S07.E16: Lashanta's Story LIVE CHAT

[PrincessPurrsALot]

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A mother of four, bed bound for two years, Lashanta relies on her kids to keep her clothed and fed.  Her last chance to break the cycle of food addiction that is killing her is to join Dr. Now's program, but it will take a village just to get her out the door. 

Please let the "village" include flexing firemen.  Alternatively or in addition, we will accept repeated cries of "Ow, my leg!"  

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

Original air date 2019.04.17 

[TwirlyGirly]

[Brooklynista]

I’m already done. 

[DC Gal in VA]

Well hellooooo Pounders! Are we ready?

[Caoimhe]

Smart kitty!  I see train wreck coming tonight.

[Kid]

Hi Pounders!!  As they say, addicts don’t have families they have hostages and that looks like what we’ve got here. She also sounds like Lola!

[Guest]

I am sufficiently scared, terrifying, and anxious to be watching this evening's program. 

Hello everyone!

[ams1001]

Yes, kitty, we do.

Hi everyone! I was off today (and the rest of the week); got up three hours later than usual, had some mocha hot chocolate while I checked my daily internet sites, listened to a few podcasts (at 1.4 speed), then took a shower before the dryer vent cleaner guy showed up. Now I need to figure out how to scan the receipt to send to the condo office (haven't used the scanner function on my newish printer yet)...but first I need to move the laundry sorter and baskets and other crap I threw in the room where the printer lives (and then closed the door and pretended my place always looks like this...). 

Since I'm on "vacation" the rest of the week I decided to splurge on the good pizza place I mentioned a week or two ago. So last night I had two slices (one plain, one pepper and onion), then for lunch I had two more pepper/onion (there are four slices left, if my math is right that should be one pepper/onion and three plain). But tonight's eating habit was gooey, cheesy lasagna (while I watched the current Jeopardy champion set his third one-day record score). 

Stars is waiting for her share (my father titled this picture "The Mooch").

[FormeryHeavyJ]

I can tell already this will be an epic mess.

[Donut Bear]

Just now, TwirlyGirly said:

Yes Kitty, we must

[Azubah]

And...the very first thing I did was turn on closed captioning. This chick is going to be hard to understand.

[aliya]

Hey Pounders! My eating habit was leftover veg chili.  And some Easter candy, but Dr. Now didn't see those.

[Kid]

Just now, TwirlyGirly said:

Hi Nico!!!  Kiss, kiss, kiss!!!

[Guest]

Just now, Brooklynista said:

I’m already done. 

This literally made me laugh out loud. Thanks!

[Hellga]

Hi All!  I am having ham steak with parmesan-roasted asparagus.  In lieu of a salad I ate half a bowl of watermelon and I will have a Boston Crème donut for dessert later during the show.  

One would think this show would make me want to not eat dessert.   As if!

[Pepper Mostly]

Hello Pounders! How y'all doing tonight? How's everyone's eating habit? I hope no one is in a bad sich-ashun!

[Concerned]

Just a a piece of cheese strudel and now will hypocritically criticize Lashanta.

[Guest]

Most men want morning sex. Sadly for JT, he gets to watch his girlfriend take her morning pee.

[umgoblue]

Hey there, peeps!

My eating habit today is a smorgasbord of leftovers (for the record, I HATE leftovers): a mostly eaten pulled pork slider, 1/4 of a turkey patty, 1/4 cup of loaded mashed potatoes and ONE broccoli spear (yes, ONE)!  I think I have covered all food groups...😂

[fonfereksglen]

1 minute ago, Kid said:

Hi Pounders!!  As they say, addicts don’t have families they have hostages and that looks like what we’ve got here. She also sounds like Lola!

I thought Lola immediately.  Long lost sister?

[poeticlicensed]

Has a boyfriend, check. 

Oh that voice!

[Callaphera]

WHY THE HORIZONTAL STRIPES THIS SEASON?

I mean, hi guys. Who's ready for a trainwreck?

[ShortyMac]

Hi, all. Eating habit is breakfast for dinner - almond flour pancakes and sausage, with decaf coffee. Hope everyone is good and that this isn't another two-hour waste.

[Guest]

I AM NOT WATCHING WHAT I AM WATCHING!

[FormeryHeavyJ]

[Donut Bear]

Does she have legs?

[Hellga]

Wow, the way her skin is stretched, it doesn't look like human skin but rather as really poorly worked pigskin... 

[aliya]

Whew, those legs...

Good grief - another one with a boy friend. 

[Hana Chan]

Just as an FYI to all my friends here, I'm setting up a consult for gastric sleeve surgery (because I'm exhausted with forever struggling with food and having weight coming back as soon as I stop actively dieting). Thankfully I have no serious health issues but I want to make sure that I can stay as active as I want to be. And I'm at the very low end of eligability to have the procedure.

I still cannot grasp how people have allowed themselves to get into this shape without seeking out help. If I ever had to pee in a bowl so my boyfriend could empty it, I'd die of humiliation.

[Caoimhe]

Ugh.  And that high pitched voice is going to drive me crazy.

[poeticlicensed]

Pee in a bucket! Eww

[ShortyMac]

Shitting in a bucket. How do these people get SOs????????

[Barb23]

Hello pounders.  This could be a good one. Think it's been awhile since we've had a bed bound person.

My eating habit was homemade chicken pot pie my MIL made. I'm out of grapes & oranges. 

Did she say she peed in a bowl? 

[FormeryHeavyJ]

So he is the piss boy like in History of the World Part 1

[mmecorday]

Hi guys! This looks all kinds of train wrecky tonight.

[CrazyInAlabama]

Her legs look horrible!   And still she has a boyfriend.   I don't know how tall she is, but if she's under 700 lbs., I'll faint with shock.  

She must have the "Penny's Cookbook for the Bed Bound"

That plate of food is big enough for a football team.  

Edited April 18, 2019 by CrazyInAlabama

[ams1001]

I don't think we've seen legs with folds like this before.

"I try and clean myself." That does not bode well for her hygiene.

[Twopper]

Hi, Pounders!! no rehearsal tonight.  I am home, and Mr. Twopper is cleaning up the kitchen from dinner.  Eating habit tonight was a Mexican casserole, lightly buttered asparagus, raw carrots, and Jello Temptation's lemon meringue pie.  Total calories 490.   And the plate looked lovely and colorful.  We also ate at the breakfast table.     No meals in bed for us.

[Grammy]

This is going to be a rough one to watch!

[Deevee45]

I know this has been repeated ad nauseam, but I hate the scripted voice overs...

[Guest]

OMG y'all. PEEING IN A TUPPERWARE CONTAINER WHILE SQUATTING ON THE FLOOR. 

What in god's name.

[hoosiermom]

Just got back from visiting my daughter in California. Thank goodness my plane landed on time so I could be here for live chat. Bought a Subway sandwich at the airport to eat tonight. Knew I wouldn't feel like cooking.

[Callaphera]

When I was a kid, my dad used to tell me that I knew I was doing all right in life so long as I had a pot to piss in and a window to toss it out from.

I don't think that's what he meant.

[nokat]

Ow ma leg!
 

[Julyolo]

Hello folks. Dear God give me the strength to watch this one.

[Hellga]

Just now, ThereButFor said:

Ugh.  And that high pitched voice is going to drive me crazy.

And I actually was thinking that her voice is the only pleasant thing about her so far.

I remember reading that all soprano divas are rather... corpulent because the weight does affect the pitch of one's voice - so maybe her voice is higher pitched that it otherwise would be because of her weight?

[Donut Bear]

Gloves?

[ShortyMac]

Food prepping in bed, GROSS.

[Brooklynista]

And we have another bedpan, pee pad chef.

[Pepper Mostly]

@Hana Chan, good luck with your consult, please keep us posted! 

Poor JT, can't even settle down to his New York Times. Snerk.