILKSHAKE. 514 00:27:05,068 --> 00:27:07,793 [BLEEP] MILKSHAKE. 515 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:09,586 -LARGE. -LARGE. AND THEN, 516 00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:12,413 CAN I GET AN ORDER OF THE THREE-PIECE CHICKEN STRIPS? 517 00:27:12,413 --> 00:27:14,620 AND THE, CAN I GET A NUMBER TWO PLEASE, MEDIUM? 518 00:27:14,620 --> 00:27:19,103 -ANYTHING ELSE? -THAT'LL BE IT. 519 00:27:19,103 --> 00:27:21,103 THANK YOU. 520 00:27:21,103 --> 00:27:24,103 Tiffany: I KNOW TOMORROW, MY LIFE WILL CHANGE. 521 00:27:24,103 --> 00:27:26,655 AT LEAST, I'M HOPING IT WILL. 522 00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:31,620 BUT IF DR. NOW SAYS HE CAN HELP ME 523 00:27:31,620 --> 00:27:33,965 AND LETS ME DO HIS PROGRAM, 524 00:27:33,965 --> 00:27:35,275 THEN THAT'LL PROBABLY MEAN 525 00:27:35,275 --> 00:27:37,586 ALL BAD FOOD IS GONE FOR A WHILE. 526 00:27:37,586 --> 00:27:39,758 AND THAT'S GONNA BE HARD. 527 00:27:43,758 --> 00:27:48,034 BUT I'M PROUD OF MYSELF FOR WHAT I'VE DONE TODAY. 528 00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:49,862 IT'S SUCH A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT FOR ME 529 00:27:49,862 --> 00:27:51,275 TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS 530 00:27:51,275 --> 00:27:55,034 AND MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO HOUSTON. 531 00:27:55,034 --> 00:27:59,379 AND HOPEFULLY, TOMORROW WILL BE START OF A NEW LIFE FOR ME, 532 00:27:59,379 --> 00:28:01,517 AND I'LL FINALLY GET THE HELP I'VE NEEDED 533 00:28:01,517 --> 00:28:03,758 TO TRY AND SAVE MY LIFE. 534 00:28:03,758 --> 00:28:06,000 ♪♪ 535 00:28:09,482 --> 00:28:12,655 ♪♪ 536 00:28:12,655 --> 00:28:15,965 ♪♪ 537 00:28:15,965 --> 00:28:18,758 Tiffany: I'M FEELING REFRESHED SOME. 538 00:28:18,758 --> 00:28:20,827 GETTING A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP AFTER SUCH A LONG DAY 539 00:28:20,827 --> 00:28:23,620 TRAVELING FELT REALLY GOOD. 540 00:28:23,620 --> 00:28:26,862 BUT THAT'S JUST GONNA TAKE ME A LITTLE WHILE TO RECOVER FROM, 541 00:28:26,862 --> 00:28:29,655 BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE MOVING AROUND I DID YESTERDAY 542 00:28:29,655 --> 00:28:32,931 THAN I HAVE IN A REALLY LONG TIME. 543 00:28:32,931 --> 00:28:35,758 BUT RIGHT NOW, ME AND AARON ARE HEADED TO SEE DR. NOW 544 00:28:35,758 --> 00:28:38,172 FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT. 545 00:28:38,172 --> 00:28:40,862 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GONNA BE TOLD, 546 00:28:40,862 --> 00:28:42,862 AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GONNA COME UP 547 00:28:42,862 --> 00:28:45,034 WHEN I STEP ON THAT SCALE. 548 00:28:45,034 --> 00:28:48,068 SO ALL THAT'S REALLY SCARY. 549 00:28:48,068 --> 00:28:51,000 TIFFANY BARKER? 550 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,931 FOR MY WEIGHT, I'M HOPING TO BE IN THE LOW- TO MID-600s. 551 00:28:54,931 --> 00:28:56,931 I KNOW I'M AT LEAST THAT HIGH, 552 00:28:56,931 --> 00:28:59,965 BUT I'M JUST HOPING I'VE MANAGED TO STAY IN THAT RANGE 553 00:28:59,965 --> 00:29:02,620 AND THAT I HAVEN'T LET IT GET WORSE. 554 00:29:02,620 --> 00:29:06,172 BUT AT THIS POINT, I'M REALLY NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. 555 00:29:06,172 --> 00:29:09,862 ♪♪ 556 00:29:09,862 --> 00:29:12,517 THAT SUCKS. 557 00:29:12,517 --> 00:29:16,344 ♪♪ 558 00:29:16,344 --> 00:29:19,000 THAT'S DISAPPOINTING. 559 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,758 IT'S NEVER FUN TO SEE ANY BIG NUMBER COME UP ON A SCALE, 560 00:29:23,758 --> 00:29:28,448 BUT IT'S ESPECIALLY HARD WHEN IT'S A NUMBER LIKE THAT. 561 00:29:28,448 --> 00:29:30,482 I'M ASHAMED I'VE LET IT GET WORSE AND WORSE 562 00:29:30,482 --> 00:29:33,379 TO WHERE MY WEIGHT IS THAT HIGH NOW. 563 00:29:33,379 --> 00:29:36,137 SO I KNOW HOW BAD I NEED THIS HELP, 564 00:29:36,137 --> 00:29:37,448 BECAUSE IF I DON'T FIND A WAY 565 00:29:37,448 --> 00:29:40,068 TO GET THAT NUMBER TO START TO GO DOWN, 566 00:29:40,068 --> 00:29:42,206 THEN IT'S GONNA BE REALLY BAD FOR ME. 567 00:29:42,206 --> 00:29:45,862 [ KNOCKS ON DOOR ] 568 00:29:45,862 --> 00:29:47,137 -HELLO. -HELLO. 569 00:29:47,137 --> 00:29:48,448 HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? 570 00:29:48,448 --> 00:29:49,586 GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? 571 00:29:49,586 --> 00:29:50,793 I'M JUST FINE. 572 00:29:50,793 --> 00:29:53,586 ALL RIGHT, I'M DR. NOWZARADAN. AND YOU ARE TIFFANY? 573 00:29:53,586 --> 00:29:55,827 -YES. -AND...? 574 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:58,379 -AARON. -AARON. MY BOYFRIEND. 575 00:29:58,379 --> 00:29:59,586 ALL RIGHT. SO, TIFFANY, 576 00:29:59,586 --> 00:30:01,724 YOU'RE HERE TO GET HELP WITH YOUR WEIGHT 577 00:30:01,724 --> 00:30:04,862 BECAUSE YOU'RE AT 672 POUNDS. 578 00:30:04,862 --> 00:30:07,000 -YEAH. -THAT PUT YOUR BMI 579 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,931 AT ALMOST 112. 580 00:30:08,931 --> 00:30:13,724 NORMAL BMI IS 18 TO 25, SO THIS IS VERY HIGH BMI. 581 00:30:13,724 --> 00:30:16,965 AND I'M SURPRISED YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO GET AROUND, 582 00:30:16,965 --> 00:30:19,551 SO HOW MUCH YOU CAN WALK? 583 00:30:19,551 --> 00:30:24,793 AS OF RIGHT NOW, I COULD WALK MAYBE FOR FIVE MINUTES. 584 00:30:24,793 --> 00:30:26,862 AND YOU GET SHORT OF BREATH OR TIRED? 585 00:30:26,862 --> 00:30:28,448 SHORT OF BREATH. 586 00:30:28,448 --> 00:30:30,931 -AND ANY JOINT PAIN? -YES. 587 00:30:30,931 --> 00:30:33,551 UM, I HAVE ARTHRITIS IN ONE OF MY HIPS. 588 00:30:33,551 --> 00:30:35,344 -HMM. -AND MY KNEES 589 00:30:35,344 --> 00:30:38,000 HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD LATELY. 590 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,517 THEY SHOULD BE. YOU PUT ALMOST 700 POUNDS ON THEM. 591 00:30:41,517 --> 00:30:43,379 THEY AREN'T DESIGNED FOR THAT. 592 00:30:43,379 --> 00:30:45,000 BUT WITH ALL THESE ISSUES, 593 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,448 YOU'RE VERY CLOSE TO BECOMING IMMOBILE SOON. 594 00:30:47,448 --> 00:30:49,896 AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS AT YOUR SIZE, 595 00:30:49,896 --> 00:30:52,241 YOU NEVER LIVE TOO LONG LIKE THAT. 596 00:30:52,241 --> 00:30:53,448 OKAY? 597 00:30:53,448 --> 00:30:56,172 SO, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EATING HABIT. 598 00:30:56,172 --> 00:30:59,448 UM, I AM DEFINITELY AN EMOTIONAL EATER. 599 00:30:59,448 --> 00:31:02,896 I WILL GET REALLY SAD, AND I EAT QUITE A BIT. 600 00:31:02,896 --> 00:31:07,172 AND, UM, I HAVE A BAD HABIT OF WAITING ALL DAY 601 00:31:07,172 --> 00:31:09,448 AND THEN BINGE-EATING AT THE END OF THE DAY. 602 00:31:09,448 --> 00:31:11,586 THAT'S NOT TRUE. YOU WOULDN'T BE THIS BIG 603 00:31:11,586 --> 00:31:13,517 IF YOU WEREN'T EATING ALL DAY. 604 00:31:13,517 --> 00:31:16,310 IT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T COUNT ALL THE SNACKING UP TO THEN. 605 00:31:16,310 --> 00:31:18,068 SO DON'T TRY TO TELL ME 606 00:31:18,068 --> 00:31:20,758 WHAT YOU TELL EVERYONE ELSE, OKAY? 607 00:31:20,758 --> 00:31:22,448 WHAT DO YOU SNACK ON? 608 00:31:22,448 --> 00:31:25,068 I USUALLY HAVE CRACKERS OR YOGURTS, 609 00:31:25,068 --> 00:31:28,310 AND SOME GRAPES THROUGHOUT THE DAY JUST 'CAUSE IT'S EASY. 610 00:31:28,310 --> 00:31:30,931 I CAN GRAB IT AND SNACK ON IT. 611 00:31:30,931 --> 00:31:32,551 YOU KEEP GRAPES IN YOUR ROOM? 612 00:31:32,551 --> 00:31:33,965 SOUNDS HEALTHY. 613 00:31:33,965 --> 00:31:38,172 WHAT YOU TELL ME, YOU SHOULD BE LIKE, 200 POUND. 614 00:31:38,172 --> 00:31:40,689 SO WHERE'S THE EXTRA CALORIES COMING IN? 615 00:31:40,689 --> 00:31:44,241 YOU'RE SURE IT'S NOT CANDY BARS, CHIPS, OR STUFF LIKE THAT? 616 00:31:44,241 --> 00:31:46,379 UM, SOMETIMES, I GUESS. 617 00:31:46,379 --> 00:31:47,413 NO GUESSING. 618 00:31:47,413 --> 00:31:49,206 YOU KNOW IT'S MOST OF TIME, 619 00:31:49,206 --> 00:31:51,241 BUT YOU'RE USED TO LYING ABOUT IT. 620 00:31:51,241 --> 00:31:55,275 SO WHEN YOU EAT A MEAL, DO YOU EAT AT HOME, OR YOU EAT OUT? 621 00:31:55,275 --> 00:31:58,655 FOR THE MOST PART, HE WILL GO GET SOMETHING FROM DRIVE-THROUGH 622 00:31:58,655 --> 00:32:00,103 'CAUSE HE DOESN'T COOK. 623 00:32:00,103 --> 00:32:02,482 HE'LL GO GET SANDWICHES OR BURGERS 624 00:32:02,482 --> 00:32:05,275 OR SOMETHING, AND BRING IT HOME. 625 00:32:05,275 --> 00:32:08,517 SO HE'S NOT HELPING YOU TO CHANGE YOUR EATING HABIT. 626 00:32:08,517 --> 00:32:10,379 HE JUST GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT, 627 00:32:10,379 --> 00:32:12,068 EVEN IF IT'S KILLING YOU, 628 00:32:12,068 --> 00:32:14,310 JUST TO AVOID AN ARGUMENT WITH YOU? 629 00:32:14,310 --> 00:32:16,172 -DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? -YEAH. 630 00:32:16,172 --> 00:32:20,413 IT'S -- IT'S EASIER NOT TO ARGUE WITH ME OVER IT. 631 00:32:20,413 --> 00:32:23,137 SO THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN YOU TWO IS SOMETHING 632 00:32:23,137 --> 00:32:25,655 THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE FOR THIS TO WORK. 633 00:32:25,655 --> 00:32:29,275 AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ARE GONNA NEED TO CHANGE NOW, TOO. 634 00:32:29,275 --> 00:32:30,551 OKAY. 635 00:32:30,551 --> 00:32:32,827 SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A 1,200-CALORIE-A-DAY, 636 00:32:32,827 --> 00:32:34,482 HIGH-PROTEIN, LOW-CARB DIET 637 00:32:34,482 --> 00:32:36,586 THAT I WANT YOU TO START ON TODAY. 638 00:32:36,586 --> 00:32:37,931 -OKAY. -AND PART OF WHAT 639 00:32:37,931 --> 00:32:41,275 I'M GONNA GIVE YOU IS A LIST OF FOOD TO AVOID 640 00:32:41,275 --> 00:32:44,586 TO MODIFY YOUR EATING HABITS TO BE HEALTHY. 641 00:32:44,586 --> 00:32:47,827 -YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THAT? -YES. I WOULD DO THAT ALREADY, 642 00:32:47,827 --> 00:32:49,275 BUT WE HAVE A LIMITED INCOME 643 00:32:49,275 --> 00:32:51,241 AND IT TENDS TO BE EXPENSIVE TO EAT HEALTHY 644 00:32:51,241 --> 00:32:53,344 AND GET HEALTHY FOOD. IT'S JUST EASIER. 645 00:32:53,344 --> 00:32:54,758 IT CAN'T BE MORE EXPENSIVE 646 00:32:54,758 --> 00:32:57,379 THAN BUYING BURGERS AND FRIES AND THINGS. 647 00:32:57,379 --> 00:32:59,103 YEAH, DEFINITELY NOT. 648 00:32:59,103 --> 00:33:01,275 SO I'M READY. I CAN DO IT. 649 00:33:01,275 --> 00:33:03,379 I REALLY HOPE YOU ARE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE 650 00:33:03,379 --> 00:33:05,965 A LOT OF TIME TO PLAY GAMES WITH THIS. 651 00:33:05,965 --> 00:33:09,517 SO NO MORE EXCUSES AND LIES ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE EATING. 652 00:33:09,517 --> 00:33:12,551 AND YOU ALSO NEED TO START INCREASING YOUR ACTIVITY 653 00:33:12,551 --> 00:33:14,241 TO BUILD UP YOUR STAMINA. 654 00:33:14,241 --> 00:33:18,241 I WANT YOU TO START WALKING AT LEAST AN HOUR TOTAL EVERY DAY, 655 00:33:18,241 --> 00:33:20,206 AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OTHER EXERCISES 656 00:33:20,206 --> 00:33:21,655 YOU CAN DO SITTING DOWN. 657 00:33:21,655 --> 00:33:22,931 -OKAY? -OKAY. 658 00:33:22,931 --> 00:33:25,551 SO IF YOU DO ALL THIS AND LOSE 80 POUNDS 659 00:33:25,551 --> 00:33:26,862 IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, 660 00:33:26,862 --> 00:33:29,310 YOU WILL VERY EASILY HIT THAT GOAL 661 00:33:29,310 --> 00:33:32,137 AND I'LL APPROVE YOU FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 662 00:33:32,137 --> 00:33:34,379 BUT IF WE DO WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY ON YOU, 663 00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:36,068 THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO MOVE TO HOUSTON. 664 00:33:36,068 --> 00:33:37,758 IS THAT GONNA BE ANY PROBLEM? 665 00:33:37,758 --> 00:33:41,137 NO. THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHERE I LIVE RIGHT NOW, SO... 666 00:33:41,137 --> 00:33:44,517 OKAY. SO, IS HE GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE WITH YOU, TOO? 667 00:33:44,517 --> 00:33:46,206 -MM-HMM. -OKAY. 668 00:33:46,206 --> 00:33:48,862 JUST AS LONG AS YOU STOP ENABLING HER, AARON. 669 00:33:48,862 --> 00:33:52,862 SO NO MORE BRINGING HER FAST FOOD AND CANDY, YOU GOT IT? 670 00:33:52,862 --> 00:33:55,068 OH, DEFINITELY, NO. WELL, AT THIS POINT, 671 00:33:55,068 --> 00:33:58,758 IF SHE'S WILLING TO CHANGE, OBVIOUSLY, I'LL CHANGE AS WELL. 672 00:33:58,758 --> 00:34:02,172 HONESTLY, IT'S JUST I DON'T WANNA ARGUE WITH HER. 673 00:34:02,172 --> 00:34:03,965 I CAN'T WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH HER. 674 00:34:03,965 --> 00:34:05,793 UM, SO... 675 00:34:05,793 --> 00:34:08,413 I TELL PEOPLE IT'S A LOT LIKE ARGUING WITH A CRAZY PERSON 676 00:34:08,413 --> 00:34:10,586 THAT DOESN'T KNOW THEY'RE CRAZY. 677 00:34:10,586 --> 00:34:12,379 YOU CAN'T WIN THAT FIGHT. 678 00:34:12,379 --> 00:34:14,965 WELL, IF YOU WANT HER TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LIVE, 679 00:34:14,965 --> 00:34:18,034 THEN YOU BOTH HAVE TO START DOING WHAT YOU NEED, 680 00:34:18,034 --> 00:34:21,482 OR, TIFFANY, THERE IS NO WAY YOU'LL BE AROUND MUCH LONGER. 681 00:34:21,482 --> 00:34:23,827 SO YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. 682 00:34:23,827 --> 00:34:25,344 OKAY. 683 00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:27,482 ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU BOTH IN A COUPLE MONTHS. 684 00:34:27,482 --> 00:34:29,034 ALL RIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 685 00:34:29,034 --> 00:34:30,413 OKAY. NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS. 686 00:34:30,413 --> 00:34:32,413 NICE MEETING YOU, TOO. 687 00:34:32,413 --> 00:34:36,758 ♪♪ 688 00:34:36,758 --> 00:34:40,551 I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW SERIOUS TIFFANY ACTUALLY IS 689 00:34:40,551 --> 00:34:42,862 ABOUT MAKING THE CHANGES SHE NEEDS. 690 00:34:42,862 --> 00:34:45,586 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LONG BEFORE SHE GAINS ENOUGH 691 00:34:45,586 --> 00:34:47,275 TO MAKE IT TOO DIFFICULT TO GET AROUND, 692 00:34:47,275 --> 00:34:49,241 AND SHE BECOMES BEDRIDDEN. 693 00:34:49,241 --> 00:34:51,862 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT SHE START MAKING THE PROGRESS 694 00:34:51,862 --> 00:34:54,241 SHE NEEDS NOW WITHOUT ANY MORE DELAY. 695 00:34:54,241 --> 00:34:55,862 BUT THE FACT THAT SHE'S STILL LYING 696 00:34:55,862 --> 00:34:57,862 ABOUT HER ACTUAL EATING HABITS 697 00:34:57,862 --> 00:35:01,241 HAS ME CONCERNED THAT SHE'S NOT AS COMMITTED AS SHE CLAIMS 698 00:35:01,241 --> 00:35:04,413 TO MAKING THE LIFE CHANGES SHE NEEDS TO DO THIS. 699 00:35:04,413 --> 00:35:07,758 TO TAKE SUCH A LONG TRIP TO COME TO HOUSTON TO SEE ME 700 00:35:07,758 --> 00:35:09,931 MEANS THERE IS DESIRE TO CHANGE. 701 00:35:09,931 --> 00:35:13,103 BUT THE QUESTION IS, DOES SHE THINK SHE CAN PLAY GAMES, 702 00:35:13,103 --> 00:35:14,586 AND THAT WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 703 00:35:14,586 --> 00:35:17,241 IS GONNA BE SOME SORT OF MAGIC PILL FOR HER? 704 00:35:17,241 --> 00:35:18,620 BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, 705 00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:20,931 THERE IS NO POINT ON DOING SURGERY ON HER 706 00:35:20,931 --> 00:35:23,655 BECAUSE SHE WON'T BE SUCCESSFUL LONG-TERM. 707 00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:25,827 BUT HOW DOES SHE DOES OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS 708 00:35:25,827 --> 00:35:28,137 AND WHETHER OR NOT SHE HITS HER WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL 709 00:35:28,137 --> 00:35:30,103 WILL SHOW ME ALL I NEED TO KNOW 710 00:35:30,103 --> 00:35:34,172 AND WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME. 711 00:35:34,172 --> 00:35:37,034 Tiffany: I THINK THE APPOINTMENT WITH DR. NOW WENT WELL. 712 00:35:37,034 --> 00:35:41,137 I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT HOW HIGH MY WEIGHT AND BMI IS. 713 00:35:41,137 --> 00:35:43,758 AND I KNOW DR. NOW IS RIGHT. 714 00:35:43,758 --> 00:35:47,034 IF I DON'T DO THIS, I COULD PASS AWAY SOON. 715 00:35:47,034 --> 00:35:49,586 AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, 716 00:35:49,586 --> 00:35:53,137 AND I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO BEGIN LIVING YET. 717 00:35:53,137 --> 00:35:55,655 BUT IT'S A BIG GOAL THAT DR. NOW GAVE ME, 718 00:35:55,655 --> 00:35:59,103 AND THE MOST DIFFICULT THING FOR ME IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS 719 00:35:59,103 --> 00:36:02,655 IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE NOT FREAKING OUT 720 00:36:02,655 --> 00:36:04,827 AND TURNING TO FOOD. 721 00:36:04,827 --> 00:36:07,379 I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL MYSELF NO 722 00:36:07,379 --> 00:36:11,310 AND STICK TO THAT. 723 00:36:11,310 --> 00:36:14,862 MAKING THOSE CHANGES IS NOT GONNA BE EASY AT ALL, 724 00:36:14,862 --> 00:36:17,758 SO I PLAN TO WORK REALLY HARD AT THIS AND DO THE DIET 725 00:36:17,758 --> 00:36:20,241 AND EXERCISES LIKE I SHOULD, 726 00:36:20,241 --> 00:36:23,206 AND WHATEVER ELSE I HAVE TO DO TO SHOW DR. NOW 727 00:36:23,206 --> 00:36:25,793 I'M FULLY COMMITTED TO PUSHING MYSELF TO DO WHAT I NEED 728 00:36:25,793 --> 00:36:28,793 TO GET WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 729 00:36:28,793 --> 00:36:33,655 ♪♪ 730 00:36:33,655 --> 00:36:38,517 ♪♪ 731 00:36:38,517 --> 00:36:40,724 IT HASN'T BEEN THE EASIEST MONTH, TRYING TO DO 732 00:36:40,724 --> 00:36:44,379 DR. NOW'S DIET AND ALL THE EXERCISES. 733 00:36:44,379 --> 00:36:47,206 BUT, I'VE BEEN DOING IT. 734 00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:49,034 THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE I'VE STRAYED 735 00:36:49,034 --> 00:36:51,137 AND HAD A FEW SWEET THINGS, 736 00:36:51,137 --> 00:36:54,655 BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN VERY RARE EXCEPTIONS. 737 00:36:54,655 --> 00:36:56,275 AND I'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON PROTEINS 738 00:36:56,275 --> 00:36:59,310 AND STAYING AWAY FROM ALL THE CARBS, 739 00:36:59,310 --> 00:37:01,793 BECAUSE I'M FULLY COMMITTED TO DOING WHAT I NEED 740 00:37:01,793 --> 00:37:03,689 TO GET WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 741 00:37:03,689 --> 00:37:05,827 AND SHOWING DR. NOW THAT COMMITMENT 742 00:37:05,827 --> 00:37:08,620 SO HE CAN SEE HOW READY I AM. 743 00:37:08,620 --> 00:37:10,172 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, ME AND AARON 744 00:37:10,172 --> 00:37:12,689 DECIDED TO MAKE THE MOVE TO HOUSTON NOW. 745 00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:15,172 AND SO THAT WHEN HE APPROVES ME FOR SURGERY, 746 00:37:15,172 --> 00:37:18,000 HE CAN SCHEDULE IT IMMEDIATELY. 747 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,620 AARON FOUND A RESTAURANT JOB DOWN THERE 748 00:37:19,620 --> 00:37:21,137 THAT HE CAN START SOON, 749 00:37:21,137 --> 00:37:22,758 AND HE ALSO FOUND A NEW APARTMENT 750 00:37:22,758 --> 00:37:25,344 WE CAN AFFORD FOR THE YEAR. 751 00:37:25,344 --> 00:37:28,000 SO ONCE WE GET PACKED, WE'RE PLANNING ON HEADING DOWN 752 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,172 TO OUR NEW HOME AND NEW FUTURE. 753 00:37:32,172 --> 00:37:34,724 MY MOM AND MY SISTER AND MY COUSIN JASMINE 754 00:37:34,724 --> 00:37:37,241 ARE ALL HERE HELPING US OUT. 755 00:37:37,241 --> 00:37:39,758 WE STILL HAVE A LOT. 756 00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:41,482 Lisa: KIND OF GETTING EXCITED? 757 00:37:41,482 --> 00:37:43,413 UM... 758 00:37:43,413 --> 00:37:45,965 YEAH, I'M EXCITED. 759 00:37:45,965 --> 00:37:47,620 WELL, I'M EXCITED FOR YOU. 760 00:37:47,620 --> 00:37:50,000 IT'S A LONG TIME COMING. 761 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,517 -YEAH. -SOMETHING YOU'VE NEEDED TO DO, 762 00:37:51,517 --> 00:37:54,965 AND ME TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO JUST DOESN'T WORK. 763 00:37:54,965 --> 00:37:56,379 NO, 'CAUSE THEN I DO THE OPPOSITE. 764 00:37:56,379 --> 00:37:58,344 EXACTLY. 765 00:37:58,344 --> 00:37:59,965 Lisa: RIGHT NOW, TIFFANY IS STUCK. 766 00:37:59,965 --> 00:38:04,517 SO I'M REALLY HOPING AND PRAYING THAT SHE CAN HAVE THIS SURGERY 767 00:38:04,517 --> 00:38:08,206 SO THAT SHE CAN HAVE THE LIFE SHE REALLY WANTS. 768 00:38:08,206 --> 00:38:09,965 Tiffany: MY COUSIN JASMINE'S GONNA COME WITH US 769 00:38:09,965 --> 00:38:12,517 TO HELP GET US THERE AND GET SETTLED IN, 770 00:38:12,517 --> 00:38:16,241 BECAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH FOR AARON TO DO ON HIS OWN. 771 00:38:16,241 --> 00:38:18,482 EVEN THOUGH I'M EXERCISING A LOT NOW, 772 00:38:18,482 --> 00:38:21,206 I'M STILL NOT ABLE TO DO THAT MUCH TO HELP OUT. 773 00:38:21,206 --> 00:38:23,896 -I WISH YOU LUCK. I LOVE YOU. -I LOVE YOU, TOO. 774 00:38:23,896 --> 00:38:25,551 AND I WILL TALK TO YOU SOON. 775 00:38:25,551 --> 00:38:27,517 GOOD LUCK. GOOD LUCK ON THE TRAVEL. 776 00:38:27,517 --> 00:38:30,103 WELL, THANK YOU. 777 00:38:30,103 --> 00:38:32,241 AND I HAVE TO SAVE WHAT ENERGY I DO HAVE, 778 00:38:32,241 --> 00:38:35,310 BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE A LONG TRIP. 779 00:38:35,310 --> 00:38:37,896 IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING LIKE FIVE DAYS ON THE ROAD, 780 00:38:37,896 --> 00:38:41,517 AND I'VE NEVER DONE THAT, ESPECIALLY AT MY SIZE. 781 00:38:41,517 --> 00:38:45,103 SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT FOR ME, 782 00:38:45,103 --> 00:38:47,724 BUT I'M DOING AS MUCH AS I CAN TO HELP OUT 783 00:38:47,724 --> 00:38:52,172 AND TRYING TO PREPARE MYSELF MENTALLY FOR THIS. 784 00:38:52,172 --> 00:38:54,724 AS EXCITING AS IT IS TO BE GOING, 785 00:38:54,724 --> 00:38:59,689 LEAVING MY FAMILY AND MY HOME IS A SACRIFICE AND IT'S NOT EASY. 786 00:38:59,689 --> 00:39:03,379 BUT I KNOW IF I STAY HERE, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE A LIFE. 787 00:39:03,379 --> 00:39:05,931 ♪♪ 788 00:39:05,931 --> 00:39:09,275 SO MY ONLY FUTURE IS IN HOUSTON. 789 00:39:09,275 --> 00:39:13,275 GOING THERE IS THE ONLY WAY I'M GONNA GET THE HELP I NEED. 790 00:39:13,275 --> 00:39:16,137 I HAVE ONE MORE MONTH UNTIL MY FOLLOW-UP WITH DR. NOW 791 00:39:16,137 --> 00:39:18,931 TO SHOW HIM HOW MUCH PROGRESS I'VE MADE. 792 00:39:18,931 --> 00:39:22,482 BUT I THINK ONCE HE LEARNS I'VE ALREADY MADE THE MOVE DOWN, 793 00:39:22,482 --> 00:39:24,000 THAT'LL GO A LONG WAY TO SHOW HIM 794 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,827 MY LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION. 795 00:39:26,827 --> 00:39:29,206 AND THEN, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET MY APPROVAL, 796 00:39:29,206 --> 00:39:31,482 BECAUSE I'M READY TO LOSE ALL THIS WEIGHT 797 00:39:31,482 --> 00:39:33,344 AND START MY NEW LIFE. 798 00:39:33,344 --> 00:39:34,413 ♪♪ 799 00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:41,724 ♪♪ 800 00:39:41,724 --> 00:39:44,931 ♪♪ 801 00:39:44,931 --> 00:39:48,620 -WE'RE HERE! -AAH. 802 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:49,931 Tiffany: AFTER A WEEK ON THE ROAD, 803 00:39:49,931 --> 00:39:52,344 WE FINALLY MADE IT TO HOUSTON 804 00:39:52,344 --> 00:39:56,655 AND I'M EXTREMELY TIRED AND SORE AT THIS POINT. 805 00:39:56,655 --> 00:39:58,448 MY KNEES FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GONNA POP, 806 00:39:58,448 --> 00:39:59,931 SO I'M JUST GONNA WAIT UNTIL AFTER YOU GUYS 807 00:39:59,931 --> 00:40:02,896 GET SOMETHING IN THERE THAT I CAN SIT DOWN ON. 808 00:40:02,896 --> 00:40:04,655 Jasmine: ALL RIGHT. JUST GIVE US A FEW MINUTES. 809 00:40:04,655 --> 00:40:10,344 OKAY. 810 00:40:10,344 --> 00:40:11,965 I'M RESTING IN THE CAR FOR A WHILE 811 00:40:11,965 --> 00:40:14,103 TO GIVE AARON AND JASMINE SOME TIME 812 00:40:14,103 --> 00:40:17,172 TO GET A PLACE FOR ME TO SIT SET UP, 813 00:40:17,172 --> 00:40:19,517 BECAUSE I CAN'T GO IN AND SIT ON THE FLOOR. 814 00:40:19,517 --> 00:40:23,379 ♪♪ 815 00:40:23,379 --> 00:40:27,172 ASIDE FROM THE TRAVEL, IT'S ALREADY BEEN A REALLY LONG DAY 816 00:40:27,172 --> 00:40:31,379 AND I JUST WANNA GET IN AND GET SETTLED, REST, AND EAT. 817 00:40:31,379 --> 00:40:35,482 ♪♪ 818 00:40:35,482 --> 00:40:38,862 BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING IT ALL DONE, 819 00:40:38,862 --> 00:40:41,827 AND I'M AT LEAST GLAD WE'RE FINALLY HERE. 820 00:40:41,827 --> 00:40:43,034 I'LL CLEAR ALL THIS STUFF OFF, 821 00:40:43,034 --> 00:40:44,586 AND I'LL HAND YOU DOWN THIS BOX SPRING. 822 00:40:44,586 --> 00:40:46,206 OKAY. 823 00:40:46,206 --> 00:40:48,758 WE HAVE A FRIEND WHO ACTUALLY LIVES HERE IN HOUSTON, 824 00:40:48,758 --> 00:40:51,275 AND SHE'S MET UP WITH US TO HELP AARON AND JASMINE 825 00:40:51,275 --> 00:40:55,655 GET ALL OUR STUFF IN. 826 00:40:55,655 --> 00:40:59,517 I JUST WISH I WAS CAPABLE OF DOING MORE, 827 00:40:59,517 --> 00:41:02,310 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M ALREADY EXHAUSTED 828 00:41:02,310 --> 00:41:05,413 AND STARVING AND I FEEL USELESS. 829 00:41:05,413 --> 00:41:10,068 ♪♪ 830 00:41:10,068 --> 00:41:12,965 HELLO, BEDROOM. 831 00:41:12,965 --> 00:41:17,689 ♪♪ 832 00:41:17,689 --> 00:41:19,517 -HEY, TIFFANY? -YEAH? 833 00:41:19,517 --> 00:41:21,344 ARE YOU GONNA CHILL OUT IN THE CORNER? 834 00:41:21,344 --> 00:41:22,862 -YEAH. -WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? 835 00:41:22,862 --> 00:41:25,000 WANNA GET SOME STUFF IN HERE BEFORE WE GO GET LUNCH, OR...? 836 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,103 UM, WHAT I'LL DO IS ORDER SOME FOOD TO BE DELIVERED, 837 00:41:28,103 --> 00:41:29,068 AND Y'ALL CAN KEEP WORKING. 838 00:41:29,068 --> 00:41:30,896 -OKAY. -OKAY. 839 00:41:30,896 --> 00:41:32,310 I'LL GO TALK WITH AARON. 840 00:41:32,310 --> 00:41:33,724 -OKAY. -I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 841 00:41:33,724 --> 00:41:35,413 I'M GONNA LOOK AND SEE WHAT KIND OF STUFF'S 842 00:41:35,413 --> 00:41:36,655 IN THE AREA FOOD-WISE. 843 00:41:36,655 --> 00:41:38,000 GO FOR IT. 844 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,206 I'M A LITTLE STRESSED OUT, 845 00:41:40,206 --> 00:41:43,758 BECAUSE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW TO HELP 846 00:41:43,758 --> 00:41:46,655 AND I FEEL KIND OF USELESS. 847 00:41:46,655 --> 00:41:49,862 ♪♪ 848 00:41:49,862 --> 00:41:53,068 ♪♪ 849 00:41:53,068 --> 00:41:56,241 -WHAT DID YOU GET? -IT'S LIKE A STEAK AIOLI. 850 00:41:56,241 --> 00:42:00,068 ♪♪ 851 00:42:00,068 --> 00:42:01,965 I HAVE A LITTLE OVER THREE WEEKS 852 00:42:01,965 --> 00:42:04,379 UNTIL MY NEXT APPOINTMENT WITH DR. NOW, 853 00:42:04,379 --> 00:42:08,517 AND I'M GONNA KEEP WORKING HARD UNTIL THEN. 854 00:42:08,517 --> 00:42:11,379 EVEN BEING ON THE ROAD, I'VE BEEN STICKING TO THE DIET 855 00:42:11,379 --> 00:42:16,103 AND TRYING TO GET SALADS AND HEALTHY FOOD WITH PROTEIN. 856 00:42:16,103 --> 00:42:18,310 AND I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I'M DOING EVERYTHING I NEED 857 00:42:18,310 --> 00:42:20,517 SO THAT I HIT MY GOAL, 858 00:42:20,517 --> 00:42:22,689 BUT I'M FEELING REALLY GOOD AND CONFIDENT 859 00:42:22,689 --> 00:42:24,793 ABOUT MY PROGRESS SO FAR. 860 00:42:24,793 --> 00:42:27,137 AND IF I KEEP IT UP FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, 861 00:42:27,137 --> 00:42:29,931 I THINK I'LL BE IN A GOOD PLACE AND WHERE I NEED TO BE. 862 00:42:29,931 --> 00:42:34,137 ♪♪ 863 00:42:34,137 --> 00:42:38,344 ♪♪ 864 00:42:38,344 --> 00:42:42,551 ♪♪ 865 00:42:42,551 --> 00:42:46,482 ME AND AARON ARE BACK AT DR. NOW'S FOR MY FOLLOW-UP. 866 00:42:46,482 --> 00:42:51,068 AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MORE NERVOUS OR EXCITED. 867 00:42:51,068 --> 00:42:52,931 TIFFANY BARKER? 868 00:42:52,931 --> 00:42:56,068 I THINK WHEN I TELL DR. NOW WE'VE MOVED TO HOUSTON, 869 00:42:56,068 --> 00:42:59,172 THAT HE'LL SEE JUST HOW COMMITTED I AM. 870 00:42:59,172 --> 00:43:00,689 AT MY LAST APPOINTMENT, 871 00:43:00,689 --> 00:43:03,482 I WAS UP TO 672 AND DR. NOW 872 00:43:03,482 --> 00:43:06,517 SAID I NEEDED TO LOSE 80 POUNDS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. 873 00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:10,655 SO IF I DID THAT, IT'LL PUT ME AT 592 TODAY. 874 00:43:12,448 --> 00:43:18,448 ♪♪ 875 00:43:18,448 --> 00:43:21,965 I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT. 876 00:43:21,965 --> 00:43:25,620 I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE. 877 00:43:25,620 --> 00:43:29,517 A LITTLE DISCOURAGING, BUT STILL A LOSS. 878 00:43:29,517 --> 00:43:33,275 AND I THINK THAT COMBINED WITH US MOVING HERE TO HOUSTON 879 00:43:33,275 --> 00:43:35,551 WILL SHOW DR. NOW ENOUGH COMMITMENT 880 00:43:35,551 --> 00:43:37,758 TO APPROVE ME FOR SURGERY. 881 00:43:37,758 --> 00:43:40,758 ♪♪ 882 00:43:40,758 --> 00:43:42,068 -HELLO. -HELLO. 883 00:43:42,068 --> 00:43:44,275 -HOW YOU DOING? -I'M GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? 884 00:43:44,275 --> 00:43:45,965 Dr. Nowzaradan: I'M DOING ALL RIGHT. 885 00:43:45,965 --> 00:43:47,137 OKAY, TIFFANY. 886 00:43:47,137 --> 00:43:50,758 OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, YOU ONLY LOST 26 POUNDS. 887 00:43:50,758 --> 00:43:52,758 YOU'RE DOWN TO 646, 888 00:43:52,758 --> 00:43:56,068 WHEN YOU SHOULD BE WELL UNDER 600 AT THIS POINT. 889 00:43:56,068 --> 00:43:58,103 SO YOU'RE NOWHERE CLOSE TO YOUR GOAL. 890 00:43:58,103 --> 00:43:59,862 DO YOU WANNA TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED? 891 00:43:59,862 --> 00:44:02,241 I DID BREAK FROM THE DIET A FEW TIMES, 892 00:44:02,241 --> 00:44:03,620 BUT I TRIED TO CORRECT IT 893 00:44:03,620 --> 00:44:06,482 BY NOT EXCEEDING MY CALORIES FOR THE DAY. 894 00:44:06,482 --> 00:44:09,965 ALL RIGHT. WELL, I SEE YOU'RE STILL LYING ABOUT HOW YOU EAT. 895 00:44:09,965 --> 00:44:12,206 IF ANY OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WAS ACCURATE, 896 00:44:12,206 --> 00:44:15,379 YOU WOULD HAVE LOST OVER 100 POUNDS IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. 897 00:44:15,379 --> 00:44:17,310 BUT YOU'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE, 898 00:44:17,310 --> 00:44:20,965 SO I'M NOT APPROVING YOU FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 899 00:44:20,965 --> 00:44:23,965 BUT WE ALREADY MOVED DOWN HERE SO THAT IT'S EASIER. 900 00:44:23,965 --> 00:44:26,172 WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. 901 00:44:26,172 --> 00:44:27,793 BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU MOVED HERE 902 00:44:27,793 --> 00:44:30,172 DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GETTING SURGERY AT ALL. 903 00:44:30,172 --> 00:44:33,413 IF YOU WANNA MOVE AHEAD, YOU CAN DO WHAT I TOLD YOU. 904 00:44:33,413 --> 00:44:35,758 DO THE DIET AND LOSE THE WEIGHT. 905 00:44:35,758 --> 00:44:37,758 AND OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, 906 00:44:37,758 --> 00:44:40,034 LOSE THE 80 POUNDS YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LOSE. 907 00:44:40,034 --> 00:44:41,689 -YOU GOT IT? -YES. 908 00:44:41,689 --> 00:44:44,206 GREAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 909 00:44:44,206 --> 00:44:45,689 SOME OF THE TESTS WE'VE DONE 910 00:44:45,689 --> 00:44:48,586 SHOW YOU HAVE SOME ISSUES LIKE GALLSTONES. 911 00:44:48,586 --> 00:44:51,724 WE CAN ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE DO WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 912 00:44:51,724 --> 00:44:54,103 BUT IF YOU HAVE GALL BLADDER ATTACK BEFORE THEN, 913 00:44:54,103 --> 00:44:56,310 AND WE'RE FORCED TO DO SURGERY ON YOU NOW 914 00:44:56,310 --> 00:45:00,344 WHILE YOU'RE OVER 600 POUNDS, YOU'LL BE RISKING YOUR LIFE. 915 00:45:00,344 --> 00:45:02,827 SO YOU EITHER DO WHAT YOU NEED NOW, 916 00:45:02,827 --> 00:45:05,620 OR THERE IS NOTHING WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO FOR YOU. 917 00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:07,344 -OKAY? -YEAH. 918 00:45:07,344 --> 00:45:08,586 HOW 'BOUT YOU, AARON? 919 00:45:08,586 --> 00:45:11,896 ARE YOU HELPING SUPPORT HER BY NOT BRINGING HER FOOD? 920 00:45:11,896 --> 00:45:13,517 RECENTLY, WE HAD A TALK. 921 00:45:13,517 --> 00:45:16,275 AND HE TOLD ME HE WOULD TRY AND CHANGE, 922 00:45:16,275 --> 00:45:19,620 AND HE'S SAYING NO A LOT MORE, WHICH IS GOOD. 923 00:45:19,620 --> 00:45:21,689 I'M TRYING NOT TO PUT HIM IN THAT SITUATION 924 00:45:21,689 --> 00:45:23,206 WHERE HE HAS TO SAY YES OR NO, 925 00:45:23,206 --> 00:45:24,793 AND I'M JUST TRYING TO NOT PUT HIM 926 00:45:24,793 --> 00:45:26,172 IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION. 927 00:45:26,172 --> 00:45:28,551 WHY DON'T YOU LET HIM SPEAK FOR HIMSELF? 928 00:45:28,551 --> 00:45:32,517 ONE SIGN OF A BULLY IS TO SPEAK FOR THE OTHER PERSON. 929 00:45:32,517 --> 00:45:34,965 SO, AARON, YOU'RE STILL BRINGING HER FOOD? 930 00:45:34,965 --> 00:45:38,517 AND IS SHE STILL GETTING UPSET IF YOU DON'T? 931 00:45:38,517 --> 00:45:40,724 IT'S DEFINITELY CAUSED A LOT OF ARGUMENTS BETWEEN US. 932 00:45:40,724 --> 00:45:42,724 BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES 933 00:45:42,724 --> 00:45:45,000 WHERE I'LL BE LIKE TRYING TO AVOID AN ARGUMENT. 934 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,413 SO I'LL SAY YEAH. 935 00:45:47,413 --> 00:45:50,000 SO TWO DIFFERENT STORIES. 936 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,551 AARON SEEMS TO BE THE MORE HONEST ONE. 937 00:45:52,551 --> 00:45:55,137 BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH HAS CHANGED. 938 00:45:55,137 --> 00:45:57,965 YOU'RE BULLYING HIM, AND HE'S STILL FEEDING YOU, 939 00:45:57,965 --> 00:46:00,344 SO YOU BOTH HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 940 00:46:00,344 --> 00:46:02,310 BUT YOU NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT NOW, 941 00:46:02,310 --> 00:46:05,068 BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IT COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE. 942 00:46:05,068 --> 00:46:08,793 ♪♪ 943 00:46:08,793 --> 00:46:12,586 ♪♪ 944 00:46:12,586 --> 00:46:15,137 Dr. Nowzaradan: I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE RESULT 945 00:46:15,137 --> 00:46:19,137 OF TIFFANY'S LACK OF EFFORT OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. 946 00:46:19,137 --> 00:46:22,310 SHE'S BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO SAVE HER LIFE AT A TIME 947 00:46:22,310 --> 00:46:25,000 WHEN SHE'S ALREADY CLOSE TO HER BREAKING POINT. 948 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:26,758 BUT SHE'S STILL PLAYING GAMES, 949 00:46:26,758 --> 00:46:29,206 LYING TO ME ABOUT HER EATING HABITS, 950 00:46:29,206 --> 00:46:32,448 AND NOT TAKING THE DIET AND ANY OF THIS SERIOUSLY. 951 00:46:32,448 --> 00:46:36,241 AND IF SHE DOESN'T WAKE UP SOON AND START DOING WHAT SHE NEEDS, 952 00:46:36,241 --> 00:46:38,137 THEN SHE'S GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME. 953 00:46:38,137 --> 00:46:41,172 AND THERE'LL BE VERY LITTLE ANYONE CAN DO TO HELP HER 954 00:46:41,172 --> 00:46:43,000 AFTER HER BODY GETS TO THAT POINT, 955 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,310 BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 956 00:46:45,310 --> 00:46:48,000 RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THAT OUTCOME 957 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:51,413 IS FOR HER AND AARON TO START DOING WHAT THEY NEED. 958 00:46:51,413 --> 00:46:56,551 ♪♪ 959 00:46:56,551 --> 00:46:59,827 Tiffany: I'M REALLY UPSET. 960 00:46:59,827 --> 00:47:01,793 THE APPOINTMENT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE CLOSE 961 00:47:01,793 --> 00:47:04,517 TO HOW I THOUGHT IT WOULD GO, 962 00:47:04,517 --> 00:47:08,310 SO THIS IS ALL JUST VERY FRUSTRATING AND DISCOURAGING. 963 00:47:08,310 --> 00:47:12,000 BUT I HAVE TO HAVE THIS HELP 'CAUSE I HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT. 964 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:15,172 SO EVEN THOUGH I FEEL LIKE I'VE ALREADY DONE A LOT, 965 00:47:15,172 --> 00:47:18,689 I'LL TRY TO WORK HARDER BECAUSE I KNOW MY LIFE 966 00:47:18,689 --> 00:47:22,517 AND EVERYTHING IS RIDING ON DOING THIS. 967 00:47:22,517 --> 00:47:24,275 AND IF I FAIL AT THIS, 968 00:47:24,275 --> 00:47:29,241 IT WON'T JUST MAKE MOVING HERE AND ALL WE'VE DONE POINTLESS. 969 00:47:29,241 --> 00:47:32,827 IT'LL MEAN I'VE LOST THE ONLY CHANCE I HAVE TO GET HELP. 970 00:47:32,827 --> 00:47:35,206 ♪♪ 971 00:47:42,896 --> 00:47:47,413 ♪♪ 972 00:47:47,413 --> 00:47:52,034 ♪♪ 973 00:47:52,034 --> 00:47:56,689 ♪♪ 974 00:47:56,689 --> 00:47:59,310 Tiffany: AFTER MY LAST APPOINTMENT A FEW WEEKS AGO, 975 00:47:59,310 --> 00:48:02,310 I WAS FRUSTRATED AND UPSET. 976 00:48:02,310 --> 00:48:05,931 I TOOK THE FACT I DIDN'T GET APPROVED HARD. 977 00:48:05,931 --> 00:48:07,965 BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO NOT LET THAT GET TO ME, 978 00:48:07,965 --> 00:48:10,862 AND WORK EVEN HARDER THIS TIME. 979 00:48:10,862 --> 00:48:12,758 BUT IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE 980 00:48:12,758 --> 00:48:15,793 BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT I NEED, 981 00:48:15,793 --> 00:48:18,137 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK AARON IS FULLY UNDERSTANDING 982 00:48:18,137 --> 00:48:20,551 HOW HARD THIS IS FOR ME. 983 00:48:20,551 --> 00:48:23,689 HE GOT SOME HEALTHY STUFF FOR ME THAT'S ON MY DIET, 984 00:48:23,689 --> 00:48:26,206 BUT ALSO GOT A LOT OF OTHER STUFF FOR HIMSELF 985 00:48:26,206 --> 00:48:30,034 THAT'S A HUGE TEMPTATION FOR ME TO BE AROUND. 986 00:48:30,034 --> 00:48:31,034 LOOK AT THIS. 987 00:48:31,034 --> 00:48:32,827 IT'S A BIT RIDICULOUS. 988 00:48:32,827 --> 00:48:35,172 SO, I'VE GOT BOXED RICE, 989 00:48:35,172 --> 00:48:37,758 WHICH YOU PUT BUTTER AND MILK IN THIS, 990 00:48:37,758 --> 00:48:40,137 AND I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. 991 00:48:40,137 --> 00:48:41,931 I'VE GOT STUFFING. 992 00:48:41,931 --> 00:48:45,034 THERE'S MUFFIN MIX IN HERE. 993 00:48:45,034 --> 00:48:46,965 THERE'S MACARONI AND CHEESE. 994 00:48:46,965 --> 00:48:50,344 AND I JUST TRY AND AVOID THIS ALTOGETHER, 995 00:48:50,344 --> 00:48:54,551 BECAUSE 98% OF WHAT'S IN HERE IS NOT MINE 996 00:48:54,551 --> 00:49:00,379 AND 98% OF WHAT'S IN HERE IS NOT OKAY FOR ME TO BE EATING. 997 00:49:00,379 --> 00:49:03,758 SO I JUST LEAVE THIS ENTIRE CABINET ALONE. 998 00:49:03,758 --> 00:49:05,482 I COME OVER HERE. 999 00:49:05,482 --> 00:49:10,103 AND IN THE FREEZER, I'VE GOT MY MEATS LIKE GROUND TURKEY. 1000 00:49:10,103 --> 00:49:11,206 I'VE GOT CHICKEN BREASTS. 1001 00:49:11,206 --> 00:49:12,586 AND THEN, THESE ARE MINE. 1002 00:49:12,586 --> 00:49:13,862 THESE ARE SUGAR-FREE POPSICLES. 1003 00:49:13,862 --> 00:49:15,344 THEY'RE ONLY 15 CALORIES EACH, 1004 00:49:15,344 --> 00:49:21,103 SO WHEN I AM CRAVING SOMETHING SWEET, THIS IS MY GO-TO 1005 00:49:21,103 --> 00:49:22,620 INSTEAD OF A CHOCOLATE BAR 1006 00:49:22,620 --> 00:49:26,000 OR INSTEAD OF GUMMY BEARS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 1007 00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:29,482 BUT RIGHT NEXT TO THAT HAPPENS TO BE A CONTAINER OF ICE CREAM. 1008 00:49:29,482 --> 00:49:32,034 AND LUCKILY, I HAVE HAD SELF CONTROL 1009 00:49:32,034 --> 00:49:34,517 'CAUSE THIS ONE LITTLE CONTAINER OF ICE CREAM HAS BEEN HERE 1010 00:49:34,517 --> 00:49:37,827 SINCE I'VE MOVED IN, AND I HAVE NOT TOUCHED IT. 1011 00:49:37,827 --> 00:49:40,275 IT'S NOT FAIR TO MAKE HIM HIDE HIS STUFF. 1012 00:49:40,275 --> 00:49:43,517 ♪♪ 1013 00:49:43,517 --> 00:49:46,793 ♪♪ 1014 00:49:46,793 --> 00:49:50,103 I'M TRYING REALLY HARD. 1015 00:49:50,103 --> 00:49:54,344 AND I'VE MADE A SPECIFIC EFFORT TO START EXERCISING AGAIN. 1016 00:49:54,344 --> 00:49:56,103 I WILL DO LEG LIFTS. 1017 00:49:56,103 --> 00:49:57,689 SOMETIMES I'LL DO SIT-UPS 1018 00:49:57,689 --> 00:50:01,896 WHILE SITTING ON THE BED, THINGS LIKE THAT. 1019 00:50:01,896 --> 00:50:04,655 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING STRONGER, 1020 00:50:04,655 --> 00:50:07,517 BECAUSE I CAN DO A LITTLE MORE EVERY DAY. 1021 00:50:07,517 --> 00:50:10,206 AND I'M REALLY TRYING, 1022 00:50:10,206 --> 00:50:14,275 BECAUSE I HAVE TO GET WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1023 00:50:14,275 --> 00:50:18,068 IF I DON'T, I'M SCARED I WON'T GET ANOTHER CHANCE. 1024 00:50:18,068 --> 00:50:22,068 ♪♪ 1025 00:50:22,068 --> 00:50:26,068 ♪♪ 1026 00:50:26,068 --> 00:50:30,068 ♪♪ 1027 00:50:30,068 --> 00:50:34,068 ♪♪ 1028 00:50:34,068 --> 00:50:37,034 YESTERDAY, MY STOMACH STARTED TO HURT. 1029 00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:40,310 AND NOW IT'S JUST EXCRUCIATING. 1030 00:50:40,310 --> 00:50:44,620 SO I CALLED DR. NOW AND TOLD HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON, 1031 00:50:44,620 --> 00:50:47,793 AND HE TOLD ME TO COME TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY 1032 00:50:47,793 --> 00:50:50,241 AND THAT'S HE'S WORRIED IT'S A GALL BLADDER ATTACK, 1033 00:50:50,241 --> 00:50:54,896 SINCE HE KNOWS I HAVE GALLSTONES. 1034 00:50:54,896 --> 00:50:56,586 BUT I CONFESSED TO HIM THAT I'VE KNOWN 1035 00:50:56,586 --> 00:50:58,448 I'VE HAD THEM FOR YEARS 1036 00:50:58,448 --> 00:51:00,620 BUT NO DOCTOR COULD OPERATE ON ME 1037 00:51:00,620 --> 00:51:02,517 AND REMOVE MY GALL BLADDER, 1038 00:51:02,517 --> 00:51:06,551 AND THAT I'D HAD A LOT OF GALL BLADDER ATTACKS BEFORE. 1039 00:51:06,551 --> 00:51:09,103 I WAS JUST NEVER AS WORRIED ABOUT THEM UNTIL HE TOLD ME 1040 00:51:09,103 --> 00:51:11,172 HOW CLOSE I AM TO ONE LITTLE THING 1041 00:51:11,172 --> 00:51:15,517 PUSHING MY BODY TO ITS LIMIT AND KILLING ME. 1042 00:51:15,517 --> 00:51:17,103 I JUST DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE 1043 00:51:17,103 --> 00:51:18,689 BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT DR. NOW 1044 00:51:18,689 --> 00:51:21,862 TO HAVE ANY REASON TO DELAY MY WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1045 00:51:21,862 --> 00:51:23,862 BUT I KNOW THAT WASN'T SMART, 1046 00:51:23,862 --> 00:51:26,793 AND DR. NOW WASN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 1047 00:51:26,793 --> 00:51:28,689 BUT I'M REALLY SCARED NOW, 1048 00:51:28,689 --> 00:51:32,000 AND I HOPE I HAVEN'T PUSHED MYSELF TOO HARD. 1049 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:36,379 ♪♪ 1050 00:51:36,379 --> 00:51:39,482 Dr. Nowzaradan: IT'S UNFORTUNATE THE TIFFANY DIDN'T SHARE EARLIER 1051 00:51:39,482 --> 00:51:42,689 HOW LONG SHE'S BEEN SUFFERING FROM GALL BLADDER ATTACKS. 1052 00:51:42,689 --> 00:51:45,931 SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TAKING ANY ASPECT OF HER SITUATION 1053 00:51:45,931 --> 00:51:48,931 AND CONDITION SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE IF A GALL BLADDER ATTACK 1054 00:51:48,931 --> 00:51:51,931 IS SEVERE ENOUGH, IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR HER. 1055 00:51:55,344 --> 00:51:57,206 BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL CAUSE 1056 00:51:57,206 --> 00:51:59,344 OF HER STOMACH PAIN IS RIGHT NOW, 1057 00:51:59,344 --> 00:52:01,620 SO WE'RE GOING TO DO AN ULTRASOUND 1058 00:52:01,620 --> 00:52:03,068 TO CHECK HER GALL BLADDER 1059 00:52:03,068 --> 00:52:06,655 AND AN ENDOSCOPY TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ISSUES 1060 00:52:06,655 --> 00:52:10,206 SUCH AS ULCERS THAT COULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO HER PAIN. 1061 00:52:15,275 --> 00:52:18,689 BECAUSE IF SHE HAS BEEN IGNORING SYMPTOMS LIKE THIS FOR A WHILE 1062 00:52:18,689 --> 00:52:20,448 AND LEFT A LOT OF THINGS UNTREATED 1063 00:52:20,448 --> 00:52:22,586 FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, 1064 00:52:22,586 --> 00:52:25,413 THEN THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT 1065 00:52:25,413 --> 00:52:27,517 TO BECOME LIFE-THREATENING TO HER. 1066 00:52:27,517 --> 00:52:31,034 SO WE NEED WORK FAST TO IDENTIFY ALL THE POSSIBLE ISSUES 1067 00:52:31,034 --> 00:52:32,344 THAT SHE'S SUFFERING FROM, 1068 00:52:32,344 --> 00:52:34,724 SO WE CAN ADDRESS THEM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 1069 00:52:34,724 --> 00:52:36,000 ♪♪ 1070 00:52:40,965 --> 00:52:45,206 ♪♪ 1071 00:52:45,206 --> 00:52:49,517 ♪♪ 1072 00:52:49,517 --> 00:52:53,931 ♪♪ 1073 00:52:53,931 --> 00:52:55,551 Dr. Nowzaradan: YESTERDAY, TIFFANY CAME IN 1074 00:52:55,551 --> 00:52:56,793 WITH SEVERE STOMACH PAIN. 1075 00:52:56,793 --> 00:52:59,310 AND SHE REVEALED TO US SHE'S FREQUENTLY HAVING 1076 00:52:59,310 --> 00:53:01,586 GALL BLADDER ATTACKS FOR A WHILE NOW 1077 00:53:01,586 --> 00:53:05,068 AS A RESULT OF GALLSTONES SHE HAS DEVELOPED. 1078 00:53:05,068 --> 00:53:07,620 SO WE'VE DONE SOME TESTS AND DETERMINED THAT SHE WAS, 1079 00:53:07,620 --> 00:53:09,896 IN FACT, HAVING A GALL BLADDER ATTACK. 1080 00:53:09,896 --> 00:53:12,758 BUT LUCKILY, IT WASN'T THAT SERIOUS. 1081 00:53:12,758 --> 00:53:14,689 SO SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER 1082 00:53:14,689 --> 00:53:16,689 AND HER STOMACH PAIN AS GONE AWAY 1083 00:53:16,689 --> 00:53:18,896 AFTER WE GAVE HER SOME MEDICATION, 1084 00:53:18,896 --> 00:53:21,379 BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE REMOVE HER GALL BLADDER 1085 00:53:21,379 --> 00:53:24,344 BEFORE SHE HAS A MORE SEVERE ATTACK. 1086 00:53:24,344 --> 00:53:26,517 HOWEVER, HER WEIGHT IS STILL TOO HIGH 1087 00:53:26,517 --> 00:53:30,862 FOR IT TO BE SAFE FOR US TO DO ANY OPERATION ON HER. 1088 00:53:30,862 --> 00:53:34,655 SO HER ONLY OPTION IS TO LOSE WEIGHT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 1089 00:53:34,655 --> 00:53:37,620 BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE GOT HER WEIGHT EARLIER TODAY 1090 00:53:37,620 --> 00:53:41,517 AND SHE HASN'T MADE THE PROGRESS SHE SHOULD HAVE AT THIS POINT. 1091 00:53:41,517 --> 00:53:44,586 AND I'M CONCERNED THAT SHE'S NOT GONNA MAKE IT MUCH LONGER 1092 00:53:44,586 --> 00:53:47,448 IF SHE DOESN'T START TO DO WHAT SHE NEEDS. 1093 00:53:47,448 --> 00:53:50,068 ♪♪ 1094 00:53:50,068 --> 00:53:54,103 -HELLO. -HI, TIFFANY. 1095 00:53:54,103 --> 00:53:57,068 -HOW ARE YOU TODAY? -ALL RIGHT. YOU DOING BETTER? 1096 00:53:57,068 --> 00:54:00,172 -YEAH. -YOUR STOMACH FEELING ALL RIGHT? 1097 00:54:00,172 --> 00:54:02,275 -YEAH. -ALL RIGHT. 1098 00:54:02,275 --> 00:54:04,620 Dr. Nowzaradan: SO, YOU WERE HAVING A GALL BLADDER ATTACK, 1099 00:54:04,620 --> 00:54:06,206 BUT IT WASN'T SEVERE. 1100 00:54:06,206 --> 00:54:08,931 SO THANKFULLY, IT WAS JUST A BIT OF A FLARE-UP. 1101 00:54:08,931 --> 00:54:11,448 BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE REMOVE YOUR GALL BLADDER 1102 00:54:11,448 --> 00:54:14,206 BEFORE YOU HAVE AN ATTACK THAT IS MUCH WORSE, 1103 00:54:14,206 --> 00:54:16,379 BECAUSE IF IT GETS TO THAT STAGE, 1104 00:54:16,379 --> 00:54:18,310 IT COULD BE DEADLY FOR YOU. 1105 00:54:18,310 --> 00:54:21,413 BUT A BIG PROBLEM IS YOUR WEIGHT AND YOUR CURRENT CONDITION 1106 00:54:21,413 --> 00:54:24,896 MAKES DOING ANY SURGERY ON YOU TOO RISKY. 1107 00:54:24,896 --> 00:54:26,379 AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 1108 00:54:26,379 --> 00:54:28,724 THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS THIS IS. 1109 00:54:28,724 --> 00:54:30,206 OKAY. 1110 00:54:30,206 --> 00:54:33,275 YOU SAY "OKAY," BUT SO FAR, YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT. 1111 00:54:33,275 --> 00:54:35,896 YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS ONE WEEK FROM NOW, 1112 00:54:35,896 --> 00:54:38,551 AND YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LOSE 80 POUNDS BY THEN. 1113 00:54:38,551 --> 00:54:40,620 BUT WHEN WE CHECKED YOUR WEIGHT EARLIER TODAY, 1114 00:54:40,620 --> 00:54:42,620 YOU WERE ONLY DOWN TO 627. 1115 00:54:42,620 --> 00:54:46,931 YOU'VE ONLY LOST 19 POUNDS IN ALMOST TWO MONTHS. 1116 00:54:46,931 --> 00:54:49,413 SO, WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE? 1117 00:54:49,413 --> 00:54:52,758 UM, I THOUGHT I WAS WORKING REALLY HARD, SO I DON'T KNOW. 1118 00:54:52,758 --> 00:54:57,241 NO, YOU DIDN'T. YOU JUST THINK YOU CAN KEEP PLAYING GAMES. 1119 00:54:57,241 --> 00:55:01,103 YOUR FAMILY MAY BUY THAT, BUT DOESN'T WORK ON ME. 1120 00:55:01,103 --> 00:55:02,862 SO HERE'S YOUR CHOICE. 1121 00:55:02,862 --> 00:55:04,862 WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU HOME TODAY, 1122 00:55:04,862 --> 00:55:06,551 AND I WANT YOU TO LOSE 80 POUNDS 1123 00:55:06,551 --> 00:55:08,344 OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS AGAIN 1124 00:55:08,344 --> 00:55:11,724 SO WE CAN GET YOU UNDER 600 AND DO SURGERY ON YOU. 1125 00:55:11,724 --> 00:55:13,896 IF YOU DO THAT, WE'LL DO WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 1126 00:55:13,896 --> 00:55:15,931 AND REMOVE YOUR GALL BLADDER. 1127 00:55:15,931 --> 00:55:18,241 BUT IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU'RE ROLLING THE DICE 1128 00:55:18,241 --> 00:55:20,206 AND RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 1129 00:55:20,206 --> 00:55:23,724 SO IF YOU DON'T WAKE UP, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN. 1130 00:55:23,724 --> 00:55:25,172 AND THEN THAT'LL BE IT FOR YOU. 1131 00:55:25,172 --> 00:55:26,172 YOU GOT IT? 1132 00:55:26,172 --> 00:55:27,379 LOUD AND CLEAR. 1133 00:55:27,379 --> 00:55:29,448 I WILL MOST DEFINITELY KEEP LOSING WEIGHT. 1134 00:55:29,448 --> 00:55:31,137 FOR YOUR SAKE, I HOPE SO 1135 00:55:31,137 --> 00:55:32,655 BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE. 1136 00:55:32,655 --> 00:55:34,586 OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. 1137 00:55:34,586 --> 00:55:38,034 OKAY. IF YOU NEED ANYTHING OR YOUR STOMACH HURTS AGAIN, 1138 00:55:38,034 --> 00:55:40,206 GIVE ME A CALL. 1139 00:55:40,206 --> 00:55:43,310 ♪♪ 1140 00:55:43,310 --> 00:55:45,827 Dr. Nowzaradan: I'M HOPING TIFFANY TRULY UNDERSTANDS 1141 00:55:45,827 --> 00:55:49,206 HOW DANGEROUS IT IS FOR HER TO KEEP GOING LIKE THIS. 1142 00:55:49,206 --> 00:55:52,206 SHE COULD HAVE ANOTHER GALL BLADDER ATTACK ANY DAY, 1143 00:55:52,206 --> 00:55:53,689 AND IF IT IS MORE SEVERE, 1144 00:55:53,689 --> 00:55:56,275 THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE SHE WON'T MAKE IT. 1145 00:55:56,275 --> 00:55:58,551 AND FOR US NOT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT 1146 00:55:58,551 --> 00:56:00,862 BECAUSE OF HER WEIGHT WHEN SHE'S BEEN GIVEN 1147 00:56:00,862 --> 00:56:05,241 THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 1148 00:56:05,241 --> 00:56:08,137 BUT HOPEFULLY, THIS WAS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR HER 1149 00:56:08,137 --> 00:56:11,862 AND SHE WILL START TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. 1150 00:56:11,862 --> 00:56:14,344 BUT IF SHE DOESN'T, THEN THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE 1151 00:56:14,344 --> 00:56:16,551 SHE WON'T BE AROUND FOR MUCH LONGER. 1152 00:56:16,551 --> 00:56:21,793 ♪♪ 1153 00:56:21,793 --> 00:56:27,034 ♪♪ 1154 00:56:27,034 --> 00:56:30,068 SINCE I GOT BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, 1155 00:56:30,068 --> 00:56:33,724 I'VE GOTTEN AS SERIOUS AS I CAN ABOUT WHAT I NEED TO DO. 1156 00:56:33,724 --> 00:56:35,758 I KNOW HOW CLOSE I'VE GOT TO SOMETHING 1157 00:56:35,758 --> 00:56:38,862 REALLY BAD HAPPENING TO ME BECAUSE OF HOW LONG 1158 00:56:38,862 --> 00:56:42,655 I'VE LET MY HEALTH GO, AND I'VE IGNORED SOME THINGS. 1159 00:56:42,655 --> 00:56:46,758 AND I DON'T WANT A SCARE LIKE THAT AGAIN. 1160 00:56:46,758 --> 00:56:49,482 SO I'VE TAKEN EVERYTHING I'M DOING UP A NOTCH. 1161 00:56:49,482 --> 00:56:54,068 WITH MY EXERCISES, I'VE GOTTEN A TRAINER. 1162 00:56:54,068 --> 00:56:57,000 I'M NOT REALLY A HUGE FAN OF THE GYM, 1163 00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,206 SO AARON'S BEEN TAKING ME TO MEET HIM IN THE PARK 1164 00:56:59,206 --> 00:57:00,448 SO I CAN WORK OUT THERE. 1165 00:57:00,448 --> 00:57:02,620 TIFF! 1166 00:57:02,620 --> 00:57:04,344 -HOW ARE YOU? -WHAT'S UP? 1167 00:57:04,344 --> 00:57:07,137 YOU CAN ALL GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT IF YOU WANT. 1168 00:57:07,137 --> 00:57:11,517 TODAY WE'RE TRYING BOXING, WHICH WILL BE NEW FOR ME. 1169 00:57:11,517 --> 00:57:13,931 BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M READY. 1170 00:57:13,931 --> 00:57:15,379 READY TO GET EXCITED? WE'RE ABOUT TO PUMP UP. 1171 00:57:15,379 --> 00:57:16,586 ALL RIGHT. 1172 00:57:16,586 --> 00:57:18,206 ALL RIGHT. 1173 00:57:18,206 --> 00:57:20,379 GO AHEAD AND GET IN THAT FIGHTING POSITION. 1174 00:57:20,379 --> 00:57:21,896 THERE WE GO, NICE. 1175 00:57:21,896 --> 00:57:23,758 NOW I WANT YOU TO THROW ME SOME JABS. 1176 00:57:23,758 --> 00:57:25,000 ALL RIGHT, BOOM. 1177 00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:26,862 NICE. CROSS. 1178 00:57:26,862 --> 00:57:29,379 LET'S GO, JAB. 1179 00:57:29,379 --> 00:57:31,034 KEEP THAT FORM UP. KEEP THAT FORM UP. 1180 00:57:31,034 --> 00:57:33,068 CROSS. LET'S GO. 1181 00:57:33,068 --> 00:57:34,172 FINAL ROUND! 1182 00:57:34,172 --> 00:57:38,172 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR! 1183 00:57:38,172 --> 00:57:39,551 LET'S GO, TIFF, GET AGGRESSIVE! 1184 00:57:39,551 --> 00:57:40,482 GET AGGRESSIVE! 1185 00:57:40,482 --> 00:57:41,862 NICE. NICE. 1186 00:57:41,862 --> 00:57:45,482 NICE, NICE, NICE, NICE. 1187 00:57:45,482 --> 00:57:47,137 I'M PROUD. I'M PROUD! 1188 00:57:47,137 --> 00:57:48,103 -THANK YOU. -YOU DID IT. 1189 00:57:48,103 --> 00:57:49,517 -YOU EXHAUSTED? -YEAH. 1190 00:57:49,517 --> 00:57:50,689 YOU DID THE DANG THING, GIRL! 1191 00:57:50,689 --> 00:57:51,689 -YOU DID IT! -THANK YOU. 1192 00:57:51,689 --> 00:57:53,103 YOU DID IT! 1193 00:57:53,103 --> 00:57:56,724 IT'S BEEN EXCITING, GETTING OUT AND BEING MORE ACTIVE. 1194 00:57:56,724 --> 00:57:58,206 CLAP IT ON OUT. ALL RIGHT. 1195 00:57:58,206 --> 00:57:59,827 -I'M GONNA SEE Y'ALL TOMORROW. -HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 1196 00:57:59,827 --> 00:58:01,275 Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT ONE. 1197 00:58:01,275 --> 00:58:03,172 IT WAS HARD TO START. 1198 00:58:03,172 --> 00:58:05,586 BUT NOW THAT I'VE TAKEN THAT FIRST STEP IN DOING IT, 1199 00:58:05,586 --> 00:58:09,172 IT'S NOT AS BAD AND I'M STARTING TO LIKE IT. 1200 00:58:09,172 --> 00:58:11,206 SO I FEEL REALLY GOOD -- 1201 00:58:11,206 --> 00:58:14,448 BETTER THAN I HAVE IN A LONG TIME. 1202 00:58:14,448 --> 00:58:18,068 I'M ALSO WORKING REALLY HARD ON MY DIET. 1203 00:58:18,068 --> 00:58:20,655 I'M STARTING TO HAVE A LOT MORE ENERGY, 1204 00:58:20,655 --> 00:58:24,034 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M REALLY LOSING A WHOLE LOT 1205 00:58:24,034 --> 00:58:28,068 BECAUSE I'VE COMPLETELY CUT OUT ALL THE BAD STUFF FROM MY DIET. 1206 00:58:28,068 --> 00:58:30,517 AND I'M NOT MAKING ANY MORE EXCUSES. 1207 00:58:30,517 --> 00:58:35,517 ♪♪ 1208 00:58:35,517 --> 00:58:40,586 ♪♪ 1209 00:58:40,586 --> 00:58:45,586 I'M NOT EATING ANY MORE CARBS OR SWEETS RIGHT NOW, 1210 00:58:45,586 --> 00:58:50,517 SO I'M FOCUSING ON LOW-CALORIE AND HIGH-PROTEIN OPTIONS. 1211 00:58:50,517 --> 00:58:55,827 JASMINE HAS ALSO COME BACK DOWN TO SUPPORT AND HELP ME DO THIS. 1212 00:58:55,827 --> 00:58:56,827 SO, HOW'D YOUR WORKOUT GO TODAY? 1213 00:58:56,827 --> 00:58:58,620 IT WENT PRETTY GOOD. 1214 00:58:58,620 --> 00:59:01,724 THE ONLY HARD PART IS THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, 1215 00:59:01,724 --> 00:59:03,206 AND THAT WAS KIND OF INTIMIDATING. 1216 00:59:03,206 --> 00:59:05,689 MM-HMM. 1217 00:59:05,689 --> 00:59:08,689 I HAVE ONE MORE MONTH BEFORE MY NEXT WEIGH-IN, 1218 00:59:08,689 --> 00:59:12,034 AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT COUNT. 1219 00:59:12,034 --> 00:59:14,172 I HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS. 1220 00:59:14,172 --> 00:59:16,551 I EITHER DO THIS NOW, OR THIS NEXT APPOINTMENT 1221 00:59:16,551 --> 00:59:19,000 ISN'T GONNA GO THE WAY I WANT 1222 00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,689 AND THINGS ARE GONNA TAKE A REALLY BAD TURN FOR ME. 1223 00:59:21,689 --> 00:59:27,034 ♪♪ 1224 00:59:27,034 --> 00:59:32,379 ♪♪ 1225 00:59:32,379 --> 00:59:34,482 ME AND AARON ARE HEADED TO DR. NOW'S 1226 00:59:34,482 --> 00:59:37,862 FOR MY NEXT APPOINTMENT AND WEIGHT-CHECK. 1227 00:59:37,862 --> 00:59:41,862 AND TO SAY I'M NERVOUS IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. 1228 00:59:41,862 --> 00:59:43,931 IT'S MORE LIKE I'M FREAKING INSIDE, 1229 00:59:43,931 --> 00:59:47,827 AND I'M JUST TRYING TO STAY CALM ON THE OUTSIDE. 1230 00:59:47,827 --> 00:59:50,413 I'VE WORKED HARDER THESE LAST TWO MONTHS 1231 00:59:50,413 --> 00:59:54,172 THAN I THINK I HAVE MY WHOLE LIFE. 1232 00:59:54,172 --> 00:59:56,000 BUT EVERY TIME I'VE GONE TO AN APPOINTMENT, 1233 00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:59,724 I'VE LOST FAR LESS THAN I THOUGHT I DID. 1234 00:59:59,724 --> 01:00:04,827 SO AS CONFIDENT AS I AM ABOUT HOW I APPLIED MYSELF, 1235 01:00:04,827 --> 01:00:09,586 IT'S HARD FOR ME NOT TO BE ABSOLUTELY SCARED OUT OF MY MIND 1236 01:00:09,586 --> 01:00:13,034 BECAUSE I KNOW FAILURE TODAY MEANS I'M DONE. 1237 01:00:13,034 --> 01:00:15,103 ♪♪ 1238 01:00:15,103 --> 01:00:17,413 TIFFANY BARKER? 1239 01:00:17,413 --> 01:00:20,206 DR. NOW WON'T KEEP ALLOWING ME TO DO HIS PROGRAM 1240 01:00:20,206 --> 01:00:24,551 AFTER SO MANY TIMES WHERE I DIDN'T LOSE WHAT I NEEDED. 1241 01:00:24,551 --> 01:00:29,448 SO IF THE NUMBER THAT COMES UP RIGHT NOW IS NOT WHERE I NEED, 1242 01:00:29,448 --> 01:00:33,137 THEN THAT'LL MEAN I'VE LOST THIS CHANCE 1243 01:00:33,137 --> 01:00:36,137 AND THE ONLY HOPE I'D HAD LEFT TO SAVE MY LIFE. 1244 01:00:36,137 --> 01:00:36,793 ♪♪ 1245 01:00:43,827 --> 01:00:50,413 ♪♪ 1246 01:00:50,413 --> 01:00:52,379 Tiffany: ME AND AARON ARE AT DR. NOW'S, 1247 01:00:52,379 --> 01:00:53,620 AND I'M ABOUT TO FIND OUT 1248 01:00:53,620 --> 01:00:56,379 IF I HIT MY GOAL OR IF I FAILED AGAIN. 1249 01:00:56,379 --> 01:00:58,931 SO I'M REALLY STRESSED OUT. 1250 01:01:00,137 --> 01:01:02,517 TIFFANY BARKER. 1251 01:01:02,517 --> 01:01:04,034 Tiffany: THE LAST TIME I HAD MY WEIGHT CHECKED 1252 01:01:04,034 --> 01:01:06,689 WAS AT THE HOSPITAL TWO MONTHS AGO. 1253 01:01:06,689 --> 01:01:11,103 AND DR. NOW TOLD ME I HAD TO LOSE 80 POUNDS IN THAT TIME. 1254 01:01:11,103 --> 01:01:16,241 SO THAT MEANS I NEED TO BE BELOW 547 POUNDS TODAY. 1255 01:01:16,241 --> 01:01:22,793 ♪♪ 1256 01:01:22,793 --> 01:01:24,620 THANK YOU. 1257 01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:30,000 I'M RELIEVED TO SEE SUCH A BIG WEIGHT LOSS. 1258 01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:33,379 BUT IT'S NOT QUITE AS MUCH AS I WAS SUPPOSED TO LOSE. 1259 01:01:33,379 --> 01:01:36,310 AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CLOSE, IT HAS ME SCARED, 1260 01:01:36,310 --> 01:01:37,965 BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA 1261 01:01:37,965 --> 01:01:39,551 IF DR. NOW IS GONNA THINK IT'S GOOD ENOUGH 1262 01:01:39,551 --> 01:01:41,551 AND APPROVE ME FOR SURGERY 1263 01:01:41,551 --> 01:01:44,275 OR TELL ME IT'S NOT ENOUGH AND I'M DONE. 1264 01:01:44,275 --> 01:01:46,551 ♪♪ 1265 01:01:46,551 --> 01:01:48,103 -HELLO. -HELLO. 1266 01:01:48,103 --> 01:01:50,137 HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? 1267 01:01:50,137 --> 01:01:51,172 GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 1268 01:01:51,172 --> 01:01:52,758 DOING ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 1269 01:01:52,758 --> 01:01:56,000 SO, TODAY, YOU'RE DOWN TO 555 POUNDS, 1270 01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:57,758 ABOUT 8 POUNDS SHORT OF YOUR GOAL. 1271 01:01:57,758 --> 01:01:59,448 BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, 1272 01:01:59,448 --> 01:02:01,793 YOU MADE MORE PROGRESS IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS 1273 01:02:01,793 --> 01:02:04,103 THAN YOU DID IN THE FIRST FIVE COMBINED. 1274 01:02:04,103 --> 01:02:05,620 SO THAT'S POSITIVE. 1275 01:02:05,620 --> 01:02:06,931 AND I THINK IT SHOWS THAT 1276 01:02:06,931 --> 01:02:09,448 YOU'RE FINALLY TAKING THIS MORE SERIOUSLY. 1277 01:02:09,448 --> 01:02:12,137 SO I'M APPROVING YOU FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, OKAY? 1278 01:02:12,137 --> 01:02:13,482 AWESOME. THANK YOU. 1279 01:02:13,482 --> 01:02:14,965 BUT HERE'S THE DEAL -- 1280 01:02:14,965 --> 01:02:16,931 I'M GONNA SET YOU UP FOR TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, 1281 01:02:16,931 --> 01:02:18,413 AND I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME 1282 01:02:18,413 --> 01:02:20,965 THAT YOU'RE GONNA KEEP MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT TIME 1283 01:02:20,965 --> 01:02:22,862 AND STICK TO DOING WHAT YOU NEED. 1284 01:02:22,862 --> 01:02:24,172 OKAY. 1285 01:02:24,172 --> 01:02:27,551 AND I WANT YOU TO GET TO UNDER 500 POUNDS, 1286 01:02:27,551 --> 01:02:29,172 AND IF, THE DAY OF SURGERY, 1287 01:02:29,172 --> 01:02:31,620 YOU COME IN HERE NOT UNDER 500 POUNDS, 1288 01:02:31,620 --> 01:02:33,206 WE'RE GONNA CANCEL YOUR SURGERY. 1289 01:02:33,206 --> 01:02:34,586 -OKAY. -ALL RIGHT. 1290 01:02:34,586 --> 01:02:36,310 ANY QUESTIONS? 1291 01:02:36,310 --> 01:02:37,586 NO QUESTIONS. 1292 01:02:37,586 --> 01:02:41,000 ALL RIGHT, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE PROGRESS YOU'RE MAKING, 1293 01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:42,482 AND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP AT IT, 1294 01:02:42,482 --> 01:02:45,551 WE WILL FINALLY MOVE AHEAD WITH YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 1295 01:02:45,551 --> 01:02:47,137 AND REMOVE YOUR GALLBLADDER 1296 01:02:47,137 --> 01:02:49,862 SO YOU WON'T SUFFER FROM ANY MORE ATTACKS WITH THAT. 1297 01:02:49,862 --> 01:02:51,206 SOUND GOOD?AWESOME. 1298 01:02:51,206 --> 01:02:52,448 THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT. 1299 01:02:52,448 --> 01:02:54,068 I'LL SEE YOU LATER.THANK YOU. 1300 01:02:54,068 --> 01:02:55,655 NICE TO SEE YOU BOTH, OKAY? 1301 01:02:55,655 --> 01:02:56,758 NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO. 1302 01:02:56,758 --> 01:02:58,034 ALL RIGHT. 1303 01:02:58,034 --> 01:03:02,310 ♪♪ 1304 01:03:02,310 --> 01:03:06,655 IT'S SCARY AND AWESOME AT THE SAME TIME. 1305 01:03:06,655 --> 01:03:08,586 [ CHUCKLES ] YEAH. 1306 01:03:10,241 --> 01:03:13,655 I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE TIFFANY'S RECENT PROGRESS, 1307 01:03:13,655 --> 01:03:16,275 ESPECIALLY AFTER SHE STRUGGLED FOR SO LONG. 1308 01:03:16,275 --> 01:03:19,137 IT SEEMS THE CLOSE CALL WITH HER GALLBLADDER ATTACK 1309 01:03:19,137 --> 01:03:23,275 WAS WHAT SHE NEEDED TO FINALLY WAKE UP AND TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. 1310 01:03:23,275 --> 01:03:26,413 BUT SINCE IT TOOK HER SO LONG TO GET TO THIS POINT, 1311 01:03:26,413 --> 01:03:29,310 I NEED TO MAKE SURE HER RECENT AMBITION AND DRIVE 1312 01:03:29,310 --> 01:03:31,965 WASN'T JUST A TEMPORARY PUSH TO GET APPROVED 1313 01:03:31,965 --> 01:03:34,034 AND THAT SHE'S WILLING TO SIT WITH IT. 1314 01:03:34,034 --> 01:03:37,172 SO, IF SHE GETS UNDER 500 BY HER SURGERY DAY, 1315 01:03:37,172 --> 01:03:38,758 THEN THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO SHOW ME 1316 01:03:38,758 --> 01:03:40,448 THAT SHE'S TRULY READY 1317 01:03:40,448 --> 01:03:43,724 TO TAKE THIS NEXT STEP OF GETTING WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1318 01:03:43,724 --> 01:03:45,137 ♪♪ 1319 01:03:45,137 --> 01:03:48,172 Tiffany: I'M SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW. 1320 01:03:48,172 --> 01:03:50,482 AND I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING I CAN 1321 01:03:50,482 --> 01:03:54,000 TO MAKE SURE MY SURGERY DOESN'T GET CANCELED. 1322 01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:56,241 THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO ME. 1323 01:03:56,241 --> 01:04:01,103 I'D FEEL LIKE I FAILED MYSELF AND LET EVERYONE DOWN. 1324 01:04:01,103 --> 01:04:04,034 SO I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I KEEP AT IT AND WORK HARD 1325 01:04:04,034 --> 01:04:05,724 TO SHOW DR. NOW 1326 01:04:05,724 --> 01:04:08,068 THAT I'M DEFINITELY READY TO DO EVERYTHING I NEED 1327 01:04:08,068 --> 01:04:10,137 TO MAKE SURE MY WHOLE WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY 1328 01:04:10,137 --> 01:04:11,620 IS A SUCCESS. 1329 01:04:11,620 --> 01:04:13,758 ♪♪ 1330 01:04:13,758 --> 01:04:16,896 ♪♪ 1331 01:04:16,896 --> 01:04:23,344 ♪♪ 1332 01:04:23,344 --> 01:04:26,586 I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS DAY IS FINALLY HERE. 1333 01:04:26,586 --> 01:04:29,241 AND I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF FOR NOT GIVING UP 1334 01:04:29,241 --> 01:04:31,827 AND MAKING IT TO THIS POINT. 1335 01:04:31,827 --> 01:04:34,172 I'VE WORKED SO HARD. 1336 01:04:34,172 --> 01:04:35,896 AND WHEN DR. NOW GAVE ME ANOTHER GOAL 1337 01:04:35,896 --> 01:04:38,655 TO GET UNDER 500 BY TODAY, 1338 01:04:38,655 --> 01:04:41,206 I LOST ANOTHER 64 POUNDS, 1339 01:04:41,206 --> 01:04:44,068 AND I'M DOWN TO 491. 1340 01:04:44,068 --> 01:04:47,379 SO HE SAID HE'S MOVING AHEAD WITH MY SURGERY TODAY. 1341 01:04:47,379 --> 01:04:49,862 AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CHANCE 1342 01:04:49,862 --> 01:04:52,896 TO GET SOMETHING I'VE NEEDED AND WANTED FOR SO LONG. 1343 01:04:55,275 --> 01:04:57,448 -HEY. -HI. 1344 01:04:57,448 --> 01:04:59,482 -HOW'S IT GOING? -GOOD. GOOD. 1345 01:04:59,482 --> 01:05:01,000 [ SIGHS ] 1346 01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:03,965 MY MOM FLEW IN, TOO, TO BE HERE WITH ME TODAY. 1347 01:05:03,965 --> 01:05:06,344 AND HAVING ALL THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT RIGHT NOW 1348 01:05:06,344 --> 01:05:08,724 IS A HUGE ENCOURAGEMENT. 1349 01:05:08,724 --> 01:05:10,344 AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO DO EVEN MORE 1350 01:05:10,344 --> 01:05:13,379 AND WORK EVEN HARDER FOR THEM AND FOR ME. 1351 01:05:13,379 --> 01:05:14,517 I'M EXCITED FOR YOU. 1352 01:05:14,517 --> 01:05:16,034 [ CHUCKLES ] 1353 01:05:16,034 --> 01:05:17,793 Tiffany: I'M EXCITED TO GET IT OVER WITH, 1354 01:05:17,793 --> 01:05:20,931 WAKE UP, HEAL, AND GET MY LIFE TOGETHER. 1355 01:05:20,931 --> 01:05:22,758 [ LAUGHS ] 1356 01:05:22,758 --> 01:05:25,068 -ALL RIGHT. -OKAY. 1357 01:05:25,068 --> 01:05:27,620 SO, GOOD LUCK, AND WE'LL SEE YOU AFTER SURGERY. 1358 01:05:27,620 --> 01:05:28,931 ALL RIGHT. LOVE YOU. 1359 01:05:28,931 --> 01:05:30,172 OKAY. LOVE YOU, TOO. 1360 01:05:30,172 --> 01:05:31,586 BYE. 1361 01:05:31,586 --> 01:05:35,000 ♪♪ 1362 01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:36,517 Tiffany: I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS, 1363 01:05:36,517 --> 01:05:39,206 BECAUSE DR. NOW SAID I'M STILL HIGH-RISK. 1364 01:05:39,206 --> 01:05:44,965 BUT IT IS SO WORTH THE DANGER JUST TO GET MY LIFE BACK. 1365 01:05:44,965 --> 01:05:46,793 EVENTUALLY, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE KIDS, 1366 01:05:46,793 --> 01:05:50,068 AND THIS IS GOING TO HELP ME GET TO THAT POINT. 1367 01:05:50,068 --> 01:05:53,931 SO, AS AFRAID AS I AM OF WHAT COULD GO WRONG TODAY, 1368 01:05:53,931 --> 01:05:55,724 IT'S FAR LESS THAN THE FEAR I HAVE 1369 01:05:55,724 --> 01:05:59,344 OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME IF I DON'T GET THE SURGERY. 1370 01:05:59,344 --> 01:06:01,689 SO I'M READY FOR THIS. 1371 01:06:01,689 --> 01:06:05,551 ♪♪ 1372 01:06:05,551 --> 01:06:07,413 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO 1373 01:06:07,413 --> 01:06:09,793 A GASTRIC SLEEVE ON TIFFANY. 1374 01:06:09,793 --> 01:06:12,931 SHE'S TAKEN A WHILE TO START MAKING PROGRESS. 1375 01:06:12,931 --> 01:06:15,241 BUT SHE'S FINALLY DOING WHAT SHE NEEDS, 1376 01:06:15,241 --> 01:06:18,241 SO SHE'S READY FOR THIS STEP TODAY. 1377 01:06:22,137 --> 01:06:24,344 WE ARE ALSO PLANNING ON REMOVING HER GALLBLADDER... 1378 01:06:24,344 --> 01:06:27,620 THE OPERATION IS WITH HER GALLSTONES. 1379 01:06:28,793 --> 01:06:29,931 LIGHT OFF. 1380 01:06:29,931 --> 01:06:31,655 ♪♪ 1381 01:06:31,655 --> 01:06:34,689 AND THAT WILL ALSO BE A GREAT HELP TO HER. 1382 01:06:34,689 --> 01:06:37,793 BUT TIFFANY HAS PUSHED HER BODY CLOSE TO ITS LIMIT 1383 01:06:37,793 --> 01:06:40,000 FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 1384 01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:42,862 SO SHE HAS HAD A LOT OF STRAIN ON HER SYSTEM. 1385 01:06:42,862 --> 01:06:46,758 AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO DO ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, 1386 01:06:46,758 --> 01:06:50,517 BECAUSE SURGERY IS VERY HIGH-RISK FOR SOMEONE HER SIZE. 1387 01:06:50,517 --> 01:06:53,206 SO IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CONCERNS US, 1388 01:06:53,206 --> 01:06:55,517 WE HAVE TO END THE OPERATION EARLY. 1389 01:06:57,965 --> 01:07:00,034 BUT, HOPEFULLY, IT WON'T COME TO THAT, 1390 01:07:00,034 --> 01:07:01,551 BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT 1391 01:07:01,551 --> 01:07:03,793 TIFFANY HAVE HER GALLBLADDER ADDRESSED 1392 01:07:03,793 --> 01:07:05,965 AND HAVE THIS GASTRIC SLEEVE, 1393 01:07:05,965 --> 01:07:09,413 BECAUSE THIS PROCEDURE IS GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL 1394 01:07:09,413 --> 01:07:11,482 TO HELP HER TO CONTINUE TO LOSE THE WEIGHT 1395 01:07:11,482 --> 01:07:13,827 FOR THE LONG TERM, LIKE SHE NEEDS, 1396 01:07:13,827 --> 01:07:19,068 BECAUSE WHAT THIS OPERATION DOES IS REDUCE THE STOMACH BY 90%, 1397 01:07:19,068 --> 01:07:23,344 LEAVING A SMALL, NARROW TUBE THAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO A SLEEVE. 1398 01:07:23,344 --> 01:07:27,551 SO THE PATIENT'S FOOD INTAKE IS PHYSICALLY LIMITED. 1399 01:07:27,551 --> 01:07:31,206 SO THIS OPERATION WILL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY 1400 01:07:31,206 --> 01:07:33,103 TO LOSE EVEN MORE WEIGHT. 1401 01:07:33,103 --> 01:07:37,862 ♪♪ 1402 01:07:37,862 --> 01:07:39,896 WAITING FOR TIFFANY IS KIND OF NERVE-RACKING, 1403 01:07:39,896 --> 01:07:41,862 JUST 'CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN. 1404 01:07:41,862 --> 01:07:43,379 IT'S A LOT OF RISK, 1405 01:07:43,379 --> 01:07:45,068 'CAUSE THERE COULD BE A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS WITH THIS SURGERY. 1406 01:07:45,068 --> 01:07:47,551 BUT TIFFANY IS A REALLY STRONG PERSON. 1407 01:07:47,551 --> 01:07:50,275 AND I JUST HOPE SHE COMES OUT ALIVE. 1408 01:07:50,275 --> 01:07:51,620 ♪♪ 1409 01:08:03,172 --> 01:08:06,241 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE BACK TABLE. 1410 01:08:11,793 --> 01:08:13,758 [ MONITORS BEEPING ] 1411 01:08:13,758 --> 01:08:15,586 ♪♪ 1412 01:08:23,655 --> 01:08:24,793 -YOU DID IT. -OKAY. 1413 01:08:24,793 --> 01:08:26,344 CAN YOU TURN THE ROOM LIGHT ON? 1414 01:08:26,344 --> 01:08:27,827 ♪♪ 1415 01:08:29,482 --> 01:08:33,551 ♪♪ 1416 01:08:33,551 --> 01:08:36,379 OKAY. ALL FINISHED. 1417 01:08:36,379 --> 01:08:39,448 ALL RIGHT, TIFFANY'S SURGERY WENT VERY WELL. 1418 01:08:39,448 --> 01:08:41,965 WE SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED HER GALLBLADDER 1419 01:08:41,965 --> 01:08:45,275 AND PERFORMED A GASTRIC SLEEVE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. 1420 01:08:45,275 --> 01:08:48,965 SO THIS WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. 1421 01:08:48,965 --> 01:08:50,517 SO, WE'LL GET HER TO RECOVERY, 1422 01:08:50,517 --> 01:08:53,862 AND SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GO HOME IN A COUPLE DAYS. 1423 01:08:53,862 --> 01:08:55,965 SHE'LL BE ON A LIQUID DIET FOR ONE MONTH, 1424 01:08:55,965 --> 01:08:59,586 AND IN THAT TIME, SHE SHOULD LOSE ANOTHER 35 POUNDS. 1425 01:08:59,586 --> 01:09:02,379 THEN, ONCE SHE GOES BACK ON SOLID FOOD, 1426 01:09:02,379 --> 01:09:05,379 SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOSE AT LEAST 20 POUNDS A MONTH 1427 01:09:05,379 --> 01:09:07,655 UNTIL SHE GETS TO HER TARGET WEIGHT. 1428 01:09:07,655 --> 01:09:10,310 BUT WITH HOW SHE STRUGGLED TO GET TO THIS POINT, 1429 01:09:10,310 --> 01:09:13,206 IT'S CLEAR THAT SHE HAS A LOT OF EMOTIONAL ISSUES 1430 01:09:13,206 --> 01:09:15,827 THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF HER PATHOLOGICAL EATING 1431 01:09:15,827 --> 01:09:17,758 THAT WE NEED TO START TO ADDRESS 1432 01:09:17,758 --> 01:09:20,137 NOW THAT SHE HAS HAD WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1433 01:09:20,137 --> 01:09:21,827 SO, AS SOON AS SHE'S RECOVERED, 1434 01:09:21,827 --> 01:09:23,655 WE'RE GONNA SEND HER TO PSYCHOTHERAPY 1435 01:09:23,655 --> 01:09:25,965 TO START WORKING ON THOSE ISSUES. 1436 01:09:25,965 --> 01:09:28,965 AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE DO THAT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, 1437 01:09:28,965 --> 01:09:31,379 THEN IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME 1438 01:09:31,379 --> 01:09:34,965 BEFORE TIFFANY STARTS TO GO BACK TO FOOD FOR COMFORT 1439 01:09:34,965 --> 01:09:37,620 AND, OVER TIME, STRETCHES HER STOMACH BACK OUT 1440 01:09:37,620 --> 01:09:39,758 AND STARTS TO GAIN AGAIN. 1441 01:09:39,758 --> 01:09:41,241 AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, 1442 01:09:41,241 --> 01:09:43,724 THE PROBABILITY OF GETTING HER BACK ON TRACK 1443 01:09:43,724 --> 01:09:45,517 WILL BE LESS THAN 1%. 1444 01:09:45,517 --> 01:09:48,620 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. 1445 01:09:54,655 --> 01:10:03,793 ♪♪ 1446 01:10:03,793 --> 01:10:13,103 ♪♪ 1447 01:10:13,103 --> 01:10:14,896 Tiffany: TODAY, AARON IS DROPPING ME OFF 1448 01:10:14,896 --> 01:10:18,551 AT THE THERAPIST DR. NOW WANTS ME TO START SEEING. 1449 01:10:18,551 --> 01:10:21,068 IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE MY WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 1450 01:10:21,068 --> 01:10:23,413 AND I'M DOING WELL. 1451 01:10:23,413 --> 01:10:26,310 AND WHAT'S SURPRISING TO ME NOW WAS HOW LITTLE I CAN EAT 1452 01:10:26,310 --> 01:10:28,551 BEFORE I GET REALLY FULL. 1453 01:10:28,551 --> 01:10:30,241 BUT DR. NOW TOLD ME, 1454 01:10:30,241 --> 01:10:33,793 IF I'M NOT CAREFUL AND I PUSH MYSELF TO OVEREAT, 1455 01:10:33,793 --> 01:10:37,862 I COULD END UP BASICALLY UNDOING THE SURGERY, 1456 01:10:37,862 --> 01:10:42,862 IF I DON'T ALSO GET MY DRIVE TO EAT UNDER CONTROL EMOTIONALLY. 1457 01:10:42,862 --> 01:10:45,896 SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT I DO WHAT I'M DOING TODAY 1458 01:10:45,896 --> 01:10:47,517 AND START THERAPY. 1459 01:10:47,517 --> 01:10:51,413 ♪♪ 1460 01:10:51,413 --> 01:10:52,448 -TIFFANY? -HI. 1461 01:10:52,448 --> 01:10:53,965 HI. I'M LOLA. 1462 01:10:53,965 --> 01:10:55,827 NICE TO MEET YOU.NICE TO MEET YOU. 1463 01:10:55,827 --> 01:10:58,620 AND WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN GO RIGHT ON IN. 1464 01:10:58,620 --> 01:11:00,655 ALL RIGHT. 1465 01:11:01,758 --> 01:11:04,413 AND JUST HAVE A SEAT WHEREVER YOU'RE COMFORTABLE. 1466 01:11:04,413 --> 01:11:10,724 ♪♪ 1467 01:11:10,724 --> 01:11:13,034 SO, THANKS FOR JOINING ME TODAY, MISS TIFFANY. 1468 01:11:13,034 --> 01:11:14,344 THANK YOU. 1469 01:11:14,344 --> 01:11:16,137 WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF 1470 01:11:16,137 --> 01:11:18,793 AND WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP? 1471 01:11:18,793 --> 01:11:21,172 I'M FROM WASHINGTON STATE. 1472 01:11:21,172 --> 01:11:23,172 AS A KID, WE WERE VERY POOR. 1473 01:11:23,172 --> 01:11:27,137 SO WE LIVED OFF OF FOOD STAMPS 1474 01:11:27,137 --> 01:11:30,344 FOR MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD, OFF AND ON UNTIL -- 1475 01:11:30,344 --> 01:11:34,586 SO LIFE WASN'T NECESSARILY AN EASY ROAD FOR YOU. 1476 01:11:34,586 --> 01:11:36,172 NO. NO. 1477 01:11:36,172 --> 01:11:38,448 DO YOU HAVE ANY LINGERING RESENTMENTS 1478 01:11:38,448 --> 01:11:41,827 BECAUSE OF HOW YOU GREW UP? 1479 01:11:41,827 --> 01:11:43,793 SOMETIMES, I THINK ABOUT, IF MY DAD 1480 01:11:43,793 --> 01:11:48,689 WASN'T SO VERBALLY ABUSIVE TOWARDS MY MOM... 1481 01:11:48,689 --> 01:11:50,068 HE WAS A STAY-AT-HOME DAD. 1482 01:11:50,068 --> 01:11:52,724 HE WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED MECHANIC, AND MY MOM WORKED. 1483 01:11:52,724 --> 01:11:54,655 SO SHE WAS WORKING ALL DAY. 1484 01:11:54,655 --> 01:11:56,310 SHE WOULD COME HOME. 1485 01:11:56,310 --> 01:11:59,172 AND THEY WOULD ARGUE A LOT. 1486 01:11:59,172 --> 01:12:02,482 AND I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT HE, UM, 1487 01:12:02,482 --> 01:12:04,275 HE WASN'T THE BEST PERSON TOWARDS HER. 1488 01:12:04,275 --> 01:12:05,275 MM-HMM. 1489 01:12:05,275 --> 01:12:06,793 AND AS I BECAME A TEENAGER, 1490 01:12:06,793 --> 01:12:08,103 I REALLY STARTED TO DEFEND HER, 1491 01:12:08,103 --> 01:12:10,862 BECAUSE SHE WAS WORKING TWO FULL-TIME JOBS. 1492 01:12:10,862 --> 01:12:13,034 AND WHEN I STARTED TO DEFEND MY MOM, 1493 01:12:13,034 --> 01:12:16,310 I REMEMBER BEING CALLED 1494 01:12:16,310 --> 01:12:20,379 ALL SORTS OF PROFANITIES AND NAMES AND... 1495 01:12:20,379 --> 01:12:23,551 I'M SORRY YOU HAD THAT EXPERIENCE. 1496 01:12:23,551 --> 01:12:28,034 AND I HOPE THAT YOUR PARENTS RECOGNIZE 1497 01:12:28,034 --> 01:12:31,206 WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG WOMAN THEY HAVE, 1498 01:12:31,206 --> 01:12:33,793 BECAUSE I NOTICE 1499 01:12:33,793 --> 01:12:37,931 THE WAY YOU HAVE REMAINED RESPECTFUL OF YOUR PARENTS. 1500 01:12:37,931 --> 01:12:40,413 I CAN SEE THE WAY YOU'VE HANDLED YOURSELF, 1501 01:12:40,413 --> 01:12:42,793 THAT THAT MEANS A LOT TO YOU. 1502 01:12:42,793 --> 01:12:45,275 IT'S LIKE, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, 1503 01:12:45,275 --> 01:12:47,310 I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE, IF IT'S SOMEBODY CLOSE TO ME, 1504 01:12:47,310 --> 01:12:48,896 I HAVE TO PROTECT THEM, 1505 01:12:48,896 --> 01:12:50,586 NO MATTER WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO ME. 1506 01:12:50,586 --> 01:12:52,344 "I HAVE TO PROTECT THEM, 1507 01:12:52,344 --> 01:12:56,586 NO MATTER WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO ME" -- 1508 01:12:56,586 --> 01:13:02,413 THAT RESONATES WITH SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED, 1509 01:13:02,413 --> 01:13:04,620 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ABUSE CREATES -- 1510 01:13:04,620 --> 01:13:08,586 A BURDEN OF SECRECY, A BURDEN OF SHAME, 1511 01:13:08,586 --> 01:13:13,241 WHERE YOU HAVE TO STAND UP FOR THE PERSON THAT ABUSED YOU. 1512 01:13:13,241 --> 01:13:15,310 BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T DESERVE 1513 01:13:15,310 --> 01:13:18,379 THE THINGS YOU'VE EXPERIENCED, 1514 01:13:18,379 --> 01:13:23,206 BUT YOU WALKED THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE WITH COURAGE, 1515 01:13:23,206 --> 01:13:26,586 AND NOW YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. 1516 01:13:26,586 --> 01:13:28,103 OKAY. 1517 01:13:28,103 --> 01:13:29,827 SO, TIFFANY, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 1518 01:13:29,827 --> 01:13:33,034 ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW. 1519 01:13:33,034 --> 01:13:34,862 MY MOST SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS 1520 01:13:34,862 --> 01:13:37,206 ARE PROBABLY WITH MY BOYFRIEND. 1521 01:13:37,206 --> 01:13:38,241 WHAT'S HIS NAME? 1522 01:13:38,241 --> 01:13:39,758 HIS NAME IS AARON. 1523 01:13:39,758 --> 01:13:42,758 AND DID HE ACCOMPANY YOU HERE ON YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY? 1524 01:13:42,758 --> 01:13:44,103 YES, HE DID. 1525 01:13:44,103 --> 01:13:47,034 AND WHAT'S THAT BEEN LIKE FOR Y'ALL? 1526 01:13:47,034 --> 01:13:48,586 IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS A CHALLENGE, 1527 01:13:48,586 --> 01:13:51,758 JUST BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM TO EAT HEALTHIER, 1528 01:13:51,758 --> 01:13:54,137 AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO 1529 01:13:54,137 --> 01:13:55,482 AND HE WAS BRINGING FOOD IN THE HOUSE 1530 01:13:55,482 --> 01:13:56,862 HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN.MM-HMM. 1531 01:13:56,862 --> 01:14:00,172 AND ME, HAVING LITTLE SELF-CONTROL, 1532 01:14:00,172 --> 01:14:03,034 I WOULD EAT THE STUFF THAT I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO. 1533 01:14:03,034 --> 01:14:06,137 AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ON A WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY, 1534 01:14:06,137 --> 01:14:09,344 FOR YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM TO BE JUST THAT -- SUPPORT. 1535 01:14:09,344 --> 01:14:10,413 OKAY. 1536 01:14:10,413 --> 01:14:12,275 JUST LIKE YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF 1537 01:14:12,275 --> 01:14:15,620 IF WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO YOUR BODY IS HEALTHY FOR YOU, 1538 01:14:15,620 --> 01:14:17,724 YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF 1539 01:14:17,724 --> 01:14:20,655 IF WHAT YOU'RE INVESTING YOUR EMOTIONAL ENERGY IN 1540 01:14:20,655 --> 01:14:22,275 IS HEALTHY FOR YOU. 1541 01:14:22,275 --> 01:14:23,517 OKAY. 1542 01:14:23,517 --> 01:14:25,931 SO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME HOMEWORK. 1543 01:14:25,931 --> 01:14:27,034 OKAY. 1544 01:14:27,034 --> 01:14:28,896 HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND. 1545 01:14:28,896 --> 01:14:30,103 MM-HMM. 1546 01:14:30,103 --> 01:14:32,172 AND I WANT THE TWO OF YOU TO TALK ABOUT 1547 01:14:32,172 --> 01:14:35,448 WHAT YOU WANT THE RELATIONSHIP TO LOOK LIKE, 1548 01:14:35,448 --> 01:14:37,724 BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT -- 1549 01:14:37,724 --> 01:14:40,137 THE POINT YOU'RE AT IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW, 1550 01:14:40,137 --> 01:14:41,827 YOU HAVE TO START DEFINING 1551 01:14:41,827 --> 01:14:45,310 WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 1552 01:14:45,310 --> 01:14:47,965 IN REGARDS TO YOUR FATHER, TIFFANY, 1553 01:14:47,965 --> 01:14:52,241 I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO MAYBE WRITE DAD A LETTER. 1554 01:14:52,241 --> 01:14:54,172 AND I WANT IT TO JUST BE A REFLECTION 1555 01:14:54,172 --> 01:14:56,172 OF WHAT YOU FEEL IN YOUR HEART 1556 01:14:56,172 --> 01:15:00,275 REGARDING HOW HIS BEHAVIORS SHAPED YOUR LIFE 1557 01:15:00,275 --> 01:15:02,965 AND THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE TODAY. 1558 01:15:02,965 --> 01:15:04,379 OKAY? 1559 01:15:04,379 --> 01:15:06,793 DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THAT? 1560 01:15:06,793 --> 01:15:08,413 I THINK I CAN. 1561 01:15:08,413 --> 01:15:11,413 IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE WORK PUTTING MYSELF FIRST. 1562 01:15:11,413 --> 01:15:13,000 YEAH? 1563 01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:15,137 JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO IT. 1564 01:15:15,137 --> 01:15:19,586 -[ CHUCKLES ] BUT... -BUT? 1565 01:15:19,586 --> 01:15:21,965 [ BREATHES SHARPLY ] I'M DEFINITELY GONNA TRY. 1566 01:15:21,965 --> 01:15:23,103 [ CHUCKLES ] 1567 01:15:23,103 --> 01:15:26,448 YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP TRYING. 1568 01:15:26,448 --> 01:15:28,517 IT'S HARD WORK, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO FOCUS 1569 01:15:28,517 --> 01:15:30,448 ON WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOU. 1570 01:15:30,448 --> 01:15:32,241 OKAY? THANK YOU, MISS TIFFANY. 1571 01:15:32,241 --> 01:15:33,482 THANK YOU. 1572 01:15:33,482 --> 01:15:37,862 ♪♪ 1573 01:15:37,862 --> 01:15:39,931 OKAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME. 1574 01:15:39,931 --> 01:15:41,275 I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU, AS WELL. 1575 01:15:41,275 --> 01:15:43,655 -HAVE A GOOD DAY. -BYE. 1576 01:15:43,655 --> 01:15:45,068 Tiffany: THAT WAS A LOT. 1577 01:15:45,068 --> 01:15:48,655 AND, TO BE HONEST, I'M NOT SURE HOW I FEEL, 1578 01:15:48,655 --> 01:15:51,517 BECAUSE IT FELT GOOD TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT, 1579 01:15:51,517 --> 01:15:54,448 BUT I HADN'T REALIZED HOW MUCH MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FATHER 1580 01:15:54,448 --> 01:15:58,586 HAS AFFECTED ME AND HOW THAT CONNECTS TO MY EATING. 1581 01:15:58,586 --> 01:16:02,931 BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I'D BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO HIM. 1582 01:16:02,931 --> 01:16:07,379 AND THINKING ABOUT DOING THAT MAKES ME REALLY ANXIOUS. 1583 01:16:07,379 --> 01:16:09,827 BUT I KNOW IF I DON'T START DOING THESE THINGS, 1584 01:16:09,827 --> 01:16:11,241 THEN THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE 1585 01:16:11,241 --> 01:16:15,137 I'LL END UP TRYING TO USE FOOD FOR COMFORT AGAIN. 1586 01:16:15,137 --> 01:16:17,103 AND IF I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT, 1587 01:16:17,103 --> 01:16:19,379 I KNOW THAT THE FINAL OUTCOME WILL BE 1588 01:16:19,379 --> 01:16:21,965 THAT I REGAIN ALL THE WEIGHT 1589 01:16:21,965 --> 01:16:25,931 AND END UP RIGHT BACK AT WHERE I STARTED BEFORE ALL THIS. 1590 01:16:25,931 --> 01:16:26,413 ♪♪ 1591 01:16:32,724 --> 01:16:42,241 ♪♪ 1592 01:16:42,241 --> 01:16:51,620 ♪♪ 1593 01:16:51,620 --> 01:16:52,965 Tiffany: THIS PAST MONTH 1594 01:16:52,965 --> 01:16:56,689 HAS BEEN A BIT OF A STRUGGLE, EMOTIONALLY. 1595 01:16:56,689 --> 01:16:58,413 THANKFULLY, MY WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 1596 01:16:58,413 --> 01:17:02,310 IS STILL PREVENTING ANY CRAVINGS OR BIG TEMPTATIONS TO OVEREAT 1597 01:17:02,310 --> 01:17:04,724 OR EAT STUFF I SHOULDN'T. 1598 01:17:04,724 --> 01:17:07,724 SO MY WEIGHT LOSS HAS STAYED ON TRACK. 1599 01:17:07,724 --> 01:17:10,724 AND I'M WORKING HARD TO KEEP IT THAT WAY 1600 01:17:10,724 --> 01:17:14,448 BY TRYING TO DO ALL THE HOMEWORK LOLA GAVE ME. 1601 01:17:14,448 --> 01:17:16,655 I'VE BEEN JOURNALING TO START TO TRY AND PROCESS 1602 01:17:16,655 --> 01:17:18,586 SOME OF MY FEELINGS. 1603 01:17:18,586 --> 01:17:21,103 AND THAT HAS HELPED. 1604 01:17:21,103 --> 01:17:22,827 WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE MORE 1605 01:17:22,827 --> 01:17:28,103 IS HOW MUCH OF WHAT DROVE ME TO FOOD REVOLVES AROUND MY DAD. 1606 01:17:28,103 --> 01:17:29,586 SO, BECAUSE OF THAT, 1607 01:17:29,586 --> 01:17:32,620 OUT OF ALL THE BIG STEPS I NEED TO TRY AND TAKE, 1608 01:17:32,620 --> 01:17:36,413 I DECIDED TO TRY AND TALK TO MY DAD. 1609 01:17:36,413 --> 01:17:39,517 IT TOOK ME A BIT TO WORK UP THE COURAGE TO CALL HIM, 1610 01:17:39,517 --> 01:17:42,172 BUT WHEN I DID, IT DIDN'T GO SO WELL 1611 01:17:42,172 --> 01:17:44,724 AS SOON AS I BROUGHT UP ANY OF THE PAST. 1612 01:17:44,724 --> 01:17:46,241 HE HUNG UP ON ME. 1613 01:17:46,241 --> 01:17:47,827 [ RINGING] 1614 01:17:47,827 --> 01:17:49,758 Woman: YOU HAVE REACHED THE VOICEMAIL BOX -- 1615 01:17:49,758 --> 01:17:50,965 [ BEEPS ] 1616 01:17:50,965 --> 01:17:54,586 AND NOW HE'S NOT EVEN ANSWERING MY CALLS. 1617 01:17:54,586 --> 01:17:57,310 SO, WHAT I'VE DECIDED TO DO IS MAKE A VIDEO 1618 01:17:57,310 --> 01:17:59,206 WHERE I TELL HIM HOW HE MADE ME FEEL 1619 01:17:59,206 --> 01:18:01,034 WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. 1620 01:18:01,034 --> 01:18:03,241 I TALKED TO LOLA ABOUT MY IDEA, 1621 01:18:03,241 --> 01:18:05,689 AND SHE SAID TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF 1622 01:18:05,689 --> 01:18:08,206 AND LET THIS STUFF OUT. 1623 01:18:08,206 --> 01:18:09,586 SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO. 1624 01:18:09,586 --> 01:18:11,655 ♪♪ 1625 01:18:11,655 --> 01:18:12,965 HEY, DAD. 1626 01:18:12,965 --> 01:18:17,931 SO, I WENT TO THERAPY, 1627 01:18:17,931 --> 01:18:21,586 AND A LOT OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT 1628 01:18:21,586 --> 01:18:25,068 HAD TO DO WITH MY RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU -- 1629 01:18:25,068 --> 01:18:27,310 HOW MUCH YOU AND MOM FOUGHT, 1630 01:18:27,310 --> 01:18:30,689 HOW THE THINGS YOU SAID AND DID HURT NOT JUST MOM, 1631 01:18:30,689 --> 01:18:33,862 BUT IT WAS HURTING CHANDRA, AND IT WAS HURTING ME. 1632 01:18:33,862 --> 01:18:39,862 AND ALL THIS STUFF REALLY SHAPED THE PERSON I AM. 1633 01:18:39,862 --> 01:18:42,896 I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW HOW THAT AFFECTED ME 1634 01:18:42,896 --> 01:18:44,551 SO THAT WE CAN MOVE PAST IT 1635 01:18:44,551 --> 01:18:47,172 AND I CAN ACCEPT YOU AS MY DAD AGAIN. 1636 01:18:47,172 --> 01:18:50,103 I GENUINELY WANT OUR RELATIONSHIP 1637 01:18:50,103 --> 01:18:54,413 TO MEAN SOMETHING AND BE GOOD AND HEALTHY 1638 01:18:54,413 --> 01:18:57,344 SO THAT, WHEN I HAVE KIDS, 1639 01:18:57,344 --> 01:19:00,896 YOU CAN BE AN AMAZING GRANDFATHER. 1640 01:19:00,896 --> 01:19:02,862 I LOVE YOU. BYE. 1641 01:19:02,862 --> 01:19:05,172 ♪♪ 1642 01:19:05,172 --> 01:19:07,310 I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF THE POSSIBILITY 1643 01:19:07,310 --> 01:19:11,172 OF HAVING MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY DAD RESTORED ONE DAY. 1644 01:19:11,172 --> 01:19:14,586 SO I HOPE HE TRIES AND HE PLAYS THE VIDEO, 1645 01:19:14,586 --> 01:19:15,931 BECAUSE I LOVE HIM, 1646 01:19:15,931 --> 01:19:20,620 AND MY LIFE HAS ALWAYS FELT INCOMPLETE WITHOUT HIM. 1647 01:19:20,620 --> 01:19:25,517 BUT ALL I CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS WAIT AND SEE HOW IT GOES. 1648 01:19:25,517 --> 01:19:27,724 BUT EVEN IF IT DOESN'T GO LIKE I HOPE, 1649 01:19:27,724 --> 01:19:30,241 THIS WAS THE FIRST BIG STEP I NEEDED 1650 01:19:30,241 --> 01:19:32,827 IN A LONG JOURNEY I HAVE AHEAD 1651 01:19:32,827 --> 01:19:34,379 TO START DEALING WITH WHAT I NEED 1652 01:19:34,379 --> 01:19:36,758 TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF MY LIFE. 1653 01:19:36,758 --> 01:19:43,724 ♪♪ 1654 01:19:43,724 --> 01:19:50,655 ♪♪ 1655 01:19:50,655 --> 01:19:51,689 THANK YOU. 1656 01:19:51,689 --> 01:19:52,689 YOU READY TO GO? 1657 01:19:52,689 --> 01:19:55,379 YEAH. SWEET. 1658 01:19:55,379 --> 01:19:58,068 I'M FEELING REALLY GOOD. 1659 01:19:58,068 --> 01:19:59,862 IT'S OFFICIALLY COMING UP ON A YEAR 1660 01:19:59,862 --> 01:20:03,068 SINCE I STARTED MY WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY. 1661 01:20:03,068 --> 01:20:07,482 AND, SO FAR, I'VE LOST 257 POUNDS. 1662 01:20:07,482 --> 01:20:10,793 AND I THINK A BIG PART OF WHY I'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY ON TRACK 1663 01:20:10,793 --> 01:20:13,241 IS THAT I'M NOT BACKING DOWN FROM DOING THE THINGS 1664 01:20:13,241 --> 01:20:15,275 LOLA SAID I NEED TO BE FACING 1665 01:20:15,275 --> 01:20:19,793 SO I CAN START TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF MY LIFE. 1666 01:20:19,793 --> 01:20:22,000 I SENT THE VIDEO TO MY DAD, 1667 01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:24,517 BUT I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM. 1668 01:20:24,517 --> 01:20:29,689 BUT, FOR NOW, I CAN ONLY WORK ON WHAT I CAN CONTROL. 1669 01:20:29,689 --> 01:20:33,620 I STARTED HAVING SOME IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH AARON 1670 01:20:33,620 --> 01:20:35,551 ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP 1671 01:20:35,551 --> 01:20:37,241 WE'RE BOTH FULLY INVESTED IN 1672 01:20:37,241 --> 01:20:39,344 AND WHERE WE WANT TO DO. 1673 01:20:39,344 --> 01:20:41,931 AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG STEP THAT I'M PROUD OF, TOO, 1674 01:20:41,931 --> 01:20:45,758 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT OPENED A DOOR FOR BOTH OF US. 1675 01:20:45,758 --> 01:20:49,724 AND WE'VE KEPT THE CONVERSATION GOING. 1676 01:20:49,724 --> 01:20:52,310 SO, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT, BABE? 1677 01:20:52,310 --> 01:20:54,896 YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE COME A LONG WAY. 1678 01:20:54,896 --> 01:20:56,724 WE REALLY HAVE. YEAH. 1679 01:20:56,724 --> 01:20:58,689 ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I USED TO FEEL 1680 01:20:58,689 --> 01:21:01,137 MORE LIKE YOUR CAREGIVER THAN ANYTHING. 1681 01:21:01,137 --> 01:21:03,758 I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE WERE A COUPLE WHATSOEVER. 1682 01:21:03,758 --> 01:21:05,344 YEAH. I WAS JUST -- 1683 01:21:05,344 --> 01:21:09,137 JUST BEING THERE TO HELP YOU, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. 1684 01:21:09,137 --> 01:21:10,482 AND NOW YOU'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO BE 1685 01:21:10,482 --> 01:21:12,310 A LITTLE MORE INDEPENDENT, WHICH IS COOL. 1686 01:21:12,310 --> 01:21:13,862 I LIKE THAT. 1687 01:21:13,862 --> 01:21:16,482 ONE OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME 1688 01:21:16,482 --> 01:21:18,241 AND ONE OF THE BIG DECIDING FACTORS 1689 01:21:18,241 --> 01:21:21,310 FOR ME TO GET THE SURGERY WAS -- 1690 01:21:21,310 --> 01:21:23,517 YOU DIDN'T SEE US HAVING A FUTURE 1691 01:21:23,517 --> 01:21:25,103 -UNLESS I LOST THE WEIGHT. -YEAH. 1692 01:21:25,103 --> 01:21:30,103 AND I DO WANT TO EVENTUALLY MARRY YOU AND HAVE KIDS. 1693 01:21:30,103 --> 01:21:32,620 DO YOU STILL SEE THAT AS A POSSIBILITY NOW? 1694 01:21:32,620 --> 01:21:35,862 I DO. I DEFINITELY DO SEE THAT AS A POSSIBILITY NOW. 1695 01:21:35,862 --> 01:21:38,068 YEAH. I LOVE YOU, BABE. 1696 01:21:38,068 --> 01:21:39,689 I LOVE YOU, TOO. 1697 01:21:39,689 --> 01:21:41,758 ♪♪ 1698 01:21:41,758 --> 01:21:43,689 Tiffany: AS NERVOUS AS I WAS TO DO IT, 1699 01:21:43,689 --> 01:21:48,034 I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THIS LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US. 1700 01:21:48,034 --> 01:21:51,586 AND IT FEELS LIKE ALL THE STUFF I'VE BOTTLED UP INSIDE OF ME 1701 01:21:51,586 --> 01:21:53,965 IS FINALLY ABLE TO COME TO THE SURFACE 1702 01:21:53,965 --> 01:21:57,413 IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T OVERWHELM ME OR TAKE CONTROL OF ME. 1703 01:21:57,413 --> 01:22:01,310 AND IT'S ALL HELPING ME START TO FIND MYSELF AGAIN. 1704 01:22:01,310 --> 01:22:05,413 ♪♪ 1705 01:22:05,413 --> 01:22:07,758 AND I'M LOVING IT. 1706 01:22:07,758 --> 01:22:09,965 IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I SAW MYSELF 1707 01:22:09,965 --> 01:22:14,517 AS A FUN PERSON AND NOT JUST SOME MISTAKE. 1708 01:22:14,517 --> 01:22:17,620 I HAVEN'T SAT BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR 1709 01:22:17,620 --> 01:22:19,862 SINCE I WAS LIKE 14. 1710 01:22:19,862 --> 01:22:22,517 WELL, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY, WE CAN GO RIGHT NOW. 1711 01:22:22,517 --> 01:22:24,655 I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M READY TO TRY. 1712 01:22:24,655 --> 01:22:26,689 ALL RIGHT. YOU NEED HELP UP? 1713 01:22:26,689 --> 01:22:28,931 NO, I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. 1714 01:22:30,241 --> 01:22:32,620 REMEMBER, I'VE LOST WEIGHT. I CAN DO STUFF NOW. 1715 01:22:32,620 --> 01:22:34,344 MM. [ SNIFFLES ] 1716 01:22:35,655 --> 01:22:38,724 I'M BECOMING INDEPENDENT, AND THE MORE I LOSE, 1717 01:22:38,724 --> 01:22:41,379 THE MORE I'M ABLE TO DO. 1718 01:22:41,379 --> 01:22:45,655 I CAN WALK FURTHER THAN I HAVE IN SUCH A LONG TIME. 1719 01:22:45,655 --> 01:22:50,172 AND I'M ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO SO MUCH MORE. 1720 01:22:50,172 --> 01:22:54,586 BUT THE BIGGEST THING I'VE WANTED TO DO IS DRIVE. 1721 01:22:54,586 --> 01:22:57,068 BECAUSE OF MY SIZE AND MY LYMPHEDEMA, 1722 01:22:57,068 --> 01:22:58,862 BY THE TIME I WAS A TEENAGER, 1723 01:22:58,862 --> 01:23:01,275 I NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE 1724 01:23:01,275 --> 01:23:04,586 BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIT BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL. 1725 01:23:04,586 --> 01:23:07,068 SO I'M REALLY HOPING I'M GETTING CLOSE 1726 01:23:07,068 --> 01:23:10,482 TO BEING ABLE TO FIT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. 1727 01:23:10,482 --> 01:23:12,448 ONCE I'M ABLE TO DO THAT, IT WILL MEAN 1728 01:23:12,448 --> 01:23:16,068 I WON'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON ANYONE TO TAKE ME ANYWHERE. 1729 01:23:17,482 --> 01:23:21,137 IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE TIGHT. WHAT IF I DON'T FIT? 1730 01:23:21,137 --> 01:23:22,241 JUST TRY IT. 1731 01:23:22,241 --> 01:23:24,103 IF YOU DON'T FIT, YOU DON'T FIT. 1732 01:23:24,103 --> 01:23:25,482 ALL RIGHT. 1733 01:23:25,482 --> 01:23:27,000 WELL, BE CAREFUL. 1734 01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:28,724 [ KEYS JINGLING ] 1735 01:23:30,206 --> 01:23:32,275 BABE, LOOK. 1736 01:23:32,275 --> 01:23:35,103 I'M GONNA BE RUNNING YOU OFF THE ROAD ANY DAY NOW. 1737 01:23:35,103 --> 01:23:37,172 -[ LAUGHS ] -WHOO! 1738 01:23:37,172 --> 01:23:42,310 ♪♪ 1739 01:23:42,310 --> 01:23:46,482 I WAS SO SCARED I WAS GONNA LOSE THIS CHANCE. 1740 01:23:46,482 --> 01:23:50,413 BUT TO BE WHERE I'M AT NOW, WITH ALL I'M STARTING TO DO, 1741 01:23:50,413 --> 01:23:53,275 IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE FEELING. 1742 01:23:53,275 --> 01:23:57,034 SO THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA LET MYSELF SLOW DOWN, 1743 01:23:57,034 --> 01:23:59,172 BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH WAITING FOR ME 1744 01:23:59,172 --> 01:24:01,103 JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 1745 01:24:01,103 --> 01:24:02,689 ♪♪ 1746 01:24:02,689 --> 01:24:06,724 I KNOW MY JOURNEY ISN'T EVEN CLOSE TO BEING OVER 1747 01:24:06,724 --> 01:24:09,862 AND THAT I'VE ONLY LOST A LITTLE OVER HALF THE WEIGHT 1748 01:24:09,862 --> 01:24:11,965 I NEED AT THIS POINT. 1749 01:24:11,965 --> 01:24:15,551 BUT DR. NOW SAYS, IF I KEEP UP MY CURRENT RATE OF PROGRESS, 1750 01:24:15,551 --> 01:24:18,310 THAT I'LL BE READY FOR MY FIRST REMOVAL OF EXCESS SKIN 1751 01:24:18,310 --> 01:24:20,275 IN A FEW MONTHS... 1752 01:24:20,275 --> 01:24:21,965 ♪♪ 1753 01:24:21,965 --> 01:24:23,241 ...AND THAT HE'LL START 1754 01:24:23,241 --> 01:24:25,344 BY TAKING OFF SOME OF MY LYMPHEDEMA, 1755 01:24:25,344 --> 01:24:29,000 WHICH HE SAID COULD BE UP TO 30 POUNDS. 1756 01:24:29,000 --> 01:24:33,344 SO THAT ALONE IS GONNA BE LIFE-CHANGING. 1757 01:24:33,344 --> 01:24:35,137 ALL RIGHT. [ CHUCKLES ] 1758 01:24:35,137 --> 01:24:37,034 I'M ALIVE. YOU'RE ALIVE. 1759 01:24:37,034 --> 01:24:41,724 I THINK -- I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. 1760 01:24:41,724 --> 01:24:44,241 Aaron: SINCE THE SURGERY, TIFFANY HAS LOST ENOUGH WEIGHT 1761 01:24:44,241 --> 01:24:46,413 FOR HER TO MOVE AROUND MORE, 1762 01:24:46,413 --> 01:24:47,827 AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT. 1763 01:24:47,827 --> 01:24:52,793 I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE HAS BEEN WORTH IT. 1764 01:24:52,793 --> 01:24:55,000 AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF TIFFANY. 1765 01:24:55,000 --> 01:24:58,655 I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE TIFFANY MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. 1766 01:24:59,620 --> 01:25:02,034 I JUST WISH MY HIPS AND MY KNEES WERE BETTER 1767 01:25:02,034 --> 01:25:03,758 SO THAT THIS PART WAS EASY. 1768 01:25:03,758 --> 01:25:06,275 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 1769 01:25:06,275 --> 01:25:10,689 Tiffany: I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD THINGS FOR ME JUST UP AHEAD. 1770 01:25:10,689 --> 01:25:13,068 I CAN SEE IT ALL ON THE HORIZON, 1771 01:25:13,068 --> 01:25:16,379 AND I BELIEVE I CAN GET THERE NOW. 1772 01:25:16,379 --> 01:25:19,586 I JUST HAVE TO KEEP WORKING ON WHAT I NEED INSIDE OF ME 1773 01:25:19,586 --> 01:25:22,724 TO MAKE A LASTING CHANGE ON THE OUTSIDE. 1774 01:25:22,724 --> 01:25:24,862 AND IF I DO THAT, BEFORE I KNOW IT, 1775 01:25:24,862 --> 01:25:28,379 I'M GONNA FINALLY BE WHO I WANT. 1776 01:25:28,379 --> 01:25:30,586 AND I CAN'T WAIT. 1777 01:25:30,586 --> 01:25:31,896 HIGH FIVE. 1778 01:25:31,896 --> 01:25:32,068 GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.