"My 600-lb Life" Benji & David's Story

1 00:00:03,533 --> 00:00:07,267 David: IT'S A STRUGGLE EVERY DAY TO DO ANYTHING, 2 00:00:07,267 --> 00:00:09,833 AND NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE THE WAY I DO. 3 00:00:09,833 --> 00:00:16,467 ** 4 00:00:16,467 --> 00:00:19,300 AH! AH! 5 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:22,867 Woman: MY LIFE IS WASTING AWAY, AND I HATE IT. 6 00:00:22,867 --> 00:00:26,367 Woman #2: I TRY TO CHANGE, BUT SOMETHING ALWAYS KNOCKS ME DOWN. 7 00:00:26,367 --> 00:00:33,900 ** 8 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:35,900 MY LIFE -- IT'S LIKE LIVING A DEATH SENTENCE. 9 00:00:35,900 --> 00:00:38,667 UGH. OH! OW! [ BLEEP ]. 10 00:00:38,667 --> 00:00:41,167 THIS IS NO LIFE FOR ANYONE. 11 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:44,833 ** 12 00:00:44,833 --> 00:00:46,133 OH, JUST PRAY FOR ME. 13 00:00:46,133 --> 00:00:47,367 [ SOBS ] 14 00:00:47,367 --> 00:00:49,033 OH, MY LEG! 15 00:00:49,033 --> 00:00:51,367 -SIT DOWN RIGHT THERE. -YOU'RE MAKING ME MAD. 16 00:00:51,367 --> 00:00:53,433 ALL RIGHT, THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. 17 00:00:53,433 --> 00:00:58,100 [ DOOR SLAMS ] 18 00:00:58,100 --> 00:00:59,500 David: YOU CAN SIT THERE AND LAUGH AT ME ALL YOU WANT. 19 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:00,933 I DON'T CARE. -HE'S NOT LAUGHING AT YOU, SON. 20 00:01:00,933 --> 00:01:02,567 YEAH, YOU ARE. BOTH OF YOU ARE. 21 00:01:02,567 --> 00:01:04,767 Rhonda: I AM NOT LAUGHING AT YOU, SON. I'M CRYING. 22 00:01:04,767 --> 00:01:07,767 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 23 00:01:07,767 --> 00:01:10,767 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 24 00:01:10,767 --> 00:01:13,700 ** 25 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:19,700 David: WE OFTEN VIEW LIFE AS EITHER A TIME OF JOY OR A TIME OF PAIN, 26 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:22,233 BUT MAYBE IT'S MEANT TO BE BOTH AT ONCE, 27 00:01:22,233 --> 00:01:24,600 AND HOW WE BALANCE THAT DETERMINES HOW WE GROW. 28 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,567 [ BIRDS CHIRPING ] 29 00:01:27,567 --> 00:01:36,500 ** 30 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:45,433 ** 31 00:01:45,433 --> 00:01:54,367 ** 32 00:01:54,367 --> 00:01:56,967 David: I WAKE UP EVERY DAY HURTING. 33 00:01:56,967 --> 00:02:00,167 ** 34 00:02:00,167 --> 00:02:02,800 MY ANKLES HURT. MY KNEES HURT. 35 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,900 MY BACK HURTS. 36 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:08,700 IT'S LIKE I'M BEING PUNISHED 37 00:02:12,367 --> 00:02:14,400 [ GRUNTS ] 38 00:02:16,633 --> 00:02:20,067 BECAUSE IT'S SO MISERABLE TO DO ANYTHING, 39 00:02:20,067 --> 00:02:24,900 AND I'VE BECOME ALMOST IMMOBILE. 40 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:30,100 I CAN ONLY STAND FOR MAYBE 2 OR 3 MINUTES AT A TIME. 41 00:02:31,967 --> 00:02:33,500 [ GROANS ] 42 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:37,400 SO IT'S A STRUGGLE EVERY DAY JUST TO DO ANYTHING. 43 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:42,400 ** 44 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,467 NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE LIFE THE WAY I DO 45 00:02:44,467 --> 00:02:46,533 AND GO THROUGH WHAT I GO THROUGH. 46 00:02:49,500 --> 00:02:52,600 AND I CAN BARELY FIT THROUGH THE DOOR ANYMORE, 47 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:58,433 ** 48 00:02:58,433 --> 00:03:01,067 AND IT'S HARD TO EVEN TAKE A SHOWER, 49 00:03:01,067 --> 00:03:04,067 BUT IF I DON'T, I'LL GET INFECTIONS 50 00:03:06,433 --> 00:03:08,833 BECAUSE ALL THE CHAFING FROM MY FAT HANGING DOWN 51 00:03:08,833 --> 00:03:12,067 CREATES THESE OPEN SORES THAT I HAVE TO KEEP CLEAN. 52 00:03:12,067 --> 00:03:17,067 ** 53 00:03:17,067 --> 00:03:19,500 AND WHEN I SCRUB PARTS OF MY BODY WITH A SCRUB BRUSH, 54 00:03:19,500 --> 00:03:21,167 IT HURTS. IT'S LIKE NEEDLES. 55 00:03:21,167 --> 00:03:23,100 AND IT'S PAINFUL. 56 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:26,100 BUT I HAVE TO DO IT. 57 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:29,133 BUT I CARRY MOST OF MY WEIGHT IN MY STOMACH 58 00:03:29,133 --> 00:03:33,500 AND IN MY THIGHS, AND IT PULLS. 59 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:38,600 IT PULLS ON MY BACK, AND THERE ARE TIMES IT GETS SO BAD 60 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,367 THAT I JUST HAVE TO QUIT WHATEVER IT IS I'M DOING 61 00:03:41,367 --> 00:03:45,267 AND JUST TRY TO GO LIE DOWN. 62 00:03:45,267 --> 00:03:47,433 AND WHEN I HIT THAT WALL, IT'S SCARY 63 00:03:47,433 --> 00:03:50,933 BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY A FIGHT TO GET BACK UP AT THAT POINT, 64 00:03:50,933 --> 00:03:52,767 AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME 65 00:03:52,767 --> 00:03:55,567 OR I FELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO. 66 00:03:55,567 --> 00:03:58,233 ** 67 00:03:58,233 --> 00:04:01,567 MY GIRLFRIEND LIVES HERE WITH ME AND HELPS TAKE CARE OF ME, 68 00:04:01,567 --> 00:04:06,533 BUT THERE'S NO WAY SHE'D BE ABLE TO GET ME BACK UP. 69 00:04:06,533 --> 00:04:08,233 OH. 70 00:04:08,233 --> 00:04:10,900 [ GROANS ] 71 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:13,933 SO THE ONLY OTHER PERSON THAT COULD HELP ME IS MY BROTHER, 72 00:04:13,933 --> 00:04:15,733 BENJI, WHO LIVES NEARBY, 73 00:04:18,133 --> 00:04:20,833 BUT WITH HOW BIG MY BROTHER IS GETTING, 74 00:04:20,833 --> 00:04:22,633 HE WOULD PROBABLY END UP ON THE FLOOR WITH ME 75 00:04:22,633 --> 00:04:24,433 IF HE HAD TO TRY AND LIFT ME. 76 00:04:24,433 --> 00:04:30,867 ** 77 00:04:30,867 --> 00:04:34,567 HE HELPS BRING ME MY MEALS A LOT OF TIMES, 78 00:04:34,567 --> 00:04:37,233 AND I FEEL LIKE MY EATING IS INFLUENCING HIM 79 00:04:37,233 --> 00:04:40,667 AND HOW HE'S GAINING WEIGHT TOO, 80 00:04:40,667 --> 00:04:43,633 SO I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT ONLY DESTROYING MY LIFE, 81 00:04:43,633 --> 00:04:45,367 BUT I'M DESTROYING HIS, TOO. 82 00:04:45,367 --> 00:04:54,067 ** 83 00:04:54,067 --> 00:04:57,133 Benji: I KNOW MY WEIGHT IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, 84 00:04:57,133 --> 00:04:58,900 AND I LOOK AT MY BROTHER AND HOW HARD IT IS 85 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:01,200 FOR HIM TO DO ANYTHING, 86 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,600 AND I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT MY FUTURE. 87 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,367 I DON'T STRUGGLE AS BAD AS DAVID YET, 88 00:05:07,367 --> 00:05:10,167 BUT IT'S STARTING TO GET PRETTY BAD FOR ME TOO, 89 00:05:10,167 --> 00:05:13,933 AND I CAN SEE MY BODY STARTING TO FALL APART LIKE HIS. 90 00:05:13,933 --> 00:05:15,933 I'VE HAD THESE SORES, I GUESS, 91 00:05:15,933 --> 00:05:17,400 EVER SINCE I STARTED GETTING REAL HEAVY 92 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,667 AND WISH I COULD GET RID OF THEM. 93 00:05:19,667 --> 00:05:22,100 FEEL LIKE YOUR SKIN IS ABOUT TO TEAR. 94 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:23,900 GOT LYMPHEDEMA IN MY LEFT LEG. 95 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:25,200 IT SWELLS UP. 96 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,167 I ONLY HAVE THE LYMPHEDEMA ON THE ONE SIDE 97 00:05:27,167 --> 00:05:31,100 COMPARED TO WHERE MY BROTHER HAS IT ON BOTH SIDES. 98 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:33,133 I DON'T WANT TO END UP LIKE DAVID, 99 00:05:35,133 --> 00:05:36,300 SO I NEED TO GET THE WEIGHT OFF 100 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:38,100 SO I CAN BE HEALTHY SO MY WIFE, AMANDA, 101 00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:43,267 AND THEN MY DAUGHTER, LORELEI, WON'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ME. 102 00:05:43,267 --> 00:05:47,600 BUT ME AND DAVID JUST LIKE TO EAT ALL THE TIME, 103 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,900 AND SINCE I'M STILL THE MORE MOBILE ONE, 104 00:05:50,900 --> 00:05:52,167 AFTER I GET DRESSED, 105 00:05:52,167 --> 00:05:54,800 I RUN, GET US BOTH BREAKFAST BEFORE I GO TO WORK. 106 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,467 ** 107 00:05:58,467 --> 00:05:59,533 Woman: THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING JACK IN THE BOX. 108 00:05:59,533 --> 00:06:00,800 HOW CAN I HELP YOU? 109 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,967 I NEED TO GET A SAUSAGE CROISSANT, THEN A NUMBER 27. 110 00:06:04,967 --> 00:06:08,733 I NEED A LARGE SWEET TEA, FIVE BREAKFAST JACKS 111 00:06:08,733 --> 00:06:10,800 AND FIVE HASH BROWNS ALSO. 112 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,067 OKAY. 113 00:06:14,067 --> 00:06:15,733 THIS IS YOUR FIVE HASH BROWNS. 114 00:06:15,733 --> 00:06:18,200 THIS IS YOUR 27 AND YOUR SAUSAGE CROISSANT, 115 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,533 AND THIS IS YOUR BREAKFAST JACKS. 116 00:06:19,533 --> 00:06:22,467 -ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. -THANK YOU. 117 00:06:22,467 --> 00:06:25,900 ** 118 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:30,100 Benji: I KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES I'M FACING RIGHT NOW, 119 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:32,067 BUT AS BAD AS IT'S GETTING FOR ME, 120 00:06:32,067 --> 00:06:34,600 I KNOW DAVID IS FAR WORSE OFF, 121 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,067 AND PRETTY MUCH ALL DAVID CAN DO NOWADAYS IS SIT AT HOME AND EAT. 122 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:41,567 I TELL HIM MYSELF THAT HE NEEDS 123 00:06:41,567 --> 00:06:42,833 TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT HIS WEIGHT, 124 00:06:42,833 --> 00:06:44,700 AND HE SAYS HE DOES, SAYS HE DOES, 125 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:48,967 BUT IT'S ALL IN, LIKE, A DENIAL STAGE FOR HIM. 126 00:06:48,967 --> 00:06:52,300 DAVID IS KILLING HIMSELF EVERY DAY. 127 00:06:52,300 --> 00:06:54,433 David: COME IN! 128 00:06:54,433 --> 00:06:55,600 WHAT'S UP? 129 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,367 David: I'M BARELY LIVING LIFE RIGHT NOW, 130 00:06:57,367 --> 00:06:59,467 AND THE ONLY THING I REALLY HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IS 131 00:06:59,467 --> 00:07:01,467 BENJI BRINGING ME SOMETHING TO EAT 132 00:07:03,433 --> 00:07:07,200 BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN ENJOY ANYMORE IN MY LIFE. 133 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,433 LEGS LOOKING BAD AGAIN? 134 00:07:08,433 --> 00:07:10,700 YEAH, IT'S SWOLLEN. 135 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:13,467 YEAH. THEY'RE SWOLE UP PRETTY BAD. 136 00:07:13,467 --> 00:07:18,133 IT MAKES ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE WORRY GO AWAY, 137 00:07:18,133 --> 00:07:23,667 BUT I KNOW IT'S KILLING ME, AND BENJI IS NOT FAR BEHIND ME, 138 00:07:23,667 --> 00:07:27,867 AND I FEAR THAT, BY THE TIME HE'S MY AGE, 139 00:07:27,867 --> 00:07:30,633 HE'S GOING TO FIND HIS SELF JOBLESS, 140 00:07:30,633 --> 00:07:34,733 SITTING IN A HOUSE, NOT BEING ABLE TO HELP HIS SELF. 141 00:07:34,733 --> 00:07:36,467 HEY, YOU WANT ONE OF THESE HASH BROWNS? 142 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,267 FULL OF GREASE. 143 00:07:41,933 --> 00:07:45,667 BUT WE BOTH TRIED EVERYTHING TO STOP IT, 144 00:07:45,667 --> 00:07:50,633 AND FOOD HAS BEEN SUCH A HUGE PART OF OUR LIVES FOR SO LONG. 145 00:07:50,633 --> 00:07:51,800 YOU FULL? 146 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,267 YEAH. 147 00:07:53,267 --> 00:07:56,100 YEAH, ME TOO. 148 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:59,233 AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST HOW IT IS WITH US. 149 00:07:59,233 --> 00:08:00,300 I PROBABLY ATE TOO MUCH. 150 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:02,767 YEAH, I THINK YOU DID. 151 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,600 ** 152 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,600 I'VE STRUGGLED WITH MY WEIGHT MY WHOLE LIFE. 153 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,533 I WAS THE OLDEST OF SIX KIDS IN OUR FAMILY, 154 00:08:14,533 --> 00:08:17,567 AND WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG, MY DAD WAS ALWAYS WORKING, 155 00:08:17,567 --> 00:08:20,533 SO MY MOM AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER TOOK CARE OF ME, 156 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:22,233 AND HOW THEY'D KEEP ME QUIET 157 00:08:22,233 --> 00:08:25,867 WAS THEY'D JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT. 158 00:08:25,867 --> 00:08:27,667 WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY FOR TOYS 159 00:08:27,667 --> 00:08:29,867 AND THINGS LIKE MOST PEOPLE DID, 160 00:08:29,867 --> 00:08:33,133 SO YOU COULD BUY A BOX OF TWINKIES 161 00:08:33,133 --> 00:08:35,667 OR MAKE TWO DOZEN CUPCAKES 162 00:08:35,667 --> 00:08:38,067 AND GIVE THEM TO YOUR KIDS, AND IT WAS HAPPY. 163 00:08:38,067 --> 00:08:41,433 IT WAS LIKE GETTING A PRESENT TO US. 164 00:08:41,433 --> 00:08:43,800 Rhonda: A TREAT FOR MY KIDS SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY IS, 165 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,133 IF WE HAD AN EXTRA $10 OR $20, 166 00:08:46,133 --> 00:08:48,300 THEY USED TO HAVE CHEESEBURGERS FOR $0.29, 167 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:50,767 AND WE WOULD RUN DOWN, AND WE'D GET $10 WORTH, 168 00:08:50,767 --> 00:08:52,533 AND I WOULD LET THEM EAT HOWEVER MANY THEY WANTED 169 00:08:52,533 --> 00:08:55,433 BECAUSE THAT WAS A TREAT. 170 00:08:55,433 --> 00:08:57,700 Benji: WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WE ATE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING 171 00:08:57,700 --> 00:08:59,100 FROM PIZZA, 172 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:02,767 SPAGHETTI, LASAGNA, HAMBURGERS, FRENCH FRIES, 173 00:09:02,767 --> 00:09:05,067 SO WE JUST HAD SNACKS CONSTANTLY. 174 00:09:05,067 --> 00:09:08,133 ** 175 00:09:08,133 --> 00:09:11,067 David: SO I STARTED GAINING WEIGHT RIGHT FROM THE START, 176 00:09:11,067 --> 00:09:13,833 AND I REMEMBER BEING CHUBBY. 177 00:09:13,833 --> 00:09:16,700 I WAS ALWAYS DIFFERENT AND BIGGER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE, 178 00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:19,267 AND I JUST TOOK IT AS BEING NORMAL, 179 00:09:19,267 --> 00:09:23,133 AND SO, BY THE TIME I WAS 6, I WAS ALREADY UP TO 100 POUNDS. 180 00:09:23,133 --> 00:09:26,067 ** 181 00:09:26,067 --> 00:09:28,400 BUT I STARTED TO REALIZE HOW DIFFERENT I WAS 182 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,733 WHEN MY MAMA STARTED ENTERING MY YOUNGER BROTHER 183 00:09:30,733 --> 00:09:34,533 INTO THESE BEAUTY PAGEANTS, AND SHE WOULDN'T LET ME DO IT. 184 00:09:34,533 --> 00:09:37,067 ** 185 00:09:37,067 --> 00:09:38,867 Benji: WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG, I REMEMBER DOING BEAUTY PAGEANTS 186 00:09:38,867 --> 00:09:40,533 WITH MY MOM, 187 00:09:40,533 --> 00:09:41,933 AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN 188 00:09:41,933 --> 00:09:45,900 BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE I WAS THE CENTER OF ATTENTION, 189 00:09:45,900 --> 00:09:48,500 AND I WON A LOT, SO I LIKED IT. 190 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:50,667 David: AND I NEVER UNDERSTOOD, WHY WASN'T I GOOD ENOUGH 191 00:09:50,667 --> 00:09:52,767 TO BE IN THOSE BEAUTY PAGEANTS? 192 00:09:52,767 --> 00:09:54,767 AND THEN IT STARTED TO REALIZE WHEN I GOT OLDER IT 193 00:09:54,767 --> 00:09:57,567 WAS BECAUSE OF MY SIZE. 194 00:09:57,567 --> 00:10:00,067 A FAT KID CAN'T BE IN A BEAUTY PAGEANT. 195 00:10:00,067 --> 00:10:02,667 THAT'S NOT BEAUTIFUL. 196 00:10:02,667 --> 00:10:05,900 I FELT LIKE MY SIBLINGS WERE MORE VALUED THAN ME 197 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:09,433 BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL OFF DOING THAT BEAUTY-PAGEANT STUFF, 198 00:10:09,433 --> 00:10:12,033 AND IT WAS JUST ME AND MY GREAT GRANDMA AT HOME, 199 00:10:12,033 --> 00:10:16,167 SO DURING THAT TIME, SHE WAS KIND OF LIKE MY MOM. 200 00:10:16,167 --> 00:10:18,500 DAVID STAYED A LOT WITH MY GRANDMOTHER. 201 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:20,500 SHE WAS ELDERLY, BUT SHE WAS... 202 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:22,633 YOU KNOW, SHE LOVED DAVID, AND HE LOVED HER, 203 00:10:22,633 --> 00:10:26,200 AND THAT WAS WHO WAS WITH HIM ALL THE TIME. 204 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,967 David: SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND, AND THEN, 205 00:10:28,967 --> 00:10:30,633 WHEN I WAS AROUND 8 YEARS OLD, 206 00:10:30,633 --> 00:10:35,200 ONE DAY, I WAS SITTING THERE WITH HER, AND SHE FELL DOWN, 207 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:40,767 AND THEN, WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY, I DIDN'T HAVE NOBODY. 208 00:10:40,767 --> 00:10:44,600 AND THE ONE THING THAT MADE ME HAPPY WAS FOOD, 209 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,733 AND WHEN I ATE, I GOT BIGGER, 210 00:10:47,733 --> 00:10:50,800 AND WHEN ANY OF THAT EMOTION STARTED COMING BACK, 211 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,267 I'D JUST EAT SOME MORE. 212 00:10:53,267 --> 00:10:58,567 SO AGE 10, I WEIGHED AROUND 145 POUNDS, 213 00:10:58,567 --> 00:11:01,567 AND IT WAS SUCH A SAD AND LONELY TIME FOR ME 214 00:11:01,567 --> 00:11:05,067 BECAUSE I WASN'T CLOSE TO MY MOM OR MY OTHER SIBLINGS, 215 00:11:05,067 --> 00:11:07,433 SO I FELT LIKE THE OUTCAST, 216 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:10,233 AND TO DEAL WITH IT, I'D KEEP EATING AND GAINING. 217 00:11:13,433 --> 00:11:15,900 SO BY THE TIME I WAS 14, 218 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:19,167 I BALLOONED UP TO OVER 300 POUNDS, 219 00:11:19,167 --> 00:11:20,967 AND THROUGH THE REST OF HIGH SCHOOL, 220 00:11:20,967 --> 00:11:23,600 I STARTED REALIZING A PATTERN, 221 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,300 AND IN THAT PATTERN, THERE WAS NOBODY THERE. 222 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:28,700 MY MOTHER WAS GONE WITH THE OTHER KIDS. 223 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:31,800 MY DAD WAS AT WORK, BUT THERE WAS THAT ONE THING 224 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,600 THAT MADE ME HAPPY 225 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,167 THAT NOBODY WAS GOING TO TAKE FROM ME. 226 00:11:36,167 --> 00:11:38,233 IT WAS THAT REFRIGERATOR. 227 00:11:38,233 --> 00:11:40,433 SO FOOD WAS A BIG COMFORT TO ME, 228 00:11:40,433 --> 00:11:42,967 AND IT HELPED ME DEAL WITH THE LONELINESS. 229 00:11:42,967 --> 00:11:44,400 SO I KEPT GAINING, 230 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,100 AND BY THE TIME I WAS 18, I WAS WELL OVER 400 POUNDS, 231 00:11:48,100 --> 00:11:51,133 AND I KNEW THINGS WERE GETTING BAD. 232 00:11:51,133 --> 00:11:53,200 I REALLY THOUGHT DAVID WOULD GROW OUT OF THE WEIGHT 233 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,700 AS HE GOT OLDER AND GOT OUT OF SCHOOL, 234 00:11:56,700 --> 00:12:00,400 BUT HE NEVER LOST NO WEIGHT. 235 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,767 David: AND IT'S DURING THAT TIME MY WEIGHT GAIN 236 00:12:02,767 --> 00:12:05,500 AND EATING HABITS STARTED TO INFLUENCE BENJI 237 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:07,067 BECAUSE I HAD MY LICENSE 238 00:12:07,067 --> 00:12:09,467 AND HAD TO START TAKING BENJI TO SCHOOL WITH ME, 239 00:12:09,467 --> 00:12:13,067 AND I COULD GO ANYWHERE AND GET WHATEVER I WANTED TO EAT, 240 00:12:13,067 --> 00:12:15,667 AND A LOT OF TIMES, I'D TAKE BENJI WITH ME. 241 00:12:15,667 --> 00:12:18,567 ** 242 00:12:18,567 --> 00:12:22,267 Benji: DAVID WOULD BE HUNGRY OR HAVE A CRAVING, AND I'D GO WITH HIM, 243 00:12:22,267 --> 00:12:26,267 AND WE'D JUST EAT, AND SO I KNOW I WAS GAINING A LOT THEN. 244 00:12:26,267 --> 00:12:30,667 BY THE TIME I WAS 16, I HAD HIT OVER 300 POUNDS, 245 00:12:30,667 --> 00:12:33,233 BUT I WAS ALWAYS AROUND 200 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN DAVID, 246 00:12:33,233 --> 00:12:35,233 SO IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A HUGE ISSUE, 247 00:12:35,233 --> 00:12:37,200 AND I DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT AS MUCH. 248 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:43,267 ** 249 00:12:43,267 --> 00:12:47,133 David: BUT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I CONTINUED TO GAIN WEIGHT. 250 00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:48,733 THERE'D BE DAYS WHERE I'D FIND MYSELF 251 00:12:48,733 --> 00:12:50,267 GOING TO THIS DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT 252 00:12:50,267 --> 00:12:53,733 AND GETTING FIVE OR SIX MEALS AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER 253 00:12:53,733 --> 00:12:56,667 AND JUST SITTING IN A PARKING LOT OR A PARK 254 00:12:56,667 --> 00:12:59,467 AND JUST EATING BECAUSE I WAS HAPPY. 255 00:12:59,467 --> 00:13:02,567 I MEAN, THERE WAS NOBODY TO TELL ME NO, 256 00:13:02,567 --> 00:13:04,567 AND I GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER. 257 00:13:04,567 --> 00:13:07,400 AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS, I STILL HAD A LIFE, 258 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,433 AND I'D GO OUT, AND ONE NIGHT, I WAS AT A BAR, 259 00:13:10,433 --> 00:13:13,367 AND I MET KELLY, AND WE HIT IT OFF. 260 00:13:13,367 --> 00:13:15,700 WE WERE TOGETHER. SHE GOT PREGNANT. 261 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:20,700 WE ENDED UP GETTING MARRIED AND HAD MY DAUGHTER, TRINITY, 262 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:22,700 SO THINGS WERE GETTING A LITTLE BETTER, 263 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:26,533 BUT WHEN I MET KELLY, I WAS 400 POUNDS. 264 00:13:26,533 --> 00:13:32,700 I PROBABLY GAINED MAYBE CLOSE TO 100 POUNDS DURING OUR MARRIAGE 265 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:37,133 OVER THE NEXT 7 YEARS OR SO, AND IT MADE HER RESENT ME. 266 00:13:37,133 --> 00:13:39,833 KELLY COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. 267 00:13:39,833 --> 00:13:44,100 SHE HAD MET SOMEBODY ELSE, SO SHE ENDED UP CHEATING ON ME, 268 00:13:44,100 --> 00:13:46,067 AND WE SEPARATED. 269 00:13:46,067 --> 00:13:51,500 AND WHEN SHE TOOK MY DAUGHTER WITH HER, I WAS ALONE. 270 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:55,767 I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A POWER OUT THERE TAKING THINGS FROM ME. 271 00:13:55,767 --> 00:13:58,133 IT WASN'T MEANT FOR DAVID TO BE HAPPY. 272 00:13:58,133 --> 00:14:02,733 IT WAS MEANT FOR DAVID TO BE THE FAT KID THAT NOBODY LIKED, 273 00:14:02,733 --> 00:14:05,067 SO MY WEIGHT GAIN JUST TOOK OFF AGAIN, 274 00:14:05,067 --> 00:14:10,333 AND OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS, I GOT UP TO OVER 600 POUNDS. 275 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:15,067 I THINK LOSING HIS WIFE IS WHEN HE REALLY GOT DEPRESSED, 276 00:14:15,067 --> 00:14:18,867 AND THE MAJORITY OF THE WEIGHT REALLY STARTED STACKING UP. 277 00:14:18,867 --> 00:14:21,433 David: IT WAS THE DARKEST TIME OF MY LIFE, 278 00:14:21,433 --> 00:14:23,833 AND I EVEN HAD A FALLING OUT WITH BENJI, 279 00:14:23,833 --> 00:14:26,367 AND WE DIDN'T SEE EACH OTHER OR TALK FOR A WHILE. 280 00:14:26,367 --> 00:14:29,733 ** 281 00:14:29,733 --> 00:14:31,533 Benji: WHEN I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH MY SENIOR YEAR, 282 00:14:31,533 --> 00:14:33,767 I DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL TO GET A GED 283 00:14:33,767 --> 00:14:36,433 AND STARTED WORK DRIVING A TOW TRUCK, 284 00:14:36,433 --> 00:14:39,367 AND I WAS ONLY AROUND 350 POUNDS THEN. 285 00:14:39,367 --> 00:14:41,533 BUT TOW-TRUCK-DRIVING LIFE, IT'S DIFFERENT. 286 00:14:41,533 --> 00:14:42,733 IT'S DIFFICULT. 287 00:14:42,733 --> 00:14:45,067 SITTING ALL THE TIME, BOREDOM JUST LEADS YOU 288 00:14:45,067 --> 00:14:47,067 TO EATING THE FAST FOOD ALL THE TIME, 289 00:14:47,067 --> 00:14:48,500 BUT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, 290 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:51,567 I'D ONLY GONE UP 50 POUNDS OR SO TO 400, 291 00:14:51,567 --> 00:14:55,533 AND THEN, WHEN I WAS 20, AMANDA AND I STARTED DATING. 292 00:14:55,533 --> 00:14:57,300 Amanda: BENJI'S SIZE NEVER BOTHERED ME. 293 00:14:57,300 --> 00:14:59,267 I DON'T LOOK AT PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. 294 00:14:59,267 --> 00:15:01,667 I LOOK AT THEM FROM THE INSIDE, AND HE HAS A REALLY BIG HEART, 295 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:04,167 AND THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO HIM. 296 00:15:04,167 --> 00:15:06,800 SO WE GOT MARRIED, AND AMANDA AND I HAD OUR DAUGHTER, LORELEI, 297 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:08,667 WHEN I WAS 23. 298 00:15:08,667 --> 00:15:11,400 I WAS UP TO 450, BUT THAT WAS STILL 200 POUNDS LIGHTER 299 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,667 THAN DAVID. 300 00:15:14,667 --> 00:15:16,300 RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME IS WHEN DAVID AND ME 301 00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:17,933 HAD A FALLING OUT OVER MONEY. 302 00:15:17,933 --> 00:15:20,933 I THOUGHT HE WAS LYING TO ME, AND I COULDN'T TRUST HIM, 303 00:15:20,933 --> 00:15:23,467 SO I'D STOPPED TALKING TO HIM FOR A WHILE, 304 00:15:23,467 --> 00:15:25,700 BUT EVENTUALLY, WE WORKED THINGS OUT. 305 00:15:27,933 --> 00:15:29,433 SO THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO, 306 00:15:29,433 --> 00:15:31,400 AND IT'S WHEN WE STARTED EATING TOGETHER AGAIN, 307 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,067 ONLY, NOW I BRING HIM THE MEALS 308 00:15:33,067 --> 00:15:35,500 SINCE HE HAS A REALLY HARD TIME DOING ANYTHING. 309 00:15:38,067 --> 00:15:39,767 David: FOR A WHILE, I WASN'T SURE IF MY LIFE 310 00:15:39,767 --> 00:15:41,467 WAS EVER GOING TO BE GOOD AGAIN. 311 00:15:41,467 --> 00:15:45,500 I WAS 30 YEARS OLD, OVER 600 POUNDS AND ALONE, 312 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:47,500 BUT A COUPLE YEARS LATER WHEN I WAS 32, 313 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:50,467 I MET MY GIRLFRIEND, MARY, THROUGH A DATING WEBSITE. 314 00:15:50,467 --> 00:15:53,067 NEXT THING YOU KNOW, ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER. 315 00:15:53,067 --> 00:15:58,367 SHE MOVES IN WITH ME, AND SHE'S BEEN WITH ME EVER SINCE. 316 00:15:58,367 --> 00:16:01,900 WHEN MARY AND I STARTED DATING, I WAS OVER 600 POUNDS, 317 00:16:01,900 --> 00:16:03,133 BUT I WAS MOBILE. 318 00:16:03,133 --> 00:16:05,367 I MEAN, I COULD DO A LOT MORE THINGS. 319 00:16:05,367 --> 00:16:09,833 I COULD TAKE HER TO A RESTAURANT OR TAKE HER TO A MOVIE. 320 00:16:09,833 --> 00:16:11,800 I KNEW MY WEIGHT KIND OF BOTHERED HER, 321 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,067 BUT SHE LOOKED PAST THAT. 322 00:16:14,067 --> 00:16:15,400 Mary: WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DATING, 323 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,467 I WAS VERY HESITANT ABOUT HIS SIZE, 324 00:16:18,467 --> 00:16:20,200 BUT I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS PERSON. 325 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,167 HE'S AN AMAZING PERSON, AND WE'VE BEEN LIVING TOGETHER 326 00:16:23,167 --> 00:16:26,800 FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS NOW. 327 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,633 David: NOW OUR RELATIONSHIP IS NOT WHAT SHE SIGNED UP FOR 328 00:16:29,633 --> 00:16:32,067 BECAUSE SHE HAS TO TAKE CARE OF ME, 329 00:16:32,067 --> 00:16:34,900 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST THIS BURDEN TO HER AT TIMES. 330 00:16:37,333 --> 00:16:40,133 AND I CAN'T EVEN PROVIDE FOR HER, SO SHE HAS TO WORK 331 00:16:40,133 --> 00:16:41,833 ON TOP OF ALL THAT. 332 00:16:41,833 --> 00:16:43,500 AND SHE HAS TO WORRY EVERY SINGLE DAY 333 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:45,200 IF I'M GOING TO MAKE IT 334 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,067 BECAUSE, A YEAR AGO, I WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. 335 00:16:48,067 --> 00:16:50,600 THEY TOLD ME I HAD PNEUMONIA. 336 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,400 I WAS HAVING SEVERE RESPIRATORY FAILURE. 337 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,867 I WENT INTO A COMA. 338 00:16:55,867 --> 00:16:57,500 THAT WAS THE SCARIEST MOMENT FOR ME 339 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:01,567 BECAUSE I HAD THIS PERSON THAT I LOVED, 340 00:17:01,567 --> 00:17:03,067 AND I'M SITTING IN THE HOSPITAL THINKING, 341 00:17:03,067 --> 00:17:06,133 "THERE'S A CHANCE I'M GOING TO LOSE HIM." 342 00:17:06,133 --> 00:17:11,267 David: I WOKE UP 2 WEEKS LATER NOT KNOWING WHERE I WAS 343 00:17:11,267 --> 00:17:14,467 OR WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND THERE'S NO QUESTION 344 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:15,867 I'M GETTING TO MY BREAKING POINT 345 00:17:15,867 --> 00:17:19,067 BECAUSE MY BODY HAS ALREADY STARTED TO GIVE OUT, 346 00:17:19,067 --> 00:17:20,800 AND BY GOD'S GRACE, 347 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,867 I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE, 348 00:17:23,867 --> 00:17:26,333 BUT EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HOW CLOSE TO DEATH I AM, 349 00:17:26,333 --> 00:17:28,433 I STILL CAN'T SAY NO TO FOOD. 350 00:17:31,267 --> 00:17:34,167 FOOD HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF MY LIFE. 351 00:17:34,167 --> 00:17:36,733 MY FAMILY, WE LIKE TO HAVE GATHERINGS. 352 00:17:36,733 --> 00:17:38,367 WE LIKE TO BE TOGETHER. 353 00:17:38,367 --> 00:17:39,633 WE LIKE FOOD. 354 00:17:39,633 --> 00:17:41,100 WE LIKE TO BE HAPPY. 355 00:17:43,267 --> 00:17:46,233 SO WE GET TOGETHER EVERY WEEK TO EAT. 356 00:17:46,233 --> 00:17:47,467 THERE'S ALWAYS CAKE. 357 00:17:47,467 --> 00:17:49,333 THERE'S ALWAYS DESSERTS. 358 00:17:49,333 --> 00:17:52,767 ** 359 00:17:52,767 --> 00:17:54,667 BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GO ANYWHERE. 360 00:17:54,667 --> 00:17:57,433 -YOU ALL RIGHT, BABE? -YEAH. I'M GOOD. 361 00:17:57,433 --> 00:17:59,133 David: I CAN JUST BARELY MAKE IT. 362 00:17:59,133 --> 00:18:02,300 ** 363 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:06,533 I WORRY ABOUT DAVID EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE, EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. 364 00:18:06,533 --> 00:18:07,867 [ SNIFFS ] 365 00:18:07,867 --> 00:18:09,667 HE'S GOT TO GET HEALTHY. WE ALL HAVE TO. 366 00:18:09,667 --> 00:18:12,233 THIS WHOLE FAMILY HAS GOT TO GET HEALTHY. 367 00:18:12,233 --> 00:18:15,600 I'M WORE OUT. [ PANTS ] 368 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,567 YOU NEED A SHORTER DRIVEWAY. [ BREATHES HEAVILY ] 369 00:18:19,567 --> 00:18:24,133 I HAVEN'T WALKED THAT [PANTS] FAR IN 6 MONTHS. 370 00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:26,633 ** 371 00:18:26,633 --> 00:18:28,467 OH, GOD. 372 00:18:28,467 --> 00:18:30,733 HOLD THE DOOR, BABY. OKAY. 373 00:18:30,733 --> 00:18:33,867 DAVID HAS GAINED ABOUT 150 POUNDS SINCE I'VE KNOWN HIM. 374 00:18:33,867 --> 00:18:35,933 HE'S PUTTING SUCH A STRAIN ON HIS BODY 375 00:18:35,933 --> 00:18:37,667 WITH THE WEIGHT THAT HE IS. 376 00:18:37,667 --> 00:18:39,567 I FEEL LIKE, IF DAVID DOESN'T LOSE THE WEIGHT, 377 00:18:39,567 --> 00:18:40,767 THAT HE'S GOING TO DIE... 378 00:18:40,767 --> 00:18:42,367 -WHAT'D YOU JUST SAY? -THAT'LL WORK. 379 00:18:42,367 --> 00:18:44,300 [Voice breaks ] ...THAT I'M GOING TO LOSE MY BEST FRIEND 380 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:46,933 AND THE PERSON I LOVE THE MOST. 381 00:18:46,933 --> 00:18:49,100 Girl: COME ON. 382 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:51,333 I DO FEEL LIKE DAVID IS A TICKING TIME BOMB 383 00:18:51,333 --> 00:18:52,600 WITH HIS WEIGHT 384 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,533 AND THE WAY EVERYTHING IS IN HIS LIFE RIGHT NOW, 385 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:55,667 AND HE'S GOING TO DIE SOON, 386 00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:58,067 AND I DESPERATELY WANT HIM TO BE OKAY 387 00:18:58,067 --> 00:19:00,800 AND GET THE HELP HE NEEDS. 388 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:04,067 David: I KNOW BENJI AND I, WE'RE BOTH KILLING OURSELVES, 389 00:19:04,067 --> 00:19:07,467 BUT BENJI USUALLY TELLS ME I'M THE ONE WHO HAS TO WORK 390 00:19:07,467 --> 00:19:13,267 BECAUSE OF HOW BAD OFF I AM, BUT IN A FEW YEARS, 391 00:19:13,267 --> 00:19:16,333 HE'LL ACTUALLY BE WORSE OFF THAN ME, 392 00:19:16,333 --> 00:19:18,933 SO I NEED TO CHANGE, 393 00:19:18,933 --> 00:19:23,933 BUT I WANT MY BROTHER TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR HIM, TOO. 394 00:19:23,933 --> 00:19:27,233 BUT I KNOW THAT I'M ABOUT TO LOSE EVERYTHING, 395 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:28,933 AND I'M VERY WORRIED THAT MY FAMILY 396 00:19:28,933 --> 00:19:31,100 IS GOING TO HAVE TO BURY ME 397 00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:32,833 AND THAT MY 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER 398 00:19:32,833 --> 00:19:36,067 IS GOING TO HAVE TO WALK NEXT TO HER FATHER'S COFFIN 399 00:19:36,067 --> 00:19:38,700 AND PUT ME IN THE GROUND. 400 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:42,067 AND IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE THE SAME THING HAPPENS TO BENJI. 401 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:54,733 ** 402 00:19:54,733 --> 00:20:02,267 ** 403 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:09,800 ** 404 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:13,233 David: TODAY, I'M GOING TO SEE A DOCTOR HERE IN HOUSTON, 405 00:20:13,233 --> 00:20:17,633 AND I TOLD BENJI, "WE EITHER DO THIS TOGETHER OR NOT AT ALL," 406 00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:19,733 SO HE AGREED TO GO WITH ME. 407 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:25,967 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, 408 00:20:25,967 --> 00:20:30,867 BUT I FEEL THAT MY WHOLE LIFE IS RIDING ON THIS DOCTOR'S VISIT 409 00:20:30,867 --> 00:20:32,700 AND SEEING DR. NOWZARADAN. 410 00:20:33,567 --> 00:20:35,333 [ EXHALES SHARPLY ] 411 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:37,733 AND I'M HOPING IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR ME. 412 00:20:38,067 --> 00:20:39,667 [ DOOR CREAKS ] 413 00:20:39,667 --> 00:20:42,000 HELLO. 414 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,300 HOW YOU FEELING? 415 00:20:44,300 --> 00:20:46,333 -I'M ALL RIGHT. -YOU READY TO GO? 416 00:20:46,333 --> 00:20:47,633 YEP. 417 00:20:47,633 --> 00:20:49,700 ARE WE WAITING ON BENJI? 418 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:50,767 HE'LL BE HERE IN A MINUTE. 419 00:20:50,767 --> 00:20:52,033 OKAY. 420 00:20:52,033 --> 00:20:53,567 ARE YOU SCARED? 421 00:20:53,567 --> 00:20:56,033 LITTLE BIT. 422 00:20:58,533 --> 00:21:00,333 HOW MUCH DO I THINK IT'S GOING TO SAY? 423 00:21:00,333 --> 00:21:01,500 HONEST. 424 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,800 SEVEN HUNDRED. 425 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,600 I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH. I'VE BEEN LOOKING A LITTLE THIN. 426 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,500 WHERE? IN YOUR FEET? 427 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:09,800 YOU'RE FUNNY. 428 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:14,333 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] HOLD ON. I'LL GET IT. 429 00:21:14,333 --> 00:21:16,333 -HEY, BABY. -HEY. 430 00:21:16,333 --> 00:21:17,667 Y'ALL GOING TO GO IN MY CAR WITH ME? 431 00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:18,700 YEAH. 432 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:20,067 YOU RIDE IN THE FRONT SEAT, DUDE. 433 00:21:20,067 --> 00:21:21,900 I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FIT IN THE FRONT SEAT. 434 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:23,333 -OH, YES, YOU CAN. -YEAH, YOU CAN. 435 00:21:23,333 --> 00:21:24,533 YOU FIT IN YOUR PICKUP TRUCK. 436 00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:26,400 YOU CAN FIT IN THERE. 437 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,567 Rhonda: READY TO GO? LET'S ROLL. [ GRUNTS ] 438 00:21:29,567 --> 00:21:30,600 NEED A HAND UP? 439 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,067 -NO. -UGH. 440 00:21:33,067 --> 00:21:39,067 ** 441 00:21:39,067 --> 00:21:42,200 David: I'M WORRIED ABOUT GETTING TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. 442 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,233 IT'S ONLY ABOUT A 45-MINUTE DRIVE, BUT THE FURTHEST I GO 443 00:21:46,233 --> 00:21:47,633 IS ABOUT 5 TO 10 MINUTES 444 00:21:47,633 --> 00:21:51,633 TO GET FAST FOOD OR GO TO THE SUPERMARKET, 445 00:21:51,633 --> 00:21:53,933 SO I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE PAINFUL, 446 00:21:53,933 --> 00:21:56,333 AND I JUST HOPE I CAN MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THERE. 447 00:21:56,333 --> 00:21:58,200 [ ENGINE STARTS ] 448 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:03,767 ** 449 00:22:03,767 --> 00:22:09,267 ** 450 00:22:09,267 --> 00:22:10,867 COMFORTABLE, DAVID? 451 00:22:10,867 --> 00:22:12,733 -NOPE. -NO, HE'S NOT. 452 00:22:12,733 --> 00:22:17,767 ** 453 00:22:17,767 --> 00:22:19,167 Rhonda: ALL RIGHT. YOU GOING TO BE OKAY? 454 00:22:19,167 --> 00:22:21,167 NO, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THERE. 455 00:22:21,167 --> 00:22:22,300 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THERE? 456 00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:24,800 NOPE. NO WAY. OH. 457 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:26,467 DO WE NEED TO MAKE A SEAT CHANGE? 458 00:22:30,067 --> 00:22:31,767 OH. 459 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,233 JUST A SECOND. 460 00:22:39,533 --> 00:22:41,567 OH, MY GOD! 461 00:22:41,567 --> 00:22:44,600 IT HURTS. 462 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,133 OH, MY LEG IS NUMB. 463 00:22:52,067 --> 00:22:54,167 OH, GOD. 464 00:22:54,167 --> 00:22:56,700 I CAN'T BREATHE. 465 00:22:57,833 --> 00:23:01,200 [ PANTING ] 466 00:23:02,967 --> 00:23:05,767 [ GRUNTING ] 467 00:23:07,767 --> 00:23:10,500 ** 468 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:13,500 WE'RE GOING TO RENT A U-HAUL NEXT TIME. 469 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:14,667 TURN THE AIR ON HIGH. 470 00:23:14,667 --> 00:23:16,933 THE AIR IS ON, DAVID. 471 00:23:16,933 --> 00:23:18,267 YOU ALL RIGHT, SON? 472 00:23:18,267 --> 00:23:20,267 NO, MOM, I'M NOT ALL RIGHT. 473 00:23:20,267 --> 00:23:21,533 Amanda: DON'T YELL AT HER. 474 00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:22,767 I'M HURTING, AMANDA. 475 00:23:22,767 --> 00:23:24,800 OKAY BUT DOESN'T MEAN YOU YELL AT YOUR MOTHER. 476 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,067 HAVE SOME RESPECT. 477 00:23:27,067 --> 00:23:30,500 ** 478 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:32,167 I'M TIRED OF BEING LIKE THIS. 479 00:23:32,167 --> 00:23:35,067 THIS IS NO WAY TO LIVE, HURTING, 480 00:23:35,067 --> 00:23:39,533 UNCOMFORTABLE ALL THE TIME WHILE PEOPLE MAKE FUN OF YOU. 481 00:23:39,533 --> 00:23:41,467 NO ONE IS MAKING FUN OF YOU, SON. 482 00:23:41,467 --> 00:23:42,900 WHAT ABOUT BENJI? 483 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:44,367 SIT THERE AND LAUGH AT ME ALL YOU WANT. 484 00:23:44,367 --> 00:23:45,767 I DON'T CARE. -HE'S NOT LAUGHING AT YOU, SON. 485 00:23:45,767 --> 00:23:47,300 -YEAH, YOU ARE! BOTH OF YOU ARE. -I'M NOT LAUGHING. 486 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:48,600 I AM NOT LAUGHING AT YOU, SON. 487 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,100 I'M CRYING. 488 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:54,967 ** 489 00:23:54,967 --> 00:23:57,400 Benji: DAVID CAN'T KEEP GOING LIKE THIS, 490 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,067 AND WHEN HE STARTS TO HURT, HE JUST BREAKS DOWN, 491 00:24:00,067 --> 00:24:02,133 AND IT ALL GETS MUCH WORSE, 492 00:24:02,133 --> 00:24:04,800 SO I'M HOPING WE BOTH GET HELP TODAY. 493 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,767 OH, I CAN'T FEEL MY FEET. 494 00:24:07,767 --> 00:24:09,067 BUT HE REALLY NEEDS IT RIGHT NOW... 495 00:24:09,067 --> 00:24:10,800 OH, I GOT A CRAMP. 496 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,367 ...BECAUSE I DON'T THINK HE HAS MUCH LONGER. 497 00:24:12,367 --> 00:24:15,567 [ GROANS ] 498 00:24:15,567 --> 00:24:18,567 David: I DON'T KNOW IF DR. NOWZARADAN CAN HELP ME. 499 00:24:18,567 --> 00:24:20,500 UGH. OH! 500 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:24,233 I'VE BEEN REJECTED NUMEROUS TIMES FROM OTHER SURGEONS, 501 00:24:24,233 --> 00:24:25,667 BUT I'VE BEEN PRAYING EVERY DAY 502 00:24:25,667 --> 00:24:28,733 THAT THE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT GOES GOOD. 503 00:24:28,733 --> 00:24:31,267 Woman: DAVID AND BENJI BOLTON? 504 00:24:31,267 --> 00:24:32,800 David: BENJI, YOU GO FIRST. 505 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,700 I NEED TO SIT DOWN FOR A MINUTE. 506 00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:38,467 Benji: NO PROBLEM. 507 00:24:38,467 --> 00:24:39,900 Benji: THE LAST TIME I HAD MY WEIGHT CHECKED, 508 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:42,133 I WAS IN THE LOWER 500s, 509 00:24:42,133 --> 00:24:44,167 SO I FIGURE THAT'S THE RANGE I'M IN. 510 00:24:44,167 --> 00:24:49,733 ** 511 00:24:49,733 --> 00:24:52,500 IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN I THOUGHT, 512 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:57,133 BUT MY CONCERN IS HOW HIGH DAVID'S IS GOING TO BE. 513 00:24:57,133 --> 00:25:00,833 I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BAD, AND I REALLY HOPE 514 00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:02,400 HE'S JUST NOT SO HIGH THE DOCTOR 515 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,900 CAN'T HELP HIM TODAY. 516 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:10,833 ** 517 00:25:10,833 --> 00:25:16,800 ** 518 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,533 David: I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. 519 00:25:18,533 --> 00:25:21,267 [ SAD MUSIC PLAYS ] 520 00:25:21,267 --> 00:25:25,233 SEEING THAT NUMBER ON THE SCALE IS STILL A HUGE SHOCK, 521 00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:28,267 ESPECIALLY WITH MY FAMILY HERE. 522 00:25:28,267 --> 00:25:32,233 SO I'M REALLY EMBARRASSED RIGHT NOW. 523 00:25:32,233 --> 00:25:34,733 NOT GOOD. 524 00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:37,667 ** 525 00:25:37,667 --> 00:25:39,267 AND I'M SCARED. 526 00:25:39,267 --> 00:25:41,733 I'M REAL SCARED. 527 00:25:41,733 --> 00:25:45,433 THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR BOTH OF US, 528 00:25:45,433 --> 00:25:51,500 BUT I DON'T THINK BENJI REALIZES HOW DRASTIC THIS IS. 529 00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:56,200 AND WE MIGHT FIGHT LIKE BROTHERS FIGHT, 530 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,767 BUT I LOVE HIM, AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM, 531 00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:01,100 SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THE HELP, 532 00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:03,067 AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, BENJI. 533 00:26:03,067 --> 00:26:06,100 YOU JUST GOT TO PUT IT IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU WANT TO DO IT. 534 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:07,900 THAT'S THE MAIN FACTOR AT THIS POINT. 535 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:11,067 ** 536 00:26:11,067 --> 00:26:12,100 -HELLO. -HELLO. 537 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:14,067 -HELLO. -HOW Y'ALL DOING? 538 00:26:14,067 --> 00:26:16,700 -I'M DOING ALL RIGHT. -ALL RIGHT. 539 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:17,767 I'M DR. NOWZARADAN. 540 00:26:17,767 --> 00:26:19,133 I'M DAVID. 541 00:26:19,133 --> 00:26:20,267 NICE TO MEET YOU, DAVID. 542 00:26:20,267 --> 00:26:22,900 -I'M BENJI. -NICE TO MEET YOU, BENJAMIN. 543 00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:24,100 -I'M AMANDA. -THIS IS MY WIFE. 544 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:25,467 -I'M BENJI'S WIFE. -GOOD TO MEET YOU. 545 00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:26,700 -I'M RHONDA. -I'M THEIR MOM. 546 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:27,733 OKAY. 547 00:26:27,733 --> 00:26:30,633 SO YOU GOT A WHOLE FAMILY HERE. 548 00:26:30,633 --> 00:26:33,900 ALL RIGHT. SO, DAVID, LET'S START WITH YOU. 549 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:38,800 YOU ARE 747 POUNDS, SO TELL ME WHY YOU THINK 550 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,233 YOU'RE AT THIS POINT. 551 00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:42,100 I CAN'T CONTROL IT. 552 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:45,567 I'VE TRIED TO CONTROL MY DIETING AND WHAT I EAT, 553 00:26:45,567 --> 00:26:47,800 LOW CARBS, HIGH PROTEIN. 554 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,333 YOU KNOW, I CAN EAT ONCE OR TWICE A DAY 555 00:26:50,333 --> 00:26:52,567 AND STILL GAIN WEIGHT. 556 00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:54,233 OKAY. DON'T GIVE ME THAT. 557 00:26:54,233 --> 00:26:57,167 YOU'RE HERE TO GET HELP, SO DON'T START THIS ALL OFF 558 00:26:57,167 --> 00:26:59,300 BY SAYING YOU DON'T EAT THAT MUCH, 559 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:02,167 AND SOMEHOW, YOU'RE OVER 700 POUNDS. 560 00:27:02,167 --> 00:27:06,067 IF YOU WANT HELP, NO EXCUSES. YOU GOT THAT? 561 00:27:06,067 --> 00:27:07,667 YES. YOU'RE RIGHT. 562 00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:10,600 I DON'T ALWAYS STICK EXACTLY TO THE DIET. 563 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,933 I'LL END UP EATING PIZZA OR PASTA. 564 00:27:12,933 --> 00:27:15,100 AND THAT'S WHY YOU GAINED THE WEIGHT, RIGHT? 565 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:16,433 -YES. -ALL RIGHT. 566 00:27:16,433 --> 00:27:19,733 SO YOU'RE 35, AND YOU'RE NOT THAT FAR 567 00:27:19,733 --> 00:27:24,067 FROM REACHING OVER 800 POUNDS AND BECOMING IMMOBILE, 568 00:27:24,067 --> 00:27:26,300 SO YOU REALIZE THERE'S NO WAY 569 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:29,233 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 40 LIKE THIS. 570 00:27:29,233 --> 00:27:32,233 SOMETHING WILL FINALLY PUSH YOUR BODY TO THE LIMITS, 571 00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:37,100 AND YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN SURVIVE A BAD COLD RIGHT NOW, 572 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:40,400 AND YOU NEED TO CONSIDER MAKING A TOTAL LIFE CHANGE 573 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:41,933 IF YOU WANT TO LIVE. 574 00:27:41,933 --> 00:27:44,600 IF YOU DO THAT, MAYBE WE CAN HELP YOU. 575 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,367 OKAY? -I'M READY TO MAKE THE CHANGE. 576 00:27:46,367 --> 00:27:47,767 ALL RIGHT. GOOD. 577 00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:50,833 OKAY. BENJAMIN, YOU ARE 582. 578 00:27:50,833 --> 00:27:51,967 YES, SIR. 579 00:27:51,967 --> 00:27:55,133 AND YOU ARE QUICKLY APPROACH 600 POUNDS. 580 00:27:55,133 --> 00:27:58,067 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN STRUGGLING WITH YOUR WEIGHT? 581 00:27:58,067 --> 00:28:02,733 I'VE BEEN OVERWEIGHT FOR A GOOD 20 YEARS. 582 00:28:02,733 --> 00:28:05,200 AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE CHALLENGES 583 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:06,500 WITH YOUR EATING HABIT? 584 00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:08,233 MOST OF MY HABITS WHERE I WORK NIGHTS, 585 00:28:08,233 --> 00:28:11,400 AND I EAT IN THE TRUCK, OR I DON'T GET OUT, 586 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,800 AND I DON'T GET NO EXERCISE OTHER THAN JUST GOING TO WORK. 587 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,333 IT'S THE EXERCISING, I THINK, THE BIG PART OF NOT... 588 00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:20,733 EXERCISE IS NOT PART OF YOUR PROBLEM, OKAY? 589 00:28:20,733 --> 00:28:23,867 EXERCISING TO BURN FEW HUNDRED CALORIES 590 00:28:23,867 --> 00:28:28,167 DOESN'T HELP WHEN YOU'RE EATING 5,000 TO 7,000 CALORIES A DAY, 591 00:28:28,167 --> 00:28:31,633 SO YOUR PROBLEM IS YOU'RE TAKING TOO MANY CALORIE, 592 00:28:31,633 --> 00:28:33,533 AND, BENJI, YOU'LL BE AMAZED 593 00:28:33,533 --> 00:28:35,967 HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GAIN WEIGHT 594 00:28:35,967 --> 00:28:37,967 TO GET UP TO YOUR BROTHER'S SIZE, 595 00:28:37,967 --> 00:28:41,533 AND AT THE RATE YOU'RE GOING, YOU'LL BE HEAVIER THAN HIM, 596 00:28:41,533 --> 00:28:44,933 SO YOUR LONG-TERM OUTLOOK ISN'T MUCH BETTER, 597 00:28:44,933 --> 00:28:48,900 AND YOU BOTH NEED TO TAKE YOUR SITUATION VERY SERIOUSLY. 598 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:50,333 -YES, SIR. -ALL RIGHT. 599 00:28:50,333 --> 00:28:53,767 I'M GIVING YOU BOTH A 1,200-CALORIE-A-DAY, LOW-CARB, 600 00:28:53,767 --> 00:28:55,067 HIGH-PROTEIN DIET 601 00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:57,333 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO START IMMEDIATELY, 602 00:28:57,333 --> 00:29:01,300 AND I WANT BOTH OF YOU TO INCREASE YOUR ACTIVITY, OKAY? 603 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:02,767 I'M READY TO DO IT. 604 00:29:02,767 --> 00:29:04,733 AND IF YOU WANT WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 605 00:29:04,733 --> 00:29:08,667 THEN I WANT BOTH OF YOU TO LOSE 40 POUNDS OVER THE NEXT MONTH 606 00:29:08,667 --> 00:29:11,167 TO SHOW ME YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THIS. 607 00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:13,067 I MIGHT LOSE 50. -HMM? 608 00:29:13,067 --> 00:29:15,567 I'M GOING TO LOSE 50. -OKAY, THAT'S FINE. 609 00:29:15,567 --> 00:29:17,833 WE'LL MAKE IT 50 FOR YOU, DAVID. 610 00:29:17,833 --> 00:29:20,467 BUT BENJI CAN STILL DO 40, OKAY? 611 00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:21,900 -SOUNDS GOOD. -ALL RIGHT. 612 00:29:21,900 --> 00:29:23,767 I'LL SEE YOU BOTH IN A MONTH. 613 00:29:23,767 --> 00:29:26,900 I EXPECT TO SEE SOME GOOD PROGRESS FROM BOTH OF YOU. 614 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:28,133 GOT IT? -ALL RIGHT. 615 00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:30,233 Rhonda: THIS WHOLE FAMILY IS GOING TO GET HEALTHY. 616 00:29:30,233 --> 00:29:32,900 ALL RIGHT. SUPER. 617 00:29:34,567 --> 00:29:37,367 DAVID AND BENJI HAVE A UNIQUE DYNAMIC 618 00:29:37,367 --> 00:29:39,833 THAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO CHANGE, 619 00:29:39,833 --> 00:29:43,900 BUT BENJI IS VERY QUIET AND DIDN'T INTERACT A LOT. 620 00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:46,200 HE LET DAVID DO MOST OF THE TALKING, 621 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,333 SO I'M CONCERNED HE'S NOT TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY RIGHT NOW 622 00:29:50,333 --> 00:29:53,533 AND GETTING THE GRAVITY OF HIS SITUATION, 623 00:29:53,533 --> 00:29:55,600 BUT THIS ISN'T TOO UNCOMMON 624 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,233 WHEN YOU HAVE TWO LARGE FAMILY MEMBERS 625 00:29:58,233 --> 00:30:00,867 WHEN ONE IS BIGGER THAN THE OTHER ONE. 626 00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:04,367 THE SMALLER ONE USES THE FACT THAT THEY AREN'T AS BIG 627 00:30:04,367 --> 00:30:05,933 TO JUSTIFY THEMSELF 628 00:30:05,933 --> 00:30:09,100 THAT THEIR SITUATION ISN'T AS BAD YET, 629 00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:10,667 SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO 630 00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:14,433 TO TURN BOTH OF THEIR SITUATIONS AROUND. 631 00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:15,833 David: I'M VERY WORRIED FOR MY BROTHER 632 00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:19,000 BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I WEIGHED 500 POUNDS, 633 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,600 AND I WAS IN THE SAME SHAPE HE IS IN RIGHT NOW, 634 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,033 AND WE BOTH HAVE DAUGHTERS THAT WE NEED TO SEE GROW UP 635 00:30:26,033 --> 00:30:27,500 AND GET MARRIED. 636 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:30,733 WE GOT A MOTHER THAT NEEDS US TO TAKE CARE OF HER, 637 00:30:30,733 --> 00:30:33,733 SO WE NEED TO DO THIS. 638 00:30:33,733 --> 00:30:37,067 I HAD TO SAY "50." 639 00:30:37,067 --> 00:30:38,100 Rhonda: YOU CAN DO IT. 640 00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:40,633 YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE EASY. 641 00:30:40,633 --> 00:30:42,333 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY. 642 00:30:42,333 --> 00:30:44,933 YOU GOT TO DO IT. 643 00:30:44,933 --> 00:30:47,433 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO. 644 00:30:47,433 --> 00:30:50,200 Benji: I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THE DOCTOR SAID. 645 00:30:52,467 --> 00:30:55,367 I'M SURPRISED I LET MYSELF GET AS HEAVY AS I AM, 646 00:30:55,367 --> 00:30:59,000 BUT I FEEL LIKE HE WAS A LITTLE HARSH. 647 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,367 BUT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT DR. NOW IS WILLING TO HELP DAVID, 648 00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:04,967 AND I'M READY TO START THIS JOURNEY. 649 00:31:04,967 --> 00:31:08,133 IT'LL BE A LONG PROCESS, BUT WE CAN DO IT. 650 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,067 David: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUSH EACH OTHER 651 00:31:13,067 --> 00:31:14,633 AND GIVE EACH OTHER CONFIDENCE 652 00:31:14,633 --> 00:31:18,400 THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER. 653 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,467 Benji: I KNOW THIS IS HIS LAST CHANCE. 654 00:31:25,233 --> 00:31:33,800 ** 655 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:37,100 David: IT'S BEEN A COUPLE DAYS SINCE WE SAW DR. NOW, 656 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:38,167 AND ONCE WE CAME BACK, 657 00:31:38,167 --> 00:31:39,867 MARY AND I GOT RID OF ALL THE FOOD 658 00:31:39,867 --> 00:31:42,300 IN THE HOUSE THAT WASN'T ON THE DIET. 659 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:45,500 I STARTED EATING HEALTHY, 660 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:48,833 AND IT'S BEEN A BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT, 661 00:31:48,833 --> 00:31:53,200 BUT I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, SO I'M DOING IT. 662 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:58,233 DR. NOW ALSO WANTED BENJI AND I TO GET MORE ACTIVE, 663 00:31:58,233 --> 00:32:03,567 SO I'VE TRIED WALKING, BUT IT HURTS TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW, 664 00:32:03,567 --> 00:32:06,733 SO I'M HOPING I CAN BUILD UP MY STAMINA, 665 00:32:06,733 --> 00:32:08,533 BUT RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING 666 00:32:08,533 --> 00:32:11,667 THAT I CAN DO IN ONE PLACE, 667 00:32:11,667 --> 00:32:15,067 AND I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, IT'S TAKING ALL I GOT. 668 00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:19,333 AND A LOT OF TIMES, I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO PASS OUT. 669 00:32:22,467 --> 00:32:24,267 SO I JUST TAKE A BREAK, 670 00:32:24,267 --> 00:32:29,400 AND THEN I TRY TO KEEP GOING AND DO AS MUCH AS I CAN, 671 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,300 BUT IT'S VERY LITTLE RIGHT NOW. 672 00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,600 I KNOW I HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE 673 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:41,100 AND THAT IT'LL GET BETTER IF I DON'T GIVE UP, 674 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:44,533 SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING, 675 00:32:44,533 --> 00:32:47,967 AND I'M PUSHING MYSELF TO DO MORE EVERY DAY, 676 00:32:47,967 --> 00:32:50,367 AND HOPEFULLY I CAN START WALKING MORE SOON. 677 00:32:52,267 --> 00:32:54,133 [ GRUNTS ] 678 00:32:54,133 --> 00:33:00,200 ** 679 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,533 I'VE CONTINUED TO PUSH MYSELF TO STAY ACTIVE, 680 00:33:04,533 --> 00:33:08,333 AND MY STAMINA HAS INCREASED A WHOLE LOT, 681 00:33:08,333 --> 00:33:13,067 AND THAT FEELS INCREDIBLE BECAUSE, A FEW WEEKS AGO, 682 00:33:13,067 --> 00:33:15,867 I COULD BARELY MAKE IT OUT OF MY ROOM, 683 00:33:15,867 --> 00:33:19,700 SO I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING REALLY GOOD, 684 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:22,633 AND I'M STICKING TO THE DIET LIKE I NEED, 685 00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:25,067 BUT IT'S A STRUGGLE EVERY DAY. 686 00:33:27,867 --> 00:33:31,533 FIGHTING AN ADDICTION IS LIKE ROLLING A THOUSAND-POUND BOULDER 687 00:33:31,533 --> 00:33:32,633 UP A HILL. 688 00:33:32,633 --> 00:33:34,333 I MEAN, YOU CAN PUSH AND PUSH AND PUSH. 689 00:33:34,333 --> 00:33:39,067 IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO ROLL BACK ON YOU, BUT SOME DAYS, 690 00:33:39,067 --> 00:33:42,200 YOU GOT TO STEP OUT THE WAY AND LET IT ROLL DOWN THE HILL, 691 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,667 AND YOU GOT TO CLIMB OVER THE HILL. 692 00:33:48,267 --> 00:33:49,867 JUST SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT GOING TO LET THE BOULDER 693 00:33:49,867 --> 00:33:51,067 PUSH ME NO MORE." 694 00:33:51,067 --> 00:33:55,200 ** 695 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,667 -HEY, BABE. -HEY, BABE. 696 00:33:57,667 --> 00:33:58,733 YOU'RE HOME EARLY. 697 00:33:58,733 --> 00:34:00,300 I KNOW. 698 00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:02,833 I JUST GOT BACK FROM... I WENT WALKING A MINUTE AGO. 699 00:34:02,833 --> 00:34:04,600 THAT'S GOOD, BABE. 700 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,067 ARE YOU HUNGRY? 701 00:34:06,067 --> 00:34:07,133 YEAH, WE CAN EAT. 702 00:34:07,133 --> 00:34:09,100 YOU WANT ME TO GO FIX YOUR MEAL FOR YOU? 703 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:12,733 -YEAH. -OKAY. 704 00:34:12,733 --> 00:34:14,100 Mary: DAVID IS DOING REALLY WELL, 705 00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:16,933 AND I'M PROUD OF ALL THE PROGRESS HE'S MAKING, 706 00:34:16,933 --> 00:34:18,767 AND I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE SURPRISED 707 00:34:18,767 --> 00:34:20,533 WITH HOW MUCH HE CAN DO NOW. 708 00:34:20,533 --> 00:34:23,333 ** 709 00:34:23,333 --> 00:34:26,633 THE ONLY COMPLAINT I HAVE REALLY IS THAT HE EXPECTS ME TO EAT 710 00:34:26,633 --> 00:34:29,733 LIKE HE DOES RIGHT NOW, 711 00:34:29,733 --> 00:34:32,600 SO HE CAN GET A LITTLE JUDGY ABOUT MY FOOD CHOICES, 712 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,200 BUT I'M OVERALL TRYING TO EAT HEALTHY, TOO. 713 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,867 ** 714 00:34:37,867 --> 00:34:39,400 David: THERE ARE TIMES MARY ADDS A LITTLE 715 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,900 THAT'S NOT IN THE DIET TO WHAT SHE'S EATING, 716 00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:46,067 AND THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE HARD FOR ME NOT TO STRUGGLE. 717 00:34:46,067 --> 00:34:48,467 THAT SANDWICH GOOD, BABY? 718 00:34:48,467 --> 00:34:49,767 YEAH, IT IS. 719 00:34:49,767 --> 00:34:51,100 YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CALORIES AND CARBS 720 00:34:51,100 --> 00:34:53,067 IN THOSE BREAD AND PRETZELS. 721 00:34:53,067 --> 00:34:54,833 I KNOW, BABE, BUT I DIDN'T EAT LUNCH TODAY, 722 00:34:54,833 --> 00:34:57,267 SO I SHOULD BE OKAY. 723 00:34:57,267 --> 00:34:58,800 IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. 724 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,233 BUT I'M PROUD OF YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE EATING ALL YOUR FOOD 725 00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:04,067 THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE EATING. 726 00:35:04,067 --> 00:35:07,067 LIVE OR DIE, THAT'S WHY I GOT TO DO IT. 727 00:35:07,067 --> 00:35:09,200 ** 728 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:13,167 WE GO BACK TO DR. NOW IN A WEEK, 729 00:35:13,167 --> 00:35:17,800 AND I FEEL CONFIDENT I'M MAKING PROGRESS. 730 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,500 I JUST HOPE THAT IT'S AT LEAST A 50-POUND LOSS 731 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:23,367 LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE, 732 00:35:23,367 --> 00:35:26,833 AND I HOPE BENJI IS DOING THE SAME. 733 00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:30,900 I KNOW HE'S TRYING, AND I JUST WANT US BOTH TO HIT OUR GOALS 734 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:33,400 AND GET APPROVED. 735 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:40,233 ** 736 00:35:40,233 --> 00:35:41,633 -DADDY! -WHAT? 737 00:35:41,633 --> 00:35:44,867 -COME PLAY! -WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? 738 00:35:44,867 --> 00:35:46,467 YOU WATCH ME ON THE TRAMPOLINE. 739 00:35:46,467 --> 00:35:48,067 -ALL RIGHT. -COME ON! COME ON! 740 00:35:48,067 --> 00:35:50,200 LET'S GO! LET'S GO! LET'S GO! 741 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,867 Benji: WE'RE WORKING TO STICK TO THE DOCTOR'S DIET 742 00:35:51,867 --> 00:35:54,933 THE PAST FEW WEEKS, 743 00:35:54,933 --> 00:35:58,867 BUT SOME OF THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN A LITTLE HARD, 744 00:35:58,867 --> 00:36:01,433 BUT I'M MAKING ADJUSTMENTS I NEED. 745 00:36:01,433 --> 00:36:03,633 THE HARDEST PART IS PROBABLY THE FACT THAT MY FAMILY 746 00:36:03,633 --> 00:36:05,733 IS STILL EATING THE MEALS THEY ALWAYS DO. 747 00:36:09,067 --> 00:36:10,533 -ME GET IN THERE? -YEAH! 748 00:36:10,533 --> 00:36:13,967 YEAH, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING. 749 00:36:13,967 --> 00:36:17,267 Benji: IT'S NOT FAIR FOR THEM TO HAVE TO SUFFER FOR ME TO DO THIS, 750 00:36:17,267 --> 00:36:20,367 AND IT'S A REALLY HARD DIET FOR ANYONE TO COMPLETELY DO. 751 00:36:20,367 --> 00:36:22,067 WHAT? -COME ON! 752 00:36:22,067 --> 00:36:25,800 PEEKABOO! I SEE YOU! 753 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,900 Benji: I THINK SOME OF IT'S TOO DRASTIC. 754 00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:30,767 Y'ALL READY FOR DINNER? 755 00:36:30,767 --> 00:36:32,500 Lorali: UH-HUH! 756 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:36,133 Benji: THEY'RE CHANGES SOMEONE LIKE DAVID NEEDS TO MAKE 757 00:36:36,133 --> 00:36:39,733 BECAUSE DAVID HAS A LOT MORE HE HAS TO LOSE, 758 00:36:39,733 --> 00:36:41,067 BUT I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT TO LOSE WEIGHT 759 00:36:41,067 --> 00:36:42,700 AND MAKE MY OWN PROGRESS, 760 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:44,767 AND I'VE ADJUSTED MY DIET A GOOD BIT. 761 00:36:44,767 --> 00:36:47,233 ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN EAT ONE BEEF AND ONE CHICKEN? 762 00:36:47,233 --> 00:36:48,767 I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THEY ARE, WOMAN! 763 00:36:48,767 --> 00:36:51,067 OKAY. MAYBE A HALF A BEEF AND A HALF A CHICKEN? 764 00:36:51,067 --> 00:36:53,567 YEAH! 765 00:36:53,567 --> 00:36:56,067 I DO HAVE MY CHEAT DAYS, BUT EVEN WHEN I DO THAT, 766 00:36:56,067 --> 00:36:59,433 I MAKE SURE MY PORTION SIZES ARE SMALLER, 767 00:36:59,433 --> 00:37:01,700 SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOW I'M DOING RIGHT NOW, 768 00:37:03,667 --> 00:37:05,100 AND I'M WORKING HARD TO SHOW EVERYONE 769 00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:08,067 THAT I CAN MAKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF PROGRESS BECAUSE I WANT HELP. 770 00:37:08,067 --> 00:37:11,067 I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I NEED THE SAME SOLUTION AS DAVID. 771 00:37:11,067 --> 00:37:14,333 Amanda: [INDISTINCT] 772 00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:15,533 ** 773 00:37:15,533 --> 00:37:16,933 I'M GOING TO SEE DR. NOW AGAIN IN A FEW DAYS 774 00:37:16,933 --> 00:37:18,367 FOR OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT, 775 00:37:20,733 --> 00:37:24,267 AND I JUST HOPE DAVID HITS HIS GOALS AND GETS SURGERY 776 00:37:24,267 --> 00:37:25,767 BECAUSE DAVID HAS TO HAVE IT. 777 00:37:25,767 --> 00:37:30,267 THERE'S NO OTHER WAY FOR HIM, SO HE REALLY HAS TO DO THIS. 778 00:37:30,267 --> 00:37:36,833 ** 779 00:37:36,833 --> 00:37:43,433 ** 780 00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:46,467 David: WE'RE ALL HEADED TO SEE DR. NOW SO THAT BENJI AND ME 781 00:37:46,467 --> 00:37:48,933 CAN HAVE OUR FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT, 782 00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:50,900 AND I'M FEELING GOOD. 783 00:37:50,900 --> 00:37:53,467 AFTER JUST A MONTH, I'VE MADE ENOUGH PROGRESS 784 00:37:53,467 --> 00:37:57,400 TO WHERE THIS DRIVE ISN'T JUST PAINFUL THE WHOLE TIME, 785 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,133 BUT I'M NERVOUS IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 786 00:37:59,133 --> 00:38:01,767 50 POUNDS WORTH OF PROGRESS, 787 00:38:01,767 --> 00:38:05,067 SO I JUST REALLY HOPE TO HIT THE GOAL I NEED, 788 00:38:05,067 --> 00:38:07,633 AND I'M HOPING BENJI DID IT, TOO, 789 00:38:07,633 --> 00:38:10,600 BUT HE'S NOT REALLY LOOKING A WHOLE LOT SMALLER THAN HE WAS, 790 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,067 SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH HE LOST, 791 00:38:13,067 --> 00:38:15,467 BUT I'M REALLY HOPING WE BOTH MADE IT. 792 00:38:15,467 --> 00:38:23,600 ** 793 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,600 Benji: I'M FEELING GOOD ABOUT TODAY. 794 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,667 AND I'M CONFIDENT I'M GOING TO SEE GOOD PROGRESS ON THE SCALE. 795 00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:33,267 AND I'M HOPING IT'S THE SAME FOR DAVID. 796 00:38:33,267 --> 00:38:34,967 DAVID AND BENJAMIN BOLTON? 797 00:38:34,967 --> 00:38:38,500 ** 798 00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:42,233 David: I KNOW I NEED TO TURN MY LIFE AROUND, 799 00:38:42,233 --> 00:38:45,067 BUT THIS WON'T MEAN AS MUCH TO ME IF I START GETTING BETTER 800 00:38:45,067 --> 00:38:47,667 BUT HE KEEPS GAINING AND GETTING WORSE. 801 00:38:47,667 --> 00:38:50,967 ** 802 00:38:50,967 --> 00:38:52,833 SO IF ONE OF US DOESN'T MAKE IT, 803 00:38:52,833 --> 00:38:54,467 I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT TO MOVE AHEAD 804 00:38:54,467 --> 00:38:56,967 AND LEAVE THE OTHER BEHIND. 805 00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:06,067 ** 806 00:39:06,067 --> 00:39:11,133 ** 807 00:39:11,133 --> 00:39:13,333 Benji: TODAY IS OUR SECOND APPOINTMENT WITH DR. NOW, 808 00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:14,667 AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. 809 00:39:14,667 --> 00:39:16,900 I HAD A WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL OF 40 POUNDS, 810 00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:20,167 SO I HAVE TO BE AT OR BELOW 542. 811 00:39:20,167 --> 00:39:27,233 ** 812 00:39:27,233 --> 00:39:29,133 THAT'S A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING. 813 00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:31,233 I WAS HOPING FOR MORE OF A LOSS, 814 00:39:31,233 --> 00:39:33,833 BUT I REALLY HOPE DAVID HIT HIS GOAL TODAY 815 00:39:33,833 --> 00:39:35,633 BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO DO THIS. 816 00:39:35,633 --> 00:39:39,433 ** 817 00:39:39,433 --> 00:39:42,100 David: IT'S THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. 818 00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:45,433 I HAD A WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL OF 50 POUNDS, 819 00:39:45,433 --> 00:39:49,333 SO THAT MEANS I HAVE TO BE AT OR BELOW 697, 820 00:39:49,333 --> 00:39:52,533 AND I REALLY NEED THAT NUMBER THAT COMES UP TO BE BELOW THAT. 821 00:39:52,533 --> 00:39:59,400 ** 822 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:03,733 [ CRIES ] 823 00:40:03,733 --> 00:40:06,267 I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 824 00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:11,267 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU FAIL AT SO MUCH STUFF DURING YOUR LIFE, 825 00:40:11,267 --> 00:40:12,900 AND YOU FINALLY FOUND ONE THING 826 00:40:12,900 --> 00:40:15,767 THAT YOU ACTUALLY DIDN'T FAIL ON, 827 00:40:15,767 --> 00:40:19,000 FOR A MOMENT, IT JUST GRABS YOU. 828 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,033 [ CRIES ] 829 00:40:21,033 --> 00:40:28,200 ** 830 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:29,600 I PUT IN THE WORK. 831 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:33,267 IT PAID OFF, SO I'M HAPPY FOR MYSELF. 832 00:40:33,267 --> 00:40:36,533 ** 833 00:40:36,533 --> 00:40:37,933 [ KNOCK ON DOOR ] 834 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,667 -HELLO. -HOW'S IT GOING? 835 00:40:41,667 --> 00:40:42,967 HOW YOU ALL DOING? 836 00:40:42,967 --> 00:40:45,467 David: WE'RE DOING ALL RIGHT. HOW YOU DOING? 837 00:40:45,467 --> 00:40:46,667 ALL RIGHT. 838 00:40:46,667 --> 00:40:49,533 SO, DAVID, YOU LOST 83 POUNDS. 839 00:40:49,533 --> 00:40:53,433 THAT'S GREAT. IN 1 MONTH, THAT'S VERY GOOD. 840 00:40:53,433 --> 00:40:55,967 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HOW WELL YOU HAVE DONE? 841 00:40:55,967 --> 00:40:57,233 GREAT! 842 00:40:57,233 --> 00:40:59,433 I'VE CHANGED MY WHOLE WAY OF THE WAY I EAT. 843 00:40:59,433 --> 00:41:02,167 I WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN IN A BOOK. 844 00:41:02,167 --> 00:41:05,200 WELL, YOU SHOWED ME THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK HARD, 845 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,833 AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD CANDIDATE, 846 00:41:07,833 --> 00:41:11,133 SO I'M APPROVING YOU FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, OKAY? 847 00:41:11,133 --> 00:41:13,367 ALL RIGHT. I JUST FOLLOWED YOUR RULES. 848 00:41:13,367 --> 00:41:15,067 OKAY. SUPER. 849 00:41:15,067 --> 00:41:17,933 WE'LL GET YOUR SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK. 850 00:41:17,933 --> 00:41:19,067 THAT SOUND GOOD? 851 00:41:19,067 --> 00:41:21,367 GREAT! 852 00:41:21,367 --> 00:41:22,733 ALL RIGHT. 853 00:41:22,733 --> 00:41:25,967 BENJAMIN, YOU DON'T SEEM TO HAVE DONE AS WELL. 854 00:41:25,967 --> 00:41:27,200 NO, SIR. 855 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:31,200 YOU ONLY LOST 11 POUNDS, SO YOU'RE NOT READY, 856 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,867 AND I STILL NEED TO SEE MORE FROM YOU 857 00:41:33,867 --> 00:41:36,133 BEFORE I'M CONVINCED THAT YOU'RE READY 858 00:41:36,133 --> 00:41:38,833 FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, OKAY? 859 00:41:38,833 --> 00:41:39,900 -YES, SIR. -NOW HOLD UP. 860 00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:41,567 David: WE'RE DOING THIS TOGETHER. 861 00:41:41,567 --> 00:41:45,533 IS IT OKAY THAT I WAIT TO HAVE MINE AFTER BENJI IS APPROVED? 862 00:41:45,533 --> 00:41:47,867 SO THE GOAL IS TO LOSE WEIGHT. 863 00:41:47,867 --> 00:41:50,633 AS LONG AS YOU KEEP LOSING WEIGHT, THAT'S FINE. 864 00:41:50,633 --> 00:41:52,967 YOU CAN WAIT AS LONG AS YOU WANT, 865 00:41:52,967 --> 00:41:54,600 BUT IF YOU STOP OR YOU GAIN... 866 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:55,733 NO, NO. 867 00:41:55,733 --> 00:41:57,833 ...THEN YOU WILL NO LONGER BE APPROVED, 868 00:41:57,833 --> 00:41:59,733 SO IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, 869 00:41:59,733 --> 00:42:03,067 I WANT YOU TO NOT FEEL OVERCONFIDENT 870 00:42:03,067 --> 00:42:05,600 THAT YOU LOST WEIGHT AND GO BACK 871 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,900 AND DRIFT AWAY FROM THE DIET. -OH, NO. 872 00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:11,900 AND EVERY POUND YOU LOSE DECREASES THE RISK OF OPERATION 873 00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:14,800 AND ENSURE YOUR SUCCESS FOR THE SURGERY. 874 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,567 SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. 875 00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:18,633 JUST STICK TO IT. 876 00:42:18,633 --> 00:42:21,800 AND, BENJI, I NEED TO KNOW YOU'RE SERIOUS, 877 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:25,633 SO I WANT YOU TO LOSE 50 POUNDS OVER THE NEXT 2 MONTHS. 878 00:42:25,633 --> 00:42:26,900 ALL RIGHT. 879 00:42:26,900 --> 00:42:28,600 SO I'M GIVING YOU YOUR BROTHER'S GOAL, 880 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,267 BUT TWO MONTHS TO DO IT, OKAY? 881 00:42:31,267 --> 00:42:32,467 -YES, SIR. -ALL RIGHT. 882 00:42:32,467 --> 00:42:34,633 BOTH OF YOU, DON'T SLACK OFF, OKAY? 883 00:42:34,633 --> 00:42:36,067 OH, NO. I WOULDN'T DARE. 884 00:42:36,067 --> 00:42:37,267 I WORKED TOO HARD. 885 00:42:37,267 --> 00:42:38,400 ALL RIGHT. 886 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:40,167 I WILL SEE YOU BOTH IN A COUPLE MONTHS. 887 00:42:40,167 --> 00:42:41,233 -ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. -ALL RIGHTY. 888 00:42:41,233 --> 00:42:42,500 MM-HMM. 889 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:48,267 DAVID OBVIOUSLY DID VERY WELL THIS PAST MONTH, 890 00:42:48,267 --> 00:42:51,067 BUT BENJI HAS TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY 891 00:42:51,067 --> 00:42:53,133 BECAUSE HE IS AT THE BRINK OF THINGS 892 00:42:53,133 --> 00:42:56,067 GETTING MUCH WORSE FOR HIM RAPIDLY, 893 00:42:56,067 --> 00:42:59,433 AND NOW MAY BE HIS ONLY CHANCE TO TURN IT AROUND. 894 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,067 David: SEEING THAT NUMBER TODAY AND HEARING THE DOCTOR TELL ME 895 00:43:04,067 --> 00:43:06,700 I DID A REALLY GOOD JOB FELT INCREDIBLE, 896 00:43:06,700 --> 00:43:09,467 AND I'M EXCITED I GOT APPROVED FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 897 00:43:09,467 --> 00:43:11,333 BUT I WANT THAT FOR BENJI, TOO, 898 00:43:11,333 --> 00:43:12,867 BECAUSE I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, 899 00:43:12,867 --> 00:43:15,100 I WANT US TO DO THIS TOGETHER. 900 00:43:15,100 --> 00:43:19,600 MAYBE WAITING TO GET MINE WILL MOTIVATE HIM TO DO THIS WITH ME. 901 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,433 Benji: I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED. 902 00:43:21,433 --> 00:43:23,867 I'M FINE WITH NOT HAVING WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY RIGHT NOW, 903 00:43:23,867 --> 00:43:26,200 BUT I WANT DAVID TO HAVE IT, 904 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,967 SO I'M NOT TOO HAPPY THAT HE'S GOING TO WAIT 905 00:43:28,967 --> 00:43:31,367 BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO GET HELP NOW, 906 00:43:31,367 --> 00:43:34,300 AND TO PUT ANY OF THAT ON ME IS UNFAIR, 907 00:43:34,300 --> 00:43:36,800 SO I'M JUST UPSET RIGHT NOW. 908 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:44,167 ** 909 00:43:44,167 --> 00:43:47,067 YUP. I WANT TO DO IT. 910 00:43:47,067 --> 00:43:48,700 AMANDA AND ME ARE EXCITED BECAUSE TODAY ME 911 00:43:48,700 --> 00:43:51,067 AND HER ARE MOVING INTO A NEW HOME. 912 00:43:51,067 --> 00:43:55,200 I WORKED HARD TO GET TO WHERE I AM, AND IT'S PAID OFF, 913 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:59,100 BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK, SO DAVID CAME OVER TO HELP ME. 914 00:43:59,100 --> 00:44:01,233 BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM PUSHING HIS SELF TOO HARD 915 00:44:01,233 --> 00:44:04,267 BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING, 916 00:44:04,267 --> 00:44:08,533 SO I DON'T WANT HIM EXERTING HIS SELF TOO MUCH. 917 00:44:08,533 --> 00:44:09,800 I KNOW DAVID STILL WANTS ME TO WORK 918 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,267 TO GET GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY, 919 00:44:12,267 --> 00:44:13,733 AND I AM WORKING HARDER TO TRY 920 00:44:13,733 --> 00:44:16,467 AND HIT MY GOALS AT THE NEXT APPOINTMENT 921 00:44:16,467 --> 00:44:19,067 BECAUSE I DO WANT TO GET HELP, 922 00:44:21,067 --> 00:44:24,100 BUT I'M STILL NOT 100 PERCENT I WANT TO GET SURGERY. 923 00:44:26,867 --> 00:44:29,333 BUT I PLAN TO SHOW HIM AND THE DOCTOR WHAT I CAN DO. 924 00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:35,333 ** 925 00:44:35,333 --> 00:44:39,067 David: I'M REALLY PROUD OF BENJI FOR HOW WELL HE'S DOING IN LIFE, 926 00:44:39,067 --> 00:44:41,067 AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY WANT HIM TO LOSE WEIGHT, 927 00:44:41,067 --> 00:44:43,533 TO HIT THE DOCTOR'S GOALS, 928 00:44:43,533 --> 00:44:46,267 AND I DON'T THINK HE REALIZES THAT HE HAS TO DO THIS, 929 00:44:46,267 --> 00:44:49,200 OR HE'LL END UP JUST LIKE ME. 930 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:51,933 I LOST MY FAMILY AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF MY WEIGHT, 931 00:44:51,933 --> 00:44:55,800 AND NOW I'M TRYING TO REBUILD MY LIFE. 932 00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:01,067 IN A LOT OF WAYS, HE'S SEEING ALL HIS DREAMS COME TRUE, 933 00:45:01,067 --> 00:45:05,167 BUT THE LONGER HE'S LIKE THIS, THE MORE HE'S RISKING ALL THIS, 934 00:45:05,167 --> 00:45:08,233 SO I'M TRYING TO BE THERE FOR HIM MORE NOW. 935 00:45:08,233 --> 00:45:11,300 YOU KNOW, NORMALLY, I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE SHOWED UP. 936 00:45:11,300 --> 00:45:14,800 I'D HAVE DONE EVERYTHING I COULD TO GET OUT OF IT, 937 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,067 BUT I'M HOPING HE SEES HOW COMMITTED I AM, 938 00:45:17,067 --> 00:45:20,900 NOT JUST TO MY PROGRESS BUT TO HIS, 939 00:45:20,900 --> 00:45:23,733 AND THAT ENCOURAGES HIM TO DO MORE, 940 00:45:23,733 --> 00:45:26,500 BUT NO MATTER WHAT, I'M STICKING TO MY DIET 941 00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:28,833 BECAUSE I'M NOT LETTING MY CHOICE TO WAIT A LITTLE 942 00:45:28,833 --> 00:45:31,600 LEAD TO ME LOSING MY SURGERY APPROVAL. 943 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:34,100 I SEE MYSELF PROGRESSING, YOU KNOW, 944 00:45:34,100 --> 00:45:36,333 GETTING THE GASTRIC BYPASS, 945 00:45:36,333 --> 00:45:38,600 BUT I WANT THAT FOR BENJI AS WELL. 946 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:42,933 ** 947 00:45:42,933 --> 00:45:44,800 I KNOW I HAVE TO STICK WITH IT TO MAKE SURE 948 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,700 I HAVE JUST AS MUCH PROGRESS OR MORE 949 00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:49,667 WHEN I GO BACK TO SEE DR. NOW, 950 00:45:49,667 --> 00:45:51,800 AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BOTH GET APPROVED THEN. 951 00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:56,833 ** 952 00:45:56,833 --> 00:46:01,967 ** 953 00:46:01,967 --> 00:46:04,200 Benji: I'VE BEEN WORKING TO DO BETTER FOR THE PAST MONTH. 954 00:46:07,333 --> 00:46:10,067 I'M DOING MORE OF THE DIET, AND I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING WELL. 955 00:46:10,067 --> 00:46:12,733 THE ONLY TIME IT'S REALLY TOUGH IS WHEN I'M ON THE ROAD WORKING. 956 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:16,433 BECAUSE THERE AREN'T A LOT OF OPTIONS 957 00:46:16,433 --> 00:46:20,567 TO GET FOOD QUICKLY, SO IT'S JUST NOT EASY. 958 00:46:23,533 --> 00:46:25,400 DAVID AND MY FAMILY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS 959 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:28,400 TO BE OUT ON THE ROAD. 960 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,467 [ GRUNTS ] 961 00:46:30,467 --> 00:46:32,067 I WORK ALL DAY TO PAY THE BILLS, 962 00:46:32,067 --> 00:46:34,467 AND NOW I HAVE ALL THE STRESS OF DAVID GETTING SURGERY, 963 00:46:34,467 --> 00:46:37,167 AND IT'S NOT FAIR FOR THEM TO JUST EXPECT ME TO DO WHAT I DO 964 00:46:37,167 --> 00:46:39,467 WITHOUT SOME LEVEL OF COMPROMISE. 965 00:46:39,467 --> 00:46:41,067 Woman: WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY? 966 00:46:41,067 --> 00:46:44,067 I NEED TO GET TWO OF THE CHICKEN STRIPS, 967 00:46:44,067 --> 00:46:48,200 THREE OF THE CHICKEN SANDWICHES, A LARGE FRY, 968 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,467 AND A LARGE CHOCOLATE SHAKE. 969 00:46:50,467 --> 00:46:53,467 OKAY. 970 00:46:53,467 --> 00:46:55,567 THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW STRESSFUL IT IS 971 00:46:55,567 --> 00:46:57,633 TO HAVE TO GO ALL DAY AND WORK LIKE I DO. 972 00:46:57,633 --> 00:47:02,733 ** 973 00:47:02,733 --> 00:47:07,067 SO I'M DOING WHAT I CAN, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT 974 00:47:07,067 --> 00:47:09,533 WAS FAIR WITH HIM PUTTING THE SURGERY ON ME. 975 00:47:09,533 --> 00:47:13,733 ** 976 00:47:13,733 --> 00:47:15,167 I DIDN'T ASK FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY 977 00:47:15,167 --> 00:47:18,867 TO HAVE TO DO THIS FOR DAVID SO HE CAN MOVE AHEAD, 978 00:47:18,867 --> 00:47:23,067 AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED ANYTHING AS DRASTIC AS HIM, 979 00:47:23,067 --> 00:47:26,367 SO AFTER I QUALIFY AND DAVID GETS THE SURGERY, 980 00:47:26,367 --> 00:47:29,600 I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO MOVE AHEAD WITH MINE, 981 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,633 SO I'M DOING THIS FOR HIM. 982 00:47:32,633 --> 00:47:37,600 THEN I'LL FIGURE OUT MY OPTIONS BECAUSE I'VE PROVEN 983 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:42,133 I CAN DO A LOT OF THIS ON MY OWN ALREADY BY LOSING WEIGHT. 984 00:47:42,133 --> 00:47:44,800 I DON'T THINK I NEED AS MUCH HELP TO TURN MY LIFE AROUND. 985 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:52,074 986 00:47:53,467 --> 00:47:59,533 ** 987 00:47:59,533 --> 00:48:05,667 ** 988 00:48:05,667 --> 00:48:07,833 David: ME AND BENJI ARE HEADED TO OUR FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT 989 00:48:07,833 --> 00:48:10,100 TO SEE DR. NOW, 990 00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:13,767 AND I FEEL LIKE I DID REALLY WELL AGAIN THIS PAST MONTH, 991 00:48:13,767 --> 00:48:15,333 AND I CAN EVEN FIT IN THE FRONT SEAT 992 00:48:15,333 --> 00:48:21,233 WITHOUT BEING IN CONSTANT PAIN, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT BENJI. 993 00:48:21,233 --> 00:48:23,733 HE'S OUT ON THE ROAD WORKING A LOT, 994 00:48:23,733 --> 00:48:25,933 SO I KNOW HE'S EATING ON HIS OWN, 995 00:48:28,067 --> 00:48:29,567 AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME A LITTLE WORRIED 996 00:48:29,567 --> 00:48:31,167 ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE'S GOING TO HIT 997 00:48:31,167 --> 00:48:33,667 HIS WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL TODAY. 998 00:48:33,667 --> 00:48:35,400 DAVID AND BENJAMIN BOLTON? 999 00:48:37,500 --> 00:48:40,167 Benji: I FEEL LIKE I WORKED HARDER THIS PAST MONTH, 1000 00:48:40,167 --> 00:48:42,900 SO I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT MY WEIGH-IN. 1001 00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:45,300 I HAD A WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL OF 50 POUNDS, 1002 00:48:45,300 --> 00:48:47,933 AND IF I DID THAT, I'M BELOW 521 TODAY. 1003 00:48:47,933 --> 00:48:54,533 ** 1004 00:48:54,533 --> 00:48:56,400 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOCK 1005 00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,300 BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD DONE BETTER THAN THAT. 1006 00:48:59,300 --> 00:49:03,667 Woman: OKAY, DAVID, IT'S YOUR TURN. 1007 00:49:03,667 --> 00:49:07,267 David: I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE BENJI'S NUMBER, 1008 00:49:07,267 --> 00:49:09,433 BUT THE ONLY THING TO MAKE IT WORSE 1009 00:49:09,433 --> 00:49:12,400 IS IF I MESS UP MY CHANCES. 1010 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:16,733 I WAS 665 LAST TIME, AND I HOPE I STAYED ON TRACK. 1011 00:49:16,733 --> 00:49:24,067 ** 1012 00:49:24,067 --> 00:49:28,167 I WOULD'VE NEVER THOUGHT I CAN LOSE THAT MUCH WEIGHT ON MY OWN. 1013 00:49:28,167 --> 00:49:32,300 I'M SO RELIEVED AND EXCITED RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL BE HONEST. 1014 00:49:32,300 --> 00:49:35,233 THIS IS GETTING REALLY HARD, AND I'M SCARED 1015 00:49:35,233 --> 00:49:37,067 IF I DON'T GET SURGERY NOW 1016 00:49:37,067 --> 00:49:39,967 THEN I'M GOING TO START TO SLIP UP. 1017 00:49:39,967 --> 00:49:43,333 BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT BENJI, TOO. 1018 00:49:43,333 --> 00:49:45,067 -HELLO. -HELLO. 1019 00:49:45,067 --> 00:49:46,533 HOW Y'ALL DOING? 1020 00:49:46,533 --> 00:49:48,500 -GOOD. -ALL RIGHT. 1021 00:49:48,500 --> 00:49:53,233 DAVID, YOU ARE DOWN ANOTHER 58 POUNDS IN LAST 2 MONTHS. 1022 00:49:53,233 --> 00:49:54,633 THAT'S GREAT. 1023 00:49:54,633 --> 00:49:59,467 SO YOU LOST TOTAL OF 141 POUNDS SINCE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU. 1024 00:49:59,467 --> 00:50:02,200 OKAY, BENJAMIN, YOU LOST ONLY TWO POUNDS 1025 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:04,067 OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. 1026 00:50:04,067 --> 00:50:07,700 THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IT. 1027 00:50:07,700 --> 00:50:10,267 EVEN WITH YOUR BROTHER WAITING ON HIS SURGERY 1028 00:50:10,267 --> 00:50:12,600 UNTIL YOU GET APPROVED TO MOTIVATE YOU, 1029 00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:15,267 YOU STILL DIDN'T MAKE THE PROGRESS YOU NEED, 1030 00:50:15,267 --> 00:50:19,300 SO YOU STILL ARE NOT APPROVED FOR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1031 00:50:19,300 --> 00:50:21,733 BUT, DAVID, YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT YOU'RE DEDICATED, 1032 00:50:21,733 --> 00:50:22,933 AND YOU'RE READY, 1033 00:50:22,933 --> 00:50:25,033 SO YOU STILL HAVE THE OPTION OF MOVING AHEAD 1034 00:50:25,033 --> 00:50:26,933 WITH YOURS IF YOU LIKE. 1035 00:50:26,933 --> 00:50:28,767 DO YOU WANT TO WAIT AGAIN? 1036 00:50:28,767 --> 00:50:31,067 David: ACTUALLY, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, BRO, 1037 00:50:31,067 --> 00:50:34,900 IT'S GETTING HARDER, SO I MIGHT NEED TO DO IT. 1038 00:50:34,900 --> 00:50:36,467 Benji: I WANT YOU TO. 1039 00:50:36,467 --> 00:50:39,767 OKAY, GREAT, THEN I'LL GET YOU ON THE SCHEDULE FOR SURGERY 1040 00:50:39,767 --> 00:50:41,433 FOR A FEW WEEK FROM NOW. 1041 00:50:41,433 --> 00:50:43,967 AND, BENJI, IF YOU INTEND TO DO THIS, 1042 00:50:43,967 --> 00:50:45,833 THEN THE GOAL IS THE SAME. 1043 00:50:45,833 --> 00:50:49,533 COME BACK IN 2 MONTHS, AND HIT THAT 50-POUND WEIGHT-LOSS GOAL. 1044 00:50:49,533 --> 00:50:53,733 SO YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO START TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY 1045 00:50:53,733 --> 00:50:57,667 AND ASK YOURSELF IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT TO DO. 1046 00:50:57,667 --> 00:50:59,800 OTHERWISE, THERE IS NO POINT IN US 1047 00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:02,067 PLAYING THIS GAME ANY LONGER. 1048 00:51:02,067 --> 00:51:03,200 DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? 1049 00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:04,233 YES, SIR. 1050 00:51:04,233 --> 00:51:06,900 THEN YOU HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE. 1051 00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:08,767 -GOT IT? -ALL RIGHT. 1052 00:51:08,767 --> 00:51:10,067 DAVID, GOOD JOB. 1053 00:51:10,067 --> 00:51:11,733 I'LL SEE YOU SOON. -ALL RIGHT. 1054 00:51:11,733 --> 00:51:12,800 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 1055 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:16,500 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1056 00:51:16,500 --> 00:51:20,833 I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT DAVID HAS CONTINUED TO DO WELL, 1057 00:51:20,833 --> 00:51:24,100 BUT HE LOST 83 POUNDS IN THE FIRST MONTH, 1058 00:51:24,100 --> 00:51:28,100 AND NOW HE HAS LOST JUST UNDER 30 POUNDS A MONTH. 1059 00:51:28,100 --> 00:51:31,533 IT IS STILL GOOD PROGRESS BUT A DRASTIC DROP 1060 00:51:31,533 --> 00:51:34,733 THAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, 1061 00:51:34,733 --> 00:51:38,967 SO I THINK IT IS GOOD DECISION TO MOVE AHEAD WITH HIS SURGERY. 1062 00:51:38,967 --> 00:51:43,500 BUT I'M NOT SURE BENJI HAS BEEN SERIOUS ABOUT THIS AT ANY POINT, 1063 00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:46,800 SO I'M GIVING HIM ONE LAST CHANCE, 1064 00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:49,267 AND IF HIS PRIME INSECURITY IN THE FACT 1065 00:51:49,267 --> 00:51:51,133 THAT HE'S THE SMALLER ONE, 1066 00:51:51,133 --> 00:51:53,600 THEN IF HE DOESN'T CHANGE VERY SOON, 1067 00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:57,933 THAT NO LONGER WILL BE THE CASE. 1068 00:51:57,933 --> 00:51:59,267 David: I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I'M MOVING AHEAD 1069 00:51:59,267 --> 00:52:02,233 WITH MY WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 1070 00:52:02,233 --> 00:52:05,867 BUT I WANTED BENJI AND ME TO DO THIS TOGETHER, 1071 00:52:05,867 --> 00:52:09,733 SO THAT'S WHAT'S TAKING AWAY FROM THIS MOMENT, 1072 00:52:09,733 --> 00:52:12,133 BUT ONCE I GET MY WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 1073 00:52:12,133 --> 00:52:15,567 MY FOCUS IS ON MAKING SURE BENJI DOES THIS, TOO. 1074 00:52:15,567 --> 00:52:23,267 ** 1075 00:52:23,267 --> 00:52:25,567 I'M HEADED TO MY BROTHER'S TO GO HANG OUT 1076 00:52:25,567 --> 00:52:26,933 WITH HIM FOR A LITTLE BIT. 1077 00:52:26,933 --> 00:52:28,933 TOMORROW IS MY SURGERY. 1078 00:52:28,933 --> 00:52:33,300 I FIGURED I'D GO GET A LAST QUICK SWIM IN WITH HIM. 1079 00:52:33,300 --> 00:52:34,867 I'M STILL DOWN ABOUT THE FACT 1080 00:52:34,867 --> 00:52:39,067 THAT BENJI STILL ISN'T APPROVED FOR HIS SURGERY, 1081 00:52:39,067 --> 00:52:41,800 SO I'M HOPING TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 1082 00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:43,700 TO ME THAT HE DOES THIS, TOO. 1083 00:52:43,700 --> 00:52:46,567 ** 1084 00:52:46,567 --> 00:52:48,233 BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK 1085 00:52:48,233 --> 00:52:50,700 TO GET MY LIFE BACK IF HE'S STILL GAINING 1086 00:52:50,700 --> 00:52:54,667 AND ENDS UP WHERE I'VE BEEN TO RISK LOSING EVERYTHING, 1087 00:52:54,667 --> 00:52:56,233 SO I NEED HIM TO DO THIS. 1088 00:52:56,233 --> 00:52:58,067 [ KNOCKS ON DOOR ] 1089 00:53:00,067 --> 00:53:03,967 SUP? 1090 00:53:03,967 --> 00:53:06,500 HOUSE LOOKS GOOD, MAN. 1091 00:53:06,567 --> 00:53:08,333 [ GRUNTS ] 1092 00:53:10,133 --> 00:53:12,467 ARE YOU ABOUT READY TO GO? -YEAH, YOU WANT TO GET IN? 1093 00:53:12,467 --> 00:53:16,133 YEAH, MAN, I GOT A LOT OF STUFF TO DO. 1094 00:53:16,133 --> 00:53:19,567 David: SINCE THIS JOURNEY STARTED, MINE AND BENJI'S RELATIONSHIP, 1095 00:53:19,567 --> 00:53:22,467 WE TALK A LITTLE MORE. 1096 00:53:22,467 --> 00:53:26,533 SO IT BROUGHT US A LITTLE CLOSER TOGETHER. 1097 00:53:26,533 --> 00:53:28,167 WE'RE IN THE SAME PROCESS. 1098 00:53:28,167 --> 00:53:31,133 YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE SAME GOAL. 1099 00:53:31,133 --> 00:53:35,067 KIND OF MOTIVATE EACH OTHER. 1100 00:53:35,067 --> 00:53:36,433 NOW THAT BENJI HAS GOT A POOL, YOU KNOW, 1101 00:53:36,433 --> 00:53:38,600 WHEN I'M ABLE TO GET THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, I STOP BY. 1102 00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:40,733 WE JUMP IN THE POOL, HANG OUT A LITTLE BIT. 1103 00:53:40,733 --> 00:53:43,667 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GOOD TIME, JUST KIND OF TALK. 1104 00:53:43,667 --> 00:53:46,200 SO YOU READY TO GO TO SURGERY TOMORROW? 1105 00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:47,567 YEAH, TOMORROW MORNING. 1106 00:53:47,567 --> 00:53:49,333 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? 1107 00:53:49,333 --> 00:53:51,500 I'M READY, MAN, BEEN READY. 1108 00:53:51,500 --> 00:53:53,500 I PUT IN THE WORK, MAN, 1109 00:53:53,500 --> 00:53:55,867 BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. 1110 00:53:55,867 --> 00:53:58,467 I'M JUST WAITING ON EVERYTHING TO GO THROUGH. 1111 00:53:58,467 --> 00:54:00,967 WITH YOU, YOU'LL BE UP NEXT, 1112 00:54:00,967 --> 00:54:03,400 SO I NEED YOU TO HIT YOUR GOAL AND GET APPROVED. 1113 00:54:05,700 --> 00:54:06,800 ALL RIGHT, BROTHER. 1114 00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:08,467 I'M TAKING YOU AT YOUR WORD, THEN, 1115 00:54:08,467 --> 00:54:10,367 BUT SHOULD'VE DONE IT A LONG TIME AGO. 1116 00:54:10,367 --> 00:54:14,467 JUST GOT TO WANT TO DO IT. 1117 00:54:14,467 --> 00:54:16,567 YOU KNOW, HE'S MY LITTLE BROTHER, 1118 00:54:16,567 --> 00:54:19,067 I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN HIM 1119 00:54:19,067 --> 00:54:21,133 GET HIS BEFORE ME, 1120 00:54:21,133 --> 00:54:24,067 BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 1121 00:54:24,067 --> 00:54:26,133 BUT I NEED HIM TO DO THIS WITH ME. 1122 00:54:26,133 --> 00:54:34,700 ** 1123 00:54:34,700 --> 00:54:43,300 ** 1124 00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:47,267 IT'S THE DAY OF MY SURGERY, AND THE CLOSER I GET TO IT, 1125 00:54:47,267 --> 00:54:48,700 I'VE BEEN GETTING A LITTLE MORE NERVOUS, 1126 00:54:48,700 --> 00:54:52,500 A LITTLE MORE ANXIOUS. 1127 00:54:52,500 --> 00:54:54,700 GOOD TO GO, HUH? YOU READY? 1128 00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:56,767 David: I GUESS. 1129 00:54:56,767 --> 00:54:58,933 I COULD TELL MY FAMILY IS VERY NERVOUS FOR ME. 1130 00:54:58,933 --> 00:55:00,800 MY MOM WAS NERVOUS. 1131 00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:03,900 MY DAD IS ANXIOUS, BUT I'M REALLY THANKFUL 1132 00:55:03,900 --> 00:55:05,300 THAT MY FAMILY IS ABLE TO BE HERE 1133 00:55:05,300 --> 00:55:09,400 WITH ME AND SUPPORT ME, ESPECIALLY BENJI. 1134 00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:12,933 IF THEY WEREN'T, I'D BE A LOT MORE AFRAID RIGHT NOW. 1135 00:55:12,933 --> 00:55:14,067 -SEE YOU LATER. -BYE, BABY. 1136 00:55:14,067 --> 00:55:16,467 YOU GUYS CAN FOLLOW US OUT, TOO. 1137 00:55:16,467 --> 00:55:21,167 David: IT'S A MAJOR SURGERY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF RISK 1138 00:55:21,167 --> 00:55:25,400 BECAUSE ANYTHING COULD GO WRONG, YOU NEVER KNOW. 1139 00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:28,433 BUT I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE MY LIFE, 1140 00:55:28,433 --> 00:55:30,633 SO THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO. 1141 00:55:33,867 --> 00:55:38,800 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY, WE ARE DOING A GASTRIC BYPASS ON DAVID. 1142 00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:41,600 HIS WEIGHT LOSS WAS STARTING TO SLOW, 1143 00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,300 AND HE WOULD EVENTUALLY START TO GAIN AGAIN 1144 00:55:44,300 --> 00:55:47,533 IF HE'S NOT GIVEN A TOOL LIKE WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1145 00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:56,333 AND GASTRIC BYPASS IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE OPERATION FOR THAT. 1146 00:55:56,333 --> 00:55:59,267 ROOM LIGHT OFF. 1147 00:55:59,267 --> 00:56:01,800 GASTRIC BYPASS IS AN OPERATION 1148 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:05,567 THAT WE REDUCE THE SIZE OF STOMACH BY 90 PERCENT 1149 00:56:05,567 --> 00:56:08,900 AND BYPASSING THE UPPER PART OF SMALL INTESTINE, 1150 00:56:08,900 --> 00:56:12,833 SO IT IMPEDES THE ABSORPTION OF FOOD INTO THE BODY, 1151 00:56:12,833 --> 00:56:14,933 AND THIS LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF FOOD 1152 00:56:14,933 --> 00:56:17,733 THAT THE PATIENT CAN EAT AT ONE TIME 1153 00:56:17,733 --> 00:56:20,733 AND ALSO CHANGES THE PATIENT'S METABOLISM 1154 00:56:20,733 --> 00:56:22,733 SO THEY FEEL LESS HUNGRY. 1155 00:56:39,767 --> 00:56:43,467 AND IF WE ENCOUNTER ANY ISSUES WITH HIS OPERATION, 1156 00:56:43,467 --> 00:56:46,167 WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER ENDING IT EARLY 1157 00:56:46,167 --> 00:56:49,833 TO MAKE SURE HIS BODY DOESN'T HIT ANY LIMITS 1158 00:56:49,833 --> 00:56:51,133 BECAUSE, IF IT DID, 1159 00:56:51,133 --> 00:56:54,067 WE LIKELY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BRING HIM BACK. 1160 00:56:54,067 --> 00:56:56,400 ** 1161 00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:57,733 Rhonda: I'M TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE, 1162 00:56:57,733 --> 00:57:00,767 AND I'M JUST HOPING THAT EVERYTHING GOES WELL 1163 00:57:00,767 --> 00:57:02,467 BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS BEING TOLD 1164 00:57:02,467 --> 00:57:04,800 HOW STRONG OF A PERSON I AM BY PEOPLE, 1165 00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:08,400 BUT I DON'T THINK I COULD TAKE LOSING MY SON. 1166 00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:13,067 ** 1167 00:57:13,067 --> 00:57:15,800 LITTLE WIDER. OKAY. 1168 00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:17,133 SUCTION UP THERE. 1169 00:57:17,133 --> 00:57:20,433 ONCE WE REMOVE ALL THE PHYSICAL DRIVE TO EAT, 1170 00:57:20,433 --> 00:57:23,600 THAT IS WHEN THE PATIENTS ARE MOST WILLING TO SEE 1171 00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:27,367 AND ADMIT THE EMOTIONAL DRIVE THAT INVOLVES A CORE ISSUE 1172 00:57:27,367 --> 00:57:28,567 THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH. 1173 00:57:28,567 --> 00:57:32,267 ALL RIGHT. BACK. 1174 00:57:32,267 --> 00:57:35,067 BUT IF THEY DON'T DEAL WITH WHAT THEY NEED 1175 00:57:35,067 --> 00:57:37,733 AND CONTINUE TO TRY TO OBEY, 1176 00:57:37,733 --> 00:57:39,767 THEY CAN EVENTUALLY STRETCH THEIR STOMACH 1177 00:57:39,767 --> 00:57:44,100 BACK OUT TO EAT MORE IN ONE SITTING. 1178 00:57:44,100 --> 00:57:45,800 ALL RIGHT. LOOKS GOOD. 1179 00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:48,467 ROOM LIGHT ON. 1180 00:57:48,467 --> 00:57:52,433 LET'S CLOSE IT UP. 1181 00:57:52,433 --> 00:57:55,133 WE'RE DONE. ALL RIGHT. 1182 00:57:55,133 --> 00:57:58,733 DAVID'S SURGERY WENT VERY WELL. 1183 00:57:58,733 --> 00:58:01,733 THERE WAS NO COMPLICATION WITH THE SURGERY. 1184 00:58:01,733 --> 00:58:05,667 SO WE'LL GET HIM TO RECOVERY NOW, AND IN A FEW DAYS, 1185 00:58:05,667 --> 00:58:08,200 HE SHOULD BE FEELING A LOT BETTER. 1186 00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:11,700 HE WILL STAY ON A LIQUID DIET FOR 3 TO 4 WEEKS, 1187 00:58:11,700 --> 00:58:17,167 AND HE SHOULD LOSE 30 TO 40 POUNDS EACH MONTH AFTER THAT. 1188 00:58:17,167 --> 00:58:20,900 ONCE HE RECOVERS, WE'LL KEEP A WATCH ON HOW HE'S DOING, 1189 00:58:20,900 --> 00:58:24,467 AND IF HIS WEIGHT LOSS STARTS TO SLOW... 1190 00:58:32,900 --> 00:58:35,667 HOPEFULLY BY THAT POINT, HE WILL BE READY 1191 00:58:35,667 --> 00:58:38,600 TO EMBRACE THAT STAGE OF THE PROCESS. 1192 00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:51,533 ** 1193 00:58:51,533 --> 00:59:00,067 ** 1194 00:59:00,067 --> 00:59:02,533 Benji: SEEING MY LACK OF WEIGHT LOSS AT MY LAST DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT 1195 00:59:02,533 --> 00:59:05,433 WAS A WAKE-UP CALL, 1196 00:59:05,433 --> 00:59:08,400 AND I WANT TO KEEP MY PROMISE TO DAVID, 1197 00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:11,600 SO I'M WORKING EXTREMELY HARD RIGHT NOW, AND THIS PAST MONTH, 1198 00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:14,333 I'VE COMPLETELY CHANGED THE WAY I EAT. 1199 00:59:14,333 --> 00:59:16,767 I'M ONLY EATING WHAT'S ON THE DIET, 1200 00:59:16,767 --> 00:59:21,833 AND THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO EXCUSES AND NO COMPROMISES. 1201 00:59:21,833 --> 00:59:23,433 I'M A MEAL PREPPER NOW. 1202 00:59:23,433 --> 00:59:26,767 THIS IS SOME CHICKEN THAT I MADE FOR LUNCH. 1203 00:59:26,767 --> 00:59:28,767 I KEEP MY SUGAR-FREE JELL-O THAT I MADE 1204 00:59:28,767 --> 00:59:31,867 AND SOME VEGETABLES IN HERE, 1205 00:59:31,867 --> 00:59:35,933 SO THIS IS WHERE I KEEP ALL MY FOOD THAT I CAN EAT, 1206 00:59:35,933 --> 00:59:39,700 AND IN HERE, THIS IS A SECTION THAT I CAN'T HAVE. 1207 00:59:39,700 --> 00:59:42,800 THIS IS WHERE MY FAMILY KEEPS ALL THEIR STUFF THAT THEY EAT. 1208 00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:46,333 THE ONLY THING I HAVE IN HERE IS MY TURKEY SAUSAGE THAT I EAT. 1209 00:59:48,733 --> 00:59:50,467 THIS IS THE OTHER DUNGEON OF MY FAMILY. 1210 00:59:50,467 --> 00:59:53,133 THEY KEEP ALL THEIR CARBS AND EVERYTHING. 1211 00:59:53,133 --> 00:59:58,067 THIS IS ALL THEIRS, AND I STAY OUT OF THIS PART OF THE HOUSE. 1212 00:59:58,067 --> 01:00:00,067 ** 1213 01:00:00,067 --> 01:00:02,067 I'M NOT LETTING THE FACT THAT AMANDA AND LORALI 1214 01:00:02,067 --> 01:00:04,667 AREN'T EATING LIKE ME BE AN EXCUSE, 1215 01:00:04,667 --> 01:00:06,333 AND I'M PACKING A PREPARED MEAL, 1216 01:00:06,333 --> 01:00:08,333 MY WATER AND A COUPLE HEALTHY SNACKS 1217 01:00:08,333 --> 01:00:12,533 EVERY DAY WHEN I GO OFF TO WORK, SO NO MORE FAST FOOD. 1218 01:00:12,533 --> 01:00:15,933 IF IT'S NOT ON THE DIET, I'M NOT EATING IT 1219 01:00:15,933 --> 01:00:18,300 BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT, I'M GOING TO DO THIS, 1220 01:00:22,367 --> 01:00:24,233 AND I'M ALSO GETTING IN MORE ACTIVITY, 1221 01:00:26,233 --> 01:00:29,467 SO IN THE MORNING, I'M STARTING MY DAY WITH A WALK. 1222 01:00:29,467 --> 01:00:30,900 SCOOTER, COME ON. 1223 01:00:30,900 --> 01:00:33,767 WHEN I'M AT WORK, I'M TRYING TO STOP EVERY HALF HOUR 1224 01:00:33,767 --> 01:00:36,667 AND GET UP AND WALK AROUND FOR 5 MINUTES, 1225 01:00:36,667 --> 01:00:39,400 SO BETWEEN ALL THAT, I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING WELL. 1226 01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:42,367 I'M PUSHING MYSELF TO HIT THE GOAL 1227 01:00:42,367 --> 01:00:44,467 SO THAT WHEN DAVID RECOVERS FROM HIS SURGERY, 1228 01:00:44,467 --> 01:00:47,900 I CAN GO IN FOR MINE 1229 01:00:47,900 --> 01:00:50,133 BECAUSE I NEED THIS TOOL, JUST LIKE HE DOES, 1230 01:00:50,133 --> 01:00:53,200 TO DO THIS FOR THE LONG RUN, 1231 01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:55,100 AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS CHANCE. 1232 01:00:55,100 --> 01:01:03,633 ** 1233 01:01:03,633 --> 01:01:08,700 David: IT'S BEEN ABOUT A MONTH SINCE MY SURGERY, 1234 01:01:08,700 --> 01:01:11,867 AND I'M FEELING GREAT. 1235 01:01:11,867 --> 01:01:14,533 IT WAS TOUGH FOR A BIT, 1236 01:01:14,533 --> 01:01:16,933 BUT I'M ADJUSTING BACK TO NORMAL LIFE. 1237 01:01:18,467 --> 01:01:20,833 [ GROANS ] 1238 01:01:20,833 --> 01:01:22,800 SINCE MY SURGERY, I REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO 1239 01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:26,500 NO STRENUOUS EXERCISES, 1240 01:01:26,500 --> 01:01:28,533 BUT NOW I'M EXCITED BECAUSE DR. NOW 1241 01:01:28,533 --> 01:01:31,633 CLEARED ME FOR SOME HEAVY LIFTING, 1242 01:01:31,633 --> 01:01:33,967 SO I'M GETTING BACK TO MY ACTIVITY 1243 01:01:36,467 --> 01:01:39,333 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY PROGRESS WITH MY STAMINA, 1244 01:01:41,733 --> 01:01:44,767 BUT I STILL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERDO IT. 1245 01:01:44,767 --> 01:01:48,600 ** 1246 01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:50,967 BUT I'M HAPPY WITH ALL THE PROGRESS I'M MAKING. 1247 01:01:50,967 --> 01:01:54,500 ** 1248 01:01:54,500 --> 01:01:57,133 LOOKING AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR, I CAN TELL THE CHANGES. 1249 01:01:57,133 --> 01:02:01,933 I CAN TELL IT IN MY NECK, YOU KNOW, MY ARMS, MY CHEST. 1250 01:02:01,933 --> 01:02:04,067 I CAN TELL THE WEIGHT I'VE LOST IN MY STOMACH. 1251 01:02:04,067 --> 01:02:06,133 MY SKIN IS STARTING TO DROOP DOWN. 1252 01:02:06,133 --> 01:02:09,067 IT JUST MEANS PROGRESS. 1253 01:02:09,067 --> 01:02:12,067 BUT NOW, I JUST NEED BENJI TO DO THIS, TOO, 1254 01:02:12,067 --> 01:02:14,133 AND I HOPE THAT APPROVAL FOR HIM IS COMING SOON, 1255 01:02:14,133 --> 01:02:17,633 AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, HE NEEDS TO DO IT 1256 01:02:17,633 --> 01:02:20,567 AT THE VERY NEXT APPOINTMENT TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS PROMISE, 1257 01:02:20,567 --> 01:02:22,233 OR HE'S GOING TO BE HEARING FROM ME 1258 01:02:22,233 --> 01:02:24,300 BECAUSE HE'S NOT BACKING OUT OF THIS. 1259 01:02:24,300 --> 01:02:33,300 ** 1260 01:02:33,300 --> 01:02:36,867 Benji: RIGHT NOW, I'M HEADED TO SEE DR. NOW FOR MY FOLLOW UP, 1261 01:02:36,867 --> 01:02:40,167 AND I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT TODAY'S WEIGH-IN. 1262 01:02:40,167 --> 01:02:42,867 I KNOW I'VE PUSHED MYSELF EXTREMELY HARD, 1263 01:02:42,867 --> 01:02:44,567 AND I'VE STUCK TO IT FOR THE WHOLE 2 MONTHS 1264 01:02:44,567 --> 01:02:48,667 WITHOUT CHEATING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, 1265 01:02:48,667 --> 01:02:52,567 BUT AFTER MISSING THE GOAL BY SO MUCH LAST TIME, 1266 01:02:52,567 --> 01:02:55,867 IT JUST MAKES ME NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. 1267 01:02:55,867 --> 01:02:58,367 BENJAMIN BOLTON? 1268 01:02:58,367 --> 01:03:02,167 DR. NOW TOLD ME I NEED TO LOSE AT LEAST 50 POUNDS, 1269 01:03:02,167 --> 01:03:05,967 SO I JUST REALLY HOPE I'M AT OR BELOW 518 TODAY 1270 01:03:05,967 --> 01:03:08,067 BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT'S RIDING ON THIS. 1271 01:03:08,067 --> 01:03:11,800 ** 1272 01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:15,567 YAY. 1273 01:03:15,567 --> 01:03:19,867 I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ALL MY HARD WORK PAID OFF THIS TIME. 1274 01:03:19,867 --> 01:03:21,933 SO SINCE I HIT THE GOAL, 1275 01:03:21,933 --> 01:03:24,167 HOPEFULLY I'M ABOUT TO GET MY WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY APPROVAL. 1276 01:03:24,167 --> 01:03:26,500 ** 1277 01:03:26,500 --> 01:03:27,700 -HELLO. -HELLO. 1278 01:03:27,700 --> 01:03:29,500 -HEY. -HOW Y'ALL DOING? 1279 01:03:29,500 --> 01:03:30,867 -GOOD. -DOING GOOD. 1280 01:03:30,867 --> 01:03:33,267 ALL RIGHT, BENJI, LAST TIME I SAW YOU, 1281 01:03:33,267 --> 01:03:35,533 YOU STILL WEREN'T MAKING ANY PROGRESS. 1282 01:03:35,533 --> 01:03:36,567 RIGHT. 1283 01:03:36,567 --> 01:03:39,600 AND THIS TIME, YOU LOST 62 POUNDS, 1284 01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:41,667 SO YOU'RE DOING A LOT BETTER NOW. 1285 01:03:41,667 --> 01:03:43,200 I'M BACK ON TRACK. 1286 01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:45,700 BUT I'M STILL A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT 1287 01:03:45,700 --> 01:03:47,833 YOUR LACK OF PROGRESS IN THE BEGINNING, 1288 01:03:47,833 --> 01:03:51,567 SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO NOT GO BACK AND FORTH ON 1289 01:03:51,567 --> 01:03:54,233 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE SUCCESS RATE PROBABLY 1290 01:03:54,233 --> 01:03:56,933 AFTER SURGERY IS NOT VERY GOOD, 1291 01:03:56,933 --> 01:03:58,767 SO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE PHYSICALLY 1292 01:03:58,767 --> 01:04:01,067 AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY READY FOR SURGERY? 1293 01:04:01,067 --> 01:04:02,633 -YES, SIR, I DO. -OKAY. 1294 01:04:02,633 --> 01:04:05,533 WELL, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK ALL THAT, AND IF YOU ARE, 1295 01:04:05,533 --> 01:04:08,500 THEN I'LL MOVE AHEAD WITH YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. 1296 01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:09,700 THAT SOUND GOOD? 1297 01:04:09,700 --> 01:04:12,167 -ALL RIGHT. -BUT HERE IS THE DEAL. 1298 01:04:12,167 --> 01:04:14,733 YOU DIDN'T LOSE WEIGHT IN FIRST 3 MONTHS, 1299 01:04:14,733 --> 01:04:17,167 SO I'M GOING TO SCHEDULE YOUR SURGERY 1300 01:04:17,167 --> 01:04:19,067 FOR A MONTH FROM NOW TO SHOW ME 1301 01:04:19,067 --> 01:04:20,767 THAT YOU CAN STICK WITH IT, OKAY? 1302 01:04:20,767 --> 01:04:21,900 ALL RIGHT. 1303 01:04:21,900 --> 01:04:24,700 AND IF YOUR WEIGHT LOSS SLOWS, OR YOU GAIN, 1304 01:04:24,700 --> 01:04:28,200 I'M NOT MOVING AHEAD, AND WE'LL BE BACK TO SQUARE ONE, 1305 01:04:28,200 --> 01:04:32,133 SO DON'T GET COMFORTABLE AND START SLIPPING, OKAY? 1306 01:04:32,133 --> 01:04:34,200 -NO, SIR. -OKAY. SUPER. 1307 01:04:34,200 --> 01:04:37,867 ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU LATER. -THANK YOU. 1308 01:04:37,867 --> 01:04:40,300 Dr. Nowzaradan: I'M HAPPY TO SEE BENJI IS GETTING SERIOUS 1309 01:04:40,300 --> 01:04:43,700 ABOUT HIS WEIGHT LOSS AND HITTING HIS GOALS, 1310 01:04:43,700 --> 01:04:46,733 BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HE'S WILLING TO STICK WITH IT 1311 01:04:46,733 --> 01:04:49,100 AND KEEP DOING WHAT HE NEEDS. 1312 01:04:54,333 --> 01:04:56,133 Benji: I'M EXCITED TO TELL DAVID I DID IT, 1313 01:04:56,133 --> 01:04:58,967 THAT I'M MAKING GOOD ON MY PROMISE, 1314 01:04:58,967 --> 01:05:00,767 BUT I'M MAKING SURE I DON'T SLIP UP 1315 01:05:00,767 --> 01:05:03,833 AND DO ANYTHING TO MESS UP MY APPROVAL, 1316 01:05:03,833 --> 01:05:07,700 AND I KNOW IF I DO, IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE SETBACK FOR ME, 1317 01:05:07,700 --> 01:05:09,100 SO I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. 1318 01:05:16,667 --> 01:05:26,133 ** 1319 01:05:26,133 --> 01:05:35,633 ** 1320 01:05:35,633 --> 01:05:45,100 ** 1321 01:05:45,100 --> 01:05:49,367 Dr. Nowzaradan: TODAY, WE ARE PERFORMING BENJI'S SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY. 1322 01:05:49,367 --> 01:05:52,700 WITH GASTRIC SLEEVE OPERATION, WE REMOVE APPROXIMATELY 1323 01:05:52,700 --> 01:05:55,933 70 TO 80 PERCENT OF THE STOMACH, 1324 01:05:55,933 --> 01:06:00,433 AND AFTER WE REMOVE THE STOMACH, WE LEAVE A LONG, SKINNY TUBE 1325 01:06:00,433 --> 01:06:03,933 THAT CONNECTS THE ESOPHAGUS TO THE SMALL INTESTINE. 1326 01:06:03,933 --> 01:06:06,100 IN THE SHORT-TERM, SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY 1327 01:06:06,100 --> 01:06:09,367 CAN BE AS EFFECTIVE AS GASTRIC BYPASS. 1328 01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:16,600 BUT THE PATIENT'S FOOD INTAKE IS DRASTICALLY LIMITED. 1329 01:06:20,067 --> 01:06:22,233 SO GASTRIC SLEEVE IS GOING TO HELP 1330 01:06:22,233 --> 01:06:24,667 BENJAMIN EAT MUCH LESS AND LOSE WEIGHT 1331 01:06:24,667 --> 01:06:26,733 AND REACH HIS GOAL WEIGHT. 1332 01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:32,067 Lorali: I'M NERVOUS FOR MY DAD. 1333 01:06:32,067 --> 01:06:35,367 MY DAD HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO LOSE WEIGHT, 1334 01:06:35,367 --> 01:06:37,967 AND I THINK THE SURGERY WILL HELP HIM A LOT. 1335 01:06:37,967 --> 01:06:40,800 ** 1336 01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:42,267 BRING A FORCEP. 1337 01:06:43,833 --> 01:06:46,067 OKAY. I HAVE THE STOMACH. 1338 01:06:47,200 --> 01:06:48,433 ALL RIGHT. LOOKS GOOD. 1339 01:06:48,433 --> 01:06:51,067 ROOM LIGHT ON. 1340 01:06:51,067 --> 01:06:52,167 LET'S CLOSE IT UP. 1341 01:06:52,167 --> 01:06:55,467 ** 1342 01:06:55,467 --> 01:06:58,367 ALL RIGHT. WE'RE DONE. 1343 01:06:58,367 --> 01:07:01,667 BENJAMIN'S SURGERY WENT VERY WELL, 1344 01:07:01,667 --> 01:07:04,067 SO WE'LL GET BENJI TO RECOVERY, 1345 01:07:04,067 --> 01:07:07,933 AND IF HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS OR ISSUES, 1346 01:07:07,933 --> 01:07:10,800 HE'LL BE ABLE TO GO HOME IN A COUPLE DAYS. 1347 01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:13,500 AFTER THAT, HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOSE AT LEAST 1348 01:07:13,500 --> 01:07:15,700 40 POUNDS THIS FIRST MONTH, 1349 01:07:15,700 --> 01:07:19,067 THEN AROUND 20 TO 30 POUNDS EACH MONTH AFTER 1350 01:07:19,067 --> 01:07:22,133 UNTIL HE GET CLOSE TO HIS TARGET WEIGHT. 1351 01:07:22,133 --> 01:07:24,667 SO WITH BOTH HIM AND DAVID, 1352 01:07:24,667 --> 01:07:27,633 I EXPECT THEM TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON TRACK 1353 01:07:27,633 --> 01:07:30,633 AND LOSE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WEIGHT NOW. 1354 01:07:30,633 --> 01:07:39,767 ** 1355 01:07:39,767 --> 01:07:42,733 David: WHILE BENJI IS RECOVERING FROM HIS SURGERY, 1356 01:07:42,733 --> 01:07:45,833 I WENT BACK FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR. NOW, 1357 01:07:45,833 --> 01:07:50,867 AND I'M STILL LOSING WEIGHT, BUT IT'S SLOWING SOME, 1358 01:07:50,867 --> 01:07:53,267 SO DR. NOW TOLD ME HE THINKS IT'S TIME 1359 01:07:53,267 --> 01:07:57,067 I START DEALING WITH SOME EMOTIONAL ISSUES. 1360 01:07:57,067 --> 01:08:00,267 I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT I'M REALLY NOT SURE 1361 01:08:00,267 --> 01:08:02,067 I HAVE ANY ISSUES TO DEAL WITH 1362 01:08:02,067 --> 01:08:05,200 BECAUSE I FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW. 1363 01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:06,700 -ARE YOU DAVID? -YEAH. 1364 01:08:06,700 --> 01:08:08,633 I'M DR. PARADISE. COME ON IN. 1365 01:08:08,633 --> 01:08:12,667 GOOD TO SEE YOU. HAVE A SEAT. 1366 01:08:12,667 --> 01:08:13,967 SO I'M GLAD YOU MADE IT. 1367 01:08:13,967 --> 01:08:15,133 OH, YEAH. 1368 01:08:15,133 --> 01:08:16,500 SO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT BRINGS YOU IN TODAY. 1369 01:08:16,500 --> 01:08:17,667 WHAT'S GOING ON? 1370 01:08:17,667 --> 01:08:19,967 I WAS AT 700 POUNDS. 1371 01:08:19,967 --> 01:08:21,567 THAT'S BIG. 1372 01:08:21,567 --> 01:08:25,333 I'VE BEEN LOSING WEIGHT, AND IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN, YOU KNOW? 1373 01:08:25,333 --> 01:08:27,833 SO WHAT WAS CHILDHOOD LIKE FOR YOU. 1374 01:08:27,833 --> 01:08:29,233 I WAS THE OLDEST. 1375 01:08:29,233 --> 01:08:32,100 I HAD TO HELP MY MOTHER TAKE CARE OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 1376 01:08:32,100 --> 01:08:34,400 SO YOU WERE THE SORT OF CARETAKER IN THE FAMILY? 1377 01:08:34,400 --> 01:08:35,533 THAT WAS YOUR ROLE? 1378 01:08:35,533 --> 01:08:38,700 I TRIED TO DO MY PART, YOU KNOW. 1379 01:08:38,700 --> 01:08:40,867 HOW ABOUT YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, DID THEY HAVE ROLES? 1380 01:08:40,867 --> 01:08:43,933 FOOTBALL, CHEERLEADING, BASEBALL, BEAUTY PAGEANTS, 1381 01:08:43,933 --> 01:08:46,133 FFA, 4-H. 1382 01:08:46,133 --> 01:08:48,067 BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, A BEAUTY PAGEANT 1383 01:08:48,067 --> 01:08:49,733 WOULD MAKE A KID FEEL SPECIAL, RIGHT? 1384 01:08:49,733 --> 01:08:53,067 OH, YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU WIN. 1385 01:08:53,067 --> 01:08:55,333 BUT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BENJI DID WIN. 1386 01:08:55,333 --> 01:08:58,333 -HE DID? -MULTIPLE NATIONAL TITLES. 1387 01:08:58,333 --> 01:09:00,133 WHERE WERE YOU FOR THAT? 1388 01:09:00,133 --> 01:09:01,600 I WAS TOO BIG. 1389 01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:03,500 THEY'RE GETTING ALL THIS RECOGNITION, 1390 01:09:03,500 --> 01:09:05,233 AND YOU'RE GETTING THE OPPOSITE, RIGHT? 1391 01:09:05,233 --> 01:09:07,667 -YEAH. -IT MUST HAVE BEEN VERY PAINFUL. 1392 01:09:07,667 --> 01:09:12,067 SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU IGNORE THAT PAIN AND SUFFERING. 1393 01:09:12,067 --> 01:09:14,300 YOU SAY THE WORD PAIN AND SUFFERING... 1394 01:09:14,300 --> 01:09:15,867 -THAT'S ON YOUR ARM. -I MARK IT. 1395 01:09:15,867 --> 01:09:18,200 -YEAH. -IT'S PART OF MY LIFE I LIVED, 1396 01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:21,233 SO I LOOK AT IT AS A MEDAL OF HONOR, YOU KNOW? 1397 01:09:21,233 --> 01:09:23,500 SO THE BIG QUESTION I HAVE RIGHT NOW 1398 01:09:23,500 --> 01:09:25,800 IS HOW DO YOU GET BACK TO LIFE 1399 01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:28,867 WITHOUT GETTING BACK INTO THAT PAIN AND SUFFER MODE? 1400 01:09:28,867 --> 01:09:30,200 IT'S VERY SCARY. 1401 01:09:30,200 --> 01:09:32,533 YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW? 1402 01:09:32,533 --> 01:09:34,733 -YEAH. -DR. NOWZARADAN TOLD ME THAT. 1403 01:09:34,733 --> 01:09:36,400 THIS ISN'T A FIX. 1404 01:09:36,400 --> 01:09:38,300 THIS ISN'T A MAGICAL CURE. 1405 01:09:38,300 --> 01:09:40,733 AND I'VE GAVE UP ON MYSELF MANY TIMES, AND... 1406 01:09:40,733 --> 01:09:43,233 WELL, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, RIGHT? 1407 01:09:43,233 --> 01:09:47,500 SO I HEAR THIS, LIKE, SUPER POSITIVITY COMING OUT OF YOU, 1408 01:09:47,500 --> 01:09:49,067 ALL THIS OPTIMISM, 1409 01:09:49,067 --> 01:09:52,267 AND IT'S ALMOST INEVITABLE THAT STUFF IS GOING TO COME UP. 1410 01:09:52,267 --> 01:09:53,500 IT'S JUST LIFE, RIGHT? 1411 01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:55,667 SO WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR DEALING WITH 1412 01:09:55,667 --> 01:09:58,900 WHEN THINGS GO DOWN, WITHOUT EATING FAST FOOD, 1413 01:09:58,900 --> 01:10:00,600 WITHOUT REGAINING THE WEIGHT, 1414 01:10:00,600 --> 01:10:03,567 WITHOUT GETTING BACK INTO THAT PAIN AND SUFFER MODE? 1415 01:10:03,567 --> 01:10:07,667 IF SOMETHING COMES ALONG THAT WANTS TO HINDER MY PROGRESS, 1416 01:10:07,667 --> 01:10:12,200 I'LL JUST PUT MY HEAD DOWN, PUSH THROUGH IT AND KEEP FOCUS. 1417 01:10:12,200 --> 01:10:13,400 OKAY. 1418 01:10:13,400 --> 01:10:16,267 SO MY GOAL FOR YOU IS TO GET BACK INTO LIFE, 1419 01:10:16,267 --> 01:10:17,467 TO DEAL WITH THE PAIN 1420 01:10:17,467 --> 01:10:20,233 AND HAVE A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD. 1421 01:10:20,233 --> 01:10:21,700 YES, SIR. YES, SIR. 1422 01:10:21,700 --> 01:10:23,800 GOOD. IT'S GREAT TO MEET YOU. 1423 01:10:23,800 --> 01:10:26,333 VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. 1424 01:10:29,333 --> 01:10:31,200 David: DOING THIS TODAY HAS HELPED ME REALIZE 1425 01:10:31,200 --> 01:10:32,700 THAT MAYBE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES 1426 01:10:32,700 --> 01:10:37,433 THAT I NEED TO MAKE SURE I DON'T IGNORE AND THAT I DEAL WITH, 1427 01:10:37,433 --> 01:10:40,133 BUT I ALSO HEAR HIM ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'M LOSING 1428 01:10:40,133 --> 01:10:43,033 WHILE THINGS ARE GOOD AND POSITIVE, 1429 01:10:43,033 --> 01:10:45,067 SO THE GOAL NOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT 1430 01:10:45,067 --> 01:10:46,467 WHEN TRIAL COMES 1431 01:10:46,467 --> 01:10:50,333 THAT I DON'T LOSE FOCUS OR START TO GIVE IN. 1432 01:10:50,333 --> 01:10:52,567 I'M READY TO DEAL WITH IT RIGHT, TO GET THROUGH THEM 1433 01:10:52,567 --> 01:10:56,767 WITHOUT GOING BACK TO OLD HABITS AND GAINING AGAIN, 1434 01:10:56,767 --> 01:10:59,233 SO I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I DEAL WITH THINGS 1435 01:10:59,233 --> 01:11:03,167 AND FOCUS ON WHAT I NEED AND HELP BENJI DO THAT, TOO. 1436 01:11:03,167 --> 01:11:10,667 ** 1437 01:11:10,667 --> 01:11:18,167 ** 1438 01:11:18,167 --> 01:11:25,667 ** 1439 01:11:25,667 --> 01:11:29,467 Benji: OUR HOME HAS BEEN DESTROYED, 1440 01:11:29,467 --> 01:11:31,567 AND MOST OF OUR BELONGINGS ARE GONE, TOO. 1441 01:11:33,833 --> 01:11:36,733 SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT ALL THE BEST WE CAN, 1442 01:11:36,733 --> 01:11:41,233 AND THIS IS JUST A REALLY HARD TIME FOR US AS A FAMILY. 1443 01:11:41,233 --> 01:11:43,300 I KNOW AMANDA AND LORALI ARE REALLY UPSET 1444 01:11:43,300 --> 01:11:48,200 BECAUSE WE LOST JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE OWNED, 1445 01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:51,500 AND WE'RE STILL NOT SURE JUST HOW BAD IT IS YET 1446 01:11:51,500 --> 01:11:53,567 BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ASSESSING ALL THE DAMAGE 1447 01:11:53,567 --> 01:11:56,700 TO SEE IF ANYTHING IS SALVAGEABLE. 1448 01:11:56,700 --> 01:11:58,533 BUT SO FAR, NOTHING HAS BEEN. 1449 01:11:58,533 --> 01:12:02,267 ** 1450 01:12:02,267 --> 01:12:07,867 Amanda: HAVING THIS HOUSE FLOOD AND BE RUINED IS DEVASTATING. 1451 01:12:07,867 --> 01:12:13,133 WE LOST A LOT OF PHOTOS AND MY WEDDING BOOK, THAT WAS DAMAGED. 1452 01:12:13,133 --> 01:12:16,633 I THINK ALL OF THIS SITUATION IS REALLY AFFECTING BENJI. 1453 01:12:16,633 --> 01:12:19,067 HE'S JUST STRESSED OUT. 1454 01:12:19,067 --> 01:12:21,533 I JUST HOPE HE DOESN'T GAIN ANY OF HIS WEIGHT BACK. 1455 01:12:21,533 --> 01:12:24,967 HE'S DONE SO GOOD. 1456 01:12:24,967 --> 01:12:27,933 Benji: I WORKED HARD TO GET THIS HOUSE FOR MY FAMILY 1457 01:12:27,933 --> 01:12:30,967 AND PROVIDE FOR THEM AND GET HEALTHY, 1458 01:12:30,967 --> 01:12:34,067 AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS, TO JUST LOSE EVERYTHING, 1459 01:12:34,067 --> 01:12:36,900 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BIT OF A RAW DEAL 1460 01:12:36,900 --> 01:12:39,333 BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PREPARE HEALTHY MEALS RIGHT NOW, 1461 01:12:39,333 --> 01:12:43,567 SO I CAN'T DO THAT, AND MY ONLY REAL OPTION RIGHT NOW 1462 01:12:43,567 --> 01:12:44,900 IS FAST FOOD FOR THE FAMILY, 1463 01:12:44,900 --> 01:12:47,933 AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME FOR AN EXERCISE ROUTINE 1464 01:12:47,933 --> 01:12:51,067 RIGHT NOW BESIDE LIFTING THINGS AND CLEANING UP THIS PLACE. 1465 01:12:51,067 --> 01:12:53,333 WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE 1466 01:12:53,333 --> 01:12:55,667 TO REBUILD AND START OVER, 1467 01:12:55,667 --> 01:12:58,200 AND I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A FOLLOW UP WITH DR. NOW, 1468 01:12:58,200 --> 01:13:01,300 AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I HAVE TIME FOR THAT. 1469 01:13:01,300 --> 01:13:03,567 WITH THIS TRAGEDY AND MY FAMILY'S LOSS, 1470 01:13:03,567 --> 01:13:05,767 STICKING TO THE DIET AND THE DOCTOR'S PROGRAM, 1471 01:13:05,767 --> 01:13:07,300 IT JUST ISN'T MY HIGHEST PRIORITY RIGHT NOW, 1472 01:13:07,300 --> 01:13:10,267 AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE 1473 01:13:10,267 --> 01:13:11,867 BECAUSE I JUST HAVE TO FIX MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. 1474 01:13:17,367 --> 01:13:26,867 ** 1475 01:13:26,867 --> 01:13:36,367 ** 1476 01:13:36,367 --> 01:13:38,633 David: IT'S BEEN A ROUGH MONTH. 1477 01:13:38,633 --> 01:13:41,067 I DIDN'T REALIZE, WITH THE WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY, 1478 01:13:41,067 --> 01:13:43,567 THAT IF YOU HAVE BAD TEETH, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, 1479 01:13:43,567 --> 01:13:45,433 THERE CAN BE ISSUES WITH THEM, 1480 01:13:45,433 --> 01:13:48,933 WHICH NORMALLY ISN'T A PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE, 1481 01:13:48,933 --> 01:13:51,667 BUT MY TEETH, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN BAD, 1482 01:13:51,667 --> 01:13:54,500 SO IT'S BECOME A REAL PROBLEM, 1483 01:13:54,500 --> 01:13:58,333 AND THEY'VE STARTED HURTING A LOT. 1484 01:13:58,333 --> 01:14:03,933 MY TEETH HAVE STARTED TO CHIP AND BREAK AND HURT EVERY DAY. 1485 01:14:03,933 --> 01:14:07,867 I CAN'T EVEN BRUSH MY TEETH ANYMORE. 1486 01:14:07,867 --> 01:14:10,133 ** 1487 01:14:10,133 --> 01:14:15,100 ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER TOOTH BROKE RIGHT OFF LIKE IT WAS NOTHING, 1488 01:14:15,100 --> 01:14:17,633 AND I REALLY HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THEM. 1489 01:14:20,133 --> 01:14:23,267 BUT AS BAD AS THIS PAST MONTH HAS BEEN FOR ME, 1490 01:14:23,267 --> 01:14:27,967 IT'S BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD FOR BENJI. 1491 01:14:27,967 --> 01:14:29,967 HIS HOUSE GETTING DESTROYED IN THE HURRICANE 1492 01:14:29,967 --> 01:14:31,733 WAS TOUGH FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, 1493 01:14:34,133 --> 01:14:36,367 SO WHEN I HAPPENED, I WENT OVER TO SEE HOW HE'S DOING 1494 01:14:36,367 --> 01:14:37,933 AND TO TALK TO HIM 1495 01:14:37,933 --> 01:14:40,800 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS TRIAL TO STRESS HIM OUT TO THE POINT 1496 01:14:40,800 --> 01:14:44,333 WHERE HE'D START GOING TO FOOD JUST TO DEAL WITH IT. 1497 01:14:44,333 --> 01:14:47,967 WE HAD A GOOD TALK, BUT HE AND AMANDA ARE WORKING TO REBUILD IT 1498 01:14:47,967 --> 01:14:50,367 AND, HOPEFULLY, THEY'LL BE BACK TO NORMAL AGAIN, 1499 01:14:52,700 --> 01:14:59,200 BUT MY PAIN IS JUST SO BAD NOW, I HAVE TO GET HELP, 1500 01:14:59,200 --> 01:15:02,067 SO TODAY, MY SISTER IS GOING TO COME HERE. 1501 01:15:02,067 --> 01:15:04,067 SHE'LL GIVE ME A RIDE TO THE DENTIST. 1502 01:15:04,067 --> 01:15:07,100 ** 1503 01:15:07,100 --> 01:15:09,100 -YOU READY TO GO? -YEP. 1504 01:15:09,100 --> 01:15:13,267 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO. 1505 01:15:13,267 --> 01:15:14,333 David: BUT I'M WORRIED NOW. 1506 01:15:14,333 --> 01:15:16,233 I MAY HAVE AN INFECTION OR SOMETHING 1507 01:15:16,233 --> 01:15:18,133 BECAUSE THE PAIN IS UNBEARABLE. 1508 01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:22,733 BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE DENTIST IN MY LIFE, 1509 01:15:22,733 --> 01:15:26,433 SO I'M A LITTLE SCARED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 1510 01:15:26,433 --> 01:15:28,600 BUT EVEN THOUGH I'M TERRIFIED OF THE DENTIST, 1511 01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:31,267 I KNOW I HAVE TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. 1512 01:15:31,267 --> 01:15:34,433 I CAN'T GO ON WITH THE PROCESS OF LOSING THE WEIGHT 1513 01:15:34,433 --> 01:15:39,267 AND FOCUSING ON MY DIET AND EXERCISE WITH ALL THIS PAIN. 1514 01:15:39,267 --> 01:15:42,067 ** 1515 01:15:42,067 --> 01:15:44,067 [ CAR DOOR SHUTS ] 1516 01:15:45,267 --> 01:15:47,500 I HOPE THE DENTIST TODAY, THAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL ME 1517 01:15:47,500 --> 01:15:49,100 THAT HE CAN GIVE ME SOME KIND OF RELIEF 1518 01:15:49,100 --> 01:15:51,733 AND MAYBE SET OUT A GAME PLAN 1519 01:15:51,733 --> 01:15:56,433 ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO FIX THIS SITUATION. 1520 01:15:56,433 --> 01:15:58,300 -DAVID. -THIS IS DAVID. 1521 01:15:58,300 --> 01:15:59,533 -HOW YOU DOING? -NICE TO MEET YOU. 1522 01:15:59,533 --> 01:16:01,367 -I'M DOING ALL RIGHT. -HOW YOU FEELING TODAY? 1523 01:16:01,367 --> 01:16:03,600 HOW IS EVERYTHING FEELING OVERALL? 1524 01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:05,067 EVERY DAY, MY MOUTH HURTS. 1525 01:16:05,067 --> 01:16:06,733 IT IS SO PAINFUL. 1526 01:16:06,733 --> 01:16:08,300 ALL RIGHT. 1527 01:16:08,300 --> 01:16:11,100 I'M GOING TO LEAN YOU BACK, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE 1528 01:16:11,100 --> 01:16:16,167 THAT EVERYTHING IS CLEAR FOR YOU TO SEE. 1529 01:16:16,167 --> 01:16:17,433 ALL RIGHT. 1530 01:16:17,433 --> 01:16:19,233 THAT RIGHT THERE, THAT BLACK. 1531 01:16:19,233 --> 01:16:20,500 YOU SEE THAT, DAVID? -MM-HMM. 1532 01:16:20,500 --> 01:16:22,067 THAT'S A CAVITY. 1533 01:16:22,067 --> 01:16:26,067 I COULD TELL YOU THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER SOME TIME. 1534 01:16:26,067 --> 01:16:28,800 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE, 1535 01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:32,700 SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO GET THIS BACK TO NORMAL. 1536 01:16:32,700 --> 01:16:37,667 IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A GOOD MONTH TO MAKE THAT TRANSFORMED. 1537 01:16:37,667 --> 01:16:39,900 DAVID HAS SEVERAL THINGS GOING ON IN HIS MOUTH. 1538 01:16:39,900 --> 01:16:42,633 HE'S GOT INFECTION FROM BROKEN TEETH. 1539 01:16:42,633 --> 01:16:45,700 HE'S GOT RAMPANT TEETH DECAY ON MOST TEETH. 1540 01:16:45,700 --> 01:16:47,567 HE'S GOT DIET ISSUES FROM THE PAST 1541 01:16:47,567 --> 01:16:49,133 THAT HAVE AFFECTED ALL THIS, 1542 01:16:49,133 --> 01:16:50,500 AND SO WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH 1543 01:16:50,500 --> 01:16:52,667 IS TAKE ALL THE BAD TEETH OUT THAT ARE BROKEN, 1544 01:16:52,667 --> 01:16:55,833 INFECTED AND THEN JUST RESTORE HIS TEETH 1545 01:16:55,833 --> 01:16:59,800 TO A NORMAL SHAPE, SIZE, AND APPEARANCE THAT HE'S HAPPY WITH. 1546 01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:05,267 ** 1547 01:17:05,267 --> 01:17:10,700 ** 1548 01:17:10,700 --> 01:17:14,400 Benji: IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG MONTH. 1549 01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:16,267 ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN LIVING AT A HOTEL 1550 01:17:16,267 --> 01:17:19,133 EVER SINCE OUR HOUSE HAS BEEN DESTROYED, 1551 01:17:19,133 --> 01:17:21,133 AND IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD, 1552 01:17:21,133 --> 01:17:24,333 AND THE MOST CHALLENGING PART IS IS JUST NOT KNOWING 1553 01:17:24,333 --> 01:17:25,567 HOW LONG EVERYTHING IS GOING TO TAKE 1554 01:17:25,567 --> 01:17:28,267 TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK IN THE HOUSE. 1555 01:17:28,267 --> 01:17:32,667 SO WE'RE ALL JUST DOING WHAT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THIS TIME. 1556 01:17:32,667 --> 01:17:36,900 IT'S CRAMPED HERE FOR A FAMILY, AND THAT'S STRESSFUL, 1557 01:17:36,900 --> 01:17:39,167 AND WE DON'T HAVE A FULL KITCHEN, 1558 01:17:39,167 --> 01:17:40,967 SO WE'RE STILL NOT ABLE TO REALLY PREPARE 1559 01:17:40,967 --> 01:17:43,067 A LOT OF HEALTHY MEALS. 1560 01:17:43,067 --> 01:17:45,400 WHAT WE EAT HAS TO BE FAST AND SIMPLE, 1561 01:17:45,400 --> 01:17:49,533 SO FAST FOOD IS THE OPTION SOMETIMES. 1562 01:17:49,533 --> 01:17:52,900 IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE CAN'T COOK GOOD, HEALTHY MEALS, 1563 01:17:52,900 --> 01:17:55,633 SO WE'RE JUST HAVING LITTLE THINGS ON THE GO. 1564 01:17:55,633 --> 01:17:59,233 IT'S JUST NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN USED TO FOR A WHILE. 1565 01:17:59,233 --> 01:18:02,067 ** 1566 01:18:02,067 --> 01:18:05,533 Benji: BECAUSE OF THE SURGERY, I CAN'T REALLY OVEREAT, 1567 01:18:05,533 --> 01:18:08,300 SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GOING OFF THE RAILS RIGHT NOW, 1568 01:18:08,300 --> 01:18:10,100 AND I'M STICKING WITH IT THE BEST I CAN 1569 01:18:10,100 --> 01:18:12,167 AND TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS I CAN. 1570 01:18:16,300 --> 01:18:19,200 BUT THE OPTIONS ARE VERY LIMITED. 1571 01:18:19,200 --> 01:18:21,467 I'M AT LEAST TRYING TO EXERCISE, 1572 01:18:21,467 --> 01:18:25,233 BUT THERE AREN'T A LOT OF OPTIONS TO DO THAT, EITHER. 1573 01:18:25,233 --> 01:18:26,567 WE'RE IN THIS SMALL AREA, 1574 01:18:26,567 --> 01:18:30,200 AND THERE'S NO GYM OR PLACES TO WALK AROUND HERE. 1575 01:18:30,200 --> 01:18:31,733 SO AMANDA AND ME TRY TO WALK THE STAIRS 1576 01:18:31,733 --> 01:18:35,067 WHEN WE CAN AND GET SOME EXERCISE IN, 1577 01:18:35,067 --> 01:18:37,900 SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AT LEAST SOMETHING. 1578 01:18:37,900 --> 01:18:40,700 I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN RIGHT NOW. 1579 01:18:40,700 --> 01:18:44,067 IT'S JUST HARD, AND I STILL CAN'T MAKE IT A PRIORITY, 1580 01:18:44,067 --> 01:18:45,433 SO I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP 1581 01:18:45,433 --> 01:18:48,267 WITH ALL MY DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS RIGHT NOW, EITHER. 1582 01:18:48,267 --> 01:18:50,167 THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON BETWEEN WORK 1583 01:18:50,167 --> 01:18:53,100 AND TRYING TO GET THE HOUSE BACK, 1584 01:18:53,100 --> 01:18:54,900 BUT DAVID DID TALK TO ME TO ENCOURAGE ME, 1585 01:18:54,900 --> 01:18:57,767 AND HE REMINDED ME OF MY PROMISE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS TOGETHER, 1586 01:18:57,767 --> 01:19:01,633 AND I TOLD HIM I INTEND TO KEEP IT, 1587 01:19:01,633 --> 01:19:04,133 BUT HE TOLD ME HE WASN'T GOING TO ANOTHER DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT 1588 01:19:04,133 --> 01:19:06,567 UNTIL I COULD MAKE IT AGAIN, 1589 01:19:06,567 --> 01:19:11,100 SO I TOLD HIM TO JUST GIVE ME A COUPLE MONTHS AND I'LL BE BACK 1590 01:19:11,100 --> 01:19:12,900 BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ON MY SHOULDERS 1591 01:19:12,900 --> 01:19:15,833 I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF FIRST, 1592 01:19:15,833 --> 01:19:18,400 BUT WHEN I GO BACK FOR MY NEXT APPOINTMENT, 1593 01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:20,400 I'M JUST HOPING I STAYED ON TRACK. 1594 01:19:26,400 --> 01:19:32,700 ** 1595 01:19:32,700 --> 01:19:39,067 ** 1596 01:19:39,067 --> 01:19:41,600 Dr. Montz: CAN YOU SEE? 1597 01:19:41,600 --> 01:19:45,200 David: THIS HAS BEEN A HARD JOURNEY FOR ME AND BENJI, 1598 01:19:45,200 --> 01:19:48,700 AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING OVER A HUMP RIGHT NOW. 1599 01:19:48,700 --> 01:19:51,500 I NEVER COULD IMAGINE MY LIFE WOULD CHANGE SO MUCH 1600 01:19:51,500 --> 01:19:53,600 IN JUST A YEAR. 1601 01:19:53,600 --> 01:19:54,800 AND I AM REALLY THANKFUL 1602 01:19:54,800 --> 01:19:57,900 FOR ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR. 1603 01:19:57,900 --> 01:19:59,400 YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE DAY 1. 1604 01:19:59,400 --> 01:20:01,100 MY GIRLFRIEND IS CALLING. 1605 01:20:01,100 --> 01:20:02,800 UH OH, SHE WANTS TO SEE. 1606 01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:04,033 Mary: Let me see them. 1607 01:20:04,033 --> 01:20:05,300 ARE YOU READY? 1608 01:20:05,300 --> 01:20:06,533 I'm ready. 1609 01:20:06,533 --> 01:20:08,700 Oh, they look so good. 1610 01:20:08,700 --> 01:20:10,167 ALL RIGHT. I LOVE YOU. 1611 01:20:10,167 --> 01:20:12,567 -Love you, too. -ALL RIGHT. BYE. 1612 01:20:12,567 --> 01:20:15,033 David: I'M MAKING SO MUCH PROGRESS, 1613 01:20:15,033 --> 01:20:17,467 AND BENJI IS GETTING HIS HOUSE BACK IN ORDER, 1614 01:20:17,467 --> 01:20:19,733 SO THINGS ARE GOING WELL. 1615 01:20:19,733 --> 01:20:21,300 LOOK AT YOU. YOU'VE GOT SOME PEARLY WHITES. 1616 01:20:21,300 --> 01:20:23,033 -YEAH. -FEELING GOOD? 1617 01:20:23,033 --> 01:20:26,100 DON'T EVEN LOOK THE SAME. 1618 01:20:26,100 --> 01:20:28,933 David: BUT HE'S BEEN REALLY BUSY AND TIED UP WITH HIS HOME REPAIRS 1619 01:20:28,933 --> 01:20:31,500 AND GETTING HIS LIFE BACK IN ORDER. 1620 01:20:31,500 --> 01:20:34,000 THAT AND WORK HAVE TAKEN ALL HIS TIME, 1621 01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:36,867 SO HE JUST HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO SEE DR. NOW, 1622 01:20:36,867 --> 01:20:39,000 AND OUR NEXT CHECKUP IS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, 1623 01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:41,767 AND I TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS TO MAKE IT TO THIS ONE, 1624 01:20:41,767 --> 01:20:43,233 AND HE SAID HE WILL. 1625 01:20:43,233 --> 01:20:45,967 I JUST HOPE HE'S BEEN ABLE TO STAY ON TRACK LIKE HE NEEDS, 1626 01:20:45,967 --> 01:20:48,033 AND I HOPE THAT HIS PROGRESS IS GOOD. 1627 01:20:48,033 --> 01:20:57,000 ** 1628 01:20:57,000 --> 01:21:06,067 ** 1629 01:21:06,067 --> 01:21:07,833 Benji: ACCORDING TO DR. NOW, TO STAY ON TRACK, 1630 01:21:07,833 --> 01:21:10,067 I NEED TO HAVE LOST AT LEAST 30 POUNDS A MONTH. 1631 01:21:10,067 --> 01:21:11,900 I DID MAKE IT FOR ONE FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT 1632 01:21:11,900 --> 01:21:13,200 RIGHT BEFORE THE HURRICANE HIT, 1633 01:21:13,200 --> 01:21:14,467 AND I WAS 398, 1634 01:21:14,467 --> 01:21:16,133 SO THAT MEANS I SHOULD BE AT 278 1635 01:21:16,133 --> 01:21:19,100 TO HAVE STAYED ON TRACK. 1636 01:21:19,700 --> 01:21:21,267 WOW. THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN I THOUGHT. 1637 01:21:21,267 --> 01:21:23,067 GOOD JOB, BENJI. 1638 01:21:23,067 --> 01:21:25,867 THAT NUMBER IS A HUGE RELIEF RIGHT NOW. 1639 01:21:25,867 --> 01:21:28,233 David: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS NUMBER IS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. 1640 01:21:30,667 --> 01:21:34,100 I WAS 456 THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, 1641 01:21:34,100 --> 01:21:36,500 AND I'M FEELING GOOD ABOUT MY PROGRESS. 1642 01:21:36,500 --> 01:21:39,533 ** 1643 01:21:39,533 --> 01:21:41,900 DANG! 1644 01:21:41,900 --> 01:21:43,633 THAT'S AMAZING. 1645 01:21:43,633 --> 01:21:45,233 WE SET OUT TO DO THIS TOGETHER 1646 01:21:45,233 --> 01:21:47,067 AND TO GET OUR LIVES BACK TOGETHER, 1647 01:21:47,067 --> 01:21:51,933 AND TO SEE THAT HAPPENING, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. 1648 01:21:51,933 --> 01:21:52,967 -HELLO. -HELLO. 1649 01:21:52,967 --> 01:21:54,833 -HOW Y'ALL DOING? -DOING PRETTY GOOD. 1650 01:21:54,833 --> 01:21:56,333 -DOING FINE. -ALL RIGHT. 1651 01:21:56,333 --> 01:21:58,900 DAVID, YOU'RE ALMOST HALF OF THE PERSON YOU WERE BEFORE. 1652 01:21:58,900 --> 01:22:00,300 OH, YEAH. 1653 01:22:00,300 --> 01:22:03,600 WELL, YOU'VE DONE GOOD, AND YOU KEEP LOSING WEIGHT, 1654 01:22:03,600 --> 01:22:04,900 AND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, 1655 01:22:04,900 --> 01:22:08,433 YOU'LL BE READY FOR SOME EXCESS SKIN REMOVAL. 1656 01:22:08,433 --> 01:22:09,667 SOUNDS GOOD. 1657 01:22:09,667 --> 01:22:13,433 BENJI, YOU'RE DOWN A TOTAL OF 324 POUNDS. 1658 01:22:13,433 --> 01:22:14,700 EXACTLY. 1659 01:22:14,700 --> 01:22:17,533 FIVE POUNDS MORE THAN DAVID, YOU CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. 1660 01:22:17,533 --> 01:22:20,233 I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED THAT, SO HOW YOU FEEL WITH THAT? 1661 01:22:20,233 --> 01:22:22,300 -FEEL GOOD. -GREAT. ALL RIGHT. 1662 01:22:22,300 --> 01:22:24,500 SO WE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO, 1663 01:22:24,500 --> 01:22:26,800 BUT OVERALL, I'M PROUD OF BOTH OF YOU. 1664 01:22:26,800 --> 01:22:28,733 YOU'VE DONE VERY WELL. 1665 01:22:28,733 --> 01:22:33,633 STICK WITH THE PROGRAM, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT SKIN SURGERY. 1666 01:22:33,633 --> 01:22:37,133 -I'M READY. -ALL RIGHT. SEE Y'ALL LATER. 1667 01:22:37,133 --> 01:22:38,967 David: WE AREN'T AT OUR TARGET WEIGHTS YET, 1668 01:22:38,967 --> 01:22:40,867 AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, 1669 01:22:40,867 --> 01:22:43,067 BUT I'M JUST SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW, 1670 01:22:43,067 --> 01:22:44,833 AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF BOTH OF US 1671 01:22:44,833 --> 01:22:48,500 AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN JUST THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 1672 01:22:48,500 --> 01:22:51,533 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT MORE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO 1673 01:22:51,533 --> 01:22:53,400 ON OUR OWN AND TOGETHER. 1674 01:22:53,400 --> 01:23:00,333 ** 1675 01:23:00,333 --> 01:23:07,233 ** 1676 01:23:07,233 --> 01:23:11,067 FOR MOST OF OUR LIVES, ME AND BENJI HAD TO MISS OUT ON STUFF. 1677 01:23:11,067 --> 01:23:13,700 WE WERE JUST TOO BIG. 1678 01:23:13,700 --> 01:23:17,533 I COULD BARELY GET AROUND AND GOING OUT ON SOMETHING 1679 01:23:17,533 --> 01:23:21,067 LIKE A BOAT WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION, 1680 01:23:21,067 --> 01:23:22,867 UNLESS IT WAS A REALLY BIG BOAT, 1681 01:23:26,367 --> 01:23:28,067 SO WE CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE LAST TIME 1682 01:23:28,067 --> 01:23:31,267 WE WERE ABLE TO GO FISHING. 1683 01:23:31,267 --> 01:23:33,867 BUT WITH HOW SMALL WE BOTH ARE NOW, 1684 01:23:33,867 --> 01:23:36,667 WE CAN START TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS. 1685 01:23:36,667 --> 01:23:38,467 WE'VE LOST A BUNCH OF WEIGHT TOGETHER. 1686 01:23:38,467 --> 01:23:41,067 NOW, WE LIKE TO GET OUT, DO A LOT MORE STUFF. 1687 01:23:41,067 --> 01:23:43,733 IT'S BROUGHT US A LOT CLOSER TOGETHER. 1688 01:23:43,733 --> 01:23:48,633 A DAY LIKE TODAY MAKES ME GRATEFUL TO JUST BE ALIVE. 1689 01:23:48,633 --> 01:23:52,333 A YEAR AGO, I WAS A DEAD MAN, BUT NOW, 1690 01:23:52,333 --> 01:23:54,067 I HAVE A LOT OF HOPE FOR MY FUTURE. 1691 01:23:54,067 --> 01:23:57,067 I HAVE A LOT OF HOPE FOR MY BROTHER'S FUTURE. 1692 01:23:57,067 --> 01:23:59,467 IT'S STILL NICE TO BE OUT HERE, EVEN IF WE DON'T CATCH NOTHING, 1693 01:23:59,467 --> 01:24:02,533 JUST TO GET OUT HERE AND RELAX. 1694 01:24:02,533 --> 01:24:03,767 IT WAS HARD LOSING ALL THE WEIGHT, 1695 01:24:03,767 --> 01:24:05,067 BUT NOW, I SEE THE DIFFERENCE, 1696 01:24:05,067 --> 01:24:07,067 SO I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE WHERE I'M AT. 1697 01:24:07,067 --> 01:24:10,867 ** 1698 01:24:10,867 --> 01:24:13,633 I WAS ON MY WAY TO 600 POUNDS, 1699 01:24:13,633 --> 01:24:16,633 AND THAT REALLY LIMITED BEING WITH MY FAMILY. 1700 01:24:16,633 --> 01:24:17,933 BUT THIS IS THE LIFE I WANT, 1701 01:24:17,933 --> 01:24:19,300 AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK 1702 01:24:19,300 --> 01:24:22,200 TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS THERE. 1703 01:24:22,200 --> 01:24:25,433 I KNOW HARD TIMES WILL COME AGAIN, 1704 01:24:25,433 --> 01:24:27,067 AND I KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, 1705 01:24:27,067 --> 01:24:28,900 I CAN GET THROUGH IT WITHOUT COMPROMISE 1706 01:24:28,900 --> 01:24:31,833 OR GIVING UP CONTROL OF MY LIFE. 1707 01:24:31,833 --> 01:24:34,500 I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE LIFE AND THE FUTURE I HAVE NOW, 1708 01:24:34,500 --> 01:24:36,567 FOR MYSELF AND WITH MY FAMILY. 1709 01:24:36,567 --> 01:24:41,200 ** 1710 01:24:41,200 --> 01:24:42,767 David: WHEN YOU'RE AS BIG AS WE WERE, 1711 01:24:42,767 --> 01:24:45,167 YOU DON'T FIT IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE, 1712 01:24:45,167 --> 01:24:48,133 AND NOW, WE DO, AND SO WE CAN GO OUT 1713 01:24:48,133 --> 01:24:50,900 AND DO THINGS WITH THE PEOPLE WE CARE ABOUT, 1714 01:24:50,900 --> 01:24:53,967 SO I'VE BEEN TAKING MARY OUT ON DATES. 1715 01:24:53,967 --> 01:24:56,967 I WAS 600 POUNDS WHEN SHE FIRST MET ME, 1716 01:24:56,967 --> 01:25:01,500 AND NOW, I'M SMALLER THAN SHE'S EVER SEEN ME. 1717 01:25:01,500 --> 01:25:03,167 STRIKE ONE! 1718 01:25:03,167 --> 01:25:06,400 AND I FEEL LIKE A WHOLE NEW PERSON. 1719 01:25:06,400 --> 01:25:09,333 YOU'RE DOING BETTER THAN ME. 1720 01:25:09,333 --> 01:25:12,700 AND I CAN START TO GIVE HER THE LIFE SHE DESERVES 1721 01:25:12,700 --> 01:25:16,067 AND NOT ONE WHERE SHE'S JUST TAKING CARE OF ME ALL DAY, 1722 01:25:16,067 --> 01:25:18,433 SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT OUR FUTURE, 1723 01:25:18,433 --> 01:25:22,433 AND I'M NOT MESSING UP MY LIFE BECAUSE OF FOOD EVER AGAIN. 1724 01:25:22,433 --> 01:25:25,133 AND I'M NOT LETTING BENJI GO BACK EITHER. 1725 01:25:25,133 --> 01:25:26,500 I KNOW BY DOING THIS TOGETHER, 1726 01:25:26,500 --> 01:25:29,067 WE'LL KEEP EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, 1727 01:25:29,067 --> 01:25:31,133 AND I'M MAKING SURE FROM HERE ON OUT, 1728 01:25:31,133 --> 01:25:32,200 I'M GOING TO LEAVE MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST. 1728 01:25:33,305 --> 01:26:33,694 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm