PA SweetPea

I know I'll sound like a cold hearted b*tch, but I'm really sick of these folk laying blame for their morbid obesity on a disturbing/traumatic event when they've clearly been severely or morbidly obese long before. "My parents were morbidly obese, I've been overweight since I was a toddler, my mom liked to cook and feed us, I liked to eat a lot and I was twice the size of a normal 11 year old, but it was this one thing a year later that made me turn to food". Jesus tap-dancing christ, people! And to sound extra cold-hearted, I take everything the poundticipants say with a ginormous grain of salt and don't necessarily believe every tale of tragedy and woe. (In general, no specific 600 pounder) Ok, give my drawers an extra dip in gasoline before my trip to hell.

I don't know, there seems to be a lot of missing context about their divorce and custody situation. I mean, he had no idea there were problems in the marriage until she called him and said "we're getting a divorce"? And the way he phrased things, like she "took" the house, "took" the car instead of them being granted to her by the courts. He places all the blame on her and uses words painting himself as pure victim. He also said he "wasn't allowed" to see his kids. Courts don't let that go on without reason. Something also seemed pretty hinky with his claim that a temporary move out of state and the court won't grant shared custody. Shared custody isn't necessarily about the kids living with both parents, but to give the non custodial parent a legal say in things like education and medical decisions, etc. Courts typically want both parents to be as involved as possible, even if they're out of state. My ex-husband and I lived in different states, he hardly saw his children (by his choice), and the courts maintained his shared custody status the whole time. Mike had very little contact with his kids. I'm thinking there's a reason for that.

I noticed some missing content on other services I used through Amazon, I never knew I could sign in on an app using Amazon as provider. Too late now but next time I go through Amazon when they offer special pricing, I'll do it that way if it's missing stuff. Thanks for the info!

Just to update, I did cancel it through Prime and went through the Discovery plus app and they're all there. Last season DP didn't want me to watch, this year it was Prime lol. Thanks for letting me know DP worked for you, I know I wasn't the only one who had trouble watching last season.

I don't know why Discovery hates me, then. Do you have TLC also, with cable or satellite, etc? Maybe I'll try cancelling through Prime and subscribing through the app again, although it did the same thing last season when I didn't go through Prime. Or I just accept the Discovery plus really hates me and doesn't want me to watch My 600 lb life lol

On this show, these couples... I've found the more often they call each other babe/baby, the more unhealthy the relationship.

I'll be brief regarding the episode for now and just say, what a complete and utter trainwreck of an episode. Last season I signed up for Discovery plus and they stopped adding new episodes after a few so I cancelled and ended up buying episodes on my prime account. This season I signed up again for Discovery through Amazon at a special price. Once again, only the first 3 episodes were added and nothing since. On top of that, new episodes beyond #3 aren't even showing up on prime to purchase. TLC isn't included in my cable plan and my only way to watch now is altered videos I found on YouTube. Are there any other Discovery plus/Discovery plus via Prime that has this problem? Hopefully the same doesn't happen with 1000 lb Sisters. I'll come back and do more actual episode snark later tomorrow I hope.

Her weight seemed to be pretty evenly distributed, so that definitely worked in her favor. I'm fat and I've got no boobs and no butt, just all gut lol. I'm 54 and look 9 months pregnant. I loved her dresses, I wish they'd look good on me!

I know she said she became a registered nurse after high school and I believe she said she worked as a caregiver, so I think she may have actually been a Certified Nursing Assistant (before her job at the call center). I wonder if she and others would benefit from staying in Texas long term. Drug and alcohol addicts often thrive when moving to new locations, free from bad influences and reminders of their addiction and a chance to truly start over.

I did actively dislike her right away and thought she was disingenuous at her first appointment, and just playing My 600lb Life buzzword bingo, but I was very wrong. I was happy how wrong I was, she really turned out to be great! I did have to snicker when she told Dr Now how she really just grazed all day lol. Grazing is picking at small amounts of food throughout the day, and that wasn't it! Also, the Italian in me is crying over that spaghetti with jarred sauce, shredded (looked like cheddar) cheese and ranch dressing. I can get over the jarred sauce but the rest has killed a little piece of my soul.

Wow, my emotions and opinions went for a real rollercoaster ride this episode. My initial reaction to her was "What a ray of sunshine", the way she spoke and facial expressions. And I've watched a lot of morbidly obese people eat a lot of food over the years and I honestly don't think I've ever been quite as disgusted. I've never seen one literally inhale food before! But once she had her initial weight loss, which shocked me, she brightened up like the sun. And holy crap, she had every excuse not to go to Houston but surprise again, she did it. A weight loss stumble for sure, but no gain at least. And her reaction to getting approved, the happiness and that smile! And of course, her adorable son hugging her after her weigh in. Taking her gorgeous little girl to water aerobics, nothing was going to stop her. I know this is long, but she just made such an impression on me. I really hope she sticks with it this time, and stays away from men for a while and focus on herself and her beautiful children.

Anyone else forced to pay and watch on Discovery plus? It isn't showing the last episode or this one. I used to be able to watch early, now not at all. Not happy!

I recently got Discovery+ so have been rewatching some episodes. This must have been one i had playing in the background because holy shit i didn't realize the extent of the filth in that house! While i do have genuine sympathy for her losing her father while they were gone, that's about the only thing i feel bad for them about. I hate to accuse someone of lying, especially about something as serious as child abuse and molestation, but i just don't believe a word of what she says. I don't believe she was physically abused to the point of head to toe bruises and her mother never noticed, or the "one time thing" molestation. Child molesters rarely if ever stop at one time. And i certainly don't believe her grandmother forced her to smoke. Jeanne is too quick to lie and make excuses. I usually have a pretty good sense of when someone is making up things for attention and sympathy, and i get that feeling about her. I'm not a horrible person i swear lol i just don't believe her.

I had a busy evening so didn't get to watch live and join the chat. Hopefully someday my participation will be more regular. But holy cow, whoever thought that Pauline would finally grow up and take responsibility and do what she needed on her own. I never saw that coming! Great to see alicia get past her issues that were holding her back. After so many failures during the regular season, this episode was very welcome.