We don't have an overview translated in English.
We don't have an overview translated in English.
A look at the participants of season two as they step into their futures with fully transformed bodies.
In an enhanced episode, two sisters overcome obesity, but extra skin is hurting their social lives; and a man’s extra skin is keeping him from his family and his job that he lost because of his weight.
We don't have an overview translated in English.
Annette, once 650-lbs, lost over half of her body weight, but her excess skin is a painful reminder of years of an overeating addiction. As a young girl, Annette's siblings brought bags of junk food to keep her occupied in her room while they delved into drugs. Addictive behavior was a family norm, and by age nine Annette was habitually overeating. At 18, she weighed 500 pounds. Annette topped 650 at the time of her weight loss surgery. As the pounds came off, the stretched skin became excessive. It now drapes from her stomach, legs and arms - barring her from the active family life she dreams of. Callisto lost 250-lbs & became a model but the shame of her loose skin put her passion & marriage on hold. Calisto was an active child growing up on her family farm, but contact with pesticides caused her to be bed ridden for most of her teens. As a result of this illness, she gained hundreds of pounds. At 420 lbs she was miserable and hopeless. The birth of her niece gave her the inspiration to seek out gastric bypass surgery, so that she could one day get married and have a family of her own. Unfortunately, the rapid extreme weight loss left her body looking like a melted candle. Currently, she's living a lie, hiding the pounds of excess skin from her fiance. He wants to get married soon, but she's put the wedding on hold until she can get rid of the skin. Surgery is the only way she can get rid of the skin and, ultimately, walk down the aisle.
Sarah turned to food for comfort during her damaging childhood, but her 220-lb weight loss left her with painful sagging skin. At 500-lbs, Roger overcame a challenging life to raise his children but his 300-lb weight loss gave him restricting excess skin.
Kylie, who reached 321-lbs by age 18, had a weight loss surgery leaving her with a life-threatening infection. Now she's 21 and 150-lbs lighter, but she's covered in excess skin. Anna lost 250-lbs, but fears her extra skin makes her look unprofessional.
After her husband suddenly passed away, Jenae reached 512-lbs, but now her excess skin hides her dramatic weight loss. Even though Julie lost 191-lbs, her excess skin is a constant reminder her of her obesity and how it damaged her marriage.
Brenda lost 260-lbs, but her excess skin is forcing her to lose her marriage. Mellisa's past relationship with food landed her at 307-lbs, but her 180-lb weight loss left her with loose skin which is affecting her relationship with her daughters.
Holly lost 200lbs after a life of abuse, but now skin floods from her waistline and keeps her from the wedding of her dreams. With diet and exercise alone, Mark lost 254lbs in 2 years, but a health scare could affect his upcoming skin removal surgery.
Megan lost 245-lbs after being bullied in high school, but is still constantly tormented when she sees her dramatic loose skin in the mirror. Ashley, who was once a 400-lb college student, lost 220-lbs but gained excess skin that leaves her in pain.
Julie's globs of excess skin cause her to recoil from the touch of her children; Andrew shed 300-lbs. by spending every spare moment in the gym, but is now engulfed in empty skin that's killing his dream of body-building.
