1 00:00:02,133 --> 00:00:04,333 Chad: FOOD IS DEFINITELY KILLING ME. 2 00:00:04,333 --> 00:00:06,467 I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, 3 00:00:06,467 --> 00:00:08,900 OR ELSE I'M GONNA DIE. 4 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:19,833 MY WEIGHT HAS GIVEN ME A DEATH SENTENCE. 5 00:00:19,833 --> 00:00:22,700 THE THING I RELIED ON ALL THESE YEARS 6 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:25,000 IS WHAT'S KILLING ME. 7 00:00:31,567 --> 00:00:33,233 [ Voice breaking ] AND IT'S BROKEN! 8 00:00:33,233 --> 00:00:34,133 WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? 9 00:00:34,133 --> 00:00:35,233 I DON'T KNOW! I CAN'T GET OFF! 10 00:00:35,233 --> 00:00:37,400 -DON'T MAKE ME GO, PLEASE! -I'M NOT. 11 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,067 IT'S HARD TO BE A FATHER FROM A CHAIR. 12 00:00:44,067 --> 00:00:45,867 OH, THANK YOU, HONEY. 13 00:00:45,867 --> 00:00:49,200 I SEE THAT UNWILLINGNESS. 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,700 IF YOU WERE SERIOUS, YOU'D MAKE CHANGES. 15 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:57,567 Chad: I'M REALLY SCARED RIGHT NOW. 16 00:00:57,567 --> 00:00:59,833 Dr. Nowzaradan: I NEED TO FIX THIS IMMEDIATELY. 17 00:00:59,833 --> 00:01:03,433 AND THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR HIM. 18 00:01:03,433 --> 00:01:06,433 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 19 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:09,467 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 20 00:01:10,367 --> 00:01:14,067 Chad: BEING LOST IS NOT THE WORST PLACE TO BE IN LIFE. 21 00:01:14,067 --> 00:01:17,167 IT'S BEING LOST AND REFUSING TO HAVE HELP. 22 00:01:34,533 --> 00:01:36,633 AAH! 23 00:01:36,633 --> 00:01:39,867 MY LIFE IS DEPRESSING. 24 00:01:39,867 --> 00:01:43,367 [ SIGHS ] 25 00:01:46,567 --> 00:01:49,100 I NEED HELP WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. 26 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:50,867 -YOU READY? -YEAH. 27 00:01:53,233 --> 00:01:55,767 MY WIFE HAS TO TAKE CARE OF ME AND CLEAN ME 28 00:01:55,767 --> 00:01:58,500 BECAUSE I CAN'T DO IT BY MYSELF. 29 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:00,300 IT'S HUMILIATING. 30 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:04,433 A RELATIONSHIP'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT GIVING AND TAKING, 31 00:02:04,433 --> 00:02:06,233 BUT I JUST TAKE. 32 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:11,067 THIS TYPE OF LIFE -- IT'S NOT A MARRIAGE. 33 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:15,600 NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS. 34 00:02:19,633 --> 00:02:22,067 WE HAVE TWO KIDS, 35 00:02:22,067 --> 00:02:23,967 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST ANOTHER KID 36 00:02:23,967 --> 00:02:26,700 THAT SHE HAS TO TAKE CARE OF. 37 00:02:26,700 --> 00:02:28,500 I FEEL VERY GUILTY FOR THAT. 38 00:02:30,767 --> 00:02:34,233 I LOVE HIM, BUT HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. 39 00:02:34,233 --> 00:02:35,833 I DIDN'T PAY IT ANY MIND 40 00:02:35,833 --> 00:02:37,767 UNTIL IT STARTED GETTING TO THE POINT 41 00:02:37,767 --> 00:02:41,067 WHERE HE COULDN'T GET UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. 42 00:02:43,533 --> 00:02:46,367 YOU KNOW, YOU START TO WONDER, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA BE 43 00:02:46,367 --> 00:02:48,067 BEFORE SHE STARTS TO THINK 44 00:02:48,067 --> 00:02:51,100 "HE'S TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN ON ME," 45 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:52,233 AND SHE'LL LEAVE ME. 46 00:02:52,233 --> 00:02:55,067 [ GROANS ] 47 00:02:55,067 --> 00:02:56,900 ONCE I'M DONE WITH MY BATH, 48 00:02:56,900 --> 00:02:59,433 I AM SO EXHAUSTED THAT I HAVE TO GO BACK TO BED 49 00:02:59,433 --> 00:03:01,633 AND SLEEP. 50 00:03:01,633 --> 00:03:07,333 I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE LET THINGS GO SO FAR. 51 00:03:07,333 --> 00:03:10,700 GROWING UP, THIS ISN'T THE LIFE THAT I IMAGINED. 52 00:03:13,767 --> 00:03:16,167 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE PERSON THAT'S BEEN BIGGER 53 00:03:16,167 --> 00:03:17,700 THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. 54 00:03:19,733 --> 00:03:22,933 I HAD A MOTHER WHO SAW FOOD AS LOVE, 55 00:03:22,933 --> 00:03:25,500 SO THERE WAS A NEVER-ENDING SUPPLY OF FOOD 56 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:28,633 IN OUR HOUSE GROWING UP. 57 00:03:28,633 --> 00:03:30,567 IF I ATE SOMETHING IN THE FRIDGE, 58 00:03:30,567 --> 00:03:32,767 THE NEXT DAY, IT WAS REPLENISHED. 59 00:03:35,433 --> 00:03:36,867 SO MY BROTHER, MY SISTER, 60 00:03:36,867 --> 00:03:39,067 AND I -- WE ALWAYS HAD FOOD. 61 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:44,067 AS I GOT OLDER, I JUST KEPT EATING 62 00:03:44,067 --> 00:03:47,800 AND GETTING BIGGER. 63 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,867 I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT DIETING, 'CAUSE MY WEIGHT 64 00:03:49,867 --> 00:03:52,600 DIDN'T PREVENT ME FROM DOING THINGS. 65 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,733 BEING BIG -- IT JUST BECAME WHO I WAS. 66 00:03:56,733 --> 00:03:58,900 WHEN I PLAYED FOOTBALL, 67 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:00,400 MY GRANDMOTHER 68 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,767 SEWED TWO UNIFORMS TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE UNIFORM. 69 00:04:04,767 --> 00:04:09,333 THE NEWSPAPER USED TO CALL ME "THE 300-POUND DEAN MACHINE." 70 00:04:11,633 --> 00:04:14,867 AND IT HURTS. 71 00:04:14,867 --> 00:04:16,167 BY THE TIME I GRADUATED SCHOOL, 72 00:04:16,167 --> 00:04:18,467 I WAS PUSHING 400 POUNDS. 73 00:04:21,900 --> 00:04:26,100 AND I GOT A JOB DRIVING TRUCKS, 74 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:29,567 AND THAT'S WHEN MY WEIGHT REALLY TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE. 75 00:04:32,667 --> 00:04:36,200 FOR 11, 12, 13 HOURS A DAY, 76 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,900 I JUST HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL AND GRAB YOUR CHIPS. 77 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:44,900 I WAS DRINKING A 12-PACK OF SODA A DAY, 78 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:48,800 AND MY EXERCISE WAS NONE. 79 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:54,733 SO WHEN I MET AYESHA, I WAS ALL OF 500 POUNDS. 80 00:04:54,733 --> 00:04:57,833 WHEN I FIRST MET CHAD, HIS SIZE WASN'T AN ISSUE, 81 00:04:57,833 --> 00:05:00,633 AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS HEART 82 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:05,067 THE WAY HE WAS, THE WAY HE WAS WITH THE KIDS. 83 00:05:05,067 --> 00:05:07,700 THEY BECAME MY FAMILY, AND I WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, 84 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:10,800 SO I ASKED HER TO MARRY ME. 85 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:14,633 WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER, THAT POINT IN MY LIFE WAS GREAT. 86 00:05:14,633 --> 00:05:17,067 YOU KNOW, I PROVIDED FOR HER AND THE KIDS. 87 00:05:17,067 --> 00:05:21,800 AND THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED. 88 00:05:23,867 --> 00:05:25,067 HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY, BOSS? 89 00:05:25,067 --> 00:05:28,900 ONE DAY, I WENT TO GET UP ON THE TRUCK, 90 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:31,200 AND I MADE IT TO THE TOP STEP, 91 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,533 AND, BEING, THE SIZE I AM, MY LEFT LEG GAVE... 92 00:05:34,533 --> 00:05:36,500 [ GROANS ] 93 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:38,367 ...AND I CAME OUT OF THE TRUCK ONTO THE GROUND. 94 00:05:40,667 --> 00:05:44,633 IT WAS RIGHT THERE AND THEN IS WHEN I KNEW. 95 00:05:44,633 --> 00:05:46,167 I KNEW DRIVING WAS OVER. 96 00:05:48,367 --> 00:05:49,867 I STILL KEPT EATING. 97 00:05:49,867 --> 00:05:53,400 EVEN THOUGH THAT'S WHAT'S TAKEN EVERYTHING FROM ME, 98 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,667 I STILL TURN TO IT. I STILL DID IT. 99 00:05:59,233 --> 00:06:01,667 AYESHA'S WHOLE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN THE DAY 100 00:06:01,667 --> 00:06:03,833 I FELL OUT OF THAT TRUCK. 101 00:06:03,833 --> 00:06:05,767 IT WAS VERY DEGRADING TO HAVE TO ASK MY WIFE 102 00:06:05,767 --> 00:06:07,400 TO GO BACK TO WORK. 103 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,300 I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE A MAN NO MORE. 104 00:06:11,533 --> 00:06:16,167 AND NOW MY LIFE IS THIS CHAIR, 105 00:06:16,167 --> 00:06:17,867 FROM THE TIME I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING 106 00:06:17,867 --> 00:06:19,833 TILL THE TIME I GO TO BED AT NIGHT. 107 00:06:21,667 --> 00:06:23,833 [ CLEARS THROAT ] QUICK, QUICK, HAND ME MY COAT. 108 00:06:25,933 --> 00:06:28,067 WHERE DO I HELP MY FAMILY? 109 00:06:28,067 --> 00:06:30,367 -I'M NOT. -THANK YOU, HONEY. 110 00:06:30,367 --> 00:06:32,467 ALL THAT'S FALLING ON MOM. 111 00:06:32,467 --> 00:06:36,067 OKAY, QUICK. LET'S GET READY TO GO TO THE PARK. 112 00:06:36,067 --> 00:06:41,933 IT'S HARD TO BE A FATHER AND A HUSBAND FROM A CHAIR. 113 00:06:41,933 --> 00:06:43,767 WE HAVE TWO KIDS. 114 00:06:43,767 --> 00:06:45,533 TAQUA, SHE'S 10, 115 00:06:45,533 --> 00:06:49,900 AND JO JO, WHO IS 9, WHO IS AUTISTIC. 116 00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:54,100 THE KIDS HAVE TO ENTER MY WORLD TO DO ANYTHING WITH ME. 117 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:56,833 I CAN'T GO OUT AND DO ANYTHING. 118 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:59,133 IF I TRY TO GO, I CAN BARELY MAKE IT. 119 00:06:59,133 --> 00:07:02,400 [ GROANS ] 120 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:03,633 -YOU IN? -YEAH. 121 00:07:03,633 --> 00:07:05,500 I THINK I'M A VERY BIG BURDEN ON MY FAMILY. 122 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:08,733 [ GROANS ] 123 00:07:08,733 --> 00:07:11,800 I HAVE KIDS THAT JUST WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH ME, 124 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,067 AND I CAN'T. 125 00:07:14,067 --> 00:07:17,600 AYESHA DOES EVERYTHING. 126 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,733 SHE'S DOING THE BATHS. SHE'S DOING THE DRESSING. 127 00:07:19,733 --> 00:07:21,367 SHE'S DOING THE LAUNDRY. 128 00:07:21,367 --> 00:07:24,933 WAIT A MINUTE, JO JO. 129 00:07:24,933 --> 00:07:28,500 I'M SITTING. 130 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:32,067 Ayesha: WE ARE A FAMILY, BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY. 131 00:07:32,067 --> 00:07:33,833 WHEN HE FELL OUT OF THE TRUCK, 132 00:07:33,833 --> 00:07:38,300 HE GOT IT INTO HIS HEAD "I CAN'T DO IT." 133 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:39,633 [ LAUGHS ] 134 00:07:39,633 --> 00:07:43,500 AND EVER SINCE, ALL HE HAS DONE 135 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:49,200 WAS SIT AND EAT AND EAT. 136 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,167 Chad: FOOD IS DEFINITELY KILLING ME. 137 00:07:52,167 --> 00:07:56,433 MY FAMILY IS ALL I HAVE LEFT IN MY LIFE, 138 00:07:56,433 --> 00:07:58,833 BUT I'M ADDICTED TO EATING FOOD. 139 00:08:03,333 --> 00:08:05,800 FOOD IS THE ONLY THING IN MY LIFE THAT'S NEVER CHANGED. 140 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,667 IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. 141 00:08:07,667 --> 00:08:09,267 WOMAN: Hi. How can I help you? 142 00:08:09,267 --> 00:08:11,467 YEAH, CAN I GET TWO CHEESEBURGERS, TWO FRIES? 143 00:08:11,467 --> 00:08:13,067 THAT WILL BE IT. 144 00:08:13,067 --> 00:08:14,433 THERE'S TIMES WHEN I'LL BE EATING, 145 00:08:14,433 --> 00:08:17,067 AND I'M NOT EVEN HUNGRY. 146 00:08:17,067 --> 00:08:18,833 IT'S MORE OF A HABIT. 147 00:08:23,067 --> 00:08:26,700 FOOD'S TAKING CONTROL OVER MY LIFE. 148 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:29,700 IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO A POINT, 149 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:34,167 UNTIL I'M DONE EATING IT. THEN I FEEL GUILTY. 150 00:08:34,167 --> 00:08:35,933 THIS IS NOT THE LIFE THAT I WANT. 151 00:08:35,933 --> 00:08:39,100 JO JO, DID YOU HAVE FUN? 152 00:08:43,833 --> 00:08:45,967 THIS IS NOT THE LIFE THAT MY WIFE DESERVES. 153 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:51,400 IT'S NOT WHAT MY KIDS DESERVE. 154 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,367 THEIR LIVES NOW REVOLVE AROUND ME. 155 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,867 OH! OH! 156 00:09:00,867 --> 00:09:05,200 I WANT MY DAD TO LOSE WEIGHT SO HE CAN ACTUALLY BE ABLE 157 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,600 TO PLAY WITH ME OUTSIDE. 158 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,400 [ GROANS ] 159 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,067 THAT'D BE, LIKE, MY ULTIMATE, NUMBER-ONE DREAM. 160 00:09:13,067 --> 00:09:16,433 I'D BE SO HAPPY. 161 00:09:16,433 --> 00:09:19,500 HEY, QUA, THAT'S MY WATER RIGHT THERE. 162 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:23,533 Ayesha: TAQUA CARRIES THE BURDEN OF A PARENT AT 10 YEARS OLD. 163 00:09:23,533 --> 00:09:24,633 THANK YOU. 164 00:09:24,633 --> 00:09:26,233 SHE DOESN'T MIND DOING THE THINGS. 165 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,100 [ SNIFFLES ] 166 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:31,100 BUT IT BOTHERS ME. 167 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:33,133 SHE'S 10 YEARS OLD. 168 00:09:33,133 --> 00:09:35,467 SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE A KID. 169 00:09:35,467 --> 00:09:39,833 SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT KIDS DO. 170 00:09:39,833 --> 00:09:41,833 Chad: I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN'T STOP, 171 00:09:41,833 --> 00:09:45,500 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M WORTHLESS. 172 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:47,833 THERE'S A LOT OF DAYS I WONDER IF THIS IS THE DAY 173 00:09:47,833 --> 00:09:51,067 WHERE AYESHA'S HAD ENOUGH. 174 00:09:51,067 --> 00:09:55,067 WHAT'S HER BREAKING POINT BEFORE SHE FINALLY SAYS, 175 00:09:55,067 --> 00:09:58,633 "I CAN'T DO IT NO MORE?" 176 00:09:58,633 --> 00:10:04,000 THIS IS NOT MY CHAD THAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH. 177 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:09,000 THIS CHAD GAVE UP ON HIMSELF. 178 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,633 NOW I'M FIGHTING TO KEEP MY FAMILY TOGETHER. 179 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,500 I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. 180 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:24,567 THANK YOU. 181 00:10:24,567 --> 00:10:26,367 Chad: IF I DON'T CHANGE THE CYCLE, 182 00:10:26,367 --> 00:10:29,067 ONE OF TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING -- 183 00:10:29,067 --> 00:10:32,567 EITHER MY FAMILY'S GONNA LEAVE ME 184 00:10:32,567 --> 00:10:37,167 OR ELSE MY BODY'S GONNA GIVE OUT AND I'M GONNA DIE. 185 00:10:42,467 --> 00:10:44,067 -GOT IT? -YEAH. 186 00:10:44,067 --> 00:10:45,333 [ GRUNTS ] 187 00:10:45,333 --> 00:10:46,567 HEY, COME ON, GIRL. 188 00:10:46,567 --> 00:10:48,533 USE THEM MUSCLES. YOU GOT THEM. 189 00:10:48,533 --> 00:10:51,467 PUSH, PUSH. 190 00:10:51,467 --> 00:10:54,967 I FOUND A DOCTOR ONLINE IN THE HOUSTON AREA. 191 00:10:54,967 --> 00:10:57,133 HE SAID HE WOULD SEE ME. 192 00:10:57,133 --> 00:11:02,133 AND WE'RE SELLING THE ONLY THING THAT WE OWN, WHICH IS OUR HOUSE. 193 00:11:02,133 --> 00:11:04,533 AND WE'RE UPROOTING, AND WE'RE MOVING, 194 00:11:04,533 --> 00:11:08,100 AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S IN STORE FOR US. 195 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:11,067 THIS IS THE BIGGEST LEAP OF FAITH WE HAVE EVER TAKEN. 196 00:11:11,067 --> 00:11:12,167 [ GROANS ] 197 00:11:12,167 --> 00:11:13,800 Chad: BUT HE'S MY LAST HOPE, 198 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,300 AND THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THAT CAN HELP ME. 199 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:19,167 MY WIFE AND KIDS 200 00:11:19,167 --> 00:11:22,433 ARE SACRIFICING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING 201 00:11:22,433 --> 00:11:24,467 SO I CAN DO THIS. 202 00:11:24,467 --> 00:11:26,333 I CAN'T FAIL THEM. 203 00:11:26,333 --> 00:11:29,067 Chad: CAN YOU GUYS HELP? I'M SORRY. 204 00:11:29,067 --> 00:11:31,967 AS SOON AS YOU GET UP IN HERE, I'LL TAKE IT. 205 00:11:31,967 --> 00:11:33,133 READY? 206 00:11:33,133 --> 00:11:34,133 I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA DO THIS. 207 00:11:34,133 --> 00:11:35,467 BUT I THE TO TRY. 208 00:11:35,467 --> 00:11:38,333 OH, YEAH. I GOT THIS. 209 00:11:38,333 --> 00:11:39,967 I GOT IT, QUA. 210 00:11:39,967 --> 00:11:41,300 [ SIGHS ] 211 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:44,400 [ GROANS ] 212 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,767 THAT'S ALL RIGHT. JUST LEAVE IT, PLEASE. 213 00:11:46,767 --> 00:11:50,733 I GOT TO SIT DOWN. 214 00:11:50,733 --> 00:11:52,900 [ GROANING ] 215 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,867 OH, MY GOD. 216 00:11:59,867 --> 00:12:01,367 [ SIGHS ] 217 00:12:01,367 --> 00:12:04,133 IT'S NOT HIS FAULT HE JUST CAN'T HELP AS MUCH AS HE'D LIKE TO. 218 00:12:04,133 --> 00:12:08,367 BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR ME. IT IS. 219 00:12:08,367 --> 00:12:13,067 IT'S JUST ALL TOO MUCH. 220 00:12:13,067 --> 00:12:16,600 Chad: I'M HOPING THAT THE DOCTORS DOWN THERE CAN HELP ME. 221 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,667 THIS IS IT. 222 00:12:18,667 --> 00:12:20,700 THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE. 223 00:12:25,967 --> 00:12:27,600 ** 224 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,933 Chad: IT'S BEEN A HARD FEW DAYS ON THE ROAD, 225 00:12:29,933 --> 00:12:31,667 AND I JUST HOPE IT'S ALL WORTH IT. 226 00:12:50,833 --> 00:12:53,400 THE DRIVE'S BEEN ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS 227 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,067 I'VE EVER HAD TO ENCOUNTER IN MY LIFE. 228 00:12:57,067 --> 00:12:59,800 HERE WE ARE, GUYS. JO JO, HERE WE ARE. 229 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,533 OH! 230 00:13:01,533 --> 00:13:04,467 MY LEGS ARE DONE, MY KNEES ARE DONE, 231 00:13:04,467 --> 00:13:07,533 AND IT'S JUST BEEN EXHAUSTING. 232 00:13:07,533 --> 00:13:10,867 [ SIGHS ] THAT AIN'T WORKING. 233 00:13:10,867 --> 00:13:14,667 WE CHECKED INTO A HOTEL UNTIL WE CAN FIND A HOME, 234 00:13:14,667 --> 00:13:16,967 BUT NOW MY PRIORITY IS TO SEE THE DOCTOR 235 00:13:16,967 --> 00:13:19,233 AND FIND OUT WHAT HE CAN DO. 236 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:32,700 WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. 237 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:35,067 UNDER A MILE TO GO, AND REALITY'S SETTING IN, 238 00:13:35,067 --> 00:13:36,933 AND REALLY NERVOUS. 239 00:13:40,333 --> 00:13:44,933 IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE SEEN ANY DOCTORS. 240 00:13:44,933 --> 00:13:47,600 [ GROANING ] 241 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,067 Chad: I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY THAT COULD ACTUALLY HELP ME. 242 00:13:51,067 --> 00:13:54,367 I'M PRAYING THAT THIS ONE CAN, 243 00:13:54,367 --> 00:14:00,933 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, 244 00:14:00,933 --> 00:14:04,800 AND I REALLY HOPE WE DIDN'T MAKE THIS JOURNEY FOR NOTHING. 245 00:14:08,933 --> 00:14:13,367 -OH! -701. 246 00:14:13,367 --> 00:14:15,500 [ SIGHS ] 247 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:17,367 CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 248 00:14:17,367 --> 00:14:19,500 MY MIND JUST TOTALLY BLANKED WHEN I SAW IT. 249 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:24,433 I HOPE IT'S NOT TOO LATE. I HOPE I'M NOT TOO FAR GONE. 250 00:14:24,433 --> 00:14:25,367 [ KNOCKS AT DOOR ] 251 00:14:25,367 --> 00:14:28,700 -HELLO. -HOW ARE YOU DOING? 252 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:31,067 I'M DOING OKAY. I'M DR. NOWZARADAN. 253 00:14:31,067 --> 00:14:32,167 CHAD. 254 00:14:32,167 --> 00:14:33,800 VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. 255 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:36,867 YOU ARE 700 POUNDS. WOW. 256 00:14:36,867 --> 00:14:39,267 WHY DO YOU THINK YOU GAINED THIS MUCH WEIGHT? 257 00:14:39,267 --> 00:14:42,867 GOT INTO THE WRONG EATING HABITS AND A LOT OF SODA, 258 00:14:42,867 --> 00:14:47,433 A LOT OF ENERGY DRINKS, AND IT WAS, 259 00:14:47,433 --> 00:14:49,300 BOTTOM LINE, MY OWN STUPIDITY. 260 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:53,067 SO, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY? 261 00:14:53,067 --> 00:14:55,067 SIT AND WATCH TV. 262 00:14:55,067 --> 00:14:56,600 WHO FIXES THE FOOD? 263 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,967 HER AND MY DAUGHTER. 264 00:14:57,967 --> 00:15:00,667 AND THEY OKAY WITH THAT? 265 00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:02,300 THEY'RE NOT OKAY WITH IT. 266 00:15:02,300 --> 00:15:03,933 THE PROBLEM IS, IF I DON'T GET IT, 267 00:15:03,933 --> 00:15:08,067 I BECOME MEAN -- NOT MEAN VIOLENT MEAN, BUT... 268 00:15:08,067 --> 00:15:09,133 OBNOXIOUS. 269 00:15:09,133 --> 00:15:10,300 YES. 270 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:14,700 SO YOU TURNED THE WHOLE FAMILY INTO ENABLERS. 271 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:19,767 IF THEY DON'T FEED YOU, THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOU. 272 00:15:19,767 --> 00:15:22,800 CHAD IS CLOSE TO HIS BREAKING POINT. 273 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,333 HE NEEDS SURGERY, BUT I'M NOT SURE HE'S READY FOR IT. 274 00:15:26,333 --> 00:15:29,733 YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME ANYTHING TODAY TO CONVINCE ME 275 00:15:29,733 --> 00:15:33,233 THAT YOU ARE MENTALLY READY FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 276 00:15:33,233 --> 00:15:35,833 BUT IF YOU ARE, I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME 277 00:15:35,833 --> 00:15:39,133 BY LOSING 40 POUNDS OVER THE NEXT MONTH. 278 00:15:39,133 --> 00:15:40,367 YOU HAVE TO CHANGE, 279 00:15:40,367 --> 00:15:43,967 AND THE FAMILY DYNAMICS HAVE TO CHANGE, TOO. 280 00:15:43,967 --> 00:15:47,167 THE REALITY IS IF CHAD WANTED TO CHANGE, 281 00:15:47,167 --> 00:15:49,233 HE WOULD HAVE TRIED OVER THE YEARS, 282 00:15:49,233 --> 00:15:51,333 BUT HE'S DONE NOTHING. 283 00:15:51,333 --> 00:15:53,733 CHAD HAS TO WANT THIS. 284 00:15:53,733 --> 00:15:55,167 SO, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO THAT? 285 00:15:55,167 --> 00:15:57,333 -I KNOW I CAN. -ALL RIGHT. 286 00:15:57,333 --> 00:16:00,967 -I'LL SEE YOU ALL LATER. -THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 287 00:16:00,967 --> 00:16:04,300 HE NEEDS TO SHOW ME HE'S NOT AFRAID TO WORK. 288 00:16:06,367 --> 00:16:08,100 OH! 289 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:10,300 Chad: I HAVE A MONTH TO PROVE, 290 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:12,600 NOT JUST TO MYSELF, BUT TO THE DOCTOR, 291 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,900 THAT I CAN CONTROL MY EATING HABITS, 292 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:19,967 THAT I CAN LOSE SOME WEIGHT. 293 00:16:19,967 --> 00:16:22,667 IT'S TIME WHERE I HAVE TO START RELYING ON MYSELF 294 00:16:22,667 --> 00:16:25,733 AND NOT TAQUA OR AYESHA. 295 00:16:25,733 --> 00:16:27,400 IT'S GONNA BE HARD. IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING 296 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:28,800 I GOT TO GET USED TO. 297 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,900 2. AAH! 298 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:34,067 NO, WAIT. WAIT. 299 00:16:34,067 --> 00:16:35,867 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 300 00:16:35,867 --> 00:16:36,933 1, 2. 301 00:16:36,933 --> 00:16:39,800 [ GROANS ] 302 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,167 ALL RIGHT. 303 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:45,900 I HAVE TO DO THIS. THERE'S NO TURNING BACK. 304 00:16:58,067 --> 00:17:01,967 HONEY, YOU SAID YOU WAS GOING WALKING TODAY. 305 00:17:01,967 --> 00:17:04,067 [ GROANS ] 306 00:17:08,333 --> 00:17:10,633 THE DOCTORS SAID I NEED TO MOVE MORE, 307 00:17:10,633 --> 00:17:12,133 AND I'M JUST DOING THE BEST THAT I CAN. 308 00:17:12,133 --> 00:17:14,633 [ GROANS ] 309 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:17,800 I'VE SET SIMPLE GOALS, LIKE WALK OUTSIDE AND GET THE MAIL. 310 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,200 [ BREATHING HEAVILY ] 311 00:17:26,067 --> 00:17:28,767 [ LAUGHS ] 312 00:17:28,767 --> 00:17:31,333 RIGHT NOW, JUST GETTING UP TO WALK OUTSIDE 313 00:17:31,333 --> 00:17:33,133 IS JUST TOO MUCH. 314 00:17:39,233 --> 00:17:42,100 I'VE SAT AROUND FOR WAY TOO LONG. 315 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:43,900 I HAVE TO BUILD UP THE STRENGTH IN MY LEGS, 316 00:17:43,900 --> 00:17:46,067 IN MY KNEES, IN MY BODY. 317 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,833 OH! 318 00:17:50,833 --> 00:17:52,700 Chad: I HAVE TO MAKE PROGRESS, 319 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:55,067 'CAUSE IF I DON'T, I KNOW I'M GONNA DIE. 320 00:17:56,500 --> 00:18:00,467 -I'M GONNA GO CHECK THE MAIL. -OKAY. 321 00:18:00,467 --> 00:18:01,767 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, 322 00:18:01,767 --> 00:18:04,433 I'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS. 323 00:18:04,433 --> 00:18:07,600 IT STILL HURTS TO MOVE, BUT I CAN WALK FURTHER. 324 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:13,200 I STILL GOT A LOT OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, 325 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,933 BUT IT'S GETTING THERE SLOWLY. 326 00:18:15,933 --> 00:18:18,067 HEY, WE GOT MAIL, QUA. 327 00:18:18,067 --> 00:18:21,567 Chad: IT'S JUST KEEPING MY MIND OFF THE REFRIGERATOR, 328 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:24,633 KEEPING MY MIND OFF THE SNACKS. 329 00:18:31,267 --> 00:18:35,400 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE DIETED IN MY LIFE. 330 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:36,800 I'M STARTING TO LEARN IT'S NOT SO MUCH 331 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,133 EATING TO GET FULL, 332 00:18:38,133 --> 00:18:40,600 IT'S JUST EATING JUST TO SATISFY YOURSELF 333 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,200 FOR A COUPLE HOURS. 334 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:43,800 OH, THAT LOOKS GREAT. 335 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,233 THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS 336 00:18:47,233 --> 00:18:49,733 I'VE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE. 337 00:18:49,733 --> 00:18:51,367 I JUST HOPE IT ALL WORKS. 338 00:19:00,467 --> 00:19:02,367 Woman: MR. DEAN? 339 00:19:04,533 --> 00:19:09,867 THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. 340 00:19:09,867 --> 00:19:11,967 THE DOC SAID I HAD TO LOSE 40 POUNDS 341 00:19:11,967 --> 00:19:14,933 TO GET DOWN TO 660, 342 00:19:14,933 --> 00:19:20,333 AND I'M ABOUT TO FIND OUT IF I DID IT. 343 00:19:23,167 --> 00:19:25,100 [ LAUGHS ] 344 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:31,733 IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING. 345 00:19:31,733 --> 00:19:33,167 IT'S STILL A SAD NUMBER, 346 00:19:33,167 --> 00:19:36,100 BUT IT'S A LOT HAPPIER FROM WHERE IT WAS. 347 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:37,800 IF I THOUGHT MY KNEES WOULD HAVE HELD IT, 348 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,167 I WOULD HAVE JUMPED FOR JOY. 349 00:19:40,167 --> 00:19:43,367 [ LAUGHS ] 350 00:19:43,367 --> 00:19:45,133 IT JUST HOPEFULLY SHOWS THE DOCTOR 351 00:19:45,133 --> 00:19:47,100 HOW DEDICATED WE ARE. 352 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:48,767 -HELLO. -HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY? 353 00:19:48,767 --> 00:19:50,967 I'M DOING OKAY. HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? 354 00:19:50,967 --> 00:19:52,367 GOOD, GOOD. 355 00:19:52,367 --> 00:19:56,400 YOU LOST 40 POUNDS EXACTLY. EVERYONE DID GREAT. 356 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:57,633 LAST TIME I CAME, 357 00:19:57,633 --> 00:19:59,367 YOU SAID I DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THE SURGERY AT ALL. 358 00:19:59,367 --> 00:20:01,767 NOW THERE'S A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. 359 00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:03,467 [ LAUGHTER ] 360 00:20:03,467 --> 00:20:05,333 I'LL TAKE IT. 361 00:20:05,333 --> 00:20:07,333 Dr. Nowzaradan: CHAD'S DONE VERY WELL. 362 00:20:07,333 --> 00:20:10,200 HE STILL HAS A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF HIM. 363 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:14,233 BUT I BELIEVE HE'S MENTALLY READY TO START THIS JOURNEY NOW. 364 00:20:14,233 --> 00:20:15,767 AT THIS MOMENT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD 365 00:20:15,767 --> 00:20:17,433 AND APPROVE YOU FOR SURGERY. 366 00:20:17,433 --> 00:20:19,633 WOW. 367 00:20:19,633 --> 00:20:21,400 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 368 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,933 -ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. -THANK YOU, DOCTOR. 369 00:20:22,933 --> 00:20:24,267 BYE. 370 00:20:24,267 --> 00:20:27,600 [ LAUGHS ] 371 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,300 YES! THAT WAS AWESOME! 372 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:30,700 [ GASPS ] 373 00:20:30,700 --> 00:20:34,900 [ LAUGHS ] 374 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:37,233 Chad: TO FINALLY HEAR HIM SAY, 375 00:20:37,233 --> 00:20:41,167 "YOU'RE NOW APPROVED FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY," 376 00:20:41,167 --> 00:20:44,533 THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO HEAR. 377 00:20:44,533 --> 00:20:47,400 I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY, 378 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,100 AND THIS IS MY CHANCE TO DO THAT. 379 00:20:56,900 --> 00:20:58,933 ** 380 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:10,567 Chad: THIS SURGERY IS MY LAST CHANCE. 381 00:21:16,567 --> 00:21:18,133 WHO'S THAT, JO JO? 382 00:21:18,133 --> 00:21:20,400 Chad: HI, JO JO. 383 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,800 I'M READY FOR MY LIFE TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. 384 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,200 LOVE YOU. 385 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,933 IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH THE KIDS AGAIN, 386 00:21:26,933 --> 00:21:28,267 BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS 387 00:21:28,267 --> 00:21:32,100 THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO FOR YOUR FAMILY. 388 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:35,567 I OWE IT TO THEM, AND I OWE IT TO MYSELF. 389 00:21:35,567 --> 00:21:37,700 BUT I DON'T WANT NOTHING TO GO WRONG. 390 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:40,500 IT'S COME TOO FAR TO HAVE IT END NOW. 391 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:41,767 OKAY, BIG, DEEP BREATHS, CHAD. 392 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:44,533 YOU ARE GOING TO SLEEP. 393 00:21:44,533 --> 00:21:46,567 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO 394 00:21:46,567 --> 00:21:49,833 GASTRIC BYPASS ON CHAD. 395 00:21:49,833 --> 00:21:53,433 HE'S STILL AROUND 650 POUNDS, 396 00:21:53,433 --> 00:21:59,867 AND HIS WHOLE BODY HAS BEEN LIVING IN A COMPROMISED STATE. 397 00:21:59,867 --> 00:22:03,767 WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT THERE ARE NO ISSUES OR COMPLICATIONS 398 00:22:03,767 --> 00:22:06,867 THAT PUSH HIS BODY OVER THE LIMIT. 399 00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:10,067 BUT THE SURGERY SHOULD HELP HIM TO LOSE WEIGHT. 400 00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:13,600 YOU CAN TURN THE ROOM LIGHT OFF. 401 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:18,067 GASTRIC BYPASS IS THE GOLD STANDARD OF WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 402 00:22:18,067 --> 00:22:20,567 THE PROCEDURE ESSENTIALLY WILL REDUCE 403 00:22:20,567 --> 00:22:23,600 THE SIZE OF THE STOMACH ABOUT 90% 404 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:28,933 AND RE-ROUTE THE INTESTINE TO THAT SMALL STOMACH. 405 00:22:28,933 --> 00:22:31,467 THIS WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT 406 00:22:31,467 --> 00:22:35,433 OF FOOD INTAKE AND CALORIE ABSORPTION. 407 00:22:35,433 --> 00:22:38,467 THE RESULT IS THE PATIENT WILL EAT LESS 408 00:22:38,467 --> 00:22:41,467 AND LOSE WEIGHT QUICKLY. 409 00:22:41,467 --> 00:22:44,067 Ayesha: I'M NERVOUS. I'M STRESSED OUT. 410 00:22:44,067 --> 00:22:47,700 SO I JUST PRAY AND HOPE HE COMES THROUGH. 411 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:49,633 BUT HE HAS TO HAVE THE SURGERY. 412 00:22:49,633 --> 00:22:51,333 HE HAS TO LOSE THE WEIGHT. 413 00:22:51,333 --> 00:22:53,167 THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION. 414 00:22:53,167 --> 00:22:54,700 ROOM LIGHT ON. 415 00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:56,833 START CLOSING. 416 00:22:56,833 --> 00:22:58,933 ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. 417 00:22:58,933 --> 00:23:01,567 Dr. Nowzaradan: WE WERE ABLE TO DO GASTRIC BYPASS 418 00:23:01,567 --> 00:23:03,833 WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS. 419 00:23:03,833 --> 00:23:07,133 I THINK CHAD IS GOING TO DO VERY WELL. 420 00:23:07,133 --> 00:23:08,633 HE NEEDS TO STAY MOTIVATED 421 00:23:08,633 --> 00:23:12,700 AS HE RECOVERS TO KEEP MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 422 00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:15,067 THE SURGERY WILL HELP HIM WITH THAT. 423 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:18,367 TAKE CARE, AND HAVE A GOOD DAY, SIR. 424 00:23:18,367 --> 00:23:20,967 HOW DO YOU FEEL? 425 00:23:20,967 --> 00:23:22,467 OHH. 426 00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:24,667 LIKE I'M HIT BY A TRUCK. 427 00:23:24,667 --> 00:23:26,733 Ayesha: FOR ME, IT'S AWESOME 428 00:23:26,733 --> 00:23:29,900 'CAUSE NOW I GET TO GET MY HUSBAND BACK. 429 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:33,267 AND I HONESTLY THINK THAT IF HE DIDN'T HAVE THIS SURGERY, 430 00:23:33,267 --> 00:23:35,567 I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE. 431 00:23:35,567 --> 00:23:39,800 I'D PROBABLY BE HOME PLANNING MY HUSBAND'S FUNERAL. 432 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,367 BUT WE GOT A LONG ROAD TO GO STILL. 433 00:23:42,367 --> 00:23:45,067 -LOVE YOU. -LOVE YOU, TOO. 434 00:23:45,067 --> 00:23:47,400 [ SIGHS ] 435 00:23:58,433 --> 00:24:00,067 [ SIGHS ] 436 00:24:00,067 --> 00:24:03,967 Chad: I'VE BEEN BACK HOME FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW SINCE SURGERY. 437 00:24:03,967 --> 00:24:06,700 IT'S BEEN HARD ADJUSTING TO EVERYTHING SINCE THEN. 438 00:24:10,767 --> 00:24:12,933 I'M STILL ON LIQUID DIET RIGHT NOW. 439 00:24:12,933 --> 00:24:13,900 Chad: UGH. 440 00:24:15,333 --> 00:24:19,133 MENTALLY, I'M STILL THE 700-POUND PERSON. 441 00:24:19,133 --> 00:24:22,933 AS FAR AS THE CRAVINGS, STUFF LIKE THAT. 442 00:24:22,933 --> 00:24:25,933 OOH, THEY'RE CRUNCHY. YAY. 443 00:24:25,933 --> 00:24:28,067 I STILL WANT TO EAT THINGS. 444 00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:33,733 IT'S HARD TO BE AROUND ALL THIS FOOD AND NOT HAVE IT. 445 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:37,267 MNH-MNH. 446 00:24:37,267 --> 00:24:39,600 I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT ONE 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE. 447 00:24:42,067 --> 00:24:45,300 I GET TO GO BACK TO EATING SOLID FOOD IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, 448 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:47,867 AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 449 00:24:47,867 --> 00:24:49,533 BUT I WANT TO KEEP MAKING PROGRESS, 450 00:24:49,533 --> 00:24:51,567 SO I'M STICKING TO WHAT I SHOULD EAT. 451 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:12,267 THIS PAST MONTH, I STARTED LOSING WEIGHT REALLY FAST. 452 00:25:12,267 --> 00:25:15,233 PHYSICALLY, I CAN DO A LOT MORE. 453 00:25:15,233 --> 00:25:16,667 I'VE KEPT WITH MY EXERCISE, 454 00:25:16,667 --> 00:25:19,100 AND I CAN GO OUT FOR SMALL SPURTS HERE AND THERE. 455 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,567 Chad: JO JO, YOU WANT TO GO SWING? 456 00:25:22,567 --> 00:25:25,567 TO BE ACTIVE WITH THEM AGAIN, EVEN JUST A LITTLE BIT, 457 00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:28,400 MAKES EVERYTHING I'M DOING WORTH IT. 458 00:25:29,667 --> 00:25:32,067 -YAY! -COME HERE. 459 00:25:32,067 --> 00:25:34,233 I SPENT SO LONG MISSING OUT WITH THEM. 460 00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:37,700 READY? 461 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:40,300 I DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THEM ANYMORE. 462 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:43,767 [ LAUGHS ] 463 00:25:43,767 --> 00:25:46,067 I STILL CAN'T WALK AS FAR AS I WANT. 464 00:25:46,067 --> 00:25:49,767 I GOT TO SIT DOWN FOR A MINUTE. MY KNEE. 465 00:25:49,767 --> 00:25:50,833 [ SIGHS ] 466 00:25:50,833 --> 00:25:52,933 BUT I DON'T NEED MY CANE ANYMORE, 467 00:25:52,933 --> 00:25:55,067 AND THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ME. 468 00:25:55,067 --> 00:25:56,533 COME ON. 469 00:25:56,533 --> 00:25:59,500 IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WALK WITHOUT IT. 470 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:01,333 I'M REALLY HAPPY RIGHT NOW. 471 00:26:01,333 --> 00:26:04,400 I'M GONNA KEEP GOING AND MAKE MORE PROGRESS. 472 00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:13,267 [ GROANS ] 473 00:26:13,267 --> 00:26:14,900 RIGHT NOW I'M HAVING SOME PROBLEMS. 474 00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:17,333 I CAN'T EAT ANYTHING. 475 00:26:17,333 --> 00:26:20,967 WHENEVER I DO, I GET VOMITING OR DRY HEAVES. 476 00:26:20,967 --> 00:26:22,800 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO EAT AT LEAST THREE OUNCES OF MEAT, 477 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,333 A LITTLE BIT OF VEGETABLES, 478 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:27,533 WHERE I EAT MAYBE THE SIZE OF A HALF A DOLLAR, 479 00:26:27,533 --> 00:26:29,733 AND THAT'S IT. I'M DONE. 480 00:26:29,733 --> 00:26:31,100 AND 15, 20 MINUTES LATER, 481 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:33,833 IT'S COMING RIGHT BACK OUT. 482 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,933 HE HASN'T BEEN EATING NOTHING. THE ONLY THING 483 00:26:39,933 --> 00:26:42,467 THAT HE'S HAD THAT'S BEEN STAYING DOWN IS PUDDING. 484 00:26:42,467 --> 00:26:47,800 [ GRUNTS ] 485 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,333 I'M SCARED SOMETHING'S REALLY WRONG, 486 00:26:50,333 --> 00:26:52,667 BUT I STILL DON'T WANT TO ASK THE DOC ABOUT IT 487 00:26:52,667 --> 00:26:55,767 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING SOMETHING WRONG. 488 00:26:55,767 --> 00:26:59,167 BUT AT THIS POINT, I KNOW I HAVE TO TELL HIM 489 00:26:59,167 --> 00:27:00,767 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING REALLY BAD 490 00:27:00,767 --> 00:27:04,133 IS GONNA HAPPEN IF I DON'T GET THIS FIXED. 491 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,833 ** 492 00:27:20,867 --> 00:27:23,900 -CHAD? -YEP? 493 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:27,133 Chad: IT'S MY THREE-MONTH CHECKUP SINCE SURGERY. 494 00:27:27,133 --> 00:27:31,100 I CAN'T REALLY EAT ANYTHING WITHOUT GETTING SICK. 495 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:33,200 AND IT'S GETTING WORSE. 496 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,067 I HAVEN'T TOLD THE DOC I'M HAVING TROUBLE YET. 497 00:27:36,067 --> 00:27:40,167 I'M JUST HOPING SOMETHING REALLY SERIOUS ISN'T THE CAUSE. 498 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,533 I'M LOSING A LOT OF WEIGHT, 499 00:27:43,533 --> 00:27:45,600 BUT I KNOW SOMETHING'S WRONG AT THIS POINT. 500 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:46,600 ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GO BACK. 501 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:47,700 I'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN A LITTLE BIT. 502 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:48,933 OKAY, HON. 503 00:27:48,933 --> 00:27:49,767 [ GRUNTS ] 504 00:27:49,767 --> 00:27:51,067 [ KNOCKS ON DOOR ] 505 00:27:51,067 --> 00:27:51,967 HELLO. 506 00:27:51,967 --> 00:27:53,367 HOW YOU DOING TODAY, DOC? 507 00:27:53,367 --> 00:27:55,233 I'M DOING OKAY. 508 00:27:55,233 --> 00:27:57,733 SO, HOW IS YOUR EATING HABIT COMING ALONG? 509 00:27:57,733 --> 00:27:59,067 I CAN DRINK NO PROBLEM. 510 00:27:59,067 --> 00:28:00,067 MM-HMM. 511 00:28:00,067 --> 00:28:02,933 I EAT, AND IT'LL COME UP. 512 00:28:02,933 --> 00:28:04,867 ARE YOU TAKING YOUR MEDICATION? 513 00:28:04,867 --> 00:28:06,400 HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THOSE? 514 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,100 I KNOW ONE OF THEM I WASN'T TAKING 515 00:28:08,100 --> 00:28:09,567 'CAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH -- THEY WERE TOO MUCH. 516 00:28:09,567 --> 00:28:10,733 I COULDN'T AFFORD THEM. 517 00:28:10,733 --> 00:28:15,133 CHAD, YOU CAN'T DECIDE NOT TO TAKE YOUR MEDICATION. 518 00:28:15,133 --> 00:28:18,233 THEY WANT $200 SOME A MONTH FOR THAT. 519 00:28:18,233 --> 00:28:20,233 WELL, IF YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS, YOU LET US KNOW. 520 00:28:20,233 --> 00:28:21,500 WE'LL FIND A WAY TO GET IT. 521 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:23,367 BUT IF YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR MEDICATION, 522 00:28:23,367 --> 00:28:26,067 IT CAN CAUSE SWELLING AND A COMPLICATION 523 00:28:26,067 --> 00:28:30,367 LIKE NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP YOUR FOOD DOWN. 524 00:28:30,367 --> 00:28:34,433 CHAD HAS AN ISSUE WITH DOING WHATEVER HE WANTS. 525 00:28:34,433 --> 00:28:39,333 IT'S THE SAME REASON HE GOT UP TO 700 POUNDS. 526 00:28:39,333 --> 00:28:42,867 HE'S NOT TAKING HIS MEDICATION LIKE HE'S SUPPOSED TO, 527 00:28:42,867 --> 00:28:46,233 AND THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR HIM. 528 00:28:46,233 --> 00:28:48,667 WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS SEND YOU TO A HOSPITAL 529 00:28:48,667 --> 00:28:51,067 TO FIX THIS SITUATION IMMEDIATELY. 530 00:28:51,067 --> 00:28:52,800 ALL RIGHT. 531 00:28:55,733 --> 00:28:57,867 Chad: I HAVEN'T HAD THIS MEDICINE HE'S TALKING ABOUT 532 00:28:57,867 --> 00:29:00,767 SINCE IT STARTED. 533 00:29:00,767 --> 00:29:05,433 I JUST HOPE I HAVEN'T CAUSED ANY PERMANENT DAMAGE TO MY BODY. 534 00:29:05,433 --> 00:29:07,600 I'M REALLY SCARED RIGHT NOW. 535 00:29:16,533 --> 00:29:19,700 Dr. Nowzaradan: SINCE CHAD HAS BEEN SKIPPING HIS MEDICATION, 536 00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:22,500 I SUSPECT THAT HE HAS SOME SERIOUS SWELLING 537 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:24,367 THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, 538 00:29:24,367 --> 00:29:26,900 PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF THE HOOK-UP 539 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:30,300 FOR THE STOMACH TO THE INTESTINE WHERE THE BYPASS IS. 540 00:29:30,300 --> 00:29:32,833 ROOM LIGHT OFF. 541 00:29:32,833 --> 00:29:34,900 THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION 542 00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:37,667 PREVENTING HIM FROM KEEPING FOOD DOWN. 543 00:29:37,667 --> 00:29:40,633 AND I NEED TO FIX THIS IMMEDIATELY. 544 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:53,333 Dr. Nowzaradan: ALL RIGHT, GO UP TO 12. 545 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:55,800 TREATMENT IS VERY EASY. 546 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,667 WE INFLATE THE BALLOON TO STRETCH THE OPENING 547 00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:01,000 THAT HAS BEEN NARROWED BY SWELLING. 548 00:30:09,233 --> 00:30:11,133 THE PROCEDURE TODAY WENT VERY WELL. 549 00:30:11,133 --> 00:30:13,233 CHAD, OPEN YOUR EYES. 550 00:30:13,233 --> 00:30:14,733 YOU OKAY, BUDDY? 551 00:30:14,733 --> 00:30:18,900 CHAD SHOULD BE ABLE TO EAT AND KEEP FOOD DOWN NOW. 552 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:21,933 HE JUST NEEDS TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS THIS TIME AROUND. 553 00:30:21,933 --> 00:30:26,500 IF HE WANTS TO KEEP MAKING PROGRESS OVER LONG TERM, 554 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:28,767 HE NEEDS TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT HIS HEALTH 555 00:30:28,767 --> 00:30:31,367 AND DO WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO, 556 00:30:31,367 --> 00:30:34,400 OTHERWISE SURGERY WILL HAVE BEEN POINTLESS. 557 00:30:50,667 --> 00:30:53,367 HONEY, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SOUP? 558 00:30:54,833 --> 00:30:58,400 ALL RIGHT, LOVE YOU. 559 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,733 Chad: AYESHA'S SICK TODAY, SO I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING. 560 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:07,867 IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE. 561 00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:09,933 IT'S KIND OF NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS 562 00:31:09,933 --> 00:31:12,333 AND CONTRIBUTE THE WAY I SHOULD. 563 00:31:12,333 --> 00:31:15,700 SINCE THE DOCTOR'S FIXED THE SWELLING IN MY STOMACH, 564 00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:17,267 I'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP FOOD DOWN. 565 00:31:17,267 --> 00:31:19,567 QUA, TAKE THIS TO YOUR MOTHER, PLEASE. 566 00:31:19,567 --> 00:31:21,667 CAREFUL. IT'S HOT. 567 00:31:21,667 --> 00:31:22,967 GOT IT? 568 00:31:22,967 --> 00:31:26,633 -YEP. -OKAY. 569 00:31:26,633 --> 00:31:30,567 MY WEIGHT LOSS HAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY EATING NOW. 570 00:31:30,567 --> 00:31:32,200 BUT I'M STILL LOSING WEIGHT. 571 00:31:35,067 --> 00:31:36,300 HAVING TO GO BACK IN THE HOSPITAL 572 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:38,067 LIKE I DID ALL BECAUSE OF A CHOICE 573 00:31:38,067 --> 00:31:42,633 THAT I MADE THAT HURT ME MADE ME REALIZE SOMETHING IMPORTANT -- 574 00:31:42,633 --> 00:31:46,333 I'M STILL DOING WHAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE. 575 00:31:46,333 --> 00:31:48,233 THE TRUTH IS I DIDN'T GET UP FROM MY CHAIR 576 00:31:48,233 --> 00:31:52,667 FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO. 577 00:31:52,667 --> 00:31:53,967 I JUST WANTED TO EAT. 578 00:31:57,133 --> 00:32:01,800 IF I'M GONNA BE THE FATHER AND THE HUSBAND THAT I WANT TO BE, 579 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,133 I HAVE TO STOP MAKING EXCUSES 580 00:32:04,133 --> 00:32:06,467 AND START TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. 581 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,267 I'M GONNA DO WHAT I TOLD AYESHA 582 00:32:11,267 --> 00:32:12,967 I WAS GONNA DO WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, 583 00:32:12,967 --> 00:32:14,733 AND THAT'S TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY. 584 00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:15,633 AAH! 585 00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:17,333 [ LAUGHTER ] 586 00:32:22,233 --> 00:32:24,167 TO DO THAT I HAVE TO KILL THE OLD ME 587 00:32:24,167 --> 00:32:28,133 AND APOLOGIZE FOR THE CHOICES I'VE MADE. 588 00:32:28,133 --> 00:32:28,800 I'M BROKEN. 589 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,500 [ LAUGHS ] 590 00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:33,800 HEY, HONEY, CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE? 591 00:32:37,267 --> 00:32:40,633 I REALLY WANT AYESHA TO KNOW HOW SORRY I AM FOR EVERYTHING 592 00:32:40,633 --> 00:32:42,600 THAT I'VE DONE THESE PAST FEW YEARS. 593 00:32:47,767 --> 00:32:51,733 I, UH...JUST KIND OF WANT TO SAY SORRY 594 00:32:51,733 --> 00:32:54,400 FOR NOT BEING THERE FOR YOU GUYS. 595 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:58,100 I JUST SAT THERE AND LET YOU DO EVERYTHING. 596 00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:00,567 AND IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU. 597 00:33:00,567 --> 00:33:02,100 IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE KIDS. 598 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:08,600 I JUST WANT TO TRY TO BE THE MAN THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE. 599 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:12,500 IT'S TIME TO STOP LOOKING FOR EXCUSES 600 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:16,400 AND START DOING THE THINGS I SAID I WANT TO DO 601 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,400 BECAUSE I HAVE LOST QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT 602 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:19,633 AND I DO FEEL A LOT BETTER. 603 00:33:19,633 --> 00:33:21,700 AND I'M TRYING. 604 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:23,367 YOU'RE NOT TRYING. YOU'RE DOING IT. 605 00:33:23,367 --> 00:33:25,967 THE DAY THAT YOU MADE THIS CHANGE IS THE DAY 606 00:33:25,967 --> 00:33:27,167 THAT I FORGAVE YOU. 607 00:33:27,167 --> 00:33:30,867 -THANK YOU. -AND I'M PROUD OF YOU. 608 00:33:30,867 --> 00:33:33,433 Ayesha: I'M PROUD OF CHAD FOR DOING EVERYTHING HE'S DOING NOW 609 00:33:33,433 --> 00:33:35,167 AND STICKING TO IT. 610 00:33:35,167 --> 00:33:39,400 AS LONG AS HE'S TRYING, I'M TRYING. 611 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,167 Chad: AYESHA SAYING THAT SHE FORGIVES ME 612 00:33:41,167 --> 00:33:43,633 IS A HUGE BURDEN OFF OF ME. 613 00:33:43,633 --> 00:33:45,533 I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT I'M GONNA START 614 00:33:45,533 --> 00:33:48,667 PROVIDING FOR MY FAMILY AGAIN. 615 00:33:48,667 --> 00:33:52,200 IT'S TIME I BECOME THE MAN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALL ALONG. 616 00:33:57,733 --> 00:33:59,633 ** 617 00:34:08,867 --> 00:34:10,167 Chad: GOOD MORNING, HONEY. 618 00:34:10,167 --> 00:34:12,067 Ayesha: MORNING. NERVOUS? 619 00:34:12,067 --> 00:34:12,933 A LITTLE BIT. 620 00:34:12,933 --> 00:34:13,700 GOOD LUCK. 621 00:34:13,700 --> 00:34:14,433 OKAY, LOVE YOU. 622 00:34:14,433 --> 00:34:16,667 LOVE YOU, TOO. 623 00:34:16,667 --> 00:34:19,967 Chad: TODAY I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH A LOCAL TRUCKING COMPANY. 624 00:34:19,967 --> 00:34:23,533 I'M EXCITED JUST TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO GET BACK OUT THERE. 625 00:34:23,533 --> 00:34:26,067 I WANT TO START PROVIDING FOR MY FAMILY AGAIN 626 00:34:26,067 --> 00:34:28,967 AND ALLEVIATE THAT BURDEN FROM AYESHA. 627 00:34:28,967 --> 00:34:30,767 Chad: IN MY HEART, I FEEL LIKE I'M READY FOR IT. 628 00:34:30,767 --> 00:34:34,967 NOW IT'S JUST TO SEE IF MY BODY SAYS I'M READY. 629 00:34:34,967 --> 00:34:38,733 MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS BEING ABLE TO CLIMB UP IN THE TRUCK. 630 00:34:38,733 --> 00:34:39,800 HOW YOU DOING TODAY, BOSS? 631 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,733 BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THAT I TRIED, 632 00:34:41,733 --> 00:34:43,867 THAT'S HOW I SLIPPED AND FELL. 633 00:34:43,867 --> 00:34:45,233 I COULDN'T DO IT. 634 00:34:45,233 --> 00:34:47,133 BUT I NEED TO START WORKING AGAIN. 635 00:34:47,133 --> 00:34:49,800 -HOW LONG YOU BEEN DRIVING? -ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. 636 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,267 I WORKED FOR A COMPANY OUT OF IOWA FOR QUITE A WHILE. 637 00:34:52,267 --> 00:34:53,433 YEAH. 638 00:34:53,433 --> 00:34:54,733 THE ONLY REASON I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK -- 639 00:34:54,733 --> 00:34:56,233 I LET MY WEIGHT GET WAY TOO MUCH. 640 00:34:56,233 --> 00:34:59,433 -I WAS UP AROUND 700 POUNDS. -SURE. 641 00:34:59,433 --> 00:35:00,933 I'VE LOST QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT, 642 00:35:00,933 --> 00:35:02,267 AND I NEED SOMETHING THAT'S MORE PHYSICAL -- 643 00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:03,333 GET ME DOING THINGS. 644 00:35:03,333 --> 00:35:06,167 THIS JOB -- IT'S A LOT OF PHYSICAL WORK. 645 00:35:06,167 --> 00:35:09,067 YOU NEED TO LIFT AT LEAST 100 POUNDS. 646 00:35:09,067 --> 00:35:10,367 AND IT IS A DIRTY JOB. 647 00:35:10,367 --> 00:35:12,700 RAIN, SLEET, SNOW -- WE'RE OUT THERE. 648 00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:14,700 SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT, 649 00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:16,867 WE'LL GO OUT HERE AND CHECK IT OUT. 650 00:35:21,067 --> 00:35:23,067 ALL RIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND HOP IN IT? 651 00:35:28,133 --> 00:35:31,367 [ GRUNTING ] 652 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:36,800 [ GRUNTING ] 653 00:35:46,167 --> 00:35:50,333 IT AIN'T -- IT AIN'T -- NOPE. 654 00:35:50,333 --> 00:35:51,600 -IT AIN'T HAPPENING? -NOPE. 655 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,833 YEAH, IT PRETTY MUCH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. 656 00:35:54,833 --> 00:35:56,600 AH, YOU'LL GET THERE. 657 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,967 Chad: IT'S REALLY DISCOURAGING. 658 00:35:58,967 --> 00:36:00,967 I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED RIGHT NOW. 659 00:36:00,967 --> 00:36:04,500 -THANK YOU. -TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. 660 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:09,100 I THOUGHT I WAS READY, BUT I WASN'T. 661 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:11,600 I KNOW THIS MEANS I HAVE TO WORK HARDER. 662 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,300 I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED. 663 00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:15,100 I CAN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW. 664 00:36:23,633 --> 00:36:25,300 AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO A TRUCK 665 00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:26,767 DURING MY INTERVIEW, 666 00:36:26,767 --> 00:36:30,333 I REALIZED I HAVE A JOB ALREADY. 667 00:36:30,333 --> 00:36:33,567 MY JOB IS TO GET FIT ENOUGH SO I CAN GET A JOB. 668 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,633 SO I'M GOING SOMEWHERE TODAY WHERE I HAVEN'T GONE 669 00:36:38,633 --> 00:36:42,767 SINCE HIGH SCHOOL -- THE GYM. 670 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,567 LET'S START OVER HERE. 671 00:36:44,567 --> 00:36:47,267 I'M GONNA WORK AROUND THE CLOCK IF I HAVE TO. 672 00:36:47,267 --> 00:36:48,333 PULL. GOOD. 673 00:36:48,333 --> 00:36:50,433 THERE YOU GO. STRETCH. 674 00:36:50,433 --> 00:36:53,633 I WENT HOME AND TOLD AYESHA ABOUT MY JOB INTERVIEW. 675 00:36:53,633 --> 00:36:55,200 SHE WAS PROUD THAT I TRIED, 676 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,933 AND SHE SAID I'LL GET IT NEXT TIME. 677 00:36:57,933 --> 00:36:59,767 I DON'T WANT TO LET MY FAMILY DOWN. 678 00:36:59,767 --> 00:37:02,300 HALFWAY THERE. YOU'RE DOING GOOD. 679 00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:04,267 I WAS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO GET A JOB. 680 00:37:04,267 --> 00:37:08,200 SO I NEED TO CHANGE THAT. 681 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,200 I KNEW WALKING IN THE GYM, IT WAS GONNA TAKE TIME 682 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,733 TO GET BACK TO HOW I USED TO FEEL ABOUT IT. 683 00:37:12,733 --> 00:37:14,700 A YEAR FROM NOW, IT'LL BE WELL WORTH IT. 684 00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:16,600 WHOO! CHAD! GOOD JOB! 685 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:17,867 -DAY ONE IS IN THE BOOKS. -MM-HMM. 686 00:37:17,867 --> 00:37:20,700 AND YOU DID FANTASTIC. PROUD OF YOU, BROTHER. 687 00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:21,867 ALL RIGHT. 688 00:37:21,867 --> 00:37:22,933 WE'RE GONNA DO THIS THING, ALL RIGHT? 689 00:37:22,933 --> 00:37:25,900 I'M GONNA KEEP LOSING THE WEIGHT 690 00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:29,267 AND KEEP BUILDING UP MY STAMINA AND STRENGTH. 691 00:37:29,267 --> 00:37:31,800 AND I'M GONNA GET TO WHERE I NEED TO BE. 692 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,833 THIS IS THE NEW ME. 693 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,433 [ GRUNTS ] 694 00:37:45,433 --> 00:37:47,400 I HAVE A FEW JOB INTERVIEWS LINED UP, 695 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,833 SO AYESHA AND I ARE GOING CLOTHES SHOPPING. 696 00:37:49,833 --> 00:37:51,800 THE ONES I HAVE NOW ARE GETTING PRETTY BAGGY ON ME. 697 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,367 -HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY, BOSS? -I'M DOING ALL RIGHT, MY FRIEND. 698 00:37:54,367 --> 00:37:56,500 I CAN'T GO ON A JOB INTERVIEW LOOKING LIKE A SLOB. 699 00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,800 -I'M LOOKING FOR SOME SHIRTS. -ALL RIGHT, MY FRIEND. 700 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,633 I STOPPED BUYING MY CLOTHES IN A STORE OVER 20 YEARS AGO. 701 00:38:03,633 --> 00:38:06,300 HOW ABOUT THAT? YOU LIKE THAT? 702 00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:07,467 THAT'S NICE. 703 00:38:07,467 --> 00:38:10,200 BEFORE, I USED TO WEAR AN 8X. 704 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,833 BUT NOW I CAN FIT INTO A 4X. 705 00:38:12,833 --> 00:38:16,167 I HAVEN'T WORN A 4X SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. 706 00:38:16,167 --> 00:38:17,567 IT'S PHENOMENAL TO SEE 707 00:38:17,567 --> 00:38:19,400 HOW MUCH WEIGHT I'VE LOST IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. 708 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,900 I FEEL LIKE THAT MOVIE -- "BIG GUY IN A LITTLE SHIRT". 709 00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:23,300 [ LAUGHTER ] 710 00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:25,600 Ayesha: TO SEE HIM EXCITED TO GET HIS OWN CLOTHES -- 711 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,567 I FEEL HAPPY BECAUSE NOW HE FEEL MORE INDEPENDENT. 712 00:38:29,567 --> 00:38:32,200 HE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HE'S WORTHLESS ANYMORE. 713 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:33,267 SO I'M PROUD OF HIM. 714 00:38:33,267 --> 00:38:37,833 SO WE GO FROM THIS, HONEY...TO THIS. 715 00:38:37,833 --> 00:38:39,800 -EXACTLY. -SUPERSTAR! 716 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,767 I'M GETTING A LOT CLOSER TO THE PERSON I WANT TO BE. 717 00:38:42,767 --> 00:38:44,833 BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, BOSS. 718 00:38:44,833 --> 00:38:46,567 I'M GOING IN WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, 719 00:38:46,567 --> 00:38:49,067 A NEW LOOK, AND I'M GONNA LAND THE JOB. 720 00:38:49,067 --> 00:38:51,367 NOTHING IS GONNA STOP ME. 721 00:38:55,933 --> 00:38:57,400 Chad: ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS TO REMEMBER 722 00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,900 IS THAT IT ONLY TAKES ONE RIGHT TURN 723 00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:03,633 TO MAKE UP FOR ALL THE WRONG TURNS IN YOUR LIFE. 724 00:39:13,133 --> 00:39:16,567 ONE OF MY INTERVIEWS LAST MONTH WAS WITH A CAR-RENTAL PLACE, 725 00:39:16,567 --> 00:39:19,100 AND THEY OFFERED ME THE JOB. 726 00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:22,067 I, OF COURSE, ACCEPTED. 727 00:39:22,067 --> 00:39:26,733 IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BE BACK AT WORK AND TO BE CONTRIBUTING. 728 00:39:26,733 --> 00:39:27,833 -HI, CHAD. -HOW YOU DOING? 729 00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:28,867 WELCOME BACK, BUDDY. 730 00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:30,400 OKAY, SO TODAY, WE'RE PRETTY BUSY. 731 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:31,467 WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU GO DOWN... 732 00:39:31,467 --> 00:39:32,600 IT'S NOT TRUCK-DRIVING, 733 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,367 BUT IT'S TIME FOR A NEW CAREER. 734 00:39:34,367 --> 00:39:35,767 THANKS. 735 00:39:35,767 --> 00:39:38,067 TRUCKING IS HOW I GAINED A LOT OF MY WEIGHT, 736 00:39:38,067 --> 00:39:40,133 SO MAYBE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IN THE TRUCK 737 00:39:40,133 --> 00:39:43,067 IS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. 738 00:39:43,067 --> 00:39:45,067 NOW I CAN DO WHAT THE JOB 739 00:39:45,067 --> 00:39:50,133 REQUIRES AND STAY ACTIVE ALL DAY LONG. 740 00:39:50,133 --> 00:39:52,700 ALMOST A YEAR AGO, I COULD BARELY STAND. 741 00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:57,467 NOW I'M UP AND I'M ON MY FEET ALMOST ALL DAY LONG. 742 00:39:57,467 --> 00:39:59,667 I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING WITH A PURPOSE. 743 00:39:59,667 --> 00:40:02,400 INSTEAD OF BEING A BURDEN ON MY FAMILY, 744 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,167 NOW I'M STARTING TO BE THE PROVIDER FOR MY FAMILY, 745 00:40:05,167 --> 00:40:07,100 AND IT'S AMAZING. 746 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:09,867 MY NEXT DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT IN A MONTH WILL BE ONE YEAR 747 00:40:09,867 --> 00:40:12,467 SINCE I'VE STARTED THIS JOURNEY. 748 00:40:12,467 --> 00:40:14,367 EACH APPOINTMENT WITH A DOCTOR NOW, 749 00:40:14,367 --> 00:40:16,833 I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY PROGRESS. 750 00:40:19,267 --> 00:40:21,733 I AM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON NOW. 751 00:40:21,733 --> 00:40:24,233 I'VE COME SO FAR. A YEAR AGO, 752 00:40:24,233 --> 00:40:27,433 I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED THAT I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS. 753 00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:31,900 I DID IT. 754 00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:33,100 THAT'S AWESOME. 755 00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:34,900 WOW. 756 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:37,233 I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS SIZE IN 20 YEARS. 757 00:40:37,233 --> 00:40:41,100 ALL RIGHT, CHAD, YOU LOST 260 POUNDS. 758 00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:42,600 -[ LAUGHS ] -THAT'S EXCELLENT. 759 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,433 AND CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE? 760 00:40:44,433 --> 00:40:46,200 OH, YEAH, I FEEL GREAT. 761 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:47,867 CHAD -- HE'S DONE VERY WELL. 762 00:40:47,867 --> 00:40:50,933 I FULLY EXPECT HIM TO HIT HIS TARGET WEIGHT 763 00:40:50,933 --> 00:40:52,533 IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. 764 00:40:52,533 --> 00:40:54,267 -I'LL SEE YOU LATER. -THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. 765 00:40:54,267 --> 00:40:55,733 YOU'RE WELCOME. BYE-BYE. 766 00:40:55,733 --> 00:40:58,433 Chad: EVERY DAY I SEE MYSELF DOING MORE AND MORE, 767 00:40:58,433 --> 00:41:00,867 AND THAT'S AN AMAZING FEELING. 768 00:41:00,867 --> 00:41:02,800 I FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN. 769 00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:09,100 [ GRUNTS ] 770 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,233 I'M KEEPING TO MY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, 771 00:41:11,233 --> 00:41:13,067 AND I STARTED TAKING WALKS WITH AYESHA 772 00:41:13,067 --> 00:41:15,533 SO I CAN WORK OUT AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH HER. 773 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:19,633 -BEAUTIFUL DAY. -MM-HMM. 774 00:41:21,967 --> 00:41:24,100 A LOT BETTER THAN LAST TIME. 775 00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:25,533 PUSH ON A LITTLE FARTHER? 776 00:41:25,533 --> 00:41:27,200 IT'S UP TO YOU. 777 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:28,800 WHY NOT? 778 00:41:30,867 --> 00:41:33,333 A YEAR AGO, I WAS PRETTY MUCH ON MY DEATH BED, 779 00:41:33,333 --> 00:41:36,533 AND NOW I'M LIVING AGAIN. 780 00:41:36,533 --> 00:41:38,300 IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE. 781 00:41:38,300 --> 00:41:42,067 IT'S A BETTER LIFE. 782 00:41:42,067 --> 00:41:44,233 THANKS. WANT TO CARRY ME? 783 00:41:44,233 --> 00:41:45,367 GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 784 00:41:45,367 --> 00:41:46,633 [ LAUGHS ] 785 00:41:49,333 --> 00:41:52,467 WE CAN FINALLY DO FUN THINGS TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. 786 00:41:52,467 --> 00:41:56,267 THIS IS SOMETHING I COULD NEVER DO WHEN I WAS 700 POUNDS. 787 00:41:56,267 --> 00:41:57,933 GET THIS FOOT ON THAT DOT. 788 00:41:57,933 --> 00:41:59,733 SO GO STRAIGHT UP. 789 00:42:02,133 --> 00:42:04,600 THIS IS EVERYTHING I WISHED FOR -- YOU KNOW, 790 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,300 FOR HIM TO GET BETTER SO HE CAN DO MORE THINGS WITH THE KIDS. 791 00:42:07,300 --> 00:42:09,333 HE IS A CHANGED MAN. 792 00:42:12,633 --> 00:42:14,067 WOW! 793 00:42:14,067 --> 00:42:17,333 TO ACTUALLY SEE HIM UP THERE AND BOWL, IT MADE ME HAPPY. 794 00:42:17,333 --> 00:42:18,833 HE'S A GREAT DAD. 795 00:42:18,833 --> 00:42:20,333 Chad: OKAY, JO JO. 796 00:42:20,333 --> 00:42:21,367 Chad: I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN 797 00:42:21,367 --> 00:42:23,233 THAT MANY SMILES WITHIN MY FAMILY. 798 00:42:23,233 --> 00:42:24,333 UH-OH. UH-OH! 799 00:42:24,333 --> 00:42:26,867 THIS IS A NEW LIFE. THAT WAS AWESOME. 800 00:42:26,867 --> 00:42:29,367 I'M NOT JUST BECOMING THE HUSBAND AND FATHER I WANT. 801 00:42:29,367 --> 00:42:31,533 I AM THAT MAN. 802 00:42:31,533 --> 00:42:32,233 HEY!