Family By The Ton - General Discussion

[Wanda]

Assuming many who watch this are also 600 pounders you’ll get this reference. With doctors saying Amandas’ weight makes cancer surgery too dangerous, my mind goes to Bettie Jo saying her pregnancy made it too dangerous for doctors to remove her cancer. Did they check under a telescope to verify the diagnosis?......I’ll see myself out now.

[ams1001]

1 minute ago, MsVixen said:

Yep and I bet it was Dawn!  Hey, if it works for oily ducks......

My second laugh-out-loud moment of the evening. Thank you!

[cmpbl]

1 minute ago, Wanda said:

Assuming many who watch this are also 600 pounders you’ll get this reference. With doctors saying Amandas’ weight makes cancer surgery too dangerous, my mind goes to Bettie Jo saying her pregnancy made it too dangerous for doctors to remove her cancer. Did they check under a telescope to verify the diagnosis?......I’ll see myself out now.

The cancer in her back, so she said. lol

[OoogleEyes]

I haven't had a soda for sooooo long. I'm craving a diet Dr Pepper. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

So Ed's wife had weight loss surgery, and can't eat meat?   Sounds like her WLS went to an eating disorder, and that's why she's not gaining her weight back.   Or being in the same room with Ed, and his nasty remarks about what she eats makes her sick.  

So Casey can actually walk, and put on clothes?    So everything is his father's fault?     I am rooting for Amanda, and Amy, but Ed and Casey are not sympathetic characters, with their ridiculous excuses for why they don't want to lose weight, or have WLS.      

Or Ed's idea of a little steak for her is a 16 oz Porterhouse, with lots of fat on the sides, and fully marbled, and if the woman ate it she'd be hideously sick.   Actually, just watching this mob eat makes me want to puke.    Even if I ate this late, I wouldn't during this show,, because hearing the excuses for why people are morbidly obese, refused cancer surgery, and slamming people who lost weight, or are trying to qualify for surgery is making me rabid.   The doctor saying that Amanda can only have surgery one way for her cancer makes me furious.  If they can do C-sections with waist down anesthesia, then they can do a hysterectomy that way also.  

Edited January 4, 2019 by CrazyInAlabama

[DC Gal in VA]

Oh my Gawd this lazy bastard blaming his dad for eating what he brings home. There is an upside tho ladies: he's single and available!

[ams1001]

33 minutes ago, OoogleEyes said:

I haven't had a soda for sooooo long. I'm craving a diet Dr Pepper. 

Whenever I give in to my McDonald's cravings (which generally just serves to remind me that I don't really like it as much as I think) I get a hamburger meal and a Dr Pepper with no ice, pour the soda into a bottle at home, let it get a bit flat, and drink it over a few days. Mostly I keep cans of Coke in my fridge (on the bottom of the door where I can't see it very easily) for when I have a headache.

Edited January 3, 2019 by ams1001

[cmpbl]

Casey is a jerk. It's not like his dad force fed him.

[ams1001]

Just now, cmpbl said:

Casey is a jerk. It's not like his dad force fed him.

He looked like he was smirking while she was praying...

[CrazyInAlabama]

I hate that the kids they show are already very overweight.   

They should all eat decently, instead of making another generation of people who will need to do surgery to save their lives.  

Edited January 3, 2019 by CrazyInAlabama

[cmpbl]

I have no hope for Casey. He is one of those people who never take responsibility and blames all their problems on other people.

[MsVixen]

Good Night!  Thanks for making me feel welcomed!

[OoogleEyes]

Well,  goodnight all, I've had my fill (!) of 600 lb people for one night.  See you all next week!

[ams1001]

Just now, MsVixen said:

Good Night!  Thanks for making me feel welcomed!

Same here! I suspect I will get sucked into this one.

[aliya]

10 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

So Ed's wife had weight loss surgery, and can't eat meat?   Sounds like her WLS went to an eating disorder, and that's why she's not gaining her weight back.      

Yeah. My friend had WLS years ago and eats whatever she pleases (and still isn't normal weight, but that's another story. 

Casey already bugs me.  Maybe he shouldn't have the surgery. Maybe he can find a good eating plan, get a trainer, and do it that way. He'd probably still need skin surgery, but that's down the line a bit. I see a lot of these guys on YT - they get tired of being obese, put their minds to it, and work through the weigh guy-style in the gym.  

[CrazyInAlabama]

I know several people who had weight loss surgery, and they all eat protein first.     I have heard that beef is the hardest meat to digest, but that just means you don't eat a lot of it, and not greasy meat or it causes 'dumping' syndrome.          My suspicion is the wife has an eating disorder, because she's terrified she's going to regain weight.       

Or the husband grills some greasy, fat ridden hunk of cow, and then chows down on his half a cow, and it makes her sick to watch him.     I makes me sick to watch the entire family chowing down at that picnic, and making nasty remarks about people who took charge of their own life, had surgery, and kept the weight off.  I bet what Ed thinks is a 'little steak', looks like my coffee table grilled, which would set off dumping syndrome in someone with WLS.    

Edited January 3, 2019 by CrazyInAlabama

[Peppermint Patty]

Amanda is active in a Facebook group I’m in. She has posted more details about the cancer and the treatment plan there. From everything she has said, I don’t doubt the cancer is real. I think the show will go into it in more detail. 

Casey annoyed the hell out of me. He needs to stop blaming his father and take responsibility. I really hope the trough scene was staged just for TLC. [shudder]

[IvySpice]

Endometrial cancer isn't necessarily a fast-growing cancer. If the risk of death from the anesthesia is too high, it might be safer to leave it where it is. Even if the person just has a year to live, doctors don't want to kill them tomorrow.

Both Amy and Amanda are very pretty. Amy seemed to be a good teacher with strong rapport with her kids. She knows how to dress her body for work, too.

Edited January 3, 2019 by IvySpice

[PrincessPurrsALot]

15 minutes ago, Peppermint Patty said:

Amanda is active in a Facebook group I’m in. She has posted more details about the cancer and the treatment plan there. From everything she has said, I don’t doubt the cancer is real. I think the show will go into it in more detail. 

Casey annoyed the hell out of me. He needs to stop blaming his father and take responsibility. I really hope the trough scene was staged just for TLC. [shudder]

I think only the shorts were for TV.  I would  bet once a week Dad  fills the trough for Casey and he wallows around  until he considers himself clean.  For those wondering, I believe he was using Palmolive dish washing liquid in the trough.  After all, it's gentle on your hands. Perhaps it's gentle on his nether regions.  He followed with Head and Shoulders shampoo.  At least the lovely Juggalette who was hosed off on her back porch had the dirt rinsed off of her body.  Casey wallowed in his own filth in that tub.  His head and shoulders may have been clean.  The rest of him clearly was not. 

[PrincessPurrsALot]

Clarifying Amanda's weight goal, she needed to lose 45 pounds to qualify for weight loss surgery.  Dr. Procter wants her to get below 600 lbs. She did not give a specific weight for her cancer surgery. She said they want her to lose "half her body weight", so about 300 pounds.  

[DC Gal in VA]

10 hours ago, Giant Misfit said:

I think she was melting Velveeta to make her queso.

OMG that queso looked disgusting, I mean at least throw a can of Rotel tomatoes in! What was really disgusting was that girlfriend didn't have enough sense to put that shit on a plate but piled all of it into a bowl; everybody knows that you eat nachos on a plate. Ugh, I'm getting nauseous just picturing that image in my mind.

[CrazyInAlabama]

But if you melt the Velveeta, and dip the chips, you get twice as much cheese on the chip, because you're using both sides of the chip.     

I just question that there isn't another method to do endometrial cancer surgery, besides the one described.      I don't doubt it's really cancer, but I question that there wasn't any other way to do surgery, or use another method of anesthesia, to make it safer for Amanda.   

Edited January 4, 2019 by CrazyInAlabama

[Pepper Mostly]

On 1/1/2019 at 1:18 PM, PrincessPurrsALot said:

The rest of the family saw their own responsibility for their situation.  Casey is looking at it being everyone's fault but his own.  Dude spends all day sitting in bed naked playing video games with breaks to eat/shovel and wash (with assistance) in a trough.  He is the human equivalent of the trope of the internet troll.  I have a hard time seeing him turning his life around.  

He is the living embodiment of that huge guy in his thirties, sitting on his bed playing video games, that we all hear about. Late at night, when the crew is gone and everyone is asleep, I'll bet a week's pay that its all internet trolling.  And porn.

Can you imagine walking into the kitchen, and seeing Naked Casey in there, rooting around in the fridge? Not enough brain bleach in the world.

13 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

I think Amy is pretty. She wasn’t that large as a child, I wonder what happened to make her balloon up. Or is she also super short?!!!

Amy's really pretty. And I think she got so fat because she has a fat family. They all have the same eating habit.

13 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

My guess is the second Amanda was told she had endometrial cancer, and that the way they wanted to do the surgery, that she left and didn't go back.     I'm wondering if they actually diagnosed endometrial cancer, or if it was just a possibility?     I can't believe a decent doctor wouldn't have done more tests to see if it spread.   

I was baffled by that whole sequence. She didn't get a second opinion? Did she need to get home for her pizza and brownies break? There is something wrong with this picture.

11 hours ago, IvySpice said:

Both Amy and Amanda are very pretty. Amy seemed to be a good teacher with strong rapport with her kids. She knows how to dress her body for work, too.

Amy had some really nice clothes! So refreshing after seeing so many people slopping around in raggedy old T shirts, or wrapped in bedsheets. Her hair and makeup were impeccable too. I like her the best.

[Scarlett45]

11 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:

Amy's really pretty. And I think she got so fat because she has a fat family. They all have the same eating habi

Well I ask this because when I see childhood photos of many of the participants on Family by the Ton/My 600 Pound Life and they look like I did as a child.

I was a fat child, my Mom had to have all my clothes made for a number of years until I got tall enough for plus sizes at Avenue and Lane Bryant (11 or so). But I didn’t keep GROWING and GROWING like these participants. Once I hit my adult height at 14 (I’m 5’7) my weight stabilized, I’m now 33, 5’7 and a 16w/18w depending on if I’m at my high or low end of my weight. 

So I get being a fat child, that becomes a fat adult (although I eat much better and do try to be active so that I stay healthy) but there’s “fat and I shop in the plus section but am not uncomfortable in daily living” and then there’s “I cannot fit into seats made for adult humans and I can barely move.” I wonder what takes someone from one to the other. No judgment on these people- I’m proud of Amy for wanting to get help, she is taking responsibility for herself but there’s got to be something psychological. 

[Pepper Mostly]

True. But I'm guessing that, growing up, your family for the most part, ate reasonably and sensibly. No entire sides of beef at cookouts, no pound of queso as an after work snack, no entire pizzas to hold you over till suppertime! Amy's family does that, so, even though she's college educated and has more resources than most of the folks we see on these shows, she finds it too hard to swim against that tide. Some people are larger, its genes. This family may have bigger genes, but they also do not eat even remotely healthily.

[readheaded]

9 minutes ago, Scarlett45 said:

Well I ask this because when I see childhood photos of many of the participants on Family by the Ton/My 600 Pound Life and they look like I did as a child.

I was a fat child, my Mom had to have all my clothes made for a number of years until I got tall enough for plus sizes at Avenue and Lane Bryant (11 or so). But I didn’t keep GROWING and GROWING like these participants. Once I hit my adult height at 14 (I’m 5’7) my weight stabilized, I’m now 33, 5’7 and a 16w/18w depending on if I’m at my high or low end of my weight. 

So I get being a fat child, that becomes a fat adult (although I eat much better and do try to be active so that I stay healthy) but there’s “fat and I shop in the plus section but am not uncomfortable in daily living” and then there’s “I cannot fit into seats made for adult humans and I can barely move.” I wonder what takes someone from one to the other. No judgment on these people- I’m proud of Amy for wanting to get help, she is taking responsibility for herself but there’s got to be something psychological. 

I think, too, you were obviously expected to grow up and move on as an adult.  It seems that many of the people on "Family by the Ton" and "My 600 lb Life" are emotionally stunted in a place where either the family enables them or their circumstances stop their emotional development somewhere in childhood.  I don't have judgment for most of these folks, either (except maybe Assanti and his ilk who are just awful people) because so many of them have really suffered and haven't ever learned any kind of coping skills aside from eating.

[Scarlett45]

16 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:

True. But I'm guessing that, growing up, your family for the most part, ate reasonably and sensibly. No entire sides of beef at cookouts, no pound of queso as an after work snack, no entire pizzas to hold you over till suppertime! Amy's family does that, so, even though she's college educated and has more resources than most of the folks we see on these shows, she finds it too hard to swim against that tide. Some people are larger, its genes. This family may have bigger genes, but they also do not eat even remotely healthily.

 

9 minutes ago, readheaded said:

I think, too, you were obviously expected to grow up and move on as an adult.  It seems that many of the people on "Family by the Ton" and "My 600 lb Life" are emotionally stunted in a place where either the family enables them or their circumstances stop their emotional development somewhere in childhood.  I don't have judgment for most of these folks, either (except maybe Assanti and his ilk who are just awful people) because so many of them have really suffered and haven't ever learned any kind of coping skills aside from eating.

This makes sense thank you. My father was a fat kid back in the 1950s where there were only 1-2 fat kids in a class and obesity was rare. He’s struggled with is weight his entire life and was bullied a lot. I think at his highest he got to 310 at 5’10, but he always yo-yo dieted.  He’s 73, but had there been gastric surgery when he was younger I think he would’ve gotten it. But he had a successful life- finished medical school, had his own practice etc. so I get coming from a family of heavy people. 

As a child we did eat a variety of healthy foods from different parts of the world (we had junk available too) but goodness the PORTIONS were huge. As a 4yrs old girl they fed me like a teenage boy. Portion control is something I struggle with now. I do think I don’t have the “full” signals most normal people have, I make sure to portion things out 1. So I don’t waste food or money, 2. So I don’t get bigger! If I am the version of “plus size normal” in the USA now and I don’t get “full” I completely believe the super morbidly obese are ravenous. 

[auntjess]

Found this on Drew's Facebook page.
"Family by the ton finally premier TONIGHT!! On TLC @ 10pm. The King family will share their amazing stories First. Ed, @amylongmakeup, Amanda, and Casey journey’s are shared. But stayed tuned Cause my family will be next midway through the season. "

[sempervivum]

Casey is useful for the King fam because he makes them all think 'Oh, I'm not THAT fat'.

His father is evil. 'I love him so much, I just want him to be 'happy''. As on 600 Pounders, the enablers either 'love' the fatty (to death), or they're 'afraid' of what the fatty will do if their food demands are unmet.

I felt sad for Amanda; she has lovely hair and skin and tries so hard to make herself look as good as possible, but seeing her just in underwear-!  The giant web of varicose veins visible on the backs of her legs, rashes and who-knows-what creeping from under her folds, as well as that giant stomach flapping against her knees. 

It must be a tough ethical dilemma for a doctor: "do I save her by operating on her cancer or do I kill her by operating on her cancer?"  There's a reason there are so few of these doctors qualified to do surgery on the morbidly obese. 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, auntjess said:

But stayed tuned Cause my family will be next midway through the season. "

That's...weird. I wonder if they didn't get enough footage of the King family to sustain a full season (perhaps Casey was all, "fuck it...I don't hate my life living naked in my bed, building a Jenga-sized tower of McDonalds cheeseburgers to devour in two bites, and killing zombies while I fill up my pants with sharts" and then kicked out the film crew? Or maybe Drew is going to make a special guest appearance and beat Casey upside the head with a bag of romaine lettuces pieces. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

I think the first season only went six or so episodes, with a one hour update, so maybe the King family will only be six or so, and then they'll continue with the first season family.   I can't wait to see Drew's progress, and the rest of the family.   

I hate Casey, and his useless, enabling father.      I really would like to kick Ed's fanny until he cries like a baby.     The way he talked about his wife's surgery, and scoffed at her weight loss and maintenance made me see red.      Amanda's cancer story reminds me too much of Bettie Jo, and her telescopic diagnosis of her supposed cancer that wasn't.   However, I totally believe Amanda's diagnosis, but I hate that a doctor says lose half of your body weight and we'll do surgery then, there must be another way.  

I'm pulling for Amy, but she's not going to be successful long term with family picnics that have tons of greasy food, that's nothing but empty calories.      I can see the family as a bunch of saboteurs, especially people like Ed that have no intention of losing weight or getting surgery, if I judged what he said last night correctly.   I wonder if his wife realized he was talking about her in that ugly way before that discussion aired?        

Edited January 4, 2019 by CrazyInAlabama

[libgirl2]

5 hours ago, Pepper Mostly said:

He is the living embodiment of that huge guy in his thirties, sitting on his bed playing video games, that we all hear about. Late at night, when the crew is gone and everyone is asleep, I'll bet a week's pay that its all internet trolling.  And porn.

Can you imagine walking into the kitchen, and seeing Naked Casey in there, rooting around in the fridge? Not enough brain bleach in the world.

Amy's really pretty. And I think she got so fat because she has a fat family. They all have the same eating habit.

I was baffled by that whole sequence. She didn't get a second opinion? Did she need to get home for her pizza and brownies break? There is something wrong with this picture.

Amy had some really nice clothes! So refreshing after seeing so many people slopping around in raggedy old T shirts, or wrapped in bedsheets. Her hair and makeup were impeccable too. I like her the best.

I thought Amy was gorgeous and I agree, she has some really cute clothes. I noticed she has a thin looking face. 

Casey is a mess. Video gaming naked? Ugh. I don't see him going anywhere. And I agree on the porn. 

[libgirl2]

On 1/1/2019 at 9:42 PM, gardendiva said:

The scene where his dad brings him McDonald’s and casey looks in the bag and says “I got bad news for you. If you ordered lunch for yourself it’s not in here” or something like that. Then he throws a container of fries at his dad to eat for lunch and he dumps the 4 or 5 sandwiches in the bag out and tries to stack them onto each other so he can more quickly and efficiently cram them into his face. It was infuriating.

I know, when I saw that I was like "you can't give the guy even a half?" what an a--. 

[gardendiva]

5 hours ago, Pepper Mostly said:

He is the living embodiment of that huge guy in his thirties, sitting on his bed playing video games, that we all hear about. Late at night, when the crew is gone and everyone is asleep, I'll bet a week's pay that its all internet trolling.  And porn.

This is dead on. Casey seems to be a not very nice person on his best days, and he seems to have quite a bad temper when he doesn’t get what he wants. I always imagine that people that enjoy trolling are angry, unhappy with their lives and want to make others as unhappy as they are. I think, from the little bit that I have seen of him so far, that he fits this mold.

[ams1001]

6 hours ago, Pepper Mostly said:

Can you imagine walking into the kitchen, and seeing Naked Casey in there, rooting around in the fridge? Not enough brain bleach in the world.

Amy had some really nice clothes! So refreshing after seeing so many people slopping around in raggedy old T shirts, or wrapped in bedsheets. Her hair and makeup were impeccable too. I like her the best.

When you can walk around naked on camera and they don't need to blur anything in the front, it's time to rethink your life.

 

3 hours ago, Giant Misfit said:

That's...weird. I wonder if they didn't get enough footage of the King family to sustain a full season (perhaps Casey was all, "fuck it...I don't hate my life living naked in my bed, building a Jenga-sized tower of McDonalds cheeseburgers to devour in two bites, and killing zombies while I fill up my pants with sharts" and then kicked out the film crew? Or maybe Drew is going to make a special guest appearance and beat Casey upside the head with a bag of romaine lettuces pieces. 

Hey, romaine'll kill ya' these days. French fries are safer!

[readheaded]

19 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

 

This makes sense thank you. My father was a fat kid back in the 1950s where there were only 1-2 fat kids in a class and obesity was rare. He’s struggled with is weight his entire life and was bullied a lot. I think at his highest he got to 310 at 5’10, but he always yo-yo dieted.  He’s 73, but had there been gastric surgery when he was younger I think he would’ve gotten it. But he had a successful life- finished medical school, had his own practice etc. so I get coming from a family of heavy people. 

As a child we did eat a variety of healthy foods from different parts of the world (we had junk available too) but goodness the PORTIONS were huge. As a 4yrs old girl they fed me like a teenage boy. Portion control is something I struggle with now. I do think I don’t have the “full” signals most normal people have, I make sure to portion things out 1. So I don’t waste food or money, 2. So I don’t get bigger! If I am the version of “plus size normal” in the USA now and I don’t get “full” I completely believe the super morbidly obese are ravenous. 

I also come from a family of heavy people and understand the struggle with portion control and not having those full signals that other people apparently have.  When I was a kid, my well-intentioned mother used to tell me when I was full, so I never learned what that meant for myself.  There's a huge difference, though, between having disordered eating and living a disordered life.  Despite our not having the usual full signals, we've found ways to mitigate and adapt, whereas the people on the shows don't seem to have the awareness or ability to do that, which renders them completely out of control.  :) 

Edited January 4, 2019 by readheaded

[CrazyInAlabama]

I think with the King family, there's some competition at family occasions, with everyone trying to out eat everyone else.    They are absolutely setting those kids up for morbid obesity, all kinds of health issues, and don't even see that.   

I wonder what Casey's father for enabling his son to death is?      I can't believe Casey will make 40 years old, and I just wonder what's going on in his father's head that allows him to feed his son like that, and take his bullying, and belittling comments?     I wonder if we'll ever find out the back story on that relationship?  

I'm really worried about Amanda, and hate that they used her WLS for a cliff hanger.   

Edited January 4, 2019 by CrazyInAlabama

[IvySpice]

9 hours ago, Pepper Mostly said:

And porn.

Can he...reach? Or does his dad have to help him with that, too? (Forgive me!!) I guess there may be adaptive devices for that as there are for wiping, etc.

[PumpkinPK]

2 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

 

I wonder what Casey's father for enabling his son to death is?      I can't believe Casey will make 40 years old, and I just wonder what's going on in his father's head that allows him to feed his son like that, and take his bullying, and belittling comments?     I wonder if we'll ever find out the back story on that relationship?  

I really want to hear the responsible mother's version of events, and want the gruesome details of what being married to, and raising children with that idiot was like.  I wonder what finally had to go down to make the divorce happen.

Is that man the father of all these "kids," or just Casey?

I'm asking because I honestly don't know.  I have seen the term "good old boys" used more times in this thread than I have ever heard it in my entire life.

Is that the same thing that people located in different geographic regions would refer to as a "redneck?"

[ams1001]

54 minutes ago, PumpkinPK said:

Is that man the father of all these "kids," or just Casey?

I'm asking because I honestly don't know.  I have seen the term "good old boys" used more times in this thread than I have ever heard it in my entire life.

I think just Casey? They were described as cousins; I didn't catch if any of them are actually siblings.

Now I have The Dukes of Hazzard theme stuck in my head.

[DC Gal in VA]

On 1/1/2019 at 9:42 PM, gardendiva said:

He was already so heavy that he had to quit his job and got kicked out of his mom’s house, so the BS about blaming his weight mostly on his dad had me practically wanting to kick in my tv screen.

Um did they specify exactly why mom kicked out her son, Mr. Personality/Casey? Often moms are the last ones standing when it comes to taking care of their grown children no matter how dysfunctional they may be and boy this asshole puts the capital "D" in dysfunctional. Was he sitting around naked--a particularly disgusting thing to do in front your mother--playing endless rounds of Game of Thrones, stuffing his face on her dime and being verbally abusive to her like he is with his dad? Or was it something even worse? What was the straw that broke the camel's back?

[PumpkinPK]

1 hour ago, DC Gal in VA said:

Um did they specify exactly why mom kicked out her son, Mr. Personality/Casey? Often moms are the last ones standing when it comes to taking care of their grown children no matter how dysfunctional they may be and boy this asshole puts the capital "D" in dysfunctional. Was he sitting around naked--a particularly disgusting thing to do in front your mother--playing endless rounds of Game of Thrones, stuffing his face on her dime and being verbally abusive to her like he is with his dad? Or was it something even worse? What was the straw that broke the camel's back?

As Casey stated it, he was 500 lbs., and it was too hard to work so he quit his restaurant job.

His mother had a house rule that anyone living in her house had to be working.  Casey packed up and moved in with the foolish father to sponge off of.

I'm sure his mom's version is far more detailed.  I hope she appears on the show.

[jacksgirl]

Just found this show. Will be joining the snark. Am a longtime pounder. Friend had WLS years ago. She, too struggles with eating red meat. Said it feels like rocks in her stomach. Had lunch with her (fellow teacher) daily.  Her lunch always looks amazing. Some fruit,  some protein like chicken or fish, some cheese and maybe carrots and dip. She also ate a lot of wraps. One trigger to a bad tummy for her was eating too fast. She lost 100 lbs and has kept it off.

[readheaded]

6 hours ago, PumpkinPK said:

As Casey stated it, he was 500 lbs., and it was too hard to work so he quit his restaurant job.

His mother had a house rule that anyone living in her house had to be working.  Casey packed up and moved in with the foolish father to sponge off of.

I'm sure his mom's version is far more detailed.  I hope she appears on the show.

I hope so, too.  Good for her for having some standards for her son and enforcing them.   If parents don't have expectations of their children, then who will?

[Pepper Mostly]

11 hours ago, IvySpice said:

Can he...reach? Or does his dad have to help him with that, too? (Forgive me!!) I guess there may be adaptive devices for that as there are for wiping, etc.

I'm sure there is no limit to Casey's ingenuity on that score. Hahahahaha... and ew.

8 hours ago, DC Gal in VA said:

Um did they specify exactly why mom kicked out her son, Mr. Personality/Casey? Often moms are the last ones standing when it comes to taking care of their grown children no matter how dysfunctional they may be and boy this asshole puts the capital "D" in dysfunctional. Was he sitting around naked--a particularly disgusting thing to do in front your mother--playing endless rounds of Game of Thrones, stuffing his face on her dime and being verbally abusive to her like he is with his dad? Or was it something even worse? What was the straw that broke the camel's back?

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall the day her 500 pound son lumbered in and said "Mom, I quit my job today. I'm just too fat to work anymore". The arrogance of this guy is mind boggling.

[SunnyBeBe]

The parallels that families with super morbid obesity issues have with those who have substance abuse issues is astounding.  I guess it's sort of the same.  Most of the addicts could not subsist if not for family members who enable them. The difference with the food addicts is that they CAN'T get up and get their drug.  So, if the enabler would just take them the proper food and ignore the anger, there would be weight loss.  Everyone is so sensitive to the dangerously obese person's feelings.  Like it's going to rain cats if they don't like their meal.  So what?  A moderate serving of lean protein, healthy grain and veggie is not going to hurt them.  It's so difficult to watch sometimes.  I do think that I would be able to put my own ego aside and let them hate me, if it meant their life was spared. 

Edited January 4, 2019 by SunnyBeBe

[Scarlett45]

On 1/1/2019 at 11:39 AM, gardendiva said:

I am liking this family for the most part, but that redheaded man-child Casey I can see is already going to get on my last nerve.

 

On 1/1/2019 at 12:18 PM, PrincessPurrsALot said:

The rest of the family saw their own responsibility for their situation.  Casey is looking at it being everyone's fault but his own.  Dude spends all day sitting in bed naked playing video games with breaks to eat/shovel and wash (with assistance) in a trough.  He is the human equivalent of the trope of the internet troll.  I have a hard time seeing him turning his life around.  

I watched again last night to give it my full attention. His Mom told him he had to leave her home if he wasn’t going to work (perfectly fair rule), when he went to his Dad’s his Dad indulged all his worst tendencies. Golly. Lazy man child. 

 

Yes of course now I’m sure he cannot work- I’m talking about his pattern of behavior that put him in that position. 

 

@DC Gal in VA his mom put him out when he stopped working. He was in his mid 20s at that point.  She had boundaries. Dad is the big enabler here. 

[DC Gal in VA]

9 hours ago, PumpkinPK said:

As Casey stated it, he was 500 lbs., and it was too hard to work so he quit his restaurant job.

His mother had a house rule that anyone living in her house had to be working.  Casey packed up and moved in with the foolish father to sponge off of.

I'm sure his mom's version is far more detailed.  I hope she appears on the show.

 

Whoa, wait! This Fat Bastard Quit his job!? Aw Hellz no! Good for her. Like you said, I hope she appears on the show and we get to hear how truly gruesome living with him actually was. As PepperMostly just said, oh to be a fly on the wall. How old is this guy anyway? Looks pretty young to me.

Thanks PumpkinPK.

[Scarlett45]

2 minutes ago, DC Gal in VA said:

 

Whoa, wait! This Fat Bastard Quit his job!? Aw Hellz no! Good for her. Like you said, I hope she appears on the show and we get to hear how truly gruesome living with him actually was. As PepperMostly just said, oh to be a fly on the wall. How old is this guy anyway? Looks pretty young to me.

Thanks PumpkinPK.

He’s 34. 

[DC Gal in VA]

4 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

 

I watched again last night to give it my full attention. His Mom told him he had to leave her home if he wasn’t going to work (perfectly fair rule), when he went to his Dad’s his Dad indulged all his worst tendencies. Golly. Lazy man child. 

 

Yes of course now I’m sure he cannot work- I’m talking about his pattern of behavior that put him in that position. 

 

@DC Gal in VA his mom put him out when he stopped working. He was in his mid 20s at that point.  She had boundaries. Dad is the big enabler here. 

Thank you so much Scarlett45. In his mid twenties? Yikes! He's like the male version of Schenee. Remember her? She's the one with so much "intelligment" who lost her ability to use a real toilet at the age of 21 and had to use a portable toilet in her bedroom, which didn't seem to phase her at all. She's about 27 years old now I think.

I can't even begin to figure out the dad.

Edited January 4, 2019 by DC Gal in VA
Stupid autocorrect!