My 600-lb Life

Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals - each weighing more than 600 pounds confront lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery. In addition to drastically changing their appearances, they hope to reclaim their independence, mend relationships with friends and family, and renew their feelings of self-worth.

• overweight
• surgeon
• obesity
• doctor
• eating disorder
• weight loss
• losing weight
• medical documentary
• hospital setting
• reality show
• food addiction
• weight loss struggle
• weight loss surgery
• gastric bypass surgery