02x04 - A Fork in the Road

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NARRATOR: Previously

on "1000-lb Sisters."

If I was in your

position, Tammy,

I'd be disappointed in myself.

[dramatic music]

Amy, relax.

Relax.

Amy, relax.

[phone ringing]

MICHAEL (ON PHONE): Hello?

- Hey.

Have you heard anything?

OK.

[dramatic music]

Little.

MICHAEL: Little.

Wow.

This b*tch went to

the ER for Chinese food?

I wanted to kick her butt.

She should've knew better.

Chinese is my favorite food.

So I got to make a

healthier option.

Maybe use cauliflower and put

it in the general chow sauce.

That sounds good, actually.

Can you buy general chow sauce?

[laughs]

I thought I fell asleep.

But Michael was saying I was

saying some off the wall stuff,

which I have no clue about.

Yeah.

b*tch.

I hope Amy takes this as a sign

that she needs to

start making changes.

She didn't put just

her life in jeopardy.

She put the baby's

life in jeopardy.

Yeah.

After the spell with

the Chinese food incident,

I realized it's not

OK to have cheat days.

I need to make

healthier choices so I

can protect me and the baby.

I got to be a mother.

And I got to do right by family.

[burps] Both.

Excuse me.

Little, you ready to

go on down with Mama?

All that over Chinese food.

[country music]

The button's over

Got to push home, babe.

It's on picture and it's on you.

Now it's on slow-mo.

Hey y'all.

It's Amy.

And boy do I have some

surprises for y'all.

But I've got a special guest.

You want to come in, babe?

It's my hubby.

Hi.

Want to introduce yourself?

I'm Mike.

We've been married

for almost a year.

My fans already know

that I am pregnant.

But what they don't

know is what I'm having.

I got some sonograms

to show you.

Are we having a boy?

Are we having a girl?

It's a boy.

And here's his little face.

It's a boy.

He's got a little tinkle tinkle.

So we have some

names picked out.

We have Thomas Wayne.

My grandpa's name is Thomas.

And his dad is named Wayne.

So we vetoed that one

because we just have too many

Thomas Waynes in the family.

So the next one is Gage Dion.

Gage is after Stephen

King's "Pet Sematary,"

the little baby in it.

We both love horror movies.

And one of our favorites

to watch is "Pet Sematary."

So that's it, y'all.

Thank you guys so

much for watching.

Have a nice day.

Bye YouTube.

Subscribe.

Bye.

Yeah.

Me and Michael are so happy.

We're having a baby.

And I just can't wait.

I'm ready to go right now.

I'm ready to have

the baby right now.

And finally be the mother

that I've always wanted to be.

[country music]

Little.

What are you doing, girlfriend?

After my scare at the ER, I

just wanted to pamper myself.

So let's have a spa

day with my sister.

I got some face masks.

I brought some tools

to put the mud mask on.

I got a cucumber.

OK.

Come in.

- Hey girl.

TAMMY: Hey girl.

Hey girl.

What's up, Amy?

You ready to get your hair done?

AMY: Yes.

All right.

What have y'all guys been up to?

[laughing]

That's what

pregnant will get you.

Right?

- Yeah.

[farting]

Yes.

PRODUCER: Oh no.

Amy.

My bubbly.

Your bubbly?

[laughing]

God.

Oh my God.

You are a mess.

Oh my goodness.

Yeah.

Well.

I missed y'all.

All right.

b*tch.

b*tch.

Amy, I got to

Stop.

Yeah, you relax.

What?

Me and Michael are going

to become a threesome.

[laughing]

AMY: Whatever.

So what else you got going on?

Are you excited?

I've been doing Tammy's

hair for about a year now.

Tammy and I have become

really good friends.

And so she's told me a lot

of her personal issues.

Recently, I had a

client pass away.

She had a heart attack.

And she was only 32 years old.

So I know what it's like to lose

somebody that's like a client

but also a family member.

And I don't want to see

that happen to Tammy.

So I pray that she

really does move forward

with this weight loss journey.

Death is knocking on your door

so you better straighten up.

[dramatic music]

Hey y'all.

So today I'm doing

stuff around the house.

I'm kind of disappointed with

Tammy because look at this.

I'm disappointed.

I'm hurt.

Because I'm trying my best,

trying to help her out.

And this is what she does.

This is [bleep].

I have no clue where

she's getting this from.

She's got to be sneaking

them behind my back

or she's ordering online.

I am disappointed.

But I knew this was

going to happen.

I've tried to help her.

Chris has tried to help her.

I mean what the [bleep]

is this [bleep]??

Tammy not taking

her life seriously.

Does she want to die?

Because this is what's

going to happen.

She's going to eat all

this [bleep] and die.

Look at that, baby.

Oh my gosh.

It's like I'm walking

into Beyonce's house.

We're going to go

on and get you back.

OK?

I'm hoping Dr. Smith

won't be an [bleep]..

[dramatic music]

How's it going?

Really Amy?

It looks like a

piece yeah, a piece

of PVC with a rope on it.

You put the sock

over the end of it.

And then slip your

foot through it.

You pull on the rope.

Black foot.

My God.

Man, she need to just let

them soak in some bleach water.

Wash them son of b*tches.

[laughs] That is

some redneck [bleep]..

Well, we got the trip

to go to Tammy's doctor.

I got me one.

Got her one.

Yeah.

Well, I'm kind of

interested to see what

the doctor's got to

say about the surgery

and finding out

more information.

Because I am really

interested in getting it.

OK.

[country music]

This is the first time I

haven't been in a doctor's

appointment with Tammy.

And at the end of

the day, I'm always

going to feel bad because she's

my sister and I do love her.

But then again, b*tch,

do the right thing.

Don't you ever knock?

Nope.

Well, one day if I'm sitting

here naked and y'all walk

in don't come crying to me.

I've seen you naked before.

Well, not Michael.

Hi Little.

So we got some food and stuff.

All right.

Bye, baby.

Ready to go, babe?

- Yeah.

- Bye b*tch.

Get out of here.

- Bye b*tch.

Bye.

Let's get this party started.

[snoring]

Little, Little, Little,

what are you doing?

[burps] Excuse me.

Come on.

Amy and Michael are on

their way to the babymoon.

This is a good opportunity

for me to prove

I can take care of myself.

[dramatic music]

I am no risk getting

on the scale.

[dramatic music]

It's huge.

Yeah.

Look at the bed.

MICHAEL: Oh big bed.

Oh my gosh.

Babe.

I have no words to

describe this room.

It's like I'm walking

into Beyonce's house.

It's tall.

See if you can get in too.

[farting]

I love the Jacuzzi.

Me and my man can fit in it.

Before my surgery, we could

never both fit in here.

No, I got it.

Got it?

Wow, baby, the river.

MICHAEL: Yeah.

[rock music]

What's going on?

Nothing much.

I went and rented a van.

Little bit more reliable

than what I own.

We can go out and chill

out together for a day.

Kind of dreading it because

I'm afraid the scale's

going to be like you're fat.

Clearly.

Get in there and

get comfortable.

And I'll put this around you.

Because I've got everything

else in the back.

Come on, Hercules.

So I think she's kind of

slacked off on her diet.

And she's gained some weight.

I got it.

[folk music]

Yeah, let's go.

Right now, the most

important thing is to think

about myself and the baby.

So if I need to give

up bad food, so be it.

[country music]

That Amy, big mouth.

All she does is snore anyway.

You know, I am glad to kind of

step in where Amy was before.

I feel that it would

be good for me.

But hopefully

it'll be motivating

her so she'll get the surgery.

Because she needs

more than I do.

Yes I got a ton of

health problems,

but they're not as bad as hers.

[dramatic music]

How are you?

Good.

Thank you.

I'm hoping Dr. Smith

won't be an [bleep]..

Hello, Ms. Tammy.

I'm Melanie.

I'm one of the medical

assistants here.

We're going to go

on and get you back.

OK?

The biggest thing is

going with a new doctor,

you don't know what kind of

personality he's going to have.

Tammy's hard to deal with

sometimes when she gets upset.

So if that doctor says the

wrong thing or pisses her off,

there's going to be a

cussing match in there

and Tammy's gone.

It's going to be hell on wheels.

[dramatic music]

I'm Dr. Smith.

TAMMY: I'm Tammy.

Tammy, good to

meet you in person.

Now I know I got a

referral from Dr. Proctor.

And so I've got a chance to see

some of his records as well.

Tell me how things

transpired and then

ultimately ending up here.

OK.

Then what happened?

Tammy was a referral to me

from her bariatric surgeon

in Atlanta, Dr. Proctor.

I got some input from Dr.

Proctor about some of her

struggles that she's had, really

what her weight was there.

We've got a lot of work to do.

But it's very rewarding for me

to see people reach something

that maybe other

people have told

them that they can't reach.

And tell me who this is.

My brother Chris.

Good to meet you Chris.

OK.

OK.

So how long have you

been thinking about this?

Sure.

It's not uncommon

that we see siblings

and multiple members of

families come seeking out

weight loss surgery with us.

This is a familial problem

that we see very frequently

in bariatric surgery.

There's definitely

a genetic component.

And it's why we know

that morbid obesity

is classified as a disease.

So Chris, tell me some

of the medical problems

that you take medicine

for right now.

OK.

So you're on insulin right now?

Yes sir, 5 shots a day.

OK.

Any other medical problems

you take medicine for?

Sure.

Got it.

But here's what I'll tell you.

The medical problems that

you've told me about,

the majority of those, you have

roughly about 80% to 85% chance

of resolving those if you

have weight loss surgery

and you're compliant

with eating the way

that we want you to afterwards.

So from that standpoint,

you're an excellent candidate.

So Chris, how much do you

think you weigh right now?

OK.

You want to see what you weigh?

CHRIS: Yeah, I'll

step on the scale.

All right. Let's do it.

[dramatic music]

397 and 1/2.

What?

I don't think the scale is

accurate because I don't

believe I'm under 400 pounds.

So Tammy, do you have any idea

what you're weighing right now?

Now I know from Dr.

Procter's records,

I think we were right around

595 on the last visit.

Is that correct?

So you want to see

what this weight is?

Yeah.

We got to get it done.

We got to start somewhere.

OK?

All right.

[dramatic music]

ERIC SMITH: Take your time.

Just stand right

there in the middle.

And you can use those rails.

[dramatic music]

So we're at 644 and

a half right now.

[dramatic music]

I didn't even think

that was humanly possible.

You know, gaining 50

pounds in 30 days,

you almost have to exert

yourself and overeat on purpose

to gain that kind of weight.

Because that's, well, that's

a pound and a third a day.

NARRATOR: Next time

on "1000-lb Sisters."

We got to do something because

if she continues on that path,

she's going to eat

herself to death.

I've tried so hard to help her.

I don't want to bury my sister.

I don't get as

many hate comments

as I did about a year ago.

They're after me, though.

It's scary doing a

virtual meet and greet

because you never know if

somebody's going to lie

and they're actually against us.

Is this a one room?

Could make it a kid's room.

Me and Michael are

going house hunting.

It's time for me to be on

my own with my own family.

But I need to tell

Tammy about the move.

We're thinking about

getting a bigger place.

[dramatic music]