There is a lot of controversy about this show in the weight loss surgery community, some people feel they are lazy others see them as inspirational so on many of the boards that I am part of I do not discuss this show but since this is my personal blog I am going to discuss how I feel towards this show.
This above is a poster from the show. I could not find anything without a picture. Before I entered this journey of becoming the new healthy me, I often thought this show exploited severely obese people and made a circus out of it. That was until my wake up call, I happened to come across an episode of this on netflix in March right around the time I decided to possibly consider medical intervention. I saw the episode and in that episode I SAW MYSELF. I saw the huffing and the puffing, the food addiction, the denial, the constant ups and downs. For some reason the show hit home for me that day. I understand why now I knew I needed to change my life because I was on the path of becoming a 600lb life person. At that moment I knew surgery was going to be the answer for me.
I can still remember the moment when I decided to have surgery. I was with my Mom and my Grandma was recovering from a injury. We were visiting her and I said Mom I am having weight loss surgery and she said Katie you go for it. At that moment I started the process.
As I look back on the moments all these months ago and my sagging jeans this surgery saved my life.
The current episode I am watching of my 600lb life is Domonique. She is a lovely character who sitting right in her bed on her clear fluids I FEEL HER PAIN. I dont care what anyone says these people are us. They are all of us.
The scene they are showing now she is complaining about her pain, I remember the pain post op and I was nearly a quarter size of her. I was only 300 when I started now I am 218 last I weighed. I weigh every two weeks. I have never been this small in my entire life.
Another scene in this episode of the surgery they go in through the key hole and talk about the fat they found around her liver and organs, they found that same yellow fat in me.
We are a community of people that are close whether we are 400, 300 or 500 lbs when we begin we all take that first step into a new journey.
Remember the people on this show are our sisters and brothers, they are us. We are a community.
