My 600-lb Life

• TV Show
• 2012-02-01
• EN
• Returning Series
• 1h 24m
• US
• Reality

• 6.3
• 38

Production

Megalomedia

Storyline

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.