Eating Is My Only Reason To Live | My 600 LB Life

[@Michellemcd543]

Check out the last upload! Is Ballet becoming "Body Positive" will ballerinas become 300 lbs and "healthy?" kzbin.info/www/bejne/oITahaR-ibGqi5Y

[@emilyswanson8269]

Michelle I need you to know that trixie mattel and laganja estranja released a beautlful new lipstick named after hot Cheetos . It’s a gorgeous red orange and I think you need it

[@Gonegoneby]

Loved the ballerina video

[@amberhartzog9851]

Hi Michelle, I'm looking for advice . I exercise consistently and want to turn my bat wings into pythons. I Thought you'd know of a place that could teach and challenge me.

[@MyDuckSaysFucc]

Michelle, the statistics you have at 0:46 do not appear comparable? It was 178 per 3,000 candidates in that particular study. Anorexia is said to have the highest mortality of all psychiatric diseases. It is very serious. Looking at some statistics online, it seemed that it was 2nd place to the obesity and binge eating related deaths, however it was very close.

[@Digitalhunny]

@7:57 she's not asking for the surgery. She's asking to be admitted, you know like Tammy Slayton & others have been. She said, "Is there some place I could go, to help me lose weight, instead of going home?" Remember she's got ADHD, food helps with her lack of dopamine. BUT, also her having ADHD & _not_ being medicated, means she's impulsive & she's going to act without thinking. She needs her mother or better support like being admitted.

[@sheeplywaltz5183]

It's sad how she's choosing food over her daughter, the same way that her father chose drugs over her...

[@DeadOnInfil]

Yeah it's an awful situation

[@amulangasnalgasguangas5148]

so sad when parents abuse and neglect their kids the same way their parents did… so many broken adults

[@jesussaves6625]

Addicts all have the same behaviors really, no matter what they're addicted to. It's really sad to see.

[@Somebody9666]

She's choosing *herself* over her daugther. Not just food..

[@tony_5156]

At that point take the kid away from her

[@whocares7093]

Her dad chose his addiction over her and now she is failing to see that she is doing the exact same thing with her own daughter. I feel so sorry for her child and her mom.

[@CashewNuts0]

I wish someone would say those exact words to her. Maybe it would spark something in her conscience.

[@MamaMOB]

She's not failing to see it she just doesn't care.

[@disisnotmysandwich]

@@MamaMOB 100%

[@krgxo]

She also clearly doesn’t care about herself either, it’s very sad. She clearly isn’t mentally okay.

[@Omnihilo]

She knows exactly what she's doing, she doesn't give a 💩. Believe me or not, I've known similar people that thought what they were doing was funny.

[@beesquestionmark]

It’s so insane to me that she blames her dad leaving her for all her issues, and then LEAVES HER OWN CHILD BECAUSE SHE CANT STOP STUFFING HER FACE FOR ONE SECOND. The hypocrisy is outrageous.

[@makeupbyslooo]

she claim she didn't know how she only lost 17 lbs. SHE WONT STOP EATING!!!!

[@alaska4939]

It's a vicious cycle of misery that's hard to break out of for a lot of people.

[@beesquestionmark]

@@alaska4939I know, it’s beyond sad to see it happen so many times to so many people

[@inuandkagome4eva]

Dolly's mother is the best parent I've seen on 600lbs life. She did not enable her at any point. She literally cooked every single meal and did not physically give her more portions. No one can control Dolly 24.7 but herself. And I love that when Dolly left, the mother stood her ground and still does. Most of the parents never have any backbone to create any real and lasting consequences/boundaries. Also Dolly should definitely be ashamed of herself. She is a full blown addict, literally despicable.

[@Memoreism]

There's some small part that tells me there somewhere in there Dolly really does want to change, even if it's just 40 pounds in 8 months. Of course, she'd lose a lot more if she cut down to 2k calories like most people.

[@DackRedd-q5z]

​@Memoreism she wants to change. But she doesn't want to have to put any work into it or be inconvenienced by it. And in reality she doesn't want to change. Because then people wouldn't care about her 24/7 or make her feel special

[@eldritchabomination]

Addiction is an illness, calling someone despicable for it isn’t going to help

[@edadragneel1569]

@@eldritchabominationI wouldn’t say she’s despicable because of her addiction to food, but because of the way she treats the people in her life. Her mother helped her in so many ways and was always there for her, only for Dolly to abandon her because she was doing exactly what they both agreed to do. Then, Dolly tried to make her feel bad about not taking her back. Also, she abandoned her daughter (not just once, but MULTIPLE TIMES), KNOWING what that kind of abandonment can do to someone and just simply not caring. THATS what’s despicable.

[@tipziegurl7998]

@@eldritchabomination As someone who comes from a family of addicts. Addiction is NOT an illness. CANCER is an illness. Making a conscious decision to consume something YOU KNOW IS BAD FOR YOU AND WILL HURT/KILL YOU to the point of your brain/body tricks itself into thinking it needs it is just stupidity and lack of brain power and will power. Calling it an illness is insulting and offensive TO ACTUAL SICK PEOPLE.

[@skittlessunshine5518]

As a recovering alcoholic I can relate to the bawling your eyes out during cravings. I didn’t want to drink but the craving was so strong I just started crying and I ended up drinking. I’m back in the program now with a wonderful sponsor. 23 days in and working the steps to get better. I would do anything and everything to drink and now I’m doing anything and everything to stay sober.

[@Salem_Witch_Trial_Logic]

One day at a time!

[@skittlessunshine5518]

36 days today!

[@skittlessunshine5518]

@@Salem_Witch_Trial_Logic 😘😘😘😘

[@ischbindu1138]

Stay strong, you can do it!! ❤❤❤

[@meanjean3023]

You got this! Remember not to be too hard on yourself! You are doing a great job!

[@buira9482]

The part in which she went back with her violent ex, left him again, moved to a homeless shelter, then moved to a hotel with her new fiance from the shelter all in the span of a 15 minute scene is my favourite rollercoaster of insanity in the history of this show. Absolute mania.

[@JAH-iu3yh]

Her hair turned into a rainbow 🌈 with roots.

[@minuishaq631]

She's needs to be a mental health facility

[@Agntculboik9]

I know it a mess on top of a hot ass mess mix with a cold ass mess

[@TeaSipperEsq.]

I felt so bad for laughing but it's just how Michelle was explaining it lol

[@MaddHeather]

Right.... holy moly 🤦‍♀️🤣😬

[@tsurugizaki]

Her mum is an absolute angel. It's heartbreaking that Dolly couldn't appreciate that.

[@bertinasalcedoramos8302]

Yes😢

[@tiannacarson3076]

I mean I have the best mother in the world but this woman is an absolute saint , my mother wouldn’t do half that crap for me that she does for dolly , and nor should she cuz im a grown woman and it’s not her job to police me anymore u have to take responsibility for the crap that you do and not blame anyone else , it’s not like she stuffed the food into your mouth against your will

[@GradKat]

And she knew about dieting, having been obese herself. The mom gave Dolly support and encouragement, and she just threw it away.

[@designateddoser7651]

She’s an angel now, but a good mom doesn’t raise an adult like that. She failed her daughter early on

[@shade247]

She enabled her. .-, she’s the reason her daughter is big.

[@jeaninechang7757]

My heart broke at "food is my only reason for living" ... what about your DAUGHTER?!?! How is she not your reason to live?!?!?!

[@vomitfountain]

She's an addict. Addicts are only focused on the substance of their choice everything and everyone else is irrelevant. It's sad and scary.

[@lovelyqueens344]

Simple, some people don't say deep shit in front of a camera to look good. She also may not have tought before talking and if she did then yeah, kinda weird.

[@voneyeva]

She probably isn't very bonded with her daughter because she literally can't do anything with her.

[@sharpnicolecatherine]

She doesn't show any attachment to her daughter at all, she seems very immature and self centered. Her mom should just put her focus into giving the kid the best life possible because dolly isn't contributing to that in the least

[@Jkjoannaki]

​@sharpnicolecatherine thankfully dollys mom is awesome and will take care of that poor motherless and fatherless child. Hope the 2 spend a beautiful life together

[@chubby_blobfish]

As someone who has worked with woman and girls with Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa, and mental health issues, Obesity and Anorexia are two sides of the same coin. They are both extremes and horrible relationships with food typically stemming from feeling like there is no control in their life, so they make control, and that control is the food they intake.

[@OKBgosh]

I fully agree as someone with a history of anorexia, and a former friend who had a binge eating disorder. We had some obvious similar traumas, our responses to those were just "opposites" (but not really! We were both fixated on food/ intake, after all)

[@AliceBunny05]

I would frame this in a different way. More like BED or food addiction and anorexia are two sides of the same coin. Considering you don't need to be underweight do be anorexic or bulimic.

[@AngelaItsme]

You DO have to be underweight to be anorexic. Anorexic behavior is not the same as an anorexic diagnosis

[@SomeGuy-pc9fh]

⁠@@AngelaItsmeexactly, you wouldn’t diagnose a lean 160lb guy who eats a lot as obese 😭

[@FronteirWolf]

​@@AngelaItsmethere is also atypical anorexia.

[@danielomitted1867]

I remember this episode. Dolly was really a despicable person. The fact that she abandoned her daughter and ran off to a homeless shelter, just because her mom tried to make her keep to her diet. She was absolutely clueless how psychotic it sounds to be engaged to a homeless man after a mere 6 weeks of knowing him. But of course shes the victim and nothing bad that happens to her is ever her fault.

[@fadekeoparinde1893]

She chose the streets and food over her daughter just like her father chose the streets and drugs over her. So sad.

[@RestorativeRenaissance]

History repeating itself. So sad.

[@mtb_girly]

She didn't even try to break the cycle....

[@Tulip-bear]

I honestly don't understand stand why people can't see overeating as a problem

[@lorieslori8051]

Depends on who do you mean by people Why people who struggle with eating addiction don't? Well, thats just addiction brain

[@lulululu28383]

Addiction brain, shame induced denial + what is a normal way to eat in your environment. There are entire cities where basically every one is fat, it pushes the idea that it's normal to be fat and eat unhealthy. Thin people on TV are seen as exceptional, not normal. The same way having a Phd is normal in some cities/families etc. but for others it's learning to work with your hands.

[@happygolucky9004]

This woman clearly has binge eating disorder and some other attachment issues. She hasn't fully acquired all the skills to be an adult. She needs heavy amounts of therapy.

[@twothousandandchew]

because in the media it’s painted that nothing can be worse than restrictive eating and it’s being praised now so i mean that’s some reasons

[@wyoboy01]

I guess it's like this. A person hears a lie 1000 times it becomes the truth. 1000 fat people say it's normal it becomes normal.

[@normalunicorn4934]

The amount of support she has, her mom cooking for her, her friend helping her. . She doesn't have to work. she only needs to focus on losing weight... no excuse at all.

[@hildemaria6888]

I think that is part of the problem. No job or other way to spend the day leaves a lot of time to think about food.

[@ruthjustdancer3635]

​@@hildemaria6888ikr? I always lose weight and gain muscle while I'm in college, idk what I'll do in an office job haha

[@Memoreism]

Wish I didn't have to work lol. People would kill foe her life, and she is throwing it away.

[@hildemaria6888]

@@Memoreism Holiday is only fun because it is temporary. With her mobility issues due to her size she couldn't hold a job, or spend her day anywhere else besides her house. She imprisoned in her own home

[@shibadawn]

@@hildemaria6888 100%. As someone who’s been stuck inside for years (and is finally getting out more), it’s hell. You get stuck and it’s very easy to fall into bad habits. I imagine it’s a factor in a fair few of these episodes.

[@ramiahred12]

I'm highly motivated to be like my great grandmother. She lived just shy of 98 years, she was driving her younger friends around until she was 90, daily walks until 94, she was amazing. Never lost her mobility, until the very end.

[@valv3277]

That is incredible and sounds so comfortable!!

[@introusas]

That’s great! My grandmother made it to 90 but she was miserable the last few years, she could barely move or think. She told me all the time how she wished she hadn’t gotten that old

[@MelissaGarrett1980]

My father is 75 and is physically fitter than most of the people he knows half his age. He does intensive gardening, drives people around, helps me in caring for my disabled mother, and yes, he is a healthy eater and active. It’s amazing, tbh.

[@OpheliaNebula]

I had a great grandmother who I think also lived to her 90s? And she was moving up until she passed, and the funny thing is that she Walked herself Into the hospital for an appointment lol

[@Mitters]

A morbidly obese person taking care of another slightly more obese person, reminds me of nurses/doctors who smoke and also work in cancer wards. They literally see everyday the effects of smoking on the body, and how their life will end.... and just keep smoking. Addiction is absolutely wild, and heart-breaking.

[@opallunar]

Its called cognitive dissonance 😅 it's wild how the mind can work sometimes.

[@k0htp0t]

It is weird. I had a very obese nurse suggesting giving my kid high doses of oil in her food to get her weight up. I was like, No.

[@tiffanykim2773]

The trauma her daughter is going to have when she gets older because she was basically abandoned by her mom is insane and sad to think about. Dolly should be ashamed of herself.

[@HelloNewMoon]

My brother in law had this happen. Grandma raised him but mom was in and out. Mom was not on drugs just lazy af. Got her shit together eventually & got married had another baby but never went back to get him. Hes got major issues.

[@eveking6289]

​@@HelloNewMoon that's so sad 😢 what an awful mum!

[@krgxo]

Dolly is the result of childhood trauma too. Why don’t you blame her father for how Dolly turned out? You can’t, because then it would just be an endless cycle of blame. The answer to this is not to blame Dolly but for her to get the help she needs to be able to take responsibility and face her issues. She was a traumatised child and now she’s a traumatised adult whose behaviour is effecting everyone around her, and it’s incredibly sad. She needs help, not blame. She’s clearly not mentally well at all.

[@angelic..9906]

@@krgxo you could blame the father when dolly was still a child but the difference is that dolly is not an adult and needs to take accountability because now it is all on her. her daughter is still a child and is being subjected to trauma bc her mother is a lazy pos. for all we know the daughter will also become an addict and leaver her daughter and then HER child will do the same in a never ending loop of addiction

[@Alicorn_Magic]

@@krgxoI agree

[@terrip8451]

I knew a woman who battled meth addiction and was 10 years sober. She said drug addiction is so much easier to battle in comparison to food addiction because you can stop talking to those people associated with drugs and remove yourself from those environments, but you need food to live, so you're faced with it day in and day out.

[@pennypay1]

I went to one meeting of Overeaters Anonymous (which of course follows the 12-Step program model similar to AA/NA, which I'm familiar with as I've attended many NA meetings with my husband). I went only to one OA meeting because I couldn't quite reconcile members' statements of having, e.g., '3 months abstinent' with eating every day. (On an intellectual level I knew they meant 'abstinent' from compulsive overeating, but I have other reasons for not feeling the 12-Step model would be right for me for overeating.) Now there is also Food Addicts Anonymous, which believes there is addiction to specific carbohydrates and sugars, which makes sense.

[@empty-sky]

@@pennypay1 I like that FAA style, but they should probably add cheese to that list.

[@hellobirdie0617]

Same with alcoholism.

[@dr.princess832]

There are gyms at literally every corner and healthy food choices at every store. There are not so many ways you can "moderately" snort cocaine. And no, it's not just "get away from everything and boom you're cured". Drug addiction is a lot harder and eats you a lot faster. Edit: and that's not even talking about nicotine or alcohol

[@clockwork.academic]

@@pennypay1 I had the same issue! Went to one OA meeting fairly early on in my overeating and it just didn't sit with me right. You can't go 'cold turkey' from food, you can't cut food out of your life. It's going to be there and you *have* to eat it. I remember being so envious of members of my family who had suffered from addictions because learning how to 'drink the correct amount of alcohol' or 'smoke the right amount of cigarettes' isn't a thing. For substance abuse, the right amount is 0.

[@floatingsmiley]

It's insane that Dolly is 25. I just turned 26 last year. I often feel bad because I'm not where I want to be physically and I still have a lot to learn about nutrition and the gym, but my life would be dramatically different, at basically the same age, if I were in her shoes.. Very sad.

[@WileyCylas]

Omg we r the same age let’s be best friends! 😂 welcome to the 26 club!

[@Hitsuzen123Suzuka]

I’m 25 and average weight but not very active (but been improving recently!), and my body has been hurting for 3-4 years now just because of lack of activity. I can’t image the pain I’d be in if I had all that excess weight on top of that! 😨

[@missfortune8553]

I’m 24 and my parents have refused to help me grow. We live in a rural underdeveloped state. They insist on isolating me and keeping me infantilized. If you don’t count school, I’ve only left home a handful of times. Im afraid of everything, I hate myself, my life. Being alive isn’t living.

[@Ilive_420]

​​​​@@Hitsuzen123Suzuka I'm sorry your body's been hurting for so long, I hope it will get better for you. 25 and underweight here so my activity is to gain muscles to have more weight and to not look like a stic lol. It also helped with my depression quite a bit. More activity has genuinely made me feel more alive too. Best of luck to you 💙.

[@Ilive_420]

​@@missfortune8553 That's terrible, I'm so sorry to hear that, lass. That must be even more imprisoning when it's your parents that should've helped you instead. I assume there aren't any helping centres in your state?😞 Nor doctor that may help?

[@ormitomimus]

I feel so bad for the daughter. Dolly is so deep in her addiction that she doesn't realise that she's repeating the same cycle of hurt that she was subjected to as a chiild, to her own daughter. Dolly chooses her addiction over her own child. Grandma seems like a trooper and very caring so I hope her daughter can break this bad cycle and live happily

[@jonathanstewart8106]

I feel so sorry for her mother but also admire her, she looks like a person thats fought a hard path on life and just won't stop fighting

[@lp6445]

toxic husband, she becomes a single mom, has to come to terms with her sexuality, her daughters addiction is so bad she has to take custody of her granddaughter .... that woman is a warrior and i hope she's living well

[@thisisavivistanaccount7866]

When Michelle said 25 my jaw dropped. I thought Dolly was so much older. Dolly is 1 year older than me, has an oxygen tank,and such deep deep problems. I am not perfect but this really puts things in perspective.

[@jasonhsu4711]

I wonder how Dr. Now feels about treating patients who are 50 years younger than himself but already have one foot in the grave. I wonder what his eating habits are like. Has his experience in working with morbidly obese patients scared him away from fast food, deep-fried food, snack cakes, and various other kinds of junk foods?

[@reflectlight1368]

the funnier thing to me is how she already has a kid at that age with that weight

[@mateaukalua4426]

I am 29 and it's jaw dropping people think I am literally 18 but I do shave.

[@jaycraw6978]

She's the same age as me and I'm constantly mistaken for a teenager... Dolly looks like she's almost 40 to me, it's really sad.

[@gravyz2cute4u]

@@reflectlight1368 I was wondering that too! So she would have had a kid around 21yo but how much weight did she gain since then? Even Amy from 1000lb sisters had to lose weight before she was able to get pregnant.

[@whichwitch96]

I don't even know if it's intentional or not but Dr Now is actually one of the funniest people around lmfao

[@samanthacarpenter3336]

I love how his tolerance for his patients bull shit has dwindled, as his sass has increased tenfold over his career 😂

[@Unicorgo]

Dr Now, the sassiest of all doctors, with his golden and diamond stethoscope and absolute no nonsense approach. I just can't help myself I adore this guy 😂

[@kikimich]

He's my absolute favorite! We need more doctors like him.

[@blackdragon796]

The Indian accent increases the sassyness😹

[@Sufferfish]

​@Blackdragon 7 he's Iranian lol and that is not an Indian accent 🤣

[@kunya16]

He's amazing. I love him.

[@jesussaves6625]

LOL same

[@Jess-Rabbit]

The face I made when we found out Dolly has a kid was the exact same face that Dolly was making during that point in the video. Like whaaaaaa Thank God that Dolly's mom has custody

[@ellendaniels8715]

(I live in America) My family had a foreign exchanged student for a few years back when I was in school. She was from Germany and she did end up enjoying American food, but at first she really disliked it because she could taste the high fat and high sugars in everything. She said our portion sizes were a joke. She actually ended up gaining some weight, but when she returned to Germany, she got it all back off easily. It's really sick how much thought is put into junk food to make it an addiction to vulnerable people. Now as an adult in college, I have many friends from different countries, and at some point they've all asked me about why the food culture in America is the way it is.

[@makaylahall2664]

When it comes to weight americans are the biggest hypocrites on the planet. Makes me wish I lived In south America or Europe. Atleast in France or peru I won't be looked at weird for eating normal food portions. It's like people in North America don't even realize that our portion sizes are getting bigger by the decade. If you compare food portions from 1970 to now its like night and day. I envy those who live in countries with actual healthy relationships with food 😭.

[@TwoBs]

Yeah, there’s a reason we’re the world’s laughing stock when it comes to our food as a whole with being known as Burgerland. Companies care more about profit than health, and that’s really the only way to sum it up. There’s more WalMarts and fast food restaurants than farmer’s markets and places that focus on healthy choices in areas anymore. When there _are_ healthy market choices, they’re more accessible for the upper middle class and privileged with their ridiculously overpriced brands. The gap is intentional. It really hits hard for the people in poverty who see junk food and fast food as being the “cheaper” option as it’s easier to obtain. Many believe because they don’t have land or big money for farming that even small gardening is something they can’t do (costs very little for big harvests). Companies prey on that mindset and continue pumping junk their way to further make people believe it’s their only “cheap” option. It’s up to us as the individual to weed out the bad as no one else is going to do it for us. However, when you look at a country … say like … South Korea? They actively promote healthy foods. The traditional dishes are so damn good, proportional, and fulfilling while still being rather healthy. I mean, look at packaging for their products… some companies even have cute little mascots for stuff like their ginseng-based products being promoted as boosters. Meanwhile, here in America, we’ve got stuff like Red Bull, Monster, and Starbucks where everything is sweet and loaded with caffeine to give us that crash 2-3hrs later because our bodies are craving more of it. It’s really sad to see how so many in our country has given in so easily to obesity when it doesn’t have to be like this. Our society could band together and encourage better choices and help fix so much of it, but we’ve sadly opted to take the lazy route and just give up, accepting that is this how it is and how it will always be …. and corporations eat that defeat up knowing our government isn’t going to step in. Not when those corporations help line their pockets, as well. 😞

[@makaylahall2664]

@TwoBs It's so depressing when big people just push their lazy habits onto their kids cause they don't feel like cooking. Like, why even bother having children if you aren't going to give them proper nutrition. It's not like we have affordable Healthcare 😂.

[@erviatangerine5108]

That's true. Some international companies have a different recipes for Europe and America 💁 Like I was shocked when I saw an American Fanta bottle, it looks just toxic 😂 Our Fanta is light orange juice colour. Fat activists love talking about diet industry, but a junk food industry makes way more money.

[@bakedtiger413]

I've lived in America my entire life, and I struggle eating food. I try to keep things homemade, but learning about our food culture and how so much sugars and fats are added to make it more addictive makes it difficult. I don't like sugar free items because they taste horrible to me and I know a lot of the sweeteners they put in them are almost worse, and I would eat nonfat items but I'm not a big fan of how they taste and the texture of them. The cruelty in the meat/dairy industry. It really is an uphill battle with the food we eat here. 😕 I wish I could live in a country where I won't have to worry about the food I put in my body.

[@joiceraiana]

I'm really sorry for the mother, she was left twice for the addiction of a loved one. Imagine being the person who the other people choose homelessness over your company twice even when you do everything for them 😢 💔

[@barbi242]

​@thegrumpyhorticulturistI'm so happy 4 u

[@ev.09]

Addictive behavior sadly is genetic and can be passed on to your child, just like borderline disorder and other mental disorders. So many people really should think twice about having kids, esp. if they are not healthy, both physically and mentally.

[@froonamission1013]

People have to eat... It's the worst kind of addiction period you don't have to do drugs period you do not have to drink. You don't have to look at adult content. You don't have to gamble... But we have to eat To live. I can't imagine overcoming an addiction to something that the body has to have but it's become toxic. It's so sad and difficult.

[@venomg5799]

Period

[@mistymorning1010]

😢true

[@kikimich]

Spot on!

[@cactiideluxe186]

Actually alcohol, Benzos, and opiates alter the body to a state where the body actually does need them. Take an alcoholics alcohol away and watch them have seizures and become very sick. Once you’re addicted to a substance, you need that substance. People that get this big become addicted to fat or sugar-I don’t ever see someone addicted to broccoli or carrots; it’s mostly packaged junk. People have died from quitting drugs or alcohol cold turkey. Just like you don’t need to pick up the pipe or the bottle and drink, you don’t have to eat 5000 calories in a day. It’s just another form of gluttony. Only difference is if you take their food from them they are not gonna have seizures and die. In fact, they’ve got ample storage to last them thru a couple months of famine. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@thatvalensteingirl]

You have to eat to survive, you don't have to eat to excess. I think conflating food as an "addiction" instead of it being literally vital to survival, as opposed to becoming addicted to a gluttonous lifestyle is a bit of a dangerous reach to make.

[@mjforsyt]

I really liked Dolly’s mom’s approach. Setting boundaries and not letting her mess with her kid. I hope she keeps that up.

[@alyxricardo2134]

When she’s talking about the ducks being able to eat whatever they want while feeding them (wild animals) food that they can’t digest 😭🤣 I died

[@empty-sky]

I'm surprised she wasn't cancelled for giving the ducks shit that could kill them

[@skyesyd221]

@@empty-skyhm

[@acm3047]

​@@empty-sky I mean that is still a pretty common thing today it's just not a lot of people don't know bread is bad for the ducks

[@trollockian]

Yes, peas are better

[@IdratherbeinHobbiton]

For real!

[@GradKat]

From remarks made by Dolly after she started her “diet”, it was clear she thought eating less was just a temporary measure so she could get surgery. She just wasn’t able to embrace the total life changes she needed to make in order to lose weight and regain good health. I hope she sees sense before it’s too late.

[@daria_gl]

Heck yeah, go mom! Finally a parent who sets boundaries for their grown ass kid - a parent's love cannot be unconditional: they also deserve basic respect and to be treated with dignity. You can't help someone who doesn't want help.

[@idrinkbones3653]

i agree!!!!!!!! and i think people really forget that telling someone "no" is sometimes a part of loving them. Like, you wouldn't let a kid eat rat poison even if they cried and beg you to let them.....b/c u love them and want them to thrive lol. an extreme example but yea.

[@alexia8431]

I disagree on the unconditional love part . Conditional love from a parent is not healthy and unconditional love can involve saying no.

[@lynniersl3854]

One thing I've noticed about My 600 Lb Life is a lot of the people on the show seem to have had abusive childhoods, some times s3xu@l abuse. As a result they turned to food as a coping mechanism. I definitely feel like if these people got the help they needed when they were younger, they wouldn't be in the shape they are now.

[@MusikGirl23]

Yes. I went the other way, anorexia, and ya, I have childhood trauma.

[@naturazpolski9213]

Yeah, that's shows how important mental health is. Maybe even more mental than physical, as they're so terrible thanks to fucked up mebtal. Why censure of ,,sexual" though? You're not someone YT would ban for using this word and humanity on west fought enough to make awereness of such words to now cenusre it again?

[@willrichit]

its not only abt the food itself, but once you notice you are "less atractive" that feels safe, like you might not be the target anymore. by the way, im saying this as in "know your enemy" kind of situation not as an aliby to give up on living healthy and loving yourself

[@sajjjk]

Well actually abuse, wether it be sexual and/or physical, in childhood years is an international problem. However, getting to extreme sizes like we see here is mainly due to the poison that is feed to the ppl in America. Me being in Sweden, have never seen someone who is 600+lbs and Im well travelled too. Something is seriously wrong with the food you are consuming!

[@rosietales]

@@sajjjk True! And the family sizes and portions are so much bigger there. The largest menu at a fast food franchise in Europe would be a medium in the States.

[@ashleytyraisaacs]

One thing I really appreciated about this episode is that they did NOT show Dolly's daughter. I get the sense that Dollys grandma goes out of her way to protect her granddaughter from dolly

[@Tengokuchi]

Huh? There's a scene of her next to the fridge.

[@ashleytyraisaacs]

@@Tengokuchi and that's it. Usually this show has whole interviews with the children, scenes of them eating too, talking food to parents, them at the hospital visibly upset, and/or of them playing outside

[@sirenlucy932]

Love the way your eyeshadow and top/dress match 😊 I have been struggling with food addiction, depression and binge-eating-disorder since 2006. My weight is fluctuating very strongly. I can lose weight but I always put it back on. It’s pretty frustrating but I try again. Giving up is no option for me. Stay strong and focused y’all 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@KangaRuby]

Her mum is wonderful. It's such a shame Dolly couldn't see how much she was doing for her to help - to the point where her mum had to give up. Huge respect to her mum for being supportive and setting boundaries, she did an excellent job.

[@antoinewarren8869]

Do you know if she has lost the weight?

[@galigolan3250]

I grew up in a very abusive home. My brother unalived himself. I developed BED and drowned my sorrows in food. It took me many years of therapy to understand that I was doing the same thing my brother did: I just took a slower path. That realization started the journey to healing my relationship with food.

[@meanjean3023]

❤️❤️❤️

[@magpiewrites]

I wish you as much happiness and wholesomeness in this life as it’s physically possible 💔❤️ also super sorry for your loss, that’s terrible!

[@mtaylor1498]

Dolly’s expression while Dr. Now is talking straight up, no BS to her is priceless. I get the feeling she hasn’t heard such straightforward reality ver often in her life. Bless her mom though, she tried her best and I don’t blame her for setting boundaries.

[@Suddenlyissunday]

I remember when I had a really bad binge day. My stomach was hurting so bad, I cried because I felt shame and when I talked about it they said "we all have bad days with food, it's fine". But it wasn't fine nor normal. I'm handling it better now but it's a Journey. Great video as usual!

[@vinesster]

Keep moving forward. Best wishes to you.

[@Suddenlyissunday]

@@vinesster Thank you 💞

[@peppasfrontface_]

Same and no one takes that problem seriously if you're not obese. I went from bulimia to bed to anorexia then bed again and it's been hell to get out of this cycle

[@AmazonEspionage]

My heart goes out to the mom in This, she seems like such a hard worker, and a gentle soul. Michelle, thank you for making these videos; you are so beautiful and creative, and I love watching your videos for inspiration. I reached my highest weight at 175 and I’m now down to 157. So grateful for this channel.

[@sleepygrle6738]

To add to the intro, when I was in middle school and early high school no one bat an eye whenever I’d eat three plates of whatever was for dinner that night, no one cared that I was wearing adult sized clothing at 11, no one said anything when I couldn’t walk up the stairs or walk for short periods of time with getting out of breath. Not a single person in my family (who are all obese) had anything to say about my body or my eating habits. In late high school and into young adulthood I’ve started loosing weight bc I can’t afford to eat that much anymore, I can’t afford to by junk that won’t keep me full for long periods of time, I’ve started eating more filling meals and snacking less. I no longer drink multiple cans of pop a day, only water, I now regularly move my body bc if my job. I’m the healthiest physically and mentally than I’ve ever been since elementary school and now my family is telling others I’m anorexic, they’re always asking about what I ate, always making comments about my body, asking how much I weigh, and commenting on how my clothes look on me. I’m 5’4 and weigh 125-ish. Even friends are now commenting on how I look and what I eat now when that’s something none of us had ever spoken about with each other. Americans really do view saying no to desert or just eating enough as eating disorders. I did too when I was younger. Sorry for the essay lol just what she said in like the first two minutes of the video really resonated with me and my life

[@aliecarey]

Dolly's story was one of the most disturbing stories I've seen in a while. I felt gross watching it. The fact that she was asked to leave ROTC because she refused to shower is horrific.

[@marisha.art.channel]

Wait what? Where was that?

[@mikeysironrage8103]

She's a dummy

[@SexyTCAPdecoy4Hansen]

The refusing to shower, is a sign of sexual trauma. It’s crazy that its overlooked.

[@eladiel7749]

@@SexyTCAPdecoy4Hansen how?

[@SexyTCAPdecoy4Hansen]

@@eladiel7749 It’s a defense mechanism. Look it up

[@Laf631]

I love Dr. Now's no-nonsense approach. He's not cruel, just not willing to listen to people delude themselves.

[@BubblemouseM]

I commented on another of your videos months ago Michelle, I went from 177lbs down to 150lbs and let you know that your videos have inspired me so much and kept me going - well guess what? Now I’m 130lbs as of last Wednesday 🎉 thank you so much ❤️

[@monicabroussard840]

I weigh 175 and 130 is my goal weight as well😊

[@BubblemouseM]

@@monicabroussard840 you will get there!! The last stretch, last 10lbs or so seems the hardest but if you just keep trucking I promise it’s so worth it! I wore tight jeans and a crop top for the first time in yeeeears the other day and I have never felt more confident in my LIFE! You’ll get there ❤️

[@Heaux722]

That’s amazing! I’m really struggling losing weight right now and it’s depressing. May I ask what way you went about losing the weight ? :)

[@gardendormouse6479]

Awesome! I went from 164 lbs to 132 lbs. I'm only 5'3". It's taken me nearly a year.

[@BubblemouseM]

@@gardendormouse6479 that’s super impressive though!! 🔥💓

[@anonymousperson4209]

You know it’s interesting, I went the opposite way instead of being addicted to food. I became obsessed with not looking like my mom or dad who are both obese. But at the same time due to how irresponsible and immature my parents were I became a food hoarder, I would sneak food and hide it or eat way more then a should (and feel very sick) because I thought if I didn’t I wouldn’t have anything to eat later or I wasn’t sure when I would eat next. I still struggle with this as an adult, it’s crazy how much childhood can affect you even years later.

[@peachtrees_]

after hearing Michelle talk about her own food addiction, it really painted a clear picture in my mind the horror she had/has to deal with. I don't wish that on anyone ❤

[@Zeverinsen]

It always confused me that they didn't send _ALL_ of the participants to therapy straight away. You don't get to their sizes without something being wrong, and you don't stay a healthy size without figuring it out and working on it. We need to start treating food addiction like _real_ addiction! Personally I got to 115 kg (about 255 lbs) before my eyes finally started to open a bit to my actual problems. I started to lose weight as soon as I moved out (my mom is an emotional overeater and an enabler), lost more when I FINALLY got an ADHD diagnosis and started trying to find the causes of my poor diet on my own. I got down to 96 kg in 2019 going on 2020 (lowest weight in 10 years), but due to pandemic related depression, I gained some weight back. The biggest difference between then and now, is that I know _why_ I overeat and _why_ I lay in bed all day when I'm depressed. I should probably seek some CBT to help me further, but I wouldn't have known that if I was never helped to be aware of my own mental condition. The fact of the matter is that a lot of people don't get the necessary knowledge about food and health in the home, and their family don't establish healthy boundaries or routines. As an adult, I really wish that my mother would have overcome her addiction and taught us better, because it is so much harder to break those habits on your own. As someone who has a parent who still suffers with food addiction and is morbidly obese, I really hope Dolly's daughter doesn't suffer too much because of this in the future. I have tried to convince my mother to seek therapy, but she still refuses to deal with the childhood trauma that has caused this in the first place. It is really sad, because I know she's gonna die early if she doesn't change. It pains me to know that Dolly's daughter will probably have these concerns at an even younger age, because Dolly is 25. She's 2 years younger than me! My mother is 50. I have spent more time with my mother in my life than Dolly has been alive, and she doesn't even seem to care that her daughter might have to bury her within the next 10 years. *_This is the sad reality of addiction._*

[@FlowerLotusThe]

Producers of the show needs a show. They not interested in good therapy i think.

[@thatvalensteingirl]

Therapy takes time and has zero guarantees of being successful; by the time these people reach out to TLC, they're already holding hands with the Grim Reaper. It's a Hail Mary at best.

[@PJAndersson733]

Exactly! It kills ne they don’t send them all to therapy right ! I guess it’s content for the show though

[@CWM-xl8ki]

Dolly’s story is so sad for everyone involved. She has an added element of antipsychotic meds too. The most common one used to treat bipolar also fucks with your apetite and how you process carbs. I have bipolar, I was morbidly obese (178cm at 140kg). Although I’d never blame anyone but myself for getting in that position. I beat my binge eating disorder and food addiction and had a gastric bypass. It’s sad but she is in no way ready for surgery with how she is at that point. I really hope she can make the changes needed before it’s too late. My wake up call was lessening mobility and lymphedema at just 27 years old.

[@Gilliannn1]

I was on anti psychiotics at one point and those meds are no joke :( i knew a fellow patient who gained 88 lbs in her first 4 months on an anti psych (she was only 5’2”). I’m wishing you luck in your recovery & fitness

[@neoe5970]

That mother is such a Chad, still this supportive even when her child is in such condition is admirable I think, and it is a shame that the daughter wasnt coloberateing enough

[@AlbertWesker1960.]

Unrelated but I love your rainbow high profile pic. 😜

[@a-ds2eq]

She was morbidly obese and i think she lost the weight without surgery. So she knows her daughter its not trying enough and dont take the bs, a chad indeed

[@leogol6045]

Massive respect for your emphasis on the seriousness of food addiction. It's even harder than drugs, honestly, because you can't avoid food altogether, like you can with other addictive substances, on top of almost nobody taking it seriously.

[@brylcreemy]

I appreciate you so much! I've gone down the uncontrolled food addiction tunnel twice and am currently near my goal. Defeating it in my 30's was much easier than defeating it in my 50's. I hope Dolly gains control while she's still young.

[@Autumn-eg2nj]

I am only 9lbs away from finally being under 200lbs fore the first time in over a decade and your videos have helped me withe that. And I know a lot of others have been helped by you as well in their weight goals. So truly, thank you Michelle, you're awesome! And we can do this guys!

[@yasminemobley7858]

Me too! ☺️ We're almost under 200!

[@witnessfox3509]

Outstanding work!

[@Autumn-eg2nj]

@@yasminemobley7858 6lbs away now! We got this!

[@Autumn-eg2nj]

@@witnessfox3509 thank you! 🧡

[@bloodyneptune]

Congratulations! ❤

[@scottburesh1867]

I used to be addicted to alcohol very heavily and I will say: I’ve lost friends and lovers over it, but have finally owned my addiction and have stopped drinking entirely by just refusing to drink and constantly remind myself of what I’m doing it for. My life turned around the day I stopped my addiction.

[@tameerobeson8038]

Congratulations 👏

[@svens.2876]

I also stopped drinking 2 months ago after 7 years of alcohol abuse and then addiction. I didn't loose any relationships, apart from the one with alcohol (thank fuck.). Reminding myself how miserable I felt before i stopped really helps me as well. The world may not be all shine and rainbows but everything is waaaaaay better without booze I will say that. I'm thankful that I stopped through my own will and hope you are doing good too.

[@brokenandcraked]

It hurts me that people don't think binge eating disorder is a disorder. I used to weigh 300 pounds, and even though I've made some serious lifestyle changes and lost 80pounds. I still struggle with my disorder. I remember talking to my trainer about why I gained 15 pounds over Christmas. I don't think he believed me when I was telling him about how obsessed my brain can become on food. To the point that I'll literally day dream about my dinner all day at work. If I'm at a table and someone puts a bowl of chips in front of me, I will compulsively eat the whole bowl. It is actual mental torture to not reach in that bowl.

[@yulidrke3500]

I haven't been 300lb, but can relate so much to what you're saying. I might be having a boring/shitty day, but thoughts about something tasty waiting for me in the fridge at home makes it better. 😅 What help me to deal with binging (not eliminating completely, but at least get it under control): fasting regimen, workout, swapping high calorie foods with low calorie/healthier versions, keeping yourself busy.

[@starling1226]

@@yulidrke3500 Fasting doesn’t always work for those with binge eating disorder. Once that fast is broken it can trigger a huge binge.

[@starling1226]

And you can’t escape food. Everyone needs to eat eventually and food (especially unhealthy food) is everywhere. There’s a show where people get addicted to eating couch cushions and yet it’s a stretch to think that food can be a serious addiction.

[@sobanoodlegamer]

I have the same issue. I think it’s connected to ADHD. I had to completely cut out refined sugar and gluten and my cravings are zero now. But it took some time. I still let myself have nice things like fruit smoothie bowls and corn chips and queso. Staying away from refined sugar has saved my life

[@darkydoom]

I don't know if I have binge eating disorder, but I know I can't resist if food is in front of me. I see, I eat, so I generally can't have any junk food in the house and I need to not eat anything before an event, because there will be a lot of good food and I will eat.

[@PJAndersson733]

That mom is one TOUGH cookie. She held her family together and now is doing it all over again .

[@lmm8960]

This is why you never overcompensate for a child who lost a parent, or something really hard within that spectrum of trauma. Never! The world and everyone in it aren’t going to mold to you. You have to over prepare your child who lacks things that plenty of others have gone on to overcome and even use to their advantage. With that said, I have a lot of empathy for mom. She truly loves her daughter and was completely ignorant to what the effects would be from her over loving. She had no Ill intent and went off motherly instinct. I hope she’s well.

[@addyshorhnr3544]

The reason you don’t over Indulge a child who goes through a trauma absolutely is not because “the world won’t change for you”. It’s because children need rules and social guidelines to cognitively, emotionally, and socially develop. Ruled games and rules in general primes the brain to change into the operative phase of cognitive development in middle childhood. This phase helps develop a lot. Emotionally if a parent is over indulging they are more likely to be emotionally dismissive by trying to force constant positive emotions leading to poor teaching of emotional regulation which leads to social behaviors around emotionally maturity. Over indulged children also tend to have poorer understanding of other social rules. We see this in children raised by any over indulgent parents, trauma or no trauma. The idea that you should just get past trauma because the world won’t care is a seriously bad mindset that leads to tons of mental health issues. If a child, ten, adult, and heck even a dog experiences trauma appropriate actions so be taken to help them move past in a healthy way. Having an over indulgent parent in itself could be considered something traumatizing due to its affects.

[@lmm8960]

@@addyshorhnr3544 Should never over compensate. Correct? The world is not going to mold to your trauma induced mental Illnesses or personality disorders. Correct? My statement is not false so please do not add on an essay worth of other correct statements. As if me not going into the entire topic of childhood development negates truths. I know it to be true because I was raised by parents who have 50 years under their belt and degrees in sociology and child psychology and development. Been taking care of children for many a year. Successfully I might add. If you want to school people on comment sections, you are welcome to do that. But you will not insult me for stating something I know to be true.

[@mrhousee]

@@addyshorhnr3544 Agreed.

[@raimeyewens7518]

My SIL was 32 when she passed away from morbid obesity. She was 450lbs+. Repeatedly said she was healthy and not overeating. Even though I would see her sneaking food when everyone was asleep. Just one peak in her car and you would see mountains of fast food bags. She died in the night with no warning. Her mother found her in the bathroom. She had died on the toilet and fell face first on the floor with her bum in the air. It took many firemen to get her out of the bathroom and the house. She would have been mortified to know what happened. She was so sweet and we loved her dearly. She had a food addiction. The cause of death was sequela of morbid obesity. She literally died because she was fat. Obesity isn’t healthy!! You can’t convince me that it is.

[@JoeK-vz6ke]

I’m sorry you lost your sister. My mom was 38 when she died of obesity. It’s terribly sad how people deny the health consequences until it’s too late.

[@robstrck8]

The one scene with the woman lying in bed with an oxygen tube eating ribs has to be one of the saddest thing I’ve seen in awhile. I edited this to remove an emoji of crying laughing. I typed it by accident. Absolutely nothing funny about addiction.

[@sierraduncan]

Yeah, the crying laughing emoji conveys the sadness.

[@robstrck8]

@@sierraduncan actually I just noticed that. I didn’t mean that emoji at all. I’m going back to edit that. It really is very sad.

[@halodp9161]

@@sierraduncan 💀

[@sierraduncan]

@@robstrck8 I gotchu- typos happen!

[@vesnafall]

While I haven't had a food addiction, I have been an alcoholic--and the 3am pb and pretzel scenario is painfully similar. It's amazing how much you can know something is terrible for you, and not want it, but still not be able to stop. My biggest sympathies and well wishes for those struggling with food (or any other) addiction. It can be so difficult to explain that yes, you know it's awful for you, but also yes, it is really that hard to stop. (And at the very least, pretty much everyone accepts alcoholism = bad. I can't imagine how it'd gone if people didn't take it seriously.) (On a related note, I'm coming up on four years sober. c: This rando on the internet believes in you!!)

[@opalineskies]

Congratulations on 4 years! 🎉

[@vesnafall]

@@opalineskies Thank you!

[@annasophia2005]

Congrats! I'm so proud of you, and you should be so proud of yourseld too!!!!

[@vesnafall]

@@annasophia2005 You're so sweet, thank you!

[@anthropomorphicpeanut6160]

Congratulations!! I can't imagine how difficult it must have been. Hopefully it's easier now that it's been a few years :)

[@discobirdr.7519]

One key thing that gets overlooked is not that she's choosing her addiction over her child and repeating a cycle.... The bigger issue is that she's abandoning HERSELF. She's choosing an addiction/distractions over herself and repeating the cycle while allowing her choices to negatively impact her child.

[@Enocia]

I love how... when they are called out, they literally tear their life apart to keep things the way they are instead of just DOING THE WORK

[@silververnallbells191]

That's because it's easier said than done even if you're motivated.

[@Alicia-Rene]

My father chose drugs over my sister and I too, but I didn’t see any sense in also allowing him to steal my adulthood. I wish they could see that their only chance at salvation is themselves.

[@luisthekingjaime94]

I’m sorry to hear about your dad. Not every father is perfect not even mine.

[@christinerodriguez3976]

As a mom, I would be horrified to see my daughter being in such a state. 😳 Yes I've battled my weight, but I was not happy being overweight, and changed it instead of giving up and getting bigger. It was a rare thing for me to be as overweight as I was and knew what it was like to be slimmer and in shape and that was my goal, to get back there. I'm much happier now being in better shape. I do not understand how people like Dolly see that they are getting worse and continue in that vain. 😕

[@MeiMei...]

There's no excuse for the mom's complacency in Dolly's situation.... I can only assume that she chose to do what made her daughter happy because that's what any parent would want for their child. But, it seems like she really tried to help Dolly after the doctor visit and she tried to be supportive - and I respect that. Honestly not many people would put themselves in a position of a villain in the eyes of a loved one for the sake of that loved one.

[@peppasfrontface_]

Addiction man, sometimes the problem is deeper than just food, you won't be able to lose weight before healing yourself

[@christinerodriguez3976]

@@peppasfrontface_ yes, I know, then we have over 50% of people in this country with a helluva problem 🙄

[@Zeverinsen]

​@@christinerodriguez3976 You do have a lot of people with a problem, indeed. Remember that you don't get to the stage of being morbidly obese from nowhere. Most of those people are there because of trauma or other psychological problems. For instance, my mother is morbidly obese because her childhood trauma sparked a food addiction, and she's not getting the right help to get better.

[@christinerodriguez3976]

@Severinsen and I understand all of this, but I cannot believe that all these people have psychological issues, yes a lot do, but think about how life has changed over the past 30 to 40 years. Fast food, people not moving as much and a lot ingredients in these foods of convenience and lack of control. There are many factors and not all are mentally driven.

[@klynnanjel809]

Dr Now is hilarious! "You think you gained 60 lbs of water? 🙄" 😂😂😂

[@brandymcnamee7880]

I lost it at _"Is it because you're a pathological liar?"_ 🤣🔥💀

[@klynnanjel809]

@@brandymcnamee7880 he's just so blunt! 😂😂😂

[@tabbyreed8925]

It's not impossible. I have heart failure and when we swell, WE SWELL. I have taken a water pill and lost 15lb in a day.

[@Likelyfairy]

@@tabbyreed8925 but 60 lbs… 🤨

[@Capturing-Memories]

When your belly is bellow your knees and still don't get it, nothing is going to change your life.

[@berry2563]

Nah cuz I’ve been searching for the right man to marry for YEARS. And she gets a second one after a WEEK?! I’m headed to the shelter😭✋🏼

[@skylarsaysstuff]

Don't settle girl pls!! You know a man that puts up with this and enables it ain't right either lmao

[@cdlt587]

I've compared my sugar addiction to a heroin addiction. That's how I had to explain it to my husband so he would stop leaving HoHos around. I can control myself at public events and don't expect anyone to avoid sugar because of me but in my HOME it's in my best interest for it to NOT be around me.

[@darlingdame_x187x]

I literally explain it to people the same exact way!

[@selenachan4230]

@carrie_frances 💯. 4 me, I've compared sugar, empty carbs as alcohol 🍺 and how a little can become a big prob. I have 2 get chips, 🍰, outta 🏠 also.

[@samanthacarpenter3336]

I’ve literally fought with my parents when they tried to force me to make one of my biggest trigger foods, which is my homemade potato salad. I can resist most of the junk in the house but, they didn’t understand, or empathize at the time.

[@jenner81]

I call myself a "sugaraholic", because that's literally what it is! I'm trying to get ahold on it but it's so hard!

[@cdlt587]

@@samanthacarpenter3336 I'm so sorry to hear that. Many people don't understand my addiction but respect it

[@cupcakehips9236]

1: her face always look like she just heard somone died, but in a stupid way 2: I feel so bad for the mom!

[@thatvalensteingirl]

I feel bad for Dolly's daughter; she's being raised in the middle of all that mess and already looked like she was turning to food for comfort.

[@cupcakehips9236]

@@thatvalensteingirl yerh it's ao sad! :(

[@dbcrew8290]

Honestly that just made me snort with laughter as I read your comment, looked up and noticed her face for the first time 😅

[@cupcakehips9236]

@@dbcrew8290 "ooh. So they drownd in a puddel you say" Idk. Just her eyes popping out 🤣

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

Michelle, I want you to know that you have inspired me to not give up on my weight loss goals and I have now lost my pandemic 40 and another 10 pounds on top of that. Previously I had been as high as 350 pounds and had gotten down about 100 pounds but was having trouble getting and staying below 200. I've been listening to you your channel for, I guess, most of the pandemic. You just really drilled into me that I need to reduce my calories a lot more than I thought I needed to. I think when you're really really obese that you honestly have no comprehension of how much food you're actually eating. At least that was the case for me. It is easy to fill up 1800 cal if you're not being really thoughtful about what you're eating. Anyway, I'm currently at about 175 and hoping to drop another 40 pounds or so. Someday, I'd like to have skin surgery to clean up some of the damage. (Currently, I look like a deflated latex balloon under my clothes.) But I am proud of myself for not giving up and continuing to keep trying and trying and trying and then finally accomplishing the goal has been really intense. But I'm also glad that I can show my obese kiddo that it CAN be done. Just not to give up.

[@fairlyenjoyable]

Keep up the great work! That's genuinely amazing work!!

[@imlistening1949]

Congratulations - YOU have motivated me not to give up.

[@LadyTyger51ne]

Congratulations! Keep up the great work!

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

Therapy is so important!

[@prettypleasewithsugarontop4858]

Your a rockstar 🎉

[@thatgirl634]

Watching these videos is great inspiration to keep myself from gaining weight.

[@bellalovescoffee42]

As for the ADHD thing, low carb high fat Carnivore diet (95% of the time) has been the absolute best thing for me! I’ve transitioned into add a little bit more carbs in the form of fruit occasionally but tend to keep it on the low side. This is all without medication (I got diagnosed recently lol) Oh and biggest thing of all, exercise!

[@Jkjoannaki]

Hope you don't have high triglycerides.

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

Jkjoannaki low-carb is great for that. Alcohol and sugar elevate triglycerides.

[@619WWEFAN]

I feel many still don’t properly recognize food addiction can be a thing. They think if it’s not smoking alcohol or drugs then it’s nothing badly addictive. But no, food addiction sucks :(

[@victorgonzalez2499]

Addiction is a behaviour. You can be addicted to many many things. Relationships, food, drugs, work, adrenaline, sex, etc

[@bluetiger2468]

The main problem is, food is something you need to live. So, people don't associate food with addiction because how can you be addicted to something you need to live? You don't need alcohol to live, you don't need bad drugs to live. That's why they don't view food as an addiction. However, when a habit is preventing you from living your life, that's when it can be viewed as an addiction. At the age of 25, she says the only thing she's good at is failing. That means food has completely taken over her life, it's preventing her from living her life.

[@victorgonzalez2499]

@@bluetiger2468 You need a certain amount and a certain kind of food to love. Its not science to understand it

[@honestyisadyingvirtue]

​@@victorgonzalez2499 you don't need science to understand that but that doesn't change that it is a fact, what the other comment stated. People refuse to see food addiction as a thing because we need it to literally live and that boundary of eating to live vs. living to eat, can be easy blurred. It's hard for people to acknowledge that something you literally need to live can kill you just as easily. People don't see the healthy part of it, many see food as just food.

[@victorgonzalez2499]

@@honestyisadyingvirtue Them refusing to see whats evident is not anybody’s problem but theirs. Willfull ignorance is no excuse

[@jenaispieper2358]

I’ve been in a depressive episode lately as my grandfather has passed away and I have been letting my self go. I have gained weight, my grade average is down, and I have been feeling extremely sick. However I am tired of it and I really want to get back out of it, and I just wanted to thank you for always being here. Thank you for being a reliable source for positive body and mental health! ❤

[@Coastpsych_fi99]

Take care of yourself and I’m sorry for your loss ❤

[@milicaristic8930]

Thank you, Michelle for not only keeping me entertained, but helping me be educated on the subject of your videos.

[@autumn557]

Now I will point out, because I had this thought once. “If she gets comfort from food why can’t she get comfort from good healthy food? Why does she need a pound of cheese?” And then I realized some people are. The gym fanatics that go 3 hours a day, 6 days a week and obsess over eating well is the exact same thing, just in a different way. They get comfort from the gym. Dolly just picked crap food. And it is really sad that the biggest change they can never make is “no. No Mac and cheese today. Get me steamed seasoned broccoli please” Because it’s not as satisfying and I actually feel bad for them. And I KNOW what a sugar addiction is like. I fight it every day, I fight not chowing Down a whole cake by myself (I mostly succeed but have given in a few times in my life) and I’m always craving a sugar food. I just literally have to not even buy the junk food and not have it in my home because I WILL eat it, and not in moderation. That’s the biggest step. Keep it out of reach. Because at 3 am when I want a jar of hot fudge guess what, I don’t have any at home so I have sleep for dinner instead.

[@teresalaveglia8152]

Totally unrelated but I like how Dolly has blue hair and her mother also has blue hair like in a cartoon where colored heir pass in generations

[@danikeir]

When I was in my twenties I was very overweight and gaining about twenty pounds a year... I had to take an honest look at myself and my lifestyle ...I made small changes each month that eventually compounded into big changes... My BMI is now in the healthy range and I feel way better at 38 than at 25... If you're in your twenties in reading this, please invest in yourself now... It'll pay you back so much when you get older!

[@faemaiden5090]

Michelle you've been knocking it out of the park with the last few videos. I'll never forget the look a woman gave me at a cafe when I asked her how many calories were in a cookie before I decided to buy it. She literally looked like I slammed my fist on the table and shouted "WHAT ARE THE CALORIES???!" One thing that really pisses me off about FA's is that they always say "diets are most likely to fail" as a psych student this absolutely enrages me because one of the first things we're taught is how hard it is to successfully change behaviour, and that most people do not change problem behaviour. But if someone goes into rehab, or leaves an abusive partner the last thing you say to them is "you're probably going to fail"

[@inuandkagome4eva]

FAs are only right in the respect that petty dieting and fad dieting will always fail. To fully succeed at any diet, you require a lifestyle change. And at that point it doesn't become a diet anymore, it becomes second nature. I hate FAs and all this fat culture. Its sick and predatory.

[@TheAvprobeauty]

sober for over 6 years. The second time (and last) I got arrested, the officer in the lobby while i walked out said “see you again soon”. I want to write that mother a letter 😂

[@Winter-vp9mk]

Hi Michelle, in 2020 i was 430-ish pounds and gaining because of a food addiction, as well as binge eating disorder and was actually started purging with laxatives every day pretty much. Last September i was down to 200 pounds. Been maintaining that weight. In those years i found your channel. And have probably watched every episode at least twice!! Thank you for being an inspiration. I watched this very well thought out video and i want to thank you so much for this, and for thoughts about diet culture. You are like a light house on a dark foggy night. I am thankful!! 😊

[@xXAllirefuseXx]

Watching video's like this has been the best encouragement I've ever had in order to get fit and healthy. The lives these people live, not being able to thrive because of their weight, it's so sad to see, and it breaks my heart. I never want to end up in a situation like that, ever.

[@illonaskitchen]

as someone with severe ana, what these people are doing literally what we are but the opposite way. We cant eat because of our mentality and they cant stop because of their mentality. Yet we are the only ones with an ed. Understandably neither is better, but this needs to stop being glamorized

[@Natalie66796]

I'm glad the mum was getting on her and making sure sure she ate right and portioned her food right. She's not perfect but she's trying. You can't force someone not to eat if they can get it :(

[@archieblue2801]

Dolly's animated face was hilarious, but she is extremely selfish, like her father for picking food over her child. I feel so bad for Dolly's daughter she doesn't have both her father & mother stable in her life it's so sad, thank God for the grandmother she's a champ.

[@scottiecurrie7927]

The grandma's gotta raise that daughter right so Dolly's selfishness dies with her

[@lizk2378]

I have struggled with bul and ortho cycling. Basically would do the binge/purge and then "get control" by becoming an ortho for 6 months. I was praised when the bul stopped in ortho because bul was taken seriously. I just switched, did not get better. Both required treatment, both are mental disorders. I had enough trouble getting ppl to take it seriously, I can't imagine BED. Anyone struggling with BED, major solidarity. It's a journey.

[@blackswan1983]

Sounds familiar. I'm glad you broke free.

[@selenachan4230]

@Liz K congrats on your journey. I have food issues. I'm still learning that w/ eating, it's a marathon, not a sprint. Good 👍 luck

[@anastasiasaratlic7019]

what does that mean tho…? i’m genuinely curious and am trying to find information on google, but can’t seem to find anything on “bul/ortho cycling“ 😅 idk if you’re using slang or abbreviations i haven’t heard of..?

[@ActuallyAShrimp]

​@@anastasiasaratlic7019 they're abbreviations for bulimia and orthorexia, cycling between them means going back and fourth between behaviors

[@lizk2378]

@@anastasiasaratlic7019 I'm using abbreviations. Put a imia on the bul and rexia on the ortho (not sure if those terms are censored or not like an0.rexia).

[@backinabrit]

I think you handled this with grace and sensitivity (but also honesty) I sometimes wish more people made content like this

[@LoreleiCatherine]

My 600 pound life is one of my guilty pleasure TV shows. But the biggest reason I watch it is to see the people that do succeed. That said, I noticed that most of the people who fail miserably and live in utter denial act like grown children so I am somewhat fascinated by the psychological component. They say that when you go through trauma as a child, you get stuck at that age and I fully believe that because it happened with my mother and both of my parents chose drugs over me their own child so I know the pain she’s going through, but until you face it, it doesn’t go away. You can keep trying to cover it up with drugs with alcohol with food or whatever but it doesn’t go away and at one point you have to say it’s enough I will not live in misery anymore. And I pray for those of us who have gone through trauma to face it one day bravely, and with courage because it can get better and it can stay better. I just feel so much empathy for the people on this show not only because of having gone through similar things as a child but also because I grew up with my grandmother and she was obese most of my life. I was so scared to end up her size and miserable like she was physically, and mentally that I ended up with bulimia and anorexia, and that was my way of trying to control my life because I couldn’t control the things that had happened to me. So I understand but at a certain point when you’re grown, and you still choose to stay in your own misery, I lose sympathy.

[@settolose8330]

This is why I love your content. You are blunt and call people out for being lazy and/or using things as excuses but you do so in a way that shows understanding of things being a serious issue and making health harder. PCOS and Food Addiction are REAL and truly do make things DIFFICULT… but it’s difficult not IMPOSSIBLE

[@darlingdame_x187x]

Thank you for this video. It really is crazy to me how people do not recognize that dealing with binge eating disorder is both physical AND mental. They go hand in hand. Really taking my time to work through both has been rewarding, and I feel encouraged that I will be able to actually maintain my weightloss long term by doing so once I reach my goal.

[@Sakanamoto]

I’m a 5’1 woman in my late 30’s and it wasn’t until your videos that I understood what calories even were. Thanks so much for that💕My weight has bounced around a little but not too terrible but I do want to stay in a healthy range and NOT keep going back up. I’m down to 124 and actually understand and pay more attention to what I put in my body and it helps a lot with over all health^_^ As you get older you DEFINITELY notice your health more I feel like! 😂

[@ChiakiHatori]

Yeah a lot of people (mainly at work) have told me that once you hit 30, it's now or never in terms of health 😅 I'm currently 24 and still struggling, been everywhere from underweight to slightly obese and currently overweight, managing weight isn't easy but I hope I can somehow learn healthy eating habits and loose the weight without ana interfering. But we got this ❤ Also I love your profile picture! I actually have two figures of her :)

[@jellyrolly]

If you are someone who has always been unhealthy, I think health problems slap you in the face around 28-29. But yeas, 30 is when people start to really see problems showing up clearly.

[@MsLemon42]

When you say you didn’t understand what calories were, what idea about them did you previously have? What did Michelle say to help?

[@ShutupandListen]

I’m struggling with calorie counting 😮‍💨

[@Sakanamoto]

@@MsLemon42 To be honest, I literally did not know what that number was or that weight is more so affected by how many you consume a day vs “eating healthy” and exercising and the food guide pyramid. Lol Actual understanding of food like calories, vitamins, and such just wasn’t the kind of information that was passed around when I was growing up. Watching Michelle has been so helpful for me. I understand now caloric intake is what drives your weight and why even if you eat just “healthy foods”, you will not lose weight if you haven’t reduced your calories.

[@NurseInTraining]

Now I do agree with a lot of what you said, Michelle. But I must mention that if a low income family chooses to grab junk / pre packaged foods over beans or rice, it’s not always because it tastes better. Sometimes it’s can be because it’s probably more readily available. Also it may be cheaper than other healthier options in some areas. I’ve had family members who lived in these very low income areas and told me this is exactly what they they tended to run in to when they would go shopping. Sure while people still need to be held responsible for their unhealthy eating habits, sometimes they may not have a choice to make the healthiest options. I’m just writing this for anyone who may not know that. ❤ P.S. I love your videos. Your video editing is great.😊

[@Gingerbread1421]

I was forced to go to recovery (I don’t mind now) for anorexia. I think it is crazy that people believe it is difficult to change habits when it comes to unhealthy choices EXCEPT for food addictions. In treatment, I met girls in the same program for food addictions and binge eating and they had a harder time than me changing their habits. There are little excuses for both conditions (anorexia and food addictions), but I think food addictions should be treated similarly to other addictions out there. It needs to be treated seriously! Habits are so hard to break and I hope the best for anyone going through similar situations 💖

[@harpyeagle2588]

I am digging the more documentary format of these videos, Michelle! Keep up the good work!

[@ylimer]

I love Michelle and this channel so much. I've gone from obese to a normal weight range. I feel so much better and this channel really puts my thoughts into perspective when I want to start bingeing again. 💕

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Congratulations!! 👏🙌🎯😎

[@MooMeoow]

I'm 5' 1 and at my highest, I was around 215lbs. I definitely had a food addiction. I felt for so long that there was literally nothing I could do to change. I would try all these diets and might loose a bit but ultimately fail over and over again. Now I'm at 145lbs and workout regularly and eat healthy 85% of the time. I haven't felt this good in so long, and having a healthy relationship with food is so wonderful. I'm so grateful for channels like Michelle's to keep me inspired and to spread awareness about the dangers of obesity and toxic "body positive" mindsets. Love you girl keep up the good videos!!!

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

You're doing awesome! Another channel you might like is "cynical dude". He uploads videos every weekday and he's really funny. 😎

[@samanthacarpenter3336]

People are really lacking in the ability to live in reality, and culturally we encourage overconsumption in just about all aspects from food, video games, to media. I’m 5’0, and my highest weight was 220 pounds, which is A LOT on a short girl. I’m 135 now, and trying to lose that last 20, or building up more muscle by adding more weight to my workouts. I definitely have a food addiction problem but, I have a much better handle on my life in my late twenties, than I ever had as a teenager. The bigger you get, the more you try to ignore the reality of your situation. It’s the reason fat acceptance extremists hate ex obese people the most, we know the truth of the situation. We put in the work they were unable to commit to themselves, and they hate us for proving their beliefs wrong. We all need a brutal reality check once in a while, which is why I love this channel. Helps keep me grounded to reality, and the consequences of receding back into one’s own head while letting your vices dictate your life.

[@GhostofaSiren]

Dang, I wish I could get my portions and food under control. I'm 4'10 and around 260 lbs. I do yoga and dancing every day, most days at least 30 minutes combined, usually close to an hour, but none of it matters toward my weight, because I eat like crap. The yoga is more for pain management, because I have a lot of pain. Still doesn't make me stop eating junk food, tho. I'm really poor, and even though I'm an adult, I mostly eat at my parents' and they eat a probably 80% if not more processed diet.

[@ShutupandListen]

@@GhostofaSiren I suggest buying and making your own food…(I suggest canned veggies and fish) and

[@mateaukalua4426]

​@@GhostofaSiren You need a better paying job even if not rich making $10 to $12 per hour could help.

[@cymbelinebritain6799]

The entitlement of Dolly really ticks me off. That grandmother has forgone her own life and independence at a time when she should be enjoying it for herself and instead she not only takes on the responsibility of caring for EVERY single need of her grown ass daughter but assumes legal custody of her young granddaughter because her daughter is incapable. What a selfless human being she is who deserves so much better.

[@featherbrainXD]

This video made me eat a salad and drink a whole bottle of water. I'm struggling with food a lot, mostly what to eat and what not to eat. And watching you these past couple of days has helped me understand BED a little more before it controls my life entirely. Thank you so much for your content and for the advice you make in your videos ❤

[@Faith-su4is]

I remember being over 200 pounds by the time I was 15 years old because I was a stress eater that didn’t know how to deal with stress. I know I didn’t look that heavy since I am 5’7, but my joints would hurt and I had stomach issues. I now weigh 157 pounds and feel great. Food really can be an addiction.

[@Jazzisa311]

Wow that's fantastic! You should be incredibly proud!!! Great job!!!

[@Faith-su4is]

@@Jazzisa311 thank you. It took a long time to get the weight off. I am really proud of myself.

[@dogeater5795]

Proud of you

[@woomygosh]

I am not very fat I am slightly overweight but for the past months I'm trying my best to have as long streaks without binges, because despite not being obese, in the past few years I have reached my highest weight I ever been. It's going so well past few weeks. I lost some pounds already and don't feel binge urges. I drink much more water now as well. Thank you for making your content Michelle

[@valeya]

If no one else has told you already, you should be proud of yourself! :)

[@woomygosh]

@@valeya thank you!!

[@GlitterSkies]

This is my exact situation! Not overweight, but heavier than I’ve ever been. I feel like there are so little videos and tips for our situation. Keep up the good work!!

[@woomygosh]

@Glitter Skies thank you!! My final formula is very simple, 2 decent meals for breakfast and lunch and 16:8 intermittent fasting! Small sweets (like 3 squares of chocolate for example) with the meal if needed cause I have massive sweet tooth. Lots of tea and water and fasting really keeps me in check! Took me years and lots of try and error but finally it seems to work. Good luck to you on your journey xx

[@tshea278]

“She can’t handle the duck life” 😂🦆 I actually laughed out loud while watching that during my cardio at the gym. Thanks for another great video!

[@cherylannzetz9641]

Dolly has never had any honesty in her life until Dr. Now. I love her facial expressions when get confronted with facts. Your right Michele food drug and food addiction has alot of same characteristics.