Ton of Love on TLC

Have you seen it? 

This is breaking my heart.  I'm seeing these people hide behind a veil of pretend happiness.  My heart goes out to them.

One couple (both severely obese) wants desperately to have a child.  They see a fertility specialist and she is diagnosed with PCOS.  The fertility doctor tells her weight loss will likely fix it.  He asks the doctor if they have gastric bypass will it help, and the doctor says absolutely (a positive look at WLS).

Another couple, and their son are shown.  The mom is 36, severely obese and pregnant.  The father is overweight, but not bad.  The 11 year old son is overweight.  The son is deathly afraid that his mommy will die during her c-section surgery.  Two months after the surgery, the whole family is losing weight and doing good.

The last couple is probably the most disturbing.  They have been together forever, met in church.  She is obese, but he is nearly bedridden....and in poor health....but he is still mobile, but VERY demanding (I'D KILL HIM IN 15 MINUTES). They want to find a church that will accept them-many have shunned them due to the husband's size (their words).  He is a gifted musician and singer.  They find a church to try out, and they've asked him to sing on Wednesday.  The day before they are fabric shopping to make him a new outfit....and she has to stay up all night to get it done.  My two cents on this twosome:  He is gay and in the closet, and has eaten himself nearly to death to hide it, and she is his "beard".  I'm not judging him....just be who you are!!!

These shows are so sad and so eye opening.  On the one hand, I watch them so I always remember where I came from.  On the other hand, I shake my head wondering why these folks VOLUNTEER to be exploited.  The common underlying thread though is that they are all tap dancing as fast as they can to convince the world they are "happy"....when I can clearly see the pain they are trying to deny.....and I remember being that way....I now think I THOUGHT I was happier than I really admitted....I was happy with everything EXCEPT myself...and my complete and utter failure to control my weight.  Thank goodness I found an option to finally get healthy.

That does sound like an interesting show. I will have to look for it, too.

My heart still breaks for the "600 pound Virgin" who got down to 200 and then regained all of his weight. I follow him on fb.

Yeah, I keep up with him too.  I still check in on him periodicaly.

I saw the one about that church couple. I was getting the same feeling from him - -  I almost would be sadder for someone who's in the closet than someone who's obese and in denial, if that's not too warped.

TLC has aired a couple of stories about the singer--Freddie?--and his slave--er, I mean wife. I knew there was something strange about them, other than wifely submission.  Now I see it: the plucked eyebrows, the diva-ness... God love ya, Freddie; you don't have to hide your true Vegas self.