S08.E08: Carlton and Shantel's Story LIVE CHAT

[Guest]

Man, Dr Now is really mumbly again tonight. They need to bust out the subtitles.

[Caoimhe]

Exactly right Dr. Now!  They are ridiculously codependent.  “We can’t do that”.

[DropTheSoap]

Time for the pens?

[Hellga]

At least Carlton admitted not knowing.  Maybe if they are given very specific meal plans and food scales/cups they would do better?

[Ivylady]

They're so codependent. Glad they're going to therapy. 

[Granny58]

I feel like I'm watching foreign film...I can't understand a word.

[Pepper Mostly]

Is Crazy GF sneaking them HoHo's and pizzas? 

[Callaphera]

Just now, Giant Misfit said:

Man, Dr Now is really mumbly again tonight. They need to bust out the subtitles.

I always watch with subtitles. I dunno if there's a correlation between weight, laziness, and speech but there's an awful lot of mumblers and lazy talkers on this show. 

[DC Gal in VA]

1 minute ago, 88Keys said:

Honestly, they could eat a little turkey and green beans and maybe a roll and still be OK.  But I know they won't stop there.

"We ate the foods we thought were healthy."  Not "we stuck to Dr. Now's diet."  Oy.

Exactly. One meal at Thanksgiving, even with all the trimmings, will not destroy any diet plan. However, extending that one meal for weeks at a time will.

[Kid]

At least they did not blame the scale!!!

[DropTheSoap]

Just now, Pepper Mostly said:

Is Crazy GF sneaking them HoHo's and pizzas? 

Has anyone counted the children?

[CrazyInAlabama]

A goal of 120 pounds each over 2 months?   Never going to happen.  We're 1:15 into this episode?    

[Leilani]

Who is pressing their clothes for them, the both look clean, which is ALOT for this show.

[ams1001]

25 minutes ago, Hellga said:

I just admitted watching this show to my realtor, after she yelled "say yes to the house" into the phone and referenced "Say yes to the dress" - and she admitted to watching the 90-day fiancé.  TLC sure has the grip on the honest working women! :)))))

Edie Falco watches Dr. Pimple Popper...

 

[MsVixen]

Haven't heard the word "Molestation" tonight....

[Guest]

Uh oh. Carlton nearly lost his pants in the parking lot.

[Leilani]

I've grown fond of Lola's voice and wigs.

[Wollstonecraft]

Now I'm worried.  I understand Dr. Now completely.

[Caoimhe]

Time for Lola!  I can’t believe how scared they are about not living together.

[Hellga]

Just now, DC Gal in VA said:

Exactly. One meal at Thanksgiving, even with all the trimmings, will not destroy any diet plan. However, extending that one meal for weeks at a time will.

You think they would let leftovers go to waste?   ANd I am sure there was no shortage of pies.  And not just apple pie, but calorie bombs that are pecan pies.

[WonTon]

Just now, Leilani said:

I've grown fond of Lola's voice and wigs.

I LOVE her wardrobe. I think she has great style.

[CrazyInAlabama]

No molestation, but the father beat the mother so badly that the military authorities stepped in and put the wife and kids in a shelter. 

I can't believe that poor minivan had to haul all four of their carcasses.    

Edited February 20, 2020 by CrazyInAlabama

[umgoblue]

What are the blurring out....is his butt crack on the left side of his butt instead of the middle?!

A new take on crack kills

[MrsClaus]

I started to wonder if Carlton was going to make it to the car or not.

[Callaphera]

1 minute ago, DC Gal in VA said:

Exactly. One meal at Thanksgiving, even with all the trimmings, will not destroy any diet plan. However, extending that one meal for weeks at a time will.

Okay but if you eat the leftover stuffing and gravy for two days (because you make an extra casserole dish on the side and threaten to attack the husband with a fork if he comes between you and your sausage/bread/cracker/seasoning/gravy goodness), it still counts as the same meal, right? Because it was made at the same time as the main meal sooo...

I'm already planning ahead for my Easter Stuffing Extravaganza, in case you can't tell. 

[Hellga]

1 minute ago, Leilani said:

Who is pressing their clothes for them, the both look clean, which is ALOT for this show.

Maybe they invested in a steamer?  

[Wollstonecraft]

Just now, Leilani said:

I've grown fond of Lola's voice and wigs.

I like her but I get a fake, sing-songy vibe from her.  

[88Keys]

"We will do whatever it takes."

Except stick to the diet and exercise, apparently.  

4 minutes ago, Giant Misfit said:

Man, Dr Now is really mumbly again tonight. They need to bust out the subtitles.

I thought so too, but this really isn't holding my interest so I thought maybe I just wasn't listening closely.

[DC Gal in VA]

6 minutes ago, DC Gal in VA said:

Heh heh , I wanna see their versions of "small" portions.

Okay quoting myself here but I am rather bitter about not getting to see their small portions as well as the marathon eating that must have happened for weeks after! 😡

[MrsRopersCaftan]

I find it incredibly hard to believe a bariatric surgeon is sending people home without a veritable MOUNTAIN of paperwork and information. This whole, “ We didn’t know better” excuse is a steaming pile of bullcrap.

[SunnyBeBe]

1 minute ago, ThereButFor said:

Time for Lola!  I can’t believe how scared they are about not living together.

I’m late to the show. How are they related.

[StitchPunk]

Hi, I've been watching, but couldn't look at the forum because I've been making homemade curry. 

I don't see this going well. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't know.

[umgoblue]

Lola...yoohoo.  Where are you?

It will be interesting to see if she will be their therapist.  The last black poundicipant didn't get assigned to her.  Practitioner/patient (racial) concordance can make a difference in outcomes many times.

[Granny58]

Just now, SunnyBeBe said:

I’m late to the show. How are they related.

Siblings

[Hellga]

Just now, Callaphera said:

leftover stuffing and gravy 

I guess that's me betraying my overseas origins - I love turkey, and cranberry sauce, and sweet potatoes, and all the vegetable sides - but I abhor stuffing and don't make gravy (though I will have a little bit if it is being served at the table).  

[Caoimhe]

Just now, SunnyBeBe said:

I’m late to the show. How are they related.

Brother and sister.  Apparently they moved a lot as children and relied on each other (which I can understand to some degree).

[DropTheSoap]

Just now, MrsRopersCaftan said:

I find it incredibly hard to believe a bariatric surgeon is sending people home without a veritable MOUNTAIN of paperwork and information. This whole, “ We didn’t know better” excuse is a steaming pile of bullcrap.

If only they had small devices that they could use anywhere and look up this kind of information. If only such things existed.

[ams1001]

26 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:

Oh, I cop to it proudly! "I watch the WORST shit on TV! I watch My 600 Pound Life", I watch "90 Day Fiance", and I talk to my invisible friends on the internet about them in real time!" 

"Invisible friends"! I love it!

[Pepper Mostly]

3 minutes ago, Leilani said:

I've grown fond of Lola's voice and wigs.

I love Lola. There, I said it. 

3 minutes ago, ThereButFor said:

Time for Lola!  I can’t believe how scared they are about not living together.

They're like the anorexic twins on Intervention. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, 88Keys said:

I thought so too, but this really isn't holding my interest so I thought maybe I just wasn't listening closely.

Yeah, lack of interest over here, too. Could be why I'm struggling to pay attention. 

[CringeWatcher]

7 minutes ago, DropTheSoap said:

Are they small dogs?

One chihuahua, one German shepherd, two shitzus, 2 mutts. We’re multicultural. 

[ShortyMac]

1 minute ago, SunnyBeBe said:

I’m late to the show. How are they related.

Brother and sister. Sister is older. She's 31, he's 24.

[aliya]

[Ivylady]

1 minute ago, SunnyBeBe said:

I’m late to the show. How are they related.

They're siblings. Carlton and Shantel, that is. Michael is Shantel's husband. 

[WonTon]

Is that Fat Fabulous women as annoying as she seems in the commercials?

[Hellga]

2 minutes ago, Wollstonecraft said:

I like her but I get a fake, sing-songy vibe from her.  

Virtually every healthcare professional develops sing-song manner of speaking with difficult or potentially difficult patients.  Self-preservation. 

[Callaphera]

1 minute ago, Hellga said:

I guess that's me betraying my overseas origins - I love turkey, and cranberry sauce, and sweet potatoes, and all the vegetable sides - but I abhor stuffing and don't make gravy (though I will have a little bit if it is being served at the table).  

That's fair. More for me!

[iwasish]

1 minute ago, Callaphera said:

Okay but if you eat the leftover stuffing and gravy for two days (because you make an extra casserole dish on the side and threaten to attack the husband with a fork if he comes between you and your sausage/bread/cracker/seasoning/gravy goodness), it still counts as the same meal, right? Because it was made at the same time as the main meal sooo...

I'm already planning ahead for my Easter Stuffing Extravaganza, in case you can't tell. 

Just go to Boston Market and get a meal for each person No leftovers and the sides are pretty much portion controlled. 

[mellowjoi]

I suspect Lola’s voice is based on need to talk without breathing in the funk that some of these patients bring with them  

 

[CrazyInAlabama]

1 minute ago, Callaphera said:

Okay but if you eat the leftover stuffing and gravy for two days (because you make an extra casserole dish on the side and threaten to attack the husband with a fork if he comes between you and your sausage/bread/cracker/seasoning/gravy goodness), it still counts as the same meal, right? Because it was made at the same time as the main meal sooo...

Actually, I discovered that it's called stuffing if you put it inside the bird, but dressing if it's in a separate pan.    Your recipe sounds great.   Don't let Carlton, and Shantel know about it, or your front door, and entire meal will be gone in the home invasion.  

So Dr. Now threatened to separate them, and have a controlled diet, so they go to Lola's therapy together?