Ah! Penny! Why?!?!?(My 600 lb life)

[Kramer17 31]

I hate to bring this up, but TLC is having a 600lb life marathon and lo and behold the episode with Penny is on there. I feel so bad for this woman because she is clearly a food addict and not accepting her part in the failure of her surgery.

I can say that since my surgery 5 months ago I have fought many an inner battle when it comes to food. I try to convince myself that it wont be bad if I have a cookie or Pasta etc but in the end I know that I have been given such an incredible gift and no food is worth trading that.

What are your thoughts on this? Anyone else struggling with her episode?

[Elode 8,093]

@@Kramer17 I love that show! I also like "fat vs skinny"'I like all weight loss shows! Except for biggest loser because they are Showing unrealistic results....unless you don't work, have a personal trainer, chief, and can workout 8 hours a day! But yay for them!

[BitterSweet* 835]

I like my 600 lb life and Biggest Loser. I will confess to watching both shows while eating a mound of Chinese food and thinking to myself, that's a damn shame to be THAT big. Like I'm any different. Smh. Just shameful.

Those shows demonstrate some of the terrible behaviors, excuses, and lies we tend to tell ourselves, so I find them helpful in that regard.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I dislike all those shows. I think it's fat people porn less interested in helping these people and more a point and gawk at the fat person. There was one show A & E had a few years that I liked where they had the person come out to a ranch for 3 months then sent them home but connected them up with a trainer and nutritionist. If they gained a certain amount of time they went back to the ranch. They also dealt with psychological and environmental factors that made these people gain in the first place. It felt very human and truly concerned with the people involved. Of course it only lasted one season.

[Bino 44]

I just saw her episode. It made me think ... I need to make sure I'm up to everything that I need to do on my part to make the surgery a success once I have it. I don't want to go through the process and then sabotage myself.

[The Candidate 3,215]

Honestly, and this may sound harsh, but it made me very angry. Here I'm doing everything in my power to get approved and she just threw her chance away. It also made it clearer to me why we are all made to jump through so many hoops to get authorization for surgery. Had she been made to jump through those same hoops she would have never qualified in the first place. Her excuses of never being told she had to lose weight while in the hospital, the scales being off, and the myriad rest, were simply examples that she never had any intention of making life style changes. From day one she refused to even stand up!

The doctor did everything in his power to help her from keeping her in the hospital for months after the surgery, and sending a physical therapist and a nutritionist to her home after she repeatedly missed appointments. She was arrogant, narcissistic, unpleasant, and clearly put her own wants before those of her son. True, her husband was a bit of an enabler, but in the end she owned every bit of that failure. She should had never of been operated on in the first place.

It just really brought it home to me how much you have to not only want this, but be willing to fight for it. To be willing to change your entire lifestyle forever. I will use her example of everything I will NOT do once I have my own surgery.

Now if you want true inspiration you should check out Olivia's episode.

Edited January 4, 2015 by The Candidate

[majorsmama 91]

I LOVE this show and can't wait for the new season to begin. The episode with Penny was by far the most difficult to watch. She is legitimately delusional. And I don't really care about her, but she has that beautiful little boy who doesn't deserve to have a mother like her. She is sick in her head and her husband is an enabler and I feel like that child is doomed with those kinds of role models in his life.

[GenaW828 117]

I like the show. Penny was...well a hard one to watch. I was angry at her for being so lazy. Prime example of you have to be ready for this no one can want it for you. I actually think this motivates me to do better..seeing the success and the fails.

[Crystal88 85]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this show! HOWEVER, I hated Penny's episode and as I sat there watching it, I LOATHED her by the end of it. She did not try one bit and the fact that she had the audacity to look at Dr. Now in his face and say "look, you can see my collarbone", after regaining some of the measly 35 pounds she lost??? So full of shit.

I can't wait for the new season to start!!

[jeniker3 19]

Ok when does this come on, what is it called and what channel?

Never seen it. Sounds like something I need to watch.

[da50bear 84]

@jeniker3..my 600 pound life is on Wed night on TLC at 9:00 pacific time

[The Candidate 3,215]

The entire first season is also available on Hulu Plus.

[jeniker3 19]

Thanks

[jacileggs 402]

I'm exited for the new season. Especially the updates on previous people's shows.

[Chele H 427]

I loved when she insisted that she needed oxygen when the oxygen monitor was reading in the high nineties and the doctor told her so.... but she insisted she needed it.