This Woman Lost 537 Pounds! | My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now | TLC

[Music] foreign [Music] it's been two years since I had weight loss surgery and I would have never imagined life could be so great I've gained a whole new Independence and I finally moved out from my family's house they had to do everything for me I had to have help getting dressed or getting up out of bed being put in bed and it's been a year since I finalized the divorce with my ex-husband our relationship centered on him enabling me how many neighbors everybody want but now I can't focus more on getting healthy I lost a lot of weight in the last year mostly because I'm really careful about what I eat but when I look in the mirror I see the excess skin flabby arms and I see myself still as a big person it's hard to let it all sink in how much has changed I'm currently living with my boyfriend Shane he moved in about a month ago hey hey you want to jump in yeah Shane and I have been friends for eight years he knew me at my biggest and I was also really supportive of me after dating for a while things got serious and I asked him to move in with me we've gotten to know each other on a really deep level we just open up to each other and we'll finish each other's sentences sometimes like I'll be thinking of something like a song or something and she'll start singing it I mean it's just crazy I'm gonna get ready how about you find a place all right let's do it Shane's really good for me he helps me get out of the house even though I feel insecure about how I look I still feel like I need to hide my arms and my legs when I go out it's weird because before when I was 700 pounds I couldn't even get out of the house and now that I can I still don't feel normal but Dr now has approved me for skin surgery on my arms so I'm really hoping that it helps me finally be happy with how I look [Music] it's really hard for me to be present when I'm out in public because I'm so distracted with the way my body looks I'm hoping that once the surgery is out of the way and I feel better about my body it'll help me be more comfortable with our relationship all right ma'am you're gonna have our PNC or chicken Shane is great but it's just so hard to believe that he wants to be with me even with the ugly body I still have to take a look at it I just wanted to get to a place where I feel comfortable with my new body instead of feeling like I'm still 700 pounds and getting rid of this flabby skin is the final step I need to take I'm ready for My Skin Surgery [Music] today I'm having surgery to have the extra skin on my arms removed I've been working really hard to lose the weight by watching what I'm eating and I'm anxious to move forward with this next step you're very nervous baby no I'm nervous when you have surgery in my head I'm still seven or three pounds I'm still really insecure about the extra skin and the more weight I lose the more skin there is it's still a constant reminder of a negative part of my life [Music] I'm trapped inside this body that I don't want to be in it's something that I've worked so hard to get away from so I'm ready for this how y'all doing all right you ready for a surgery so you lost 518 pounds that's a lot of weight to lose Christina has had one of the most significant Transformations I have seen after weight loss surgery so today I'm going to get rid of this extra skin in here at this point Skin Surgery is very important so she can be more active and have normal body culture so let's get you fixed up I'm ready for this I am not turning back now it's been almost a month since I had skin surgery on my arms it's been really hard I've been kind of negative and I'm not too happy about the way I look I just thought that after surgery I would feel so much better about myself I'm grateful for the opportunities I've had to get my life back but I don't know why I feel this way I just sleep good all right today still hurting yeah I don't know why I still see that 700 pound person and why I'm still hating my body but Shane has been a big help and that has been pretty awesome you good I'm just trying to stay positive and heal so I can get my next surgery and put all this behind me [Music] it's been almost two months since my arm surgery and I'm pretty much done healing but I still don't feel good about my body skin on my legs I really want removed so I've been eating less I'm hoping that the doctor will approve me for surgery [Music] used to hate having to weigh myself I was scared I'd break the scale but now I have no reason to be scared [Music] wow I was not expecting that at all I feel good about Dr now approving me I know how are you today all right all right see you down to 160 what's going on with your eating habit and you lost 13 pounds in the last month that's too much for somebody your weight so what do you eat for a breakfast I don't eat breakfast how many calories do you think you're eating in a Day 400 450 that's far below what you should be getting you should double that at least you're going from one extreme to the other they're both unhealthy eating 450 calorie a day for somebody that is 160 pounds it means that she's completely malnourished clearly there are some bigger issues that we need to deal with in my head even when I look in the mirror I don't see what everyone else sees it just it really confuses me when someone's like oh you need to stop losing weight it's not about how much weight you lose how in a healthy body is the most important issue but when can we do the leg surgery because my I can't fit in any smaller clothes like my my jeans are really baggy but because of my legs they I can't get any see Skin Surgery is not even topic of consideration right now until we address eating habits and get your body healthy we cannot move forward there are clearly some emotional issues that Christina need to deal with but first we need to get her body in better position and get you on Prednisone to develop some muscle mass and I want you to take this protein shake every day yes because you need to gain muscle weight you always will come in an erection from the fear of gaining weight looking at your concave collarbone I can see that you do not have any body fat so you need that to worry about that that you need to lose weight I'm also sending you to a therapist we need to address all these issues Christina need to get to the root of an anxiety with her body image she will not be healthy in long term if she doesn't resolve these issues next time I want to see that you gain 15 pounds then we can discuss your neck surgery you have to be healthy Christina okay the doctor doesn't understand that I don't want to gain weight I've been big my whole life I want to be healthy but I've worked so hard to get to where I am today so having to gain weight scares me to death squeeze those shoulders together when I was 600 pounds I would struggle with even the smallest amount of physical activity simple walking from the living room to the bedroom I'm out of breath now I can do so much more than I ever expected good fantastic but it's hard to let go of my fears of gaining weight remember the weightlifting that's going to help you not only build muscle but also burn fat all right see you next time I've been knowing I can get my final Skin Surgery keeps me motivated [Music] trying really hard to eat the right foods and enough of the right Foods so I'm sticking to high protein foods that help me gain muscle weight last year I wouldn't have dreamed of eating this much food but I'm trusting what the doctor has told me I need to do I really want to have all the skin surgeries behind me so I'm doing everything I can to do this the right way I'm back at Dr Nell's office to see if I've gained enough weight to get approved for my leg surgery it's still a little hard for me to see that number go up I did what Dr now wanted and gained some weight hello okay so you're waiting now 177 that's good that's 17 pounds up you have come a long way from 708 pounds that's great I think you're ready foreign surgery this time and let you know when we can schedule okay Christina has done well so I'm going to move forward with her leg surgery and she has a lot of excess skin in her legs so the surgery will take some time all right I'll see you later okay thank you okay but I think Christina will be really happy with the results [Music] can't wait to get this get the surgery on my legs I'm starting to feel like I'm finally able to see that I'm worth it and having one step closer to where I feel like I should be I've been working really hard lately to be okay with who I am and now that I finished my skin surgery it's nice to buy clothes that speak to who I am let's make it a little bit easier to see what everyone else sees and it's definitely a confidence boost when I was 700 pounds I couldn't go anywhere in public let alone go shopping for clothes thank you have a great day you too so I'm really grateful I can do normal things like this Miss Phillips I've been learning that the number doesn't matter as much and the priority is that I need to be healthy 171. all right so we lost 537 pounds that's a lot of weight to lose thank you Christina is a really amazing success story I know it's been a difficult process for her to have Healthy Outlook on food and her self-image but she's made great progress he done an amazing job and I'm proud of you thank you all right it's still so hard to believe I've come this far and now that my skin surgery is behind me I'm glad to be done with this process and I'm ready to live my life I feel like I'm starting a new Journey it's really pretty I'm so glad I found someone that loves me like Shane now my life is full of so many new experiences that I could never imagine when I was big

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Length: 13min 14sec (794 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 08 2023