1 00:00:04,103 --> 00:00:07,448 Annjeanette: IT TAKES A TOLL TO HAVE TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY 2 00:00:07,448 --> 00:00:10,827 AND DEAL WITH THE HARSH REALITY THAT THIS IS WHAT LIFE IS. 3 00:00:17,172 --> 00:00:19,965 Woman: HE CAN'T STOP. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW. 4 00:00:19,965 --> 00:00:22,931 Woman: IT'S TERRIFYING TO THINK THAT AT ANY MOMENT, 5 00:00:22,931 --> 00:00:24,620 YOUR HEART COULD EXPLODE. 6 00:00:35,413 --> 00:00:37,862 Woman: I DON'T WANT TO DIE. 7 00:00:37,862 --> 00:00:39,793 I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO LIVE YET. 8 00:00:44,482 --> 00:00:46,241 WHY ARE YOU JUMPING ON MY CASE? 9 00:00:46,241 --> 00:00:49,827 YOU'RE OVEREATING, AND YOU ACT LIKE IT IS OUR FAULT. 10 00:00:49,827 --> 00:00:51,448 I KNOW THAT I'M DYING. 11 00:00:51,448 --> 00:00:53,551 I KNOW THAT I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT. 12 00:00:58,137 --> 00:01:00,517 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISION. 13 00:01:00,517 --> 00:01:02,965 NO! AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE EVERY CHOICE 14 00:01:02,965 --> 00:01:04,793 IN YOUR LIFE, AND YOU ARE A GROWN-ASS WOMAN. 15 00:01:04,793 --> 00:01:07,793 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 16 00:01:07,793 --> 00:01:10,793 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 17 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,172 Annjeanette: I START EACH MORNING IN DISBELIEF. 18 00:01:34,172 --> 00:01:36,620 JUST TRYING TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING 19 00:01:36,620 --> 00:01:40,172 IS EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL. 20 00:01:40,172 --> 00:01:42,586 BABE! 21 00:01:42,586 --> 00:01:44,965 SO I NEED HELP FROM MY GIRLFRIEND 22 00:01:44,965 --> 00:01:47,103 JUST TO GET TO MY FEET. 23 00:01:49,172 --> 00:01:53,137 AND JUST DOING THAT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT... 24 00:01:56,344 --> 00:01:57,310 READY? 25 00:01:57,310 --> 00:01:58,344 OKAY. 26 00:01:58,344 --> 00:02:01,000 Both: ONE, TWO, THREE. 27 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,172 COME ON. 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,482 OKAY. 29 00:02:06,482 --> 00:02:09,448 ...BECAUSE MY BODY IS JUST BREAKING DOWN AT THIS POINT, 30 00:02:09,448 --> 00:02:12,344 AND I'M LOSING THE ABILITY TO DO EVERYTHING. 31 00:02:13,827 --> 00:02:18,206 JUST WALKING TO GET AROUND IS THE MOST PAINFUL THING I DO 32 00:02:18,206 --> 00:02:20,275 BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF MY BODY 33 00:02:20,275 --> 00:02:23,413 AND MY STOMACH PULLING DOWN ON ME. 34 00:02:23,413 --> 00:02:26,034 IT'S MISERABLE. 35 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:34,793 IT'S DEGRADING TO ASK FOR HELP TO TAKE A SHOWER EVERY DAY, 36 00:02:34,793 --> 00:02:37,655 BUT I CAN'T DO IT FOR MYSELF. 37 00:02:37,655 --> 00:02:42,379 I DREAD HAVING TO ASK ERICA FOR HER HELP WITH ANYTHING, 38 00:02:42,379 --> 00:02:45,206 BUT THEN I'M JUST LIKE I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION, 39 00:02:45,206 --> 00:02:50,862 AND I CAN'T STOP SHOWERING BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE CELLULITIS, 40 00:02:50,862 --> 00:02:53,448 AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFECTION 41 00:02:53,448 --> 00:02:57,275 CAN CAUSE A FLARE AND MAKE IT A LOT WORSE. 42 00:03:00,965 --> 00:03:04,482 SO THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THAT IS TO KEEP CLEAN. 43 00:03:05,758 --> 00:03:09,724 BUT HAVING TO STAND TO SHOWER IS SO PAINFUL. 44 00:03:09,724 --> 00:03:12,413 I START TO FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA PASS OUT 45 00:03:12,413 --> 00:03:15,137 AND CAN'T REACH TO ALL THE AREAS I NEED. 46 00:03:16,275 --> 00:03:18,000 OKAY. 47 00:03:19,206 --> 00:03:23,827 SO ERICA HAS TO BE MY CARETAKER LIKE I'M A CHILD. 48 00:03:23,827 --> 00:03:25,689 WHOA. 49 00:03:27,103 --> 00:03:30,137 I JUST FEEL LIKE WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO 50 00:03:30,137 --> 00:03:33,172 THAT I HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE SHOWER ME? 51 00:03:35,379 --> 00:03:39,310 SO I HATE IT, AND I HATE MY LIFE. 52 00:03:39,310 --> 00:03:41,413 READY? 53 00:03:49,275 --> 00:03:54,172 I HATE IT FOR MYSELF AND I HATE IT FOR ERICA, TOO. 54 00:03:56,137 --> 00:03:57,482 GOT IT? 55 00:03:57,482 --> 00:03:59,413 BE CAREFUL, ANGIE. 56 00:04:00,862 --> 00:04:02,965 IT SUCKS TO CARRY ALL THIS WEIGHT. 57 00:04:02,965 --> 00:04:05,034 IT FEELS HORRIBLE. IT HURTS. 58 00:04:05,034 --> 00:04:10,000 IT HURTS PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY. 59 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,344 THIS WAY. 60 00:04:13,448 --> 00:04:16,655 IT TAKES A TOLL TO HAVE TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY 61 00:04:16,655 --> 00:04:21,068 AND DEAL WITH THE HARSH REALITY THAT THIS IS WHAT LIFE IS. 62 00:04:21,068 --> 00:04:24,517 I SMELL ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I SWEAT ALL DAY LONG, 63 00:04:24,517 --> 00:04:28,758 AND IT GETS STUCK IN ALL THE FOLDS OF FAT ON MY BODY. 64 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:32,862 AND I HAVE TO HAVE THE PERSON I LOVE 65 00:04:32,862 --> 00:04:35,793 PUT DEODORANT IN BETWEEN ALL THOSE FOLDS 66 00:04:35,793 --> 00:04:38,896 JUST SO I DON'T REEK ALL DAY. 67 00:04:40,931 --> 00:04:43,551 I JUST FEEL LIKE HOW DID IT EVEN HAPPEN? 68 00:04:43,551 --> 00:04:46,448 HOW DID YOU GET THAT WAY? 69 00:04:48,275 --> 00:04:52,103 I WISH I COULD JUST CHANGE THE PAST, BUT I CAN'T. 70 00:04:54,103 --> 00:04:57,206 I WAS BORN INTO A LARGE FAMILY. 71 00:04:57,206 --> 00:05:00,862 I HAD FOUR SISTERS AND THREE BROTHERS, 72 00:05:00,862 --> 00:05:03,137 AND I'M THE SECOND YOUNGEST. 73 00:05:03,137 --> 00:05:05,448 BUT MY CHILDHOOD WASN'T EASY 74 00:05:05,448 --> 00:05:08,206 BECAUSE OUR MOTHER WAS A DRUG ADDICT. 75 00:05:08,206 --> 00:05:10,862 HER MAIN CHOICE WAS HEROIN. 76 00:05:10,862 --> 00:05:12,931 MY MOM HAD TWO DIFFERENT SIDES. 77 00:05:12,931 --> 00:05:16,448 WHEN SHE WAS NOT ON DRUGS, SHE LOVED EVERYBODY. 78 00:05:16,448 --> 00:05:18,862 WHEN SHE WAS ON DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, 79 00:05:18,862 --> 00:05:21,310 SHE WAS MEAN, VIOLENT. 80 00:05:21,310 --> 00:05:23,862 SHE'D HIT US IF SHE NEEDED TO. 81 00:05:23,862 --> 00:05:26,448 AND I STARTED FINDING COMFORT IN FOOD 82 00:05:26,448 --> 00:05:29,413 BECAUSE WHEN I WAS EATING, I FELT GOOD. 83 00:05:29,413 --> 00:05:31,724 I WAS AROUND 6 AT THAT TIME 84 00:05:31,724 --> 00:05:35,620 AND ONLY PROBABLY AROUND 70 POUNDS THEN. 85 00:05:35,620 --> 00:05:38,517 BUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, 86 00:05:38,517 --> 00:05:40,689 THINGS STARTED TO GET WORSE. 87 00:05:40,689 --> 00:05:42,758 WE WERE GOING TO SCHOOL. 88 00:05:42,758 --> 00:05:45,275 WE WERE JUST DIRTY ALL THE TIME, 89 00:05:45,275 --> 00:05:49,931 AND WE JUST DIDN'T LOOK VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF. 90 00:05:49,931 --> 00:05:53,724 SO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES STARTED AN INVESTIGATION 91 00:05:53,724 --> 00:05:55,793 INTO OUR FAMILY, 92 00:05:55,793 --> 00:05:58,275 AND WE BASICALLY HAD TO FLEE THE STATE 93 00:05:58,275 --> 00:06:00,275 SO THEY DIDN'T TAKE US AWAY. 94 00:06:00,275 --> 00:06:05,517 SO WE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, AND WE BECAME HOMELESS. 95 00:06:05,517 --> 00:06:10,275 WE ENDED UP LIVING IN A TENT CITY IN SANTA CRUZ, 96 00:06:10,275 --> 00:06:13,482 AND WE LIVED LIKE THAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 97 00:06:13,482 --> 00:06:16,241 IT WAS LIKE CAMPING FULL TIME. 98 00:06:16,241 --> 00:06:18,103 I HATED LIVING THERE. 99 00:06:18,103 --> 00:06:20,413 LIKE, I WAS ALWAYS IN FEAR OF BEING KIDNAPPED 100 00:06:20,413 --> 00:06:22,827 OR, LIKE, SOMEBODY RAPING US, 101 00:06:22,827 --> 00:06:27,137 AND HOW I DEALT WITH THAT FEAR IS I CONTINUED TO EAT. 102 00:06:27,137 --> 00:06:29,275 MY PARENTS GOT A LOT OF FOOD STAMPS 103 00:06:29,275 --> 00:06:31,275 'CAUSE THEY HAD A LOT OF KIDS. 104 00:06:31,275 --> 00:06:34,655 SO, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, I GAINED A WHOLE LOT, 105 00:06:34,655 --> 00:06:38,689 AND BY THE TIME I WAS 8, I WAS ALREADY 200 POUNDS, 106 00:06:38,689 --> 00:06:43,172 AND THEN WHEN I WAS 9, THINGS GOT BETTER FOR A TIME 107 00:06:43,172 --> 00:06:47,275 BECAUSE MY MOM FINALLY DECIDED TO GET CLEAN, 108 00:06:47,275 --> 00:06:49,724 AND WE MOVED BACK TO OREGON. 109 00:06:49,724 --> 00:06:54,724 MY DAD GOT A JOB, AND WE FINALLY HAD OUR OWN HOUSE AGAIN. 110 00:06:54,724 --> 00:06:57,103 NOW THAT MY MOM WAS OFF DRUGS, 111 00:06:57,103 --> 00:06:59,965 SHE STARTED COOKING A LOT OF FOOD FOR US. 112 00:06:59,965 --> 00:07:03,517 SO I WAS STILL GAINING THROUGH THIS TIME, AND WHEN I WAS 10, 113 00:07:03,517 --> 00:07:09,034 THEY TOOK ME TO A DOCTOR, AND I WEIGHED IN AT 262 POUNDS. 114 00:07:10,310 --> 00:07:15,068 SO A LOT OF ATTENTION STARTED BEING PUT ON HOW BIG I WAS, 115 00:07:15,068 --> 00:07:16,689 AND THAT ONLY GOT WORSE 116 00:07:16,689 --> 00:07:20,551 BECAUSE EVENTUALLY MY SCHOOL BECAME WORRIED ABOUT MY WEIGHT. 117 00:07:20,551 --> 00:07:23,517 SO THEY REACHED OUT TO MY PARENTS WITH AN IDEA 118 00:07:23,517 --> 00:07:26,586 ABOUT POSTING AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER 119 00:07:26,586 --> 00:07:29,172 WITH A PICTURE OF ME ASKING FOR HELP 120 00:07:29,172 --> 00:07:35,689 TO GET PEOPLE TO DONATE MONEY SO I COULD GO TO FAT CAMP. 121 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:39,724 AND MY PARENTS AGREED, AND WHEN THE ARTICLE CAME OUT, 122 00:07:39,724 --> 00:07:42,620 IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST DAYS OF MY LIFE. 123 00:07:42,620 --> 00:07:45,655 I WAS COMPLETELY EMBARRASSED AND REALLY SAD, 124 00:07:45,655 --> 00:07:47,586 BUT IT JUST GOT WORSE FROM THERE 125 00:07:47,586 --> 00:07:50,758 BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTER THE ARTICLE CAME OUT, 126 00:07:50,758 --> 00:07:54,896 A NATIONAL TV NEWS PROGRAM WANTED TO DO A PIECE ON ME 127 00:07:54,896 --> 00:07:58,137 TO TRY AND RAISE MORE AWARENESS OR SOMETHING. 128 00:07:58,137 --> 00:07:59,724 THEY EXPOSED MY LIFE 129 00:07:59,724 --> 00:08:03,413 SO EVERYBODY COULD SEE WHAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH. 130 00:08:03,413 --> 00:08:07,724 BUT IT WORKED, AND WE RAISED ENOUGH MONEY FOR ME TO GO. 131 00:08:07,724 --> 00:08:11,172 I WAS DREADING IT, BUT THEY STILL SENT ME, 132 00:08:11,172 --> 00:08:15,551 AND BY THE END OF SUMMER, I HAD LOST 60 POUNDS, 133 00:08:15,551 --> 00:08:17,551 AND I COULDN'T WAIT TO GO BACK TO OREGON 134 00:08:17,551 --> 00:08:20,379 AND SHOW EVERYBODY HOW MUCH WEIGHT I LOST. 135 00:08:20,379 --> 00:08:23,034 BUT WHEN MY DAD CAME TO PICK ME UP, 136 00:08:23,034 --> 00:08:25,172 HE SAID WE WEREN'T GOING BACK, 137 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:28,241 AND WE MOVED INTO A MOTEL ROOM IN SAN DIEGO, 138 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:32,620 AND IT WAS SO UPSETTING, AND I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND 139 00:08:32,620 --> 00:08:36,724 WHY WE HAD TO FIT OUR WHOLE FAMILY INTO ONE HOTEL ROOM. 140 00:08:36,724 --> 00:08:39,586 THE REALITY IS, ABOUT THREE MONTHS 141 00:08:39,586 --> 00:08:41,862 AFTER WE MOVED BACK TO CALIFORNIA, 142 00:08:41,862 --> 00:08:46,241 MY MOM RELAPSED AND OVERDOSED, AND SHE DIED. 143 00:08:47,379 --> 00:08:52,172 I WAS 11 THEN, AND I WAS COMPLETELY DEVASTATED. 144 00:08:52,172 --> 00:08:54,000 SHE DID IT ONE MORE TIME, 145 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,103 AND IT KILLED HER THE VERY FIRST TIME. 146 00:08:57,103 --> 00:09:00,482 AND AFTER THAT, THERE WAS ALMOST NO HOPE 147 00:09:00,482 --> 00:09:03,827 FOR ANGIE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HER WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY. 148 00:09:03,827 --> 00:09:07,172 Annjeanette: WHEN MY MOM DIED, MY EATING GOT WORSE, 149 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:13,000 AND BY THE TIME I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, I WAS 375 POUNDS, 150 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,896 AND I JUST STARTED DOING A LOT OF REALLY BAD THINGS. 151 00:09:16,896 --> 00:09:19,965 I DRANK BEER AND SMOKED WEED. 152 00:09:21,310 --> 00:09:25,344 MOST OF MY SIBLINGS STARTED DOING DRUGS THEN, TOO, 153 00:09:25,344 --> 00:09:29,827 AND WHEN I WAS 15, I DECIDED TO TRY METH FOR THE FIRST TIME, 154 00:09:29,827 --> 00:09:32,275 AND I REALLY LIKED IT. 155 00:09:32,275 --> 00:09:36,448 SO AFTER THAT, I WAS EITHER GETTING HIGH OR EATING, 156 00:09:36,448 --> 00:09:42,379 AND I GOT TO BE AROUND 450 POUNDS BY THE TIME I WAS 18. 157 00:09:42,379 --> 00:09:46,172 BUT THEN, YET AGAIN, MY FATHER MOVED US. 158 00:09:46,172 --> 00:09:48,551 HE TOOK US ALL TO WASHINGTON 159 00:09:48,551 --> 00:09:51,172 BECAUSE HE HOPED TAKING US SOMEWHERE 160 00:09:51,172 --> 00:09:54,000 WHERE WE ALL DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET DRUGS 161 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,965 WOULD FORCE ALL HIS KIDS TO GET CLEAN. 162 00:09:56,965 --> 00:10:00,586 MY LIFE STARTED TO GET A LITTLE BETTER AROUND THEN 163 00:10:00,586 --> 00:10:04,965 BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I FINALLY MET SOMEONE, AND I FELL IN LOVE. 164 00:10:04,965 --> 00:10:09,448 I WAS 23 THEN AND CLOSE TO 500 POUNDS. 165 00:10:09,448 --> 00:10:12,137 WE WERE CONNECTED THROUGH A DATING SITE, 166 00:10:12,137 --> 00:10:15,827 AND SHE CONVINCED ME TO MOVE DOWN TO TEXAS. 167 00:10:15,827 --> 00:10:18,137 BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR HER 168 00:10:18,137 --> 00:10:21,068 TO START TO BE VERY MEAN AND ABUSIVE. 169 00:10:21,068 --> 00:10:25,827 SHE WOULD SMACK ME. SHE SPIT ON ME. 170 00:10:25,827 --> 00:10:27,586 SHE WOULD BASICALLY TELL ME, 171 00:10:27,586 --> 00:10:29,965 "NOBODY'S GONNA WANT YOU ANYWAYS." 172 00:10:29,965 --> 00:10:33,379 AND WORST OF ALL, SHE WOULD CONSTANTLY CRITICIZE ME 173 00:10:33,379 --> 00:10:36,793 FOR WHAT I ATE, AND I JUST WOULD NEVER STOP EATING, 174 00:10:36,793 --> 00:10:39,172 AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, 175 00:10:39,172 --> 00:10:43,827 I GOT UP TO 560 POUNDS BY THE TIME I WAS 25. 176 00:10:43,827 --> 00:10:46,482 MY FAMILY HAD MOVED BACK TO OREGON, 177 00:10:46,482 --> 00:10:49,344 AND THEY WERE BEGGING ME TO COME BACK HOME. 178 00:10:49,344 --> 00:10:53,793 SO I LEFT MY GIRLFRIEND, AND I MOVED IN WITH MY SISTER VANESSA, 179 00:10:53,793 --> 00:10:57,931 BUT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, ALL I DID WAS EAT, 180 00:10:57,931 --> 00:11:01,758 AND I CROSSED THE 600-POUND MARK WHEN I WAS 27. 181 00:11:03,241 --> 00:11:06,724 THE ONLY GOOD THING TO HAPPEN TO ME SINCE LIVING HERE 182 00:11:06,724 --> 00:11:09,724 WAS THAT I MET ERICA ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. 183 00:11:09,724 --> 00:11:13,000 I MET ERICA IN A LESBIAN GROUP ONLINE, 184 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,137 AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I NOTICED 185 00:11:15,137 --> 00:11:17,620 WAS THAT SHE HAD LOST A TON OF WEIGHT. 186 00:11:17,620 --> 00:11:21,206 I THOUGHT, "WOW. I'M GONNA ASK HER HOW SHE DID IT." 187 00:11:21,206 --> 00:11:23,793 SHE HAD HAD A GASTRIC SLEEVE DONE, 188 00:11:23,793 --> 00:11:25,965 SO THAT REALLY DIDN'T HELP ME. 189 00:11:25,965 --> 00:11:29,517 BUT SOON, WE STARTED CALLING EACH OTHER EVERY DAY, 190 00:11:29,517 --> 00:11:32,896 AND AS WE GOT CLOSER, WE WANTED TO BE TOGETHER. 191 00:11:32,896 --> 00:11:35,827 SO SHE DECIDED TO MOVE OUT HERE TO BE WITH ME, 192 00:11:35,827 --> 00:11:38,448 AND MY SISTER SAID SHE COULD LIVE WITH US. 193 00:11:38,448 --> 00:11:41,344 SO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER. 194 00:11:41,344 --> 00:11:43,793 THE FIRST THING I NOTICED ABOUT ANGIE 195 00:11:43,793 --> 00:11:46,793 WAS SHE MADE ME FEEL LIKE THERE WAS NO JUDGMENT, 196 00:11:46,793 --> 00:11:49,206 LIKE I CAN BE MYSELF AROUND HER, 197 00:11:49,206 --> 00:11:52,862 AND I WAS REALLY ATTRACTED TO HER PERSONALITY. 198 00:11:52,862 --> 00:11:56,655 SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH ANGE, HER WEIGHT HAS GONE UP. 199 00:11:56,655 --> 00:11:59,379 HER MOBILITY HAS GOTTEN WORSE. 200 00:11:59,379 --> 00:12:03,034 AND I HAVE GAINED LIKE 60 POUNDS. 201 00:12:03,034 --> 00:12:05,448 I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD GET THIS BAD. 202 00:12:07,482 --> 00:12:09,379 Annjeanette: I CAN'T STOP EATING. 203 00:12:09,379 --> 00:12:12,310 IT'S ALMOST ALL I THINK ABOUT ALL DAY LONG, 204 00:12:12,310 --> 00:12:15,793 AND IF I'M NOT EATING, THEN I'M WAITING FOR MY SISTER 205 00:12:15,793 --> 00:12:17,896 OR ERICA TO BRING ME FOOD, 206 00:12:17,896 --> 00:12:21,172 BUT MOSTLY MY SISTER BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE 207 00:12:21,172 --> 00:12:23,931 THAT GETS MOST OF WHAT I WANT. 208 00:12:28,241 --> 00:12:29,620 HI. 209 00:12:29,620 --> 00:12:31,137 WHAT'S UP, SISTER? 210 00:12:31,137 --> 00:12:32,862 DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE YOU A BAGEL? 211 00:12:32,862 --> 00:12:35,310 YEAH, I'LL TAKE A BAGEL. 212 00:12:35,310 --> 00:12:37,413 OKAY. 213 00:12:38,482 --> 00:12:40,586 SHE'S LIKE MY EATING BUDDY 214 00:12:40,586 --> 00:12:43,724 BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS DOWN TO HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT, 215 00:12:43,724 --> 00:12:49,000 AND EATING WITH HER IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, 216 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,758 BECAUSE MY SISTER IS MY BEST FRIEND, 217 00:12:51,758 --> 00:12:56,931 AND WHATEVER IT IS I WANT, SHE NEVER TELLS ME NO. 218 00:12:58,448 --> 00:13:00,689 Vanessa: FOOD IS AN EVERYDAY SOCIAL EVENT 219 00:13:00,689 --> 00:13:02,551 FOR ME AND ANNJEANETTE. 220 00:13:02,551 --> 00:13:04,896 BECAUSE OF HER BEING HOMEBOUND, 221 00:13:04,896 --> 00:13:09,379 THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE WE CANDO BUT EAT AS FUN. 222 00:13:10,448 --> 00:13:12,724 IT'S HOW WE'RE SOCIAL WITH EACH OTHER. 223 00:13:12,724 --> 00:13:14,517 CAN YOU TAKE ME TO GET A QUICK SNACK 224 00:13:14,517 --> 00:13:15,965 TO TIDE ME OVER FOR DINNER? 225 00:13:15,965 --> 00:13:17,448 I'M DOWN. LET'S DO THIS. 226 00:13:17,448 --> 00:13:18,482 ALL RIGHT. 227 00:13:19,758 --> 00:13:22,931 I DON'T SEE A BIG PERSON WHEN I LOOK AT MY SISTER. 228 00:13:22,931 --> 00:13:25,413 I JUST SEE MY SISTER, YOU KNOW, 229 00:13:25,413 --> 00:13:28,103 UNTIL SHE'S STRUGGLING TO DO SOMETHING, 230 00:13:28,103 --> 00:13:31,862 AND IT BREAKS MY HEART 'CAUSE SHE CAN BARELY WALK, YOU KNOW? 231 00:13:32,965 --> 00:13:34,827 IT'S A TERRIBLE FEELING. 232 00:13:37,034 --> 00:13:41,068 Annjeanette: I USUALLY GET MY SISTER TO GET FAST FOOD IN THE AFTERNOON. 233 00:13:41,068 --> 00:13:44,620 AT THAT POINT, I'VE ALREADY HAD BREAKFAST 234 00:13:44,620 --> 00:13:47,413 AND LUNCH AND SOME SNACKS. 235 00:13:47,413 --> 00:13:52,034 BUT IT'S MY CHANCE TO GET SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF I CRAVE 236 00:13:52,034 --> 00:13:55,793 AWAY FROM EVERYBODY SO THEY DON'T KNOW AND SAY ANYTHING. 237 00:13:58,482 --> 00:14:03,620 IT'S LIKE ME AND MY SISTER'S SECRET EXTRA MEAL. 238 00:14:03,620 --> 00:14:05,206 BUT I CAN'T GO FAR 239 00:14:05,206 --> 00:14:08,103 BECAUSE I CAN'T REALLY FIT IN THE CAR ANYMORE. 240 00:14:10,862 --> 00:14:14,103 SO WE HURRY AND GET SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN CRAVING 241 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:17,137 BEFORE ERICA GETS HOME FROM WORK 242 00:14:17,137 --> 00:14:20,413 BECAUSE SHE THINKS I WAIT FOR HER TO EAT ALL DAY. 243 00:14:22,413 --> 00:14:26,034 THAT WAY I CAN GET HER TO BRING ME SOMETHING, TOO. 244 00:14:26,034 --> 00:14:29,068 SO THE AFTERNOON TO THE EVENING, 245 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:34,206 I HAVE MY SYSTEM TO WHERE I COULD JUST EAT NONSTOP. 246 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:36,862 HI. CAN I GET A CARNE ASADA BURRITO -- 247 00:14:36,862 --> 00:14:37,862 TWO. 248 00:14:37,862 --> 00:14:39,275 TWO OF THOSE. 249 00:14:39,275 --> 00:14:43,827 THREE CARNE ASADA TACOS, FRIES, AND ONE CHURRO, AND THAT'S IT. 250 00:14:43,827 --> 00:14:45,413 THANK YOU. 251 00:14:46,758 --> 00:14:48,931 HAVE A GOOD DAY. 252 00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:51,413 Annjeanette: FOOD IS THE BEST PART OF MY LIFE, 253 00:14:51,413 --> 00:14:54,034 AND TO EAT SOMETHING I'VE BEEN CRAVING, 254 00:14:54,034 --> 00:14:56,620 IT'S LIKE LITTLE BITES OF HEAVEN, 255 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:58,275 AND WHEN I'M EATING, 256 00:14:58,275 --> 00:15:01,344 I DON'T FEEL ALL THE PAIN OF MY LIFE. 257 00:15:02,724 --> 00:15:06,689 I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT DYING OR WHAT I'M DOING TO MY FAMILY. 258 00:15:06,689 --> 00:15:09,862 ALL I CARE ABOUT IS THE FOOD, 259 00:15:09,862 --> 00:15:12,000 AND EATING WITH MY SISTER 260 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,862 IS LIKE BEING WITH MY TWO BEST FRIENDS. 261 00:15:14,862 --> 00:15:18,103 WHEN I'M DONE, I'M SAD IT'S OVER, 262 00:15:18,103 --> 00:15:20,448 SO I CAN'T WAIT TO EAT AGAIN. 263 00:15:20,448 --> 00:15:25,586 BUT I NEED TO GET HOME BEFORE ERICA SO SHE DOESN'T KNOW I ATE. 264 00:15:37,896 --> 00:15:40,482 I NEVER WANT TO STOP EATING. 265 00:15:42,482 --> 00:15:44,965 BUT I KNOW IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT 266 00:15:44,965 --> 00:15:48,655 WHERE I HAVE TO BECAUSE FOOD IS KILLING ME. 267 00:15:48,655 --> 00:15:52,689 I CAN'T STOP, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. 268 00:15:52,689 --> 00:15:55,034 Erica: ANGIE IS KILLING HERSELF. 269 00:15:55,034 --> 00:15:58,034 IF SHE DOESN'T GET HEALTHY, SHE'S GONNA DIE. 270 00:15:58,034 --> 00:16:00,310 IF I LOSE HER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. 271 00:16:02,068 --> 00:16:05,551 Annjeanette: I'M GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I'M SO BIG, 272 00:16:05,551 --> 00:16:08,758 I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA LAST MUCH LONGER LIKE THIS. 273 00:16:09,965 --> 00:16:12,517 Vanessa: IF I HAD TO BURY MY LITTLE SISTER, 274 00:16:12,517 --> 00:16:14,758 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. 275 00:16:14,758 --> 00:16:17,241 MY SISTER NEEDS SOMETHING DRASTIC. 276 00:16:17,241 --> 00:16:20,344 I DON'T THINK THAT SHE CAN GET 277 00:16:20,344 --> 00:16:24,379 TO WHERE SHE NEEDS TO BE ON HER OWN. 278 00:16:24,379 --> 00:16:29,655 Annjeanette: IF I DON'T GET HELP, THEN I'M GONNA DIE. 279 00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:32,034 I FEEL LIKE THIS IS IT. 280 00:16:32,034 --> 00:16:37,034 I WILL END UP GOING TO BED SOON AND DYING IN MY SLEEP, 281 00:16:37,034 --> 00:16:41,000 AND THEN I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE FOR MY FAMILY, 282 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,551 FOR MY NIECE, FRANKIE, MY NEPHEWS, VINCE AND ABEL, 283 00:16:44,551 --> 00:16:48,034 OR MY SISTER OR ERICA, 284 00:16:48,034 --> 00:16:51,586 AND THE THOUGHT OF THAT BREAKS MY HEART. 285 00:16:51,586 --> 00:16:54,586 SO I HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO CHANGE THAT 286 00:16:54,586 --> 00:16:57,965 TO MAKE SURE I DON'T LET FOOD KILL ME. 287 00:17:20,827 --> 00:17:25,448 TODAY ME AND ERICA ARE FLYING TO HOUSTON TO SEE DR. NOW. 288 00:17:26,793 --> 00:17:29,000 HE'S ONE OF THE ONLY DOCTORS 289 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,896 WHO HELPS PEOPLE MY SIZE GET WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 290 00:17:32,896 --> 00:17:37,896 ERICA SAID GETTING IT HELPED HER LOSE OVER 200 POUNDS. 291 00:17:37,896 --> 00:17:42,137 SO DOING THIS MAY BE THE ONLY CHANCE I HAVE LEFT 292 00:17:42,137 --> 00:17:43,965 TO SAVE MY LIFE, 293 00:17:43,965 --> 00:17:46,379 AND IT'S THE ONLY REASON 294 00:17:46,379 --> 00:17:50,655 I'LL BE WILLING TO TRY TO DO A TRIP LIKE THIS AT MY SIZE, 295 00:17:50,655 --> 00:17:53,310 BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE PAINFUL 296 00:17:53,310 --> 00:17:56,793 AND REALLY HARD ON ME AND MY WHOLE BODY. 297 00:17:56,793 --> 00:17:58,172 I FEEL LIKE THIS TRIP 298 00:17:58,172 --> 00:18:00,551 IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR ME. 299 00:18:00,551 --> 00:18:02,965 I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON IT. 300 00:18:04,344 --> 00:18:06,448 BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT 301 00:18:06,448 --> 00:18:08,862 BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN ON A PLANE BEFORE. 302 00:18:10,275 --> 00:18:13,310 I'M SO SCARED. I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA BE SICK. 303 00:18:17,379 --> 00:18:18,586 YOU OKAY? 304 00:18:18,586 --> 00:18:20,275 I'M NOT GONNA FIT IN THE FRONT. 305 00:18:28,310 --> 00:18:30,034 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GONNA WORK. 306 00:18:30,034 --> 00:18:32,206 COME ON -- IN THE BACK. COME ON. 307 00:18:33,448 --> 00:18:36,689 THAT THE CAR RIDE IS GOING TO BE THIS HARD ON ME, 308 00:18:36,689 --> 00:18:39,172 I'M NOT GONNA HAVE A CHANCE. 309 00:18:40,275 --> 00:18:43,241 THANKFULLY, ERICA CAN CALM ME DOWN. 310 00:18:43,241 --> 00:18:46,586 SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN REALLY DO THAT FOR ME, 311 00:18:46,586 --> 00:18:50,862 AND SHE IS THE ONE THAT'S LIKE, "OH, IT'S GONNA BE OKAY." 312 00:18:50,862 --> 00:18:53,758 SO I'M THANKFUL SHE'S GOING WITH ME TODAY... 313 00:18:56,448 --> 00:19:00,172 ...BECAUSE I KNOW I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT HER. 314 00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:02,862 -OKAY? -YEAH. 315 00:19:06,310 --> 00:19:08,344 I'M HAVING REALLY BAD ANXIETY. 316 00:19:08,344 --> 00:19:11,344 I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT. 317 00:19:11,344 --> 00:19:14,206 I CAN'T BREATHE. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO CRY. 318 00:19:16,206 --> 00:19:19,310 I WISH THERE WAS SOME OTHER WAY TO DO THIS. 319 00:19:19,310 --> 00:19:22,275 I DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND ALL THESE PEOPLE. 320 00:19:22,275 --> 00:19:24,206 IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG TIME 321 00:19:24,206 --> 00:19:28,275 SINCE I'VE BEEN IN PUBLIC LIKE THIS, AND AS WE GET CLOSER, 322 00:19:28,275 --> 00:19:31,206 IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GETTING HARDER FOR ME TO BREATHE. 323 00:19:35,379 --> 00:19:37,655 HOLD THAT, BABY. 324 00:19:37,655 --> 00:19:40,068 OH, MY FEET HURT. 325 00:19:49,206 --> 00:19:53,206 I HATE THIS, AND I HATE HAVING TO USE THIS WHEELCHAIR. 326 00:19:53,206 --> 00:19:55,413 WATCH IT. MY BOOK BAG'S RIGHT THERE. 327 00:19:55,413 --> 00:19:57,413 I DON'T WANT YOU TO FALL. 328 00:19:58,517 --> 00:20:00,310 CAN YOU STAND BEHIND IT? 329 00:20:00,310 --> 00:20:01,413 HUH? 330 00:20:01,413 --> 00:20:03,413 -WILL YOU STAND -- -YEAH, I KNOW. 331 00:20:03,413 --> 00:20:06,965 I JUST WANT TO GET ON THE PLANE. 332 00:20:06,965 --> 00:20:10,344 BUT I KNOW I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT IF I HAVE TO WALK. 333 00:20:13,517 --> 00:20:15,379 ALL RIGHT. READY FOR YOUR FEETS? 334 00:20:17,758 --> 00:20:20,655 WHEN I HAVE TO BE IN PUBLIC, I TAKE A BLANKET 335 00:20:20,655 --> 00:20:23,620 JUST BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I CAN COVER MYSELF 336 00:20:23,620 --> 00:20:26,068 AND KEEP EVERYONE FROM SEEING ME. 337 00:20:28,068 --> 00:20:31,241 THANKFULLY, ERICA CALLED THE AIRPORT BEFORE WE LEFT, 338 00:20:31,241 --> 00:20:35,034 AND THEY SAID THEY'LL HAVE SOMEONE HELP US CHECK IN OUTSIDE 339 00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:38,034 AND THEN TAKE ME STRAIGHT TO THE GATE 340 00:20:38,034 --> 00:20:41,551 SO I CAN GET ON THE PLANE, 341 00:20:41,551 --> 00:20:44,655 AND I'M HOPING THAT WILL NOT ONLY CUT DOWN 342 00:20:44,655 --> 00:20:46,413 HOW MUCH I HAVE TO DO, 343 00:20:46,413 --> 00:20:51,103 BUT ALSO AVOID BEING AROUND TOO MANY PEOPLE FOR TOO LONG 344 00:20:51,103 --> 00:20:53,655 SO I DON'T START TO ATTRACT ATTENTION. 345 00:20:53,655 --> 00:20:55,689 YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS GOING TO HOUSTON. 346 00:20:55,689 --> 00:20:56,758 GATE C-12. 347 00:20:56,758 --> 00:20:59,620 OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 348 00:20:59,620 --> 00:21:01,206 TO THE GATE. 349 00:21:03,448 --> 00:21:06,793 I HOPE TO GOD THAT I CAN FIT ON THIS PLANE. 350 00:21:06,793 --> 00:21:10,862 IF I GET STUCK, IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE MOST MISERABLE 351 00:21:10,862 --> 00:21:13,862 AND EMBARRASSING MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. 352 00:21:19,896 --> 00:21:21,655 Attendant: IS THAT Y'ALL'S WHEELCHAIR? 353 00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:23,000 -YEAH. -OKAY. 354 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,206 WE JUST SIT IN THE FRONT? OKAY. 355 00:21:44,172 --> 00:21:46,344 OH, MY GOODNESS. 356 00:21:46,344 --> 00:21:50,000 I'M RELIEVED WE MADE IT, AND I THAT I FIT. 357 00:21:52,379 --> 00:21:55,137 I WAS SO SCARED THAT I WAS GONNA GET ON, 358 00:21:55,137 --> 00:21:58,827 AND THAT I WAS GONNA BE TOO BIG TO FIT IN THE AISLE. 359 00:21:58,827 --> 00:22:01,827 SO I'M REALLY GLAD THIS WORKED. 360 00:22:09,551 --> 00:22:11,413 WE FINALLY MADE IT, 361 00:22:11,413 --> 00:22:14,482 AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OFF THIS PLANE 362 00:22:14,482 --> 00:22:16,620 BECAUSE I'M IN SO MUCH PAIN. 363 00:22:19,275 --> 00:22:22,448 I JUST WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET ME IN MY WHEELCHAIR 364 00:22:22,448 --> 00:22:26,517 AND GET FOOD AND GET TO THE HOTEL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 365 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 THESE FOOT PEDALS ARE VERY TRICKY. 366 00:22:49,758 --> 00:22:51,275 OKAY, WE GOT IT. 367 00:22:51,275 --> 00:22:52,689 -ALL RIGHT. -GOOD TO GO. 368 00:22:52,689 --> 00:22:54,448 YOU CAN SIT BACK DOWN NOW. 369 00:22:54,448 --> 00:22:56,068 OKAY. AWESOME. 370 00:22:56,068 --> 00:22:57,896 Annjeanette: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. 371 00:22:57,896 --> 00:23:01,068 THIS IS REALLY EMBARRASSING. 372 00:23:01,068 --> 00:23:04,827 I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE HAS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ME EVERY TIME. 373 00:23:04,827 --> 00:23:08,068 I FEEL LIKE SHE MAKES A BIG DEAL OUT OF EVERYTHING 374 00:23:08,068 --> 00:23:10,758 WHEN I JUST NEED A MOMENT TO CALM DOWN 375 00:23:10,758 --> 00:23:12,206 INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING 376 00:23:12,206 --> 00:23:14,413 THAT BRINGS EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO ME 377 00:23:14,413 --> 00:23:17,724 WHEN I JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE. 378 00:23:24,551 --> 00:23:25,793 OKAY, MA'AM. 379 00:23:26,793 --> 00:23:28,344 YEAH, THANK YOU. 380 00:23:29,827 --> 00:23:31,551 -ALL RIGHT. -THANK YOU. 381 00:23:31,551 --> 00:23:32,724 NO PROBLEM. 382 00:23:38,827 --> 00:23:40,689 I GOT OUR LUGGAGE. 383 00:23:40,689 --> 00:23:44,310 I'M JUST WAITING ON SOMEBODY TO COME HELP ME WITH SOMETHING. 384 00:23:45,586 --> 00:23:47,344 STOP BEING MEAN TO ME. 385 00:23:47,344 --> 00:23:49,172 I'M NOT. YOU'RE BEING MEAN TO ME. 386 00:23:49,172 --> 00:23:51,448 I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WAS YOU CRYING. 387 00:23:51,448 --> 00:23:52,551 YOU JUST SNAPPED AT ME. 388 00:23:52,551 --> 00:23:54,275 I WAS JUST A CONCERNED GIRLFRIEND. 389 00:23:54,275 --> 00:23:55,965 LET ME JUST LET MY GIRLFRIEND CRY. 390 00:23:55,965 --> 00:23:57,310 OKAY. LET HER CRY. 391 00:23:57,310 --> 00:23:59,068 I'M READY TO GO. 392 00:24:03,862 --> 00:24:07,310 THIS HAS JUST BEEN ONE OF THE WORST DAYS OF MY LIFE, 393 00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:11,379 AND I'M STARVING BECAUSE I HAVEN'T EATEN ALL DAY. 394 00:24:11,379 --> 00:24:14,758 SO I JUST WANT TO GET SOME FOOD AND GO TO BED 395 00:24:14,758 --> 00:24:18,655 AND GET THIS ALL OVER WITH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, 396 00:24:18,655 --> 00:24:21,758 BUT I JUST HOPE WE CAN FIND A GOOD TAXI 397 00:24:21,758 --> 00:24:23,413 BECAUSE THE LAST THING I NEED 398 00:24:23,413 --> 00:24:25,689 IS TO HAVE TO GET INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE 399 00:24:25,689 --> 00:24:27,793 I CAN BARELY FIT IN. 400 00:24:27,793 --> 00:24:30,275 I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET UP IN THAT. 401 00:24:30,275 --> 00:24:31,413 I KNOW. 402 00:24:31,413 --> 00:24:33,931 IT'S TOO HIGH. LIKE, I CAN'T. 403 00:24:36,137 --> 00:24:37,758 YEAH. SHE NEEDS TO GO TO THE CURB 404 00:24:37,758 --> 00:24:39,517 SO SHE CAN GET UP AND GET IN THERE, OKAY? 405 00:24:39,517 --> 00:24:41,482 -CAN YOU PULL CLOSE? -MAKE SURE YOU PULL IT CLOSE. 406 00:24:41,482 --> 00:24:43,482 I WILL TRY -- TRY TO GET OVER THERE. 407 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:46,482 I HATE THIS. 408 00:24:46,482 --> 00:24:49,103 WHY CAN'T ANYTHING BE SIMPLE? 409 00:24:49,103 --> 00:24:50,586 WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GET IN THE BACK? 410 00:24:50,586 --> 00:24:54,896 THE BACK ONE HAS A LOWER STEP THAN THAT ONE. 411 00:24:54,896 --> 00:24:56,896 I CAN TRY. 412 00:24:56,896 --> 00:24:59,758 YOU CAN TRY? 413 00:24:59,758 --> 00:25:01,137 -OWW. -GO AHEAD. 414 00:25:01,137 --> 00:25:02,379 THAT HURTS. 415 00:25:02,379 --> 00:25:03,689 GO AHEAD. BACK IT UP. 416 00:25:03,689 --> 00:25:05,827 THERE YOU GO. READY? 417 00:25:16,517 --> 00:25:18,103 OKAY. 418 00:25:19,482 --> 00:25:21,448 HOLD ON. I'LL GO ON THE OTHER SIDE. 419 00:25:25,862 --> 00:25:27,689 IT'S OKAY. 420 00:25:27,689 --> 00:25:29,448 THANK YOU. 421 00:25:29,448 --> 00:25:31,655 OKAY. 422 00:25:31,655 --> 00:25:33,758 THIS TRIP HAS BEEN MISERABLE 423 00:25:33,758 --> 00:25:38,172 AND ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. 424 00:25:38,172 --> 00:25:39,896 I JUST HOPE IT'S WORTH IT 425 00:25:39,896 --> 00:25:42,241 AND I GET THE HELP I NEED TOMORROW. 426 00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:45,655 I'M ALREADY NERVOUS ABOUT SEEING DR. NOW 427 00:25:45,655 --> 00:25:49,068 BECAUSE HE'S THE ONLY CHANCE I HAVE LEFT. 428 00:25:49,068 --> 00:25:53,344 SO IF HE DOESN'T HELP ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 429 00:26:10,206 --> 00:26:14,379 TODAY I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR. NOW, 430 00:26:14,379 --> 00:26:17,620 AND I'M SO INCREDIBLY NERVOUS. 431 00:26:17,620 --> 00:26:19,482 I WISH I HAD ANOTHER DAY 432 00:26:19,482 --> 00:26:22,379 TO REST AND RECOVER FROM THE WHOLE TRIP HERE, 433 00:26:22,379 --> 00:26:24,793 BECAUSE I'M STILL REALLY SORE, 434 00:26:24,793 --> 00:26:27,965 AND MY WHOLE BODY'S IN A LOT OF PAIN. 435 00:26:27,965 --> 00:26:32,551 BUT WE HAVE TO GO BACK HOME TOMORROW, SO THERE'S NO TIME, 436 00:26:32,551 --> 00:26:35,379 AND I HAVE TO PUSH MYSELF 437 00:26:35,379 --> 00:26:37,655 NO MATTER HOW HARD IT IS TO DO THIS. 438 00:26:37,655 --> 00:26:41,896 WHAT HAPPENS TODAY WILL DETERMINE EVERYTHING FOR ME. 439 00:26:41,896 --> 00:26:45,068 I EITHER GET HIS HELP IN WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 440 00:26:45,068 --> 00:26:50,862 OR I'VE LOST EVERY OPTION AND CHANCE TO GET MY LIFE BACK, 441 00:26:50,862 --> 00:26:56,172 AND JUST KNOWING THAT MAKES ME SO NERVOUS I WANT TO THROW UP. 442 00:26:56,172 --> 00:26:59,827 I HAVE TWO REALLY BIG FEARS RIGHT NOW. 443 00:26:59,827 --> 00:27:04,379 THE FIRST ONE IS THAT DR. NOW TELLS ME THAT HE THINKS MY BODY 444 00:27:04,379 --> 00:27:08,655 IS IN TOO BAD OF SHAPE TO DO ANYTHING AND GET AN OPERATION. 445 00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:14,000 BUT MY OTHER REALLY BIG FEAR IS THAT WHEN I GET ON THAT SCALE, 446 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,896 MY WEIGHT IS HIGHER THAN I THOUGHT. 447 00:27:18,344 --> 00:27:20,034 ANNJEANETTE WHALEY? 448 00:27:20,034 --> 00:27:22,034 -YOU CAN GET UP? -I GOT IT. I GOT IT. 449 00:27:22,034 --> 00:27:23,965 DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING THIS? 450 00:27:23,965 --> 00:27:26,310 -YEAH, JUST IN CASE. -OKAY. BE CAREFUL. 451 00:27:28,172 --> 00:27:31,172 I KNOW I'M PROBABLY IN THE 600s, 452 00:27:31,172 --> 00:27:35,241 BUT I DON'T THINK I'M MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT. 453 00:27:35,241 --> 00:27:38,827 SO THAT'S WHERE I'M HOPING THE NUMBER ENDS UP. 454 00:27:46,655 --> 00:27:48,172 YOU CAN STEP OFF. 455 00:27:48,172 --> 00:27:49,586 YOU OKAY? 456 00:27:51,413 --> 00:27:52,896 ALL RIGHT. COME ON. 457 00:27:52,896 --> 00:27:54,793 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 458 00:27:56,931 --> 00:28:01,793 I'M DISGUSTED WITH MYSELF, AND SEEING THAT NUMBER, 459 00:28:01,793 --> 00:28:06,275 I'M HUMILIATED AND SCARED TO SEE WHAT DR. NOW IS GONNA SAY. 460 00:28:08,206 --> 00:28:10,931 SO I'M TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER 461 00:28:10,931 --> 00:28:14,379 AND NOT LET MYSELF START TO SPIRAL RIGHT NOW 462 00:28:14,379 --> 00:28:19,620 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M ABOUT TO HAVE A REALLY BAD PANIC ATTACK. 463 00:28:25,241 --> 00:28:26,689 HELLO. 464 00:28:26,689 --> 00:28:27,862 -HELLO. -HI. 465 00:28:27,862 --> 00:28:28,931 HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? 466 00:28:28,931 --> 00:28:30,344 GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 467 00:28:30,344 --> 00:28:32,275 I'M GOOD. I'M DR. NOWZARADAN. 468 00:28:32,275 --> 00:28:33,586 I'M ANNJEANETTE. 469 00:28:33,586 --> 00:28:35,000 NICE TO MEET YOU. 470 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,724 ERICA. NICE TO MEET YOU. 471 00:28:36,724 --> 00:28:38,517 SO WHERE YOU COMING FROM? 472 00:28:38,517 --> 00:28:39,551 OREGON. 473 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:41,344 OREGON. THAT'S A LONG TRIP. 474 00:28:41,344 --> 00:28:44,103 HOPEFULLY YOU MADE IT WITHOUT TOO MUCH DIFFICULTY. 475 00:28:44,103 --> 00:28:47,758 I MEAN, IT WAS HARD, BUT WORTH IT IF I CAN GET HELP. 476 00:28:47,758 --> 00:28:51,275 ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WILL BE MORE UP TO YOU THAN ME, 477 00:28:51,275 --> 00:28:55,655 BUT TODAY YOU WEIGH 679 POUNDS, 478 00:28:55,655 --> 00:28:57,551 AND YOU'RE 5'1", HUH? 479 00:28:57,551 --> 00:28:58,758 YEAH. 480 00:28:58,758 --> 00:29:01,172 YOUR BMI IS 128. 481 00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:04,896 YOU'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST BMI WE HAVE SEEN, 482 00:29:04,896 --> 00:29:08,172 SO THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BMI TO HAVE, 483 00:29:08,172 --> 00:29:09,931 AND WITH A BMI THIS HIGH, 484 00:29:09,931 --> 00:29:13,758 ONCE A PATIENT BECOMES IMMOBILE, THEY DIE SOON AFTER THAT. 485 00:29:13,758 --> 00:29:16,206 SO, HOW IS YOUR MOBILITY? 486 00:29:16,206 --> 00:29:20,068 IT'S NOT GOOD -- NOT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT GOOD. 487 00:29:20,068 --> 00:29:22,931 I'M NORMALLY ABLE TO WALK. 488 00:29:22,931 --> 00:29:24,068 MM-HMM. 489 00:29:24,068 --> 00:29:25,103 BUT OVER THE LAST -- 490 00:29:25,103 --> 00:29:26,275 COUPLE DAYS. 491 00:29:26,275 --> 00:29:28,620 ...COUPLE DAYS, JUST THE SHORTEST DISTANCE 492 00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:30,413 IS TAKING MY BREATH AWAY. 493 00:29:30,413 --> 00:29:32,655 SO YOU ARE AT A VERY CRITICAL POINT, 494 00:29:32,655 --> 00:29:34,827 BECAUSE WITH ALL YOUR FACTORS HERE, 495 00:29:34,827 --> 00:29:36,689 YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH LONGER TO LIVE -- 496 00:29:36,689 --> 00:29:40,172 LIKELY LESS THAN A YEAR IF NOTHING CHANGES. 497 00:29:40,172 --> 00:29:43,172 SO WE HAVE TO GET YOUR WEIGHT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. 498 00:29:43,172 --> 00:29:46,413 SO WHAT SEEMS TO BE CHALLENGES WITH YOUR EATING HABIT? 499 00:29:46,413 --> 00:29:50,965 I THINK MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS MY MOBILITY. 500 00:29:50,965 --> 00:29:53,655 IT'S HARD FOR ME TO STAND A LOT, 501 00:29:53,655 --> 00:29:56,758 SO I USUALLY JUST GRAB WHATEVER'S -- 502 00:29:56,758 --> 00:29:58,310 QUICK AND EASY. 503 00:29:58,310 --> 00:29:59,655 ...QUICK AND EASY -- 504 00:29:59,655 --> 00:30:02,344 I GUESS WHATEVER IS ACCESSIBLE TO ME. 505 00:30:02,344 --> 00:30:04,068 COME ON. SERIOUSLY? 506 00:30:04,068 --> 00:30:06,275 YOU'RE TELLING ME IF YOU WERE ABLE TO MOVE, 507 00:30:06,275 --> 00:30:07,965 YOU WOULD EAT BETTER? 508 00:30:07,965 --> 00:30:09,241 NO. 509 00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:12,000 WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING -- 510 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,034 THAT WALKING TO A SALAD IS HARDER THAN WALKING TO A PIZZA. 511 00:30:16,034 --> 00:30:17,793 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? 512 00:30:17,793 --> 00:30:19,896 PROBABLY NOT. 513 00:30:19,896 --> 00:30:22,793 SO, THE WRONG ANSWER. 514 00:30:22,793 --> 00:30:24,586 SO, LET'S TRY AGAIN. 515 00:30:24,586 --> 00:30:26,827 SO YOU EAT A LARGE AMOUNT OR WHAT? 516 00:30:26,827 --> 00:30:28,275 YEAH. 517 00:30:28,275 --> 00:30:31,655 SO, YOU CAN'T STOP EATING -- YOU HAVE NO CONTROL ON IT? 518 00:30:31,655 --> 00:30:33,724 DO YOU LIVE WITH OTHERS? 519 00:30:33,724 --> 00:30:37,172 YEAH, I DO -- MY SISTER AND HER KIDS. 520 00:30:37,172 --> 00:30:41,551 OKAY. SO YOU LIKELY HAVE MULTIPLE ENABLERS. 521 00:30:41,551 --> 00:30:44,758 ERICA, WHEN SHE ASKS YOU FOR THE FOOD SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE, 522 00:30:44,758 --> 00:30:47,310 WHY DON'T YOU EVEN TRY TO TELL HER NO? 523 00:30:47,310 --> 00:30:49,896 I DON'T SAY ANYTHING. 524 00:30:49,896 --> 00:30:52,827 SHE TRIES TO SAY STUFF. 525 00:30:52,827 --> 00:30:54,931 SHE DOES SOMETIMES SAY, 526 00:30:54,931 --> 00:30:56,689 "YOU NEED TO WATCH WHAT YOU'RE EATING," 527 00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:58,206 AND I GET MAD. 528 00:30:58,206 --> 00:31:00,310 I TELL HER, "IF YOU CHEW YOUR FOOD MORE, 529 00:31:00,310 --> 00:31:03,517 YOU CAN GET FULLER IF YOU CHEW IT BETTER, AND YOU WON'T"... 530 00:31:03,517 --> 00:31:05,586 I EAT FAST. 531 00:31:05,586 --> 00:31:08,482 SO YOUR IDEA OF HELPING HER 532 00:31:08,482 --> 00:31:11,000 IS TO TELL HER TO CHEW THE PIZZA BETTER 533 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,758 INSTEAD OF TELLING HER NO TO WHAT'S KILLING HER? 534 00:31:13,758 --> 00:31:15,000 MM-HMM. 535 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,448 THERE'S A LOT OF EXCUSES YOU-ALL ARE GIVING ME, 536 00:31:17,448 --> 00:31:19,931 AND YOU TWO NEED TO UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW 537 00:31:19,931 --> 00:31:22,448 THAT YOU CAN'T KEEP PLAYING THIS GAME ANY LONGER 538 00:31:22,448 --> 00:31:25,034 BECAUSE, ANNJEANETTE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIVE THAT LONG 539 00:31:25,034 --> 00:31:26,965 AT THIS POINT UNLESS YOU BOTH CHANGE 540 00:31:26,965 --> 00:31:28,310 WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, 541 00:31:28,310 --> 00:31:30,551 AND THAT GOES FOR EVERYONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD -- 542 00:31:30,551 --> 00:31:32,103 ALL THE ENABLERS. 543 00:31:32,103 --> 00:31:33,310 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 544 00:31:33,310 --> 00:31:34,413 YEAH. 545 00:31:34,413 --> 00:31:35,758 WE'RE CUTTING EVERYTHING. 546 00:31:35,758 --> 00:31:37,965 WE'RE GONNA GET HARD. SHE'S GONNA GET ON A DIET. 547 00:31:37,965 --> 00:31:39,896 I'M NOT GIVING HER ANYTHING. 548 00:31:39,896 --> 00:31:41,931 WE'RE JUST -- WE'RE GONNA DO THIS. 549 00:31:41,931 --> 00:31:43,586 IT'S OKAY. 550 00:31:43,586 --> 00:31:46,793 A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT. TALKING IS EASY. 551 00:31:46,793 --> 00:31:48,586 CHANGE IS HARD, THOUGH. 552 00:31:48,586 --> 00:31:51,896 BUT IF YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE READY FOR THIS, ANNJEANETTE, 553 00:31:51,896 --> 00:31:55,241 THEN THE FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO DO IS WE'RE GONNA START YOU 554 00:31:55,241 --> 00:31:58,206 ON A 1,200-CALORIE-A-DAY HIGH-PROTEIN, LOW-CARB DIET, 555 00:31:58,206 --> 00:31:59,379 AND FROM HERE ON OUT, 556 00:31:59,379 --> 00:32:01,620 YOU'RE ONLY GONNA EAT THREE TIMES A DAY. 557 00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:03,310 AND THE SECOND THING IS, 558 00:32:03,310 --> 00:32:06,241 YOU'RE GONNA START EXERCISING TWICE A DAY. 559 00:32:06,241 --> 00:32:08,586 I WANT YOU TO DO THIS AN HOUR IN THE MORNING 560 00:32:08,586 --> 00:32:10,206 AND AN HOUR IN THE EVENING. 561 00:32:10,206 --> 00:32:13,586 YOU CAN BREAK IT UP, BUT YOU NEED TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN 562 00:32:13,586 --> 00:32:15,137 TO GET YOUR STAMINA UP 563 00:32:15,137 --> 00:32:17,413 AND PREVENT YOURSELF FROM BECOMING IMMOBILE. 564 00:32:17,413 --> 00:32:19,172 OKAY? -OKAY. 565 00:32:19,172 --> 00:32:22,034 THEN, LASTLY, YOU NEED TO MOVE DOWN TO HOUSTON 566 00:32:22,034 --> 00:32:23,344 AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE 567 00:32:23,344 --> 00:32:27,206 BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WHERE YOU ARE, 568 00:32:27,206 --> 00:32:28,689 AND THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, 569 00:32:28,689 --> 00:32:30,620 YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE AROUND MUCH LONGER 570 00:32:30,620 --> 00:32:33,827 IF WE DON'T START TO MAKE SOME DRASTIC CHANGES WITH YOU NOW. 571 00:32:33,827 --> 00:32:36,793 THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA GET WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, THOUGH. 572 00:32:36,793 --> 00:32:38,000 IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, 573 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,068 THEN I NEED YOU TO HIT A WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL 574 00:32:40,068 --> 00:32:42,241 TO SHOW ME THAT YOU'RE READY TO WORK HARD, 575 00:32:42,241 --> 00:32:45,620 AND IF YOU STICK WITH A 1,200-CALORIE DIET IN ONE MONTH, 576 00:32:45,620 --> 00:32:48,275 YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO LOSE 100 POUNDS. 577 00:32:48,275 --> 00:32:50,310 BUT IF YOU COME BACK WITH MORE EXCUSES 578 00:32:50,310 --> 00:32:52,551 AND YOU CANNOT STOP EATING AND CONTROL IT, 579 00:32:52,551 --> 00:32:54,206 THEN THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM, 580 00:32:54,206 --> 00:32:56,448 AND WE WON'T MOVE AHEAD WITH SURGERY. 581 00:32:56,448 --> 00:32:57,517 GOT IT? 582 00:32:57,517 --> 00:32:58,862 YEAH. 583 00:32:58,862 --> 00:33:01,827 YOU HAVE TO DO THIS NOW IF YOU WANT TO LIVE. 584 00:33:01,827 --> 00:33:02,827 OKAY? 585 00:33:02,827 --> 00:33:03,931 OKAY. 586 00:33:03,931 --> 00:33:05,137 ANY QUESTIONS? 587 00:33:05,137 --> 00:33:08,206 NO. SO THAT MEANS, LIKE, MOVE NOW IF POSSIBLE? 588 00:33:08,206 --> 00:33:09,862 -YES. -OKAY. 589 00:33:09,862 --> 00:33:13,068 YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO LIVE. 590 00:33:13,068 --> 00:33:14,344 OKAY? -OKAY. 591 00:33:14,344 --> 00:33:16,137 YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THAT? 592 00:33:16,137 --> 00:33:17,724 I CAN DO IT. 593 00:33:17,724 --> 00:33:19,689 WE'RE GOING TO DO IT NOW. 594 00:33:19,689 --> 00:33:23,413 GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I'LL SEE YOU BOTH IN A MONTH. 595 00:33:23,413 --> 00:33:26,206 IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, GIVE ME A CALL. 596 00:33:26,206 --> 00:33:28,517 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 597 00:33:28,517 --> 00:33:29,586 NICE TO MEET YOU. 598 00:33:29,586 --> 00:33:30,689 NICE TO MEET YOU. 599 00:33:34,689 --> 00:33:37,482 WITH SUCH A SMALL BODY FRAME, ANNJEANETTE HAS 600 00:33:37,482 --> 00:33:40,137 AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT ON HER BODY, 601 00:33:40,137 --> 00:33:43,206 AND IT'S SIMILAR TO SOMEONE OF AVERAGE HEIGHT 602 00:33:43,206 --> 00:33:45,482 HAVING OVER 900 POUNDS ON THEM. 603 00:33:45,482 --> 00:33:48,689 SO IT'S IMPRESSIVE THAT SHE'S STILL ABLE TO GET UP 604 00:33:48,689 --> 00:33:52,551 AND MOVE AROUND AND THAT SHE'S NOT IN WORSE CONDITION ALREADY, 605 00:33:52,551 --> 00:33:56,034 BUT SHE'S CLOSE TO BECOMING IMMOBILE, AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, 606 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,344 SHE'S GOING TO HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME LEFT 607 00:33:58,344 --> 00:33:59,965 BEFORE HER BODY GIVES OUT, 608 00:33:59,965 --> 00:34:02,103 AND IF SHE'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR PROGRAM, 609 00:34:02,103 --> 00:34:03,827 SHE HAS TO MOVE TO HOUSTON 610 00:34:03,827 --> 00:34:06,655 BECAUSE HER BODY ISN'T GOING TO HANDLE THE TRAVEL 611 00:34:06,655 --> 00:34:08,379 BACK AND FORTH TO OREGON, 612 00:34:08,379 --> 00:34:10,724 AND THAT WILL ALSO GET HER OUT OF THE HOUSE 613 00:34:10,724 --> 00:34:13,137 THAT IS LIKELY FILLED WITH ENABLERS. 614 00:34:13,137 --> 00:34:15,862 ANNJEANETTE DOESN'T HAVE ANY TIME TO WASTE, 615 00:34:15,862 --> 00:34:19,310 SO HOPEFULLY SHE'S TAKING THIS AS SERIOUSLY AS SHE NEEDS, 616 00:34:19,310 --> 00:34:23,620 AND SHE'S READY, AND SHE STARTS MAKING THE CHANGES SHE HAS TO 617 00:34:23,620 --> 00:34:25,448 BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 618 00:34:27,551 --> 00:34:30,275 Annjeanette: I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN A REALLY BAD PLACE 619 00:34:30,275 --> 00:34:31,793 WITH MY HEALTH FOR A WHILE, 620 00:34:31,793 --> 00:34:33,413 BUT HEARING A DOCTOR TELL YOU 621 00:34:33,413 --> 00:34:35,379 THAT, BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, 622 00:34:35,379 --> 00:34:38,275 YOU'RE GONNA DIE SOON, IT'S HORRIFYING, 623 00:34:38,275 --> 00:34:41,482 AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ME AND ERICA 624 00:34:41,482 --> 00:34:44,620 HAVE TO UPROOT OUR LIVES NOW, 625 00:34:44,620 --> 00:34:46,793 AND I'M OVERWHELMED, 626 00:34:46,793 --> 00:34:49,310 AND I'M JUST HOPING I COULD DO THIS, 627 00:34:49,310 --> 00:34:53,586 BECAUSE I KNOW IF I CAN'T, THEN I'M GONNA LOSE EVERYTHING. 628 00:35:04,413 --> 00:35:07,758 ME AND ERICA HAVE BEEN HOME FROM SEEING DR. NOW 629 00:35:07,758 --> 00:35:09,517 FOR A MONTH NOW, 630 00:35:09,517 --> 00:35:12,448 AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO MY EXERCISES 631 00:35:12,448 --> 00:35:16,517 AND STICK TO DR. NOW'S DIET, BUT BOTH HAVE BEEN REALLY HARD. 632 00:35:18,551 --> 00:35:22,241 WITH MY EXERCISES, MY BIGGEST OBSTACLE 633 00:35:22,241 --> 00:35:25,655 IS THAT I JUST CAN'T MOVE AROUND A LOT... 634 00:35:27,965 --> 00:35:30,241 ...AND BY THE TIME I MANAGE TO GET UP, 635 00:35:30,241 --> 00:35:33,793 I'M PRACTICALLY WORN OUT. 636 00:35:33,793 --> 00:35:36,758 BUT I'M TRYING TO GET UP LIKE DR. NOW WANTS 637 00:35:36,758 --> 00:35:39,724 AND DO WHAT I CAN EVERY DAY, 638 00:35:39,724 --> 00:35:44,413 AND WITH MY DIET, I'VE MADE A LOT OF THE ADJUSTMENTS I NEED. 639 00:35:44,413 --> 00:35:48,206 THERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS THAT ARE TOO HARD FOR ME 640 00:35:48,206 --> 00:35:51,793 TO COMPLETELY GET RID OF -- LIKE PEANUT BUTTER. 641 00:35:51,793 --> 00:35:55,137 WE'RE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE BACK IN HOUSTON TODAY, 642 00:35:55,137 --> 00:35:57,758 SEEING HIM FOR MY NEXT APPOINTMENT... 643 00:35:59,310 --> 00:36:03,172 ...BUT IT'S TAKING ME AND ERICA LONGER TO GET BACK DOWN THERE 644 00:36:03,172 --> 00:36:05,068 BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING 645 00:36:05,068 --> 00:36:07,896 ON FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE IN HOUSTON. 646 00:36:07,896 --> 00:36:11,931 BUT I CALLED DR. NOW AND TOLD HIM WE'RE STILL COMING, 647 00:36:11,931 --> 00:36:14,758 WE JUST NEED A COUPLE MORE WEEKS, 648 00:36:14,758 --> 00:36:19,034 AND HE TOLD ME FOR EVERY WEEK LONGER IT TAKES ME, 649 00:36:19,034 --> 00:36:22,620 THAT I NEED TO ADD 10 MORE POUNDS TO MY WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL, 650 00:36:22,620 --> 00:36:26,758 AND IT'S GOT ME FREAKED OUT BECAUSE LOSING 100 POUNDS 651 00:36:26,758 --> 00:36:29,103 IS ALREADY A LOT TO LOSE. 652 00:36:48,965 --> 00:36:52,137 Annjeanette: ME AND ERICA ARE LEAVING FOR HOUSTON TODAY. 653 00:36:52,137 --> 00:36:55,034 WE HAVE OUR BAGS PACKED, AND WE HAVE A PLACE 654 00:36:55,034 --> 00:36:58,379 READY FOR US TO MOVE INTO ONCE WE GET DOWN THERE. 655 00:36:58,379 --> 00:37:00,758 BUT WE'RE ONLY TAKING WHAT WE CAN CARRY 656 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:03,344 BECAUSE WE'RE FLYING BACK TO HOUSTON. 657 00:37:03,344 --> 00:37:07,068 EVERYTHING BIG LIKE FURNITURE BELONGS TO MY SISTER, 658 00:37:07,068 --> 00:37:09,448 SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH. 659 00:37:09,448 --> 00:37:11,896 SO AS LONG AS I CAN HANDLE THE TRIP AGAIN, 660 00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:14,206 IT'LL BE EASY TO MOVE DOWN. 661 00:37:14,206 --> 00:37:16,655 BUT DOING THIS AND LEAVING MY FAMILY 662 00:37:16,655 --> 00:37:19,206 IS A LOT HARDER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. 663 00:37:19,206 --> 00:37:22,896 SO I'M REALLY STRUGGLING 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. 664 00:37:22,896 --> 00:37:25,068 MY FAMILY'S HERE IN OREGON, 665 00:37:25,068 --> 00:37:27,827 AND I CAN'T IMAGINE MISSING OUT ON MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS 666 00:37:27,827 --> 00:37:29,413 FOR A WHOLE YEAR. 667 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,758 THEY'RE GONNA BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT PEOPLE 668 00:37:31,758 --> 00:37:33,862 WHEN I'M ABLE TO SEE THEM AGAIN. 669 00:37:33,862 --> 00:37:38,793 SO I'M HEARTBROKEN TO HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT I KNOW I NEED TO. 670 00:37:38,793 --> 00:37:41,862 BECAUSE IF I DON'T, THEN I'LL STILL BE LEAVING THEM, 671 00:37:41,862 --> 00:37:44,586 JUST IN A MORE PERMANENT WAY. 672 00:37:44,586 --> 00:37:47,000 SO THIS IS JUST A TRADE-OFF 673 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,000 WHERE I'M GONNA GET SOMETHING MUCH BETTER IN THE END, 674 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,310 AND I JUST HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING MYSELF OF THAT. 675 00:37:54,310 --> 00:37:57,862 BUT THIS IS STILL THE HARDEST THING I'VE EVER DONE. 676 00:37:57,862 --> 00:38:01,137 BUT I PLAN TO LOSE THE WEIGHT AS FAST AS I CAN 677 00:38:01,137 --> 00:38:04,482 AND GET BACK HERE TO OREGON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 678 00:38:12,379 --> 00:38:14,034 YOU WILL. 679 00:38:31,206 --> 00:38:34,827 IT'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS SINCE I'VE SEEN DR. NOW, 680 00:38:34,827 --> 00:38:37,448 SO I WANT TO GET DOWN THERE AS SOON AS I CAN 681 00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:39,965 TO HAVE MY NEXT APPOINTMENT, 682 00:38:39,965 --> 00:38:42,206 AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WHEN I DO, 683 00:38:42,206 --> 00:38:45,724 I HIT MY GOAL AND GET APPROVED FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 684 00:38:45,724 --> 00:38:48,241 SO I CAN TAKE THE NEXT BIG STEP I NEED 685 00:38:48,241 --> 00:38:50,103 TO GET TO THE LIFE I WANT 686 00:38:50,103 --> 00:38:53,586 AND TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK HOME TO FAMILY. 687 00:39:00,275 --> 00:39:03,275 ME AND ERICA ARRIVED IN HOUSTON LATE LAST NIGHT, 688 00:39:03,275 --> 00:39:05,310 AND IT WAS ANOTHER TOUGH TRIP. 689 00:39:05,310 --> 00:39:09,379 BUT WE GOT HERE SO LATE THAT WE JUST HAD TO GET A HOTEL ROOM 690 00:39:09,379 --> 00:39:12,379 BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET THE KEYS TO OUR NEW PLACE. 691 00:39:12,379 --> 00:39:16,241 BUT I WAS GLAD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A BED RIGHT NOW. 692 00:39:16,241 --> 00:39:19,862 SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO GET ONE MORE NIGHT WITH A BED 693 00:39:19,862 --> 00:39:21,655 AFTER ALL THAT TRAVELING, 694 00:39:21,655 --> 00:39:24,827 BUT RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF OUR NEW PLACE 695 00:39:24,827 --> 00:39:28,620 IS GONNA WORK FOR ME AND BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT I NEED, 696 00:39:28,620 --> 00:39:30,827 OR WE WON'T BE ABLE TO STAY THERE 697 00:39:30,827 --> 00:39:33,000 BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE AS BIG AS ME, 698 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,586 YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN FIT IN PLACES LIKE THE BATHROOM. 699 00:39:36,586 --> 00:39:40,034 I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET STUCK SOMEWHERE SMALL. 700 00:39:40,034 --> 00:39:43,344 IF I DO, THE ONLY WAY TO GET ME OUT 701 00:39:43,344 --> 00:39:46,172 IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO COME CUT ME OUT, 702 00:39:46,172 --> 00:39:50,344 AND I'M NOT GONNA LET THERE BE ANY CHANCE OF THAT HAPPENING. 703 00:39:50,344 --> 00:39:53,448 SO IT ALL HAS TO WORK FOR ME IF I'M GONNA STAY THERE. 704 00:39:53,448 --> 00:39:55,724 BUT I'M HOPING IT'S ALL GOOD. 705 00:39:59,862 --> 00:40:02,551 OKAY. 706 00:40:02,551 --> 00:40:04,965 A BIG CLOSET. 707 00:40:04,965 --> 00:40:06,655 IT'S GONNA BE TIGHT. 708 00:40:06,655 --> 00:40:09,310 BUT IT'S A NICE, STURDY TOILET. 709 00:40:11,448 --> 00:40:13,793 HOLY 710 00:40:13,793 --> 00:40:15,965 I CAN BARELY FIT THROUGH THE BATHROOM DOOR. 711 00:40:19,551 --> 00:40:21,862 I HAVE TO SQUEEZE. 712 00:40:23,275 --> 00:40:24,931 AND WE NEED A NEW TOILET SEAT. 713 00:40:24,931 --> 00:40:26,034 OKAY. 714 00:40:26,034 --> 00:40:28,551 ARE YOU EXCITED? I'M EXCITED. 715 00:40:28,551 --> 00:40:31,689 Annjeanette: IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER IN PLACES, 716 00:40:31,689 --> 00:40:33,655 BUT I CAN MAKE IT WORK. 717 00:40:33,655 --> 00:40:37,448 AND NOW THAT I'M HERE, THIS IS A LITTLE EXCITING. 718 00:40:37,448 --> 00:40:40,896 YOU WANT TO SIT HERE WHILE I BRING THE LUGGAGE IN? 719 00:40:40,896 --> 00:40:43,241 OH, DUDE'S BRINGING IT. 720 00:40:43,241 --> 00:40:46,551 ME AND ERICA HAVE NEVER LIVED ON OUR OWN, 721 00:40:46,551 --> 00:40:50,551 SO IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE FOR US. 722 00:40:50,551 --> 00:40:52,896 LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE A BED. 723 00:40:52,896 --> 00:40:55,413 THE ONLY THING I'M REALLY SCARED ABOUT 724 00:40:55,413 --> 00:40:58,620 IS THAT ERICA'S LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB HERE IN HOUSTON, 725 00:40:58,620 --> 00:41:00,689 AND IF SHE GETS ONE SOON, 726 00:41:00,689 --> 00:41:03,379 IT WILL MEAN I'LL BE ON MY OWN DURING THE DAY, 727 00:41:03,379 --> 00:41:06,689 AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ON MY OWN SINCE I GOT THIS BIG. 728 00:41:06,689 --> 00:41:11,137 I MISS MY FAMILY JUST A LOT. 729 00:41:11,137 --> 00:41:12,931 I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT TOGETHER 730 00:41:12,931 --> 00:41:15,034 'CAUSE I HAVE TO KEEP MY EYE ON THE PRIZE, 731 00:41:15,034 --> 00:41:18,310 AND THE PRIZE IS MAKING IT. 732 00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:23,827 YOU READY FOR BED? I'M TIRED. 733 00:41:23,827 --> 00:41:26,620 I JUST... I JUST DON'T KNOW 734 00:41:26,620 --> 00:41:31,172 IF I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO GET BACK UP OFF THE FLOOR. 735 00:41:31,172 --> 00:41:33,620 WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. I PROMISE. 736 00:41:36,896 --> 00:41:38,758 READY? 737 00:41:38,758 --> 00:41:42,275 WE CALLED DR. NOW AND TOLD HIM WE WERE GONNA BE DOWN HERE 738 00:41:42,275 --> 00:41:46,275 AND THAT I WAS READY TO COME BACK FOR MY NEXT APPOINTMENT. 739 00:41:46,275 --> 00:41:50,034 SO IT'S SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, AND I'M NERVOUS ABOUT THAT 740 00:41:50,034 --> 00:41:52,206 BECAUSE THAT MEANS I FIND OUT 741 00:41:52,206 --> 00:41:55,413 THE COURSE OF THE REST OF MY LIFE IN ONE DAY. 742 00:41:57,379 --> 00:41:58,724 GO AHEAD. 743 00:41:58,724 --> 00:42:00,965 I'LL HOLD IT RIGHT HERE. COME ON. 744 00:42:00,965 --> 00:42:02,724 YOU GOT IT. 745 00:42:06,551 --> 00:42:08,241 OKAY. 746 00:42:10,172 --> 00:42:12,241 PUT THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. 747 00:42:12,241 --> 00:42:16,275 SO I'M REALLY HOPING AND PRAYING THAT ALL THIS SACRIFICE AND PAIN 748 00:42:16,275 --> 00:42:18,413 WILL PAY OFF LIKE I NEED. 749 00:42:18,413 --> 00:42:21,137 I JUST HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING MYSELF 750 00:42:21,137 --> 00:42:23,931 THAT THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY. 751 00:42:30,517 --> 00:42:33,862 ME AND ERICA ARE FINALLY HEADED BACK TO DR. NOW'S 752 00:42:33,862 --> 00:42:35,344 FOR MY SECOND APPOINTMENT, 753 00:42:35,344 --> 00:42:38,724 AND I'M SO NERVOUS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD 754 00:42:38,724 --> 00:42:42,655 WITH MY DIET AND MAKING THE CHANGES I WAS SUPPOSED TO. 755 00:42:42,655 --> 00:42:44,862 BUT THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, 756 00:42:44,862 --> 00:42:47,931 THE MORE WORRIED I GET THAT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. 757 00:42:47,931 --> 00:42:51,689 I KNOW I TRIED HARD, BUT I ALSO KNOW 758 00:42:51,689 --> 00:42:54,793 I'VE HAD SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T HAVE AT TIMES, 759 00:42:54,793 --> 00:42:57,551 ESPECIALLY WHEN I'VE BEEN STRESSED. 760 00:42:57,551 --> 00:43:01,344 AND GETTING MOVED HERE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY STRESSFUL. 761 00:43:01,344 --> 00:43:03,862 SO I'M SCARED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, 762 00:43:03,862 --> 00:43:07,827 AND IF I HAVEN'T MADE IT TO MY GOAL, WHAT THAT WILL MEAN. 763 00:43:07,827 --> 00:43:09,758 ANNJEANETTE WHALEY? 764 00:43:09,758 --> 00:43:14,241 MY WHOLE LIFE IS RIDING ON ME GETTING WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 765 00:43:14,241 --> 00:43:16,103 AND WHETHER OR NOT I AM 766 00:43:16,103 --> 00:43:19,034 COMES DOWN TO WHAT NUMBER'S ON THE SCALE TODAY. 767 00:43:19,034 --> 00:43:21,413 SO I'M TERRIFIED RIGHT NOW. 768 00:43:21,413 --> 00:43:24,241 MY WHOLE FUTURE IS ABOUT TO BE SHOWN TO ME, 769 00:43:24,241 --> 00:43:28,413 AND IT'S EITHER GONNA BE GOOD OR REALLY, REALLY BAD. 770 00:43:39,965 --> 00:43:41,896 Annjeanette: I'M AT DR. NOW'S, 771 00:43:41,896 --> 00:43:45,586 AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO LOSE 140 POUNDS BY TODAY 772 00:43:45,586 --> 00:43:48,172 SINCE HE ADDED 10 POUNDS FOR EVERY WEEK 773 00:43:48,172 --> 00:43:51,241 I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. 774 00:43:51,241 --> 00:43:55,551 SO THAT MEANS I HAVE TO BE BELOW 539 TODAY. 775 00:44:04,034 --> 00:44:06,689 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED. 776 00:44:06,689 --> 00:44:09,206 I KNOW THERE WERE SOME BAD DAYS, 777 00:44:09,206 --> 00:44:11,724 AND I WAS STRESSED A LOT WITH THE MOVE, 778 00:44:11,724 --> 00:44:13,655 BUT I WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD, 779 00:44:13,655 --> 00:44:15,862 AND I'M REALLY SCARED NOW 780 00:44:15,862 --> 00:44:19,310 HE'S NOT GONNA GIVE ME WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 781 00:44:26,103 --> 00:44:27,137 HELLO. 782 00:44:27,137 --> 00:44:28,344 -HI. -HELLO. 783 00:44:28,344 --> 00:44:29,620 HOW YOU ALL DOING? 784 00:44:29,620 --> 00:44:31,724 WE'RE GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 785 00:44:31,724 --> 00:44:33,724 I'M DOING FINE. THANKS. 786 00:44:33,724 --> 00:44:37,241 ALL RIGHT. SO, HOW YOU GETTING ALONG? 787 00:44:38,620 --> 00:44:41,896 WE'RE -- WE'RE MAKING IT. 788 00:44:41,896 --> 00:44:46,310 OKAY. HAVE YOU TWO BEEN ABLE TO MOVE TO HOUSTON? 789 00:44:46,310 --> 00:44:49,620 YEAH. WE LIVE IN HOUSTON. WE MOVED. 790 00:44:49,620 --> 00:44:51,620 OKAY, WELL, THAT'S ONE GOOD THING 791 00:44:51,620 --> 00:44:54,068 BECAUSE YOUR WEIGHT LOSS ISN'T THAT GREAT. 792 00:44:54,068 --> 00:44:55,620 SINCE IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS, 793 00:44:55,620 --> 00:44:58,827 YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE LOST AT LEAST 140 POUNDS, 794 00:44:58,827 --> 00:45:01,758 BUT YOU ONLY LOST 33 POUNDS IN THAT TIME. 795 00:45:01,758 --> 00:45:02,793 YEAH. 796 00:45:02,793 --> 00:45:03,862 SO, WHAT HAPPENED? 797 00:45:03,862 --> 00:45:05,655 BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE DONE THE DIET, 798 00:45:05,655 --> 00:45:07,827 YOU WOULD HAVE LOST MORE THAN THAT. 799 00:45:07,827 --> 00:45:10,827 UM, I HAD A ROUGH TIME WITH IT, 800 00:45:10,827 --> 00:45:12,689 BUT I FEEL LIKE I DID REALLY GOOD. 801 00:45:12,689 --> 00:45:14,551 I'VE LEARNED A LOT, 802 00:45:14,551 --> 00:45:19,103 AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE A BIG CHANGE FROM BEFORE. 803 00:45:19,103 --> 00:45:23,379 NOT REALLY. A 30-POUND WEIGHT LOSS WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU 804 00:45:23,379 --> 00:45:25,931 CAN BE DONE QUICKLY WITH A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF EFFORT. 805 00:45:25,931 --> 00:45:28,586 SO, THE REALITY IS, YOU DIDN'T CHANGE THAT MUCH. 806 00:45:28,586 --> 00:45:29,931 OKAY. 807 00:45:29,931 --> 00:45:33,344 YOU NEED TO LOSE THIS WEIGHT NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 808 00:45:33,344 --> 00:45:37,034 SO MY GOAL FOR YOU IS THE SAME AS THE FIRST TIME. 809 00:45:37,034 --> 00:45:39,551 LOSE 100 POUNDS IN ONE MONTH. 810 00:45:39,551 --> 00:45:42,103 NO MORE EXCUSES. YOU GOT THAT? 811 00:45:42,103 --> 00:45:43,344 YEAH. 812 00:45:43,344 --> 00:45:45,862 YOU NEED TO STOP WASTING TIME YOU DON'T HAVE, 813 00:45:45,862 --> 00:45:48,827 OR THINGS ARE GONNA GET MUCH WORSE FOR YOU, ANNJEANETTE, 814 00:45:48,827 --> 00:45:51,034 VERY SOON, AND ONCE IT DOES, 815 00:45:51,034 --> 00:45:53,034 YOUR HEALTH WILL DECLINE RAPIDLY, 816 00:45:53,034 --> 00:45:56,206 AND THEN YOUR BODY WILL JUST GIVE OUT, AND YOU WILL DIE. 817 00:45:56,206 --> 00:45:59,965 SO YOUR ONLY CHANCE IS TO STOP PLAYING GAMES AND CHANGE NOW. 818 00:45:59,965 --> 00:46:02,413 SO LOSE 100 POUNDS IN ONE MONTH. 819 00:46:02,413 --> 00:46:05,379 THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. YOU UNDERSTAND? 820 00:46:05,379 --> 00:46:06,586 OKAY. 821 00:46:06,586 --> 00:46:08,931 OKAY, YEAH. I HOPE YOU'RE MORE SERIOUS THIS TIME 822 00:46:08,931 --> 00:46:10,172 WHEN YOU SAY THAT. 823 00:46:10,172 --> 00:46:12,172 I'LL SEE YOU BOTH IN A MONTH. 824 00:46:12,172 --> 00:46:14,448 WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING YOUR WEIGHT DOWN 825 00:46:14,448 --> 00:46:17,275 AND GET YOU IN BETTER HEALTH, BUT NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 826 00:46:17,275 --> 00:46:18,862 -NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. -OKAY? 827 00:46:18,862 --> 00:46:21,551 SO... THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 828 00:46:21,551 --> 00:46:24,275 Dr. Nowzaradan: ANNJEANETTE'S LACK OF PROGRESS 829 00:46:24,275 --> 00:46:27,586 OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY DISAPPOINTING, 830 00:46:27,586 --> 00:46:29,931 AND IF SHE CONTINUES TO ONLY LOSE AT THIS RATE, 831 00:46:29,931 --> 00:46:32,137 IT WILL TAKE HER FIVE TO SIX MONTHS 832 00:46:32,137 --> 00:46:34,000 BEFORE SHE MAKES ENOUGH PROGRESS 833 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,241 TO RELIEVE ENOUGH STRAIN ON HER BODY 834 00:46:36,241 --> 00:46:38,344 TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. 835 00:46:38,344 --> 00:46:41,827 BUT IN HER CONDITION, SHE LIKELY WON'T BE ABLE TO LAST THAT LONG. 836 00:46:41,827 --> 00:46:45,965 SO SHE HAS TO START MAKING MUCH MORE PROGRESS IMMEDIATELY, 837 00:46:45,965 --> 00:46:49,000 AND IF SHE DOESN'T, OUR ONLY OPTION TO SAVE HER LIFE 838 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,000 MAY BE TO ADMIT HER TO HOSPITAL 839 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:52,724 AND PUT HER ON A CONTROLLED DIET. 840 00:46:52,724 --> 00:46:55,862 BUT THAT WOULD STILL ONLY DELAY THE INEVITABLE 841 00:46:55,862 --> 00:46:58,965 IF ANNJEANETTE ISN'T GOING TO START DOING WHAT SHE NEEDS 842 00:46:58,965 --> 00:47:00,241 TO SAVE HER OWN LIFE, 843 00:47:00,241 --> 00:47:03,034 BECAUSE WE CAN'T ULTIMATELY DO THIS FOR HER. 844 00:47:03,034 --> 00:47:05,586 SO, WHAT HAPPENS AND WHETHER OR NOT 845 00:47:05,586 --> 00:47:09,620 SHE'S ABLE TO SURVIVE MUCH LONGER IS ALL IN HER HANDS. 846 00:47:11,413 --> 00:47:13,724 Annjeanette: IT'S UPSETTING TO KEEP HEARING 847 00:47:13,724 --> 00:47:15,172 HOW I'M GONNA DIE SOON 848 00:47:15,172 --> 00:47:19,000 AND FOR DR. NOW TO TREAT ME LIKE I DON'T CARE. 849 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:23,103 SO I'M JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT NOW. 850 00:47:24,620 --> 00:47:27,965 I DON'T THINK DR. NOW UNDERSTANDS HOW HARD IT IS 851 00:47:27,965 --> 00:47:30,413 WITH ALL THE STRESS I HAVE ON ME. 852 00:47:30,413 --> 00:47:31,724 GO AHEAD. 853 00:47:31,724 --> 00:47:32,827 THERE YOU GO. 854 00:47:32,827 --> 00:47:34,482 BUT I GUESS MY ONLY OPTION 855 00:47:34,482 --> 00:47:37,586 IS TO TRY HARDER TO GET TO THE GOAL HE'S GIVING ME, 856 00:47:37,586 --> 00:47:42,620 BECAUSE I KNOW OUTSIDE OF THIS, I DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIONS LEFT. 857 00:47:51,310 --> 00:47:53,517 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, 858 00:47:53,517 --> 00:47:57,068 ME AND ERICA HAVE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES TOGETHER. 859 00:47:57,068 --> 00:48:00,241 THE FIRST THING WE DID RIGHT AFTER MY LAST APPOINTMENT 860 00:48:00,241 --> 00:48:02,896 WAS THAT ERICA WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE 861 00:48:02,896 --> 00:48:05,172 AND GOT A BUNCH OF GOOD AND HEALTHY FOOD 862 00:48:05,172 --> 00:48:08,724 AND INGREDIENTS SO WE CAN MAKE HEALTHY MEALS. 863 00:48:08,724 --> 00:48:11,103 SO I'M TRYING TO COMPLETELY STICK 864 00:48:11,103 --> 00:48:13,000 TO DR. NOW'S DIET THIS TIME. 865 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:14,758 AND WE ALSO DID SOMETHING 866 00:48:14,758 --> 00:48:18,103 TO HELP MOTIVATE ME TO EXERCISE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 867 00:48:18,103 --> 00:48:21,620 ME AND ERICA GOT A PUPPY, AND IT'S MY JOB TO WALK HIM. 868 00:48:21,620 --> 00:48:23,517 COME ON, PUPPY. 869 00:48:23,517 --> 00:48:27,068 NO MATTER WHAT, I CAN'T SKIP MY WALK 870 00:48:27,068 --> 00:48:31,172 BECAUSE I HAVE TO GET UP AND TAKE HIM OUT EVERY DAY. 871 00:48:35,931 --> 00:48:38,103 COME ON. THIS WAY. 872 00:48:38,103 --> 00:48:40,655 IT'S LIKE YOU GOT TO TALK HIM INTO IT. 873 00:48:40,655 --> 00:48:42,275 YEAH, HE DOESN'T LIKE IT. 874 00:48:42,275 --> 00:48:46,931 SO FAR HE'S NOT VERY COMPLIANT AND DOESN'T WANT TO COOPERATE. 875 00:48:46,931 --> 00:48:51,758 SO IT'S EVEN MORE OF A WORKOUT TRYING TO DRAG HIM RIGHT NOW. 876 00:48:51,758 --> 00:48:53,896 COME ON. 877 00:48:53,896 --> 00:48:56,172 IF YOU NEED TO LEAN ON ME, LET ME KNOW, OKAY? 878 00:48:56,172 --> 00:48:57,275 COME ON. 879 00:48:57,275 --> 00:48:59,862 SO THAT'S PROGRESS, AND, OVERALL, 880 00:48:59,862 --> 00:49:03,000 I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M DOING A LOT BETTER THIS TIME, 881 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,310 AND I THINK IF I KEEP IT UP FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, 882 00:49:06,310 --> 00:49:09,586 I'LL BE ABLE TO HIT MY GOAL BY MY NEXT APPOINTMENT. 883 00:49:19,310 --> 00:49:21,724 I'M SO NERVOUS RIGHT NOW. 884 00:49:21,724 --> 00:49:26,206 THIS PAST MONTH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HARDEST OF MY LIFE 885 00:49:26,206 --> 00:49:30,517 BECAUSE I SACRIFICED SO MUCH AND WORKED AS HARD AS I COULD 886 00:49:30,517 --> 00:49:33,586 TO MAKE SURE I MADE IT TO MY GOAL THIS TIME. 887 00:49:34,689 --> 00:49:37,620 I JUST NEED IT TO BE ENOUGH. 888 00:49:37,620 --> 00:49:42,137 I FEEL LIKE I JUST BARELY MADE IT TO TODAY WITHOUT GIVING IN. 889 00:49:42,137 --> 00:49:45,551 SO IF I DON'T MAKE IT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 890 00:49:45,551 --> 00:49:47,413 ANNJEANETTE? 891 00:49:48,862 --> 00:49:51,655 SO I'M SCARED BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T MAKE IT 892 00:49:51,655 --> 00:49:55,724 TO WHERE I NEED TODAY, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO, 893 00:49:55,724 --> 00:49:59,655 BECAUSE I CAN'T DO ANY BETTER THAN I DID THIS TIME. 894 00:49:59,655 --> 00:50:01,896 SO I EITHER MADE IT TODAY 895 00:50:01,896 --> 00:50:04,655 OR I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS. 896 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:23,482 Annjeanette: I'M AT DR. NOW'S AGAIN FOR MY THIRD APPOINTMENT, 897 00:50:23,482 --> 00:50:27,344 AND I'M REALLY HOPING I MADE IT TO MY GOAL THIS TIME. 898 00:50:27,344 --> 00:50:31,793 ON MY LAST APPOINTMENT A MONTH AGO, I WAS 646. 899 00:50:31,793 --> 00:50:34,517 SO DR. NOW GAVE ME THE SAME GOAL 900 00:50:34,517 --> 00:50:37,034 OF LOSING THE 100 POUNDS THIS MONTH. 901 00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:39,206 556. 902 00:50:43,310 --> 00:50:45,517 THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 903 00:50:50,206 --> 00:50:53,344 I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW. 904 00:50:53,344 --> 00:50:56,413 I KNOW IT'S NOT ALL THE WAY UP TO MY GOAL, 905 00:50:56,413 --> 00:50:59,793 BUT IT'S A LOT FOR ME TO LOSE IN A MONTH -- A WHOLE LOT. 906 00:51:01,689 --> 00:51:03,931 SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF, 907 00:51:03,931 --> 00:51:06,689 AND I KNOW DR. NOW WILL BE IMPRESSED WITH IT, TOO, 908 00:51:06,689 --> 00:51:09,655 AND SEE HOW I AM READY FOR SURGERY. 909 00:51:13,310 --> 00:51:14,310 HELLO. 910 00:51:14,310 --> 00:51:15,310 -HELLO. -HI. 911 00:51:15,310 --> 00:51:16,655 HOW YOU ALL DOING? 912 00:51:16,655 --> 00:51:18,655 WE'RE GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 913 00:51:18,655 --> 00:51:20,241 I'M DOING ALL RIGHT. 914 00:51:20,241 --> 00:51:22,827 SO YOU'RE DOWN TO 556 TODAY. 915 00:51:22,827 --> 00:51:24,103 YEAH. 916 00:51:24,103 --> 00:51:25,448 SO YOU LOST 90 POUNDS. 917 00:51:25,448 --> 00:51:28,413 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL 918 00:51:28,413 --> 00:51:30,931 OF 100 POUNDS, BUT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT 919 00:51:30,931 --> 00:51:32,206 OVER THE LAST TIME. 920 00:51:32,206 --> 00:51:34,724 SO YOU'RE MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS AND TRYING HARDER. 921 00:51:34,724 --> 00:51:37,172 SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND APPROVE YOU 922 00:51:37,172 --> 00:51:39,068 FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. OKAY? 923 00:51:39,068 --> 00:51:40,551 YAY! 924 00:51:40,551 --> 00:51:44,655 BUT HERE'S THE CATCH. IT'S CONTINGENT ON TWO THINGS. 925 00:51:44,655 --> 00:51:46,724 THE FIRST IS THAT WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE YOU 926 00:51:46,724 --> 00:51:49,275 FOR A SERIES OF TESTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS 927 00:51:49,275 --> 00:51:53,034 TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR BODY CAN HANDLE THE SURGERY, OKAY? 928 00:51:53,034 --> 00:51:54,344 OKAY. 929 00:51:54,344 --> 00:51:57,689 THE SECOND THING IS, SINCE YOU DIDN'T QUITE HIT YOUR GOAL, 930 00:51:57,689 --> 00:52:00,068 I'M GONNA SCHEDULE YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 931 00:52:00,068 --> 00:52:02,551 FOR TWO MONTHS FROM NOW SO YOU CAN SHOW ME 932 00:52:02,551 --> 00:52:05,034 THAT YOU'RE GONNA STILL STICK WITH DOING WHAT YOU NEED 933 00:52:05,034 --> 00:52:06,068 AND WORKING HARD. 934 00:52:06,068 --> 00:52:07,655 IF YOU DO THAT, WE WILL MOVE AHEAD 935 00:52:07,655 --> 00:52:09,172 WITH YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 936 00:52:09,172 --> 00:52:11,448 BUT IF YOU SHOW UP, AND YOU'RE NOT MAKING 937 00:52:11,448 --> 00:52:13,551 THE PROGRESS YOU SHOULD, OR YOU GAIN, 938 00:52:13,551 --> 00:52:16,206 THEN WE'LL CANCEL YOUR SURGERY, AND YOU WON'T GET IT, 939 00:52:16,206 --> 00:52:18,068 AND WE'LL SEND YOU HOME. 940 00:52:18,068 --> 00:52:21,000 OKAY, I WON'T. I WON'T GAIN ANY WEIGHT. 941 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,965 ALL RIGHT. WELL, TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY 942 00:52:23,965 --> 00:52:26,206 BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK RIGHT NOW. 943 00:52:26,206 --> 00:52:28,689 SO STAY MOTIVATED AND DON'T GET COMFORTABLE 944 00:52:28,689 --> 00:52:30,103 AND START TO SLIP, OKAY? 945 00:52:30,103 --> 00:52:31,206 OKAY. 946 00:52:31,206 --> 00:52:33,793 YOU BROUGHT YOUR BMI DOWN TO 105, 947 00:52:33,793 --> 00:52:36,241 WHICH IS A LOT BETTER THAN 128, 948 00:52:36,241 --> 00:52:38,413 BUT THE LOWER YOU GET BEFORE SURGERY, 949 00:52:38,413 --> 00:52:39,586 THE LOWER THE RISK, 950 00:52:39,586 --> 00:52:42,586 AND THAT'S GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT THING, OKAY? 951 00:52:42,586 --> 00:52:43,724 OKAY. 952 00:52:43,724 --> 00:52:47,000 SO KEEP WORKING HARD AND LOSE ANOTHER 50 POUNDS 953 00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,034 TO GET YOURSELF IN GOOD SHAPE FOR SURGERY, OKAY? 954 00:52:50,034 --> 00:52:51,034 OKAY. 955 00:52:51,034 --> 00:52:53,413 I'LL SEE YOU TWO IN TWO MONTHS. 956 00:52:53,413 --> 00:52:56,172 AND MAKE SURE YOU KEEP MAKING PROGRESS. 957 00:52:57,758 --> 00:52:59,275 Dr. Nowzaradan: I AM VERY HAPPY 958 00:52:59,275 --> 00:53:02,241 THAT ANNJEANETTE HAS TRIED HARDER THIS PAST MONTH 959 00:53:02,241 --> 00:53:05,241 AND THAT SHE'S TAKING HER SITUATION MORE SERIOUSLY. 960 00:53:05,241 --> 00:53:07,310 EVEN THOUGH SHE SHOULD HAVE LOST MORE, 961 00:53:07,310 --> 00:53:09,827 SHE'S APPLIED HERSELF AND TRYING TO WORK HARDER. 962 00:53:09,827 --> 00:53:13,068 MY ONLY CONCERN IS WHETHER HER MOTIVATION IS GOING TO LAST 963 00:53:13,068 --> 00:53:15,689 LIKE IT NEEDS OR IF IT'S GONNA BE SHORT-LIVED 964 00:53:15,689 --> 00:53:18,724 BECAUSE IF SHE HAD STUCK TO A 1,200-CALORIE DIET 965 00:53:18,724 --> 00:53:21,310 LIKE SHE SHOULD HAVE, AT HER HEIGHT AND HER WEIGHT, 966 00:53:21,310 --> 00:53:24,758 SHE WOULD HAVE LOST OVER 120 POUNDS OVER THE LAST MONTH. 967 00:53:24,758 --> 00:53:26,275 SO EVEN THOUGH SHE'S DOING BETTER, 968 00:53:26,275 --> 00:53:28,241 SHE'S STILL STRUGGLING WITH GIVING UP 969 00:53:28,241 --> 00:53:30,241 ALL THE THINGS SHE SHOULDN'T BE EATING. 970 00:53:30,241 --> 00:53:33,068 SO BEFORE I'M CONFIDENT SHE'S READY TO MOVE AHEAD, 971 00:53:33,068 --> 00:53:36,034 I NEED HER TO PROVE TO ME THAT SHE'S GONNA STICK WITH IT 972 00:53:36,034 --> 00:53:38,413 TO SHOW ME SHE'S STILL NOT THINKING 973 00:53:38,413 --> 00:53:40,137 THE SURGERY IS A MAGIC PILL 974 00:53:40,137 --> 00:53:43,172 THAT'S GONNA DO ALL THE WORK FOR HER WHEN SHE GETS IT. 975 00:53:43,172 --> 00:53:47,758 Annjeanette: I'M SO EXCITED, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF. 976 00:53:47,758 --> 00:53:51,344 HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TWO MONTHS GO BY REALLY QUICK 977 00:53:51,344 --> 00:53:54,206 BECAUSE I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY SURGERY 978 00:53:54,206 --> 00:53:58,586 AND START THE NEW LIFE I'VE WANTED WITH ERICA AND MY FAMILY. 979 00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:20,344 I FEEL LIKE I'M ABOUT TO HAVE A PANIC ATTACK RIGHT NOW 980 00:54:20,344 --> 00:54:23,862 BECAUSE I'M SCARED I REALLY MESSED UP. 981 00:54:26,655 --> 00:54:29,655 MS. ANNJEANETTE? 982 00:54:29,655 --> 00:54:33,793 DR. NOW SCHEDULED THE TEST AND EVALUATION 983 00:54:33,793 --> 00:54:36,896 HE SAID I HAVE TO HAVE BEFORE SURGERY. 984 00:54:36,896 --> 00:54:39,965 SO I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE THOSE DONE, 985 00:54:39,965 --> 00:54:43,206 AND WHEN I WAS THERE, THEY CHECKED MY WEIGHT, 986 00:54:43,206 --> 00:54:46,103 AND IT SAID I HAD GAINED, 987 00:54:46,103 --> 00:54:48,172 AND WHILE I WAS THERE, 988 00:54:48,172 --> 00:54:50,310 DR. NOW CALLED ME TO TELL ME 989 00:54:50,310 --> 00:54:53,206 TO COME BACK INTO HIS CLINIC TO SEE HIM TODAY. 990 00:54:53,206 --> 00:54:56,793 SO I'M GOING OUT OF MY MIND RIGHT NOW. 991 00:54:56,793 --> 00:55:00,379 I REALLY WISH I HAD ERICA WITH ME RIGHT NOW. 992 00:55:00,379 --> 00:55:05,137 SHE HAD TO START HER NEW JOB AND COULDN'T COME IN TODAY. 993 00:55:05,137 --> 00:55:07,620 BUT I REALLY, REALLY NEED HER WITH ME 994 00:55:07,620 --> 00:55:11,689 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M BARELY HOLDING IT TOGETHER. 995 00:55:11,689 --> 00:55:15,448 I JUST HOPE I DIDN'T MESS THIS ALL UP. 996 00:55:18,034 --> 00:55:19,310 HI, ANNJEANETTE. 997 00:55:19,310 --> 00:55:20,310 HELLO. 998 00:55:20,310 --> 00:55:21,310 HOW ARE YOU? 999 00:55:21,310 --> 00:55:22,586 GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 1000 00:55:22,586 --> 00:55:24,827 FINE. BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT YOU. 1001 00:55:24,827 --> 00:55:28,379 WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU HAVE GAINED 15 POUNDS. 1002 00:55:28,379 --> 00:55:30,310 YEAH. 1003 00:55:30,310 --> 00:55:32,241 SO, WHAT'S HAPPENING? 1004 00:55:32,241 --> 00:55:35,172 I KNOW THAT I'M GAINING FLUID. 1005 00:55:35,172 --> 00:55:38,862 I DON'T THINK THE WHOLE 15 POUNDS IS FLUID. 1006 00:55:38,862 --> 00:55:41,862 I THINK I MIGHT BE OVEREATING, OBVIOUSLY, 1007 00:55:41,862 --> 00:55:44,448 'CAUSE 15 POUNDS IS 15 POUNDS. 1008 00:55:44,448 --> 00:55:47,379 I DON'T HAVE EXCUSES FOR YOU, SO... 1009 00:55:47,379 --> 00:55:49,827 SO YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME EXCUSES, 1010 00:55:49,827 --> 00:55:51,689 AND THEN YOU GIVE ME EXCUSES. 1011 00:55:51,689 --> 00:55:54,413 TO GAIN 15 POUNDS IN A FEW WEEKS 1012 00:55:54,413 --> 00:55:58,068 MEANS YOU'VE TAKEN 7,000 TO 8,000 CALORIES A DAY RIGHT NOW. 1013 00:55:58,068 --> 00:56:01,137 YOU THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT? 1014 00:56:01,137 --> 00:56:04,793 I THINK IT'S OUTRAGEOUS. I SEE A LOT WRONG WITH THAT. 1015 00:56:04,793 --> 00:56:07,793 SO WHY ARE YOU DOING IT? 1016 00:56:07,793 --> 00:56:10,655 I DON'T -- I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW. 1017 00:56:10,655 --> 00:56:13,000 I DON'T HAVE WORDS FOR IT. 1018 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:14,793 DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME 1019 00:56:14,793 --> 00:56:17,241 AND PRETEND YOU'RE CONFUSED AND YOU DON'T KNOW. 1020 00:56:17,241 --> 00:56:20,241 YOU GOT YOUR APPROVAL, AND YOU THOUGHT NOW WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY 1021 00:56:20,241 --> 00:56:22,034 IS GONNA DO ALL THE WORK FOR YOU 1022 00:56:22,034 --> 00:56:25,344 AND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY ANYMORE AND DID NOT. 1023 00:56:25,344 --> 00:56:28,517 SO, DID YOU COME TO HOUSTON TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE? 1024 00:56:28,517 --> 00:56:29,862 YES. 1025 00:56:29,862 --> 00:56:33,517 OKAY, SO EATING WHATEVER WHENEVER 1026 00:56:33,517 --> 00:56:36,862 AND NOT CARING ABOUT YOURSELF 1027 00:56:36,862 --> 00:56:40,241 IS GONNA GET YOU TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA DIE SOON. 1028 00:56:40,241 --> 00:56:42,827 SO THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR YOU. 1029 00:56:42,827 --> 00:56:43,896 OKAY? 1030 00:56:43,896 --> 00:56:46,275 SO YOUR SURGERY IS STILL SCHEDULED 1031 00:56:46,275 --> 00:56:49,172 FOR FIVE WEEKS FROM NOW, AND IF YOU WANT TO MOVE AHEAD, 1032 00:56:49,172 --> 00:56:52,000 THEN I WANT YOU TO LOSE THE 50 POUNDS I TOLD YOU, 1033 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:54,241 PLUS THE 15 POUNDS YOU GAINED. 1034 00:56:54,241 --> 00:56:58,206 SO YOU NEED TO LOSE 65 POUNDS FROM TODAY BY YOUR SURGERY 1035 00:56:58,206 --> 00:57:00,965 OR WE AREN'T MOVING AHEAD AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT. 1036 00:57:00,965 --> 00:57:02,310 YOU UNDERSTAND ME? 1037 00:57:02,310 --> 00:57:04,103 OKAY. 1038 00:57:04,103 --> 00:57:06,965 YOU CAN EITHER WORK TO FIX THE DAMAGE YOU HAVE DONE 1039 00:57:06,965 --> 00:57:08,310 AND THEN HIT YOUR GOAL, 1040 00:57:08,310 --> 00:57:11,275 OR YOU CAN MAKE EXCUSES BECAUSE THERE'LL BE NO POINT. 1041 00:57:11,275 --> 00:57:13,068 IT'S YOUR CHOICE. 1042 00:57:13,068 --> 00:57:14,206 OKAY. 1043 00:57:14,206 --> 00:57:16,689 GOOD. BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE. 1044 00:57:16,689 --> 00:57:18,689 I'LL SEE YOU IN FIVE WEEKS. 1045 00:57:24,379 --> 00:57:27,310 Dr. Nowzaradan: ANNJEANETTE IS PLAYING A VERY DANGEROUS GAME 1046 00:57:27,310 --> 00:57:31,034 RIGHT NOW, AND SHE'S RISKING HER LIFE IN THE PROCESS. 1047 00:57:31,034 --> 00:57:33,793 THE FACT THAT SHE'S ONCE AGAIN MAKING EXCUSES 1048 00:57:33,793 --> 00:57:36,724 FOR HER POOR CHOICES GIVES ME A LOT OF CONCERN 1049 00:57:36,724 --> 00:57:39,655 ABOUT WHETHER SHE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS OR NOT. 1050 00:57:39,655 --> 00:57:42,551 SO SHE NEEDS TO TURN THINGS AROUND RIGHT NOW 1051 00:57:42,551 --> 00:57:44,275 AND START DOING WHAT SHE NEEDS 1052 00:57:44,275 --> 00:57:46,344 TO GET BACK ON TRACK IMMEDIATELY. 1053 00:57:46,344 --> 00:57:48,862 IF SHE DOESN'T, AND SHE CONTINUES TO GAIN, 1054 00:57:48,862 --> 00:57:51,172 THEN SHE WILL NOT ONLY LOSE HER CHANCE 1055 00:57:51,172 --> 00:57:54,241 TO GET WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, BUT SHE'S GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME, 1056 00:57:54,241 --> 00:57:57,344 AND IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE HER BODY CAN'T HANDLE IT, 1057 00:57:57,344 --> 00:57:59,034 AND IT GIVES UP. 1058 00:58:00,310 --> 00:58:03,482 Annjeanette: I CAN'T BELIEVE I LET THIS HAPPEN. 1059 00:58:03,482 --> 00:58:07,137 I'M JUST GLAD I DIDN'T LOSE MY SURGERY. 1060 00:58:07,137 --> 00:58:10,103 BUT I KNOW IF I DON'T MAKE UP FOR THIS AND FIX IT, 1061 00:58:10,103 --> 00:58:12,206 I STILL CAN. 1062 00:58:12,206 --> 00:58:15,275 SO I'M REALLY UPSET AND SCARED NOW 1063 00:58:15,275 --> 00:58:18,344 'CAUSE I CAN'T LOSE MY WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1064 00:58:18,344 --> 00:58:24,000 IF I DO, I HAVE NO HOPE FOR A FUTURE OR LIFE OR ANYTHING. 1065 00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:28,241 SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I GET IT NO MATTER WHAT. 1066 00:58:48,655 --> 00:58:51,413 ANNJEANETTE IS HERE IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW 1067 00:58:51,413 --> 00:58:53,068 FOR HER WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 1068 00:58:53,068 --> 00:58:55,379 BUT WHETHER OR NOT WE MOVE AHEAD TODAY 1069 00:58:55,379 --> 00:58:58,275 STILL DEPENDS ON IF SHE HIT HER WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL 1070 00:58:58,275 --> 00:59:01,068 SHE NEEDED TO GET BACK ON TRACK. 1071 00:59:01,068 --> 00:59:03,586 IF SHE DIDN'T, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING AHEAD 1072 00:59:03,586 --> 00:59:05,172 WITH HER OPERATION TODAY. 1073 00:59:05,172 --> 00:59:07,413 BUT WHAT'S ALREADY CONCERNING ME 1074 00:59:07,413 --> 00:59:09,758 IS THAT SHE'S SAYING SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL 1075 00:59:09,758 --> 00:59:12,586 AND THAT SHE FEELS LIKE SHE'S SHORT OF BREATH, 1076 00:59:12,586 --> 00:59:15,172 AND SO WITH THE INITIAL RESULT OF THE TESTS 1077 00:59:15,172 --> 00:59:18,620 WE'VE BEEN RUNNING HERE TODAY ARE SHOWING SOME FLUID RETENTION 1078 00:59:18,620 --> 00:59:22,137 THAT HAS ADDED SOME STRAIN TO HER BODY, AND THAT'S NOT GOOD. 1079 00:59:22,137 --> 00:59:24,551 SO HER CONDITION HAS DETERIORATED SOME 1080 00:59:24,551 --> 00:59:26,137 SINCE LAST TIME I SAW HER, 1081 00:59:26,137 --> 00:59:29,965 AND THAT MAY MEAN SHE'S NOT MAKING THE PROGRESS SHE NEEDS. 1082 00:59:31,206 --> 00:59:32,275 HELLO. 1083 00:59:32,275 --> 00:59:33,517 -HI. -HELLO. 1084 00:59:33,517 --> 00:59:35,068 HOW YOU FEELING TODAY? 1085 00:59:35,068 --> 00:59:36,793 EMOTIONAL. 1086 00:59:36,793 --> 00:59:38,827 EMOTIONAL. OKAY. 1087 00:59:38,827 --> 00:59:40,344 YOU FEELING SHORT OF BREATH? 1088 00:59:40,344 --> 00:59:46,103 YEAH, AND I FEEL SWOLLEN, AND MY LEGS AND MY STOMACH, 1089 00:59:46,103 --> 00:59:47,793 IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME 1090 00:59:47,793 --> 00:59:50,793 TO REACH PLACES THAT I COULD REACH BEFORE. 1091 00:59:50,793 --> 00:59:53,965 SOME FLUID RETENTION COULD BE THE CAUSE OF THAT, 1092 00:59:53,965 --> 00:59:55,931 WHICH WOULD MEAN YOU'RE GAINING, 1093 00:59:55,931 --> 00:59:59,586 BUT LET ME LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, SEE HOW THINGS ARE. 1094 01:00:03,827 --> 01:00:05,379 TAKE A DEEP BREATH. 1095 01:00:06,517 --> 01:00:08,517 YOUR HEART SOUNDS FINE RIGHT NOW. 1096 01:00:10,379 --> 01:00:12,000 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 1097 01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:14,896 SO, LET'S GET YOUR WEIGHT CHECKED, 1098 01:00:14,896 --> 01:00:16,896 AND LET'S GET UP TO DO THAT. 1099 01:00:16,896 --> 01:00:19,482 ALL RIGHT. 1100 01:00:27,310 --> 01:00:31,620 WITH THE WEIGHT YOU GAINED, YOU WERE 571 A MONTH AGO, 1101 01:00:31,620 --> 01:00:34,206 AND YOUR GOAL WAS TO LOSE 65 POUNDS. 1102 01:00:34,206 --> 01:00:36,586 SO YOU SHOULD BE 506 TODAY. 1103 01:00:36,586 --> 01:00:38,275 SO LET'S SEE WHERE YOU'RE AT. 1104 01:00:44,517 --> 01:00:46,172 563. 1105 01:00:46,172 --> 01:00:48,896 SO YOU ONLY LOST EIGHT POUNDS, 1106 01:00:48,896 --> 01:00:51,172 AND WITH A POUND OR TWO OF FLUID RETENTION, 1107 01:00:51,172 --> 01:00:52,586 WE ROUND UP TO 10. 1108 01:00:52,586 --> 01:00:56,034 BUT THAT'S STILL A LONG WAY FROM WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE. 1109 01:00:56,034 --> 01:00:59,379 SO YOU'RE LIKELY STILL EATING AROUND 4,000 TO 5,000 CALORIES 1110 01:00:59,379 --> 01:01:02,000 A DAY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. 1111 01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:05,448 SO WE WON'T BE MOVING AHEAD WITH YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY TODAY. 1112 01:01:05,448 --> 01:01:08,103 BUT SINCE YOU HAVE SOME FLUID IN YOUR SYSTEM, 1113 01:01:08,103 --> 01:01:10,827 AND YOU ARE ALREADY ADMITTED, WHAT WE WILL DO IS 1114 01:01:10,827 --> 01:01:12,137 PUT YOU IN THE HOSPITAL 1115 01:01:12,137 --> 01:01:16,172 SO WE CAN GET ALL THAT EXTRA FLUID OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM. 1116 01:01:16,172 --> 01:01:17,586 OKAY. 1117 01:01:17,586 --> 01:01:21,275 GET YOU IN BETTER SHAPE, OKAY, IN A COUPLE DAYS OR SO. 1118 01:01:21,275 --> 01:01:22,793 -OKAY. -ALL RIGHT. 1119 01:01:22,793 --> 01:01:24,551 OKAY. 1120 01:01:26,482 --> 01:01:28,689 ALL RIGHT. 1121 01:01:37,344 --> 01:01:39,689 ALL RIGHT, ANNJEANETTE. HERE'S THE DEAL. 1122 01:01:39,689 --> 01:01:42,448 YOUR LACK OF PROGRESS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. 1123 01:01:42,448 --> 01:01:45,482 I'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED TO YOU HOW CLOSE TO DEATH YOU ARE 1124 01:01:45,482 --> 01:01:49,034 AND HOW DANGEROUS IT IS THAT YOU KEEP OVEREATING. 1125 01:01:49,034 --> 01:01:52,620 UNLESS YOU WAKE UP, YOUR HEALTH IS GOING TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY, 1126 01:01:52,620 --> 01:01:55,172 AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA SURVIVE ONCE IT DOES. 1127 01:01:55,172 --> 01:01:57,310 SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONLY ONE MORE CHANCE, 1128 01:01:57,310 --> 01:01:58,896 AND THEN THAT'S IT. 1129 01:01:58,896 --> 01:02:00,517 AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. 1130 01:02:00,517 --> 01:02:03,896 I'M GONNA RESCHEDULE YOUR SURGERY FOR TWO MONTHS FROM NOW. 1131 01:02:03,896 --> 01:02:06,482 IN THAT TIME, I WANT YOU TO LOSE 65 POUNDS. 1132 01:02:06,482 --> 01:02:07,551 OKAY. 1133 01:02:07,551 --> 01:02:09,103 IF YOU DON'T, THAT'LL BE IT, 1134 01:02:09,103 --> 01:02:11,206 AND THEN YOU'LL BE DONE WITH THE PROGRAM. 1135 01:02:11,206 --> 01:02:12,206 YOU GOT IT? 1136 01:02:12,206 --> 01:02:13,344 OKAY. 1137 01:02:13,344 --> 01:02:15,551 GOOD. AND WHAT ELSE YOU'RE GONNA DO IS, 1138 01:02:15,551 --> 01:02:17,448 IN A FEW DAYS WHEN I SEND YOU HOME, 1139 01:02:17,448 --> 01:02:19,620 YOU'RE GONNA START GOING TO PSYCHOTHERAPY. 1140 01:02:19,620 --> 01:02:20,689 OKAY. 1141 01:02:20,689 --> 01:02:22,448 WE'LL SET THAT UP FOR YOU. 1142 01:02:22,448 --> 01:02:24,793 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY 1143 01:02:24,793 --> 01:02:26,724 BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE. 1144 01:02:26,724 --> 01:02:28,620 IF YOU DON'T, THEN THAT WILL BE IT. 1145 01:02:28,620 --> 01:02:30,275 YOU'LL BE DONE WITH THE PROGRAM. 1146 01:02:30,275 --> 01:02:31,344 YOU GOT IT? 1147 01:02:31,344 --> 01:02:32,448 OKAY. 1148 01:02:32,448 --> 01:02:33,827 I HOPE SO. ALL RIGHT. 1149 01:02:33,827 --> 01:02:35,379 IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW. 1150 01:02:35,379 --> 01:02:36,517 OKAY. 1151 01:02:36,517 --> 01:02:38,758 IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL GET YOU TAKEN CARE OF. 1152 01:02:38,758 --> 01:02:39,793 -OKAY. -OKAY. 1153 01:02:39,793 --> 01:02:41,137 -ALL RIGHT. -THANK YOU. 1154 01:02:41,137 --> 01:02:42,896 MM-HMM. 1155 01:02:42,896 --> 01:02:46,931 IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE ANNJEANETTE CONTINUE TO MAKE 1156 01:02:46,931 --> 01:02:48,586 THE CHOICES SHE IS. 1157 01:02:48,586 --> 01:02:51,620 BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M NOT ONLY CANCELING HER SURGERY, 1158 01:02:51,620 --> 01:02:55,344 BUT HER HEALTH IS STARTING TO DETERIORATE EVEN FURTHER. 1159 01:02:55,344 --> 01:02:58,344 SO WE'LL TREAT HER FOR THE ISSUES SHE DEVELOPED 1160 01:02:58,344 --> 01:03:01,413 OVER THE LAST MONTH TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET TO THE POINT 1161 01:03:01,413 --> 01:03:03,482 WHERE THEY'RE LIFE-THREATENING FOR HER. 1162 01:03:03,482 --> 01:03:06,172 BUT SHE'S PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME WITH HER LIFE 1163 01:03:06,172 --> 01:03:08,724 WHEN SHE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THAT, 1164 01:03:08,724 --> 01:03:11,310 AND IF SHE'S GONNA CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH, 1165 01:03:11,310 --> 01:03:14,000 THEN THERE IS NOTHING MORE WE CAN DO FOR HER. 1166 01:03:21,655 --> 01:03:24,896 Annjeanette: I'M HEADED TO SEE A THERAPIST TODAY. 1167 01:03:24,896 --> 01:03:26,896 DR. NOW IS SENDING ME TO ONE 1168 01:03:26,896 --> 01:03:29,448 TO START WORKING ON EMOTIONAL ISSUES 1169 01:03:29,448 --> 01:03:31,896 HE SAYS I NEED TO TRY AND ADDRESS. 1170 01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:37,000 WHAT WOULD HELP ME THE MOST RIGHT NOW 1171 01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:39,172 IS GETTING WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1172 01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:44,344 BUT I'M HOPING IF I JUST DO WHAT DR. NOW TELLS ME, 1173 01:03:44,344 --> 01:03:47,586 THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO GET MY SURGERY SOON. 1174 01:03:49,206 --> 01:03:52,965 I STILL FEEL DEVASTATED I DIDN'T GET IT WHEN I SHOULD HAVE, 1175 01:03:52,965 --> 01:03:57,034 AND I FELT BAD FOR MY DAD BECAUSE HE FLEW IN FOR IT, 1176 01:03:57,034 --> 01:04:00,034 BUT HE SAID HE'S GONNA STAY 1177 01:04:00,034 --> 01:04:04,724 BECAUSE HE KNOWS I'LL FIGURE THIS OUT AND I'LL HAVE IT SOON. 1178 01:04:06,068 --> 01:04:09,655 AND HE WANTS TO BE THERE FOR IT. 1179 01:04:09,655 --> 01:04:12,620 SO I REALLY HOPE HE'S RIGHT. 1180 01:04:14,620 --> 01:04:15,620 HI. 1181 01:04:15,620 --> 01:04:17,103 HI, MS. ANNJEANETTE. 1182 01:04:17,103 --> 01:04:18,413 -HI. -I'M LOLA. 1183 01:04:18,413 --> 01:04:20,482 -IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. -NICE TO MEET YOU. 1184 01:04:20,482 --> 01:04:21,724 -HI, THERE. -ERICA. 1185 01:04:21,724 --> 01:04:23,241 NICE TO MEET YOU, ERICA. 1186 01:04:23,241 --> 01:04:26,551 MS. ANNJEANETTE, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, FOLLOW ME ON IN. 1187 01:04:26,551 --> 01:04:28,689 -ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO. -AFTER YOU. 1188 01:04:28,689 --> 01:04:31,931 GO RIGHT ON IN AND HAVE A SEAT ANYWHERE YOU'D LIKE. 1189 01:04:38,827 --> 01:04:41,482 OKAY. 1190 01:04:41,482 --> 01:04:44,034 TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, ANNJEANETTE. 1191 01:04:44,034 --> 01:04:47,000 HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR CHILDHOOD? 1192 01:04:48,655 --> 01:04:53,517 UM, MY MOM HAD A HEROIN ADDICTION, WHICH CAUSED HER -- 1193 01:04:53,517 --> 01:04:55,793 LIKE, SHE WOULD TAKE OFF FOR DAYS AT A TIME, 1194 01:04:55,793 --> 01:05:00,137 AND SO MY DAD WAS ALWAYS HAVING TO LEAVE AND GO FIND MY MOM. 1195 01:05:00,137 --> 01:05:02,586 MY DAD, LIKE, HE NEVER DID DRUGS, 1196 01:05:02,586 --> 01:05:06,344 BUT HE SOLD DRUGS WHEN I WAS A CHILD, AND -- I DON'T KNOW. 1197 01:05:06,344 --> 01:05:08,586 THERE WAS NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD, 1198 01:05:08,586 --> 01:05:09,965 I'LL TELL YOU THAT MUCH. 1199 01:05:09,965 --> 01:05:12,137 IT WAS ACTUALLY ANYTHING BUT NORMAL. 1200 01:05:12,137 --> 01:05:14,137 I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT. 1201 01:05:14,137 --> 01:05:15,758 YEAH. 1202 01:05:15,758 --> 01:05:20,620 SO, ANNJEANETTE, WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE TODAY AT THIS MOMENT? 1203 01:05:20,620 --> 01:05:25,620 I AM HERE BECAUSE MY ONLY EVER ADDICTION HAS EVER BEEN FOOD, 1204 01:05:25,620 --> 01:05:28,448 AND I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO STOP. 1205 01:05:28,448 --> 01:05:31,827 I'M TRYING TO GET SURGERY, AND NOW MY DAD'S HERE, 1206 01:05:31,827 --> 01:05:36,275 AND HE EATS WHATEVER HE WANTS, AND SO IT'S, LIKE, HARD FOR ME. 1207 01:05:36,275 --> 01:05:40,103 SO DAD EATS POORLY AND BRINGS IT INTO THE HOME? 1208 01:05:40,103 --> 01:05:43,103 YEAH. HE BRINGS IT, AND I FEEL FRUSTRATED 1209 01:05:43,103 --> 01:05:46,931 BECAUSE I JUST WANT A BITE, AND I CAN'T DO THAT. 1210 01:05:46,931 --> 01:05:50,206 SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME HOMEWORK. 1211 01:05:50,206 --> 01:05:54,310 I WANT YOU TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR DAD. 1212 01:05:54,310 --> 01:05:58,862 YOU'VE HAD SO MUCH INCONSISTENCY AND INSTABILITY IN YOUR LIFE 1213 01:05:58,862 --> 01:06:01,172 THAT YOU NEED A SUPPORT SYSTEM, 1214 01:06:01,172 --> 01:06:05,517 AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOUR DAD, 1215 01:06:05,517 --> 01:06:07,862 AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, 1216 01:06:07,862 --> 01:06:11,586 IN TERMS OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ERICA, 1217 01:06:11,586 --> 01:06:13,896 HAS SHE BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE? 1218 01:06:13,896 --> 01:06:15,413 um... 1219 01:06:15,413 --> 01:06:17,448 WE FIGHT A LOT LATELY, ACTUALLY. 1220 01:06:17,448 --> 01:06:18,862 YOU FIGHT A LOT? 1221 01:06:18,862 --> 01:06:23,517 WE FIGHT A LOT BECAUSE I JUST FEEL LIKE SHE'S MAD AT ME 1222 01:06:23,517 --> 01:06:26,275 BECAUSE I AM GETTING HEALTHIER. 1223 01:06:26,275 --> 01:06:27,931 WELL, IT LEAVES HER IN A POSITION 1224 01:06:27,931 --> 01:06:31,344 TO REDEFINE HER ROLE FOR YOU. 1225 01:06:31,344 --> 01:06:33,896 I'M SURE THAT FOR SOME TIME NOW, 1226 01:06:33,896 --> 01:06:38,413 SHE'S HAD A PARENTAL, MOTHERLIKE ROLE IN YOUR LIFE, 1227 01:06:38,413 --> 01:06:40,827 AND NOW YOU'RE GROWING. 1228 01:06:40,827 --> 01:06:43,551 YEAH. I JUST FEEL LIKE MOVING HERE, 1229 01:06:43,551 --> 01:06:45,793 LIKE, GAVE ME SO MUCH INDEPENDENCE. 1230 01:06:45,793 --> 01:06:47,931 YOU KNOW, LIKE, I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEVER LIVED, 1231 01:06:47,931 --> 01:06:51,206 AND NOW, LIKE, I'M LIVING. 1232 01:06:51,206 --> 01:06:54,344 I WANT YOU TO SIT DOWN WITH YOUR PARTNER 1233 01:06:54,344 --> 01:06:58,000 AND OUTLINE SOME SHORT-TERM GOALS FOR YOURSELVES 1234 01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:01,068 AND THEN DISCUSS THOSE GOALS AND SEE IF ANY OF THEM 1235 01:07:01,068 --> 01:07:04,137 ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE OTHER PERSON WANTS. 1236 01:07:04,137 --> 01:07:06,551 BECAUSE YOU TWO NEED TO REALLY DISCUSS THE FUTURE 1237 01:07:06,551 --> 01:07:07,931 OF THIS RELATIONSHIP 1238 01:07:07,931 --> 01:07:10,931 AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. 1239 01:07:10,931 --> 01:07:12,827 THAT'S A LOT OF HOMEWORK. 1240 01:07:12,827 --> 01:07:14,241 IT IS. 1241 01:07:17,586 --> 01:07:20,103 THANKS FOR TALKING TO ME, ANNJEANETTE. 1242 01:07:20,103 --> 01:07:22,068 YEAH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 1243 01:07:22,068 --> 01:07:24,344 I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN. 1244 01:07:24,344 --> 01:07:26,793 -YES, DEFINITELY. AWESOME. -IT'S A PLEASURE. 1245 01:07:26,793 --> 01:07:27,965 THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. 1246 01:07:27,965 --> 01:07:29,275 -BYE. -BYE. 1247 01:07:29,275 --> 01:07:31,068 -GET HOME SAFELY. -YEAH. 1248 01:07:34,689 --> 01:07:37,862 THAT WASN'T WHAT I EXPECTED AT ALL. 1249 01:07:39,482 --> 01:07:42,793 HAVING TO TALK TO MY DAD AND ERICA ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF 1250 01:07:42,793 --> 01:07:45,034 IS GONNA BE REALLY HARD, 1251 01:07:45,034 --> 01:07:49,689 AND, TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW. 1252 01:07:49,689 --> 01:07:53,034 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW IF I DON'T, 1253 01:07:53,034 --> 01:07:57,000 THAT I'M GONNA LOSE ANY CHANCE TO GET WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1254 01:07:57,000 --> 01:08:01,413 SO THIS FEELS A LITTLE LIKE A NO-WIN SITUATION RIGHT NOW. 1255 01:08:24,931 --> 01:08:26,586 Annjeanette: IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS 1256 01:08:26,586 --> 01:08:28,931 SINCE I'VE HAD MY THERAPY APPOINTMENT WITH LOLA, 1257 01:08:28,931 --> 01:08:32,448 AND I'VE BEEN GOING OVER EVERYTHING IN MY HEAD CONSTANTLY 1258 01:08:32,448 --> 01:08:34,724 THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO FOR MY HOMEWORK 1259 01:08:34,724 --> 01:08:37,275 TO HELP ME DEAL WITH SOME OF MY ISSUES. 1260 01:08:37,275 --> 01:08:40,620 AND I DECIDED TO TRY AND TALK WITH MY DAD, 1261 01:08:40,620 --> 01:08:45,034 BUT I DECIDED I WANT TO WAIT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH ERICA 1262 01:08:45,034 --> 01:08:47,620 UNTIL AFTER I GET SURGERY. 1263 01:08:47,620 --> 01:08:50,758 BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR FUTURE, 1264 01:08:50,758 --> 01:08:53,655 I AT LEAST WANT TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE A CHANCE 1265 01:08:53,655 --> 01:08:55,137 AT A FUTURE WITH HER. 1266 01:08:55,137 --> 01:08:59,103 BUT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK UP THE COURAGE TO TALK TO MY DAD. 1267 01:09:00,551 --> 01:09:02,275 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 1268 01:09:02,275 --> 01:09:05,413 I'M JUST READING THIS BOOK. WHAT'S UP? 1269 01:09:05,413 --> 01:09:10,068 SO, IN THERAPY, 1270 01:09:10,068 --> 01:09:12,724 SHE GAVE ME SOME HOMEWORK, 1271 01:09:12,724 --> 01:09:15,275 AND SHE WANTED ME TO TALK TO YOU, 1272 01:09:15,275 --> 01:09:19,034 AND SHE TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF I DID, 1273 01:09:19,034 --> 01:09:21,758 AND I JUST KIND OF -- 1274 01:09:21,758 --> 01:09:25,448 I NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY. 1275 01:09:25,448 --> 01:09:28,310 I NEED -- I NEED YOU GUYS 1276 01:09:28,310 --> 01:09:32,413 TO EAT WITH ME, LIKE, WHAT I EAT. 1277 01:09:32,413 --> 01:09:34,103 OKAY. 1278 01:09:34,103 --> 01:09:36,896 YOU KNOW, NOT KEEP THINGS IN THE HOUSE THAT I CAN'T HAVE 1279 01:09:36,896 --> 01:09:41,000 BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE, STUPID. 1280 01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:42,931 IT'S HARD FOR ME. 1281 01:09:42,931 --> 01:09:45,724 YEAH, IT'S NOT ONLY STUPID, IT'S RUDE. 1282 01:09:45,724 --> 01:09:47,448 i-I AGREE. 1283 01:09:48,931 --> 01:09:51,931 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. IF I FEEL THE NEED 1284 01:09:51,931 --> 01:09:54,206 TO HAVE SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE, 1285 01:09:54,206 --> 01:09:56,275 I WON'T DO IT WHERE YOU ARE. 1286 01:09:56,275 --> 01:09:59,413 YOU COULD EAT IT AT THE STORE... 1287 01:09:59,413 --> 01:10:00,931 RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. 1288 01:10:00,931 --> 01:10:02,758 ...AT THE RESTAURANT -- ANYWHERE. 1289 01:10:02,758 --> 01:10:06,172 JUST NOT HERE. 1290 01:10:06,172 --> 01:10:07,793 ARE YOU UP FOR IT? 1291 01:10:07,793 --> 01:10:09,000 SURE. 1292 01:10:10,379 --> 01:10:12,379 SURE. 1293 01:10:13,620 --> 01:10:18,310 LISTEN. I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU EXPRESSED YOURSELF 1294 01:10:18,310 --> 01:10:25,206 BECAUSE PROBABLY WE SHOULD HAVE MORE TIMES TO TALK THAN WE HAVE. 1295 01:10:25,206 --> 01:10:28,931 SO, WITH THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY THAT YOU DID, 1296 01:10:28,931 --> 01:10:31,344 AND I'M GONNA GO TAKE A SHOWER, OKAY? 1297 01:10:31,344 --> 01:10:33,344 -YEAH. ME TOO. -ALL RIGHT. 1298 01:10:33,344 --> 01:10:35,310 CARRY ON BRAVELY. -WAIT. 1299 01:10:35,310 --> 01:10:36,655 I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A HUG. 1300 01:10:36,655 --> 01:10:38,793 I KNOW. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE. 1301 01:10:38,793 --> 01:10:41,758 YOUR CUTE LITTLE SHOES. 1302 01:10:43,241 --> 01:10:45,000 I LOVE YOU MORE THAN LIFE. 1303 01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:46,310 LOVE YOU, TOO. 1304 01:10:46,310 --> 01:10:48,724 LIFE -- MORE THAN LIFE. 1305 01:10:50,379 --> 01:10:53,620 ALL RIGHTY. CARRY ON BRAVELY. 1306 01:10:53,620 --> 01:10:55,931 THAT WENT BETTER THAN I EXPECTED. 1307 01:10:55,931 --> 01:10:58,068 SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT. 1308 01:10:58,068 --> 01:11:01,034 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF AN EFFECT THIS IS GONNA HAVE 1309 01:11:01,034 --> 01:11:04,827 ON MY WEIGHT LOSS, BUT I HOPE IT'S EITHER WHAT I NEED 1310 01:11:04,827 --> 01:11:07,206 OR IT GETS ME GOING IN A BETTER DIRECTION 1311 01:11:07,206 --> 01:11:08,689 SO I CAN LOSE MORE -- 1312 01:11:08,689 --> 01:11:12,586 AT LEAST ENOUGH TO HIT MY GOAL TO GET WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1313 01:11:29,517 --> 01:11:31,724 HI. 1314 01:11:31,724 --> 01:11:36,344 I'M REALLY EXCITED AND PROUD OF MYSELF FOR GETTING TO THIS POINT 1315 01:11:36,344 --> 01:11:39,724 AND THAT THIS SURGERY IS FINALLY HAPPENING. 1316 01:11:39,724 --> 01:11:43,275 PART OF ME CAN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME... 1317 01:11:43,275 --> 01:11:46,896 I'M HAVING REALLY BAD ANXIETY. I'M FREAKING OUT... 1318 01:11:46,896 --> 01:11:49,206 BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A BIG OPERATION, 1319 01:11:49,206 --> 01:11:52,310 AND THERE'S A LOT OF RISK HAVING IT AT MY SIZE. 1320 01:11:52,310 --> 01:11:54,827 BUT I KNOW I NEED TO TAKE THIS STEP TODAY, 1321 01:11:54,827 --> 01:11:56,517 AND THAT IT'S NOW OR NEVER. 1322 01:11:58,241 --> 01:12:00,241 I DON'T WANT TO CRY ANYMORE, SO... 1323 01:12:00,241 --> 01:12:01,413 OKAY. GOOD. 1324 01:12:03,103 --> 01:12:04,206 I'LL BE HERE. 1325 01:12:04,206 --> 01:12:05,206 I LOVE YOU. 1326 01:12:05,206 --> 01:12:06,344 I LOVE YOU, TOO. 1327 01:12:06,344 --> 01:12:08,379 OKAY? -THANK YOU. 1328 01:12:12,758 --> 01:12:15,551 ONCE I RECOVER, I'M GONNA HAVE THE TALK 1329 01:12:15,551 --> 01:12:17,724 LOLA TOLD ME TO HAVE WITH ERICA, 1330 01:12:17,724 --> 01:12:22,000 AND I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT NOW... 1331 01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:24,103 BECAUSE AFTER MY OPERATION, 1332 01:12:24,103 --> 01:12:27,241 MY LIFE IS GONNA BE FULL OF POSSIBILITIES. 1333 01:12:27,241 --> 01:12:33,482 SO I CAN'T WAIT TO DO THIS AND START THAT LIFE WITH ERICA. 1334 01:12:37,379 --> 01:12:39,241 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY WE'RE ATTEMPTING 1335 01:12:39,241 --> 01:12:41,413 TO DO A GASTRIC SLEEVE ON ANNJEANETTE. 1336 01:12:41,413 --> 01:12:44,724 ALL HER TESTS LOOK GOOD, AND WE WEIGHED HER, 1337 01:12:44,724 --> 01:12:47,034 AND SHE'S DOWN TO 492 TODAY. 1338 01:12:47,034 --> 01:12:50,655 SO SHE LOST 71 POUNDS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, 1339 01:12:50,655 --> 01:12:54,551 WHICH IS MORE THAN THE 65-POUND GOAL I GAVE HER. 1340 01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:02,896 SO SHE'S BACK ON TRACK, 1341 01:13:02,896 --> 01:13:05,586 AND SHE'S READY FOR THIS NEXT STEP TODAY. 1342 01:13:12,724 --> 01:13:15,344 BUT AT THE SIZE ANNJEANETTE STILL IS, 1343 01:13:15,344 --> 01:13:18,586 ANY SURGERY PERFORMED ON HER IS HIGH RISK 1344 01:13:18,586 --> 01:13:20,034 BECAUSE OF ALL THE STRAIN 1345 01:13:20,034 --> 01:13:22,137 HER WEIGHT IS PUTTING ON HER SYSTEM. 1346 01:13:22,137 --> 01:13:24,689 SO IF AT ANY POINT WE HAVE ANY CONCERN 1347 01:13:24,689 --> 01:13:28,068 THAT THE SURGERY IS ADDING TOO MUCH ADDITIONAL STRAIN, 1348 01:13:28,068 --> 01:13:30,344 WE WILL HAVE TO END THE SURGERY EARLY 1349 01:13:30,344 --> 01:13:33,310 TO PREVENT HER BODY FROM HITTING ITS LIMIT. 1350 01:13:40,620 --> 01:13:43,068 BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE 1351 01:13:43,068 --> 01:13:46,034 BECAUSE THIS SURGERY IS THE TOOL THAT ANNJEANETTE NEEDS 1352 01:13:46,034 --> 01:13:49,448 TO BE ABLE TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF IN THE LONG-TERM, 1353 01:13:49,448 --> 01:13:51,931 BECAUSE WHAT THIS OPERATION DOES 1354 01:13:51,931 --> 01:13:54,965 IS REMOVE 80% TO 90% OF THE STOMACH, 1355 01:13:54,965 --> 01:13:59,379 LEAVING A SMALL, NARROW TUBE THAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO A SLEEVE. 1356 01:13:59,379 --> 01:14:03,517 SO THE PERSON'S FOOD INTAKE IS PHYSICALLY LIMITED. 1357 01:14:03,517 --> 01:14:06,068 SO THIS OPERATION WILL GIVE THEM 1358 01:14:06,068 --> 01:14:09,000 AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOSE EVEN MORE WEIGHT. 1359 01:14:15,034 --> 01:14:17,310 Erica: I'M A LITTLE OVERWHELMED. 1360 01:14:17,310 --> 01:14:19,448 IT'S VERY HARD TO SIT HERE AND WAIT, 1361 01:14:19,448 --> 01:14:21,586 AND I'M JUST ANXIOUS TO SEE HER. 1362 01:14:21,586 --> 01:14:23,551 I NEED TO KNOW IF SHE'S OKAY. 1363 01:14:23,551 --> 01:14:26,068 SO I'M MOST SCARED ABOUT COMPLICATIONS 1364 01:14:26,068 --> 01:14:27,586 OR THAT SOMETHING MAY GO WRONG, 1365 01:14:27,586 --> 01:14:31,862 BUT THIS PROCEDURE FOR ANGIE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, 1366 01:14:31,862 --> 01:14:34,275 AND I HOPE THE SURGERY GOES GOOD. 1367 01:14:44,103 --> 01:14:46,551 PULL IT OUT. PULL IT OUT. 1368 01:14:46,551 --> 01:14:48,482 THERE. THAT'S HER STOMACH. 1369 01:14:50,827 --> 01:14:52,896 ALL RIGHT. ROOM LIGHT ON, PLEASE. 1370 01:14:57,620 --> 01:15:00,137 OKAY. ALL FINISHED. 1371 01:15:00,137 --> 01:15:01,793 ALL RIGHT. 1372 01:15:01,793 --> 01:15:04,000 ANNJEANETTE'S SURGERY WENT VERY WELL, 1373 01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:07,655 AND THERE WERE NO COMPLICATIONS WITH HER SURGERY TODAY, 1374 01:15:07,655 --> 01:15:11,793 AND WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE HER OPERATION WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. 1375 01:15:11,793 --> 01:15:14,413 SHE HAD A HERNIA THAT WE FIXED, 1376 01:15:14,413 --> 01:15:16,862 AND THEN WE DID A SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY, 1377 01:15:16,862 --> 01:15:19,379 AND THIS IS THE STOMACH WE TOOK OUT, 1378 01:15:19,379 --> 01:15:21,620 BUT SHE HAD A BELLY-BUTTON HERNIA. 1379 01:15:21,620 --> 01:15:24,758 IT WAS A BIG HERNIA, AND PART OF THE OMENTUM, 1380 01:15:24,758 --> 01:15:28,586 WHICH IS A FATTY TISSUE AROUND THE INTESTINE AND STOMACH. 1381 01:15:28,586 --> 01:15:32,034 BUT AFTER REMOVING ALL THIS, SHE SHOULD FEEL BETTER NOW 1382 01:15:32,034 --> 01:15:36,379 BECAUSE THE HERNIA AND THE SLEEVE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFUL, 1383 01:15:36,379 --> 01:15:39,586 AND THE SLEEVE WILL HELP HER TO STAY ON TRACK 1384 01:15:39,586 --> 01:15:41,000 WITH HER WEIGHT LOSS 1385 01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:44,413 WHILE SHE CONTINUES TO WORK ON HER EMOTIONAL ISSUES. 1386 01:15:44,413 --> 01:15:48,206 FOR THE NEXT MONTH, SHE WILL NEED TO STAY ON A LIQUID DIET, 1387 01:15:48,206 --> 01:15:51,689 AND SHE SHOULD LOSE AT LEAST 35 POUNDS AT THAT TIME, 1388 01:15:51,689 --> 01:15:53,793 AND THEN IF SHE STAYS ON TRACK, 1389 01:15:53,793 --> 01:15:56,620 SHE WILL BE ABLE TO LOSE AT LEAST 20 POUNDS A MONTH 1390 01:15:56,620 --> 01:15:59,448 UNTIL SHE GETS IN THE 200s. 1391 01:15:59,448 --> 01:16:02,379 BUT ANNJEANETTE HAS SHOWN US SHE HAS A TENDENCY 1392 01:16:02,379 --> 01:16:04,551 TO JUSTIFY HER POOR CHOICES 1393 01:16:04,551 --> 01:16:07,620 AND VERY EASILY AND QUICKLY GETS BACK OFF TRACK, 1394 01:16:07,620 --> 01:16:09,448 AND IF SHE DOES THAT 1395 01:16:09,448 --> 01:16:12,206 AND STARTS TO PUSH HERSELF TO TRY TO OVEREAT, 1396 01:16:12,206 --> 01:16:15,310 THEN SHE CAN START TO STRETCH HER STOMACH BACK OUT 1397 01:16:15,310 --> 01:16:17,655 UNTIL SHE UNDOES THE SURGERY. 1398 01:16:17,655 --> 01:16:19,931 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE MAKE SURE 1399 01:16:19,931 --> 01:16:22,965 WE DON'T LOSE THE MOMENTUM SHE HAS RIGHT NOW. 1400 01:16:22,965 --> 01:16:25,172 SO AS SOON AS SHE RECOVERS, WE MAKE SURE 1401 01:16:25,172 --> 01:16:27,655 SHE CONTINUES WITH HER PSYCHOTHERAPY 1402 01:16:27,655 --> 01:16:31,172 AND DEALING WITH HER CORE ISSUES BEHIND HER OVEREATING. 1403 01:16:31,172 --> 01:16:33,758 BECAUSE IF SHE STARTS TO GAIN AGAIN, 1404 01:16:33,758 --> 01:16:37,413 SHE COULD VERY QUICKLY REGAIN ALL THE WEIGHT SHE LOST, 1405 01:16:37,413 --> 01:16:40,448 AND AT THAT POINT, SHE WILL HAVE LOST HER LAST CHANCE TO LIVE. 1406 01:17:03,586 --> 01:17:06,517 Annjeanette: IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE MY WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 1407 01:17:06,517 --> 01:17:09,310 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M FULLY RECOVERED. 1408 01:17:09,310 --> 01:17:13,448 DR. NOW MOVED ME BACK TO SOLID FOODS AND SAID I'M ON TRACK. 1409 01:17:13,448 --> 01:17:16,137 SO HE'S HAPPY WITH MY PROGRESS. 1410 01:17:16,137 --> 01:17:17,793 BUT HE REMINDED ME 1411 01:17:17,793 --> 01:17:21,689 I HAVE TO KEEP WORKING ON MY EMOTIONAL ISSUES. 1412 01:17:21,689 --> 01:17:24,103 SO I HAD ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH LOLA, 1413 01:17:24,103 --> 01:17:27,310 AND SHE PUSHED ME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ERICA NEXT 1414 01:17:27,310 --> 01:17:29,517 ABOUT OUR FUTURE AND OUR GOALS, 1415 01:17:29,517 --> 01:17:32,655 BECAUSE I SHARED WITH LOLA HOW ERICA'S GETTING INSECURE 1416 01:17:32,655 --> 01:17:36,172 WITH MY WEIGHT LOSS, AND SHE'S SCARED I'M GONNA LEAVE HER. 1417 01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:39,758 -HI. -WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 1418 01:17:39,758 --> 01:17:43,275 YOU WANT TO COME TALK TO ME IN THE ROOM FOR A LITTLE BIT? 1419 01:17:43,275 --> 01:17:45,517 -SURE. -OKAY. LET'S DO IT. 1420 01:17:48,689 --> 01:17:51,103 I'M GOING OUT AND I'M DOING THINGS, 1421 01:17:51,103 --> 01:17:52,793 AND I WANT TO ENJOY THEM, 1422 01:17:52,793 --> 01:17:55,310 AND SO IF SHE'S NOT GONNA ENJOY THEM, 1423 01:17:55,310 --> 01:17:59,344 IT'S LIKE THE POINT OF THIS JOURNEY WAS TO LIVE, 1424 01:17:59,344 --> 01:18:02,793 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M READY TO HAVE A TALK WITH ERICA 1425 01:18:02,793 --> 01:18:05,655 ABOUT MY NEEDS AND OUR FUTURE TOGETHER. 1426 01:18:06,793 --> 01:18:08,862 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BOO? 1427 01:18:08,862 --> 01:18:15,413 SO, THE THERAPIST SAID THAT WE SHOULD WRITE DOWN OUR GOALS, 1428 01:18:15,413 --> 01:18:20,241 AND, YOU KNOW -- SEPARATELY AND SEE IF THEY ALIGN. 1429 01:18:20,241 --> 01:18:24,241 SO, WHAT -- I MEAN, WHAT ARE MY GOALS? 1430 01:18:24,241 --> 01:18:28,344 JUST YOUR -- YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? 1431 01:18:28,344 --> 01:18:31,896 LIKE, WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING? 1432 01:18:31,896 --> 01:18:35,517 SO HARD TO WRITE WITH NAILS. 1433 01:18:41,758 --> 01:18:44,068 WHAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME GOALS? 1434 01:18:44,068 --> 01:18:46,724 I DON'T KNOW, ERICA, BECAUSE LIFE IS SHORT, 1435 01:18:46,724 --> 01:18:49,344 AND, IT'S, LIKE, YOUR GOALS ARE YOUR GOALS. 1436 01:18:49,344 --> 01:18:50,931 I'M DONE. 1437 01:18:52,724 --> 01:18:55,413 OKAY. YOU WANT TO READ THEM OUT LOUD? 1438 01:18:55,413 --> 01:18:56,620 OKAY. 1439 01:18:56,620 --> 01:18:58,379 YOU READ YOURS. 1440 01:18:58,379 --> 01:19:00,206 READ ME YOURS FIRST. 1441 01:19:00,206 --> 01:19:01,896 I SAID YOU FIRST. 1442 01:19:01,896 --> 01:19:06,724 THIS WAS MY IDEA, SO YOU READ YOURS FIRST. 1443 01:19:06,724 --> 01:19:10,620 UH, "MARRIAGE, TRAVEL, CHILDREN, A HOUSE, 1444 01:19:10,620 --> 01:19:14,241 A GOOD JOB, BEING ABLE TO SEE BOTH OUR FAMILIES, 1445 01:19:14,241 --> 01:19:18,241 TO BE ABLE TO TRUST EACH OTHER, AND GO BACK TO SCHOOL." 1446 01:19:18,241 --> 01:19:20,206 -MM. -NOTHING? 1447 01:19:24,344 --> 01:19:26,965 "CONTINUE LOSING WEIGHT." 1448 01:19:26,965 --> 01:19:29,310 "SKIN SURGERY. 1449 01:19:29,310 --> 01:19:31,172 FOCUS ON THE DIET." 1450 01:19:32,413 --> 01:19:35,448 "G.E.D. 1451 01:19:35,448 --> 01:19:38,896 MOVE HOME TO BE AROUND MY FAMILY. 1452 01:19:40,275 --> 01:19:41,965 STABILITY. 1453 01:19:41,965 --> 01:19:44,517 BECOME MY OWN PERSON." 1454 01:19:45,931 --> 01:19:51,551 "MOVE HOME" MEANING MOVE BACK TO YOUR FAMILY? 1455 01:19:51,551 --> 01:19:52,586 BUT YOU KNEW THAT. 1456 01:19:52,586 --> 01:19:55,137 SO IT'S WHATEVER YOU WANT, RIGHT? 1457 01:19:55,137 --> 01:19:56,965 -NO. -YEAH, IT IS. 1458 01:19:56,965 --> 01:19:59,034 IT'S WHAT YOU SAY GOES. 1459 01:19:59,034 --> 01:20:00,517 THAT'S NOT FAIR. 1460 01:20:00,517 --> 01:20:02,344 YET IT'S FAIR FOR ME, RIGHT? 1461 01:20:02,344 --> 01:20:03,965 OREGON. 1462 01:20:03,965 --> 01:20:06,448 YOU KNOW WHAT, ERICA? 1463 01:20:06,448 --> 01:20:07,724 WHATEVER. 1464 01:20:07,724 --> 01:20:09,000 NO, IT'S NOT "WHATEVER." 1465 01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:10,896 IT IS WHATEVER, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, 1466 01:20:10,896 --> 01:20:12,448 YOU CAN MAKE THE DECISION. 1467 01:20:12,448 --> 01:20:15,034 NO! AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE EVERY CHOICE IN YOUR LIFE, 1468 01:20:15,034 --> 01:20:17,482 AND YOU ARE A GROWN-ASS WOMAN. SO YOU NEED TO STOP. 1469 01:20:17,482 --> 01:20:20,206 THE POINT IS, YOU'RE BEING SELFISH 1470 01:20:20,206 --> 01:20:22,034 BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE YOU 1471 01:20:22,034 --> 01:20:23,137 AND UNDERSTAND THAT -- 1472 01:20:23,137 --> 01:20:24,896 HOW IS THAT ACCOMMODATING ME? 1473 01:20:24,896 --> 01:20:27,448 EITHER YOU CAN GO BACK TO OREGON 1474 01:20:27,448 --> 01:20:28,862 OR LET'S BREAK UP. 1475 01:20:28,862 --> 01:20:30,413 THAT'S ACCOMMODATING. 1476 01:20:30,413 --> 01:20:32,275 STOP MAKING ME OUT TO BE THE BAD ONE 1477 01:20:32,275 --> 01:20:34,344 WHEN YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO GO BACK, TOO. 1478 01:20:34,344 --> 01:20:36,275 THAT'S NOT FAIR, ERICA. 1479 01:20:36,275 --> 01:20:37,620 OKAY. 1480 01:20:39,517 --> 01:20:42,793 ALL I'M SAYING IS I LOVE YOU. 1481 01:20:42,793 --> 01:20:45,827 YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR ME THIS WHOLE JOURNEY. 1482 01:20:45,827 --> 01:20:48,206 I'M GRATEFUL. 1483 01:20:48,206 --> 01:20:50,965 BUT YOU CAN'T BE MAD AT ME 1484 01:20:50,965 --> 01:20:56,275 JUST BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT FIGHTING. 1485 01:20:56,275 --> 01:20:58,034 WHATEVER, DUDE. 1486 01:20:58,034 --> 01:21:03,068 AND YOU WANT TO LIVE YOUR LIFE 'CAUSE NOW YOU GET TO BE FREE. 1487 01:21:03,068 --> 01:21:05,724 THAT'S ALL IT IS. 1488 01:21:05,724 --> 01:21:08,793 I DON'T KNOW, ERICA. 1489 01:21:08,793 --> 01:21:10,758 ARE WE DONE? 1490 01:21:11,793 --> 01:21:14,172 YEP. DONE. 1491 01:21:14,172 --> 01:21:16,000 DONE. 1492 01:21:24,275 --> 01:21:27,689 IT DIDN'T GO LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO AT ALL. 1493 01:21:27,689 --> 01:21:31,000 AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. 1494 01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:33,482 I FEEL SO DEVASTATED, 1495 01:21:33,482 --> 01:21:36,000 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR SAY. 1496 01:21:54,448 --> 01:21:56,482 ONE. 1497 01:21:56,482 --> 01:21:59,448 IN THESE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, 1498 01:21:59,448 --> 01:22:02,000 I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN GETTING STRONGER 1499 01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:06,172 AND FINDING MORE OF MYSELF AS I WORK THROUGH THE THINGS I NEED. 1500 01:22:06,172 --> 01:22:09,551 FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER BREAKING UP WITH ERICA, 1501 01:22:09,551 --> 01:22:13,275 I REALLY JUST WANTED TO EAT EVERYTHING I COULD, 1502 01:22:13,275 --> 01:22:15,517 BUT I DIDN'T, AND I KNOW IT'S BECAUSE 1503 01:22:15,517 --> 01:22:20,068 I'M GROWING AND MAKING PROGRESS WITH HOW I'M DOING WITH THINGS. 1504 01:22:20,068 --> 01:22:22,965 SO I'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY ON TRACK LIKE I NEED, 1505 01:22:22,965 --> 01:22:25,344 AND DR. NOW SAYS HE'S PROUD OF ME, 1506 01:22:25,344 --> 01:22:26,965 AND IF I KEEP IT UP, 1507 01:22:26,965 --> 01:22:28,793 I'LL BE IN THE LOW 300s 1508 01:22:28,793 --> 01:22:30,827 IN THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. 1509 01:22:32,310 --> 01:22:36,068 AND HE SAID ONCE I DO THAT, I CAN GET EXCESS SKIN REMOVAL 1510 01:22:36,068 --> 01:22:38,206 BECAUSE IT'S STARTING TO SAG ON ME, 1511 01:22:38,206 --> 01:22:41,517 AND IT'S GETTING WORSE AS I LOSE MORE WEIGHT. 1512 01:22:41,517 --> 01:22:44,172 SO THAT'S MY NEXT BIG GOAL. 1513 01:22:45,620 --> 01:22:48,103 AND MY DAD IS HELPING ME DO IT. 1514 01:22:48,103 --> 01:22:51,586 HE HAD GONE BACK TO OREGON AFTER MY SURGERY, 1515 01:22:51,586 --> 01:22:54,275 BUT SINCE I'M ON MY OWN NOW WITH ERICA GONE, 1516 01:22:54,275 --> 01:22:59,103 HE DECIDED TO COME STAY WITH ME AND HELP ME FOR A BIT, 1517 01:22:59,103 --> 01:23:02,000 AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME WITH HIM, 1518 01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:03,827 AND I'M SUPER MOTIVATED 1519 01:23:03,827 --> 01:23:06,862 TO MAKE IT TO MY TARGET WEIGHT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 1520 01:23:06,862 --> 01:23:10,000 BECAUSE ONCE I DO, I CAN MOVE BACK TO OREGON 1521 01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:13,758 TO BE WITH MY FAMILY, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT 1522 01:23:13,758 --> 01:23:16,689 BECAUSE I MISS THEM SO MUCH. 1523 01:23:24,482 --> 01:23:26,931 I'VE BEEN DOING VIDEO CALLS WITH THEM 1524 01:23:26,931 --> 01:23:30,896 ALMOST EVERY WEEK OR SO TO SHOW THEM MY PROGRESS 1525 01:23:30,896 --> 01:23:32,517 AND HOW I LOOK NOW. 1526 01:23:34,137 --> 01:23:38,689 I'VE LOST ALMOST 300 POUNDS, AND THAT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME... 1527 01:23:40,793 --> 01:23:43,827 ...BECAUSE I'M ALMOST HALFWAY TO MY TARGET WEIGHT ALREADY, 1528 01:23:43,827 --> 01:23:46,862 AND I KNOW AFTER I GET APPROVED FOR MY SKIN REMOVAL, 1529 01:23:46,862 --> 01:23:51,068 I'LL BE SO CLOSE AND ABLE TO DO SO MUCH MORE. 1530 01:23:51,068 --> 01:23:54,655 THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS GET MY DEGREE ONLINE, 1531 01:23:54,655 --> 01:23:57,931 SINCE I NEVER FINISHED SCHOOL BECAUSE OF MY WEIGHT, 1532 01:23:57,931 --> 01:24:01,448 AND THEN GET A JOB SO THAT I COULD START SUPPORTING 1533 01:24:01,448 --> 01:24:03,793 AND CONTRIBUTING TO MY FAMILY. 1534 01:24:05,965 --> 01:24:08,448 MY WEIGHT HAS KEPT ME FROM MY DREAMS 1535 01:24:08,448 --> 01:24:10,896 AND FROM TRULY LIVING MY WHOLE LIFE, 1536 01:24:10,896 --> 01:24:12,241 AND, IN SOME WAYS, 1537 01:24:12,241 --> 01:24:15,172 IT FEELS LIKE I'M HAVING TO LEARN TO REALLY LIVE. 1538 01:24:15,172 --> 01:24:18,000 BUT I'M LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT, 1539 01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:21,896 AND I FEEL SO FREE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. 1540 01:24:32,068 --> 01:24:33,965 HI. 1541 01:24:33,965 --> 01:24:36,310 HI. YOU LOOK PRETTY. 1542 01:24:36,310 --> 01:24:38,137 THANK YOU. 1543 01:24:38,137 --> 01:24:42,586 I'M GONNA SHOW ALL OF YOU GUYS WHAT I LOOK LIKE -- 1544 01:24:42,586 --> 01:24:44,103 ALL THE WEIGHT I LOST. 1545 01:24:44,103 --> 01:24:45,758 ARE YOU GUYS READY TO SEE? 1546 01:24:45,758 --> 01:24:47,655 YES. 1547 01:24:47,655 --> 01:24:50,586 I'M GONNA STAND UP AND SHOW YOU. 1548 01:24:50,586 --> 01:24:54,103 -WHOA! 1549 01:24:57,620 --> 01:25:02,620 I HAVE CONFIDENCE I CAN DO THIS, AND I BELIEVE IN MYSELF AGAIN. 1550 01:25:02,620 --> 01:25:04,517 AND SO I HAVE NO DOUBT NOW 1551 01:25:04,517 --> 01:25:06,620 I'M GONNA MAKE IT TO WHERE I WANT 1552 01:25:06,620 --> 01:25:08,758 AND HAVE THE LIFE I WANT TO. 1553 01:25:10,275 --> 01:25:13,724 SO NOW WHEN I COME HOME, 1554 01:25:13,724 --> 01:25:16,206 WE GET TO GO DO FUN STUFF. 1555 01:25:16,206 --> 01:25:18,482 YOU CAN TAKE US TO THE PARK? 1556 01:25:18,482 --> 01:25:21,862 EVEN IF IT DOESN'T LOOK EXACTLY LIKE I WANTED, 1557 01:25:21,862 --> 01:25:24,448 AS LONG AS I'M HEALTHY AND HAPPY, 1558 01:25:24,448 --> 01:25:27,310 IT'S STILL THE LIFE I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF, 1559 01:25:27,310 --> 01:25:31,206 AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT NEW AND EXCITING THINGS 1560 01:25:31,206 --> 01:25:32,862 THAT LIFE AND FUTURE HAVE IN STORE FOR ME.