S08.E09: Seana's Story LIVE CHAT

[PrincessPurrsALot]

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Seana is 23 and nearly 700 pounds, living at her mom's house, depressed and anxious, her weight gain threatening to take her last breath.  Dr. Now can give her the tools she needs to live, but until she chooses life, no one can save Seana but Seana.

Such a deep, meaningful assessment from the TLC.  Will Seana do what she needs to do?  How is mom worsening the situation?  Let's watch, snark and see!

This is the LIVE CHAT thread.  It will be open during the US East Coast and West Coast showings.

Original air date 2020.02.26

[Hana Chan]

Hi y'all! Glad to see my fellow pounders here!

[Kid]

Good evening, Pounders!!!

[Pepper Mostly]

Hello Pounders! How's everyone's eating habit? (turkey and Swiss sandwich, chips, and a few Trader Joe's peanut butter cups). Got the Snarkmobile gassed up and ready to roll!

[babyhouseman]

Hello. 

[ams1001]

Hi all! 

Tonight's eating habit: well, the plan was whole wheat thin spaghetti, meatball, marinara, freshly-grated Parmesan. But then my mom asked if I wanted to meet her for dinner and since she spent all day waiting around a hospital [see below] to go home to an empty house (well, the cat's there but who knows if she'll be in the mood to keep her company), I couldn't say no. So we had pizza with peppers and onions. Irish Cream Brownie ice cream for dessert.

Today's excitement: My dad got a new hip! All went well, according to my mom. They got him up in the afternoon and he was able to do a bit of a sideways shuffle with the walker; he'll start physical therapy tomorrow. Barring unforseen circumstances, he'll come home Friday afternoon.

700 pounds at 23 (actually 22, apparently). Yikes. The description was so dramatic. So full of existential angst. I can't wait to see if the episode lives up to the hype. Or if she can walk as much as my 80-year-old dad with his freshly-installed hip.

Edited February 27, 2020 by ams1001

[Chicklet]

Ok my fingers are limbered up after staying home from work today. Hope it's a good one. And oh my I ate birthday cake today. And only once piece but since it was my birthday I think I deserved it.

[Callaphera]

All the fast food scenes are going to kill me tonight: our cat injured himself somehow so we took him to the vet, found out that he was running a fever on top of hobbling around on three legs, and cost us enough that ordering pizza (my stress meal) is out of the picture because I can't stomach a $5 laziness tax delivery charge but I just walked a 15 pound cat back and forth to the vet in a duffel bag carrier so there's no way I'm going anyway and I already took off my pants and bra. Wait, this isn't my blog?

*deep breath*

Hi, guys. How y'all doin' what brings you here don't mind the Arby's across the road we have the meats. 

Edited February 27, 2020 by Callaphera

[peaceknit]

Tonights eating habit: Costco rotisserie chicken and chips with Herdez guacamole salsa.

[sagittarius sue]

Howdy all!  My eating habit today is a roast beef sandwich and a Smithwick Red Ale.

[Azubah]

Yay, I'm not on the West Coast, so I can participate! My eating habit is one hard-boiled egg with salsa. I have eaten about 9 trillion calories in the last few days, so I'm cutting back.

[Guest]

I baked refrigerated Toll House cookie dough. And drank milk straight out of the bottle.

[PaTatertots]

Hey y'all doin'?

Tonight's eating habit was meatloaf with brown gravy, mashed potatoes and glazed carrots. Yum!

Edited February 27, 2020 by PaTatertots
Werds iz hard

[Friday]

Just now, Chicklet said:

Ok my fingers are limbered up after staying home from work today. Hope it's a good one. And oh my I ate birthday cake today. And only once piece but since it was my birthday I think I deserved it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHICKLET!

[OoogleEyes]

Hello fellow Pounders!

Tonight's eating habit was chicken pot chicken pot chicken pot piiiiiiiiiiiiiiie...

 

[peaceknit]

Another midwesterner, damn.

[FormeryHeavyJ]

23 and 700 lbs.  Oh boy this is going to be a doozy

[Callaphera]

It's always promising when we start with a full below-the-waist-to-the-ankles blur. 

[Guest]

Someone call 911! Someone stole Seana's pants!

[sagittarius sue]

1 minute ago, Chicklet said:

Ok my fingers are limbered up after staying home from work today. Hope it's a good one. And oh my I ate birthday cake today. And only once piece but since it was my birthday I think I deserved it.

Happy birthday to you!

[Kid]

Another one without underwear!!!

[Chicklet]

Ok I'll say it now "oww mah leiggs" Oh those legs!

[Hana Chan]

I'm officially three weeks post-op and enjoying my solid foods. Dinner tonight was a broiled chicken thigh (skinless) and about two tablespoons of creamed spinach. I'm absolutely stuffed!

[FormeryHeavyJ]

Pee scene!!!  And we're off!!!!

[Brooklynista]

What kind of mattress was that? It barely budged under all that weight.

[mmecorday]

How y'all doing? My girlfriend took me to IHOP for a late breakfast, early lunch and I got an order of pancakes I wasn't expecting with my eggs, bacon and hashbrowns. That's bad sit-shashion there.

[peaceknit]

Is she tall, because she doesn't look as big as some others. What are those flea bites all over her?

[babyhouseman]

We had it too good last week when the siblings wore clothes.

[Pepper Mostly]

Blisters and sores! Yikes

[Azubah]

Oh, God, those feet.

[ams1001]

She's naked and she looks like she's wearing purple stockings.

[Hana Chan]

What is with her lower legs? 

[Donut Bear]

Thank God for closed captions!

[FormeryHeavyJ]

Just now, Chicklet said:

Ok I'll say it now "oww mah leiggs" Oh those legs!

Those are legs?  I thought they were tree trunks

[Guest]

"With all the sores...and stuff"

[LizzyB]

Hi Everyone--looking forward to our chat!

[Carboncat]

Ugh!  No pants.

[Armchair Critic]

23 and looks 40. Why do they insist on showing these shower scenes? Yikes

[MsVixen]

Hiya Pounders!  23 and 700 pounds!!!

My food habits are fresh vegetables, lite dip, and a soda.

[Gbb]

Evening, Pounders! How’s your eating habit?

I'm clearly jaded as this chick seems positively svelt. How’d she make the cut?

[Chicklet]

Isn't a bra unusual here? I can't remember but it strikes me as different.

[MelissaMinion]

Hello, Pounders! Tonight, in the Minion household, pizza IS on da diet...

[7EasyPayments]

1245 calories today - 3 years on 3/1/20 that I reached my goal of 168 pounds.

 Still 168 !!!! YAY!!!!!!

Toilet shot, first thing !!!!! 😁

[FormeryHeavyJ]

At 22 you should be OUT of college and WORKING for a living.

[Azubah]

"In college, partying." Or, y'know, studying.

[Pepper Mostly]

1 minute ago, Brooklynista said:

What kind of mattress was that? It barely budged under all that weight.

She got it because it makes her look thinner.

[babyhouseman]

Just now, Armchair Critic said:

23 and looks 40. Why do they insist on showing these shower scenes? Yikes

To show how they struggle with their weight and to gross us out.

[CrazyInAlabama]

I discovered that my local Target has Cheesecake Factory cheese cakes, so I was naughty.     

Wow, her calves are purple.     That's not a good situation    Another poundticipant with multiple facial, and ear piercings.   

The only one who is stopping her from having fun, and partying, is her, not anyone else.   I bet she'll be another one that thinks surgery will be instantly approved, and be the magic bullet. 

I guess this was filmed before Pizza Hut had the pizza with the mozzarella poppers added to the outer crust?  

So her mom is named Cricket?   

And Seana was never small, and that heavy by 8 years old.  

Any guesses how many days the 12 hour trip to Houston will take?  I'm saying four days.   200 by 10?   400 by high school?   

So the idiot mother thought the father wouldn't abuse his daughter, because he only saw her during the summers?   

Edited February 27, 2020 by CrazyInAlabama

[LizzyB]

4 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

Hi all! 

Tonight's eating habit: well, the plan was whole wheat thin spaghetti, meatball, marinara, freshly-grated Parmesan. But then my mom asked if I wanted to meet her for dinner and since she spent all day waiting around a hospital [see below] to go home to an empty house (well, the cat's there but who knows if she'll be in the mood to keep her company), I couldn't say no. So we had pizza with peppers and onions. Irish Cream Brownie ice cream for dessert.

Today's excitement: My dad got a new hip! All went well, according to my mom. They got him up in the afternoon and he was able to do a bit of a sideways shuffle with the walker; he'll start physical therapy tomorrow. Barring unforseen circumstances, he'll come home Friday afternoon.

700 pounds at 23. Yikes. The description was so dramatic. So full of existential angst. I can't wait to see if the episode lives up to the hype. Or if she can walk as much as my 80-year-old dad with his freshly-installed hip.

Hope things go well with your Dad!  Mine came home with a new knee last week--all going well.  

[Concerned]

She walks pretty good in an Incredible Hulk way.