1 00:00:02,333 --> 00:00:05,133 Charity: WHEN I SEE MYSELF IN A MIRROR, 2 00:00:05,133 --> 00:00:07,200 I FEEL LIKE SOME MONSTER. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:08,833 I KNOW I'M GONNA DIE. 4 00:00:13,933 --> 00:00:16,133 Man: I AM LIVING A NIGHTMARE. 5 00:00:16,133 --> 00:00:20,100 I WOULDN'T WISH THIS ON MY WORST ENEMY. 6 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:23,567 Woman: I HATE THIS LIFE THAT I HAVE. 7 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,433 DON'T YOU DARE PUT IT ALL OFF ON ME! 8 00:00:34,433 --> 00:00:36,333 LISTEN, SHE IS GOING TO DIE. 9 00:00:36,333 --> 00:00:38,633 BOTH OF Y'ALL, STOP! JUST STOP! 10 00:00:42,133 --> 00:00:44,400 Dr. Nowzaradan: WE GOT TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. 11 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,200 OTHERWISE, SURGERY WOULD NOT BE USEFUL FOR YOU. 12 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:49,833 [ Voice breaking ] I CAN'T DO THIS 13 00:00:49,833 --> 00:00:52,967 WITHOUT SOMEBODY TO HELP ME SAY NO. 14 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,733 Charity: [ Crying ] WHY? 15 00:00:59,733 --> 00:01:01,933 RIGHT NOW, I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A DARK PLACE, 16 00:01:01,933 --> 00:01:03,967 AND I JUST CAN'T DO IT NOW. 17 00:01:03,967 --> 00:01:07,467 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 18 00:01:07,467 --> 00:01:10,933 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 19 00:01:10,933 --> 00:01:13,267 YOU CAN LIVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE BELIEVING 20 00:01:13,267 --> 00:01:16,333 THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE THINGS YOU JUST DON'T LIKE. 21 00:01:16,333 --> 00:01:21,267 THE DAY YOU SEE THAT FOR A LIE, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. 22 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:32,700 Charity: TONY. 23 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:36,167 YOU GOT TO BRING THAT TOILET OVER, BABE. 24 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,900 [ GRUNTS ] 25 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:49,433 OKAY. WALKER. 26 00:01:49,433 --> 00:01:53,333 I'M EMBARRASSED AT MY BODY. 27 00:01:53,333 --> 00:01:56,100 I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO SEE IT. 28 00:02:01,567 --> 00:02:04,167 I MEAN, I LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE, 29 00:02:04,167 --> 00:02:06,167 SO...[SNIFFLES] 30 00:02:06,167 --> 00:02:07,833 I'M EMBARRASSED OF ME. 31 00:02:10,167 --> 00:02:12,833 I KNOW I LOOK LIKE A FREAK. 32 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:14,733 FROM THE INSIDE, I FEEL NORMAL. 33 00:02:14,733 --> 00:02:17,067 BUT WHEN I SEE MYSELF IN A MIRROR, 34 00:02:17,067 --> 00:02:20,467 I FEEL LIKE SOME MONSTER. 35 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,933 I HAVE TO HAVE THE RESTROOM BROUGHT TO ME 36 00:02:25,933 --> 00:02:29,200 BECAUSE MY WEIGHT IS MORE THAN WHAT THE TOILET HOLDS. 37 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:30,667 REALLY. 38 00:02:30,667 --> 00:02:32,800 [ Laughing ] SORRY! WAS THAT NECESSARY? 39 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,067 YEP. 40 00:02:34,067 --> 00:02:36,867 AND I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON MY OWN. 41 00:02:36,867 --> 00:02:40,133 [ KNOCKS ON DOOR ] CHARLY, YOUR MOM NEEDS YOU. 42 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:46,467 I CAN'T EVEN FIT IN THE BATHTUB, SO I HAVE TO SPONGE BATH. 43 00:02:46,467 --> 00:02:49,333 OH, YOU'RE GONNA HELP ME UP? 44 00:02:49,333 --> 00:02:51,833 YEAH. 45 00:02:51,833 --> 00:02:54,067 [ SIGHS ] 46 00:02:56,333 --> 00:02:59,433 Charity: IF MY FIANCé AND DAUGHTER DIDN'T HELP ME, 47 00:02:59,433 --> 00:03:01,800 I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. 48 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,367 Charly: I NEVER USED TO TAKE HER WEIGHT SERIOUSLY 49 00:03:08,367 --> 00:03:09,567 UNTIL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, 50 00:03:09,567 --> 00:03:10,967 WHEN I ACTUALLY SAW HOW MUCH PAIN SHE'S IN. 51 00:03:10,967 --> 00:03:12,267 YOU GET TO HAND THEM OUT. 52 00:03:12,267 --> 00:03:13,767 IT MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT HER. 53 00:03:13,767 --> 00:03:15,900 [ SNIFFLES ] 54 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:19,967 I JUST WANT HER TO BE HEALTHY SO SHE CAN BE AROUND. 55 00:03:29,567 --> 00:03:33,900 CHARITY MAKES ME HAPPY, AND I LIKE BEING AROUND HER. 56 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:39,667 SO I TAKE CARE OF HER MOST ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY. 57 00:03:42,767 --> 00:03:46,800 Charity: I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I STAY CLEAN EVERYWHERE... 58 00:03:49,333 --> 00:03:53,067 ...BECAUSE I HAVE OPEN SORES THAT CAN GET INFECTED. 59 00:03:53,067 --> 00:03:55,333 I WOULD HAVE ALREADY HEALED, 60 00:03:55,333 --> 00:03:59,567 EXCEPT FOR MY LYMPHEDEMA IS SO HEAVY ON MY LEFT SIDE 61 00:03:59,567 --> 00:04:02,233 THAT IT TEARS IT BACK OPEN. 62 00:04:02,233 --> 00:04:04,633 SO THEY START TO CLOSE, AND THEN THEY OPEN. 63 00:04:04,633 --> 00:04:08,433 MY BODY IS LITERALLY FALLING APART. 64 00:04:08,433 --> 00:04:12,967 I JUST NEVER DREAMED MY LIFE COULD GET THIS BAD. 65 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,833 I HAD A PRETTY BAD CHILDHOOD. 66 00:04:18,833 --> 00:04:20,933 MY FATHER WAS A DRUNK. 67 00:04:23,433 --> 00:04:25,800 I WAS SO SCARED OF HIM. 68 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,733 I REMEMBER RUNNING 69 00:04:27,733 --> 00:04:29,233 WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GET OFF WORK. 70 00:04:29,233 --> 00:04:31,733 HE WOULD THROW THE DISHES OUT OF THE CUPBOARD, 71 00:04:31,733 --> 00:04:34,233 AND HE WOULD PUNCH US IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. 72 00:04:34,233 --> 00:04:37,933 AND IT FELT LIKE MY WHOLE LIFE WAS IN PANIC ALL THE TIME. 73 00:04:39,767 --> 00:04:41,967 EVERY NIGHT, AFTER HE PASSED OUT, 74 00:04:41,967 --> 00:04:46,600 MY COMFORT WAS TO GO IN THE KITCHEN AND EAT. 75 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:47,867 AND I REMEMBER 76 00:04:47,867 --> 00:04:50,967 I USED TO LOVE THOSE TIMES IN THE KITCHEN BY MYSELF. 77 00:04:50,967 --> 00:04:55,067 I WAS OKAY AS LONG AS I WAS EATING. 78 00:04:55,067 --> 00:04:58,367 MY ONLY COMFORT WAS FOOD, 79 00:04:58,367 --> 00:05:00,533 AND I NEVER WOULD EAT ONE SNACK CAKE. 80 00:05:00,533 --> 00:05:01,967 I'D EAT THREE OR FOUR. 81 00:05:01,967 --> 00:05:06,433 I WOULD NEVER EAT ONE DOUGHNUT. I WOULD EAT FOUR OR FIVE. 82 00:05:06,433 --> 00:05:10,067 I THINK IT'S JUST 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONE THING I COULD CONTROL. 83 00:05:10,067 --> 00:05:12,267 LIKE, "OKAY, LOOK, I CAN DO THIS, 84 00:05:12,267 --> 00:05:14,233 AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN SAY ABOUT IT." 85 00:05:14,233 --> 00:05:17,467 I REALLY THINK THAT'S WHAT IT STARTED OUT AS, 86 00:05:17,467 --> 00:05:20,067 BUT THEN IT ENDED UP AN ADDICTION. 87 00:05:20,067 --> 00:05:23,733 IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S GONNA TAKE MY LIFE, 88 00:05:23,733 --> 00:05:27,500 AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S THE WRONG THING TO DO. 89 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:30,067 AT THE TIME, IT FEELS LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY CHOICE. 90 00:05:30,067 --> 00:05:32,500 OH, THE SAUCE... 91 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,167 IT DOESN'T EVEN FEEL LIKE ME. 92 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:36,833 IT JUST FEELS LIKE SOMETHING'S TAKEN OVER ME. 93 00:05:36,833 --> 00:05:38,300 LIKE, I REALLY HAVE TO HAVE IT. 94 00:05:40,433 --> 00:05:43,867 Charly: I THINK MY MOM GAVE UP ON HERSELF. 95 00:05:43,867 --> 00:05:47,067 I'VE SEE MY MOM GO DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE SHE'S TOLD US, 96 00:05:47,067 --> 00:05:48,833 "I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE." 97 00:05:48,833 --> 00:05:53,567 FOR A WHILE, SHE WAS BARELY HANGING ON FOR ME AND TONY. 98 00:05:53,567 --> 00:05:57,133 Charity: I THINK IT WOULD BREAK CHARLY'S HEART 99 00:05:57,133 --> 00:05:58,700 IF SHE FOUND ME DEAD ONE DAY. 100 00:05:58,700 --> 00:06:01,900 AND THAT'S A BIG FEAR THAT I HAVE. 101 00:06:05,067 --> 00:06:07,833 I DON'T WANT HER TO FOLLOW IN MY FOOTSTEPS. 102 00:06:07,833 --> 00:06:09,800 I DON'T WANT HER TO BE ANYTHING LIKE ME. 103 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,067 THAT PIECE WAS LIKE TWO PIECES. 104 00:06:12,067 --> 00:06:13,633 [ LAUGHS ] 105 00:06:13,633 --> 00:06:16,067 I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT I RAISED HER REALLY GOOD, 106 00:06:16,067 --> 00:06:18,133 AND THEN I LOOK AT HER AND I THINK, 107 00:06:18,133 --> 00:06:20,200 "BUT YOU TAUGHT HER ALL YOUR BAD HABITS." 108 00:06:22,133 --> 00:06:25,233 I FEEL LIKE I'VE FAILED SO MUCH. 109 00:06:25,233 --> 00:06:27,600 I FAILED CHARLY. 110 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,100 I FAILED MY MOM. 111 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,667 MY MOM HAS BRAIN CANCER. 112 00:06:33,667 --> 00:06:34,967 AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE 113 00:06:34,967 --> 00:06:36,967 WHEN SHE WAS GOING THROUGH HER RADIATION. 114 00:06:36,967 --> 00:06:39,400 A BIG PART OF WHY I WANT TO LOSE THE WEIGHT 115 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,833 IS SO I CAN GO SEE HER. 116 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:47,233 I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M A DISAPPOINTMENT TO EVERYBODY, 117 00:06:47,233 --> 00:06:50,067 THAT I'VE FAILED EVERYBODY. 118 00:06:50,067 --> 00:06:52,367 AND I KNOW IF I DON'T GET HELP NOW, 119 00:06:52,367 --> 00:06:53,433 I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT. 120 00:06:53,433 --> 00:06:54,800 I'M GONNA DIE. I KNOW I'M GONNA DIE. 121 00:07:09,067 --> 00:07:12,400 I'M NERVOUS, SCARED. 122 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,233 BUT HAPPY. 123 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:16,400 I'M JUST -- I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS. 124 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,100 IT'S A LITTLE OVERWHELMING 125 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:22,067 TO THINK ABOUT GOING OUT AND TRAVELING TO THE HOSPITAL. 126 00:07:23,267 --> 00:07:24,733 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 127 00:07:24,733 --> 00:07:27,367 HELLO. HELLO. 128 00:07:27,367 --> 00:07:31,367 FOR ME TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL, I HAVE TO RIDE AN AMBULANCE. 129 00:07:31,367 --> 00:07:35,333 AND IT TAKES A LOT OF GUYS, USUALLY, TO LIFT ME UP. 130 00:07:37,300 --> 00:07:40,067 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 131 00:07:45,367 --> 00:07:47,900 IS THIS THE LOWEST? 132 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:49,533 MIGHT GO LOWER. 133 00:07:56,967 --> 00:07:58,400 IT'S JUST A HARD PROCESS, 134 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,833 AND I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT ANYMORE. 135 00:08:00,833 --> 00:08:03,500 LOVE YOU. Charly: LOVE YOU, TOO. 136 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:05,067 [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ] 137 00:08:07,667 --> 00:08:10,400 I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE INDOORS OR IN A HOSPITAL. 138 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,400 I'VE NEVER HAD A LIFE, 139 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,067 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M MISSING. 140 00:08:18,067 --> 00:08:20,733 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. 141 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:22,800 I'M TAKING THIS RISK 142 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,067 BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY I HAVE. 143 00:08:25,067 --> 00:08:27,633 IT'S MY LAST RESORT. 144 00:08:27,633 --> 00:08:28,867 ALL RIGHT. 145 00:08:28,867 --> 00:08:32,467 I HAVE TO TRY, OR I'M GONNA DIE. 146 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,900 HI. HEY. 147 00:08:56,900 --> 00:08:58,800 HOW ARE YOU? I'M OKAY. 148 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,500 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 149 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:02,567 LET'S GET YOU DOWN AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU, OKAY? 150 00:09:06,067 --> 00:09:09,633 Charity: THIS IS EMBARRASSING TO HAVE TO DO THIS. 151 00:09:11,533 --> 00:09:14,733 I HOPE THIS DOCTOR CAN HELP ME. 152 00:09:14,733 --> 00:09:15,967 I JUST FEEL LIKE 153 00:09:15,967 --> 00:09:18,767 MY BODY IS WORSE OFF THAN THE PEOPLE HE'S SEEN. 154 00:09:22,367 --> 00:09:24,433 HOW DO YOU FEEL? 155 00:09:24,433 --> 00:09:26,467 I FEEL OKAY. 156 00:09:26,467 --> 00:09:28,633 LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR STOMACH. 157 00:09:30,867 --> 00:09:33,067 ANY PAIN OR DISCOMFORT IN HERE? 158 00:09:33,067 --> 00:09:34,467 MNH-MNH. 159 00:09:34,467 --> 00:09:36,867 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EATING HABITS. 160 00:09:36,867 --> 00:09:38,967 DO YOU EAT MORE FREQUENTLY, OR YOU EAT A LARGE AMOUNT? 161 00:09:38,967 --> 00:09:40,267 A LARGE AMOUNT. 162 00:09:40,267 --> 00:09:42,733 THERE'S NO WAY TO EVER STAY FULL. 163 00:09:42,733 --> 00:09:45,667 NEVER GET FULL? WHO GET THE FOOD FOR YOU? 164 00:09:45,667 --> 00:09:47,833 MY FIANCé AND MY DAUGHTER, 165 00:09:47,833 --> 00:09:49,833 AND SHE HAS A PROBLEM WITH OVEREATING, TOO. 166 00:09:49,833 --> 00:09:52,433 IT'S A FAMILY THING. 167 00:09:52,433 --> 00:09:55,867 Dr. Nowzaradan: CHARITY IS CLEARLY IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. 168 00:09:55,867 --> 00:09:57,933 HER SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS RIGHT NOW. 169 00:09:57,933 --> 00:10:01,033 AND THIS AREA NEVER HEALED, HUH? 170 00:10:01,033 --> 00:10:03,933 NO. THE MORE I WALK AROUND, THE WORSE IT OPENS. 171 00:10:03,933 --> 00:10:06,433 IT BLEEDS ALL THE TIME. 172 00:10:06,433 --> 00:10:09,033 SHE'S CLOSE TO LOSING THE ABILITY TO EVEN STAND UP. 173 00:10:09,033 --> 00:10:10,967 IF THAT HAPPEN, 174 00:10:10,967 --> 00:10:14,133 HER INFECTION IS GOING TO GET HARDER TO CONTROL, 175 00:10:14,133 --> 00:10:18,467 AND THEY WILL BECOME LIFE-THREATENING. 176 00:10:18,467 --> 00:10:20,767 RIGHT NOW, I NEED TO RUN SOME TESTS 177 00:10:20,767 --> 00:10:23,867 BEFORE I KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP HER. 178 00:10:23,867 --> 00:10:26,333 AND I NEED TO KNOW EXACT WEIGHT FOR HER. 179 00:10:31,233 --> 00:10:34,200 Charity: IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE CHECKED MY WEIGHT 180 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,533 TO KNOW WHERE I'M EVEN AT. 181 00:10:35,533 --> 00:10:39,567 I'M KIND OF SCARED TO FIND OUT WHAT I WEIGH. 182 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,400 OKAY. NOW THE OTHER SIDE. 183 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:51,267 ALL RIGHT. 778. 184 00:10:51,267 --> 00:10:53,200 OKAY. 185 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:57,233 Dr. Nowzaradan: CHARITY IS ALMOST 800 POUNDS. 186 00:10:57,233 --> 00:10:59,567 IF I SEND HER HOME, 187 00:10:59,567 --> 00:11:02,667 I'M CONCERNED THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME I SEE HER. 188 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:04,933 WE HAVE TO INTERVENE NOW, 189 00:11:04,933 --> 00:11:08,067 OR SHE'S NOT GOING TO SURVIVE MUCH LONGER. 190 00:11:08,067 --> 00:11:12,533 OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO ADMIT HER TO A HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW. 191 00:11:12,533 --> 00:11:15,300 PROBABLY ONE AT A TIME. MAYBE. 192 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:17,067 NOPE. 193 00:11:17,067 --> 00:11:20,933 WE HAVE TO GET HER WEIGHT UNDER CONTROL BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 194 00:11:20,933 --> 00:11:25,067 CHARITY, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT RIGHT NOW 195 00:11:25,067 --> 00:11:27,267 BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH LONGER LIKE THIS. 196 00:11:27,267 --> 00:11:29,567 YOU'RE GONNA BE ON A STRICT DIET -- 197 00:11:29,567 --> 00:11:31,067 ABOUT 1,000 CALORIE. 198 00:11:31,067 --> 00:11:33,967 HIGH PROTEIN DIET, LOW CARB, 199 00:11:33,967 --> 00:11:36,267 AND NO OUTSIDE FOOD. 200 00:11:36,267 --> 00:11:38,467 NOTHING, OKAY? I PROMISE. 201 00:11:38,467 --> 00:11:41,833 NO SWEETS. NO SUGARY DRINKS, OKAY? 202 00:11:41,833 --> 00:11:43,067 OKAY. 203 00:11:43,067 --> 00:11:44,700 I'LL SEE YOU LATER. OKAY, THANK YOU. 204 00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:46,100 OKAY. 205 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:48,200 Dr. Nowzaradan: WE ARE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM 206 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,667 AND MAKE SURE THERE IS NO SNEAKING FOOD IN. 207 00:11:51,667 --> 00:11:52,867 IF Y'ALL WANT TO EAT, 208 00:11:52,867 --> 00:11:54,933 YOU HAVE TO EAT OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM 209 00:11:54,933 --> 00:11:57,733 SO SHE DOESN'T GET THE TEMPTATION OF THE FOOD, OKAY? 210 00:11:57,733 --> 00:11:58,933 I UNDERSTAND. 211 00:11:58,933 --> 00:12:00,633 Dr. Nowzaradan: RIGHT NOW, OUR FOCUS IS 212 00:12:00,633 --> 00:12:03,800 TO AVOID A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION WITH HER. 213 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,500 Charity: I DIDN'T EXPECT TO HAVE TO STAY HERE IN THE HOSPITAL. 214 00:12:07,500 --> 00:12:11,067 I'VE NEVER BEEN AWAY FROM HOME AND ALONE. 215 00:12:11,067 --> 00:12:12,933 BUT I KNOW I HAVE TO DO THIS. 216 00:12:21,333 --> 00:12:22,567 COME IN! 217 00:12:24,100 --> 00:12:26,200 HELLO. HI. 218 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,633 THANK YOU. 219 00:12:28,633 --> 00:12:29,733 MY WHOLE LIFE, 220 00:12:29,733 --> 00:12:32,733 I'VE BEEN USED TO EATING UNTIL YOU'RE FULL. 221 00:12:32,733 --> 00:12:36,067 I'VE NEVER JUST ATE WHAT'S ON MY PLATE 222 00:12:36,067 --> 00:12:37,633 AND THEN THAT'S IT. 223 00:12:43,067 --> 00:12:46,133 I STILL HAVE A LOT OF CRAVINGS, BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE HERE. 224 00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:49,467 I ONLY HAVE WHAT THEY BRING ME. 225 00:12:49,467 --> 00:12:52,067 MY MOM'S BEEN DOING WHAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. 226 00:12:52,067 --> 00:12:54,467 THE CARROTS ARE GOOD. MM-HMM. 227 00:12:54,467 --> 00:12:56,400 I'M NOT GONNA LET HER SABOTAGE HERSELF. 228 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,533 IF SHE CAN'T BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR HERSELF TO DO IT, 229 00:12:58,533 --> 00:12:59,733 I'M GONNA BE STRONG FOR HER. 230 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,467 Charity: I'LL KEEP TRYING TO GET USED TO EATING LIKE THIS. 231 00:13:04,467 --> 00:13:06,067 I JUST WANT TO MAKE PROGRESS 232 00:13:06,067 --> 00:13:08,233 AND DO WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET SURGERY 233 00:13:08,233 --> 00:13:10,967 AND START TO GET MY LIFE BACK. 234 00:13:10,967 --> 00:13:12,367 [ CELLPHONE RINGS ] 235 00:13:13,533 --> 00:13:15,967 HELLO! 236 00:13:15,967 --> 00:13:17,800 Hi. HI. 237 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,533 SO, WHAT'S UP WITH YOU GUYS? 238 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:23,133 Not much. How are you doing? 239 00:13:23,133 --> 00:13:24,433 I'M ALL RIGHT. 240 00:13:24,433 --> 00:13:27,467 Charity: I WORRY ABOUT MY MOM. 241 00:13:27,467 --> 00:13:29,367 A BIG PART OF WHY I WANT TO LOSE THE WEIGHT 242 00:13:29,367 --> 00:13:30,400 IS SO I CAN GO SEE HER. 243 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:31,600 I WANT HER TO KNOW 244 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,900 SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME. 245 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:36,733 JUST DOING THE 1,000-CALORIE DIET. 246 00:13:36,733 --> 00:13:38,267 AND THAT'S IT. Yeah? 247 00:13:38,267 --> 00:13:40,367 Charity: MY MOM HAS BRAIN CANCER, 248 00:13:40,367 --> 00:13:43,300 AND SHE'S NOT GONNA BE HERE MUCH LONGER. 249 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:46,433 I MISS YOU GUYS. 250 00:13:46,433 --> 00:13:49,567 I'M ALWAYS AFRAID I'LL GET THE CALL THAT MY MOM'S GONE. 251 00:13:49,567 --> 00:13:51,300 LOVE YOU. 252 00:13:51,300 --> 00:13:53,267 BYE. Love you, too. 253 00:13:53,267 --> 00:13:55,167 Bye. 254 00:13:55,167 --> 00:13:57,500 Charity: I WANT TO PHYSICALLY BE ABLE TO GO SEE HER. 255 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:59,600 DON'T CRY. 256 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,933 SO I'M GOING TO LOSE THE WEIGHT AND DO THAT. 257 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:06,967 YOU'RE OKAY. 258 00:14:06,967 --> 00:14:09,767 YOU GOT TO THINK, MOM, WE'RE DOING THIS TO GET BETTER 259 00:14:09,767 --> 00:14:11,267 SO YOU CAN BE AROUND LONGER. 260 00:14:11,267 --> 00:14:13,500 [ SNIFFLES ] 261 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,833 I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, 262 00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:29,567 AND IT'S BEEN HARD. 263 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:34,533 BUT THE DOCTOR SAID I'M DOING WELL ENOUGH TO GO HOME. 264 00:14:34,533 --> 00:14:36,667 GOOD? YEP. 265 00:14:39,567 --> 00:14:41,967 GET ON THERE, AND HANDS OFF. 266 00:14:43,433 --> 00:14:47,733 I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WEIGHT I'VE LOST. 267 00:14:47,733 --> 00:14:50,200 WE'VE GOT CHARITY'S HEALTH AND WEIGHT 268 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:54,200 GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION NOW. 269 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:58,067 BUT WE HAVE BEEN MAKING CHOICES FOR HER FOR THE LAST MONTH. 270 00:15:00,267 --> 00:15:03,300 LONG-TERM SUCCESS IS FAR MORE LIKELY 271 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:04,533 FOR PATIENTS WHO SHOW 272 00:15:04,533 --> 00:15:07,633 THEY CAN CONTROL THEIR EATING HABIT ON THEIR OWN. 273 00:15:07,633 --> 00:15:11,067 SO I NEED TO SEE IF SHE CAN LOSE 40 POUNDS 274 00:15:11,067 --> 00:15:14,767 OVER THE NEXT MONTH ON HER OWN. 275 00:15:14,767 --> 00:15:18,600 IF SHE DOES, I WILL APPROVE HER FOR SURGERY. 276 00:15:20,567 --> 00:15:21,900 Charity: GOING HOME, 277 00:15:21,900 --> 00:15:24,867 I'M GONNA HAVE ALL THEM TEMPTATIONS IN FRONT OF ME. 278 00:15:27,367 --> 00:15:29,167 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA RESPOND. 279 00:15:32,333 --> 00:15:35,133 I KNOW I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DRASTIC. 280 00:15:39,533 --> 00:15:42,800 I CAN'T STOP MAKING PROGRESS. 281 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,167 I HAVE TO GET THE SURGERY. 282 00:15:44,167 --> 00:15:45,300 ALL RIGHT. 283 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:47,267 I KNOW I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET RID 284 00:15:47,267 --> 00:15:50,433 OF ALL THE TEMPTATIONS IN THE HOUSE. 285 00:15:50,433 --> 00:15:52,167 ARE WE KEEPING BREAD, OR ARE WE THROWING BREAD? 286 00:15:53,467 --> 00:15:55,533 NOTHING I HAVE IN THE HOUSE IS GOOD FOR ME. 287 00:15:55,533 --> 00:15:57,133 WAFFLE MIX? 288 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:02,800 JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IS JUNK FOOD OR UNHEALTHY. 289 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:04,233 OH, MY LORD. 290 00:16:04,233 --> 00:16:06,900 IT'S GOT 18 GRAMS OF SUGAR IN IT FOR 1 CUP. 291 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:08,067 I CAN'T HAVE IT. 292 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:12,400 YEAH, WE CAN. 293 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,100 DO YOU WANT THE ALFREDO SAUCE GONE? 294 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:15,533 YEAH, GET RID OF IT. 295 00:16:16,867 --> 00:16:20,267 IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM TO GET RID OF EVERYTHING. 296 00:16:20,267 --> 00:16:22,333 I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME STUFF THAT THEY LIKE, 297 00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:25,167 BUT I WANT THEM BOTH TO BE HEALTHIER, TOO. 298 00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:28,700 OKAY, BUT I AM. 299 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:30,467 HONEY, YOU'LL THANK ME LATER. 300 00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:33,500 NO, 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING RID OF IT. 301 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,067 SORRY FOR YOUR LUCK. 302 00:16:35,067 --> 00:16:36,533 I'M GOING EXTREME. 303 00:16:36,533 --> 00:16:40,333 I'M GOING HARD BECAUSE THIS IS MY SURGERY OR NOT. 304 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:42,700 IT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. 305 00:16:42,700 --> 00:16:44,333 TACO SHELLS? 306 00:16:44,333 --> 00:16:46,100 TACO SHELLS ARE BAD. 307 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:51,933 THAT ONE IS DEFINITELY BAD. THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE. 308 00:16:54,600 --> 00:17:00,067 I KNOW THIS ISN'T GONNA BE EASY, BUT I HAVE TO MAKE US DO THIS. 309 00:17:00,067 --> 00:17:01,700 IF CHARLY AND TONY CARE ABOUT MY HEALTH, 310 00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:03,067 THEY'LL DO IT. 311 00:17:03,067 --> 00:17:05,067 [ SIGHS ] 312 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:15,333 Charity: REAL CHANGE WON'T EVER COME 313 00:17:15,333 --> 00:17:18,167 FROM CHOICES THAT ARE FAMILIAR AND COMFORTABLE. 314 00:17:18,167 --> 00:17:22,833 YOU HAVE TO STEP OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE TO CHANGE. 315 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:50,800 [ BACK-UP ALARM BEEPING ] 316 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:55,467 I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO LOSE MORE WEIGHT. 317 00:17:58,733 --> 00:18:00,633 [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ] 318 00:18:00,633 --> 00:18:05,067 I KNOW I HAVE TO SHOW THE DOCTOR I CAN DO THIS ON MY OWN. 319 00:18:05,067 --> 00:18:07,833 BUT I'M REALLY ANXIOUS RIGHT NOW. 320 00:18:07,833 --> 00:18:09,667 YOU'RE NOT IN ANY PAIN RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU? 321 00:18:09,667 --> 00:18:11,833 NO. 322 00:18:11,833 --> 00:18:13,800 I CAN'T WEIGH MYSELF AT HOME, 323 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,567 SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS I HAVE MADE. 324 00:18:17,567 --> 00:18:20,600 I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO DO THIS. 325 00:18:23,767 --> 00:18:26,867 I JUST HOPE IT'S ENOUGH. 326 00:18:28,967 --> 00:18:33,400 I NEED TO GET THE SURGERY. 327 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,167 IT'S JUST YOUR BUTT. 328 00:18:38,467 --> 00:18:41,067 709. 329 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,700 DISCOURAGING. 330 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:52,967 I WAS HOPING TO HAVE LOST MORE. 331 00:18:52,967 --> 00:18:54,833 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MEANS I'M DONE 332 00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:56,300 AND THE DOCTOR CAN'T HELP ME. 333 00:18:57,867 --> 00:18:59,633 HOW ARE YOU TODAY? 334 00:18:59,633 --> 00:19:00,933 DEPRESSED. 335 00:19:00,933 --> 00:19:05,100 UM...WELL, WHY ARE YOU DEPRESSED? 336 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:07,967 'CAUSE MY WEIGHT IS UP TO 709. 337 00:19:07,967 --> 00:19:10,767 YOU DIDN'T LOSE THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT I WANTED YOU TO, 338 00:19:10,767 --> 00:19:14,567 BUT 18 POUNDS SHOWS ME THAT YOU CAN DO THIS. 339 00:19:14,567 --> 00:19:17,167 Dr. Nowzaradan: IT'S IDEAL FOR CHARITY 340 00:19:17,167 --> 00:19:19,700 TO BE UNDER 650 POUNDS FOR SURGERY, 341 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:21,267 BUT SHE'S SHOWN ME 342 00:19:21,267 --> 00:19:24,800 THAT SHE CAN CONTROL HER EATING HABIT IF SHE CHOOSES. 343 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,833 SO WE'LL HELP HER TO GET DOWN TO THAT 344 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:29,833 OVER THE NEXT MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL. 345 00:19:29,833 --> 00:19:30,800 WE'LL GO AHEAD, 346 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,067 PROCEED WITH YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 347 00:19:33,067 --> 00:19:36,067 AND WE'LL CONTINUE YOUR WEIGHT LOSS HERE 348 00:19:36,067 --> 00:19:38,433 SO YOU CAN GET UNDER 700 POUNDS. 349 00:19:38,433 --> 00:19:42,533 THE ONLY LONG-TERM CHANCE WE HAVE TO SAVE CHARITY'S LIFE 350 00:19:42,533 --> 00:19:44,300 IS WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 351 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:47,067 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SURGERY? 352 00:19:47,067 --> 00:19:50,067 NO, I'M SUPER EXCITED. [ CHUCKLES ] 353 00:19:50,067 --> 00:19:53,433 I WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT, 354 00:19:53,433 --> 00:19:55,367 SO I'M EXCITED. 355 00:19:55,367 --> 00:19:56,733 THANK YOU. OKAY? 356 00:19:56,733 --> 00:19:59,567 [ SNIFFLES ] 357 00:19:59,567 --> 00:20:00,867 IT'S A NEW START. 358 00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:03,700 CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S REALLY GONNA HAPPEN. 359 00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:05,733 I'M HAPPY. I'M NOT NERVOUS. 360 00:20:05,733 --> 00:20:06,900 Charity: I CAN'T WAIT. 361 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:09,300 I'M GONNA FINALLY BE ABLE TO GET MY LIFE BACK. 362 00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:28,500 I'LL GET YOU THIS HAT. 363 00:20:30,967 --> 00:20:36,033 I'M NERVOUS, SCARED. 364 00:20:36,033 --> 00:20:38,933 BUT I'M READY FOR THIS. 365 00:20:42,033 --> 00:20:45,000 THIS SURGERY'S GONNA GIVE ME MY LIFE BACK. 366 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,033 READY? 1, 2, 3. 367 00:20:49,033 --> 00:20:53,200 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY, CHARITY IS HAVING BYPASS SURGERY, 368 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,800 AND WE GOT HER DOWN TO 650 POUNDS, 369 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,433 SO SHE'S GOING IN FOR SURGERY. 370 00:21:00,067 --> 00:21:02,967 THERE IS A LOT OF RISK WITH THIS OPERATION. 371 00:21:02,967 --> 00:21:04,633 THESE PATIENTS ARE HEAVY. 372 00:21:04,633 --> 00:21:08,867 THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. 373 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:11,500 SOMETIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BREATHE FOR THEM 374 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:13,433 AFTER YOU PUT THEM TO SLEEP. 375 00:21:13,433 --> 00:21:15,100 BUT IT'S NOT AS HIGH-RISK 376 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:17,500 AS NOT DOING ANY PROCEDURE ON HER. 377 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:21,800 NOW WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN GET INTO THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. 378 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,067 Charly: I'M SCARED RIGHT NOW. 379 00:21:24,067 --> 00:21:26,633 I KNOW ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN SURGERY, 380 00:21:26,633 --> 00:21:29,233 SO I'LL JUST BE GLAD WHEN SHE'S DONE. 381 00:21:30,367 --> 00:21:31,700 GO CLOSER. 382 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:35,167 USUALLY, THE STOMACH IS AS BIG AS A FOOTBALL, 383 00:21:35,167 --> 00:21:36,800 AND WITH THE GASTRIC BYPASS, 384 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,067 WE MAKE IT AS SMALL AS A BASEBALL. 385 00:21:40,067 --> 00:21:43,567 IT WILL CHANGE THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 386 00:21:43,567 --> 00:21:46,333 SO SHE'LL BE ABLE TO EAT A SMALL AMOUNT 387 00:21:46,333 --> 00:21:47,533 AND GET FULL REAL QUICK 388 00:21:47,533 --> 00:21:49,767 AND HELP HER TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT. 389 00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:53,600 THE POUCH LOOKS OKAY, AND THERE'S NO AIR LEAK, 390 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,067 SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. 391 00:21:56,067 --> 00:21:58,500 CLOSE HER UP. OKAY. 392 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:04,233 CHARITY'S SURGERY WENT VERY WELL. 393 00:22:04,233 --> 00:22:07,433 2, 3. 394 00:22:07,433 --> 00:22:09,767 WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD, PUT HER IN RECOVERY, 395 00:22:09,767 --> 00:22:12,767 AND SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME IN A FEW DAYS. 396 00:22:12,767 --> 00:22:18,600 SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP LOSING 20 TO 25 POUNDS A MONTH. 397 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,067 SHE'S SHOWN ME SHE CAN DO IT. 398 00:22:22,067 --> 00:22:25,467 WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF SHE CAN KEEP THAT PROGRESS. 399 00:22:25,467 --> 00:22:29,100 IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET HER WEIGHT DOWN ENOUGH 400 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:31,267 TO DO SKIN SURGERY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 401 00:22:39,167 --> 00:22:42,267 Woman: ARE YOU READY TO GET STARTED WITH YOUR WALK? 402 00:22:42,267 --> 00:22:44,167 YES. 403 00:22:44,167 --> 00:22:46,200 THERE YOU GO. 404 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,867 Charity: THEY WANT ME TO GET UP AND WALK A LOT 405 00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:50,400 BECAUSE, IF I DON'T MOVE, 406 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,067 I COULD DEVELOP A BLOOD CLOT FROM SURGERY, 407 00:22:53,067 --> 00:22:54,700 AND IT COULD KILL ME. 408 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,367 SO I'VE WALKED MORE THE PAST COUPLE DAYS 409 00:22:58,367 --> 00:22:59,567 THAN I HAVE IN A YEAR. 410 00:22:59,567 --> 00:23:02,333 2...3. 411 00:23:02,333 --> 00:23:03,600 GOOD. 412 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,433 YOU'RE NOT FEELING DIZZY OR ANYTHING, RIGHT? 413 00:23:05,433 --> 00:23:07,400 NO. OKAY. OKAY. 414 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,433 IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO BE MOBILE AT THIS POINT. 415 00:23:12,933 --> 00:23:16,733 IT HURTS REALLY BAD TO GET UP. IT HURTS TO SIT UP. 416 00:23:16,733 --> 00:23:18,467 OKAY, I MIGHT WANT TO SIT. 417 00:23:18,467 --> 00:23:20,167 YOU MADE IT OUTSIDE THE DOOR. 418 00:23:20,167 --> 00:23:21,633 CHARLY, MOVE IT. 419 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:25,900 THIS RECOVERY HAS BEEN A LOT HARDER THAN I EVER EXPECTED. 420 00:23:25,900 --> 00:23:28,600 BREATHE DEEP BREATHS. 421 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,900 I'M REALLY SCARED RIGHT NOW. 422 00:23:30,900 --> 00:23:34,233 DEEP BREATH. 423 00:23:34,233 --> 00:23:35,933 IF THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO LOSE WEIGHT, 424 00:23:35,933 --> 00:23:38,067 I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS. 425 00:23:38,067 --> 00:23:40,467 DEEP BREATHS, DEEP BREATHS. 426 00:23:40,467 --> 00:23:43,900 I'M STARTING TO WONDER IF I MADE THE WRONG CHOICE. 427 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,100 Charity: I'M HEADED HOME TODAY. 428 00:24:01,567 --> 00:24:05,867 AND I'M A LITTLE SCARED TO BE GOING BACK TO DO THIS ON MY OWN. 429 00:24:05,867 --> 00:24:09,500 CHARITY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE, 430 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:12,300 BUT SHE'S READY TO GO HOME. 431 00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:15,900 THE GOAL NOW FOR HER IS TO LOSE ANOTHER 50 POUNDS 432 00:24:15,900 --> 00:24:18,067 AND GET HER WEIGHT UNDER 600 433 00:24:18,067 --> 00:24:22,900 BEFORE SHE'S GOING TO BE READY FOR SKIN SURGERY. 434 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:27,233 THIS WILL HELP CHARITY WALK MORE AND BE MORE ACTIVE. 435 00:24:27,233 --> 00:24:30,533 IF NOT, HER WEIGHT LOSS WILL SLOW DOWN, 436 00:24:30,533 --> 00:24:34,833 AND AT THAT POINT, SHE MAY START GAINING WEIGHT. 437 00:24:34,833 --> 00:24:36,800 I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR HER TO KEEP PROGRESSING. 438 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,667 AND I FEEL LIKE HER OLD LIFE -- THE END OF THE BOOK JUST CLOSED. 439 00:24:40,667 --> 00:24:44,133 NOW THERE'S A NEW BOOK OPENING. 440 00:24:44,133 --> 00:24:45,667 Charity: HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST TIME 441 00:24:45,667 --> 00:24:47,400 I EVER HAVE TO BE ON A STRETCHER OF THIS SIZE. 442 00:24:51,833 --> 00:24:53,567 I CAN'T FAIL AT THIS. 443 00:24:55,267 --> 00:24:58,567 I HAVE TO KEEP DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO LOSE WEIGHT. 444 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:05,367 I HAVE TO GET THE SKIN SURGERY. 445 00:25:17,967 --> 00:25:19,900 THIS PAST MONTH, 446 00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:22,767 I'VE BEEN TRYING REALLY HARD TO WATCH WHAT I EAT. 447 00:25:22,767 --> 00:25:26,067 I HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF CRAVINGS, 448 00:25:26,067 --> 00:25:29,533 SO IT HASN'T BEEN AS HARD AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. 449 00:25:29,533 --> 00:25:31,200 THIS IS GONNA BE CHILI 450 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:32,933 WITH NOTHING BUT A LITTLE BIT OF SPRINKLED CHEESE ON TOP. 451 00:25:32,933 --> 00:25:34,200 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? 452 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,100 GROSS. 453 00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:38,267 WHY YOU GOT TO BE NASTY? 454 00:25:38,267 --> 00:25:42,300 I KNOW IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR TONY AND CHARLY. 455 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:43,900 THEY HAVE TO EAT WHAT I EAT 456 00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:46,433 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE COOKING. 457 00:25:46,433 --> 00:25:49,733 SO, LET'S SEE IF THIS IS SOFT. 458 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,367 I HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT WHAT I EAT. 459 00:25:55,367 --> 00:25:58,700 I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IN TO TEMPTATION. 460 00:26:00,133 --> 00:26:03,700 I LOVE CHILI, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY HOT. 461 00:26:06,167 --> 00:26:08,400 I'M GONNA FIGHT TO DO THIS. 462 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,967 I GO BACK TO SEE THE DOCTOR IN A COUPLE MONTHS. 463 00:26:12,967 --> 00:26:14,900 LAST TIME, 464 00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:18,400 I THOUGHT I WAS MAKING MUCH MORE PROGRESS THAN I WAS. 465 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,067 AND I HAVE TO HAVE MADE PROGRESS. 466 00:26:22,067 --> 00:26:25,667 I JUST HOPE THIS IS ALL ENOUGH. 467 00:26:34,433 --> 00:26:35,733 COME HERE. 468 00:26:35,733 --> 00:26:38,733 [ Crying ] WHY? 469 00:26:38,733 --> 00:26:41,233 [ SOBBING ] 470 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:43,067 IT'S OKAY. 471 00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:50,967 DID SOMEBODY CALL YOU? 472 00:26:50,967 --> 00:26:52,500 [ SNIFFLES ] 473 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:55,967 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY CALLED AND TOLD YOU. 474 00:26:55,967 --> 00:26:59,300 Charity: YOU'RE NEVER READY FOR YOUR PARENTS TO GO. 475 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:02,533 I WANTED TO LOSE THE WEIGHT SO I COULD GO SEE HER. 476 00:27:02,533 --> 00:27:06,700 BUT THE WEIGHT STOPPED ME FROM SAYING GOODBYE TO MY MOM. 477 00:27:06,700 --> 00:27:09,400 I DIDN'T LOSE ENOUGH IN TIME. 478 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,533 I'M ALWAYS GONNA REMEMBER THAT. 479 00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:14,500 I WANT TO GO HOME, AND I WANT TO SEE MY FAMILY 480 00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:16,967 'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S THEIR LAST DAY. 481 00:27:16,967 --> 00:27:18,433 [ SNIFFLES ] 482 00:27:18,433 --> 00:27:22,567 MY WEIGHT TOOK MY LAST CHANCE TO SEE MY MOM FROM ME. 483 00:27:22,567 --> 00:27:25,933 I FEEL LIKE IT'S TAKEN EVERYTHING FROM ME. 484 00:27:25,933 --> 00:27:28,100 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA GET THROUGH THIS. 485 00:27:42,733 --> 00:27:45,400 SINCE I FOUND OUT ABOUT MY MOM'S DEATH, 486 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,367 IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD NOT TO RUN TO FOOD. 487 00:27:49,367 --> 00:27:51,433 FOOD IS WHAT I KNOW WHEN I HURT. 488 00:27:51,433 --> 00:27:54,500 IT'S WHAT I'VE KNOWN SINCE I WAS A CHILD. 489 00:27:57,433 --> 00:28:01,067 I COULD RESIST THE CRAVINGS WHEN THINGS ARE GOOD, 490 00:28:01,067 --> 00:28:03,400 BUT IT'S TOO HARD RIGHT NOW. 491 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,667 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THAT. 492 00:28:11,833 --> 00:28:16,833 I WANT TO KEEP MAKING PROGRESS, BUT IT'S JUST SO HARD RIGHT NOW. 493 00:28:16,833 --> 00:28:19,300 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND I FEEL LIKE 494 00:28:19,300 --> 00:28:22,167 WE'RE ALL JUST FALLING BACK INTO OUR OLD HABITS. 495 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:25,133 I KNOW THAT I COULD GET SICK IF I EAT TOO MUCH, 496 00:28:25,133 --> 00:28:27,133 AND I WISH I COULD STOP. 497 00:28:27,133 --> 00:28:28,967 BUT I CAN'T. 498 00:28:28,967 --> 00:28:33,800 I'M SCARED I'M ABOUT TO GAIN BACK EVERYTHING 499 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,600 AND LOSE MY LAST CHANCE TO GET MY LIFE BACK. 500 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,067 IF I DON'T FIGURE THIS OUT, 501 00:28:40,067 --> 00:28:42,500 THE SURGERY WILL HAVE BEEN FOR NOTHING. 502 00:28:55,367 --> 00:28:57,100 I'M NERVOUS. 503 00:28:57,100 --> 00:29:00,433 IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE I'VE SEEN THE DOCTOR. 504 00:29:03,967 --> 00:29:06,333 HE NEEDED ME TO GET BELOW 600 POUNDS 505 00:29:06,333 --> 00:29:07,867 TO GET THE SKIN SURGERY. 506 00:29:07,867 --> 00:29:10,333 WITH MY MOM PASSING, 507 00:29:10,333 --> 00:29:13,100 I KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN EATING LIKE I SHOULD. 508 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:17,667 I'M REALLY SCARED THAT I WON'T HAVE LOST WHAT I NEEDED. 509 00:29:17,667 --> 00:29:20,800 I'M NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING ON THE SCALE. 510 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,867 YOU NEED TO REALIZE YOU ARE NOT 787 POUNDS ANYMORE. 511 00:29:24,867 --> 00:29:26,567 YOU'LL BE OKAY. 512 00:29:26,567 --> 00:29:28,267 I'M JUST NERVOUS. 513 00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:31,267 NICE AND SLOW. 514 00:29:31,267 --> 00:29:32,700 OW. OW. 515 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:34,400 1, 2, 3, UP. 516 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,267 [ EXHALES DEEPLY ] EXCELLENT. 517 00:29:36,267 --> 00:29:38,100 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE SCALE IS GONNA SAY. 518 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:39,533 Charly: GO AT YOUR OWN PACE, MOM. 519 00:29:39,533 --> 00:29:41,967 THREE. GOOD JOB. 520 00:29:41,967 --> 00:29:43,700 STAND, STAND, STAND. 521 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:46,700 I JUST HOPE I HAVEN'T MESSED EVERYTHING UP. 522 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:05,267 STAND, STAND, STAND. 523 00:30:11,967 --> 00:30:14,267 Charity: THIS IS NOT GOOD. 524 00:30:14,267 --> 00:30:17,033 I FEEL REALLY DISCOURAGED RIGHT NOW. 525 00:30:17,033 --> 00:30:20,367 I KNOW I HAVEN'T DONE GREAT THESE PAST FEW MONTHS, 526 00:30:20,367 --> 00:30:23,667 BUT THAT'S A LOT LESS THAN I THOUGHT. 527 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,067 [ BREATHES DEEPLY ] 528 00:30:26,067 --> 00:30:27,200 OKAY. EXCELLENT. 529 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,333 GO AHEAD AND SIT? YEP. 530 00:30:29,333 --> 00:30:31,500 PERFECT. 531 00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:32,900 OHH. 532 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:34,733 OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 533 00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:37,500 I'M REALLY SCARED TO HEAR WHAT THE DOCTOR'S GONNA SAY. 534 00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:39,300 HELLO. 535 00:30:39,300 --> 00:30:40,500 HELLO. 536 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:41,833 SO HOW IS EVERYTHING GOING WITH YOU? 537 00:30:41,833 --> 00:30:43,100 EVERYTHING'S GOING -- 538 00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:45,467 I'M ALL THE WAY HEALED FROM MY SURGERY. 539 00:30:45,467 --> 00:30:48,733 ALL RIGHT. AND HOW IS YOUR DIET DOING? 540 00:30:48,733 --> 00:30:50,300 IT'S DOING WELL. 541 00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:54,967 CHARITY HAS NOT LOST MUCH WEIGHT OVER THESE PAST COUPLE MONTHS. 542 00:30:54,967 --> 00:30:58,967 THAT MEANS THAT SHE'S STILL EATING WHAT SHE SHOULDN'T BE. 543 00:30:58,967 --> 00:31:02,333 YOU AREN'T LOSING MUCH WEIGHT. WHY IS THAT? 544 00:31:02,333 --> 00:31:03,667 I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. 545 00:31:03,667 --> 00:31:06,067 YOU HAVE TO GET UNDER 600 POUNDS 546 00:31:06,067 --> 00:31:09,167 IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE SURGERY. 547 00:31:09,167 --> 00:31:11,333 YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 548 00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:14,967 I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT CHARITY'S LACK OF PROGRESS. 549 00:31:14,967 --> 00:31:17,800 ALL RIGHT, LET ME SEE HOW IS THAT SCAR TISSUE DOING? 550 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,467 SHE CAN EASILY DEVELOP AN INFECTION 551 00:31:21,467 --> 00:31:23,933 FROM THE SORES THAT THE MASS IS CAUSING, 552 00:31:23,933 --> 00:31:26,567 AND THAT COULD BE A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. 553 00:31:26,567 --> 00:31:29,567 YOU'RE CLEARLY STILL HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES 554 00:31:29,567 --> 00:31:31,067 WITH YOUR ADDICTION. 555 00:31:31,067 --> 00:31:33,900 I'M GOING TO SEND YOU TO A THERAPIST 556 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:38,667 AND TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUES LEADING YOU TO FOOD. 557 00:31:38,667 --> 00:31:41,133 YOU NEED TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL RIGHT NOW. 558 00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:44,800 SHE NEEDS TO MAKE MUCH MORE PROGRESS, 559 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:48,267 OR SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET SKIN SURGERY. 560 00:31:48,267 --> 00:31:49,833 AND WE'RE UP. 561 00:31:49,833 --> 00:31:52,267 Charity: I'M REALLY WORRIED. 562 00:31:52,267 --> 00:31:55,267 I KNOW THE DOCTOR'S RIGHT. 563 00:31:55,267 --> 00:31:58,500 BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS PAIN ANY OTHER WAY. 564 00:32:00,367 --> 00:32:04,067 I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO BREAK FREE RIGHT NOW. 565 00:32:17,733 --> 00:32:20,433 RIGHT NOW, MY MOM'S PASSING IS SO PAINFUL. 566 00:32:20,433 --> 00:32:21,567 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 567 00:32:21,567 --> 00:32:24,200 COME IN. 568 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:25,567 I'M HOPING THE THERAPIST 569 00:32:25,567 --> 00:32:27,867 CAN HELP ME FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS PAIN. 570 00:32:27,867 --> 00:32:30,067 NICE TO MEET YOU. 571 00:32:30,067 --> 00:32:31,967 NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO. 572 00:32:31,967 --> 00:32:35,167 CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND 573 00:32:35,167 --> 00:32:38,767 SORT OF WHERE THIS JOURNEY BEGAN FOR YOU, 574 00:32:38,767 --> 00:32:40,567 OF BEING OVERWEIGHT? 575 00:32:40,567 --> 00:32:42,300 MY DAD WAS A LOT OF THE REASON 576 00:32:42,300 --> 00:32:44,167 THAT I'M SO OVERWEIGHT AND STUFF, 577 00:32:44,167 --> 00:32:48,667 BECAUSE HE WOULD COME HOME DRUNK AND BE MEAN TO US AND... 578 00:32:48,667 --> 00:32:49,900 WAS HE ABUSIVE? 579 00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:52,300 VERY. PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. 580 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:56,167 HE WOULD REALLY BEAT US, AND SO I SPENT A LOT OF MY -- 581 00:32:56,167 --> 00:32:58,600 A LOT OF GROWING UP IN FEAR. 582 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,067 WE ALWAYS HAD TO BE ON EDGE OUR WHOLE LIFE, 583 00:33:01,067 --> 00:33:02,333 AND I JUST -- 584 00:33:02,333 --> 00:33:05,733 I REMEMBER SNEAKING FOOD AT NIGHT AFTER HE WENT TO SLEEP. 585 00:33:05,733 --> 00:33:07,467 THAT'S ALL I HAD CONTROL OVER. 586 00:33:07,467 --> 00:33:09,667 THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAD CONTROL OVER. 587 00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:12,767 I USED TO WANT MY DAD TO HIT ME INSTEAD OF HITTING MY MOM, 588 00:33:12,767 --> 00:33:15,367 BECAUSE I FELT LIKE, WELL, IF HE WAS HITTING ME, 589 00:33:15,367 --> 00:33:17,333 AT LEAST HE WASN'T HURTING MY MOM. 590 00:33:17,333 --> 00:33:20,567 SO YOU STARTED PROTECTING PEOPLE EVEN THEN? 591 00:33:20,567 --> 00:33:23,367 SINCE I WAS WAY LITTLE. 592 00:33:23,367 --> 00:33:26,067 DO YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OF THEM? 593 00:33:26,067 --> 00:33:27,500 I HAVE ONE WITH MY MOM. 594 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:30,200 I WAS REALLY CLOSE TO MY MOM UNTIL I MOVED DOWN HERE. 595 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,900 BUT WHEN I LEFT THERE, SHE WAS OKAY. 596 00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:33,700 SHE WAS CANCER-FREE. 597 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:35,733 AND THEN A MASS CAME BACK, AND -- 598 00:33:35,733 --> 00:33:38,067 SO THIS WAS A RECURRENCE OF CANCER? 599 00:33:38,067 --> 00:33:39,767 YEAH. IT WAS A BRAIN TUMOR. 600 00:33:39,767 --> 00:33:42,333 [ Voice breaking ] NOT TO BREAK DOWN, 601 00:33:42,333 --> 00:33:43,400 BUT IT'S HARD. 602 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,300 SHE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY. 603 00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:47,900 OH. 604 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,267 [ Crying ] AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HER IN SO LONG, 605 00:33:50,267 --> 00:33:51,933 AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I LEFT 606 00:33:51,933 --> 00:33:54,667 THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE THE LAST TIME THAT I SEEN HER. 607 00:33:54,667 --> 00:33:56,500 OH, GOSH. 608 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:57,967 AND SHE'S LIKE, "YOU'LL BE OKAY. 609 00:33:57,967 --> 00:34:00,433 YOU'LL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART, AND I'LL ALWAYS BE IN YOURS." 610 00:34:00,433 --> 00:34:01,767 BUT IT'S JUST HARD. 611 00:34:01,767 --> 00:34:05,433 IT'S GONNA BE WEIRD GOING BACK HOME AND HER NOT BE THERE. 612 00:34:05,433 --> 00:34:07,933 YOU'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH A LOT. 613 00:34:07,933 --> 00:34:10,667 YEAH. SOMETIMES I WONDER WHY I WAS EVEN PUT HERE. 614 00:34:10,667 --> 00:34:11,700 I DON'T KNOW WHY. 615 00:34:11,700 --> 00:34:12,967 [ SNIFFLES ] 616 00:34:12,967 --> 00:34:16,367 TO BE TORTURED, I GUESS. 617 00:34:16,367 --> 00:34:18,533 YOU KNOW, WHAT'S EVEN SADDER 618 00:34:18,533 --> 00:34:21,633 THAN ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU'VE TOLD ME -- 619 00:34:21,633 --> 00:34:23,967 AND THEY'RE VERY SAD, WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME -- 620 00:34:23,967 --> 00:34:28,067 IS THAT YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO BE DESTRUCTIVE TO YOURSELF, 621 00:34:28,067 --> 00:34:30,733 BUT THAT'S WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING. 622 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,433 WHAT ARE YOU HOPES FOR YOURSELF? 623 00:34:34,433 --> 00:34:36,100 I WANT TO GET HEALTHY, 624 00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:38,733 AND I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. 625 00:34:38,733 --> 00:34:42,300 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO FORGIVE EVERYTHING AND JUST MOVE ON. 626 00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:44,533 WELL, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START, 627 00:34:44,533 --> 00:34:47,567 TO BEGIN TO KIND OF GET THOSE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS 628 00:34:47,567 --> 00:34:49,833 OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF 629 00:34:49,833 --> 00:34:52,367 AND TO REMIND YOURSELF 630 00:34:52,367 --> 00:34:54,700 THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY 631 00:34:54,700 --> 00:34:56,867 AND THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT 632 00:34:56,867 --> 00:34:58,133 IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 633 00:34:58,133 --> 00:35:00,133 MY HEAD IS STUCK IN THE PAST. 634 00:35:00,133 --> 00:35:02,300 I DON'T WANT IT TO BE IN THE PAST. 635 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:03,667 I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. 636 00:35:03,667 --> 00:35:05,500 RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 637 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:08,100 THIS IS A SECOND CHANCE. 638 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:09,400 IT IS. IT REALLY IS. 639 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,433 AND I KNOW HOW LUCKY I AM, AND I DO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. 640 00:35:12,433 --> 00:35:13,567 GOOD. 641 00:35:13,567 --> 00:35:15,633 WELL, IT WAS SO GREAT MEETING YOU. 642 00:35:15,633 --> 00:35:17,333 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 643 00:35:17,333 --> 00:35:20,900 THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. 644 00:35:22,533 --> 00:35:26,067 Charity: I GET WHAT THE THERAPIST IS TELLING ME, 645 00:35:26,067 --> 00:35:27,933 BUT IT'S A LOT EASIER TO TALK ABOUT IT 646 00:35:27,933 --> 00:35:29,067 THAN IT IS TO DO IT. 647 00:35:38,133 --> 00:35:39,333 ANOTHER ONE. 648 00:35:39,333 --> 00:35:40,700 COUNT. 649 00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:43,133 ONE...TWO... 650 00:35:43,133 --> 00:35:46,233 IT'S STILL A STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES, 651 00:35:46,233 --> 00:35:49,600 BUT I FEEL LIKE NOW I KNOW HOW TO AT LEAST START. 652 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,367 I'M JUST TAKING IT ONE DAY AT A TIME. 653 00:35:52,367 --> 00:35:54,267 TWO... 654 00:35:54,267 --> 00:35:56,433 TALKING TO A THERAPIST HAS BEEN GOOD, 655 00:35:56,433 --> 00:35:58,100 BUT A LOT OF THE PAIN IS STILL THERE. 656 00:35:58,100 --> 00:36:00,067 CAN YOU DO YOUR HEEL THINGY, 657 00:36:00,067 --> 00:36:01,833 OR IS THAT GONNA BE BAD ON YOUR FOOT? 658 00:36:01,833 --> 00:36:03,533 THAT WILL HURT MY ANKLE. OKAY, DO YOUR LEG RAISES. 659 00:36:03,533 --> 00:36:05,233 YOU CAN DO IT. 660 00:36:05,233 --> 00:36:07,367 ONE...TWO... 661 00:36:07,367 --> 00:36:09,600 BUT I TRY TO MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES 662 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,233 INSTEAD OF RUNNING TO FOOD. 663 00:36:11,233 --> 00:36:18,067 I HAVEN'T DONE IT EVERY TIME, BUT I THINK I'M MAKING PROGRESS. 664 00:36:18,067 --> 00:36:19,533 I'M WORKING OUT MORE 665 00:36:19,533 --> 00:36:23,767 AND DOING MY BEST TO MAKE SURE I LOSE THE WEIGHT THAT I NEED. 666 00:36:23,767 --> 00:36:27,333 I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO DO THIS. 667 00:36:27,333 --> 00:36:28,700 I'M NOT GONNA FAIL. 668 00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:30,233 YOU'RE MAKING ME SWEAT. LOOK. 669 00:36:30,233 --> 00:36:31,667 [ LAUGHS ] 670 00:36:39,833 --> 00:36:42,067 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SEE DR. NOW 671 00:36:42,067 --> 00:36:44,533 AND SEE IF I QUALIFY FOR SKIN SURGERY. 672 00:36:44,533 --> 00:36:46,500 I KNOW I'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS 673 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:50,067 BECAUSE I CAN FINALLY FIT IN A REGULAR VEHICLE. 674 00:36:50,067 --> 00:36:53,533 IT OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR ME 675 00:36:53,533 --> 00:36:55,133 BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO CALL AN AMBULANCE 676 00:36:55,133 --> 00:36:57,233 JUST TO LEAVE MY HOUSE. 677 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,667 BUT I NEED TO BE AROUND 600 POUNDS 678 00:37:01,667 --> 00:37:02,967 IF I'M GOING TO GET THE SURGERY. 679 00:37:02,967 --> 00:37:05,967 I KNOW THIS MAY BE MY LAST CHANCE. 680 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:18,933 I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT THE DOCTOR'S GONNA SAY. 681 00:37:18,933 --> 00:37:20,133 HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? 682 00:37:20,133 --> 00:37:22,100 CHARITY, YOUR WEIGHT IS DOWN ENOUGH 683 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:24,167 FOR US TO DO YOUR SKIN SURGERY. 684 00:37:24,167 --> 00:37:26,367 SO, I'M GONNA APPROVE YOU, 685 00:37:26,367 --> 00:37:29,367 AND WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE YOU FOR NEXT MONTH. 686 00:37:29,367 --> 00:37:31,800 THIS SURGERY WILL HELP CHARITY A LOT. 687 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:36,633 IT'S GONNA HELP HER TO LOSE MORE WEIGHT AND BE MORE ACTIVE. 688 00:37:36,633 --> 00:37:40,367 TRY TO ADDRESS THE UPPER MASS. 689 00:37:40,367 --> 00:37:43,067 AS SOON AS THAT HEALS, WE CAN ADDRESS THE LOWER ONE. 690 00:37:43,067 --> 00:37:44,467 OKAY. 691 00:37:44,467 --> 00:37:46,433 ONCE WE REMOVE THESE MASSES, 692 00:37:46,433 --> 00:37:49,800 THE PAIN SHE HAS FROM THE SORES THEY CREATE WILL BE GONE. 693 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:50,933 OKAY. THANK YOU. 694 00:37:50,933 --> 00:37:51,933 MM-HMM. 695 00:37:51,933 --> 00:37:54,600 YAY! [ CHUCKLES ] 696 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,700 Charity: I NEED THE SURGERY IN ORDER TO SURVIVE, 697 00:37:57,700 --> 00:37:59,333 IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. 698 00:37:59,333 --> 00:38:03,100 SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT I'M ALSO NERVOUS. 699 00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:06,567 I'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO GET THIS SURGERY, 700 00:38:06,567 --> 00:38:09,200 AND I CAN'T WAIT TILL THEY'RE GONE. 701 00:38:27,367 --> 00:38:30,867 I KNOW I SHOULD BE NERVOUS NOW, 702 00:38:30,867 --> 00:38:33,267 BUT THIS SURGERY IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME 703 00:38:33,267 --> 00:38:34,667 THAN ANY OTHER SURGERY, 704 00:38:34,667 --> 00:38:39,533 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CARRYING THIS MASS AROUND FOR 10 YEARS, 705 00:38:39,533 --> 00:38:41,700 SO I'M READY TO GET IT REMOVED 706 00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:44,300 AND BE ABLE TO WALK A LOT EASIER. 707 00:38:46,167 --> 00:38:49,267 I KNOW I'M WAKING UP TO A BETTER LIFE. 708 00:38:49,267 --> 00:38:51,933 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY, WE'RE DOING 709 00:38:51,933 --> 00:38:54,767 THE SKIN-REMOVAL SURGERY ON CHARITY. 710 00:38:54,767 --> 00:39:01,667 WE HAVE TO GET THESE MASSES BY MAKING LARGE INCISIONS. 711 00:39:12,067 --> 00:39:14,333 I THINK RIGHT THERE. 712 00:39:14,333 --> 00:39:17,133 ANY COMPLICATION WITH THIS SURGERY CAN BE DEVASTATING, 713 00:39:17,133 --> 00:39:19,867 AND CHARITY MAY NOT COME OUT OF IT. 714 00:39:35,467 --> 00:39:39,800 Dr. Nowzaradan: ALL RIGHT, WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO TAKE 715 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,067 ONE PART OF THIS MASS OFF. 716 00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:56,367 WE'VE LOST A COUPLE THOUSAND CC OF FLUID FROM IT. 717 00:39:56,367 --> 00:39:58,133 YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT? 718 00:39:58,133 --> 00:40:00,067 I THINK SO, SIR. 719 00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:16,000 Charly: I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT -- 720 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,833 HOW DIFFERENT SHE'S GONNA LOOK, HOW DIFFERENT SHE'S GONNA FEEL. 721 00:40:18,833 --> 00:40:22,067 IT'S LIKE A HUGE STEP FORWARD. 722 00:40:22,067 --> 00:40:24,633 Dr. Nowzaradan: SO, NOW WE GOT SOME PIECES OFF. 723 00:40:24,633 --> 00:40:27,033 WE'RE GONNA START CLOSING THE INCISION. 724 00:40:27,033 --> 00:40:33,033 SHE'LL NO LONGER HAVE TO HAUL THIS MASS OF FLUID AND OF FAT. 725 00:40:40,033 --> 00:40:41,900 OKAY. WELL DONE. 726 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:44,300 SURGERY ON CHARITY WENT VERY WELL. 727 00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:49,000 WE TOOK 57 POUNDS OF FATTY TUMOR OFF OF HER, 728 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,233 AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME TO HEAL. 729 00:40:52,233 --> 00:40:55,700 BUT I THINK THE RESULT WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR HER. 730 00:40:55,700 --> 00:40:58,933 I'M HOPING THAT HER WEIGHT LOSS IS GONNA BE MUCH FASTER 731 00:40:58,933 --> 00:41:01,667 AFTER SURGERY. 732 00:41:02,967 --> 00:41:05,267 Woman: READY TO GET WEIGHED IN? 733 00:41:05,267 --> 00:41:06,600 YES. 734 00:41:09,067 --> 00:41:11,867 Charly: LOOK AT THAT. 735 00:41:11,867 --> 00:41:13,367 Charity: IT'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE, 736 00:41:13,367 --> 00:41:15,167 MOVING AROUND WITHOUT THESE WEIGHTS ON ME. 737 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,400 I THINK MY BODY FEELS RELIEF. 738 00:41:22,267 --> 00:41:24,767 THAT'S A LOT. [ CHUCKLES ] 739 00:41:24,767 --> 00:41:26,767 YOU'RE READY TO GO HOME. 740 00:41:26,767 --> 00:41:30,900 IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE THAT NUMBER ON THE SCALE. 741 00:41:30,900 --> 00:41:32,400 Dr. Nowzaradan: IT'S BEEN HARD, 742 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,900 BUT I'M PROUD OF HOW FAR CHARITY HAS COME. 743 00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:39,500 IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE NEW LIFE FOR HER. 744 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:43,100 Charity: I WAS TRAPPED FOR SO LONG WITH THOSE MASSES. 745 00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:44,467 I CAN DO SO MUCH MORE NOW, 746 00:41:44,467 --> 00:41:46,400 AND I PLAN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. 747 00:41:50,367 --> 00:41:53,067 Charly: MOM. 748 00:41:53,067 --> 00:41:54,067 YOUR STUFF CAME TODAY. 749 00:41:54,067 --> 00:41:56,267 I'M EXCITED! 750 00:41:56,267 --> 00:41:59,433 MY DRESSES ARE PRETTY BAGGY NOW, 751 00:41:59,433 --> 00:42:02,833 SO I HAVE TO ORDER SMALLER SIZES, AND THAT'S EXCITING. 752 00:42:02,833 --> 00:42:05,067 YOU ORDERED A SKIRT? 753 00:42:05,067 --> 00:42:06,267 Charity: LET'S TRY THEM ON. 754 00:42:06,267 --> 00:42:07,700 OKAY. WANT ME TO GO GET THE MIRROR? 755 00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:09,067 YES, PLEASE. 756 00:42:13,267 --> 00:42:16,067 I LOOK AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR, AND I SEE PROGRESS, 757 00:42:16,067 --> 00:42:18,800 AND I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER STOP PUSHING FORWARD. 758 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,600 THAT IS CUTE! 759 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:21,633 YEAH! 760 00:42:21,633 --> 00:42:25,333 I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M NOT STUCK ANYMORE. 761 00:42:25,333 --> 00:42:28,067 EVERYTHING IS A POSSIBILITY NOW. 762 00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:30,500 IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M STARTING A NEW LIFE.