S06.E03: Alicia's Story LIVE CHAT

[emma1420]

1 minute ago, aliya said:

She's huge - why isn't she losing any weight? Is she cheating that much? I don't know what's wrong here.

She must be eating a ton when the cameras are not around.

[Carrie]

So another episode that ends with the surgery?  Jeez.

[Standard Staples]

Just now, Threnners said:

Just one week I want to watch someone who's actually putting effort into this.

You'll have to go back to Season 1 or 2 for that. TLC learned a long time ago that drama (especially associated with weight loss failure) is the recipe for ratings.

[Threnners]

To be honest, she probably should have a dietician come in and teach her what high protien low carb actually is.  

[Standard Staples]

TLC has really conditioned me to expect these people to be perpetually laying on a medically reinforced bed, with every last sugary calorie brought to them on a (ridiculously large) silver platter. 

Seeing her making her own food (in a kitchen, not in a bed), driving herself to Houston, doing dishes, etc. makes me root for her... but these nothing weight losses are killing the vibe quickly.

[Donut Bear]

I was just going to say if they hug I will scream 

[Arynm]

Tim is looking pretty good I must say. I feel bad about it because there has to be something wrong with him. Girl has got to get her shit together, I just don't get it!

[aliya]

"I'm excited to meet the dietitian."  Well, shoot me now. I've heard it all.  Gotta give her credit tho for continuing to try and not complain.

[Minivanessa]

I liked Dr. Now immediately calling BS on Tim's statement that she wasn't snacking. He *knows* how food addiction works.

[Carrie]

1 minute ago, zoemom said:

Silly me and I was upset that I ate 1,000 calories today!

That is crazy!  Are you trying to lose weight?  

[IOU Payne]

If she went to Weight Watchers, she'd learn about proper portion size.

[hoosiermom]

OMG. I am eating a Lindt strawberry cheesecake chocolate bar and it is wonderful! Almost didn't try it! Whew. That was close.

[zoemom]

I'd like to smack that silly grin off her face.  She thinks she's "accomplished" something with that miniscule weight loss?  Sounds like the "journey continues".  I'm also getting tired of that piano music at the beginning or when something/someone is doing something wrong.

[fonfereksglen]

14 minutes ago, zoemom said:

I know he's older, but Dr. Now has a bit of an odd body.......guess he doesn't need to lose any weight.

Maybe I missed this but I don't see any of those nasty lymphodema's.  I don't understand how anyone can walk/exercise with those!

Dr Now looks like he had rickets as a child.  The concave chest and the bowed legs are very similar to my 89 year old aunt.

[hoosiermom]

Did you see all that Mayo in the fridge?

[rlc]

I don’t get it- yes, a dietician and therapist should be mandatory from the beginning- but presumably they are handed a diet to follow, and they have internet access. Enough with all the excuses about now being able to follow the diet plan.

[MrsRopersCaftan]

Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed she just stands (or sits) and stares blankly into space a lot?

[Threnners]

I do Keto (high protein/moderate fat/low carb) and you can pry my mayo out of my cold dead hands.  

[MegD]

I think we need more fridge shaming. There were 3 jars of mayo on the door. That, that is why you aren't losing weight.

[Kid]

4 minutes ago, Threnners said:

To be honest, she probably should have a dietician come in and teach her what high protien low carb actually is.  

I thought the doctor now gives them a printed diet.

[Bunnygirl]

Or not being able to read labels for God’s sake!

[zoemom]

3 minutes ago, Threnners said:

To be honest, she probably should have a dietician come in and teach her what high protien low carb actually is.  

I think that should be part of the whole process.  Only saw this happen one time a couple seasons ago, dietician came in and pretty much cleaned out her fridge and kitchen cabinets of junk/sugary stuff.

[calpurnia99]

She is full of shit, this is an excuse, I dont know the portions,,,I havent lost because I eat too big portions..my ass....she is sneaking food when Tim is at work! If she at those 2 burgers every night and nothing all day she would have lost the weight! Her resting metabolism burns thousands more calories a day than a normal person. This is why she can lose 50 pounds in a month. 

she figures if she sticks with this excuse, I dont really know the portions, then Tim and the doctor wont know she is sneaking food. Well dr now knows she is sneaking food.  she might have Tim snowed. But if she ate 4 eggs for breakfast and 4 big huge burgers and a big salad every day AND NOTHING ELSE she would lose weight.

[88Keys]

3 minutes ago, aliya said:

"I'm excited to meet the dietitian."  Well, shoot me now. I've heard it all.  Gotta give her credit tho for continuing to try and not complain.

Maybe a dietitian should have been provided for her from the beginning?

3 minutes ago, hoosiermom said:

OMG. I am eating a Lindt strawberry cheesecake chocolate bar and it is wonderful! Almost didn't try it! Whew. That was close.

I'm eating yellow cake with chocolate icing that I made this evening.  Soooo goood.

[Bunnygirl]

Just now, 88Keys said:

Maybe a dietitian should have been provided for her from the beginning?

I'm eating yellow cake with chocolate icing that I made this evening.  Soooo goood.

Ooooh, my favorite!!!

[Threnners]

Just now, Kid said:

I thought the doctor now gives them a printed diet.

Yeah, but a dietician teaches you how to eat.    Not just what to eat.   

[Standard Staples]

This episode has been WAY too tame and fairly drama-free. She isn't losing weight, but there haven't been any explosions, and I don't think I've heard a single curse word to be bleeped out.

Next week will, no doubt, be a DOOZY.

[zoemom]

9 minutes ago, Carrie said:

That is crazy!  Are you trying to lose weight?  

Getting rid of some Christmas over-indulging and having to take prednisone for a couple of weeks.  It kills my appetite.  Don't worry, I think there's some coffee ice cream in the fridge.  Although this show always "ruins" my appetite!

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[junip]

We joke around the house that Dr. Now is also a musician who scores the music to these episodes.

[ShortyMac]

7 minutes ago, Threnners said:

To be honest, she probably should have a dietician come in and teach her what high protien low carb actually is.  

As someone who eats this way, I don't understand how she would feel full eating low fat.

[Arynm]

Finally! I am over here celebrating like I just lost 52 pounds

[Threnners]

She does have gorgeous hair.  

[Kid]

Good for her!

[zoemom]

She's starving? Seriously?  Her only goal is to get to her new place, rest and of course EAT!!!!

[55Unicorns]

WELL, CUT MY TONGUE OUT AND CALL ME SARCASTIC!!  She actually did it?!?

[navine]

It's kind of mind-boggling, but I really think she just didn't "get it" about the mayo and salad dressing and whatnot .... now she does .... now we'll see if she can keep it up.  I hope so.

[PeaceLily2]

That was longer than a month.   Her hair seems a lot longer than it did at her previous weigh-in.

[Donut Bear]

Looks like the dad could be on this show next week

[hoosiermom]

Just now, Threnners said:

She does have gorgeous hair.  

yes and after she has the bypass surgery a ton of it will fall out.

[MrsClaus]

Was that her dad?

[poeticlicensed]

Her parents are pretty big also

[Miracle Maxie]

Well, the apple didn’t fall far from the tree, did it? As usual, her family is also quite large. 

[zoemom]

Stay on her Tim...he's obviously trying to help you.  Yes, I think I like him...!

Edited January 25, 2018 by zoemom

[AllisonWonderland]

1 minute ago, hoosiermom said:

yes and after she has the bypass surgery a ton of it will fall out.

Yuuuuuup. I just lost 60 pounds, and about half of my thick, gorgeous hair. I've been binging on Viviscal and biotin trying to get it to start thickening back up again but nothing is really happening yet and I'm starting to get despondent :( 

[Carrie]

2 minutes ago, navine said:

It's kind of mind-boggling, but I really think she just didn't "get it" about the mayo and salad dressing and whatnot .... now she does .... now we'll see if she can keep it up.  I hope so.

Nah.... She spent her childhood on diets and going to fat farms.  She knows.  She knows.  

[JudgeyMcJudgyPants]

Oh god, why is she not wearing a bra??

[PeaceLily2]

2 minutes ago, MrsClaus said:

Was that her dad?

The same absent dad talked about at the beginning of the show?  Hmmmmm

[navine]

IDK .... I have been doing WW and it amazes me how ignorant some folks are.

[Carrie]

3 minutes ago, MrsClaus said:

Was that her dad?

I thought he was a drunk and out if the picture?  Wel, well - now we see obesity is definitely a family problem!  Her parents are both huge.

[hoosiermom]

2 minutes ago, AllisonWonderland said:

Yuuuuuup. I just lost 60 pounds, and about half of my thick, gorgeous hair. I've been binging on Viviscal and biotin trying to get it to start thickening back up again but nothing is really happening yet and I'm starting to get despondent :( 

Sorry to hear that!. Hang in there and I hope things get better for you.