The one I was really rooting for was Melissa. She was just so positive and so determined to lose the weight. She eventually became a counselor for other people who were going through weight loss surgery. I did hear she gained some weight back (she's around 200), but I have no doubt she'll be one of the success stories. I remember she said that originally as a child she was molested by a relative and turned to food for comfort, and believed that by gaining weight, she felt she'd make herself unattractive, which would protect her from her abuser.
Billy Robbins disturbs me, big time, although not nearly as much as his mother. So like, your son's 800+ pounds, and you have to give him sponge baths because he can't fit in the fucking shower -- and then you're at the grocery store, fulling up the buggy with chips, pop, cookies, sugary cereal, ice cream, etc. But he likes good food -- broccoli -- but of course, you can't have broccoli without cheese! And if that isn't bad enough, on the way home you stop off at McDonalds for his lunch: 2 Big Macs, large fries and a large coke.
Dinner? Why two sloppy joe sandwiches (smothered in ketchup) and fries. (Couldn't you at LEAST fucking put them in the oven?)
I"m not saying he doesn't bear some responsibility -- dude's 19. But good god, women. I have no doubt if Billy did make an attempt to lose the weight, Mommy Dearest would freak the fuck out and do everything she could to sabotage his efforts.
After reading this thread, I completely lost my appetite. Anyone who has trouble dieting needs to watch that show. How can you love food so much that you'd rather lie in your own filth, letting your body rot and grow fungus, making your kid wipe your ass, rather than try and live a normal life? There are people out there who are bed-ridden through no fault of their own who lose control of their bodies, and naturally have to deal with this kind of thing. (A stroke, a serious accident, some kind of serious illness, etc)
But to do it just for
food? I know it's a mental disorder, but good god, my sympathy only goes so far. It's not an excuse for being a dick, as long as you're of sound mind. And James K. obviously knows right from wrong, he just doesn't give a shit. So it's okay to abuse his family. I can't imagine anything more humiliating than letting anyone in my family clean up my shit, or whatever, and the idea that I was doing so voluntarily, that I could choose to do something to change that? FUCK THAT SHIT. (No pun intended)
And to ruin his daughter's future like that? WTF? His girlfriend wants to throw her life away? Fine. Their daughter? No.
I just, I cannot.