This weight, it
is taking my organs, and it's squeezing
them together. It's going to kill me. I have sleep apnea, acid reflux,
a mild form of narcolepsy, borderline diabetic. This is my big bag of chips. I am 4' 2". I weigh approximately
238 pounds. This fat has
become my identity. When you can't sleep
in a bed, I definitely feel like I've hit rock bottom. [horn honks] [music playing] Who can fit in that booth? I can't even get my
hip in that booth. Part of the reason why I can't
find work is because I'm fat. If I don't wear
this, I could die. Like, my heart could
stop in my sleep. Every day that I go live
with this massive girth on me is a day that I could
have a heart attack. ADAM: Tim, what's up? There we go, round two. TRAINER: Let's go. Let's go. Come on. I'm going to be the
man that I have to be. You, I'm done. I'm done. I don't know where
to go from here. I mean, the things I
do are not working. My wife's weight gain
is definitely taking a toll on our relationship. I think this opportunity is
going to bring my wife back. Let's bring the new,
improved Stacia Kingston. [music playing] This is what I've got. This is a massive
girth that I've got. My name is Tim. I am 4' 2". I have a type of dwarfism
called achondroplasia. My torso is regular size. My limbs are shortened. With this mass of weight on my
torso it is taking my organs, and it's squeezing
them together. Basically it's going to kill me. I have sleep apnea,
borderline diabetic. Could almost fall asleep
anytime, anywhere-- is also a mild
form of narcolepsy. My mother was everything to me. She was the rock that I had. And when she passed away,
it all came crumbling down. My mother, my brother's
girlfriend, and I, two months and a day before I turned
16, we were going to Columbus to pick up my brother from the
airport when we hit-- when we got in an accident. And my mom died
basically instantly. It was very hard. It was hard to lose
my best friend. I sought comfort in food. When I lose this
weight it's going to change my life tremendously,
because I have been overweight for so long that this
is the only life I've known. I'm proud of you. I just hope you go
through with it. And then afterwards, then
you got to stay with it. TIM: I know. MARY: Just think to yourself,
my mom's up there watching me, and I'm going to make her proud. What do you want
for breakfast? Do you want to do a pizza or-- I was thinking we could
do some cereal and maybe the pizza. We can probably do some
waffles while that's cooking. Where's the syrup? I only have two hands. [laughs] Day to day, being
heavy just sucks. But I think I never grasped
it because it just wasn't bad enough for whatever reason. But now my body is
starting to tell me that it's time to change,
or you're going to die. Thank you. You're welcome. My husband and I live
together more like roommates or like brother and sister. This is a picture of
me in high school. I can tell I feel
good in this picture. I wasn't always heavy. I was pretty normal
in the weight category up until about, I'd
say, age 11 or 12. I think a lot of
different situations have contributed to weight
issues that I've had. I had a situation
with a family member where I was sexually
abused for about six years, starting at age six
until I was about 12. And so I think
more than anything that that is one of the big
things that has contributed to a lot of the
problems that I have. You want me to
spread out the blankie? Please. I sleep in a chair because it is
physically uncomfortable for me to sleep laying down right now. So we don't ever get any
time where we get to really be physically close. We've been married for
almost a year and a half now. And to not be able to be
intimate with your wife, I just can't imagine,
you know-- who would want to be in that situation? I definitely feel
like my husband and I enable each other. Thank you. My wife's weight gain
is definitely taking a toll on our relationship. I think this opportunity is
going to bring my wife back. Theater is-- has to be the
biggest passion in my life. And I miss participating
in it in all levels. I miss performing and
directing, but at this weight I can't even go to see
shows because I usually don't fit in the seats. I think Stace is missing
a lot by not having theater in her life. And I can tell Stace is
really missing being on stage and being part of
that whole community. I definitely feel like
I've hit rock bottom. When you can't sleep in
a bed, when you can't-- there's just-- definitely
hit rock bottom. [instrumental music] RECEPTIONIST: Hi. Welcome. My name is Tim. And I'm here to check in. Yep. In coming to
Hilton Head Health, Tim and Stacia have taken
that first step in moving towards a healthier direction. Hi there. Hey, guys.
BEVERLY: Welcome. - Hey.
- Hey. Nice to see you. Are you guys ready
to go on a walk? - Oh, yeah.
- Yeah, I am. Tim, I'm going to
take you to your villa. Stacia, and I'm taking you. One of the real benefits of
being in an environment that we provide here at
Hilton Head Health is that it provides
an opportunity to get away from the
distractions and the challenges at home. We have three main components
that we're working on. We have the nutritional
component, the fitness component, and self component. What's the reason
you really talked about like what you're here for? You said I'm here
for the, you know. One second. [chuckles] Walking
and talking is-- WOMAN: Yeah. --hard sometimes. [music playing] Hi. Hi. Stacia, how you doing? - Very good.
- Good. As their health
specialist, it's my job to take a look at what they've
been doing up until this point and help them develop a plan
to make the changes they need to make to get them
where they want to be. We realize this isn't the most
popular part of the process, but it's a good starting point. So let's go ahead and
check things out here. [beeps] [beeps] Oh, wow. That's a little bit more than
I thought it was going to be. It was not a fun thing
to look at the scale and see that it said
435, I mean, at all. All right, just a
little stick here. One of the first things we
do when people arrive here is we run a series of
baseline assessments to determine what
their health status is. [pumping] I just don't care about
myself the way that I should. OK. And I don't know
why, you know, but I'd like to figure that out. OK. So it's not that you're lazy. No, not at all. I have a lot of energy,
and I have a lot of ideas. And I just, you know--
just being tired just seems to like really
just make me not really, you know, want to put
forth a lot of effort. - Hey, Tim.
- Hey. I'm Bob Wright. Hi, Bob. The first thing I'm
thinking is, what's it going to say on there? I'm nervous. I'm scared. Why don't you come on up here
and have a step on the scale here, see what we got here. [beeps] [beeps] Is that about what
you expected it to be? Yes.
BOB: OK, all right. Yeah, I actually
expected more. BOB: Tim obviously has
some physical issues that are unique. And so part of our job
is to help move him in the direction of things
that he can have success with. As a little person, the
consequences and complications of obesity can be even
more severe for Tim. [music playing] Ideally we'd like to
see blood sugar below 100. Yeah. When it's above 125, we
would consider that diabetic. Yeah. You're at a 220. Wow, that's a lot
higher than I was before. BETH: When we get to
your body mass index, we would like to see you to
get out of the high-risk level below a 30. You're at a 68. Wow. Yeah. Same thing with your
waist measurement. OK, we'd like to
see you below a 40. Your waist is at a 61. Wow. What's scariest about this? I'm bigger round
than I am tall. I am over 5 feet wide. BETH: Yeah. That's-- BETH: Yeah. --scary. BETH: Yeah. My weigh-in made
me feel horrible. It made me realize the
severity of why I'm here and why I have pushed myself. [music playing] Well, this first
week is really going to be tough for Tim and Stacia. It's going to be a drastic
change as they are following the meal plan and getting
involved in a pretty vigorous exercise program. [music playing] I used to eat pizza, and
the portions were humongous. ROBERT: Dude, you got
to eat your vegetables. - I've been eating them.
- [laughs] I see-- do you see that green
pepper and that red pepper. See, I'm not a big
pepper guy though. ROBERT: Have you
tried a pepper lately? Not in a couple years, but-- It's a definite whirlwind
change from what I'm used to. But I mean, in time
I'll get used to it. I'll get over it. And you know, after this
is over I won't want it. STACIA: So how many
calories is this? ROBERT: 320. WOMAN: 320. Wow. Now, if I remember
correctly, there were times when
you ate how many? There was one day that
I think I calculated I-- actually, I stopped counting
after 10,000 calories for one day. Yeah, it's bad. My husband and I
pretty much lived on a diet of either fast food,
or eating out, or, you know, microwavable foods. So it's night and day. I mean, there's absolutely no
processed foods here at all. Are you actually done? Are you full? I am pretty full. Wow. [music playing] We're going to get some
strength and some cardio in here. Right now you're at 0.9. Oh, that's actually
better than I usually am. That's at 1 right now. That's 1 mile an hour. Can you hit the incline? See if you can bring the
incline up a little bit. My biggest challenge
personally with Tim is that he has two
unusual conditions. He has short
extremities in addition to being morbidly obese. You got to stop?
TIM: Yeah. OK. [pants] That's getting
a little on my knees. I'm not sure how
much weight Tim's going to lose because of his
size and his mobility factor for him. He's not able because of the
length of his extremities to move as far, as
fast as some people. [music playing] There you go. This is the pace, right here. Slower, yeah.
- OK. Slower's better. Nice. The exercise portion
is a little scary to me just because I haven't
been active in so long. Bigger breath, lots of volume. And that's really the
key right now, get as much volume in as you can. So I'm just trying
to take it day by day. I think a lot of the
limits are in my mind. Tim, let's get this. Come on. STACIA: You can do it, Tim. One of my first
impressions of Stacia is she's very eager to
get going on the exercise. Stacia is going to be a
great partner for Tim. She's there to encourage him. She's going to push him
through the hard times when he wants to quit. Tim, you all right? Come on. [claps] Tim, what's up? All right, we got
round two, second set. Let's do it, buddy. Come on. [pants] ADAM: What's wrong? [inaudible] You got to talk to me.
Tell me what's wrong first. Knees are like-- well, you know how inflamed
my knees are, don't you? ADAM: Are they bothering you? Oh, they've been bothering
me for the past few days. With my short stature, I'm
going to have limitations on what I can do and what
kind of exercise I can do. [music playing] - Morning, Stacia.
- Morning. - How are you?
- Good. How are you?
- You look bright today. - Thank you.
- Ready to weigh in? STACIA: Yes, definitely.
- One week down. Let's see it. [beeps] [beeps] That's 10 pounds. That's great. That's exciting. I am so excited. Today was my first
weigh-in since I got here. And it's been one week, and I
have lost 10 pounds already. Good.
I'm going to class. This is by far the best I have
felt since I've been here. [music playing] ADAM: Tim.
- What's up, Adam? Good morning.
How are you doing today? I'm doing good. Ready to weigh in? - I am.
- All right, man. Let's see what it is.
- I'm nervous, a little excited. A little nervous? Yeah. OK. [beeps] [beeps] Wow. You know how much that is? That's 12 pounds. That's 12 pounds. All right. When I went on that scale,
it said I lost 12 pounds. That shocked me. That's awesome, man. [laughs] Now I just got to push on
and hope that I can lose more. I'm ready for it. I'm ready for anything. [music playing] Exhale. Exhale. Tim and Stacia should be
really proud of this week one weight loss. But I think one
of the challenges is once they get through
these first couple weeks and some of the hype has
subsided about their arrival that things are
going to get harder. Isn't part of our
body image genetic? OK. So for example-- [snores] Oh, should we wake him up? TIM: Sorry. That's all right, my dear. I see-- Snore sometimes. You'll be sorry that you sat
here, because I'll knock him over the head. [laughter] I sort of have a tendency of
falling asleep almost anywhere. When you're up at 7 o'clock
in the morning or 6:30 in the morning and you're ready
to go, your body tends to-- tends to get tired after,
you know, 10-hour days, 10-hour days. Exercising all week long sort
of takes a lot of out you. Tim has a tendency to fall
asleep often and really almost anywhere. People don't become
automatically motivated because they're here. They get motivated because
they think about why it's important to them, and we have
to help take advantage of that and make sure he's, you know,
showing up and, you know, participating. [music playing] What role do you feel like
the food really serves for you? It's, you know, put my
life on hold for a long time. So it's not a small thing. BETH: What's going
on emotionally? What are you thinking about? That maybe I'm not attractive. I just feel like
maybe I'm damaged. BETH: And if you're
damaged, what does that mean about
taking care of yourself? STACIA: Maybe I
don't deserve it. BETH: Yeah, that's what
I was listening for. For Stacia, being able to take
a look at what is it that makes it hard to take
care of herself, I think that's really going to
help her succeed long term. Why don't you, Tim,
come on over here so you can get a good look. [music playing] As you look at this,
is there anything that's speaking to you? TIM: Junk. Junk, huh? In the past, what might
have caught your eye? Pizza. JOHANNA: Pizza. TIM: The Texas
garlic bread here. There's ice cream,
candy, everything that I love that I can't eat. JOHANNA: So just
take two scoops. We're taught from a very
early age to associate food with good times, with bad times. And I just want to help them
make that connection and then when they do make a
connection know that that is an emotional process. All right, as you throw it
in, I want you to tell me how you're feeling, OK? Squish it. This is killing me, and I'm
not going to have you anymore. No more. I'm going to be the
man that I have to be. Never again. It was heart-wrenching to see. And it was astounding
because I would just see how much I was killing
myself with everything I was eating. And I'll never do that again. STACIA: I feel disgusted
that I put this in my body, that I did this to myself. Nobody else did that to me. I did it to myself. TIM: [inaudible] ourselves. I had, you know, some
traumatic things happen to me in my childhood. And for me, the food
burial, it wasn't the food. It was kind of a burial of
the child that was lost, the innocence that was lost. You, I'm done. I'm done. I think the physical
act of throwing the food was what really got
to the anger in me. I just feel like I let go
of a lot of stuff, stuff that I've been holding on
to, the things that happened to me that I haven't been in
control of for a long time because this person is dead. I'm angry. JOHANNA: Angry. This person that I'm talking
about, I've done everything. I've written them a letter. I've-- I've went to their
grave and talked to them. I've spit on their grave. I've done everything
that you're supposed to do to try to
get over something, and I'm just so pissed. It's such a [bleep] waste. I'm sorry. It's just a waste of life. And I'm not one to
waste time anymore. I'm 36 years old, and
I've wasted 20 years. I've wasted 20 years on
somebody that isn't worth crap. [sniffs] [music playing] One more. 13, 14. Good job. 1. Tim and Stacia are halfway
through their six-month weight loss journey. The biggest change that
I've seen since I got here is that I'm starting to move
around a lot more quickly. And I just feel a lot more
energized and just generally more happy. It feels amazing. To be able to do
what I can do now is the greatest feeling
that I've ever had. I can walk a lot more. I don't run out
of breath as easy. I'm not getting as
tired as quickly. And I'm feeling a lot better. [grunts] [music playing] - Hey.
- Morning, Stacia. It's good.
How are you doing? Great.
How are you? I'm ready. [beeps] [beeps] ADAM: That is awesome. Whoa. ADAM: All right. STACIA: I am under 400
pounds for the first time in like two years. I'm never going to see it again. I'm so excited. Yes, good job. Next week, next week. Thank you so much. Oh, yeah. STACIA: I just feel so
different already and so happy that I'm here. Just going to keep on pushing
and doing the best that I can because I know now that
I deserve to be here and that I deserve it. I deserve to be happy. [music playing] - Tim.
- 'Sup, brother? - What's going on, bud?
- Not much. How you doing? I am-- I'm ready for this. You ready? Yeah. If I lose something,
I lose something. If I don't, I don't. I hear you, man. All right, go
ahead, hop up there. [beeps] [beeps]
Nice. TIM: Wow. ADAM: So you're at 216.4. All right. ADAM: How do you feel? That makes me feel awesome. [music playing] BETH: So your husband's
coming to visit. STACIA: Yeah, he'll
be here today. BETH: Have you all talked
about the visit a little bit? We have. I mean, I kind of broached
the subject of being nervous about it, you know. My husband David is
coming to visit me, and I'm really nervous
about seeing him because we had kind of
a strained relationship before I left. I've changed so much, you know,
in the last couple months. And I-- I just don't
want to go back to some of the old behavior
patterns that we had. We've been talking every
day since I've been gone, but I'm making so many
changes, you know, personally while I'm here. I don't know what
our relationship is going to be like. I'm nervous, just
overwhelmed with emotions, and just can't wait to see her. [knocking] BOTH: Hey. Well, you look great. Hey. You know, when you've been
separated from someone that long and you've been physically
separated in your marriage before you even-- you know, before I
even arrived here, I didn't know what
to do with myself. This is the bed that
I've been sleeping in. We moved to this one.
- You've been sleeping in a bed? Yeah. DAVID: I'm just amazed. It's like a transformation. I just see it in her
body, in her face. She's so much thinner now. It's pretty amazing
to be sleeping in a bed instead of, you
know, in a chair. [music playing] TIM: That's nice.
I like this. BEVERLY: So have you
been into a pool before? Oh, yeah, I've
been in pools before. OK. It's just, you know, the whole
getting in over my head thing. Yeah, I can understand. 17 years ago today, my
mom died in a car accident. So to honor her memory, I tried
to learn how to swim today. BEVERLY: Give me your hand. OK. BEVERLY: Tim asked me
if I would teach him how to swim because that's
something he's never been able to do, and he said he
thinks his mother would be so proud of him for doing that. That just touches me, you know. That's just-- you
know, that somebody would ask me to help them
during such an important day in their lives. We're going to go
over to the rail, OK? Yeah. OK. You want to go fast? Sort of. But do you notice
nothing's happening to you? I know.
I know. I just-- You're doing great. It's just this whole-- yeah. It's going to get
easier every day. I know. BEVERLY: He has a fear
of getting in the pool, and he has a fear of water. And we're going to work on that. And I think for Tim it's
going to be these little baby steps, these little physical
challenges that he gets over that's going to maybe motivate
him on to realizing there's a lot of emotional and mental
stuff he needs to go through too. Can you touch? No, barely. Oh, no, not yet. Beverly, she made
me feel at ease. I was a little scared. I didn't really want to leave
the side of the wall too much. You know, I saw
the fear totally-- you forgot you were afraid. Yeah, for a second.
BEVERLY: Do you know that? For a second. BEVERLY: Yes.
You forgot you were afraid. Yeah.
BEVERLY: And then it came back. I know. Nothing's going to happen. [exhales] I feel excellent, and I
know that my mom would be proud of me too. BEVERLY: Tim, awesome. [laughs] [music playing] ADAM: Hey. How's it going? I'm Adam.
- David. - David, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too. You guys ready
to work out today? - Yeah.
- I'm ready. STACIA: I'm really excited about
the physical training session that David and I have
set up with Adam. It's going to give me a chance
to demonstrate how strong I've become over the
last couple months and just how dedicated
I am to continuing, you know, physical exercise
as a huge part of my lifestyle when I leave here. 3, 2, 1. OK, that was our
warm-up for the abs. [groans] I want our incline
all the way up to 10. So take the incline up to 10. Breaths, big, deep breaths. Step to the side. Good. Good work. Catch your breath. Deep breaths. Stay right over
here next to her. Face me.
There you go. You guys are going to
get a little squat in. Show him a good squat, Stacia. Let's see it. Perfect. Oh my god. ADAM: Stand all the way up. You OK? My heart is
beating pretty fast. ADAM: Good. Eight more. 8, 7. From having to do
these squats, and things on the treadmill, and
lifts, and things like that, it's really hard. And it got to the
point where I just-- I physically was
about to throw up. I felt bad. I didn't want him to
have a bad experience with the personal training. I just wanted him to kind of get
a taste of what I do every day and to see how much
stronger I've gotten. ADAM: Are you really
going to get sick? DAVID: I think so. You OK? Oh, man. ADAM: Breathe, deep breaths. DAVID: [inhales and exhales] ADAM: You gotta be
pretty proud of her. Are you proud of her?
She made it through-- Yeah. ADAM: --all these weeks of this. Like, unbelievable. I was just amazed at how in
shape she is, because it took-- it did a number on me. Just relax. STACIA: This is what
theoretically we're going to be doing when I get home. Not going to be going
back to anything else. So I worry about his
commitment level. Wow, every day. Isn't that amazing? Yeah, it's fun. It's fun. It gets fun. [laughter] Unbelievable. I mean, just imagine three
more months of her doing this. She's going to be running
circles around you if you don't prep for her. [laughter] That's true. [music playing] With a month left, I'm
taking every opportunity to just suck in everything
I can in this place and just absorb it in my mind. I made a promise to my parents
that I was going to push myself harder and better. And I do believe that I
have pushed myself more. [music playing] CHELS: Good morning, Tim.
- Good morning, Chels. How's it going? Awesome, awesome. How are you?
TIM: I'm doing well. CHELS: All right,
let's see what we got. [beeps] [beeps] 178.4. Oh, wow. You lost 1.9 pounds this week. All right. Woo-hoo. CHELS: Whoo! Good morning. Good morning. How we doing?
- Good. How are you? Doing awesome.
You ready? I'm a little nervous. [exhales] Deep breath. [beeps] [beeps] [shouting] That's awesome. [music playing] After my husband
David left, I've just been thinking a lot about it. And it's not that
David hasn't loved me. It's just that the
longer I'm here and the better I'm
taking care of myself and I'm starting
to feel, I'm just-- I want more. [music playing] As you head down
the homestretch here and you're getting
ready to go home, tell me a little bit
about where you are now. Tell me a little bit
about the progress you feel like you've made. What's changed for you, Stacia? I just feel a lot more
confident in myself. I just didn't have any kind of
self-esteem when I got here. I knew somewhere deep down in me
that I had a lot of potential, but I think I had lost
hope at that point. So I feel like I have
more hope about myself and about everything that's
in front of me, I think, knowing that I'm going to
have a fruitful and long life. It's a new feeling for me,
because I've most often throughout my life been kind of
more tuned into the things that were going wrong. So just being able to focus
on all the good things is a really big change for me. I really feel I'm back to me. [piano playing] I'm confident I'm going to
be moving forward in my life, whether that be in a
marriage with David, or that might mean that, you
know, we may not be together. But I know I'm going to be fine. [piano playing] [music playing] ADAM: All right, legs
out nice and wide. Lean to the right. We're getting warmed up really
well because we're going to work out hard today, guys. Today, I'll be doing a beach
boot camp with Tim and Stacia. When Tim first got
here, he could barely get up into a chair. He had a hard time walking
the length of a hallway. He simply couldn't even get
onto some of the machines. Now Tim is going to be
doing a beach boot camp. It's incredible. TRAINER: 3, 2, 1. Nice, Tim, nice! [grunts] Right leg out. Good job, Tim. Stacia's journey
has been remarkable. It's been amazing to see her
progress from where she kind of hobbled along at the
beginning to the new Stacia, I mean, not only
physically, but mentally. Her fitness has
drastically improved. It's really incredible.
- Come on. High five. [music playing] STACIA: Going into
my final weigh-in, I'm excited that I'm
getting ready to go home. Regardless of what
the scale says today, I'm going to feel great about
the things that I've done here. BOTH: Good morning. How are you? Good.
How are you this morning? I'm good. You're looking bright and shiny.
- Thank you. - Doing well?
- I am. I feel good.
- All right. STACIA: OK.
- All right. Let's step on here. Stacia, your starting
weight is 435.2 pounds. [beeps] [beeps] 286.4. Close. 148.8 pounds. Oh my god. [laughs] [bright music] Well, it's a little surreal. [laughs] I mean, it's
exciting, and it's just-- it's such a huge
number that it's hard to wrap my head around it. And it's taken a
lot of hard work. It hasn't been easy, but
it's been very rewarding to do the work on myself and
to do the stuff that you have to do in order for the
weight to stay away. It's just been really worth it. Going into my final weigh-in,
this is like graduation almost. Hey. What's happening, man? How are you? I'm good. Great. It's time to remove the
boy, and here lies the man. BOB: All right, step
up there, buddy. Tim, your starting
weight is 240.2 pounds. [beeps] [beeps] It's 173.4. That's a total of 66.8 pounds. OK. That's an impressive
loss there, buddy. That is. BOB: Are you feeling
it in your joints? I do. BOB: You feeling
stronger, feeling thinner? I feel amazing. All right, good, good. All right.
- Thank you, Bob. Way to go, buddy. I have lost 68 total pounds. That is a huge
accomplishment for me, and I'm proud of that number. I'm going to take what
I've learned here, and I'm just going to use it. And I'm going to lose
another 70 pounds. You know, by next summer I'm
going to look like a god, like a mini god. Rrr! [music playing] Yeah, the first day I had to
walk back to my villa with just one suitcase-- That's amazing. --it was awful. I've lost a lot of weight
while I've been here, but I really feel that
it's a byproduct of all of the emotional
breakthroughs that I've had while I've been here. I don't think that
I would have been able to make the same
progress as far as weight loss without going through
those emotional things. You take care. You take care
of yourself, girl. Look at this. We can get a
face-to-face one now. We can, a
face-to-face goodbye. All right, man. TIM: I can't wait for
my family and friends to see what I've accomplished. I want them to have
the confidence in me like I do myself. I lost a lot of
my independence when I got so heavy and
became dependent on David for a lot of things. So there's still a lot of
question marks for David and I. And he and I have been in
constant communication, but we're both aware that
we have a lot of, you know, work to do to figure
out what's next for us. [music playing] [music playing] I'm about to walk into
my house and see my family. And when I last saw them, I
was almost 70 pounds heavier. I'm anxious to see him. He's come a long
ways, we're hoping. MAN: Hey. There's somebody
opening this door. [exclaiming] When Tim walked through the
door, I couldn't believe it. I mean, he was so heavy
when he started the program that it was actually
like a different person. GARY: So how much
did you lose now? 68 pounds. Wonderful. That's good. [clapping] Yeah, 68. When I first walked
into H3 six months ago, breathing was a
big chore for me. And now I can walk an
hour and still keep going. I feel like I'm coming home,
and I'm starting fresh. This is where I end my old
life and start my new life. MAN: Take 'em out! Take 'em out! [shouting] TIM: The reaction from
my family was more than I thought it would be. It was a lot of
happiness, a lot of pride. The next thing for me, myself,
and I is finding a good job. I've got my health in order. I feel great. I look great. And now I'm ready to
conquer the world. MAN: Straight in! Yeah! [music playing] Here at the salon
this morning, I'm going to try to figure out what
my new look is going to be. Going to do something really
cool with the hair and get made up. I've got my big
reveal this evening. My friends and family haven't
seen me for six months, so I'm really excited
to look cute and have them see like this huge
transformation that I've made. SPENCER: Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen. [cheering and applause] Well, thank you. [chuckles] I want
to thank all of you for coming here to the
beautiful Aurora Theater. Let's bring the new, improved,
fabulous Stacia "Stace" Kingston. [piano playing] [cheering and applause] (SINGING) I hate to see
the evening sun go down. Being in front of my friends
and family, I feel whole again. It really is like
full circle for me. Thank you. Thank you so much
for being here. [laughs] [cheering and applause] Thank you so much, everyone,
that's come here tonight just to show support for me. Six months ago I started
on a fantastic journey, and I've far exceeded anything
that I ever would have expected that I could do. I'm on the right path, and
it's nothing but up from here. [applause] I'm very proud. I'm very proud. I'm proud of the job that she
did, and she stuck with it, and, you know, very,
very happy about it. STACIA: Hey. I'm proud of you. Thank you. Stacia was phenomenal. I almost broke down. I'm just so mesmerized
by the transformation and just feel blessed. Look a little different? [laughs] You look beautiful. STACIA: Thank you. Six months ago, I
was a miserable girl who worried every day about
dying and hated waking up every day to the
same miserable life. And now I wake up
every day, and I'm ready to like start exercising. I know it sounds crazy,
but I'm excited about what life has to offer,
what life has in store. Instead of thinking about, you
know, all the negative things about what's not going
right, I'm looking forward to see all the possibilities. [music playing]
