01x04 - A House Divided

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Previously on

"1000-Lb sisters"

[ Both laughing ]

Okay.

[ Grunts ]

You're stupid.

Yeah, you are, ain't you?

No, b*tch --

Just go.

Just go.

[ Sniffles ]

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Server: how are you guys

Doing today?

Michael: pretty good.

How are you?

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If you follow me.

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You need a moment?

I need a moment please.

Alright.

Take your time.

Me and mike has been married

About three months,

And for two months,

It was perfect.

We had all our time together

And stuff.

Are you guys

Ready to order?

Um

The shrimp creole? Okay.

Then for you?

The same thing?

Alrighty.

I'll get this

Out of your way.

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Yeah.

Yeah.

Here you guys go.

Here's some napkins

For you.

Can I get y'all

Anything else?

Not right now.

Okay. You guys enjoy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I love you, too, baby.

I need a bib.

[ Both laughing ]

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It's not that, tammy.

Yes, you did.

When?

I think you're hearing

Voices

That ain't really there.

Tammy: I mean,

I understand somewha

That they want alone time,

But I'm not ready

To move on my own yet.

I still can't cook for myself.

I still can't go to the store

And buy food.

I'm not trying to say

I'm selfish,

But I'm alone and help me.

What am I supposed to do?

I don't yell at you

24/7.

Okay.

Every time I turn around,

It's, "amy, amy, amy."

Okay.

I want to change

My damn name.

Okay. Well

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No.

Yeah, she gets on my nerves

And everything,

But tammy always needed me

To take care of her,

So I think she's jus

Scared to be on her own.

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Amy: this past month

Has been really difficult.

I've actually been

Trying really hard,

Went to the gym more,

And stuff like that,

But I'm pretty much

Going into this blind

Because I haven'

Weighed myself.

Yep.

Tammy:

The closer I get to atlanta,

The more and more nervous I get.

My anxiety keeps

Getting worse

Because I don't know

What the outcome is gonna be.

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I worry abou

When we were kids

Yeah?

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Today, we're back in atlanta

To go see dr. Procter.

Hopefully, I lost enough weigh

To make him happy.

- Amy.

- Hey!

- How are you?

- Fine. How are you?

Hi.

You ready to come back?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Alright.

Airika: come on in.

Have a seat.

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Hey, amy.

Amy: hey. How are you?

Good. How are you doing?

Good.

It's been a few weeks.

I know, right?

My biggest concern

Since I last met with them

Are whether or not they could

Make these diet changes

That they needed to do.

I'm interested to see now

What kind of steps

They've taken towards

A more healthy lifestyle.

Today, they have to show

That they're committed,

So they can prove to me

And prove to each other

That they're gonna do wha

It takes to become successful.

So, uh, we talked abou

A lot of things

When I saw you guys last.

Tell me about I

A little bit.

How's it been

Working out for you?

That sounds fantastic.

They work you up

Pretty hard?

Yeah.

Did tammy do it also?

No.

Oh, okay.

You doing some meal

Replacement drinks also?

Yeah.

Good.

It sounds like you've

Really sort of embraced

This lifestyle change

And taking ahold of things,

So you ready to see

If the work's paid off?

Yeah.

Let's get up on the scale

And take a look at things.

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So far, things are looking

Pretty good.

You've told me tha

You've made some big changes.

You're working out.

Your weight's going

In the right direction,

But, you know, based on

What the scale's showing,

You're not even halfway

To your goal yet.

I know.

I wan

To see you get there,

But this is the rate

We're going right now,

This is just no

Gonna cut it.

We really need

To step it up now.

A 10-pound weight loss is good,

But amy can do

A lot better than that,

Especially over

The course of a month.

At her weight,

She should be able

To drop weight fairly quickly.

We really need

To help them understand

The changes that they're going

To have to make

In order to be

Successful with this,

And it doesn't stop

When we get to surgery.

This is ongoing for

The rest of their lives.

So, listen,

When you come back,

I want to see

Your weight down.

I want to see you

At 375 pounds.

This is a matter of life

Or death for you.

Do everything you can,

And I'll see you back

In a month.

Okay.

Your turn.

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Dr. Procter gave me a pretty big

Weight goal to lose --

60 Pounds.

I think I am eating better

And I've been trying

To be more active,

But I don't know

How much weigh

I've lost or gained.

Tammy, how are you?

I'm here.

You're here.

It's good to see you.

Last time I saw you,

We kind of sat down

And we talked abou

A lot of changes

You're gonna make

And so forth.

So tell me about life

Since then.

Yeah?

She's always been the one

To kind of cook

And do most of the shopping

And so forth.

So she's regulating

What both of you guys eat?

Right.

Okay. So do you help

Her make the list?

Yes.

Alright, so you guys

Coming up with this together,

Making sure

That you're doing

The right things

And so forth.

Okay. So let's get up

On the scale

And see where we are

With things, okay?

Okay.

I'm gonna help you out.

You need this?

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That would put me abou

Halfway through my goal.

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Have a seat.

Let's talk about things.

It's terrible.

So listen, you're not even

Close to your goal.

You've hardly lost any weigh

Since I saw you last time.

I don't know if you've been

Doing anything

That we talked about.

As of right now,

I've got serious doubts

We're gonna have

The surgery.

If you ask me today,

I'd say no.

Dr. Procter: tammy tells me

That she's doing well,

Then she puts up a number

Telling me tha

She really hasn't made

Any changes at all.

At her size,

She should have dropped

Quite a bit of weight by now.

My suspicion is tha

She's not following

All the dietary recommendations

That we've given her

In order to lose the weight.

What's been

Holding you back?

What has been

The biggest downfall

With regards to holding you

Back from losing weight?

Is your sister

Supportive?

To a point?

What do you mean?

She needs to be

More helpful to you?

How so?

Because I understand

She does the shopping

And the cooking and so forth.

How can she help more?

Well, part of this,

And what I see

When I see folks

Who are

In your size range,

Is once you get there,

You become more

And more dependen

On other people

Around you.

And once that happens,

Next thing you're bedridden.

Next thing you're depending

On everybody for everything.

So honestly,

I want to see you

Do these things

For yourself.

If you're thirsty, you need

To get something to drink,

Get up and ge

Something to drink.

I know it hurts.

I know it's gonna be painful.

And sometimes seem like

It's not worth it

It becomes very easy to blame

Failure to do the things

That you're supposed to do

On somebody else,

But tammy's not bed-bound.

She can get up, she can do

Some of her own shopping

And things like that.

She needs to understand that her

Health is her responsibility.

I shouldn't have to remind you

This is life or death.

What I talked abou

Last time,

That wasn't jus

To scare you.

I hope it did,

But it's true.

I don't see you

Living much longer

Unless we do something

About this.

If you think you can

Double down your efforts

And you think

You can show me

That you're gonna pu

Something into this,

Then I'll look

At it again.

But I'm not changing

Your goal.

Right.

Okay? When I see you back

In a month,

I want to see you

At that goal.

At that point,

We'll decide

Whether or not we're gonna

Get your surgery done.

We've got a long way to go

With both of you guys.

So I want both of you

To go together,

Sit down

And have a session

With the bariatric

Psychologist, okay?

Because I'm a little concerned

About things.

I don't know if your head's

In the right place with this.

Alright? So why don't you

Go meet with him

And let's talk again

After that?

Okay.

Alright. See you soon.

See you.

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I feel defeated.

Dr. Procter suggested

I start being more active.

I don't know how confident I am

That I can do that right now.

How are you feeling?

I don't want to talk

About it.

Tammy: after the appointmen

With dr. Procter,

All I could do was just think

What I did wrong.

So I

I'm feelingmad at myself.

Upset.

[ Sniffling ]

I do wish I never

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Never gotto this size.

I wish

I continued on my diets

When I was younger.

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Hi, tammy, amy.

Nice to meet you.

I'm dr. Ritz.

Let's go on back to the office.

Alright.

So I don't always

Get sisters

Who are getting ready to do

Their bariatric surgery

Close to the same time.

Especially, sisters

Who are living

With each other.

So I'm curious abou

How that's been

Going so far.

Just little squabble.

What do you guys

Squabble about?

Does she rely on you to do

The shopping in the family?

Okay.

Are there foods

On that lis

That you think

To yourself,

"Hmm. That may not be

The most sensible

Or healthy thing

For tammy to have"?

Yes.

Okay.

Amy, sometimes your way

Of caring

Might be a little bit

Intense.

But you were

Asking your sister

To get them for you,

Tammy.

You know that.

I mean, it's still on you

To decide what you pu

In your mouth

No matter what your sister

Gets for you.

Tammy: I know I could've been

Doing better.

But trying to make changes

In my life is very difficult.

So, tammy, you're relying

On amy a lot.

Amy, you hold onto

A lot of responsibility.

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That's a lo

Of worry you have.

That can be

Pretty exhausting.

Yeah.

So you have guil

From years ago about that.

Wow.

You can't le

All that burden get you.

You got to let it go.

Have you ever heard

Of the word "codependency"?

That means depending

Upon somebody else,

But in a way tha

Has a negative outcome.

So hanging on

To somebody else

Who's drowning means

You're going down, too.

That's codependency.

For you to be

Successful with this,

As successful

As you can,

If you don't worry

About yourself first,

It's gonna be harder for you

To lose the weigh

And keep it off.

And, tammy, I want you

To really work hard

On figuring ou

How to have more independence

In your life.

I do dream of having

A normal life,

And I want to be independent.

I want to be free,

But it's really hard.

I have to be

More confident in myself.

Thanks for both of you

Being here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

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I've been through too much

To give up now.

We are heading home

After our one-month checkup

With dr. Procter.

Kind of feel like

I let everybody down,

Including myself,

But I'm not giving up.

Yes.

We got a lo

Of work to do.

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Whoa.

Whee. [ Laughs ]

Come on.

[ Laughing ]

It was like,

"Woo-hoo."

Woo-hoo-hoo.

Woman: thank you.

Hope to see you again.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

b*tch.

Alright. Alright.

Okay.

Good job.

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Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

But

You know.

Yeah.

If the scales

Were reversed

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What are you doing?

Amy: huh?

What are you doing?

Hey, guys.

Yeah.

They need to be higher.

Okay, so

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388.6.

Hot dog.

Your turn.

Just try it.

It's not gonna weigh me.

It ain't gonna hurt you

To try.

I don't want to because if I do,

I'm gonna get depressed

Because I know it's no

Gonna hit that number.

Yeah.

About a week ago,

I was 600

And the home scale

Only goes to 550.

So there was no way for I

To read my weight.

There's no way.

Amy, I'm not trying

To argue with you.

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You know what?

I'm not

It.

Come on.

[ Smooches ]

Next time

On "1000-lb sisters"

And we're off.

I can't take care of tammy.

I got my own life now.

Officiant: I hereby pronounce

You husband and wife.

Amy:

So I got to focus on myself.

What the

You mean by that?

The problem with online dating,

You don't know

Who's on the other side.

I don't want her to get hurt.

I'm nervous.

I've worked so hard.

Today, me and tammy's going

To have our final weigh-in.

We'll see

What the scale says.

Okay.

This is it.

We might get the surgery.

It all comes down

To my weight loss.

This surgery is my lifeline.

My fingers, my hands, my eyes,

Everything's crossed.