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Again, there was someone taking care of two people who were pretty much immobile scared to death to make them angry. A couple times of someone yelling at me for not making them eighteen scrambled eggs and two pounds of bacon for breakfast, I would be outta there. I swear, most of the meals that you see on this show look like drunk food from hell.
I wonder if TLC would have cast them if they knew Lee would get physically abusive. Who am I kidding, of course they would. The network and this show get off on toxic relationships, what's a little woman beating to add to the mix?
Believe it or not, I'm glad they put up that BSOJ at the end because otherwise, I was going to tweet TLC with my displeasure on their irresponsible programming. I know it's just a small gesture, but at least they addressed the issue that abuse, even a little of it, is never OK. I had a similar moment of outrage(as some of you know already because I can't let it go) when during My Big Fat Fabulous Life, they assumed Whitney, a 400 pound woman with a history of prediabetes and cardiac issues, was assumed to be having a panic attack when her symptoms could have very well been a heart attack (jaw pain, vomiting, etc.)and they drove her to a damn walk in clinic! It's like TLC was afraid to admit that a fat person could be having a heart attack. Hell, if I was having those symptoms as a normal weight person with no cardiac issues, I would call an ambulance. Better to be safe than dead.
IMO, fast food is not cheap. That's why I have had an issue with it for people who claim they have money troubles. I don't care for fast food, but, I would avoid it anyway due to the costs. Most meals, that includes fries and beverage are close to $6.00. Then you add the extras, which big eaters seem to favor, and you add on another $4-5. So, I can easily see a huge price for 3 persons. There are better ways to eat on the road, but, people who love that kind of thing, aren't likely interested in pursuing that.
One thing that really bothered me is that after Lee blew up in the doctor's office, Dr. Now seemed to imply that Rena had to stay with him, in order to have the surgery. To me, that was applying pressure from a professional to stay in an abusive relationship. To me, she should have been offered a safe place to stay for her surgery, regardless of the therapy.
Honestly, if you have morbid, super obesity and have had it for most of your life, the chances are overcoming it, even with surgery are slim. It's always a huge deal. And Lee seems to have more issues than that. I hope Rena doesn't regret her choice to stay with him. I think she might do much better with a more mature person.
At the end they had both lost weight and were still in therapy so hopefully things are better. Dr. Now did say they were keeping an eye an the situation and had a place for her to go if needed. It did seem like they were on a better path when the show ended .
I agree!!! There have been a few times I was on the road to college with my 18 year old son and we stopped at Subway or Five Guys, and I thought there was a mistake in the bill! Two people for "fast food" and it is over $20? And my thin "I can eat anything" son is only eating one meal, btw. So these folks who say fast food is so cheap, no it is not! And if you are on 94 heading to Fargo (like me) and options are truly few and far between, plan ahead, or look for a Wendy's. They have awesome salads.
My son and I were wondering about the friend who came with them to Houston and what his motivation was. My son said he must be a saint. Someone on the Live Chat thread (I was just reading it now) said he is probably being paid to be their caregiver and a light bulb went off. There is a program through Medicaid called CDPAP where you can be paid to be the caregiver of a friend or family member:
speaking of fast food, have you checked out the price of bacon lately? A 12oz package is about $7-$9...sometimes you can get it BOGO, but that would still mean they are consuming about $18 in just bacon daily.
First of all, I thought this was going to be a show about a lesbian couple, and it was hard to shake the misconception because Lee looked more like a woman than a man. I couldn't figure out why TLC wasn't blurring out her naked breasts until later I realized they were moobs not boobs.
So, the positive, to me, was that this was actually a different story than one we've seen before, that actually required two hours to tell. The negative is that it's like one second we were driving down the interstate of "I'll show Dr. Now that I'm making good progress but I've had a few slips" and then we missed a turn and ended up in the brambly ditch of "and by the way now he is a foul-mouthed verbal abuser and by the way, he hits me too". Imagine being stuck in that craphole of an apartment, taking care of that vile beast day in and day out, only to find out YOU can't have the surgery YOU need because HE isn't playing by the rules. Fuck Dr. Now right in the ass for that bit of tomfuckery. How dare he? Was this for TV drama? What the actual hell?
Much like Steven Assanti, I fear the day that Lee is fully mobile. If he'll hit her when he's immobile, he'll kill her when he can walk. I hope her decidedly underwhelmed reactions to a bunch of shitty carnations and a stuffed animal indicated where her mindset is. She's very pretty, and I hope she can continue to lose weight, and maybe TLC will chip in to get her front tooth fixed like they did for Pauline.
"I think I'm holding a lot of fluid". That's right, you knuckle dragging redneck. You know better than the doctor. You got your medical degree where? Carl's Body Shop and Medical College in Hellhole, Missouri? Take a seat.
I will never, until my dying day, understand this. We hear it over and over again on these shows. Who gives a shit? What was he going to do, yell at her? Fine, come at me, bro. I'll dance away while I toss potato chips at you, and laugh at you as you cry because you can't bend to pick them up. (And I am old, arthritic and also fat). Get upset all you want. Get upset enough to lose enough weight to do your own damn cooking.
Absolutely. Once she started losing some of the weight, she started putting make up on. Then she showed up to Dr. Now's appointment in that long, blue velvet (maybe velour?) tank dress. Whatever it was, she looked nice. A refreshing change from most who show up in torn, stretched out, food stained t-shirts or muumuu's. Yes, I know clothing is hard to find in their sizes and has to be expensive, but my point being is that she does know how to take care of herself. And when she stepped on the scale and lost three times MORE than Lee, he couldn't be more fake in his congratulations if he tried. He was visibly pissed and jealous. When she gets to her goal, she's going to look so much more attractive than he deserves, and he's going to either derail her weight loss and bully her into eating her way back to obesity, or bully her physically because he's jealous that she looks so much better than he. I see him as being VERY controlling of her, and questioning everyone she talks to, and everyone she sees.
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