1 00:00:04,965 --> 00:00:08,655 Lashanta: I COULD BE UPSET, AND THEN I EAT MY FOOD 2 00:00:08,655 --> 00:00:10,758 AND IT'LL SOOTHE MY PAIN. 3 00:00:17,172 --> 00:00:20,172 Woman #1: HE CAN'T STOP. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW. 4 00:00:20,172 --> 00:00:22,793 Woman #2: IT'S TERRIFYING TO THINK THAT AT ANY MOMENT 5 00:00:22,793 --> 00:00:24,551 YOUR HEART COULD EXPLODE. 6 00:00:35,413 --> 00:00:37,724 Woman #3: I DON'T WANT TO DIE. 7 00:00:37,724 --> 00:00:39,655 I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO LIVE YET. 8 00:00:44,448 --> 00:00:46,206 WHY ARE YOU JUMPING ON MY CASE? 9 00:00:46,206 --> 00:00:49,758 YOU'RE OVER-EATING, AND YOU'RE ACTING LIKE IT'S OUR FAULT. 10 00:00:49,758 --> 00:00:51,310 I KNOW THAT I'M DYING. 11 00:00:51,310 --> 00:00:53,275 I KNOW THAT I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT. 12 00:00:57,620 --> 00:00:58,965 I'M GONNA LOSE THE WEIGHT. GIVE ME ONE MORE MONTH. 13 00:00:58,965 --> 00:01:00,137 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 14 00:01:00,137 --> 00:01:01,517 I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD YOU SAY, 15 00:01:01,517 --> 00:01:04,793 BECAUSE YOU KEEP LYING AND KEEP LYING TO YOURSELF. 16 00:01:04,793 --> 00:01:07,793 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 17 00:01:07,793 --> 00:01:10,758 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 18 00:01:31,689 --> 00:01:33,827 BABE. 19 00:01:39,379 --> 00:01:41,068 ALL RIGHT. 20 00:01:43,758 --> 00:01:46,034 Lashanta: I HATE WHAT MY LIFE HAS BECOME. 21 00:01:51,965 --> 00:01:58,344 BECAUSE I'M LIVING IN CONSTANT MISERY NOW. 22 00:01:58,344 --> 00:02:00,482 MY WEIGHT HAS GOTTEN SO OUT OF CONTROL. 23 00:02:00,482 --> 00:02:05,137 IT'S TAKEN ALMOST EVERYTHING FROM ME. 24 00:02:05,137 --> 00:02:06,896 AND WITH ALL THIS WEIGHT ON ME, 25 00:02:06,896 --> 00:02:10,758 MY WHOLE BODY FEELS LIKE IT'S CONSTANTLY CRUSHED. 26 00:02:10,758 --> 00:02:14,586 THE PAIN IS UNBEARABLE. 27 00:02:14,586 --> 00:02:19,172 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I CAN'T GET AROUND. 28 00:02:19,172 --> 00:02:22,758 AND I'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN THIS BED FOR YEARS NOW. 29 00:02:22,758 --> 00:02:27,517 I CAN'T EVEN GO TO THE BATHROOM ON MY OWN ANYMORE. 30 00:02:27,517 --> 00:02:31,206 THE BEST I CAN DO IS SCOOT TO THE END OF MY BED 31 00:02:31,206 --> 00:02:35,206 AND USE A BOWL THAT MY BOYFRIEND J.T. BRINGS ME. 32 00:02:35,206 --> 00:02:36,931 THANK YOU.YOU NEED ANYTHING? 33 00:02:43,034 --> 00:02:47,068 AND THEN HE COMES AND TAKES IT TO DISPOSE OF IT FOR ME. 34 00:02:51,068 --> 00:02:56,448 I WISH THIS WASN'T MY LIFE, BUT IT IS. 35 00:02:56,448 --> 00:02:58,862 I STILL TRY TO DO WHATEVER I'M ABLE. 36 00:03:02,862 --> 00:03:04,620 ALL RIGHT. 37 00:03:04,620 --> 00:03:07,655 AND ONCE J.T. BRINGS ME MY WATER AND MY SOAP, 38 00:03:07,655 --> 00:03:09,586 I TRY AND CLEAN MYSELF. 39 00:03:13,379 --> 00:03:14,896 YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED? 40 00:03:14,896 --> 00:03:15,965 I GOT EVERYTHING. 41 00:03:15,965 --> 00:03:19,241 ALL RIGHT. 42 00:03:19,241 --> 00:03:22,103 JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR ME TO, 43 00:03:22,103 --> 00:03:23,724 YOU KNOW, GET YOU... 44 00:03:30,241 --> 00:03:35,758 BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST STRENUOUS THINGS I DO ALL DAY. 45 00:03:35,758 --> 00:03:37,827 BECAUSE I HAVE TO TRY TO MOVE AROUND 46 00:03:37,827 --> 00:03:42,241 AND REACH ALL THE PARTS OF MY BODY, 47 00:03:42,241 --> 00:03:44,689 AND THEN LIFT MYSELF TO TRY TO CLEAN 48 00:03:44,689 --> 00:03:48,620 OTHER AREAS I NEED. 49 00:03:48,620 --> 00:03:52,275 AND IT GETS TO BE TOO MUCH. 50 00:03:52,275 --> 00:03:55,000 AND SO I EVEN HAVE TO HAVE HELP WITH THAT. 51 00:04:00,793 --> 00:04:04,620 LASHANTA HAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE CANNOT DO, 52 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:08,206 SO I HAVE TO HELP LASHANTA FROM TIME TO TIME 53 00:04:08,206 --> 00:04:11,827 WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE NEEDS. 54 00:04:11,827 --> 00:04:13,137 BUT WE GET THROUGH IT. 55 00:04:13,137 --> 00:04:14,517 YOU KNOW, WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND I LOVE HER, 56 00:04:14,517 --> 00:04:16,413 SO I'M GONNA SUPPORT HER AND BE THERE FOR HER. 57 00:04:19,068 --> 00:04:23,758 I JUST WISH I COULD SKIP MY BATH, BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD. 58 00:04:23,758 --> 00:04:27,000 Lashanta: BUT IF I SKIP IT, THEY'LL CHAFING AND THE BEDSORES 59 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,034 I GET WILL GET WORSE, SO I HAVE TO STAY CLEAN 60 00:04:31,034 --> 00:04:35,275 NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL IT IS, 61 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:38,275 WHEN THE ONLY THING I WANT TO DO IS EAT. 62 00:04:49,241 --> 00:04:50,448 YOU DONE WITH THAT? 63 00:04:50,448 --> 00:04:55,137 FOOD IS THE ONLY JOY AND PLEASURE I HAVE NOW. 64 00:04:55,137 --> 00:04:59,344 IT'S THE ONLY THING I REALLY HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO ANYMORE. 65 00:04:59,344 --> 00:05:01,689 SOMETIMES I'M TIRED OF MY LIFE, 66 00:05:01,689 --> 00:05:05,172 BUT THEN I THINK ABOUT FOOD AND THEN I GET EXCITED AGAIN. 67 00:05:06,758 --> 00:05:09,172 I LIKE TO HAVE A LOT OF IT. 68 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:14,896 MY SONS, GERAMY AND SHAUN, STILL LIVE WITH ME, 69 00:05:14,896 --> 00:05:20,310 SO I MAKE SURE I MAKE ENOUGH FOR THEM AND J.T. AND ME. 70 00:05:20,310 --> 00:05:21,931 J.T.: LASHANTA, WHEN SHE'S READY TO EAT, 71 00:05:21,931 --> 00:05:23,379 SHE'S READY TO EAT, OKAY? 72 00:05:23,379 --> 00:05:25,000 DON'T GET IN THE WAY OF HER FOOD. 73 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,965 SEE, IF I'M DELAYING HELPING HER COOK, 74 00:05:27,965 --> 00:05:30,793 OR GOING TO THE STORE AND GET FOOD, 75 00:05:30,793 --> 00:05:34,448 AH, SHE GETS MAD. 76 00:05:34,448 --> 00:05:36,344 Lashanta: KNOWING I'M MAKING SOMETHING WONDERFUL 77 00:05:36,344 --> 00:05:38,896 FOR ALL OF US IS EXCITING, 78 00:05:38,896 --> 00:05:41,034 BECAUSE WHEN THE FOOD IS DONE RIGHT 79 00:05:41,034 --> 00:05:43,551 IT'S EVERYTHING GOOD AND WONDERFUL 80 00:05:43,551 --> 00:05:47,000 ALL TOGETHER IN THESE BITES OF JOY. 81 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,068 I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH. 82 00:05:49,068 --> 00:05:50,724 WHEN I EAT, I BE ON TOP OF THE WORLD. 83 00:05:50,724 --> 00:05:53,103 NOBODY CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING. 84 00:05:53,103 --> 00:05:56,931 WHEN I BE UPSET, WHEN I BE ANGRY, DEPRESSED, 85 00:05:56,931 --> 00:05:58,965 THAT'S WHEN I TURN IN TO MY FOOD. 86 00:05:58,965 --> 00:06:03,034 AND I EAT ENOUGH FOOD FOR THREE PEOPLE, 87 00:06:03,034 --> 00:06:05,310 PLUS BREAD. 88 00:06:05,310 --> 00:06:07,448 I ALWAYS WANT TO EAT. 89 00:06:07,448 --> 00:06:09,965 AND WHEN I STOP AND I FINISH WHAT I HAVE, 90 00:06:09,965 --> 00:06:12,551 I CAN'T WAIT TILL I HAVE MORE, 91 00:06:12,551 --> 00:06:16,620 SO I'M ALREADY THINKING HOW I'M GONNA MAKE THE NEXT MEAL. 92 00:06:16,620 --> 00:06:19,551 Geramy: I THINK MY MOM IS ADDICTED TO FOOD. 93 00:06:19,551 --> 00:06:23,689 I'D RATHER SHE EAT MORE HEALTHY STUFF, YOU KNOW? 94 00:06:23,689 --> 00:06:25,931 BUT, LIKE, IF MY MAMA ASKS ME TO BRING HER SOMETHING, 95 00:06:25,931 --> 00:06:27,137 I'LL BRING IT TO HER. 96 00:06:27,137 --> 00:06:28,689 'CAUSE IF I SAY NO TO MAMA, SHE'LL BE LIKE -- 97 00:06:28,689 --> 00:06:32,172 GO ZERO TO 100 ON ME. 98 00:06:32,172 --> 00:06:34,137 Lashanta: FOOD IS MY EVERYTHING. 99 00:06:34,137 --> 00:06:36,620 IT'S MY PURPOSE AND WHAT I LIVE FOR, 100 00:06:36,620 --> 00:06:40,172 SO I KEEP EATING AND I KEEP GETTING BIGGER. 101 00:06:40,172 --> 00:06:42,862 I NEVER THOUGHT MY LIFE COULD WIND UP LIKE THIS. 102 00:06:42,862 --> 00:06:47,068 I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GROW OUT OF PROPORTION LIKE THIS, 103 00:06:47,068 --> 00:06:48,620 LIVING IN MY BED. 104 00:06:53,724 --> 00:06:58,000 VERY EARLY ON IN MY LIFE, I REMEMBER THINGS WERE GOOD. 105 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:04,137 MY PARENTS WERE STILL TOGETHER AND WE HAD LOTS OF FAMILY. 106 00:07:04,137 --> 00:07:07,000 I WAS ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN MY PARENTS HAD, 107 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:11,172 AND THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY FIGHTING OR CHAOS THEN. 108 00:07:11,172 --> 00:07:15,034 THAT DIDN'T START TILL I WAS SEVEN OR EIGHT. 109 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:18,344 THAT'S WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT LED TO MY PARENTS 110 00:07:18,344 --> 00:07:20,068 FIGHTING A LOT. 111 00:07:20,068 --> 00:07:22,344 AFTER THAT, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFLICT 112 00:07:22,344 --> 00:07:24,758 IN THE HOME WITH MY MOM AND MY DAD 113 00:07:24,758 --> 00:07:27,758 FUSSING AND CARRYING ON. 114 00:07:27,758 --> 00:07:30,379 AND IT WAS LIKE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 115 00:07:30,379 --> 00:07:33,275 AND DURING THAT TIME, MY MOM DID WHAT SHE COULD 116 00:07:33,275 --> 00:07:35,931 AND TOOK CARE OF ME, BUT MY DAD WAS COLD 117 00:07:35,931 --> 00:07:38,241 AND HE DIDN'T SUPPORT ME. 118 00:07:38,241 --> 00:07:41,724 AND THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WASN'T WANTED. 119 00:07:41,724 --> 00:07:45,068 I DESPERATELY WANTED MY DAD TO SHOW ME THAT HE LOVED ME 120 00:07:45,068 --> 00:07:47,413 AND STILL CARED ABOUT ME. 121 00:07:47,413 --> 00:07:50,689 THAT NEVER HAPPENED THOUGH BECAUSE MY DAD STOPPED BEING 122 00:07:50,689 --> 00:07:54,103 A PART OF MY LIFE WHEN I WAS NINE. 123 00:07:54,103 --> 00:07:57,206 BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN MY MOM KICKED MY FATHER OUT. 124 00:07:57,206 --> 00:08:00,655 I FOUND OUT LATER THAT MY DAD CHEATED ON MY MOM. 125 00:08:00,655 --> 00:08:04,275 AND THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING FELL APART IN MY FAMILY. 126 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:06,206 WELL, I KICKED HIM OUT, BABY. 127 00:08:06,206 --> 00:08:08,172 PACK YOUR AND PUT IT ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, 128 00:08:08,172 --> 00:08:12,241 AND LEFT A NOTE AND TOLD HIM TO GET THE OUT. 129 00:08:12,241 --> 00:08:16,034 Lashanta: AFTER MY PARENTS' DIVORCE, MY LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME. 130 00:08:16,034 --> 00:08:18,241 I GUESS I HAD TO GROW UP FAST. 131 00:08:18,241 --> 00:08:20,379 I WAS BARELY JUST 10 YEARS OLD. 132 00:08:20,379 --> 00:08:22,379 SO, THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED WHEN I WAS EATING SOMETHING 133 00:08:22,379 --> 00:08:25,310 THAT I REALLY LIKED, I FELT BETTER, 134 00:08:25,310 --> 00:08:27,793 SO I JUST STARTED EATING A LOT. 135 00:08:27,793 --> 00:08:29,517 AND I DIDN'T HAVE A BABYSITTER. 136 00:08:29,517 --> 00:08:33,103 I WAS THE BABYSITTER. I DID WHAT I WANTED. 137 00:08:33,103 --> 00:08:37,551 AND EATING MADE ME HAPPY, BECAUSE FOOD MADE ALL MY PAIN 138 00:08:37,551 --> 00:08:40,482 AND ALL MY MISERY OF MY LIFE GO AWAY. 139 00:08:40,482 --> 00:08:43,137 SO, AROUND 10, THAT'S WHEN I STARTED 140 00:08:43,137 --> 00:08:46,448 TO EAT A LOT AND GAIN A LOT. 141 00:08:46,448 --> 00:08:47,965 I USED TO TELL HER ALL THE TIME, 142 00:08:47,965 --> 00:08:49,482 "GIRL, YOU'RE GETTING TOO DAMN BIG. 143 00:08:49,482 --> 00:08:51,793 YOU BETTER LOSE SOME WEIGHT." 144 00:08:51,793 --> 00:08:56,379 Lashanta: BY THE TIME I WAS 13, I WAS OVER 200 POUNDS. 145 00:08:56,379 --> 00:09:00,413 BUT THAT WASN'T WHAT CHANGED MY LIFE THE MOST AT THAT TIME. 146 00:09:00,413 --> 00:09:03,275 I WAS DATING A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY THEN, 147 00:09:03,275 --> 00:09:06,862 AND THAT LED TO ME GETTING PREGNANT WHEN I WAS 13. 148 00:09:06,862 --> 00:09:10,241 SO MY LIFE COMPLETELY CHANGED AFTER THAT HAPPENED, 149 00:09:10,241 --> 00:09:13,241 BECAUSE I HAD MY BABY WHEN I WAS 14. 150 00:09:13,241 --> 00:09:15,827 AND MY BOYFRIEND DENIED THAT THE CHILD WAS HIS, 151 00:09:15,827 --> 00:09:18,137 SO WE BROKE UP. 152 00:09:18,137 --> 00:09:22,482 AT FIRST, I HAD KEPT MY PREGNANCY FROM MY MOM. 153 00:09:22,482 --> 00:09:25,551 I REALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA GET MAD. 154 00:09:25,551 --> 00:09:26,620 BUT SHE DIDN'T. 155 00:09:26,620 --> 00:09:29,034 SHE JUST TOLD ME "THE FUN TIME IS OVER. 156 00:09:29,034 --> 00:09:30,241 YOU'RE GONNA GET A JOB 157 00:09:30,241 --> 00:09:33,068 AND YOU'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN BABY." 158 00:09:33,068 --> 00:09:36,034 SO I DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AFTER NINTH GRADE, 159 00:09:36,034 --> 00:09:39,172 AND I GOT A JOB AT A FAST-FOOD PLACE. 160 00:09:39,172 --> 00:09:41,517 AND I HAD MY FIRST BABY, TYRONE. 161 00:09:41,517 --> 00:09:45,517 BUT I GOT REALLY DEPRESSED AT THE STATE OF MY LIFE THEN. 162 00:09:45,517 --> 00:09:49,034 I WAS THINKING THAT, "I DON'T REGRET MY BABY, 163 00:09:49,034 --> 00:09:53,000 BUT REALLY, I JUST WISH THAT I'D STAYED IN A CHILD PLACE." 164 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,896 I DIDN'T WANT TO BE GROWN TOO EARLY. 165 00:09:55,896 --> 00:09:59,379 SO, TO DEAL WITH THAT, I STARTED EATING MORE AND MORE. 166 00:09:59,379 --> 00:10:01,655 AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT FOOD AT WORK, 167 00:10:01,655 --> 00:10:05,724 I'D EAT ON THE CLOCK, I'D EAT ON THE BREAK. 168 00:10:05,724 --> 00:10:09,172 I ATE WHEN I CAME HOME, AND IT GOT EVEN WORSE 169 00:10:09,172 --> 00:10:11,655 BECAUSE I MOVED OUT OF MY MOM'S HOUSE. 170 00:10:11,655 --> 00:10:14,931 AT THE AGE OF 15, I HAD MY OWN APARTMENT 171 00:10:14,931 --> 00:10:16,655 AND I CALLED THE SHOTS. 172 00:10:16,655 --> 00:10:20,517 AND THAT'S WHEN THE WEIGHT REALLY INCREASED. 173 00:10:20,517 --> 00:10:25,344 AND BY THE TIME I WAS 16, I WAS ALREADY OVER 300 POUNDS. 174 00:10:25,344 --> 00:10:29,793 AND AT THAT TIME, I MET SOMEONE NEW AND WE STARTED DATED. 175 00:10:29,793 --> 00:10:32,103 AND I GOT PREGNANT WITH MY SECOND CHILD. 176 00:10:32,103 --> 00:10:35,620 SO, I HAD MY DAUGHTER GALLERY WHEN I WAS 17. 177 00:10:35,620 --> 00:10:38,103 AND AFTER THAT, MY BOYFRIEND GOT ABUSIVE 178 00:10:38,103 --> 00:10:41,034 AND HE'D GET REALLY JEALOUS AND CONTROLLING OF ME. 179 00:10:41,034 --> 00:10:43,724 I REMEMBER ONE TIME I WAS ASLEEP. 180 00:10:43,724 --> 00:10:46,655 HE CLIMBED THROUGH THE WINDOW AND WAS STANDING OVER ME 181 00:10:46,655 --> 00:10:49,724 WITH A BUTCHER'S KNIFE, AND HIS WORDS WERE TO ME, 182 00:10:49,724 --> 00:10:52,655 "YOU BETTER BE LUCKY NO ONE WAS UP IN HERE WITH YOU, 183 00:10:52,655 --> 00:10:57,482 'CAUSE BOTH OF Y'ALL WAS GONNA BE GUTTED UP LIKE A PERCH." 184 00:10:57,482 --> 00:11:00,758 BUT THE NEIGHBOR OF MINE, SHE CALLED THE POLICE, 185 00:11:00,758 --> 00:11:04,068 AND THE POLICE CAUGHT HIM IN THE ACT TRYING TO KILL ME, 186 00:11:04,068 --> 00:11:06,551 SO HE WENT TO JAIL AND I WAS LEFT 187 00:11:06,551 --> 00:11:09,206 TO TAKE CARE OF MY TWO CHILDREN. 188 00:11:09,206 --> 00:11:13,000 SO I DID WHAT I HAD TO TO KEEP A ROOF OVER OUR HEAD. 189 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,724 I NEVER PROSTITUTED MYSELF, BUT I DID THINGS 190 00:11:15,724 --> 00:11:17,689 I'M NOT PROUD OF TO PAY THE BILLS 191 00:11:17,689 --> 00:11:20,931 AND TO PAY FOR MY EATING HABITS, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT, 192 00:11:20,931 --> 00:11:24,827 MY EATING HABITS NEVER SLOWED DOWN. 193 00:11:24,827 --> 00:11:30,551 AND BY THE TIME I WAS 20, I WAS AROUND 425. 194 00:11:30,551 --> 00:11:33,034 AND THE NEXT SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS OF MY LIFE, 195 00:11:33,034 --> 00:11:37,379 I JUST FEEL LIKE I WAS IN THIS REPEATING CYCLE, 196 00:11:37,379 --> 00:11:39,965 BECAUSE I MET SOMEONE NEW WHEN I WAS 21 197 00:11:39,965 --> 00:11:42,000 AND I GOT PREGNANT WITH MY THIRD CHILD 198 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,758 AND HAD GERAMY WHEN I WAS 22. 199 00:11:45,758 --> 00:11:48,655 BUT HIS FATHER LEFT ME TO RAISE HIM ON MY OWN, 200 00:11:48,655 --> 00:11:52,793 SO I WAS IN THE SAME SITUATION AGAIN. 201 00:11:52,793 --> 00:11:56,620 ALL I DID WAS WORK AND EATING FOR THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX YEARS. 202 00:11:56,620 --> 00:12:00,965 AND I WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE 500 MARK THEN. 203 00:12:00,965 --> 00:12:04,517 AND THEN WHEN I WAS 27, I STARTED DATING SOMEBODY 204 00:12:04,517 --> 00:12:07,344 I MET WHO TREATED ME REALLY WELL, 205 00:12:07,344 --> 00:12:11,586 AND I HAD MY FOURTH CHILD WITH HIM, SHAUN, WHEN I WAS 28. 206 00:12:11,586 --> 00:12:14,310 BUT HE STARTED TO BECOME ABUSIVE TOWARD ME 207 00:12:14,310 --> 00:12:19,034 AND STARTED CHEATING ON ME, SO I LEFT HIM. 208 00:12:19,034 --> 00:12:21,103 AND WHEN I WAS AROUND 35, 209 00:12:21,103 --> 00:12:24,103 I WAS GETTING CLOSE TO BEING 600 POUNDS. 210 00:12:24,103 --> 00:12:28,068 I WAS STILL MOBILE, BUT THAT'S WHEN THAT STARTED TO CHANGE. 211 00:12:28,068 --> 00:12:31,275 IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT MY LEGS WOULD GET STIFF A LOT. 212 00:12:31,275 --> 00:12:33,241 I HAD TO WALK WITH CRUTCHES. 213 00:12:33,241 --> 00:12:36,310 THEN IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT I COULDN'T WALK AT ALL. 214 00:12:36,310 --> 00:12:40,724 SO, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF MY LIFE, I'VE BEEN BED-BOUND. 215 00:12:40,724 --> 00:12:44,482 MY SONS, G. AND SHAUN, STARTED DOING EVERYTHING FOR ME. 216 00:12:44,482 --> 00:12:46,172 AND I FEEL ASHAMED OF THAT. 217 00:12:46,172 --> 00:12:49,172 BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE AT THIS POINT. 218 00:12:49,172 --> 00:12:50,551 COME IN! 219 00:12:50,551 --> 00:12:53,448 AND WHEN MY BOYS AND J.T. AREN'T AROUND, 220 00:12:53,448 --> 00:12:56,793 MY NEIGHBORS HAVE TO HELP ME AND BRING ME FOOD. 221 00:12:56,793 --> 00:12:58,379 THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU! 222 00:12:58,379 --> 00:12:59,586 NEED ANYTHING ELSE? 223 00:12:59,586 --> 00:13:02,448 UM...NO, THIS IS IT. THANK YOU. 224 00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:04,103 THANK YOU. 225 00:13:04,103 --> 00:13:06,551 I'VE BEEN CONCERNED, YOU KNOW? 226 00:13:06,551 --> 00:13:09,862 NO MOTHER DO NOT LIKE NO BIG FAT-ASS DAUGHTER. 227 00:13:09,862 --> 00:13:14,103 LASHANTA REALLY CANNOT DO NOTHING FOR HERSELF. 228 00:13:14,103 --> 00:13:16,241 HE GOT THE WIG. 229 00:13:16,241 --> 00:13:19,379 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, MY HEALTH HAS GONE 230 00:13:19,379 --> 00:13:23,896 DOWNHILL FAST, AND THINGS HAVE JUST BEEN GETTING WORSE. 231 00:13:23,896 --> 00:13:26,931 THERE'S ONLY ONE GOOD THING THAT'S COME FROM IT. 232 00:13:26,931 --> 00:13:29,655 ALMOST A YEAR AGO, I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL 233 00:13:29,655 --> 00:13:31,758 BECAUSE I WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES, 234 00:13:31,758 --> 00:13:34,862 AND I MET J.T. 235 00:13:34,862 --> 00:13:37,551 I MET LASHANTA AT THE HOSPITAL. 236 00:13:37,551 --> 00:13:39,551 I WAS AT A -- AN APPOINTMENT. 237 00:13:39,551 --> 00:13:42,551 I LOOKED OVER AND I SAW SHE WAS ON A STRETCHER. 238 00:13:42,551 --> 00:13:45,482 YOU KNOW, SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL. HAD A BEAUTIFUL SMILE. 239 00:13:45,482 --> 00:13:47,965 SO, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SITE. 240 00:13:47,965 --> 00:13:51,344 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ATTRACTED TO BIG WOMEN, YOU KNOW? 241 00:13:51,344 --> 00:13:58,862 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE BIGGER WOMEN ARE NICER, MORE CUDDLY. 242 00:13:58,862 --> 00:14:02,586 Lashanta: MY FIRST DATE WAS IN THIS BED WITH JEREMY, 243 00:14:02,586 --> 00:14:05,758 'CAUSE EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN THIS BED. 244 00:14:05,758 --> 00:14:07,551 WE HAD GOTTEN SOME TAKEOUT, 245 00:14:07,551 --> 00:14:10,103 AND WE ATE AND WE WATCHED MOVIES. 246 00:14:10,103 --> 00:14:11,965 AND WE CHILLED. 247 00:14:11,965 --> 00:14:14,034 AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN DATING. 248 00:14:14,034 --> 00:14:16,310 AND HE HELPS TAKE CARE OF ME NOW, 249 00:14:16,310 --> 00:14:18,413 AND MOVED IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. 250 00:14:27,137 --> 00:14:30,310 MY MOM COMES TO CHECK ON ME EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS, 251 00:14:30,310 --> 00:14:33,482 BUT AT THIS POINT I KNOW SHE'S SO WORRIED ABOUT MY HEALTH. 252 00:14:33,482 --> 00:14:35,482 NOW SHE SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME HERE, 253 00:14:35,482 --> 00:14:38,827 GETTING ON ME ABOUT LOSING WEIGHT AND MY EATING. 254 00:14:38,827 --> 00:14:40,034 LASHANTA, HOW YOU DOING? 255 00:14:40,034 --> 00:14:42,137 MY KNEE'S KILLING ME. 256 00:14:42,137 --> 00:14:43,724 YOUR LEG IS KILLING YOU? 257 00:14:43,724 --> 00:14:45,241 MY KNEE. 258 00:14:45,241 --> 00:14:47,000 YOU PUT SOME CREAM ON YOUR KNEE? 259 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,034 YEAH. 260 00:14:48,034 --> 00:14:49,206 IT WORK? 261 00:14:49,206 --> 00:14:50,965 SO SO. 262 00:14:50,965 --> 00:14:52,482 YOU NEED ANYTHING? 263 00:14:52,482 --> 00:14:54,448 NO. I'M GOOD. 264 00:14:57,172 --> 00:15:01,206 I COME OVER HERE AND MOP, 265 00:15:01,206 --> 00:15:05,517 WASH DISHES, AND CHECK HER OUT. 266 00:15:05,517 --> 00:15:07,655 BUT I WORRY ABOUT HER WEIGHT. 267 00:15:07,655 --> 00:15:09,448 MY WORST FEAR IS THAT I MIGHT COME HERE 268 00:15:09,448 --> 00:15:12,517 AND SHE'S DEAD IN A BED. 269 00:15:12,517 --> 00:15:15,517 SO I ALWAYS TALKED TO LASHANTA ABOUT HER WEIGHT, 270 00:15:15,517 --> 00:15:17,862 BUT SHE GETS MAD. 271 00:15:17,862 --> 00:15:21,724 FAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE FOR YOU TO TELL THEM THEY'RE FAT, YOU KNOW? 272 00:15:24,482 --> 00:15:27,413 OOH. A BURGER? OOH. I'M SO HUNGRY. 273 00:15:27,413 --> 00:15:29,275 HEY. HOW YOU DOING? YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT TODAY? 274 00:15:29,275 --> 00:15:31,000 I'M FEELING ALL RIGHT.THAT'S GOOD. 275 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,689 HOW ARE YOU?I'M OKAY. 276 00:15:32,689 --> 00:15:35,275 YEAH? I GOT TO GO TO WORK, YEAH, SO. 277 00:15:35,275 --> 00:15:37,103 Lashanta: HAVE A GREAT ONE. 278 00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:38,689 YOU TOO. 279 00:15:40,862 --> 00:15:44,655 ♪ KISS, KISS, KISS ♪ 280 00:15:44,655 --> 00:15:46,724 LOOK, BABY GIRL. 281 00:15:46,724 --> 00:15:48,413 I'LL BE SO GLAD... 282 00:15:48,413 --> 00:15:50,689 OH, LORD. HERE IT COMES....WHEN YOU LOSE WEIGHT. 283 00:15:50,689 --> 00:15:51,793 HERE IT COMES. 284 00:15:51,793 --> 00:15:53,275 BECAUSE YOU CAN GET UP AND DO THE THINGS 285 00:15:53,275 --> 00:15:56,034 THAT YOU NEED TO DO, YOU KNOW? 286 00:15:56,034 --> 00:15:57,275 HERE IT COMES. 287 00:15:57,275 --> 00:15:59,000 COOK. WASH. GO TO THE STORE. 288 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,206 I STILL COOK. 289 00:16:00,206 --> 00:16:02,551 ALL IS NEED IS SOMEBODY TO BE MY LEGWORK. 290 00:16:02,551 --> 00:16:04,000 MAN, I'LL LIKE YOUR LEGS WHEN YOU CAN GET UP 291 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,793 AND DO FOR YOURSELF AND GET AROUND. 292 00:16:05,793 --> 00:16:07,103 YOU'RE RIGHT. 293 00:16:07,103 --> 00:16:08,310 THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. 294 00:16:10,103 --> 00:16:13,103 YEP. 295 00:16:13,103 --> 00:16:15,103 FAITH ONLY GOT ME WHERE I'M AT NOW. 296 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,862 Lashanta: I KNOW MY MOM'S AFRAID OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME, 297 00:16:23,862 --> 00:16:25,965 BUT WHEN SHE TALKS TO ME ABOUT IT 298 00:16:25,965 --> 00:16:28,931 IT'S FRUSTRATING AND IT MAKES ME EMOTIONAL, 299 00:16:28,931 --> 00:16:31,931 AND THEN I FEEL LIKE I NEED IT EVEN MORE. 300 00:16:31,931 --> 00:16:35,586 I COULD BE UPSET, AND I'LL EAT MY FOOD 301 00:16:35,586 --> 00:16:39,931 AND IT'LL SOOTHE MY PAIN. 302 00:16:39,931 --> 00:16:41,931 OKAY. I'M ABOUT TO JET. 303 00:16:41,931 --> 00:16:43,896 ALL RIGHT, HONEY. TAKE CARE, BABE. 304 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:51,172 I KNOW FOOD IS KILLING ME, AND NOT ONLY THAT, 305 00:16:51,172 --> 00:16:54,172 HOW I EAT IS HURTING MY FAMILY, TOO. 306 00:16:54,172 --> 00:16:57,034 BECAUSE IT'S TAKING A MOM FROM HER SONS. 307 00:16:57,034 --> 00:16:59,689 BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO GO OUT AND EXPERIENCE 308 00:16:59,689 --> 00:17:03,413 ANYTHING WITH THEM. 309 00:17:03,413 --> 00:17:04,413 BYE, SHAUN! 310 00:17:04,413 --> 00:17:07,310 Deshaun: BYE! 311 00:17:07,310 --> 00:17:10,724 AND NOW MY OLDEST SON TYRONE, HE WENT TO JAIL. 312 00:17:10,724 --> 00:17:14,275 AND I FEEL GUILTY SOMETIMES BECAUSE JUST, 313 00:17:14,275 --> 00:17:15,931 TAKING CARE OF MY CHILDREN. 314 00:17:15,931 --> 00:17:18,241 I CAN'T DO THAT BEING A MOTHER FROM THE BED. 315 00:17:20,896 --> 00:17:22,931 I'M GONNA WIND UP DYING IN THIS BED. 316 00:17:22,931 --> 00:17:25,965 I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT LONG LEFT. 317 00:17:25,965 --> 00:17:29,137 I'M ABOUT TO LEAVE MY CHILDREN WITHOUT A MOTHER. 318 00:17:29,137 --> 00:17:32,172 AND, THINKING ABOUT THAT, IT HURTS. 319 00:17:32,172 --> 00:17:34,827 IT REALLY DO. 320 00:17:34,827 --> 00:17:42,000 IT HURTS BECAUSE I KNOW I NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE. 321 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,620 SO I HAVE TO DO THIS NOW BEFORE FOOD TAKES 322 00:17:45,620 --> 00:17:49,931 THE LAST THING IT CAN FROM ME, AND I EAT MYSELF TO DEATH. 323 00:18:07,448 --> 00:18:10,310 Lashanta: I'M HOPING MY WHOLE LIFE CHANGES TODAY, 324 00:18:10,310 --> 00:18:13,206 BECAUSE I'VE GOT AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR. NOW. 325 00:18:13,206 --> 00:18:15,724 SO I'M GOING TO HOUSTON TO GO SEE HIM, 326 00:18:15,724 --> 00:18:18,241 TO TRY TO GET THE HELP I NEED. 327 00:18:18,241 --> 00:18:20,448 AND IF I DO, I KNOW IT WILL MEAN EVERYTHING 328 00:18:20,448 --> 00:18:24,172 WILL START GETTING BETTER FOR ME. 329 00:18:24,172 --> 00:18:26,689 BUT I'M NERVOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE, 330 00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:28,482 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT OF THIS HOUSE 331 00:18:28,482 --> 00:18:32,517 AND THIS BED FOR YEARS. 332 00:18:32,517 --> 00:18:35,620 I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME HELP CARRY ME OUT 333 00:18:35,620 --> 00:18:39,310 AND INTO MY COUSIN LARRY'S VAN. 334 00:18:39,310 --> 00:18:41,137 HE'S BRINGING IT OVER AND WE'RE PUTTING 335 00:18:41,137 --> 00:18:43,310 A MATTRESS DOWN IN THE BACK. 336 00:18:43,310 --> 00:18:46,482 IT'S ABOUT A SIX-TO-SEVEN-HOUR DRIVE TO HOUSTON, 337 00:18:46,482 --> 00:18:50,206 AND THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF MOVING AROUND FOR ME, 338 00:18:50,206 --> 00:18:54,689 SO I'M HOPING I MAKE IT WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. 339 00:18:54,689 --> 00:18:56,034 Larry: LET'S SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HERE, MAN. 340 00:18:56,034 --> 00:18:58,413 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HERE? 341 00:18:58,413 --> 00:18:59,620 YOU MADE IT! 342 00:18:59,620 --> 00:19:01,965 YEAH, I MADE. WHAT? YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T? 343 00:19:01,965 --> 00:19:04,103 I MEAN, DISAPPOINTMENTS AFTER DISAPPOINTMENTS. 344 00:19:04,103 --> 00:19:05,896 WELL, THE DISAPPOINTMENTS IS OVER WITH. 345 00:19:05,896 --> 00:19:09,862 WE'RE GONNA JUMP IN THIS VAN AND GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO. 346 00:19:09,862 --> 00:19:12,172 Lashanta: WE'VE GOT MY NEIGHBORS COMING TO CHECK ON MY KIDS 347 00:19:12,172 --> 00:19:14,344 WHILE I'M IN HOUSTON, BUT I KNOW THEY HAVE 348 00:19:14,344 --> 00:19:17,965 A HANDLE ON THINGS AND WILL BE ALL RIGHT. 349 00:19:17,965 --> 00:19:19,931 I JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON DOING THIS 350 00:19:19,931 --> 00:19:24,172 AND MAKING IT TO DR. NOW TO GET THE HELP I NEED. 351 00:19:24,172 --> 00:19:26,310 NOW, YOU KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE GONE. 352 00:19:26,310 --> 00:19:28,931 YOU'RE THE MAN OF THE HOUSE. 353 00:19:28,931 --> 00:19:31,896 YOU GOT TO KEEP EVERYTHING AFLOAT. 354 00:19:31,896 --> 00:19:33,000 I LOVE YOU, SON. 355 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,896 Geramy: I LOVE YOU, TOO. 356 00:19:34,896 --> 00:19:35,965 Larry: Y'ALL READY? Y'ALL READY TO ROLL? 357 00:19:35,965 --> 00:19:37,103 WHAT'S GOING ON, GIRL? YOU ALL RIGHT? 358 00:19:37,103 --> 00:19:38,206 YOU FEELING OKAY? 359 00:19:38,206 --> 00:19:39,344 -YEAH. -YOU READY FOR THIS TRIP? 360 00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:40,517 I'M READY FOR THIS TRIP. 361 00:19:40,517 --> 00:19:41,793 I'M READY TO HEAR IT, I'M READY TO SEE... 362 00:19:41,793 --> 00:19:43,034 YOU'RE READY. 363 00:19:43,034 --> 00:19:45,000 ...THE OBSTACLES THAT I'VE GOT TO GO ACROSS. 364 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,068 YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT. 365 00:19:46,068 --> 00:19:47,000 YEAH, I'M GONNA MAKE IT. 366 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,551 WITH FLYING COLORS. 367 00:19:53,655 --> 00:19:56,310 -HELLO? -COME ON! 368 00:19:56,310 --> 00:19:57,793 OH, MY. 369 00:20:00,034 --> 00:20:01,551 -COME THIS WAY. -HI. 370 00:20:02,689 --> 00:20:04,379 FINE. 371 00:20:11,586 --> 00:20:13,275 OKAY. 372 00:20:21,655 --> 00:20:23,034 Man: NONE OF THIS IS GONNA BE EASY, 373 00:20:23,034 --> 00:20:24,896 BUT WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH YOU. 374 00:20:28,965 --> 00:20:30,206 OH. ALL RIGHT? 375 00:20:32,103 --> 00:20:33,103 Woman: WHEN YOU'RE READY TO START, WE'RE READY. 376 00:20:33,103 --> 00:20:34,586 WELL, I NEED SOMEBODY OVER HERE. 377 00:20:34,586 --> 00:20:36,793 HOLD UP. LET'S USE THIS. JUST USE THAT. 378 00:20:36,793 --> 00:20:38,241 -HOLD ON. LET ME -- -OH, NO, I CAN SLIDE. 379 00:20:38,241 --> 00:20:39,655 -YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO... -I GOT THIS. 380 00:20:39,655 --> 00:20:40,862 -YOU WANT TO KINDA SLIDE? -I CAN SHOW Y'ALL. 381 00:20:40,862 --> 00:20:42,206 I CAN GET THIS. 382 00:20:42,206 --> 00:20:43,862 -OKAY. -ALL RIGHT. 383 00:20:43,862 --> 00:20:45,931 NOW, I GOT TO TURN -- I GOT TO TURN AROUND, 384 00:20:45,931 --> 00:20:48,310 AND I'M GONNA COME BACK WITH IT AND SCOOT BACK THIS WAY. 385 00:20:48,310 --> 00:20:50,172 -OKAY. -ALL RIGHT. 386 00:20:54,103 --> 00:20:55,689 COME ON, BABY. 387 00:20:56,482 --> 00:20:58,862 IT'S KINDA HIGH. 388 00:20:58,862 --> 00:21:00,206 LET US KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO HELP. 389 00:21:00,206 --> 00:21:01,931 IT'S ABOUT THREE OR FOUR INCHES YOU GOT TO GET UP. 390 00:21:01,931 --> 00:21:03,068 -GIVE ME A MINUTE. -TAKE YOUR TIME. 391 00:21:03,068 --> 00:21:05,758 -TAKE A BREAK. -ONE. TWO. 392 00:21:05,758 --> 00:21:08,862 ALL RIGHT. OH YEAH, BABY. 393 00:21:08,862 --> 00:21:10,620 ONE. TWO. THREE. 394 00:21:10,620 --> 00:21:12,793 -THERE YOU GO. -YOU'RE ON THERE. 395 00:21:20,241 --> 00:21:22,379 -OKAY. -YOU READY TO BE BRAVE? 396 00:21:23,137 --> 00:21:25,379 ONE. TWO. THREE. 397 00:21:25,379 --> 00:21:26,586 ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH. 398 00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:29,000 GOOD ENOUGH. GOOD. 399 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,241 OOH! STOP! STOP! STOP! 400 00:21:37,827 --> 00:21:39,655 -HOLD UP. -KEEP COMING. 401 00:21:39,655 --> 00:21:41,965 TIMOTHY, ADAM, PUSH DOWN. 402 00:21:41,965 --> 00:21:43,275 -READY. -ALL RIGHT. 403 00:21:43,275 --> 00:21:45,172 WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. IT'S YOU FIRST. 404 00:21:50,034 --> 00:21:52,172 -JUST DON'T GO DOWN. -DON'T GO UP. 405 00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:59,344 I'M ALL RIGHT. 406 00:21:59,344 --> 00:22:01,655 READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. 407 00:22:08,724 --> 00:22:09,793 Woman: OKAY, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. 408 00:22:09,793 --> 00:22:11,068 YOU UNDERSTAND IF WE TURN YOU AROUND, 409 00:22:11,068 --> 00:22:12,103 YOU GET IN AN CAR ACCIDENT, THAT'S PROBABLY IT? 410 00:22:12,103 --> 00:22:13,000 THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE IT. -RIGHT. 411 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,034 -ALL RIGHT. -ONE. TWO. THREE. 412 00:22:17,689 --> 00:22:20,137 ONE. TWO. THREE. 413 00:22:20,137 --> 00:22:21,517 -ALL RIGHT. -THERE YOU GO. 414 00:22:21,517 --> 00:22:24,000 -ALL RIGHT. -THANK YOU, TEAM. 415 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,689 WHOO! 416 00:22:26,689 --> 00:22:28,689 PUT THE PILLOWS RIGHT HERE. I'M GONNA BE RIGHT HERE. 417 00:22:28,689 --> 00:22:29,827 I'M GOOD. -ALL RIGHT. 418 00:22:29,827 --> 00:22:31,413 -THANK YOU! -YEAH. 419 00:22:31,413 --> 00:22:32,413 TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, ALL RIGHT? 420 00:22:32,413 --> 00:22:35,172 -ALL RIGHT. -GIVE ME SOME LOVE. 421 00:22:35,172 --> 00:22:38,310 I MADE IT! I MADE IT! 422 00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:39,724 Larry: YOU READY TO ROLL? 423 00:22:39,724 --> 00:22:40,827 YEAH. 424 00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:42,724 I'M GOOD NOW. 425 00:22:44,862 --> 00:22:46,172 ALL RIGHT THEN, Y'ALL. 426 00:22:46,172 --> 00:22:47,689 OKAY. I LOVE YOU. YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. 427 00:22:47,689 --> 00:22:49,724 GO ON WITH Y-- ALL OF Y'ALL. 428 00:22:49,724 --> 00:22:50,896 I LOVE YOU, TOO. 429 00:22:50,896 --> 00:22:53,034 LOOK, I'M GONNA CALL YOU WHEN I GET SETTLED. 430 00:22:55,896 --> 00:22:57,379 YOU STOMP IT. YOU GOT TO HOMP IT. 431 00:22:57,379 --> 00:22:59,655 -YOU GOT TO STOMP IT. -STOMP IT. HOMP IT. HIT IT. 432 00:22:59,655 --> 00:23:01,551 DO IT. BE GOOD. 433 00:23:01,551 --> 00:23:02,551 ALL RIGHT. 434 00:23:02,551 --> 00:23:05,034 -TAKE CARE OF HER. -ALL RIGHT. 435 00:23:05,034 --> 00:23:10,034 THEY'RE ALWAYS A BIT OF A TRIP, BUT THANKFULLY, I MADE IT. 436 00:23:10,034 --> 00:23:13,137 I'M IN THE VAN, AND I'M FEELING EXCITED 437 00:23:13,137 --> 00:23:15,275 ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO TO HOUSTON 438 00:23:15,275 --> 00:23:18,137 AND BEING OUT OF MY HOUSE. 439 00:23:18,137 --> 00:23:20,655 BEING BACK HERE IS A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE, 440 00:23:20,655 --> 00:23:22,413 AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT BEING IN HERE 441 00:23:22,413 --> 00:23:25,862 FOR THE NEXT SIX TO SEVEN HOURS, 442 00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:27,931 BUT I KNOW IF I GET SOMETHING TO EAT 443 00:23:27,931 --> 00:23:29,586 THEN I'M NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT IT, 444 00:23:29,586 --> 00:23:32,413 BECAUSE FOOD HELPS ME DEAL WITH ANYTHING 445 00:23:32,413 --> 00:23:36,068 AND I JUST NEED SOME TO HELP GET ME THERE. 446 00:23:36,068 --> 00:23:39,862 I AIN'T RODE IN A CAR IN SO LONG. 447 00:23:39,862 --> 00:23:42,068 YEAH. 448 00:23:42,068 --> 00:23:44,241 YOU GOT TO REMEMBER WE'RE STOPPING TO GET SOME FOOD 449 00:23:44,241 --> 00:23:45,862 BEFORE WE GET GOING ON THE FREEWAY. 450 00:23:51,482 --> 00:23:53,724 I BROUGHT MY COUPONS BECAUSE I KNEW 451 00:23:53,724 --> 00:23:57,206 WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING TODAY, SO I'M READY FOR THIS. 452 00:23:57,206 --> 00:24:03,137 IT'S LIKE MY LITTLE REWARD FOR PUSHING MYSELF AND DOING THIS. 453 00:24:03,137 --> 00:24:06,620 HEY, CAN I GET AN EIGHT-PIECE WITH TWO SIDES. 454 00:24:06,620 --> 00:24:08,034 FRIES? AND MASHED POTATOES? 455 00:24:08,034 --> 00:24:10,206 -SHEILA! -LARGE OR SMALL? 456 00:24:12,344 --> 00:24:13,724 I KNOW HER. PUT THAT WINDOW DOWN. 457 00:24:13,724 --> 00:24:15,379 SHEILA! 458 00:24:15,379 --> 00:24:17,655 HEY, GIRL! WHAT'S GOING ON, BOO? 459 00:24:17,655 --> 00:24:20,586 LISTEN TO ME AND LISTEN TO ME GOOD. 460 00:24:20,586 --> 00:24:22,344 I WANT WHAT WAS ON THAT COUPON. 461 00:24:22,344 --> 00:24:26,965 GET ME A FRY. AND GET ME A MASHED POTATO. 462 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:29,034 AND LOOK... 463 00:24:31,241 --> 00:24:32,827 THANK YOU, HONEY. 464 00:24:36,793 --> 00:24:39,862 IT WAS A NICE SURPRISE BEING ABLE TO SHOW MY FRIEND 465 00:24:39,862 --> 00:24:43,068 I'M OUT AND BEING ACTIVE LIKE THIS. 466 00:24:43,068 --> 00:24:45,379 I HADN'T SEEN HER IN YEARS, AND SHE KNEW 467 00:24:45,379 --> 00:24:50,586 I'D BEEN BED-RIDDEN, SO I THINK THAT BLEW HER MIND. 468 00:24:50,586 --> 00:24:52,758 I'VE BEEN HIDDEN AWAY FOR SO LONG, 469 00:24:52,758 --> 00:24:55,724 AND IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BE OUT. 470 00:24:55,724 --> 00:24:58,965 AND I'M ALSO FEELING REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF RIGHT NOW 471 00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:03,413 BECAUSE I'M MAKING THIS EFFORT TO DO THIS AND SAVE MY LIFE. 472 00:25:03,413 --> 00:25:05,758 I'M FIGHTING INSTEAD OF GIVING UP, 473 00:25:05,758 --> 00:25:08,068 AND I'M FEELING REALLY HOPEFUL RIGHT NOW. 474 00:25:32,034 --> 00:25:36,758 Larry: WELL, LASHANTA, IT'S LOOKING LIKE MADE IT. 475 00:25:36,758 --> 00:25:39,620 Lashanta: IT'S BEEN A LONG TRIP, BUT WE MADE IT. 476 00:25:39,620 --> 00:25:42,103 WE'RE FINALLY IN HOUSTON, AND I'M READY 477 00:25:42,103 --> 00:25:44,137 TO GET OUT OF THIS VAN AS SOON AS I CAN 478 00:25:44,137 --> 00:25:47,275 BECAUSE I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE AND MY BODY IS REALLY STIFF 479 00:25:47,275 --> 00:25:50,482 FROM BEING IN HERE FOR SO LONG. 480 00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:51,758 MOSTLY MY KNEES. 481 00:25:51,758 --> 00:25:54,000 THEY'RE HURT A WHOLE LOT, SO I'M EXCITING 482 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,000 BY BEING ABLE TO GET OUT. 483 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,137 AND I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO MEET DR. NOW. 484 00:26:00,137 --> 00:26:04,517 I FEEL LIKE I'M ABLE TO MEET A REAL-LIFE HERO. 485 00:26:04,517 --> 00:26:07,689 BECAUSE THERE AREN'T MANY DOCTORS WHO WOULD EVEN CONSIDER 486 00:26:07,689 --> 00:26:10,689 TAKING ON A PATIENT LIKE ME. 487 00:26:10,689 --> 00:26:13,482 AND I JUST REALLY NEED HIS HELP TO CHANGE MY LIFE 488 00:26:13,482 --> 00:26:15,965 AND GET THIS WEIGHT OFF OF ME, 489 00:26:15,965 --> 00:26:19,000 AND I'M VERY, VERY READY TO DO THAT. 490 00:26:27,758 --> 00:26:29,103 Dr. Nowzaradan: I'VE BEEN EXPECTING THE ARRIVAL 491 00:26:29,103 --> 00:26:31,413 OF LASHANTA HERE AT ANY MINUTE. 492 00:26:31,413 --> 00:26:33,896 ONCE SHE DOES, THE PRIORITY IS TO GET HER IN 493 00:26:33,896 --> 00:26:36,827 AND CHECK AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OKAY. 494 00:26:36,827 --> 00:26:40,103 MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT SHE'S BEEN IMMOBILE FOR AWHILE, 495 00:26:40,103 --> 00:26:42,310 AND THAT LACK OF MOVEMENTS FOR THAT LONG 496 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:45,586 CAN CAUSE BLOOD CLOTS TO FORM IN HER LEGS. 497 00:26:45,586 --> 00:26:48,103 AND WITH ALL THE ACTIVITY OF HE TRAVELING, 498 00:26:48,103 --> 00:26:50,137 THE BLOOD CLOTS COULD HAVE DISLODGED. 499 00:26:50,137 --> 00:26:52,862 AND IF THAT HAPPENED, IT CAN TRAVEL TO HER HEART 500 00:26:52,862 --> 00:26:56,103 AND LUNGS AND CAUSE A DEADLY PULMONARY EMBOLISM 501 00:26:56,103 --> 00:26:58,206 THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO STOP. 502 00:26:58,206 --> 00:27:01,862 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, 503 00:27:01,862 --> 00:27:05,034 OR THAT SHE'S FACING ANYTHING ELSE LIFE-THREATENING 504 00:27:05,034 --> 00:27:08,551 WE NEED TO ADDRESS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 505 00:27:08,551 --> 00:27:09,586 HI, THERE. 506 00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:12,206 HEY! I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU. 507 00:27:12,206 --> 00:27:13,344 WELL, NICE TO SEE YOU. 508 00:27:13,344 --> 00:27:14,965 SO, HOW LONG A DRIVE HAVE YOU HAD? 509 00:27:14,965 --> 00:27:16,758 -ALMOST SIX HOURS. -ABOUT SIX HOURS? 510 00:27:16,758 --> 00:27:18,965 ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU DOING OKAY? NO PAIN? 511 00:27:18,965 --> 00:27:20,137 MY KNEES. 512 00:27:20,137 --> 00:27:21,931 MY KNEES ARE ALWAYS BOTHERING ME, THOUGH. 513 00:27:21,931 --> 00:27:23,931 ALL RIGHT. LET'S BRING YOU INSIDE AND CHECK 514 00:27:23,931 --> 00:27:25,551 YOU OUT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, OKAY? 515 00:27:25,551 --> 00:27:28,172 OKAY. 516 00:27:28,172 --> 00:27:29,551 ABOUT TO GET IT STARTED. 517 00:27:29,551 --> 00:27:31,275 I WANT TO GET IT STARTED. 518 00:27:40,241 --> 00:27:43,310 Dr. Nowzaradan: CAN WE PUT THE MATTRESS ALL THE WAY UP? 519 00:27:45,482 --> 00:27:47,241 ALL RIGHT. 520 00:27:54,379 --> 00:27:55,862 ALL RIGHT. 521 00:28:00,310 --> 00:28:02,379 I MADE IT. 522 00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:08,758 -ROOM TWO. -YEAH. 523 00:28:18,103 --> 00:28:19,896 ALL RIGHT. YOU FEELING OKAY? 524 00:28:19,896 --> 00:28:20,827 YEAH. 525 00:28:20,827 --> 00:28:22,310 HOW'S YOUR KNEE DOING? 526 00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:24,034 OH. 527 00:28:24,034 --> 00:28:26,827 ALL RIGHT, LASHANTA, THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO 528 00:28:26,827 --> 00:28:29,068 IS RUN SOME TESTS ON YOU TO MAKE SURE THERE IS 529 00:28:29,068 --> 00:28:32,068 NO LIFE-THREATENING ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY. 530 00:28:32,068 --> 00:28:33,413 OKAY. 531 00:28:33,413 --> 00:28:36,655 SO, WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING READY TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 532 00:28:36,655 --> 00:28:38,827 BUT LET ME ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE THAT 533 00:28:38,827 --> 00:28:41,517 SO I CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. 534 00:28:41,517 --> 00:28:42,827 OKAY. 535 00:28:42,827 --> 00:28:44,655 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BED-RIDDEN? 536 00:28:44,655 --> 00:28:46,586 ABOUT TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING. 537 00:28:46,586 --> 00:28:48,241 TWO YEARS? 538 00:28:48,241 --> 00:28:49,827 TWO YEARS AND A HALF, MAYBE. 539 00:28:49,827 --> 00:28:52,724 OKAY. CAN YOU GET IN A WHEELCHAIR? 540 00:28:52,724 --> 00:28:55,586 OH, NO. I'M NOT ABLE TO STAND TO GET IN A WHEELCHAIR. 541 00:28:55,586 --> 00:28:58,965 OKAY. BUT, DESPITE THAT, YOU STILL CONTINUE EATING 542 00:28:58,965 --> 00:29:02,172 AND MAKING YOUR SITUATION WORSE ALL THESE YEARS. 543 00:29:02,172 --> 00:29:03,724 WHY IS THAT? 544 00:29:03,724 --> 00:29:06,724 I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST WANT IT WHEN I WANT IT. 545 00:29:06,724 --> 00:29:08,310 I GET HUNGRY. 546 00:29:08,310 --> 00:29:10,448 SO, IF YOU KEEP DOING THAT THEN YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIVE TOO LONG. 547 00:29:10,448 --> 00:29:12,689 YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? 548 00:29:12,689 --> 00:29:14,310 BUT YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT? 549 00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:16,551 YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET SOMETHING IN YOUR HEAD 550 00:29:16,551 --> 00:29:20,275 AND IT GOES OUT OF ONE EAR, AND IT GOES OUT THE OTHER? 551 00:29:20,275 --> 00:29:23,068 SO, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS, YOU KNOW THE FOOD 552 00:29:23,068 --> 00:29:26,172 IS GONNA KILL YOU SOON, BUT YOU'RE IGNORING THAT FACT 553 00:29:26,172 --> 00:29:28,517 AND YOU REFUSE TO CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR. 554 00:29:28,517 --> 00:29:31,344 SO THEN, WHY ARE YOU HERE? 555 00:29:31,344 --> 00:29:32,517 I'M -- I WANT... 556 00:29:32,517 --> 00:29:34,931 THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE. 557 00:29:34,931 --> 00:29:37,862 I WANT TO -- I WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE. 558 00:29:37,862 --> 00:29:39,551 WELL, WHAT'S BEEN HOLDING YOU 559 00:29:39,551 --> 00:29:42,586 FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS TO MAKE THE CHANGES? 560 00:29:42,586 --> 00:29:44,206 I DON'T KNOW. 561 00:29:44,206 --> 00:29:45,275 YOU KNOW THE ANSWER -- 562 00:29:45,275 --> 00:29:48,034 THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP FOOD. 563 00:29:48,034 --> 00:29:49,517 YOU'RE RIGHT. 564 00:29:49,517 --> 00:29:52,758 SO...HOW ARE WE GONNA CORRECT THAT PROBLEM? 565 00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:54,517 I'M GONNA EAT HEALTHY. 566 00:29:54,517 --> 00:29:56,793 JUST LIKE THAT? YOU'RE GONNA START NOW? 567 00:29:56,793 --> 00:29:58,137 YEAH. 568 00:29:58,137 --> 00:29:59,655 WELL, YOU SAY THAT. 569 00:29:59,655 --> 00:30:02,655 WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS -- IF YOU HAVEN'T CARED ENOUGH 570 00:30:02,655 --> 00:30:06,620 TO DO THAT BEFORE, WHAT MAKES DOING THIS NOW ANY DIFFERENT? 571 00:30:06,620 --> 00:30:09,172 THIS IS MY SECOND CHANCE. 572 00:30:09,172 --> 00:30:13,103 OKAY, BUT, YOUR CHANCE, IT DEPENDS ON YOU, OKAY? 573 00:30:13,103 --> 00:30:16,275 WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THEY HAVE THIS INTENTION 574 00:30:16,275 --> 00:30:18,482 TO LOSE WEIGHT, BUT THEY COME HERE. 575 00:30:18,482 --> 00:30:21,275 THEY WANT US TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THEM LOSE WEIGHT, 576 00:30:21,275 --> 00:30:24,586 BUT THEY STILL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING. 577 00:30:24,586 --> 00:30:29,103 I KNOW. BUT I KNOW -- I KNOW -- I KNOW IT STARTS FROM ME. 578 00:30:29,103 --> 00:30:31,413 I KNOW I'VE GOT TO -- I'VE GOT TO MAKE THE CHANGE. 579 00:30:31,413 --> 00:30:32,551 OKAY. 580 00:30:32,551 --> 00:30:34,827 SO, YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE FINALLY READY 581 00:30:34,827 --> 00:30:37,827 TO WORK TO TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND AND DO THIS? 582 00:30:37,827 --> 00:30:40,103 YEP. I'M DETERMINED. 583 00:30:40,103 --> 00:30:43,206 WHATEVER MEASURES/STEPS THAT I'VE GOT TO MAKE 584 00:30:43,206 --> 00:30:44,827 TO GET THE HELP I NEED, 585 00:30:44,827 --> 00:30:47,517 TO GET MYSELF AND MY BODY TOGETHER, 586 00:30:47,517 --> 00:30:49,034 THAT'S WHAT I WANT. 587 00:30:49,034 --> 00:30:50,379 OKAY, I HOPE SO. 588 00:30:50,379 --> 00:30:53,620 BECAUSE AT YOUR CONDITION, YOUR BODY IS VERY FRAGILE. 589 00:30:53,620 --> 00:30:55,862 IT IS GONNA GIVE UP ANY DAY NOW. 590 00:30:55,862 --> 00:30:59,413 SO IF ONE THING PUSHES IT TO ITS LIMIT AND THAT HAPPENS, 591 00:30:59,413 --> 00:31:02,241 THEN NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING TO SAVE YOU. 592 00:31:02,241 --> 00:31:03,241 RIGHT. OKAY? 593 00:31:03,241 --> 00:31:05,551 THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 594 00:31:05,551 --> 00:31:08,068 AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 595 00:31:08,068 --> 00:31:11,827 THAT YOU MAKE THE CHANGES YO U SAY YOU WANT RIGHT NOW. 596 00:31:11,827 --> 00:31:13,172 YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THAT? 597 00:31:13,172 --> 00:31:15,448 YEAH. 'CAUSE THIS IS MY LAST STOP. 598 00:31:15,448 --> 00:31:17,275 THIS IS IT. OKAY. 599 00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:20,310 SO, I'M GONNA ADMIT YOU NOW AND RUN OUR TESTS. 600 00:31:20,310 --> 00:31:22,413 AND IF WE FIND ANYTHING LIFE-THREATENING 601 00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:25,517 THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, WE'RE GONNA KEEP YOU HERE TO DO THAT. 602 00:31:25,517 --> 00:31:28,103 AND IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU HOME WITH A NEW DIET 603 00:31:28,103 --> 00:31:31,137 THAT WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO CHANGE YOUR EATING HABIT, 604 00:31:31,137 --> 00:31:32,862 WHAT TO EAT, WHAT NOT TO EAT. 605 00:31:32,862 --> 00:31:35,310 AND THAT WILL HELP YOU HIT A WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL 606 00:31:35,310 --> 00:31:37,896 I WILL GIVE YOU FOR YOU TO PROVE TO ME 607 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:39,448 EVERYTHING YOU'RE TELLING ME. 608 00:31:39,448 --> 00:31:40,655 OKAY. 609 00:31:40,655 --> 00:31:43,241 THERE IS NO EXCUSES. YOU GOT THAT? 610 00:31:43,241 --> 00:31:44,931 I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. 611 00:31:44,931 --> 00:31:46,620 WE'LL START RUNNING THE TESTS WE NEED, 612 00:31:46,620 --> 00:31:48,758 AND I'LL CHECK ON YOU HERE SHORTLY. 613 00:31:48,758 --> 00:31:50,448 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 614 00:31:55,344 --> 00:31:57,862 Dr. Nowzaradan: WHAT LASHANTA SHOWS US WILL DETERMINE 615 00:31:57,862 --> 00:31:59,517 THE NEXT STEP WE TAKE WITH HER, 616 00:31:59,517 --> 00:32:02,862 AND WHETHER WE NEED TO KEEP HER HERE FOR THE LONGER TERM 617 00:32:02,862 --> 00:32:05,241 OR WE SEND HER HOME TO START ON THE DIET 618 00:32:05,241 --> 00:32:07,758 TO SHOW ME THAT SHE'S READY TO WORK TO TURN 619 00:32:07,758 --> 00:32:10,275 HER LIFE AROUND LIKE SHE CLAIMS. 620 00:32:10,275 --> 00:32:13,241 BUT IF SHE DOESN'T MAKE THE CHANGES SHE NEEDS RIGHT NOW, 621 00:32:13,241 --> 00:32:16,034 SHE'S GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME VERY SOON. 622 00:32:26,965 --> 00:32:29,137 Lashanta: I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A DAY, 623 00:32:29,137 --> 00:32:30,965 AND I'M FEELING A LITTLE ANXIOUS 624 00:32:30,965 --> 00:32:32,517 BECAUSE I'M WAITING TO HEAR THE RESULTS 625 00:32:32,517 --> 00:32:35,448 FROM ALL MY TESTS, AND I'M REALLY HOPING 626 00:32:35,448 --> 00:32:39,482 THERE'S NOTHING REALLY WRONG THAT THEY HAVE TO TREAT ME FOR. 627 00:32:39,482 --> 00:32:43,034 AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT DR. NOW SAID ABOUT THE BLOOD CLOT. 628 00:32:43,034 --> 00:32:45,758 AND IT HAS ME REAL SCARED. 629 00:32:45,758 --> 00:32:47,448 I DIDN'T THINK BEING IN BED ALL DAY 630 00:32:47,448 --> 00:32:49,758 CAN DO THAT AND BE SO DANGEROUS. 631 00:32:49,758 --> 00:32:52,931 SO I'M JUST A LITTLE EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW, 632 00:32:52,931 --> 00:32:55,793 AND I'M HOPING DR. NOW COMES BACK SOON AND TELLS ME 633 00:32:55,793 --> 00:32:59,655 EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. 634 00:32:59,655 --> 00:33:02,241 Dr. Nowzaradan: FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS, WE HAVE HAD LASHANTA IN 635 00:33:02,241 --> 00:33:04,482 THE HOSPITAL, RUNNING TESTS TO SEE 636 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:06,482 IF THERE ARE ANY LIFE-THREATENING ISSUES 637 00:33:06,482 --> 00:33:08,827 WITH HER THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 638 00:33:08,827 --> 00:33:11,931 SURPRISINGLY, WE HAVE FOUND NO IMMEDIATE ISSUES 639 00:33:11,931 --> 00:33:14,241 OTHER THAN HER EXTREME WEIGHT. 640 00:33:14,241 --> 00:33:17,379 BUT, WE GOT HER WEIGHT, AND SHE'S 662 POUNDS, 641 00:33:17,379 --> 00:33:19,310 WHICH IS A LOT FOR HER FRAME. 642 00:33:19,310 --> 00:33:20,965 BUT IF SHE LOSES A LITTLE WEIGHT, 643 00:33:20,965 --> 00:33:23,758 SHE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING UP AND WALKING AGAIN. 644 00:33:23,758 --> 00:33:26,931 BECAUSE HER LEGS AND HER MUSCLES WEREN'T AS ATROPHIED 645 00:33:26,931 --> 00:33:29,724 AS I WOULD EXPECT AFTER TWO YEARS IN BED, 646 00:33:29,724 --> 00:33:32,965 SO I THINK THE REAL ISSUE WITH LASHANTA BEING BED-RIDDEN 647 00:33:32,965 --> 00:33:34,965 IS THAT SHE JUST DECIDED ONE DAY 648 00:33:34,965 --> 00:33:36,620 SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GET UP ANYMORE. 649 00:33:36,620 --> 00:33:39,310 AND WHEN HER BOYFRIEND AND EVERYONE AROUND HER 650 00:33:39,310 --> 00:33:43,586 WAITED ON HER HAND AND FOOT, SHE HAS HAD NO REASON TO. 651 00:33:43,586 --> 00:33:46,241 SO, SHE NEEDS TO WORK ON GETTING UP AND WALKING 652 00:33:46,241 --> 00:33:49,413 INSTEAD OF CHOOSING TO LIVE THE SEDENTARY LIFE. 653 00:33:49,413 --> 00:33:52,379 BUT THERE IS NO REASON FOR US TO KEEP HER HERE, 654 00:33:52,379 --> 00:33:56,517 SO WE CAN SEND HER HOME TODAY WITH A DIET-AND-EXERCISE PLAN, 655 00:33:56,517 --> 00:34:00,000 BECAUSE HER PRIORITY IS TO GET HER LOSING WEIGHT AND UP 656 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,310 AND OUT OF THAT BED BEFORE HER HEALTH 657 00:34:02,310 --> 00:34:05,137 STARTS DETERIORATING FURTHER. 658 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,241 HEY, DR. NOW. 659 00:34:12,241 --> 00:34:13,379 HI, LASHANTA. 660 00:34:13,379 --> 00:34:15,448 -HI. -HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 661 00:34:15,448 --> 00:34:17,137 I'M FEELING GREAT. 662 00:34:17,137 --> 00:34:20,379 ALL RIGHT, ALL YOUR TESTS ARE LOOKING GOOD, 663 00:34:20,379 --> 00:34:22,793 SO IT'S GONNA BE SAFE FOR YOU TO GO BACK HOME. 664 00:34:22,793 --> 00:34:24,137 OOH. I CAN GO. 665 00:34:24,137 --> 00:34:25,379 YES. 666 00:34:25,379 --> 00:34:28,172 AND, NO BLOOD CLOT. AND NO OTHER PROBLEMS. 667 00:34:28,172 --> 00:34:30,206 EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD EXCEPT THAT YOUR WEIGHT 668 00:34:30,206 --> 00:34:31,965 IS OVER 600 POUNDS. 669 00:34:31,965 --> 00:34:34,172 SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE IMMEDIATELY, 670 00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:36,724 AS WELL AS GETTING YOU UP WALKING AGAIN. 671 00:34:36,724 --> 00:34:38,724 SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A HIGH-PROTEIN, 672 00:34:38,724 --> 00:34:41,000 LOW-CARB, 1,200-CALORIE-A-DAY DIET. 673 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,310 OKAY. 674 00:34:42,310 --> 00:34:45,137 AND I WANT YOU TO START ON THAT IMMEDIATELY, OKAY? 675 00:34:45,137 --> 00:34:46,137 OKAY. 676 00:34:46,137 --> 00:34:47,413 ASIDE FROM THAT, 677 00:34:47,413 --> 00:34:50,482 YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO START DOING SOME EXERCISES. 678 00:34:50,482 --> 00:34:52,206 AN HOUR OF EXERCISE IN THE MORNING. 679 00:34:52,206 --> 00:34:54,206 AN HOUR IN THE AFTERNOON. 680 00:34:54,206 --> 00:34:55,793 TWO HOURS OF EXERCISE. 681 00:34:55,793 --> 00:34:58,482 SO, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXERCISE PLAN FOR THAT, TOO. 682 00:34:58,482 --> 00:35:00,620 THAT INCLUDES SOME LEG WORKOUTS. 683 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:04,448 BUT THERE'S NO REASON FOR YOU TO BE IN THIS BED ANY LONGER. 684 00:35:04,448 --> 00:35:05,586 ALL RIGHT. 685 00:35:05,586 --> 00:35:07,137 AND IF YOU STICK TO ALL THAT, 686 00:35:07,137 --> 00:35:10,068 YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOSE 50 POUNDS IN ONE MONTH EASILY. 687 00:35:10,068 --> 00:35:11,448 -OKAY. -OKAY? 688 00:35:11,448 --> 00:35:13,413 IF YOU DO THAT BY YOUR FOLLOW-UP, 689 00:35:13,413 --> 00:35:16,206 THEN THE NEXT STEP FOR YOU IS TO MOVE DOWN HERE 690 00:35:16,206 --> 00:35:18,965 TO HOUSTON SO WE CAN GET YOU PHYSICAL THERAPY 691 00:35:18,965 --> 00:35:21,068 TO WORK WITH YOU.YEAH. 692 00:35:21,068 --> 00:35:23,379 ...AND GET YOU OUT OF BED AND WALKING AGAIN. 693 00:35:23,379 --> 00:35:26,137 THAT'D BE EXCITING. 694 00:35:26,137 --> 00:35:27,206 I AGREE. 695 00:35:27,206 --> 00:35:28,620 AND IF WE GET TO THAT POINT 696 00:35:28,620 --> 00:35:29,827 AND YOU'RE STILL LOSING WEIGHT, 697 00:35:29,827 --> 00:35:32,206 THEN WE'RE GONNA APPROVE YOU FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 698 00:35:32,206 --> 00:35:33,172 OKAY. OKAY? 699 00:35:33,172 --> 00:35:35,068 OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? 700 00:35:35,068 --> 00:35:37,448 NO. I'M JUST SO EXCITED. 701 00:35:37,448 --> 00:35:38,758 ALL RIGHT. 702 00:35:38,758 --> 00:35:40,689 WE'LL HAVE A TEAM UP HERE SHORTLY TO GET YOU BACK DOWN 703 00:35:40,689 --> 00:35:43,862 TO YOUR VEHICLE AND GET YOU BACK HOME. 704 00:35:43,862 --> 00:35:45,689 AND THEN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, 705 00:35:45,689 --> 00:35:47,068 ANY PROBLEMS, CALL US. 706 00:35:47,068 --> 00:35:48,379 OKAY. 707 00:35:48,379 --> 00:35:51,482 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BOTH HERE AGAIN SOON. 708 00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:52,965 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 709 00:35:52,965 --> 00:35:54,103 NICE MEETING YOU. 710 00:35:54,103 --> 00:35:55,758 NICE MEETING YOU. 711 00:35:59,413 --> 00:36:02,137 Dr. Nowzaradan: I'M GLAD TO SEE LASHANTA'S POSITIVE ATTITUDE 712 00:36:02,137 --> 00:36:04,103 AND THE EXCITEMENT SHE HAS AT THE PROSPECT 713 00:36:04,103 --> 00:36:05,931 OF GETTING HER LIFE BACK. 714 00:36:05,931 --> 00:36:09,034 BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT SHE'S NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING 715 00:36:09,034 --> 00:36:11,517 HOW HARD THIS IS GONNA BE FOR HER. 716 00:36:11,517 --> 00:36:15,689 BUT I'M HOPING SHE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN HER POSITIVITY, 717 00:36:15,689 --> 00:36:19,655 AND LOSE THE WEIGHT SHE NEEDS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 718 00:36:19,655 --> 00:36:20,965 AND WE COMING BACK! 719 00:36:20,965 --> 00:36:23,275 OH, WE COMING BACK. WE DEFINITELY COMING BACK. 720 00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:33,862 Lashanta: I'M GLAD I CAN GO HOME, BECAUSE I WASN'T PLANNING 721 00:36:33,862 --> 00:36:36,000 ON BEING AWAY FROM MY KIDS FOR TOO LONG. 722 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,758 -HI. -HI. 723 00:36:37,758 --> 00:36:39,827 AND I'M REALLY GLAD THERE ARE NO BIG ISSUES 724 00:36:39,827 --> 00:36:42,620 OR MEDICAL PROBLEMS WITH ME. 725 00:36:42,620 --> 00:36:46,620 ONE. TWO. THREE. 726 00:36:46,620 --> 00:36:48,551 DR. NOW DON'T PLAY. 727 00:36:48,551 --> 00:36:50,517 YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. 728 00:36:50,517 --> 00:36:53,655 AND I KNOW THAT DIET AND IMPROVING MY EATING HABIT 729 00:36:53,655 --> 00:36:58,275 IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS. 730 00:36:58,275 --> 00:37:02,724 IF I IMPROVE THE EATING HABITS AND KEEP UP WITH THE EXERCISING, 731 00:37:02,724 --> 00:37:06,862 THAT WEIGHT IS GONNA FALL OFF IN NO TIME. 732 00:37:06,862 --> 00:37:09,068 AFTER THIS, NO MORE CHANCES. 733 00:37:09,068 --> 00:37:14,034 SO THIS A -- THIS IS A MUST. 734 00:37:14,034 --> 00:37:17,068 SO I HAVE TO DO THIS, OR I'M GONNA LOSE EVERYTHING, 735 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:19,000 INCLUDING MY LIFE. 736 00:37:33,655 --> 00:37:35,689 Lashanta: IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE MY APPOINTMENT 737 00:37:35,689 --> 00:37:38,275 WITH DR. NOW, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON STUFF 738 00:37:38,275 --> 00:37:42,620 I'M SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON, BUT IT'S A LOT TO DO. 739 00:37:42,620 --> 00:37:46,448 I KEEP GOING OVER HIS DIET, AND NOTHING I REALLY LIKE 740 00:37:46,448 --> 00:37:50,137 OR WANT IS ON THE LIST OF WHAT I CAN HAVE. 741 00:37:50,137 --> 00:37:53,655 IT'S JUST LIKE, EVERY FOOD I LIKE IS GONE. 742 00:37:53,655 --> 00:37:57,241 SO I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. 743 00:37:57,241 --> 00:37:59,206 HERE YOU GO. YEAH, TAKE ALL OF THAT. 744 00:37:59,206 --> 00:38:02,137 I GOT TO DO MY EXERCISE. 745 00:38:02,137 --> 00:38:05,206 THE EXERCISE HASN'T BEEN TOO BAD, THOUGH. 746 00:38:05,206 --> 00:38:07,482 SOME OF THEM, I CAN DO EVERYTHING I NEED, 747 00:38:07,482 --> 00:38:10,000 LIKE MY ARMS AND UPPER BODY. 748 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,896 BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF LOWER-BODY ONES 749 00:38:11,896 --> 00:38:14,689 THAT DR. NOW GAVE ME TOO THAT I CAN'T DO 750 00:38:14,689 --> 00:38:17,344 BECAUSE I'M IMMOBILE, LIKE TRYING TO STAND 751 00:38:17,344 --> 00:38:19,896 AND PUT WEIGHT ON MY LEGS. 752 00:38:19,896 --> 00:38:22,137 BUT I'M TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS I CAN, 753 00:38:22,137 --> 00:38:24,758 BECAUSE I DO WANT TO MAKE PROGRESS. 754 00:38:29,241 --> 00:38:32,379 YOU WANT THIS RIGHT HERE? THIS IS FOR YOU. 755 00:38:32,379 --> 00:38:35,793 WITH MY DIET, I DID GIVE UP A LOT OF THINGS COLD TURKEY 756 00:38:35,793 --> 00:38:39,482 LIKE I WAS SUPPOSED, BUT I HAVE TO MAKE A FEW TWEAKS 757 00:38:39,482 --> 00:38:41,724 TO FIND THE BALANCE. 758 00:38:41,724 --> 00:38:44,413 LIKE DR. NOW SAID, I CAN HAVE CHICKEN. 759 00:38:44,413 --> 00:38:46,517 SO I'M EATING MY GRILLED CHICKEN, 760 00:38:46,517 --> 00:38:48,793 BUT I STILL HAVE TO MAKE THE FRIED CHICKEN 761 00:38:48,793 --> 00:38:51,896 LIKE I ALWAYS DO FOR MY FAMILY. 762 00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:56,103 BECAUSE THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF ME. 763 00:38:56,103 --> 00:38:57,896 AND I JUST SNEAK A LITTLE BIT OF IT 764 00:38:57,896 --> 00:39:02,724 WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING, AND MAYBE STASH A LITTLE FOR LATER. 765 00:39:02,724 --> 00:39:05,379 THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT WORKING HARD. 766 00:39:05,379 --> 00:39:08,275 I'M STILL DOING THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE MY VEGETABLES 767 00:39:08,275 --> 00:39:11,655 ARE STEAMED WITH NO BUTTER, LIKE DR. NOW SAID. 768 00:39:11,655 --> 00:39:14,758 SO, I'M DOING MY BEST TO WORK ON IT. 769 00:39:14,758 --> 00:39:17,000 AND JEREMY, TOO, YOU KNOW? 770 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,551 HE'S NOT BRINGING ME ANY JUNK FOOD. 771 00:39:19,551 --> 00:39:22,413 SO WE'RE BOTH TRYING TO FIND THE BALANCE WE NEED, 772 00:39:22,413 --> 00:39:24,448 BECAUSE WHEN WE GOT BACK HE TALKED TO ME 773 00:39:24,448 --> 00:39:28,172 ABOUT BEING WORRIED THAT I WOULD LOSE TOO MUCH WEIGHT. 774 00:39:28,172 --> 00:39:30,724 AND I TOLD HIM, "I'M STILL GONNA BE SEXY 775 00:39:30,724 --> 00:39:34,620 NO MATTER HOW MUCH I LOSE." 776 00:39:34,620 --> 00:39:37,586 J.T.: I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ATTRACTED TO BIG WOMEN. 777 00:39:37,586 --> 00:39:41,931 SO WHEN I SEE LASHANTA IS CONTINUING TO LOSE WEIGHT, 778 00:39:41,931 --> 00:39:45,517 LIKE, I WORRY A LITTLE BIT. 779 00:39:45,517 --> 00:39:47,931 Lashanta: I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT MY PROGRESS, 780 00:39:47,931 --> 00:39:51,068 AND I FEEL LIKE THE WEIGHT IS ALREADY STARTING TO COME OFF. 781 00:39:51,068 --> 00:39:54,000 AND WHEN I GO TO SEE DR. NOW IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, 782 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:59,586 I'LL HIT THE GOAL I'M SUPPOSED TO HIT WITH NO PROBLEM. 783 00:40:11,241 --> 00:40:14,551 THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD 784 00:40:14,551 --> 00:40:17,551 BECAUSE J.T. AND ME BROKE UP. 785 00:40:17,551 --> 00:40:20,551 I KNOW HE'D BEEN WORRYING ABOUT ME LOSING TOO MUCH WEIGHT, 786 00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:24,586 BUT I THOUGHT I STILL HAD HIS SUPPORT TO DO THIS. 787 00:40:24,586 --> 00:40:27,000 AND HE JUST SAID IF I LOST THE WEIGHT, 788 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,655 HE WOULDN'T BE ATTRACTED TO ME NO MORE. 789 00:40:30,655 --> 00:40:32,793 AND THEN HE LEFT ME. 790 00:40:32,793 --> 00:40:36,965 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW. 791 00:40:36,965 --> 00:40:40,344 WITHOUT J.T., I DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO HELP ME NO MORE. 792 00:40:40,344 --> 00:40:44,517 AND THAT CHANGES ALL THE PLANS FOR HOUSTON, TOO. 793 00:40:44,517 --> 00:40:46,931 SO I'M REALLY DEPRESSED ABOUT ALL THIS, 794 00:40:46,931 --> 00:40:49,413 BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE EVERY TIME I TRY 795 00:40:49,413 --> 00:40:52,448 TO TURN MY LIFE AROUND AND GET MY HEAD ABOVE WATER, 796 00:40:52,448 --> 00:40:55,241 IT JUST FEELS LIKE SOMETHING'S THERE TO TRIP ME UP 797 00:40:55,241 --> 00:40:57,068 AND DRAG ME BACK DOWN. 798 00:40:59,517 --> 00:41:00,862 MISSY: Hello? 799 00:41:00,862 --> 00:41:03,689 HEY, HONEY. HOW YOU DOING? 800 00:41:03,689 --> 00:41:06,034 I'm good. How about you? 801 00:41:06,034 --> 00:41:08,758 YOU KNOW, ME AND J.T., WE BROKE UP. 802 00:41:08,758 --> 00:41:10,103 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA REALLY 803 00:41:10,103 --> 00:41:12,965 DO THIS NOW, ABOUT TEXAS NOW. 804 00:41:12,965 --> 00:41:14,344 Oh. 805 00:41:14,344 --> 00:41:19,896 EVERY TIME I GET SOMETHING STARTED, SOMETHING ALWAYS FAILS. 806 00:41:19,896 --> 00:41:22,137 SOMETHING'S ALWAYS BLOCKING IT. 807 00:41:22,137 --> 00:41:25,551 Sometimes things happen for your greater good, so... 808 00:41:25,551 --> 00:41:29,137 Maybe you need that to leave so you can concentrate 809 00:41:29,137 --> 00:41:32,586 and be focused on what you need to be focused on. 810 00:41:32,586 --> 00:41:36,482 IF I DON'T SHAPE UP AND GET MYSELF TOGETHER 811 00:41:36,482 --> 00:41:39,482 AND GET THE HELP I NEED, IT'S GONNA BE OVER FOR ME. 812 00:41:39,482 --> 00:41:41,551 LIFE'S GONNA PASS ME BY. 813 00:41:41,551 --> 00:41:43,310 I'M GONNA BE IN THIS BED. 814 00:41:43,310 --> 00:41:45,068 I AIN'T GONNA HAVE NO WAY OUT. 815 00:41:45,068 --> 00:41:47,241 I AIN'T GONNA HAVE NOTHING TO DO. 816 00:41:47,241 --> 00:41:48,482 I'M GONNA JUST BE... 817 00:41:48,482 --> 00:41:51,482 IT'S JUST -- IT'S GONNA BE AWFUL. 818 00:41:51,482 --> 00:41:53,000 Well, it starts with you, 819 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,517 and you're the only one that could stop you. 820 00:41:55,517 --> 00:41:57,172 You're the only could stop Lashanta, 821 00:41:57,172 --> 00:41:59,275 so just think positive. 822 00:41:59,275 --> 00:42:02,724 YOU'RE RIGHT. 823 00:42:02,724 --> 00:42:04,379 WELL, HONEY, I AIN'T GONNA HOLD YOU. 824 00:42:04,379 --> 00:42:06,034 I'M GONNA LET YOU GO. 825 00:42:06,034 --> 00:42:07,413 Call me if you need me. 826 00:42:07,413 --> 00:42:08,551 ALL RIGHT, BABY. TAKE CARE. 827 00:42:08,551 --> 00:42:11,655 Okay. All right. Goodbye. 828 00:42:22,275 --> 00:42:25,482 I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK TO SEE DR. NOW TWO DAYS AGO, 829 00:42:25,482 --> 00:42:30,068 BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO GO DOWN WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON. 830 00:42:30,068 --> 00:42:33,379 THERE IS NO WAY I CAN DO THIS ON MY OWN, AND RIGHT NOW, 831 00:42:33,379 --> 00:42:36,965 I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN EVEN MANAGE HERE 832 00:42:36,965 --> 00:42:41,793 WITH STUFF LIKE GOING TO THE BATHROOM AND TAKING A BATH. 833 00:42:41,793 --> 00:42:43,275 BUT I CAN'T MESS THIS UP 834 00:42:43,275 --> 00:42:46,689 NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY LIFE. 835 00:42:46,689 --> 00:42:49,206 BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN'T KEEP GOING LIKE THIS, 836 00:42:49,206 --> 00:42:53,172 AND THAT I'M NOT GONNA LAST LONG IF I DON'T GET THE HELP I NEED. 837 00:43:16,551 --> 00:43:18,931 Lashanta: I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK AT DR. NOW'S 838 00:43:18,931 --> 00:43:21,724 LAST MONTH FOR MY FOLLOW-UP, 839 00:43:21,724 --> 00:43:24,689 BUT BECAUSE MY BOYFRIEND LEFT ME I DON'T HAVE ANYONE 840 00:43:24,689 --> 00:43:27,620 TO GO WITH ME, SO I DON'T KNOW 841 00:43:27,620 --> 00:43:30,344 HOW I'M GONNA MAKE IT BACK DOWN RIGHT NOW. 842 00:43:30,344 --> 00:43:34,000 BUT DR. NOW TRIED TO CALL ME EARLIER TODAY AND I MISSED IT. 843 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:38,310 BUT HE LEFT ME A MESSAGE SAYING HE'S GONNA TRY ME BACK TODAY. 844 00:43:38,310 --> 00:43:40,965 BUT I'M SCARED TO TALK TO HIM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HIM 845 00:43:40,965 --> 00:43:44,896 TO THINK I'M NOT SERIOUS ABOUT DOING THIS. 846 00:43:44,896 --> 00:43:48,310 AND I'M REALLY HOPING HE STILL LETS ME TRY AND COME BACK 847 00:43:48,310 --> 00:43:50,931 FOR ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WHEN I CAN. 848 00:43:50,931 --> 00:43:53,689 THE PROBLEM IS, I JUST DON'T KNOW 849 00:43:53,689 --> 00:43:56,620 WHEN I'LL BE ABLE TO RIGHT NOW. 850 00:44:01,448 --> 00:44:03,241 HELLO? 851 00:44:03,241 --> 00:44:04,827 Yeah. This is Dr. Nowzaradan. 852 00:44:04,827 --> 00:44:06,103 Is that Lashanta? 853 00:44:06,103 --> 00:44:09,551 HI, DR. NOW. YEAH, THIS IS LASHANTA. 854 00:44:09,551 --> 00:44:10,827 What's going on? 855 00:44:10,827 --> 00:44:12,827 Because you were supposed to be back for your 856 00:44:12,827 --> 00:44:15,000 follow-up a few days ago, and show me 857 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,827 that you're sticking to the diet. 858 00:44:16,827 --> 00:44:19,551 So, why haven't you been back to see us? 859 00:44:19,551 --> 00:44:23,206 WELL...THE REASON WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN COMING IS, 860 00:44:23,206 --> 00:44:25,413 THAT I HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN MY LIFE. 861 00:44:25,413 --> 00:44:28,137 'CAUSE I'M GOING THROUGH SOME FINANCIAL STUFF, 862 00:44:28,137 --> 00:44:31,862 AND ME AND BAE, MY BOYFRIEND, ARE NOT TOGETHER NO MORE. 863 00:44:31,862 --> 00:44:33,896 Well, I'm sorry to hear that. 864 00:44:33,896 --> 00:44:36,862 But usually when someone gives me the excuses, 865 00:44:36,862 --> 00:44:39,068 it means they haven't been doing the diet, 866 00:44:39,068 --> 00:44:41,379 so is that what's going on with you? 867 00:44:41,379 --> 00:44:47,758 I MUST -- I MUST CONFESS, DR. NOW, I'VE BEEN CHEATING. 868 00:44:47,758 --> 00:44:49,551 What happened to all the positivity 869 00:44:49,551 --> 00:44:51,137 about turning your life around 870 00:44:51,137 --> 00:44:54,413 and telling me you're ready to do whatever it takes? 871 00:44:54,413 --> 00:44:56,413 I DON'T KNOW. 872 00:44:56,413 --> 00:44:58,413 IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. 873 00:44:58,413 --> 00:44:59,655 So, what? 874 00:44:59,655 --> 00:45:01,482 Does that mean that you should just give up 875 00:45:01,482 --> 00:45:03,137 on your health and your life? 876 00:45:03,137 --> 00:45:04,551 NO, I DON'T THINK THAT. 877 00:45:04,551 --> 00:45:05,827 Okay, then. 878 00:45:05,827 --> 00:45:08,241 It is time to start taking responsibility. 879 00:45:08,241 --> 00:45:11,517 And prioritizing your health can save your life. 880 00:45:11,517 --> 00:45:13,586 Is that something you think you can do? 881 00:45:13,586 --> 00:45:15,344 YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. 882 00:45:15,344 --> 00:45:18,206 I'M GONNA DO BETTER. I PROMISE. 883 00:45:18,206 --> 00:45:20,344 Okay, but you don't have any more time 884 00:45:20,344 --> 00:45:21,793 to miss... 885 00:45:21,793 --> 00:45:25,068 You're 5'2" and almost 700 pounds. 886 00:45:25,068 --> 00:45:27,068 That is a lot of strain on your body, 887 00:45:27,068 --> 00:45:29,275 and you're gonna get clear breaking points. 888 00:45:29,275 --> 00:45:32,689 So, if you wanted to do this, you need to do this now. 889 00:45:32,689 --> 00:45:34,724 If not, then we're done. 890 00:45:34,724 --> 00:45:38,310 OH, DR. NOW, GIVE ME A SECOND CHANCE. 891 00:45:38,310 --> 00:45:40,206 I'm telling you, getting second chances 892 00:45:40,206 --> 00:45:41,344 is up to you. 893 00:45:41,344 --> 00:45:44,379 You have to do your part and stop making excuses. 894 00:45:44,379 --> 00:45:46,827 You haven't done your diet and what you need, 895 00:45:46,827 --> 00:45:48,482 and you miss your appointment. 896 00:45:48,482 --> 00:45:51,103 And if you want me to believe that you really mean it 897 00:45:51,103 --> 00:45:52,931 when you say you want to do this, 898 00:45:52,931 --> 00:45:54,931 then you have to do better. 899 00:45:54,931 --> 00:45:57,413 I KNOW THAT I CAN DO BETTER, SO I'MA COME. 900 00:45:57,413 --> 00:46:00,655 I'MA COME DOWN FOR THE VISIT. 901 00:46:00,655 --> 00:46:03,724 Okay, then, I'm gonna give you one more month. 902 00:46:03,724 --> 00:46:04,931 But here's the deal. 903 00:46:04,931 --> 00:46:07,310 If you're sticking to the diet that you should, 904 00:46:07,310 --> 00:46:08,655 then you will be losing 905 00:46:08,655 --> 00:46:11,206 more than 50 pounds a month, easily. 906 00:46:11,206 --> 00:46:14,379 So, for every month I don't see you from now, 907 00:46:14,379 --> 00:46:17,068 I'm adding around 50 pounds to your weight loss goal. 908 00:46:17,068 --> 00:46:18,862 So, if you come down in a month, 909 00:46:18,862 --> 00:46:21,137 I should see 100 pounds weight loss for you. 910 00:46:21,137 --> 00:46:24,793 If it is two months from now, then 150 pounds. 911 00:46:24,793 --> 00:46:28,103 And if you continue to do that, then you're gonna hit your goal, 912 00:46:28,103 --> 00:46:31,103 then you need to work on moving here to Houston 913 00:46:31,103 --> 00:46:32,827 so we can start your physical therapy 914 00:46:32,827 --> 00:46:34,275 and get you mobile again, 915 00:46:34,275 --> 00:46:36,413 because the longer you're negligent, 916 00:46:36,413 --> 00:46:38,344 the lower the odds you will be able 917 00:46:38,344 --> 00:46:39,758 to survive much longer. 918 00:46:39,758 --> 00:46:43,103 So, there is no more time to waste with any of this. 919 00:46:43,103 --> 00:46:44,172 You got it? 920 00:46:44,172 --> 00:46:46,068 I DO.Okay, good. 921 00:46:46,068 --> 00:46:47,965 Because if you don't do all this, 922 00:46:47,965 --> 00:46:50,379 then there's nothing we can do to help you. 923 00:46:50,379 --> 00:46:53,172 WELL, DR. NOW, I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING 924 00:46:53,172 --> 00:46:54,655 YOU JUST TOLD ME TO DO. 925 00:46:54,655 --> 00:46:56,379 STICK TO THE DIET, 926 00:46:56,379 --> 00:46:59,482 AND I'MA GET ON TO MAKE MY ARRANGEMENTS 927 00:46:59,482 --> 00:47:03,344 TO GET DOWN THERE TO YOUR OFFICE AND DO EVERYTHING I NEED. 928 00:47:03,344 --> 00:47:05,689 I'MA MAKE YOU PROUD AND SHOW YOU, OKAY. 929 00:47:05,689 --> 00:47:06,758 All right. 930 00:47:06,758 --> 00:47:08,758 Do you need anything else from us? 931 00:47:08,758 --> 00:47:10,275 NO, DR. NOW. 932 00:47:10,275 --> 00:47:11,793 THANK YOU FOR CALLING. 933 00:47:11,793 --> 00:47:12,931 All right, bye-bye. 934 00:47:12,931 --> 00:47:14,931 BYE-BYE. 935 00:47:19,068 --> 00:47:21,689 Lashanta: I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA MOVE TO HOUSTON, 936 00:47:21,689 --> 00:47:25,241 BUT I KNOW I HAVE TO EITHER DO IT AND FIGURE IT OUT 937 00:47:25,241 --> 00:47:27,620 OR LOSE THE HELP I NEED, 938 00:47:27,620 --> 00:47:30,344 AND I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. 939 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:46,689 I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FINDING A PLACE IN HOUSTON, 940 00:47:46,689 --> 00:47:50,413 BUT I'M NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK FIGURING IT ALL OUT. 941 00:47:50,413 --> 00:47:53,655 AND IT'S LIKE EVERY TIME I TRY TO MAKE ONE STEP, 942 00:47:53,655 --> 00:47:56,137 I ALWAYS GOT TO MAKE TWO BACK. 943 00:47:59,689 --> 00:48:01,068 HERE YOU ARE, BABY. 944 00:48:01,068 --> 00:48:03,241 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. 945 00:48:08,172 --> 00:48:09,655 THAT THIRSTY, HUH? 946 00:48:09,655 --> 00:48:12,103 YEAH, I'M THIRSTY, NERVOUS BAD. 947 00:48:12,103 --> 00:48:13,827 I HOPE I GET THIS HOUSE. 948 00:48:13,827 --> 00:48:15,551 THE LADY, SHE'S GIVING ME THE RUNAROUND 949 00:48:15,551 --> 00:48:16,379 ABOUT THE HOUSE. 950 00:48:16,379 --> 00:48:18,068 YEAH. 951 00:48:18,068 --> 00:48:21,551 GIVE ME A PLATE. I'MA GIVE YOU SOME OF THIS. 952 00:48:21,551 --> 00:48:23,241 Lashanta: YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I HAD 953 00:48:23,241 --> 00:48:24,517 THE SUPPORT OF MY BOYFRIEND, 954 00:48:24,517 --> 00:48:26,275 BUT I DIDN'T. 955 00:48:26,275 --> 00:48:29,655 BUT I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY SONS, NOW. 956 00:48:29,655 --> 00:48:31,931 I TALK TO MY BOYS, AND THEY SAID 957 00:48:31,931 --> 00:48:33,241 THEY'LL MOVE DOWN WITH ME 958 00:48:33,241 --> 00:48:35,896 AND HELP PACK ALL OUR STUFF. 959 00:48:35,896 --> 00:48:38,482 THEY'VE BEEN REALLY STEPPING UP AND HELPING ME 960 00:48:38,482 --> 00:48:42,482 AND TAKING CARE OF ME, SO I KNOW I CAN DO THIS. 961 00:48:42,482 --> 00:48:46,068 BUT I KNOW I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, TOO. 962 00:48:46,068 --> 00:48:48,310 I HAVE TO GET THERE ASAP. 963 00:48:48,310 --> 00:48:50,275 AND THE LONGER I TAKE TO DO THAT, 964 00:48:50,275 --> 00:48:52,931 THE BIGGER MY WEIGHT LOSS WILL GET. 965 00:48:52,931 --> 00:48:55,586 AND I WORRY DR. NOW IS GONNA GIVE UP ON ME 966 00:48:55,586 --> 00:48:57,862 WHEN I'M WORKING AS HARD AS I CAN, 967 00:48:57,862 --> 00:49:00,172 SO I EITHER GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT 968 00:49:00,172 --> 00:49:03,172 OR I LOSE ANY CHANCE FOR MY LIFE. 969 00:49:18,620 --> 00:49:21,068 THEY'RE READY TO GO. THOSE ARE FULL. 970 00:49:21,068 --> 00:49:23,379 YEAH, PUT THAT ON THE CHAIR. 971 00:49:23,379 --> 00:49:25,379 Lashanta: I KNOW IT'S TAKEN ME A WHILE, 972 00:49:25,379 --> 00:49:28,206 BUT I'M FINALLY MOVING TO HOUSTON. 973 00:49:28,206 --> 00:49:30,758 IT WASN'T EASY, BUT I GOT A PLACE SET UP 974 00:49:30,758 --> 00:49:32,724 FOR ME AND THE BOYS. 975 00:49:32,724 --> 00:49:35,413 THEY'RE MOVING DOWN WITH ME TO DO THIS. 976 00:49:35,413 --> 00:49:37,206 SO I CALLED DR. NOW 977 00:49:37,206 --> 00:49:41,068 AND TOLD HIM I'M FINALLY COMING, LIKE I TOLD HIM I WAS. 978 00:49:41,068 --> 00:49:44,103 AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS SENDING A MEDICAL TRANSPORT 979 00:49:44,103 --> 00:49:46,965 TO COME GET ME SO IT'S SAFE. 980 00:49:46,965 --> 00:49:49,103 SO, I APPRECIATE THAT, 981 00:49:49,103 --> 00:49:53,310 AND I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS FINALLY COMING TOGETHER. 982 00:49:53,310 --> 00:49:56,068 MS. WHITE, WE'RE HERE TO TAKE YOU TO HOUSTON. 983 00:49:56,068 --> 00:49:57,241 ALL RIGHT. 984 00:49:57,241 --> 00:49:58,586 WE WANT TO GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD 985 00:49:58,586 --> 00:50:01,275 SO WE'RE NOT DELAYING THE DOCTOR AND EVERYBODY, OKAY? 986 00:50:01,275 --> 00:50:02,344 Lashanta: OKAY. 987 00:50:02,344 --> 00:50:03,586 WE GOT A GOOD, LITTLE DRIVE AHEAD OF US. 988 00:50:03,586 --> 00:50:04,965 ALL RIGHT. 989 00:50:04,965 --> 00:50:06,793 ONE... 990 00:50:06,793 --> 00:50:10,310 TWO, THREE, COME ON. 991 00:50:13,482 --> 00:50:16,482 NOW LET ME SCOOT THIS WAY. 992 00:50:16,482 --> 00:50:18,862 Lashanta: I'M PROUD OF MYSELF FOR STICKING IT OUT 993 00:50:18,862 --> 00:50:21,655 AND NOT GIVING UP THIS WHOLE THING. 994 00:50:21,655 --> 00:50:24,758 AND I FEEL NOW THAT THINGS ARE STARTING TO TURN AROUND, 995 00:50:24,758 --> 00:50:27,034 AND I HAVE A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE 996 00:50:27,034 --> 00:50:30,310 WAITING FOR ME AT TEXAS. 997 00:50:30,310 --> 00:50:32,724 Man: YOU EXCITED FOR YOUR MOVE? 998 00:50:32,724 --> 00:50:35,551 SCARED, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 999 00:50:35,551 --> 00:50:37,793 SAY BYE TO MAMA, HERE, AND WE'LL GET A LITTLE RIDE. 1000 00:50:37,793 --> 00:50:39,482 BABE, I'M ABOUT TO GO. 1001 00:50:39,482 --> 00:50:41,275 I GOT TO LOVE YOU AND LEAVE YOU. 1002 00:50:41,275 --> 00:50:42,862 YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. I LOVE YOU. 1003 00:50:42,862 --> 00:50:44,344 I'M PRAYING UP -- YOU'RE ALL RIGHT. 1004 00:50:44,344 --> 00:50:45,448 BYE! 1005 00:50:45,448 --> 00:50:48,344 BYE! GOOD LUCK! 1006 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,137 Dr. Nowzaradan: LASHANTA WILL BE ARRIVING BACK HERE, 1007 00:51:09,137 --> 00:51:10,965 AT THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY, 1008 00:51:10,965 --> 00:51:14,034 BUT IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE HER LAST APPOINTMENT. 1009 00:51:14,034 --> 00:51:15,551 SHE'S BEEN GIVING EXCUSES 1010 00:51:15,551 --> 00:51:18,758 ABOUT WHY SHE CAN'T COME BACK DOWN FOR THAT WHOLE TIME 1011 00:51:18,758 --> 00:51:20,655 BUT FINALLY SAID SHE WAS READY. 1012 00:51:20,655 --> 00:51:23,206 SO WE SENT AN AMBULANCE TO TRANSPORT HER HERE 1013 00:51:23,206 --> 00:51:24,931 SO WE CAN SEE HOW SHE'S DOING 1014 00:51:24,931 --> 00:51:27,689 AND WHAT, IF ANY, WEIGHT SHE HAS LOST. 1015 00:51:27,689 --> 00:51:30,931 BUT THE GOAL I GAVE HER WAS TO LOSE 50 POUNDS A MONTH. 1016 00:51:30,931 --> 00:51:32,827 SO IF SHE'S BEEN STICKING TO THE DIET, 1017 00:51:32,827 --> 00:51:35,793 SHE WOULD HAVE LOST AROUND 300 POUNDS AT THIS POINT. 1018 00:51:35,793 --> 00:51:37,172 BUT REALISTICALLY, 1019 00:51:37,172 --> 00:51:39,827 IF SHE LOST AROUND 80 POUNDS OVER THAT TIME, 1020 00:51:39,827 --> 00:51:41,827 IT WOULD, AT LEAST, SHOW ME SOME EFFORT 1021 00:51:41,827 --> 00:51:43,586 AND THAT SHE'S AT LEAST TRYING. 1022 00:51:43,586 --> 00:51:45,275 SO ONCE SHE GETS HERE, 1023 00:51:45,275 --> 00:51:47,000 WE WILL GET HER TRANSFERRED INSIDE 1024 00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:48,931 AND SEE HOW SHE'S DOING. 1025 00:51:55,724 --> 00:51:57,034 HI, LASHANTA. 1026 00:51:57,034 --> 00:51:58,206 Lashanta: HI, DR. NOW. 1027 00:51:58,206 --> 00:51:59,448 HOW WE DOING? 1028 00:51:59,448 --> 00:52:01,896 MY KNEES JUST HURT. I'M JUST READY TO GO HOME. 1029 00:52:01,896 --> 00:52:02,827 YOUR LEGS ARE HURTING? 1030 00:52:02,827 --> 00:52:04,586 MY KNEES. OKAY. 1031 00:52:04,586 --> 00:52:06,586 WE'LL GET YOU IN THERE AND CHECK YOU OUT, OKAY? 1032 00:52:06,586 --> 00:52:08,137 ALL RIGHT. 1033 00:52:12,034 --> 00:52:13,344 MAN... 1034 00:52:13,344 --> 00:52:17,241 MY LEG'S KILLING ME . 1035 00:52:17,241 --> 00:52:18,448 Dr. Nowzaradan: I'M CONCERNED ABOUT 1036 00:52:18,448 --> 00:52:20,172 HOW LASHANTA LOOKS RIGHT NOW. 1037 00:52:20,172 --> 00:52:22,586 BRINGING HER HERE BY MEDICAL TRANSPORT 1038 00:52:22,586 --> 00:52:25,655 HELPED MAKE SURE SHE DIDN'T DEVELOP ANY ISSUES ON THE ROAD 1039 00:52:25,655 --> 00:52:27,172 THAT COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. 1040 00:52:27,172 --> 00:52:29,448 BUT HER OVERALL CONDITION HAS APPEARED 1041 00:52:29,448 --> 00:52:30,793 TO HAVE DETERIORATED, 1042 00:52:30,793 --> 00:52:33,620 AND SHE'S NOT TAKING CARE OF HERSELF. 1043 00:52:33,620 --> 00:52:35,379 YOU CAN SMELL SHE HASN'T BATHED, 1044 00:52:35,379 --> 00:52:38,172 AND IF HER BOYFRIEND HELPED HER WITH HER HYGIENE, 1045 00:52:38,172 --> 00:52:39,241 SINCE HE'S GONE, 1046 00:52:39,241 --> 00:52:41,620 SHE MAY JUST HAVE GIVEN UP ON THAT. 1047 00:52:41,620 --> 00:52:43,068 AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, 1048 00:52:43,068 --> 00:52:46,206 SHE LIKELY STOPPED TAKING CARE OF HERSELF COMPLETELY RIGHT NOW. 1049 00:52:46,206 --> 00:52:47,620 AND FROM THE LOOKS OF HER, 1050 00:52:47,620 --> 00:52:50,586 SHE'S EVEN BIGGER NOW THAN SHE WAS SIX MONTHS AGO. 1051 00:52:50,586 --> 00:52:54,344 SO MY BIG CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS HOW MUCH HER HEALTH HAS DECLINED 1052 00:52:54,344 --> 00:52:56,275 SINCE SHE WAS LAST HERE. 1053 00:53:18,724 --> 00:53:20,068 ALL RIGHT. 1054 00:53:20,068 --> 00:53:22,689 ONE, TWO, THREE. 1055 00:53:22,689 --> 00:53:23,931 ONE, TWO. 1056 00:53:23,931 --> 00:53:25,620 THERE YOU GO. 1057 00:53:25,620 --> 00:53:26,655 ALL RIGHT. 1058 00:53:26,655 --> 00:53:30,275 PUT THIS BEHIND ME -- THIS SLIPPY BAG. 1059 00:53:30,275 --> 00:53:31,034 THANK YOU. 1060 00:53:31,034 --> 00:53:32,241 NO PROBLEM. 1061 00:53:35,068 --> 00:53:37,275 OH, GOD. 1062 00:53:37,275 --> 00:53:39,724 Dr. Nowzaradan: LASHANTA, YOU HAVEN'T LOST ANY WEIGHT. 1063 00:53:39,724 --> 00:53:41,344 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOUR CONDITION IS 1064 00:53:41,344 --> 00:53:43,000 VERY CONCERNING RIGHT NOW. 1065 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:45,310 SO WE NEED TO RUN SOME TESTS ON YOU IMMEDIATELY 1066 00:53:45,310 --> 00:53:46,620 TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU 1067 00:53:46,620 --> 00:53:49,206 BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND IT'S TOO LATE. 1068 00:53:49,206 --> 00:53:50,931 HOW YOU FEELING NOW? 1069 00:53:50,931 --> 00:53:55,413 MY KNEES HURT, BUT IT'S EASING UP A LITTLE BIT. 1070 00:54:04,103 --> 00:54:07,275 NOT MOVING MUCH AIR, HUH? 1071 00:54:07,275 --> 00:54:08,793 DO YOU FEEL SHORT OF BREATH? 1072 00:54:08,793 --> 00:54:09,896 NO. 1073 00:54:09,896 --> 00:54:11,379 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 1074 00:54:11,379 --> 00:54:12,827 WE GOT TO HOOK YOU UP TO A MONITOR, 1075 00:54:12,827 --> 00:54:14,206 SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, OKAY? 1076 00:54:14,206 --> 00:54:16,655 OKAY. 1077 00:54:16,655 --> 00:54:19,896 OVERALL, LASHANTA LOOKS TO BE IN VERY POOR HEALTH, 1078 00:54:19,896 --> 00:54:22,275 AND I'M WORRIED, WITH HOW LONG SHE'S GONE NOW 1079 00:54:22,275 --> 00:54:23,931 WITH ALL THIS WEIGHT ON HER, 1080 00:54:23,931 --> 00:54:25,206 THAT HER BODY IS STARTING 1081 00:54:25,206 --> 00:54:26,724 TO REACH A BREAKING POINT. 1082 00:54:26,724 --> 00:54:28,482 ALL BECAUSE LASHANTA HAS CHOSEN 1083 00:54:28,482 --> 00:54:31,137 TO CONTINUE HER SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR 1084 00:54:31,137 --> 00:54:33,310 AND LET HERSELF GET TO THIS POINT 1085 00:54:33,310 --> 00:54:35,793 BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DO THE WORK SHE NEEDS 1086 00:54:35,793 --> 00:54:38,517 AND GIVE UP THE FOOD SHE WANTS. 1087 00:54:44,241 --> 00:54:46,241 ALL RIGHT, LASHANTA. YEAH? 1088 00:54:46,241 --> 00:54:49,000 YOU STILL DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING A LOT OF ACTIVITY. 1089 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:51,344 WHAT IS YOUR ABILITY TO STAND UP? 1090 00:54:51,344 --> 00:54:55,137 I'VE BEEN TRYING, BUT IT'S BEEN KIND OF SLIM. 1091 00:54:55,137 --> 00:54:58,551 WELL, IF YOU STILL CAN'T GET UP AND YOUR BOYFRIEND IS GONE, 1092 00:54:58,551 --> 00:55:01,068 WHO'S BRINGING YOU FOOD? 1093 00:55:01,068 --> 00:55:03,827 THE MAN ACROSS THE STREET -- MY NEIGHBOR. 1094 00:55:03,827 --> 00:55:06,482 HE'S TRYING TO KILL YOU OR WHAT? 1095 00:55:06,482 --> 00:55:08,172 HE ALWAYS CALLING ME, 1096 00:55:08,172 --> 00:55:10,206 "LASHANTA, YOU WANT ME TO GO TO THE STORE FOR YOU?" 1097 00:55:10,206 --> 00:55:12,827 LASHANTA, DON'T WASTE YOUR BREATH WITH SOME GAME 1098 00:55:12,827 --> 00:55:15,689 WHERE YOU PRETEND YOUR NEIGHBOR IS FORCING YOU TO EAT. 1099 00:55:15,689 --> 00:55:17,931 YOU FIND ANOTHER PERSON TO MANIPULATE 1100 00:55:17,931 --> 00:55:19,310 INTO ENABLING YOU, 1101 00:55:19,310 --> 00:55:20,896 SO YOU'RE THE ONE DOING IT. 1102 00:55:20,896 --> 00:55:22,724 SO, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA STOP? 1103 00:55:22,724 --> 00:55:25,000 I'MA STOP EATING THE FOOD, DR. NOW. 1104 00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:26,172 WHEN? 1105 00:55:26,172 --> 00:55:29,310 I MEAN, IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS WE DIDN'T SEE YOU, 1106 00:55:29,310 --> 00:55:32,137 AND YOU HAVEN'T MADE ANY EFFORT TO LOSE ANY WEIGHT. 1107 00:55:32,137 --> 00:55:35,344 PLAYTIME OVER. 1108 00:55:35,344 --> 00:55:37,034 YOU SAID THAT LAST TIME, 1109 00:55:37,034 --> 00:55:39,448 AND YOU KEEP SAYING THAT, BUT YOU GAIN. 1110 00:55:39,448 --> 00:55:41,689 SO THIS IS ALL JUST A GAME TO YOU. 1111 00:55:41,689 --> 00:55:44,586 WHEN YOU TRY TO MANIPULATE EVERYONE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT, 1112 00:55:44,586 --> 00:55:47,655 AND YOU THINK THAT INCLUDES ME, AND IT DOESN'T. 1113 00:55:47,655 --> 00:55:49,965 YOU HAVE TO PROVE TO ME WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, 1114 00:55:49,965 --> 00:55:52,517 BUT YOU HAVEN'T, SO WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE 1115 00:55:52,517 --> 00:55:54,793 IT'S GONNA BE ANY DIFFERENT WITH YOU THIS TIME? 1116 00:55:54,793 --> 00:55:58,655 BECAUSE I DONE TRAVELED ALL THESE MILES 1117 00:55:58,655 --> 00:56:02,068 TO GET DOWN HERE TO CHANGE MY LIFE AROUND, 1118 00:56:02,068 --> 00:56:05,000 AND I CAN'T GO BACK TO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING. 1119 00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:06,896 BUT YOU COULD HAVE CHANGED YOUR LIFE 1120 00:56:06,896 --> 00:56:08,827 WHEN YOU WERE IN LOUISIANA. 1121 00:56:08,827 --> 00:56:11,413 IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T CONTINUE DOING THIS, 1122 00:56:11,413 --> 00:56:14,241 THEN WHAT STOPPED YOU FROM DOING IT LAST TIME? 1123 00:56:14,241 --> 00:56:16,517 WHAT WAS THE HOLDUP? 1124 00:56:16,517 --> 00:56:18,758 GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, 1125 00:56:18,758 --> 00:56:20,862 TRYING TO FIND A HOUSE, 1126 00:56:20,862 --> 00:56:22,931 TRYING TO GET OUT HERE. 1127 00:56:24,586 --> 00:56:26,344 GETTING DISGUSTED. 1128 00:56:26,344 --> 00:56:27,793 THESE ARE JUST MORE EXCUSES 1129 00:56:27,793 --> 00:56:29,862 BECAUSE YOU'D RATHER BLAME EVERYTHING ELSE 1130 00:56:29,862 --> 00:56:30,965 FOR YOUR SITUATION 1131 00:56:30,965 --> 00:56:33,034 AND ACT LIKE YOU HAVE NO CONTROL. 1132 00:56:33,034 --> 00:56:35,344 BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO YOUR PART. 1133 00:56:35,344 --> 00:56:36,793 YOU'RE RIGHT. 1134 00:56:36,793 --> 00:56:39,758 AND THIS ISN'T THE SAME PATHOLOGICAL SITUATION. 1135 00:56:39,758 --> 00:56:42,241 AND IF YOU DON'T START TO DO WHAT YOU NEED NOW, 1136 00:56:42,241 --> 00:56:44,137 YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ALIVE MUCH LONGER, 1137 00:56:44,137 --> 00:56:47,034 NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, IF NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE. 1138 00:56:47,034 --> 00:56:49,551 I'MA DO IT THIS TIME. I PROMISE. 1139 00:56:49,551 --> 00:56:52,000 WELL, YOU TOLD ME THAT SEVERAL TIMES. 1140 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:54,310 I KNOW. I'M SERIOUS, DR. NOW. I'M SERIOUS. 1141 00:56:54,310 --> 00:56:56,379 STOP TELLING ME AND START SHOWING ME. 1142 00:56:56,379 --> 00:56:57,413 THAT'S IT. 1143 00:56:57,413 --> 00:56:58,931 AND JUST BECAUSE YOU COME DOWN HERE 1144 00:56:58,931 --> 00:57:00,000 DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 1145 00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:02,172 WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, OKAY. 1146 00:57:02,172 --> 00:57:05,448 BUT SO FAR, YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ON YOUR PART, 1147 00:57:05,448 --> 00:57:08,448 AND YOU EXPECT US TO MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT. 1148 00:57:08,448 --> 00:57:10,000 WATCH, I'M A DO MY PART THIS TIME. 1149 00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:11,103 YOU GONNA SEE. 1150 00:57:11,103 --> 00:57:14,000 OKAY, I REALLY HOPE SO, FOR YOUR SAKE. 1151 00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:15,517 ALL RIGHT. 1152 00:57:19,103 --> 00:57:21,206 Dr. Nowzaradan: IF LASHANTA DOESN'T START TO WAKE UP, 1153 00:57:21,206 --> 00:57:23,275 SHE'S GONNA GET TO A POINT HERE SOON 1154 00:57:23,275 --> 00:57:25,827 WHERE IT WON'T MATTER WHAT WE DO. 1155 00:57:25,827 --> 00:57:29,034 WE WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP HER BODY FROM GIVING OUT, 1156 00:57:29,034 --> 00:57:30,689 SO SHE NEEDS TO GET HER WEIGHT DOWN 1157 00:57:30,689 --> 00:57:33,620 AND GET OUT OF THE BED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 1158 00:57:33,620 --> 00:57:36,275 BUT THE PRIORITY FOR US RIGHT NOW IS TO DETERMINE 1159 00:57:36,275 --> 00:57:38,482 WHAT LIFE-THREATENING ISSUES SHE'S FACING 1160 00:57:38,482 --> 00:57:41,586 AND WORK TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES BEFORE THEY GET WORSE, 1161 00:57:41,586 --> 00:57:43,241 AND IT'S TOO LATE FOR HER. 1162 00:57:57,551 --> 00:58:01,793 Lashanta: THIS PAST MONTH HASN'T GONE HOW I EXPECTED IT. 1163 00:58:01,793 --> 00:58:06,448 I GOT STUCK HERE AT THE HOSPITAL 'CAUSE OF MY MEDICAL ISSUES. 1164 00:58:06,448 --> 00:58:08,896 AND I WAS FORCED ON A DIET HERE, 1165 00:58:08,896 --> 00:58:11,896 SO THAT WAS A SHOCK. 1166 00:58:11,896 --> 00:58:15,310 BUT I'M GLAD I'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOSE A LOT OF WEIGHT HERE. 1167 00:58:15,310 --> 00:58:17,862 AND THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ME UP OUT OF THE BED 1168 00:58:17,862 --> 00:58:20,448 AND WALKING WITH THEIR PHYSICAL THERAPY. 1169 00:58:20,448 --> 00:58:23,724 BUT I KEEP TELLING THEM IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. 1170 00:58:23,724 --> 00:58:26,206 BUT DR. NOW SAYS 1171 00:58:26,206 --> 00:58:29,724 I'M FINALLY ABLE TO GO HOME, AND I'M EXCITED. 1172 00:58:29,724 --> 00:58:32,068 I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN OUR NEW PLACE, 1173 00:58:32,068 --> 00:58:34,551 BUT MY BOYS SAID THEY GOT EVERYTHING IN, 1174 00:58:34,551 --> 00:58:36,034 LIKE THEY NEEDED, 1175 00:58:36,034 --> 00:58:39,241 AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM FOR TAKING CARE OF THEYSELF. 1176 00:58:39,241 --> 00:58:41,517 BUT I KNOW IT'S NO TIME TO PLAY, THOUGH, 1177 00:58:41,517 --> 00:58:44,551 BECAUSE DR. NOW GAVE ME A NEW WEIGHT LOSS GOAL 1178 00:58:44,551 --> 00:58:48,137 AND SAYS I HAVE TO KEEP DOING MY PHYSICAL THERAPY AT HOME. 1179 00:58:48,137 --> 00:58:50,827 SO I GOT TO DO THIS BECAUSE NOW IS MY CHANCE 1180 00:58:50,827 --> 00:58:53,862 TO FINALLY GET APPROVED FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY. 1181 00:58:55,241 --> 00:58:56,965 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY, WE ARE DISCHARGING LASHANTA 1182 00:58:56,965 --> 00:58:59,103 FROM THE HOSPITAL AND SENDING HER HOME. 1183 00:58:59,103 --> 00:59:01,827 FOR THE PAST MONTH, WE'VE HAD TO KEEP HER HERE 1184 00:59:01,827 --> 00:59:04,586 TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF MEDICAL ISSUES SHE DEVELOPED 1185 00:59:04,586 --> 00:59:06,931 THAT WERE VERY DANGEROUS FOR HER. 1186 00:59:06,931 --> 00:59:08,758 SHE HAD A PROBLEM WITH HER KIDNEYS, 1187 00:59:08,758 --> 00:59:11,793 AND HER WHOLE PULMONARY SYSTEM WAS VERY WEAK. 1188 00:59:11,793 --> 00:59:14,965 SO, MY CONCERN WAS, IF WE SEND HER HOME, 1189 00:59:14,965 --> 00:59:17,241 SHE WOULD NOT HAVE LIVED FOR MUCH LONGER, 1190 00:59:17,241 --> 00:59:20,172 SO ADMITTED HER TO TREAT THOSE ISSUES 1191 00:59:20,172 --> 00:59:22,206 AND ALSO, PUT HER ON A CONTROLLED DIET 1192 00:59:22,206 --> 00:59:24,172 TO WORK ON GETTING HER WEIGHT DOWN 1193 00:59:24,172 --> 00:59:26,655 BECAUSE SHE WAS UP TO 689. 1194 00:59:26,655 --> 00:59:30,206 SO, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, INSTEAD OF LOSING ANY WEIGHT, 1195 00:59:30,206 --> 00:59:32,206 SHE GAINED 27 POUNDS. 1196 00:59:32,206 --> 00:59:33,517 BUT WHILE SHE WAS HERE, 1197 00:59:33,517 --> 00:59:36,137 WE GOT HER WEIGHT DOWN TO 579 POUNDS 1198 00:59:36,137 --> 00:59:37,241 AS OF TODAY. 1199 00:59:37,241 --> 00:59:39,551 SO THAT'S A WEIGHT LOSS OF 110 POUNDS 1200 00:59:39,551 --> 00:59:40,896 IN ONE MONTH FOR HER. 1201 00:59:40,896 --> 00:59:43,827 SO THAT SHOULD SHOW HER WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE 1202 00:59:43,827 --> 00:59:45,172 WHEN SHE'S ON A DIET. 1203 00:59:45,172 --> 00:59:47,827 WE ALSO HAVE HAD P.T. WORKING WITH HER 1204 00:59:47,827 --> 00:59:50,103 TO TRY AND GET HER STANDING AGAIN. 1205 00:59:50,103 --> 00:59:52,551 BUT SHE'S BEEN VERY RESISTANT TO THAT. 1206 00:59:52,551 --> 00:59:55,068 SO, I'M SENDING HER HOME WITH TWO GOALS. 1207 00:59:55,068 --> 00:59:57,241 THE FIRST THING IS -- I'M GIVING HER TWO MONTHS 1208 00:59:57,241 --> 00:59:59,793 TO LOSE 100 POUNDS ON HER OWN. 1209 00:59:59,793 --> 01:00:02,137 THE SECOND IS -- I WANT HER TO GET UP 1210 01:00:02,137 --> 01:00:03,896 AND OUT OF HER BED 1211 01:00:03,896 --> 01:00:06,689 AND PUT HER WEIGHT ON HER LEGS FOR A FEW SECONDS 1212 01:00:06,689 --> 01:00:08,310 WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE. 1213 01:00:08,310 --> 01:00:11,517 IF SHE MEETS THOSE TWO GOALS BY HER NEXT APPOINTMENT, 1214 01:00:11,517 --> 01:00:14,206 THEN I'LL APPROVE HER FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY. 1215 01:00:14,206 --> 01:00:16,620 BUT IF SHE DOESN'T, THEN I'M DONE 1216 01:00:16,620 --> 01:00:19,310 WITH ALL OF HER EXCUSES AND PROMISES, 1217 01:00:19,310 --> 01:00:21,758 BECAUSE SHE JUST KEEPS DOING THE SAME THING. 1218 01:00:21,758 --> 01:00:24,275 BUT TO TRY AND HELP WITH THAT PROBLEM, 1219 01:00:24,275 --> 01:00:26,689 WE'RE GONNA START HER GOING TO PSYCHOTHERAPY 1220 01:00:26,689 --> 01:00:30,137 TO TRY AND SEE IF LOLA CAN BREAK THROUGH TO HER. 1221 01:00:30,137 --> 01:00:32,482 BUT IF LASHANTA DOESN'T DO IT THIS TIME, 1222 01:00:32,482 --> 01:00:34,379 WE'RE DONE PLAYING GAMES WITH HER 1223 01:00:34,379 --> 01:00:36,413 AND PUTTING UP WITH HER LIES. 1224 01:00:36,413 --> 01:00:39,586 SO SHE CAN DO THIS NOW OR LOSE THIS CHANCE. 1225 01:00:39,586 --> 01:00:42,034 THE CHOICE IS COMPLETELY UP TO HER. 1226 01:01:01,586 --> 01:01:03,241 Lashanta: I'VE BEEN HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL 1227 01:01:03,241 --> 01:01:05,758 FOR ALMOST A WEEK NOW. 1228 01:01:05,758 --> 01:01:08,275 AND I WAS REALLY PROUD TO SEE THE PLACE. 1229 01:01:08,275 --> 01:01:12,482 MY BOYS HAD IT READY FOR ME AND HAD IT SET UP REAL NICE. 1230 01:01:12,482 --> 01:01:16,103 SO I HAVE JUST BEEN SETTLING IN, MOSTLY. 1231 01:01:16,103 --> 01:01:18,655 BEING IN THE HOSPITAL WAS VERY RESTRICTIVE, 1232 01:01:18,655 --> 01:01:21,103 BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WEIGHT I'VE LOST THERE, 1233 01:01:21,103 --> 01:01:23,000 AND I DO WANT TO KEEP IT UP. 1234 01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:26,827 AND ONE OF THE WAYS DR. NOW SAID I COULD KEEP DOING THAT IS 1235 01:01:26,827 --> 01:01:28,413 STARTING MEETING WITH A THERAPIST 1236 01:01:28,413 --> 01:01:30,620 TO TALK ABOUT MY EMOTIONAL ISSUES. 1237 01:01:30,620 --> 01:01:33,000 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING TODAY. 1238 01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:36,275 DR. NOW HAS A THERAPIST WHO'S COMING HERE 1239 01:01:36,275 --> 01:01:39,034 FOR ME TO TALK TO. 1240 01:01:39,034 --> 01:01:42,862 AND I DO PROBABLY NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO. 1241 01:01:42,862 --> 01:01:45,655 AND WHAT I'M HOPING TO GET OUT OF THERAPY 1242 01:01:45,655 --> 01:01:47,275 IS SOME HEALING -- 1243 01:01:47,275 --> 01:01:48,620 SOME HEALING FOR MYSELF. 1244 01:01:48,620 --> 01:01:50,827 HELLO! HI, I'M LOLA. 1245 01:01:50,827 --> 01:01:52,344 GERAMY.NICE TO MEET YOU. 1246 01:01:52,344 --> 01:01:54,137 Lashanta: SO, I'M HOPING THIS HELPS ME TODAY 1247 01:01:54,137 --> 01:01:57,241 SO I CAN CONTINUE MAKING PROGRESS LIKE I WANT. 1248 01:01:57,241 --> 01:01:58,448 Lashanta: HOW YOU DOING, LOLA? 1249 01:01:58,448 --> 01:01:59,448 HI! 1250 01:01:59,448 --> 01:02:01,344 NICE TO MEET YOU, MS. LASHANTA. 1251 01:02:01,344 --> 01:02:03,241 NICE TO MEET YOU. 1252 01:02:06,103 --> 01:02:07,310 OKAY. 1253 01:02:07,310 --> 01:02:09,310 SO, LASHANTA, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 1254 01:02:09,310 --> 01:02:11,655 ABOUT YOUR LIFE GROWING UP. 1255 01:02:11,655 --> 01:02:13,931 MY LIFE GROWING UP -- 1256 01:02:13,931 --> 01:02:16,344 I GOT MY HIGHS, AND I GOT MY LOWS, 1257 01:02:16,344 --> 01:02:20,827 AND WHEN MY MOM AND MY DAD HAD SPLIT UP, 1258 01:02:20,827 --> 01:02:23,448 THAT'S WHEN I WENT TO EATING MORE. 1259 01:02:23,448 --> 01:02:25,689 HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOUR PARENTS SPLIT UP? 1260 01:02:25,689 --> 01:02:27,344 I WAS LIKE 9. 1261 01:02:27,344 --> 01:02:30,620 SO, MS. LASHANTA, YOU DISCOVERED EARLY ON IN LIFE 1262 01:02:30,620 --> 01:02:33,724 THAT FOOD WAS AN IMMEDIATE FIX 1263 01:02:33,724 --> 01:02:36,931 TO PROBLEMS OR NEGATIVE FEELINGS. 1264 01:02:36,931 --> 01:02:38,137 YEAH. 1265 01:02:38,137 --> 01:02:39,689 NOW, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME 1266 01:02:39,689 --> 01:02:42,551 YOU WERE ABLE TO GET UP AND MOVE ABOUT? 1267 01:02:42,551 --> 01:02:46,137 OH, THREE YEARS AGO -- LIKE 3 1/2 YEARS GO. 1268 01:02:46,137 --> 01:02:47,862 WHAT DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO 1269 01:02:47,862 --> 01:02:50,620 ABOUT BEING UP AND ABOUT AGAIN? 1270 01:02:50,620 --> 01:02:54,448 I JUST WANT TO ANSWER THE DOOR, COOK A MEAL FOR THE CHILDREN, 1271 01:02:54,448 --> 01:02:56,586 AND GO TO THE BEAUTY PARLOR. 1272 01:02:56,586 --> 01:02:58,344 SO, SOME SIMPLE THINGS. 1273 01:02:58,344 --> 01:02:59,413 THAT'S IT. 1274 01:02:59,413 --> 01:03:00,862 MS. LASHANTA, WHAT ARE THE NAMES 1275 01:03:00,862 --> 01:03:03,310 AND AGES OF YOUR CHILDREN? 1276 01:03:03,310 --> 01:03:06,000 TYRONE IS 25 NOW. 1277 01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:08,689 MY DAUGHTER IS 22. 1278 01:03:08,689 --> 01:03:11,275 HER NAME IS GALLERY. 1279 01:03:11,275 --> 01:03:13,586 GERAMY'S 18. 1280 01:03:13,586 --> 01:03:15,758 AND DESHAUN IS 12. 1281 01:03:15,758 --> 01:03:17,896 DESHAUN AND GERAMY ARE HERE WITH YOU? 1282 01:03:17,896 --> 01:03:18,689 YEAH. 1283 01:03:18,689 --> 01:03:19,827 OKAY. 1284 01:03:19,827 --> 01:03:22,000 AND WHERE DO TYRONE AND GALLERY LIVE? 1285 01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:24,034 GALLERY'S STAYING IN NEW ORLEANS, 1286 01:03:24,034 --> 01:03:27,413 AND TYRONE IS INCARCERATED. 1287 01:03:27,413 --> 01:03:29,758 HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN INCARCERATED? 1288 01:03:29,758 --> 01:03:31,689 ABOUT A YEAR AND SOMETHING NOW. 1289 01:03:31,689 --> 01:03:33,517 TYRONE IS YOUR FIRSTBORN, RIGHT? 1290 01:03:33,517 --> 01:03:34,758 YEAH, CORRECT. 1291 01:03:34,758 --> 01:03:37,827 SO, YOU TWO SORT OF GREW UP TOGETHER, 1292 01:03:37,827 --> 01:03:39,310 TO A LARGE DEGREE. 1293 01:03:39,310 --> 01:03:40,551 RIGHT. 1294 01:03:40,551 --> 01:03:42,000 YOU KNOW, HE'S SEEN A LOT. 1295 01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:44,689 KIND OF A SHAME TO SAY, 1296 01:03:44,689 --> 01:03:49,586 BUT I HAVE SOLD DRUGS TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY. 1297 01:03:49,586 --> 01:03:50,931 OKAY. 1298 01:03:50,931 --> 01:03:54,517 AND I FEEL LIKE IF... 1299 01:03:54,517 --> 01:03:57,689 I DIDN'T EXPOSE HIM 1300 01:03:57,689 --> 01:04:00,551 TO WHAT I HAD GOING ON, 1301 01:04:00,551 --> 01:04:04,551 MAYBE HE WOULDN'T BE IN THE SITUATION HE IN. 1302 01:04:04,551 --> 01:04:06,689 AND THAT'LL BE AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION 1303 01:04:06,689 --> 01:04:08,310 FOR YOU TO HAVE WITH TYRONE. 1304 01:04:08,310 --> 01:04:09,379 OKAY. 1305 01:04:09,379 --> 01:04:13,034 BECAUSE I REALLY WANT YOU TO LET GO 1306 01:04:13,034 --> 01:04:17,724 OF ANY FEELINGS OF SHAME AND GUILT AND REGRET. 1307 01:04:17,724 --> 01:04:20,206 SHAME JUST WEIGHS US DOWN 1308 01:04:20,206 --> 01:04:22,896 AND LEADS US TO MAKE POOR DECISIONS 1309 01:04:22,896 --> 01:04:26,137 BECAUSE IT LOWERS OUR SELF-WORTH. 1310 01:04:26,137 --> 01:04:29,068 YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. 1311 01:04:29,068 --> 01:04:33,344 YOU ARE A RESILIENT AND STRONG AND CARING WOMAN, 1312 01:04:33,344 --> 01:04:35,620 AND YOU'RE STARTING OVER. 1313 01:04:35,620 --> 01:04:39,172 YOU'RE REDEFINING WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE 1314 01:04:39,172 --> 01:04:40,241 FOR YOU 1315 01:04:40,241 --> 01:04:42,034 AND FOR YOUR FAMILY. 1316 01:04:42,034 --> 01:04:43,793 AND YOU DON'T WANT TO FEEL TRAPPED ANYMORE, 1317 01:04:43,793 --> 01:04:46,551 SO YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING YOURSELF FREE. 1318 01:04:46,551 --> 01:04:48,793 I AM, HUH, MS. LOLA. 1319 01:04:48,793 --> 01:04:50,724 YOU ARE. 1320 01:04:50,724 --> 01:04:52,758 WELL, MS. LASHANTA, I REALLY FEEL 1321 01:04:52,758 --> 01:04:56,241 LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO DO INCREDIBLY. 1322 01:05:00,551 --> 01:05:02,517 ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU SOON. 1323 01:05:02,517 --> 01:05:04,965 BYE-BYE. 1324 01:05:04,965 --> 01:05:06,793 Lashanta: I THINK I DO FEEL BETTER NOW 1325 01:05:06,793 --> 01:05:08,689 THAT I GOT ALL THAT STUFF OUT, 1326 01:05:08,689 --> 01:05:10,862 ESPECIALLY ABOUT MY OLDEST SON 1327 01:05:10,862 --> 01:05:13,896 BECAUSE I HAD THAT GUILT FOR A LONG TIME. 1328 01:05:13,896 --> 01:05:16,793 LOLA DID HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INSIGHT FOR ME, 1329 01:05:16,793 --> 01:05:18,620 BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO REALLY THINK. 1330 01:05:18,620 --> 01:05:22,275 ABOUT EVERYTHING LOLA SAID I HAVE TO DO, 1331 01:05:22,275 --> 01:05:24,448 BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE SHE CAN SEE 1332 01:05:24,448 --> 01:05:27,413 HOW MUCH I ALREADY BEEN HELPED TODAY. 1333 01:05:27,413 --> 01:05:31,000 SO I'M FEELING REALLY GOOD, AND I'M PROUD OF MYSELF. 1334 01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:34,206 I'M GETTING CLOSE THAN EVER TO BEING WHAT I NEED, 1335 01:05:34,206 --> 01:05:36,586 SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT HELPED ME 1336 01:05:36,586 --> 01:05:39,000 WITH ALL THE PROGRESS I'M MAKING. 1337 01:05:53,172 --> 01:05:57,103 IT'S BEEN A HARD COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE MY THERAPY APPOINTMENT... 1338 01:05:57,413 --> 01:06:01,931 Lashanta: GIVE ME THAT BOARD DOWN THERE. 1339 01:06:01,931 --> 01:06:03,034 Lashanta: ...BECAUSE I THINK 1340 01:06:03,034 --> 01:06:05,137 TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING, LIKE I DID, 1341 01:06:05,137 --> 01:06:08,241 ENDED UP HAVING THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON ME. 1342 01:06:08,241 --> 01:06:12,206 I BROUGHT ALL THAT EMOTION TO THE SURFACE, 1343 01:06:12,206 --> 01:06:15,310 SO NOW I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING EVEN MORE. 1344 01:06:15,310 --> 01:06:17,965 MY CRAVINGS HAVE COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE, 1345 01:06:17,965 --> 01:06:19,827 AND THEY'VE BEEN SO POWERFUL. 1346 01:06:19,827 --> 01:06:22,344 SO, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME DEALING WITH THAT 1347 01:06:22,344 --> 01:06:23,965 BECAUSE I JUST HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING 1348 01:06:23,965 --> 01:06:25,551 TO HELP ME DEAL RIGHT NOW, 1349 01:06:25,551 --> 01:06:28,862 JUST TO HELP ME GET PAST EVERYTHING I'M FEELING. 1350 01:06:31,482 --> 01:06:33,862 I AM HUNGRY, AND I WANT SOMETHING TO EAT. 1351 01:06:33,862 --> 01:06:35,137 LIKE WHAT? 1352 01:06:35,137 --> 01:06:37,137 I GOT A TASTE FOR SOME PIZZA. 1353 01:06:40,275 --> 01:06:42,551 DESHAUN, I CAN'T TAKE THIS. 1354 01:06:42,551 --> 01:06:45,000 I JUST NEED ABOUT TWO, THREE SLICES, 1355 01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:47,827 AND I CAN WORK IT OFF. 1356 01:06:47,827 --> 01:06:50,137 YOU HAVE TO LOSE THE WEIGHT. 1357 01:06:56,413 --> 01:06:58,620 I NEED SOME GREASE. 1358 01:07:08,862 --> 01:07:09,931 WOMAN: Thank you for calling. 1359 01:07:09,931 --> 01:07:13,482 CAN I HAVE ME A PEPPERONI PIZZA? 1360 01:07:13,482 --> 01:07:16,758 I WANT HALF PEPPERONI AND HALF SAUSAGE. 1361 01:07:16,758 --> 01:07:18,862 Okay. 1362 01:07:18,862 --> 01:07:21,379 We'll be there in about 30 minutes. 1363 01:07:21,379 --> 01:07:22,896 THANK YOU. 1364 01:07:35,241 --> 01:07:37,275 COME ON, COME ON, COME ON. 1365 01:07:37,275 --> 01:07:38,206 THANK YOU. 1366 01:07:38,206 --> 01:07:39,482 YOU'RE WELCOME. 1367 01:07:51,413 --> 01:07:54,551 Lashanta: I HAVE ONE MORE MONTH BEFORE I SEE DR. NOW AGAIN, 1368 01:07:54,551 --> 01:07:58,000 AND I'M STILL DETERMINED TO HIT MY GOAL. 1369 01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:01,241 I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO STAND YET WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY 1370 01:08:01,241 --> 01:08:03,068 LIKE DR. NOW WANTS, 1371 01:08:03,068 --> 01:08:05,620 BUT I KNOW I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP LOSING 1372 01:08:05,620 --> 01:08:10,034 AND GET TO MY GOAL SO THAT I CAN GET WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY. 1373 01:08:10,034 --> 01:08:13,724 I JUST HAVE MY MOMENTS, SO I STRUGGLE RIGHT NOW. 1374 01:08:13,724 --> 01:08:16,275 BUT I'M TRYING THE BEST I CAN 1375 01:08:16,275 --> 01:08:18,172 BECAUSE I KNOW IF I MESS THIS UP, 1376 01:08:18,172 --> 01:08:22,482 DR. NOW SAID HE'S GONNA KICK ME OUT THE PROGRAM. 1377 01:08:22,482 --> 01:08:24,172 SO I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. 1378 01:08:37,241 --> 01:08:40,206 Lashanta: I'M HEADED BACK TO SEE DR. NOW, 1379 01:08:40,206 --> 01:08:41,413 AND I'M REALLY SCARED 1380 01:08:41,413 --> 01:08:44,448 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA GO. 1381 01:08:44,448 --> 01:08:47,137 I KNOW I TRIED HARD AND PUSHED MYSELF 1382 01:08:47,137 --> 01:08:51,034 TO GET TO WHERE I NEED, ESPECIALLY THIS PAST MONTH. 1383 01:08:51,034 --> 01:08:53,586 BUT I FEEL LIKE THERAPY BACKFIRED ON ME 1384 01:08:53,586 --> 01:08:56,344 AND MADE IT EVEN TOUGHER ON ME. 1385 01:08:56,344 --> 01:08:59,965 AND I KNOW I DID MAKE PROGRESS DESPITE THAT. 1386 01:08:59,965 --> 01:09:03,413 BUT MY FEAR IS, NO MATTER HOW MUCH PROGRESS I MADE, 1387 01:09:03,413 --> 01:09:05,103 IT'S NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH, 1388 01:09:05,103 --> 01:09:09,862 AND DR. NOW'S GONNA TELL ME I'M DONE WITH HIS PROGRAM. 1389 01:09:09,862 --> 01:09:12,896 BUT I'M HOPING THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT GOES TODAY. 1390 01:09:19,103 --> 01:09:20,724 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY, WE'RE BRING LASHANTA BACK 1391 01:09:20,724 --> 01:09:23,034 TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HER NEXT CHECKUP 1392 01:09:23,034 --> 01:09:25,517 TO SEE IF SHE HIT HER WEIGHT LOSS GOAL. 1393 01:09:25,517 --> 01:09:28,379 SHE HASN'T MADE MUCH PROGRESS WITH P.T., 1394 01:09:28,379 --> 01:09:31,758 BUT BECAUSE SHE'S STILL REFUSING TO STAND AND WORK WITH THEM 1395 01:09:31,758 --> 01:09:34,103 TO USE HER LEGS LIKE SHE SHOULD, 1396 01:09:34,103 --> 01:09:36,551 SO WE STILL HAVE TO TRANSPORT HER, 1397 01:09:36,551 --> 01:09:39,931 WHICH ISN'T A GOOD SIGN ABOUT HER OVERALL PROGRESS. 1398 01:09:39,931 --> 01:09:42,275 WE WERE TELLING HER LAST TIME 1399 01:09:42,275 --> 01:09:44,724 THAT THIS IS HER LAST CHANCE. 1400 01:09:44,724 --> 01:09:48,586 SO, HOPEFULLY THAT COMBINED WITH STARTING HER PSYCHOTHERAPY 1401 01:09:48,586 --> 01:09:50,551 HAS HELPED WAKE HER UP. 1402 01:09:50,551 --> 01:09:53,482 BUT IF SHE HASN'T, THEN THIS WILL BE IT FOR HER 1403 01:09:53,482 --> 01:09:56,965 BECAUSE SHE GOT EVERY TOOL AND OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. 1404 01:10:04,517 --> 01:10:06,517 HI, LASHANTA. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 1405 01:10:06,517 --> 01:10:08,413 GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO. 1406 01:10:08,413 --> 01:10:10,551 NOW THAT WE GOT YOU IN A BED WITH A SCALE, 1407 01:10:10,551 --> 01:10:12,862 LET'S CHECK YOUR WEIGHT AND SEE WHERE YOU'RE AT. 1408 01:10:12,862 --> 01:10:15,034 OKAY. 1409 01:10:15,034 --> 01:10:17,379 YOU WERE 579 POUNDS 1410 01:10:17,379 --> 01:10:19,379 WHEN YOU LEFT THE HOSPITAL TWO MONTHS AGO, 1411 01:10:19,379 --> 01:10:22,206 AND YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LOSE 100 POUNDS. 1412 01:10:22,206 --> 01:10:25,724 SO, YOU SHOULD BE 479 POUNDS TODAY. 1413 01:10:25,724 --> 01:10:30,206 BUT TODAY, YOU'RE AT 576. 1414 01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:40,413 YOU LOST A WHOLE 3 POUNDS. 1415 01:10:40,413 --> 01:10:43,793 SO, IT'S CLEAR YOU WENT HOME AND YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR DIET 1416 01:10:43,793 --> 01:10:45,862 AND KEEP SAYING, "I'M GONNA DO IT" 1417 01:10:45,862 --> 01:10:47,862 AND "GIVE ME THE CHANCE." 1418 01:10:47,862 --> 01:10:51,068 WE'VE GIVEN YOU EVERY CHANCE POSSIBLE NOW. 1419 01:10:51,068 --> 01:10:53,827 AND YOU'RE GONNA KILL YOURSELF FOR THE FOOD, 1420 01:10:53,827 --> 01:10:56,689 AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO STOP YOU FROM THAT. 1421 01:10:56,689 --> 01:10:58,689 YOU KEEP PROMISING AND PROMISING 1422 01:10:58,689 --> 01:11:01,034 AND BEGGING FOR ANOTHER CHANCE. 1423 01:11:01,034 --> 01:11:02,827 THIS IS ALL JUST A GAME TO YOU, 1424 01:11:02,827 --> 01:11:05,310 AND YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 1425 01:11:05,310 --> 01:11:08,482 YOU'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO THIS FOR NINE MONTHS, 1426 01:11:08,482 --> 01:11:10,586 BUT INSTEAD, YOU KEEP LYING TO YOURSELF 1427 01:11:10,586 --> 01:11:12,655 AND KEEP LYING TO ME. 1428 01:11:12,655 --> 01:11:15,379 SO AT THIS POINT, ALL THE EVIDENCE IS TELLING ME 1429 01:11:15,379 --> 01:11:17,310 THAT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA LOSE THE WEIGHT. 1430 01:11:17,310 --> 01:11:19,448 I AM GONNA LOSE THE WEIGHT, DR. NOW. 1431 01:11:19,448 --> 01:11:20,586 WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 1432 01:11:20,586 --> 01:11:23,068 I AIN'T COME DOWN HERE FOR NOTHING. 1433 01:11:23,068 --> 01:11:24,275 YES, YOU DID. 1434 01:11:24,275 --> 01:11:26,413 YOU CAME DOWN HERE FOR NOTHING. 1435 01:11:26,413 --> 01:11:28,551 BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING HERE 1436 01:11:28,551 --> 01:11:30,206 THAT YOU DID BACK HOME. 1437 01:11:30,206 --> 01:11:33,275 NOTHING IS DIFFERENT WITH YOU EXCEPT YOUR LOCATION. 1438 01:11:33,275 --> 01:11:35,310 SO YOU MADE YOUR CHOICE, 1439 01:11:35,310 --> 01:11:38,620 AND YOUR CHOICE IS TO KILL YOURSELF WITH FOOD. 1440 01:11:38,620 --> 01:11:40,103 GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE. 1441 01:11:40,103 --> 01:11:42,862 NO, NO. WE GAVE YOU ALL THE CHANCE YOU NEED. 1442 01:11:42,862 --> 01:11:44,413 THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. 1443 01:11:44,413 --> 01:11:46,172 YOU CAN GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE, DR. NOW. 1444 01:11:46,172 --> 01:11:47,448 WELL, I -- 1445 01:11:47,448 --> 01:11:49,413 YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOURSELF THE CHANCE, NOT ME. 1446 01:11:49,413 --> 01:11:51,206 I AM GONNA GIVE MYSELF A CHANCE, 1447 01:11:51,206 --> 01:11:52,793 BUT I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME ONE MONTH. 1448 01:11:52,793 --> 01:11:55,413 NO. NO, LASHANTA, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THE CHANCES. 1449 01:11:55,413 --> 01:11:59,034 YOU'RE GONNA KILL YOURSELF WITH THE FOOD. 1450 01:11:59,034 --> 01:12:01,965 ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'M GONNA GET A CALL 1451 01:12:01,965 --> 01:12:05,344 THAT THEY FIND YOU DEAD OR YOU HAD A CHEST PAIN, 1452 01:12:05,344 --> 01:12:07,931 A HEART ATTACK, YOUR BODY GAVE OUT, 1453 01:12:07,931 --> 01:12:09,379 AND THIS IS IT. 1454 01:12:09,379 --> 01:12:13,137 YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE, THEY COME WITH THE SAME STORY? 1455 01:12:13,137 --> 01:12:15,413 I END UP WRITING THEIR DEATH CERTIFICATE. 1456 01:12:15,413 --> 01:12:17,034 THAT'S IT. 1457 01:12:17,034 --> 01:12:19,068 AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ANY DIFFERENT 1458 01:12:19,068 --> 01:12:22,241 BECAUSE YOU KEEP SAYING NINE MONTHS -- 1459 01:12:22,241 --> 01:12:25,344 WHEN YOU GOT HERE, YOU WERE IN HOSPITAL, 1460 01:12:25,344 --> 01:12:27,586 WE GAVE YOU ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED. 1461 01:12:27,586 --> 01:12:29,827 WE EVEN GAVE YOU PSYCHOTHERAPY. 1462 01:12:29,827 --> 01:12:31,241 BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS 1463 01:12:31,241 --> 01:12:34,172 IF YOU WON'T MAKE THE CHOICE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED, 1464 01:12:34,172 --> 01:12:36,724 SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I CAN DO. 1465 01:12:36,724 --> 01:12:38,000 THERE'S NOTHING. 1466 01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:41,206 AND YOU CAN BEG ME FOR MANY MORE CHANCES. 1467 01:12:41,206 --> 01:12:43,344 IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING. 1468 01:12:43,344 --> 01:12:46,137 WE CAN'T EVEN CONSIDER YOU FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY RIGHT NOW 1469 01:12:46,137 --> 01:12:47,896 AS A LAST-DITCH OPTION 1470 01:12:47,896 --> 01:12:50,310 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA... WITH THE OPERATION, 1471 01:12:50,310 --> 01:12:53,551 NOT GONNA SURVIVE THAT SURGERY IN THE CONDITION YOU'RE IN. 1472 01:12:53,551 --> 01:12:56,206 SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I CAN DO FOR YOU. 1473 01:12:56,206 --> 01:12:59,241 GIVE ME ONE MORE MONTH TO LOSE THE 50 POUNDS! 1474 01:12:59,241 --> 01:13:00,482 YOU'RE NOT GONNA LOSE THE 50 POUNDS. 1475 01:13:00,482 --> 01:13:02,896 YES, I AM! I'MA SHOW YOU. I'MA SHOW YOU. 1476 01:13:02,896 --> 01:13:04,137 GIVE ME ONE MORE MONTH. 1477 01:13:04,137 --> 01:13:06,103 DON'T SHUT THE DOOR ON ME RIGHT NOW. 1478 01:13:06,103 --> 01:13:08,137 I'M NOT SHUTTING IT. YOU ARE. 1479 01:13:08,137 --> 01:13:09,620 I'MA LOSE THE WEIGHT. GIVE ME ONE MORE MONTH. 1480 01:13:09,620 --> 01:13:11,000 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 1481 01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:14,551 I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD YOU SAY BECAUSE YOU KEEP LYING, 1482 01:13:14,551 --> 01:13:15,931 AND YOU KEEP LYING TO YOURSELF, 1483 01:13:15,931 --> 01:13:18,517 AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE I CAN DO FOR YOU. 1484 01:13:18,517 --> 01:13:22,103 I CAN'T GO HOME LIKE THIS. I CAN'T GO HOME. 1485 01:13:22,103 --> 01:13:25,344 I CAN'T GO HOME LIKE THIS... LIKE IT'S OVER. 1486 01:13:25,344 --> 01:13:26,896 NO! UNH-UNH! 1487 01:13:26,896 --> 01:13:28,310 I CAN'T DO THIS. 1488 01:13:28,310 --> 01:13:29,862 YOU GOT TO GIVE ME ONE MONTH. 1489 01:13:29,862 --> 01:13:31,896 YOU GOT TO GIVE ME ONE MONTH TO LOSE THE WEIGHT. 1490 01:13:31,896 --> 01:13:33,137 I CAN'T GO HOME 1491 01:13:33,137 --> 01:13:35,275 AND TELL MY CHILDREN THAT IT'S OVER. 1492 01:13:35,275 --> 01:13:36,482 I CAN'T GO HOME 1493 01:13:36,482 --> 01:13:38,034 AND TELL MY MAMA THAT IT'S OVER. 1494 01:13:38,034 --> 01:13:39,586 I CAN'T. I CAN'T! 1495 01:13:39,586 --> 01:13:41,000 YOU GOT TO GIVE ME ONE MORE MONTH! 1496 01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:44,482 I'M ASKING YOU. GIVE ME ONE MORE MONTH! 1497 01:13:44,482 --> 01:13:47,206 YOU'VE HAD NINE ALREADY. 1498 01:13:48,310 --> 01:13:50,068 I DON'T WANT TO BE KICKED OUT THE PROGRAM. 1499 01:13:50,068 --> 01:13:51,896 YOU NEVER STARTED THE PROGRAM. 1500 01:13:51,896 --> 01:13:54,344 TO DO THE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DIET. 1501 01:13:54,344 --> 01:13:57,000 YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT, SO WHAT PROGRAM 1502 01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:58,965 HAVE YOU BEEN PARTICIPATING IN? 1503 01:13:58,965 --> 01:14:00,862 BECAUSE IT'S NOT THIS ONE. 1504 01:14:00,862 --> 01:14:03,379 WHY DON'T YOU JUST GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE, DR. NOW! 1505 01:14:03,379 --> 01:14:06,586 ONE MORE CHANCE WILL JUST LEAD YOU TO COME BACK 1506 01:14:06,586 --> 01:14:08,517 AND TELL ME YOU NEED ONE MORE CHANCE. 1507 01:14:08,517 --> 01:14:09,896 NO, I AIN'T TAKE IT NO MORE. 1508 01:14:09,896 --> 01:14:11,551 AFTER THIS, I AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT NO MORE. 1509 01:14:11,551 --> 01:14:13,034 YOU AIN'T GONNA HEAR NOTHING FROM ME. 1510 01:14:13,034 --> 01:14:14,206 NO MORE SAYING, "ONE MORE." 1511 01:14:14,206 --> 01:14:16,275 OKAY, YOU HAVE ALL THE TIME YOU WANT. 1512 01:14:16,275 --> 01:14:18,206 YOU WANT ONE MONTH, YOU HAVE IT. 1513 01:14:18,206 --> 01:14:20,206 YOU WANT TWO MONTHS, YOU HAVE IT. 1514 01:14:20,206 --> 01:14:21,655 BE MY GUEST. 1515 01:14:21,655 --> 01:14:24,620 AND I'LL MAKE YOU THE SAME DEAL AS ALL THE OTHER PATIENTS 1516 01:14:24,620 --> 01:14:26,517 WHO MADE THE CHOICE YOU HAVE, 1517 01:14:26,517 --> 01:14:29,379 BUT IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK, THEN LOSE THE WEIGHT. 1518 01:14:29,379 --> 01:14:32,000 I'M NOT MAKING ANY MORE APPOINTMENTS WITH YOU. 1519 01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:34,551 BUT AFTER THAT, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN 1520 01:14:34,551 --> 01:14:36,724 BECAUSE YOU HAD YOUR DIET INSTRUCTION 1521 01:14:36,724 --> 01:14:38,793 AND YOU HAD ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED. 1522 01:14:38,793 --> 01:14:41,758 SO DON'T CALL ME UNLESS YOU LOSE THE WEIGHT. 1523 01:14:41,758 --> 01:14:43,344 AND IF IT IS 50 POUNDS, 1524 01:14:43,344 --> 01:14:45,551 THEN I'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU. 1525 01:14:45,551 --> 01:14:46,827 BUT IF YOU CALL ME 1526 01:14:46,827 --> 01:14:48,448 AND YOU TELL ME YOU LOST THE WEIGHT 1527 01:14:48,448 --> 01:14:50,379 AND WE GET HERE AND YOU HAVEN'T, 1528 01:14:50,379 --> 01:14:51,965 THEN YOU'RE GOING RIGHT BACK HOME 1529 01:14:51,965 --> 01:14:53,862 UNLESS YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. 1530 01:14:53,862 --> 01:14:55,965 BUT OTHERWISE, WE'RE DONE, OKAY. 1531 01:14:55,965 --> 01:14:57,000 OKAY. OKAY. 1532 01:14:57,000 --> 01:14:59,034 LOSE YOUR WEIGHT. I AM. 1533 01:14:59,034 --> 01:15:01,758 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU. I BELIEVE THE SCALE. 1534 01:15:01,758 --> 01:15:03,586 BUT WE'RE GONNA DO SOME TESTS TO MAKE SURE 1535 01:15:03,586 --> 01:15:05,379 THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU 1536 01:15:05,379 --> 01:15:07,724 THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO YOU. 1537 01:15:07,724 --> 01:15:09,551 AND IF ALL THOSE TESTS ARE NEGATIVE, 1538 01:15:09,551 --> 01:15:10,896 WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU HOME. 1539 01:15:10,896 --> 01:15:13,793 AND THEN DON'T CALL ME AGAIN UNLESS YOU HIT YOUR GOAL. 1540 01:15:13,793 --> 01:15:15,034 BUT SO FAR... 1541 01:15:15,034 --> 01:15:17,379 NO, I'M NOT GOING HOME. I'M STAYING HERE. 1542 01:15:17,379 --> 01:15:19,137 THAT CHOICE ISN'T UP TO YOU. 1543 01:15:19,137 --> 01:15:22,241 CHANGING YOUR EATING HABIT IS, BUT NOT THAT ONE. 1544 01:15:22,241 --> 01:15:25,413 SO, YOU TAKE CARE, LASHANTA, AND GOOD LUCK. 1545 01:15:25,413 --> 01:15:28,482 WATCH, I'MA SHOW YOU. I'MA SHOW YOU. 1546 01:15:28,482 --> 01:15:30,482 I'MA SHOW YOU WHEN I COME BACK HERE. 1547 01:15:30,482 --> 01:15:32,241 I'M SERIOUS. I'M SERIOUS. I'MA SHOW YOU. 1548 01:15:32,241 --> 01:15:33,827 AND WHEN I LOSE IT, I'MA TELL YOU -- 1549 01:15:33,827 --> 01:15:34,965 YOU CAN SAY ALL YOU WANT. 1550 01:15:34,965 --> 01:15:36,724 I'MA SAY, "DR. NOW, YOU REMEMBER YOU SAID 1551 01:15:36,724 --> 01:15:38,172 I WASN'T GONNA LOSE THAT WEIGHT? 1552 01:15:38,172 --> 01:15:40,034 I LOST THAT WEIGHT." 1553 01:15:40,034 --> 01:15:41,344 WATCH. 1554 01:15:41,344 --> 01:15:42,862 ALL RIGHT. I'MA SHOW YOU. 1555 01:15:42,862 --> 01:15:44,724 ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. 1556 01:15:44,724 --> 01:15:46,862 TAKE CARE. 1557 01:15:49,689 --> 01:15:52,137 I'M OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED 1558 01:15:52,137 --> 01:15:54,172 IN LASHANTA AND HER CHOICES 1559 01:15:54,172 --> 01:15:56,344 OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS. 1560 01:15:56,344 --> 01:15:59,620 SHE'S CONTINUED HER SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR 1561 01:15:59,620 --> 01:16:02,172 WHILE WE HAVE GIVEN HER EVERY TOOL THAT WE CAN 1562 01:16:02,172 --> 01:16:04,655 TO HELP HER CHANGE HER LIFE AND GET HEALTHY 1563 01:16:04,655 --> 01:16:06,482 BEFORE HER WEIGHT KILLS HER. 1564 01:16:06,482 --> 01:16:08,655 BECAUSE SHE'D RATHER BLAME HER SITUATION 1565 01:16:08,655 --> 01:16:10,344 ON EVERYTHING ELSE. 1566 01:16:10,344 --> 01:16:13,034 SO, UNLESS SHE STARTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY 1567 01:16:13,034 --> 01:16:14,655 FOR THE CHOICES SHE'S MAKING 1568 01:16:14,655 --> 01:16:16,413 AND LOSES THE WEIGHT SHE NEEDS, 1569 01:16:16,413 --> 01:16:19,965 THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO CONTINUE ON WITH HER. 1570 01:16:19,965 --> 01:16:21,793 BUT HOPEFULLY, SHE WAKES UP SOON 1571 01:16:21,793 --> 01:16:24,965 BECAUSE SHE'S STILL RUNNING OUT OF TIME FAST. 1572 01:16:28,724 --> 01:16:30,620 Lashanta: WHEN DR. NOW SAID THOSE WORDS, 1573 01:16:30,620 --> 01:16:32,862 I WANTED TO PASS OUT RIGHT THEN AND THERE. 1574 01:16:32,862 --> 01:16:35,896 I WAS JUST TRYING TO HOLD A GOOD FACE 1575 01:16:35,896 --> 01:16:37,793 'CAUSE I WANTED TO BREAK RIGHT THEN AND THERE, 1576 01:16:37,793 --> 01:16:39,724 BUT I JUST... 1577 01:16:39,724 --> 01:16:42,000 TRIED TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. 1578 01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:44,965 BUT THAT WAS DEVASTATING TO HEAR. 1579 01:16:44,965 --> 01:16:47,620 THE THOUGHT OF ME GOING HOME AND TELLING MY FAMILY 1580 01:16:47,620 --> 01:16:51,448 THAT I CAME OUT HERE FOR NOTHING... 1581 01:16:51,448 --> 01:16:56,034 IS WORSER THAN DR. NOW TELLING ME I'M KILLING MYSELF. 1582 01:16:56,034 --> 01:16:57,965 BECAUSE I CAN'T GO HOME 1583 01:16:57,965 --> 01:17:00,137 AND DID ALL THIS TO COME OUT HERE -- 1584 01:17:00,137 --> 01:17:04,172 CHANGED, TOOK MY CHILDREN AWAY FROM THEY FAMILY. 1585 01:17:04,172 --> 01:17:06,241 I CAN'T BEAR TO DO THAT. 1586 01:17:06,241 --> 01:17:09,034 I GOT TO HANDLE MY BUSINESS. 1587 01:17:09,034 --> 01:17:12,206 AND I KNOW IF I WANT TO LIVE, IF I WANT THIS CHANCE, 1588 01:17:12,206 --> 01:17:14,586 I GOT TO DO WHAT I GOT TO DO. 1589 01:17:14,586 --> 01:17:18,689 SO I AM BECAUSE I'M NOT PREPARED TO GO HOME A FAILURE. 1590 01:17:18,689 --> 01:17:20,965 I'M NOT GONNA BE NO FAILURE. 1591 01:17:20,965 --> 01:17:22,551 I'MA GO HOME, 1592 01:17:22,551 --> 01:17:24,413 AND I'MA TAKE CARE OF MY BUSINESS 1593 01:17:24,413 --> 01:17:26,310 AND LOSE THE WEIGHT, 1594 01:17:26,310 --> 01:17:27,862 AND I'MA COME BACK HERE, 1595 01:17:27,862 --> 01:17:29,758 AND I'MA GET ON THE SCALE, 1596 01:17:29,758 --> 01:17:32,724 AND I'MA LOSE THE 50 POUNDS. 1597 01:17:32,724 --> 01:17:34,965 AND I'MA TELL DR. NOW, "I DONE IT." 1598 01:17:34,965 --> 01:17:38,068 AND I'MA TELL HIM, "I HEARD YOU, DR. NOW. 1599 01:17:38,068 --> 01:17:39,586 I REALLY HEARD YOU." 1600 01:18:01,551 --> 01:18:04,206 Lashanta: AFTER MY LAST APPOINTMENT WITH DR. NOW, 1601 01:18:04,206 --> 01:18:06,172 I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS 1602 01:18:06,172 --> 01:18:08,965 AND WAYS I HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES 1603 01:18:08,965 --> 01:18:12,758 BECAUSE I KNOW IF I DON'T, I'M LOSING THIS CHANCE. 1604 01:18:12,758 --> 01:18:15,275 SO I'M TAKING EVERYTHING MORE SERIOUSLY 1605 01:18:15,275 --> 01:18:17,241 THAN I EVER HAVE. 1606 01:18:17,241 --> 01:18:21,103 IT'S A LOT HARDER TO FACE THINGS THAN I EVEN THOUGHT. 1607 01:18:21,103 --> 01:18:23,793 THE THING THAT WEIGHED ON ME THE MOST IN THE RECENT YEARS 1608 01:18:23,793 --> 01:18:26,482 IS THE GUILT THAT I FELT OVER MY OLDEST SON 1609 01:18:26,482 --> 01:18:28,344 AND HOW I RAISED HIM. 1610 01:18:28,344 --> 01:18:33,931 SO, I FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM IN AND OUT OF JAIL 1611 01:18:33,931 --> 01:18:37,103 'CAUSE OF THINGS I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST 1612 01:18:37,103 --> 01:18:42,275 AND THINGS HE HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO. 1613 01:18:42,275 --> 01:18:45,655 BUT THAT GUILT HAS BEEN ON MY HEART FOR YEARS. 1614 01:18:45,655 --> 01:18:47,241 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CALL TODAY, 1615 01:18:47,241 --> 01:18:49,137 AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR THAT. 1616 01:18:49,137 --> 01:18:50,586 AND WHEN HE DOES, 1617 01:18:50,586 --> 01:18:53,965 I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO SHARE WHAT I NEED. 1618 01:19:08,793 --> 01:19:12,206 AUTOMATED VOICE: An inmate at . 1619 01:19:12,206 --> 01:19:15,137 You may start the conversation now. 1620 01:19:15,137 --> 01:19:16,793 HEY, SON. 1621 01:19:16,793 --> 01:19:18,517 TYRONE: Hey, mama. 1622 01:19:18,517 --> 01:19:20,172 I miss you so much. 1623 01:19:20,172 --> 01:19:22,206 I MISS YOU, TOO. 1624 01:19:22,206 --> 01:19:23,379 What going on with you? 1625 01:19:23,379 --> 01:19:26,000 You been on your diet and stuff? 1626 01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:28,413 YEAH, I'VE BEEN ON MY DIET, SON. 1627 01:19:28,413 --> 01:19:31,241 I'M STICKING TO THE DIET FOR REAL THIS TIME. 1628 01:19:31,241 --> 01:19:35,137 BUT, SON, I GOT SOMETHING I WANT TO TELL YOU. 1629 01:19:40,517 --> 01:19:42,413 NO, YOUAIN'T DID NOTHING WRONG. 1630 01:19:42,413 --> 01:19:44,448 IDID SOMETHING WRONG. 1631 01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:52,034 I JUST FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU IN AND OUT OF JAIL 1632 01:19:52,034 --> 01:19:54,793 AND THE TROUBLE YOU'VE BEEN IN. 1633 01:19:54,793 --> 01:19:57,586 'CAUSE MAYBE IF I WOULD'VE BROUGHT YOU UP BETTER, 1634 01:19:57,586 --> 01:19:59,724 YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER. 1635 01:19:59,724 --> 01:20:01,103 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 1636 01:20:12,241 --> 01:20:14,137 I WANT YOU TO FORGIVE ME. 1637 01:20:14,137 --> 01:20:16,068 THAT'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. 1638 01:20:25,551 --> 01:20:28,103 I really do, ma. 1639 01:20:28,103 --> 01:20:29,931 I LOVE YOU, TOO, SON. 1640 01:20:29,931 --> 01:20:31,275 WHEN YOU GET OUT OF JAIL, NO -- 1641 01:20:31,275 --> 01:20:32,586 You have one minute left. 1642 01:20:32,586 --> 01:20:34,793 WHEN YOU GET OUT OF JAIL, NO BAD-DOING, 1643 01:20:34,793 --> 01:20:38,620 NONE OF THAT CARRYING ON, YOU HEARD ME? 1644 01:20:44,206 --> 01:20:46,000 I promise. 1645 01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:46,965 Give me a kiss. 1646 01:20:46,965 --> 01:20:49,000 MWAH! 1647 01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:49,827 Mwah! 1648 01:20:50,758 --> 01:20:53,206 HAVE A GREAT DAY, SON. 1649 01:20:53,206 --> 01:20:55,310 Goodbye. 1650 01:20:58,000 --> 01:20:59,482 THAT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS 1651 01:20:59,482 --> 01:21:02,137 I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE -- OWNING THAT. 1652 01:21:02,137 --> 01:21:07,103 AND IT MEANT A LOT TO HEAR HIM SAY HE FORGIVES ME. 1653 01:21:07,103 --> 01:21:10,517 AND IT FEELS LIKE A WEIGHT ON MY HEART HAS BEEN LIFTED. 1654 01:21:10,517 --> 01:21:13,724 SO NO MATTER IF THIS HELPS ME WITH MY WEIGHT LOSS OR NOT, 1655 01:21:13,724 --> 01:21:15,000 I'M GLAD I DID IT, 1656 01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:17,758 AND I FACED MY FEAR JUST FOR THAT. 1657 01:21:17,758 --> 01:21:20,965 BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN'T TAKE TOO MUCH LONGER. 1658 01:21:20,965 --> 01:21:25,103 'CAUSE DR. NOW WILL MOVE ON, SO I KNOW THIS IS IT. 1659 01:21:25,103 --> 01:21:27,413 I DO IT OR I LOSE EVERYTHING. 1660 01:21:39,965 --> 01:21:42,655 I'M SO VERY NERVOUS. 1661 01:21:42,655 --> 01:21:46,103 I CALLED DR. NOW AND TOLD HIM I DID IT. 1662 01:21:46,103 --> 01:21:48,034 I KNOW I LOST THE WEIGHT THIS TIME. 1663 01:21:48,034 --> 01:21:50,344 AND IF HE'D JUST GIVE ME A SECOND CHANCE, 1664 01:21:50,344 --> 01:21:52,344 I COULD PROVE IT TO HIM, 1665 01:21:52,344 --> 01:21:55,655 BUT I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I'VE LOST. 1666 01:21:55,655 --> 01:21:58,275 AND DR. NOW IS GONNA BE EXTREMELY UPSET WITH ME 1667 01:21:58,275 --> 01:21:59,655 IF I DIDN'T DO IT. 1668 01:22:01,172 --> 01:22:02,551 LASHANTA CALLED ME, 1669 01:22:02,551 --> 01:22:05,448 AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE THINKS SHE'S MAKING PROGRESS NOW 1670 01:22:05,448 --> 01:22:08,034 AND THAT SHE BELIEVES SHE HIT HER WEIGHT LOSS GOAL. 1671 01:22:08,034 --> 01:22:09,965 SO WE BROUGHT HER BACK TO THE HOSPITAL 1672 01:22:09,965 --> 01:22:11,068 TO CHECK HER WEIGHT, 1673 01:22:11,068 --> 01:22:13,448 AND WE'LL DO IT JUST LIKE WE TOLD HER. 1674 01:22:13,448 --> 01:22:15,241 WE'LL SEE WHAT THE SCALE SAYS, 1675 01:22:15,241 --> 01:22:18,241 AND IF SHE'S FINALLY MAKING THE PROGRESS SHE NEEDS, 1676 01:22:18,241 --> 01:22:20,103 THEN WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH HER. 1677 01:22:20,103 --> 01:22:22,344 IF NOT, AS LONG AS SHE DOESN'T HAVE 1678 01:22:22,344 --> 01:22:24,206 ANY LIFE-THREATENING ISSUES, 1679 01:22:24,206 --> 01:22:26,379 WE'LL SEND HER BACK HOME IMMEDIATELY 1680 01:22:26,379 --> 01:22:29,517 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PLAYING ANY MORE GAMES WITH HER. 1681 01:22:31,655 --> 01:22:32,931 HI, LASHANTA. 1682 01:22:32,931 --> 01:22:34,448 HI, DR. NOW. 1683 01:22:34,448 --> 01:22:35,965 HOW WE DOING? 1684 01:22:35,965 --> 01:22:37,379 ALL RIGHT. 1685 01:22:37,379 --> 01:22:38,827 ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU TOLD US 1686 01:22:38,827 --> 01:22:40,206 YOU'VE BEEN STICKING TO YOUR DIET, 1687 01:22:40,206 --> 01:22:43,034 AND YOU THINK NOW YOU LOST AT LEAST 50 POUNDS. 1688 01:22:43,034 --> 01:22:44,000 YES. 1689 01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:45,482 ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CHECK YOUR WEIGHT, 1690 01:22:45,482 --> 01:22:46,896 AND IF YOU DID, WE'LL TALK. 1691 01:22:46,896 --> 01:22:48,655 IF NOT, WE'LL SEND YOU HOME 1692 01:22:48,655 --> 01:22:51,931 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE OF YOUR PROMISES. 1693 01:22:51,931 --> 01:22:54,965 ALL RIGHT, LAST TIME, YOU WERE AT 576, 1694 01:22:54,965 --> 01:22:57,586 AND I TOLD YOU YOU HAVE TO LOSE 50 POUNDS, 1695 01:22:57,586 --> 01:23:00,724 SO YOU SHOULD BE AT 526 TODAY. 1696 01:23:03,620 --> 01:23:06,000 AND YOU ARE AT 529, 1697 01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:09,586 AND THAT'S A LOSS OF 47 POUNDS. 1698 01:23:09,586 --> 01:23:13,172 SO, YOU LOST SOME WEIGHT, NOT QUITE 50, 1699 01:23:13,172 --> 01:23:15,586 BUT WE'LL ROUND UP FOR YOU, OKAY. 1700 01:23:15,586 --> 01:23:17,068 OKAY, THANK YOU. 1701 01:23:17,068 --> 01:23:19,137 ALL RIGHT. 1702 01:23:19,137 --> 01:23:21,655 SO, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU FINALLY FIGURED OUT 1703 01:23:21,655 --> 01:23:25,689 WHAT TO DO TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT AND STICK WITH YOUR DIET. 1704 01:23:25,689 --> 01:23:28,448 IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU LOST SOME WEIGHT, 1705 01:23:28,448 --> 01:23:31,206 SO THIS IS POSITIVE, SO YOU DID WELL. 1706 01:23:31,206 --> 01:23:32,448 I'M GLAD TO SEE 1707 01:23:32,448 --> 01:23:34,655 YOU'RE NOT PLAYING THE SAME GAMES ANYMORE. 1708 01:23:34,655 --> 01:23:36,344 I KNOW I WAS PLAYING GAMES. 1709 01:23:36,344 --> 01:23:38,034 BUT YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS RIGHT NOW, 1710 01:23:38,034 --> 01:23:39,793 SO WE'LL FOCUS ON THAT. 1711 01:23:39,793 --> 01:23:41,793 AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. 1712 01:23:41,793 --> 01:23:44,206 I'M GONNA APPROVE YOU FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY. 1713 01:23:44,206 --> 01:23:44,965 OKAY? 1714 01:23:44,965 --> 01:23:46,034 DEFINITELY OKAY. 1715 01:23:46,034 --> 01:23:47,448 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1716 01:23:47,448 --> 01:23:49,344 BUT HERE'S THE CATCH. 1717 01:23:49,344 --> 01:23:51,344 BEFORE WE CAN MOVE AHEAD WITH THAT, 1718 01:23:51,344 --> 01:23:54,137 YOU HAVE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU GET OUT OF BED 1719 01:23:54,137 --> 01:23:55,896 AND START TO TAKE SOME STEPS. 1720 01:23:55,896 --> 01:23:58,965 SO, WE'RE GONNA ADMIT YOU TO KEEP YOU IN THE HOSPITAL 1721 01:23:58,965 --> 01:24:01,344 AND WORK WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. 1722 01:24:01,344 --> 01:24:03,310 ONCE YOU'RE ABLE TO GET UP AND WALK, 1723 01:24:03,310 --> 01:24:05,586 THEN WE'LL DO A WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, OKAY? 1724 01:24:05,586 --> 01:24:06,827 OKAY. 1725 01:24:06,827 --> 01:24:09,482 BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. 1726 01:24:09,482 --> 01:24:10,931 ALL RIGHT, LASHANTA. 1727 01:24:10,931 --> 01:24:12,586 I'LL BE BACK TO CHECK ON YOU SOON. 1728 01:24:12,586 --> 01:24:14,379 I'M PROUD OF YOUR PROGRESS, OKAY? 1729 01:24:14,379 --> 01:24:15,379 THANK YOU. 1730 01:24:15,379 --> 01:24:17,137 ALL RIGHT. TAKE CARE. 1731 01:24:22,448 --> 01:24:23,655 Dr. Nowzaradan: I'M PROUD OF LASHANTA, 1732 01:24:23,655 --> 01:24:26,586 AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT SHE FINALLY FOUND 1733 01:24:26,586 --> 01:24:29,448 SOME MOTIVATION TO START DOING WHAT SHE NEEDS 1734 01:24:29,448 --> 01:24:33,034 BEFORE HER HEALTH AND BODY GET TO THEIR BREAKING POINT. 1735 01:24:33,034 --> 01:24:35,896 WE STILL HAVE A VERY LONG ROAD AHEAD WITH HER, 1736 01:24:35,896 --> 01:24:38,000 BUT THINGS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO TURN 1737 01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:39,758 IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION FOR LASHANTA. 1738 01:24:39,758 --> 01:24:42,137 SO, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE 1739 01:24:42,137 --> 01:24:44,793 TO KEEP HER GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 1740 01:24:44,793 --> 01:24:46,655 AND GET HER TO START WALKING AGAIN 1741 01:24:46,655 --> 01:24:49,379 AND DOWN TO WHERE SHE NEEDS SOON. 1742 01:24:49,379 --> 01:24:52,103 Lashanta: I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF MYSELF. 1743 01:24:52,103 --> 01:24:55,517 I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL MY BOYS THE FANTASTIC NEWS. 1744 01:24:55,517 --> 01:24:58,310 I KNOW THEY'LL BE JUST AS EXCITED AS I AM 1745 01:24:58,310 --> 01:24:59,689 BECAUSE I DID IT. 1746 01:24:59,689 --> 01:25:01,241 I WORKED HARD, 1747 01:25:01,241 --> 01:25:04,206 AND I GOT BACK ON DR. NOW'S PROGRAM. 1748 01:25:04,206 --> 01:25:06,724 I KNOW IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS 1749 01:25:06,724 --> 01:25:09,137 AND STOP MY GAMES AND MESSING AROUND. 1750 01:25:09,137 --> 01:25:11,827 BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT I'M DOING IT NOW, 1751 01:25:11,827 --> 01:25:13,655 AND I'M ON THE RIGHT PATH. 1752 01:25:13,655 --> 01:25:16,241 AND I'M GONNA BE GETTING MY WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY SOON, 1753 01:25:16,241 --> 01:25:18,275 AND I CAN'T WAIT. 1754 01:25:18,275 --> 01:25:21,172 MY GOAL IS TO BE STARTING WALKING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 1755 01:25:21,172 --> 01:25:23,413 AND GET THE SURGERY AND LOSE THE WEIGHT 1756 01:25:23,413 --> 01:25:25,724 BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. 1757 01:25:25,724 --> 01:25:27,758 SO I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF MYSELF, 1758 01:25:27,758 --> 01:25:30,620 AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL THE POSITIVE AND GOOD STUFF 1759 01:25:30,620 --> 01:25:32,586 I HAVE COMING TO ME.