Seasons & episodes
S8 · E7Joyce's Story 2020-02-12 · 88 min
Joyce needs home health care 24/7 and hasn't left the house in years. But getting to Dr. Now in Houston is just the first step, and when he prescribes therapy where Joyce must revisit an unhappy past with her mom, it may be more than she can handle.
S8 · E8Carlton & Shantel's Story 2020-02-19 · 88 min
Shantel's brother Carlton lives downstairs but she hardly ever sees him because at 600+ lbs each, neither can do the stairs safely. They need Dr. Now's help to break free from a death spiral of codependent eating & reforge their sibling relationship.
S8 · E9Seana's Story 2020-02-26 · 88 min
Seana is 23 and nearly 700 lbs, living at her mom's house, depressed and anxious, her weight-gain threatening to take her last breath. Dr. Now can give her the tools she needs to live, but until she chooses life, no one can save Seana but Seana.
S8 · E10Ashley Bs Story 2020-03-04 · 88 min
At 600 pounds, Ashley has to move home so her mom can help her care for herself and her newborn daughter; Ashley must overcome a lifetime’s worth of unfortunate circumstances and get Dr. Now’s help in Houston.
S8 · E11Tommy's Story 2020-03-11 · 88 min
Tommy wants to lose weight so he can marry his fiancee and have the life he always dreamed of, but to break the cycle of pathological eating, he’ll have to face a piece of his past he has always kept secret.
S8 · E12Coliesa's Story 2020-03-18 · 87 min
The four best reasons for Coliesa to live are her daughters. But after a heart attack and losing the love of her life in a car crash, Coliesa eats non-stop to escape from reality, and ... See full summary »
S8 · E13Dominic's Story 2020-03-25 · 88 min
Dominic's life is falling apart due to his food addiction; over 600 pounds and living in a van with his brother, he decides to leave California for Texas, where only Dr. Now can help him learn to face life's challenges without using food to cope.
S8 · E14Megan's Story 2020-04-01 · 88 min
At 24 years old and over 600 lbs, Megan lives at home with her mom, who cooks for her since Megan can't do much on her own; Megan must travel to Houston to meet Dr Now and change her eating habit or her life may end before it ever begins.
S8 · E15Ashley T's Story 2020-04-08 · 88 min
Ashley is 24 and lives alone; her only sources of comfort are food and the relationships she has online; but not a single one of her profiles is real; Ashley learns that Dr Now isn't someone she can lie to like her online friends.
S8 · E16Leneatha's Story 2020-04-15 · 88 min
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S9 · E1Samantha's Story 2020-12-30 · 87 min
At nearly 1,000 pounds, Samantha is dangerously close to dying. To make matters worse, she's paid to eat by making videos online. If Samantha doesn't overcome her toxic relationship with food, she worries that she will leave her daughter motherless.
S9 · E2Thederick's Story 2021-01-06 · 88 min
Thederick has become housebound from eating, and for 10 years, he's only gone outside to greet the ice cream man. After a recent hospital scare, it's finally clicked that if Dr. Now's program doesn't work for him, then nothing will.
S9 · E3Carrie's Story 2021-01-13 · 88 min
20 years after her dad died as a result of a botched weight loss surgery, Carrie is on the brink of eating herself to death. To live, she must face the fear and grief of losing her father and end a cycle of toxic behavior with her husband Chris.
S9 · E4Cindy's Story 2021-01-20 · 88 min
Cindy is resistant to change and has spent years creating a world that makes her feel safe. When her friend notices Cindy's health declining rapidly due to her size, she pushes Cindy to move to Houston and see Dr. Now. But Cindy isn't so easily persuaded.
S9 · E5Melissa M's Story 2021-01-27 · 88 min
Melissa has isolated herself at home and lost many friends to avoid feeling the shame of what her food addiction has done to her body. Now, the only way to get her life back is to leave it behind to start a new one with Dr. Now's help in Houston.
S9 · E6Kenae's Story 2021-02-03 · 88 min
Kenae' was already big before her weight gain took off after the death of her beloved mother. Refusing to deal with the pain, Kenae' turned to food to fill the void. But she'll be reunited with her mom soon if the denial continues.
S9 · E7Krystal's Journey 2021-02-10 · 88 min
Krystal began overeating to shield herself with a protective layer of obesity after suffering years of abuse. Once a means of protection, her pathological eating now threatens to destroy her life if she doesn't get help.
S9 · E8Isaac's Journey 2021-02-17 · 88 min
Isaac helped raise his siblings after his mom suffered a debilitating stroke when he was 10. While learning to cook for his family, he began comfort-eating. Now to avoid eating himself to death, Isaac must learn to take care of himself for a change.
S9 · E9Michael's Journey 2021-02-24 · 88 min
A lifetime of abuse and ridicule has left Michael anxious and afraid to leave the house. Now with the help of his devoted wife he must follow Dr. Now's program to keep from eating himself to death.
S9 · E10Shannon's Journey 2021-03-03 · 88 min
Shannon's husband loves her the way she is, but that may not help because she's 700 pounds and bedridden. Dr. Now knows it's not easy to break a toxic cycle of overfeeding and enabling, but that's what needs to happen if Shannon wants to live past 40.
S9 · E11Irene's Journey 2021-03-10 · 88 min
Irene had to move back in with her son because her weight made it unbearable to live on her own. When Dr. Now can't get through to her, the only thing that might help her break the cycle is a once-in-a-lifetime turn of events.
S9 · E12Tammy's Journey 2021-03-17 · 88 min
Through tough times, food has always been Tammy's friend. But now she has gotten so big that her daughters and mother have moved home to care for her, and unless Dr. Now can get her to confront her grief, food might be her killer.
S9 · E13Chrystal's Journey 2021-03-24 · 88 min
Having her daughters help bathe her is not how Chrystal pictured parenting, but she is so large now that there's no other option. Chrystal wants Dr. Now's help, but she didn't know that bringing her childhood trauma to light would be part of the deal.
S10 · E1Nathan's Journey 2022-06-15 · 88 min
When Nathan's weight gets in the way of the only healthy thing in his life - his job as a drama teacher - it's a wake-up call for him. But changing his life might mean a falling out with his wife, Amber, who is also overweight, unless she can lose, too.