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MY 600 POUND LIFE

catlover — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 01:28:53 GMT

what an inspiration Amber is..............compare her to attitude to Penny's-Wow-I hope she makes it all the way!!!!!

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sophiamarie — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 03:36:43 GMT

I know which one Penny is - but who is Amber. Refresh my memory please?

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aubnwa01 — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 04:51:02 GMT

This was the new season premier episode.

I wish they'd said more about how & why such a young person (she was only 23 years old) became so overweight. The rest of her family were of fairly normal weights & they all seemed like nice people. Amber is a very pretty & articulate girl & I wish her much success in her journey.

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catlover — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 05:20:49 GMT

AMBER

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catlover — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 05:22:10 GMT

PENNY

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catlover — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 05:25:03 GMT

A morbidly obese woman who was transferred to a hospital for potentially life-saving gastric bypass surgery on the newest episode of TLC's My 600lb Life has failed to lose any weight.

Maryland native Penny, a 46-year-old mother-of-one, has been bedridden for the past four years after a lifetime of overeating led to her tipping the scales at more than 600lbs.

In last night's episode, seven months after a team of medics moved her from her bed into a van, which brought her to Houston, Texas, for the procedure, it was revealed Penny had actually put on 5lbs.

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catlover — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 05:27:00 GMT

Amber lost 267lbs over the course of a year and now weighs 390lbs

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catlover — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 05:31:45 GMT

This drives home to me--the difference between wanting it and putting forth much effort and penny-who did nothing but make excuses and lost nothing even with the surgery.

All those people who helped her-all that time and effort, money spent on her--all wasted..............and she thinks because she clips coupons that she is as much as a provider to her child as if she worked-actually she said that she is even better than women who work because she is there more for her son-truly pitiful.

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mewsmomtoo — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 06:12:23 GMT

Penny is DEEEEP in denial, she just will not face the truth of her situation. Amber is an intelligent, lovely young woman who is succeeding in her weight loss journey. She truly appreciates what everyone is doing for her. I hope she continues to value herself as well. It was funny that Penny was mentioned in the same thread as Amber because when Amber's story began she was so well-spoken that I actually thought to myself that I hope she's not another Penny. In her initial episode, Penny said all the right things, but did nothing to help herself succeed. Happily, Amber couldn't be more different :-)

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makeup addict — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 06:20:49 GMT

Penny is a mess. Im not surprised she gain weight. Its like the doctor said; until something in her life changes, shes not going to change.

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aubnwa01 — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 06:41:58 GMT

When Penny's husband was pushing her around in the wheelchair, I was thinking, "What would happen if he keeled over from a heart attack?" I feel sorry for her little son.

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sophiamarie — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 06:48:09 GMT

These people are bedridden and can't get their own food. I don't get the enablers who bring them all the wrong food. What can happen to them if they refuse to go out for fast food. The fat ones can't get out of bed. It's mind-boggling to me. Penny's husband has to stop what he's doing and worry about his kid. Nevermind that she's clipping coupons. How foolish to run around to different stores with coupons. So, she has a big mouth. So what???? LOL Feed her lettuce......

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SweetWood Max — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 06:51:56 GMT

On 2/7/2015 sophiamarie said:
These people are bedridden and can't get their own food. I don't get the enablers who bring them all the wrong food. What can happen to them if they refuse to go out for fast food. The fat ones can't get out of bed. It's mind-boggling to me. Penny's husband has to stop what he's doing and worry about his kid. Nevermind that she's clipping coupons. How foolish to run around to different stores with coupons. So, she has a big mouth. So what???? LOL Feed her lettuce......

I totally agree. So what if she demands the food she wants. You give her healthy stuff, shut the door and let her yell. She cant get up...

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aubnwa01 — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 06:57:43 GMT

I thought it was kind of funny when Penny's husband tried to call her from the grocery store to find out which thing she wanted him to buy & she didn't answer the phone! It's not like she can say she was away from the phone & was off doing something, since she can't get out of the bed! When they said she only gets up from the bed every 2 months, I was thinking it could get stinky in there.

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June Lands — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 13:51:16 GMT

I would never enable someone who chose to eat themselves into bed. I would say, if you are hungry enough... get out of bed. They would only get healthy low calorie food that I would bring them. Perhaps they would need to lose a few pounds. If they are not challenged and just left to eat themselves to 1000 pounds because of enablers, and end up having to have the wall of the house torn out to get them to a hospital, what good is that doing them? Usually I notice on these shows that the enablers are also obese and eat poorly.

Could you image having to "clean" up for them... OMG! They can not even make it to the bathroom.... or clean themselves. If that is not a wake up call to stop overeating what would be? How in the world would or could someone allow themselves to get to this point? It is a mental sickness that is for sure.

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makeup addict — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 02:51:04 GMT

Pennys husband and son are normal weight. There was one girl whose mom tried to Love her with food. The doctor told her that he had to keep the mother away from the daughter because she was sabotoging her. Some have normal weight enablers.