Well, it's been an eventful day here. How about some good old-fashioned livecapping of something else - like MSHPL!
Will also be watching Yaba's live of this.
Holy shit, what the hell is Thederick hauling in the preview? Is that a nutsack?
Thederick, 32 years old, Gretna, Fl, weight unknown
Waking up, cpap clinging to your face like an alien must be cheery. Up and at 'em, dude! Goddamned, it IS a nutsack!
Can't brush against anything or his legs will stat leaking. Gross. Lives with mom, who I suppose is his enabler. Mom says his mobility gets "lesser and lesser" each year. You don't say! We don't get a shower scene. Instead it's a sponge bath in bed. She just called him "little boy". Woman, that boy ain't little.
He loves the ice cream man? This man is 32 years old and has "an account with the ice cream man". Good lord, this is fucking sad. His exercise is walking outside for the ice cream man. Three sodas, two bags of hot funyons, ice cream sandwich, nutty buddy, and a couple other things. Goddamn. This is just the START of his breakfast. After this, he "saves some snacks" for later, and usually orders a pizza. Well, he orders pizza, not A pizza. Two large pizzas, cheesy bread, two orders of wings. He eats this in one sitting and is STILL hungry, and thinks about what he's going to order next.
Obligatory sad backstory!
He was always chubby as a kid, and as he got older, he got bigger. Oh come on. Your tragedy is your great-grandmother dying, and your grandmother dying on Halloween? So he ate all his candy that night, went to school at 100-ish pounds, gained more weight. Lost his father at 9, was close to him, ate more. In the 200s by the time he was 12. Sounds like a linebacker in development. 300 pounds or so by the time he got to high school.
Moms doesn't leave anyone with him, because she doesn't know what people will say to him. That he's a fatty? He knows.
Wait, his dad was just in prison? So what is this "I lost my father suddenly" crap? Pops doesn't want to spend time with him, he's hurt, etc. - oh, depression, but not a formal diagnosis, I bet. By the time he was 22, he was 500-ish. Had a lymphedema, just kept getting bigger, so it got bigger. Now all he does is sit around and eat because he "doesn't have anything else to do". JFC, dude, you could read a fucking book or ten.
Now he's eating an entire plate full of cinnamon rolls. He was put in ICU for fluid in his lings/around his heart, and couldn't eat for two days. Probably one of the best things to happen to him. Hypertension, hypothyroid (not hyper as he says, I think), and lymphedema. He's well enough to march into the kitchen to get food, though. Mom doesn't think of herself as an enabler. Really? You brought an entire tote of candy. Buy some damn lettuce.
Just like other deathfats, he doesn't seem to want to do anything to change or just live with a little discomfort.
I should add that Gretna is a very rural, very poor kind of place, like many others.
More snacks! M&Ms, sodas, some kind of chips? Whatever, it's all shit food.
First ad break at :17 minute mark. I'm not feeling particularly charitable today, so Thederick better get his shit together.
And we're back! Mom says his sister and brother are coming over to talk to him about this shit. Mom wants him to go to Houston and see Dr Gnome. He thinks his sister and brother are coming to talk him into going and he doesn't really want to. Sister's a wee thing Brother is normal sized. Time for The Talk! Bro says man, you gotta take control of your life and weight. time to eat! He says his weight is holding him back from all sorts of things, dude, we know! Wow, potato salad, green beans, sweet tea, is that a bbq sandwich? Whatever, that must be about 2K calories.
Let's go to HOUSTON! Minivan, and he crawls in the back. He's nervous - I would be too. There are some logistical issues going on here. He manages to pull his legs in so moms can close the back door. He's concerned about how he's going to pee because he won't be able to get out to do it. They're breaking it up over three days. He's been snacking the entire time on junk food. Time to stop. It should be interesting how he gets himself out of the car. Mom has to manhandle the giant nutsack so he can wiggle out of the car. He manages to get up and walk into the hotel room. He hopes all this ain't for nothin, cause that would be a tragedy.
Ad break! Halfway through the first hour, and we're already on the road to Houston! Ads for Planet Fitness and some kind of root coverup for hair. I wonder if Chantal and Big Al are watching, LOL. They're shilling Discovery+ hard. There seem to be a TON of ads this ep. This is the THIRD Discovery+ ad in this ad break alone.
Aaand we're back on the road! We've made it to Baton Rouge, LA. Mmm-mmm. LA got some fine food. Not that these deathfats appreciate it. Speaking of food, what are we dining on? Burgers. LOL. This boy bitching about the lack of lettuce on the burger. So we have a burger, a hot dog, fries(?) it seems. He seems to think they're going to push through to Houston, but nah. We are in Houston! He's scared to meet Dr Gnome. You should be, dude. Once more trying to get out of the car.
No shoes. Of course. He says he's nervous about getting on the scale, and I say amen, dude, you should be. Ah, my favorite unsmiling nurse! Time for a weigh in! I'm gonna say this boy's pushing 750 pounds. But before that, ad break! Of course! 40 minute mark. Discovery+ ad count this break: 3 Colbie Caillet's Brighter Than the Sun for Arnold Bread.
We're back! How'd we do? Scale says: 740 Yup, legit.
Dr Gnome! How y'all doin'? Good to meetcha! What brings you down here?
Weight loss surgery. Dude, you've seen this show, you know how this goes. Mom says a few weeks ago, he gave her a scare he was so out of breath. Dr Gnome laying down the law for it. He asks what Thederick does all day. At least he's honest and says he just sits around all day. Dr Gnome says what is he willing to do to get to his target to do the hard work. He says yeah, but we know how this is. Instructions! 1200-calorie diet! Follow diet! You should be able to lose 80 pound in one munt.
Dr Gnome says you have an eating disorder and that will have to change. He points out that the dude doesn't have a lot of time left. It should be no problem if you follow the diet and exercise. He's concerned about the travel, and both of them need to move down to Houston, but go to a doctor on the other end to make sure his body is ok. See you next month! I bet moms is going to sabotage all this. Dude's not happy. He's got a defeatist attitude. Mom says no compromise. We'll see how long that lasts. He's big (ha!) talk about having the dedication/motivation. He says he'll lose 80 if mom will lose 40.
Hallway talk with Dr Gnome! It would be easy for Thederick to keep gaining and get to 800, 900 pounds and become completely bedridden. But he'll have to do the work in order to work with Dr Gnome. His condition is so dire, Dr Gnonme doesn't want to wait the usual two months.
Thederick says he has a lot of life to live, so he's gonna do this. Two weeks later.
Now he's playing games on his phone. He's walking around two times a day and ripped up his shoes. Time for breakfast! Are they following Dr Gnome's plan? Mom is repairing his shoes. He's grunting like a bear, which I guess seems accurate. Eggs for breakfast. And to drink? Water. Well, this is good, at least. Mom says, all you saying is what you CAN'T do, and you know, she's right. So they are walking to the trash can at the road. He's pulling the trash can in. Wow. I am...surprised. Walk's over. Time to go back inside.
And that is the end of the first hour! Ad break. Discovery+ ad count: 2
