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When i initially saw the subject for this i immediately thought that someone's surgeon was fat. Kinda comparable to a dentist with bad teeth. Haha! But I'm watching an episode through you tube. What a hunky doctor! Thanks for sharing, i had no idea about this show.

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Well also, in the UK you have to have. BMI of 60 for the bypass and possibly the sleeve. The only other option would be the band which they've shown a couple of times.

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@@Inner Surfer Girl

In the end it is sleeves mostly and they start doing the ballon with really large people to get them down to size to have surgery. The last 2 seasons are pretty different from how it starts off.

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I watched the first episode last night and I am hooked! It was 330 am so I couldn't watch more but I can't wait to watch more! Oh and I had to google Stone to Pound conversion so I could know what they weighed. lol

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In preparing for surgery, every evening consists of research for me. Whether it be browsing threads on BP, watching videos on YouTube (actual surgeries & success stories, etc) , following WLS people on Instagram for meal and excercise ideas, watching My 600 lb Life, and now Fat Doctor.

I just have to say- Fat Doctor hits home the most for me. Dr. Summers is my favorite part of it all! His outlook on obese patients is heartfelt. I absolutely love to listen to him talk about the obese and what contributed to their weight gain. He also discusses how society views "fat people" and the prejudice they experience. Fat shaming is a real thing and I know we have all experienced it on at least one occasion. I guess I respect this doctor more because I have been to doctors who chalked excercise and dieting up to being a cake walk and not understanding my lack of success or believing that I was fully dedicated to the program. I have PCOS and while I don't blame it 100% for my weight, it does play a significant role in my inability to lose weight. My younger brother who pitches in the minor league (very fit & healthy) thought something similar about me and my efforts. So when he was home in the off season last year, we walked every morning, went grocery shopping and cooked together (meal prepped for the entire week). He quickly realized that my body did not react to clean eating and excercise like it should and changed his entire perception. For the record, he was always loving and never disrespectful when addressing my weight. He just thought that I did not know how to determine exactly what my body needed to succeed. So, it's nice to see that Summers recognizes that there are multiple factors.

I highly recommend this show to everyone! I watch it on Hulu and I'm on season 3 out of...6 I believe? It truly does show the good, the bad and the ugly (and I mean...the UGLY). It's filmed in England so it took me a quick second to get used to "stones" over "pounds."

Oh....and it doesn't hurt that Dr. Summers is nice on the eyes ;)

Yes he does. I like the show as well.

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I was shocked when I saw a balloon done last night, interesting but awake, yikes. I had Hulu free for 3 months and it goes off today. I'm happy to hear it's on you tube.

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What are your favorite episodes of Fat Doctor? I don't have time to binge watch entire seasons and would like to just hit the highlights or best liked episodes. I have seen the first few episodes a few years back. Also, could anybody share the stone to pound conversion?

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What are your favorite episodes of Fat Doctor? I don't have time to binge watch entire seasons and would like to just hit the highlights or best liked episodes. I have seen the first few episodes a few years back. Also, could anybody share the stone to pound conversion?

The three sisters one is interesting, stone equals 14 pounds..

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What are your favorite episodes of Fat Doctor? I don't have time to binge watch entire seasons and would like to just hit the highlights or best liked episodes. I have seen the first few episodes a few years back. Also, could anybody share the stone to pound conversion?

Season 2, episode 2: Daniel Simmons

Very difficult to watch but real and informative.

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I watched the first episode last night and I am hooked! It was 330 am so I couldn't watch more but I can't wait to watch more! Oh and I had to google Stone to Pound conversion so I could know what they weighed. lol

Glad you like it!!!! I totally had to Google the conversion myself. I even whip out my handy dandy phone calculator to do the math when they lose excessive STONES! lol.

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@@Daveo I also had to google crisps! Since most everyone on this show loves them!

They're potato chips for anyone who is interested.

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@@sassyfrass23 hahaha yeah I love their words! didn't they call soda fizzy drinks?

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@@Daveo I think so! I will say that I was surprised to hear they they are #2 behind the US in obesity

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