02x10 - Do or Die

[bunniefuu]

[Amy] Previously on

1000-lb Sisters

After all this hard work,

all the weight loss,

everything I've been through,

all the trips to the ER

[inhales deeply] I made it,

I can just breathe

knowing he's fine,

he's here, he's safe.

He's perfect.

[Tammy speaking]

[Amy speaking]

[Tammy coughs, clears throat]

I'm so glad Tammy's home.

[Michael speaking]

He should be waking up

for a bottle soon.

- [Michael] Uh-huh.

- I think in probably an hour.

- But I'm gonna go take this food to Tammy.

- All right.

- I will be right back.

- [Michael] Fine.

I've only seen Tammy through

the window and over the phone.

But Tammy's looking really bad.

I mean, she's not

doing good at all.

[coughing]

[knocking on window]

[Tammy speaking]

Yeah.

[Tammy speaking]

[coughs]

[Amy speaking]

[Tammy speaking]

[mimicking and mocking Amy]

Tammy has a weigh-in coming up

and I'm kinda scared

because Tammy did

lose weight in the hospital,

but now she's home, and she

can't move around as much.

So she has gained it

all back, and some.

She's on oxygen 24/7.

She's pretty much housebound.

Next up is bed-bound.

She's going downhill real fast.

[panting]

[Chris speaking]

[knocking on door]

[Chris] Knock, knock.

[Tammy] Hey.

[Chris speaking]

[Chris] It's been seven weeks

since we've seen Dr. Smith.

We had to push back

the appointment

three weeks

because we got Covid.

Now, I did lose taste

and smell and it sucked.

You could be eating a rib-eye

and it tastes like cardboard.

But I was blessed

that I didn't have

more complications than

what most people my size do.

[Chris speaking]

[both chuckle]

Yeah.

[groans]

[Chris speaking]

The main reason

why I want to get the surgery

is because with

all my health issues,

every one of them will improve

with me being

a whole lot smaller.

And Tammy has

to get this surgery.

Now that she's bound

to the house on her oxygen,

once she gets bed-bound, it's

You know, Dr. Procter

said it was over.

Hey, guys.

How are you guys doing?

We're doing all right.

How're you?

[Dr. Smith] I'm doing good.

What's been going on?

Got quarantined.

So that slowed me down

a whole lot.

[Dr. Smith] Okay,

were you guys in the hospital?

I was.

How long were you

in the hospital, Tammy?

Nearly two weeks.

I had pneumonia also.

That's why I'm on oxygen.

Okay.

Seeing Tammy requiring oxygen

after Covid

is a little concerning.

We know she already has

some pulmonary issues,

and someone of her weight

is already at high-risk

of pulmonary issues

leading up to surgery.

If she does lose the weight

we've asked her to,

more than likely, she'll be able

to come off that oxygen

even before surgery.

So, how was your food choices

during that time

when you were pretty much

laid up on the couch?

Well, I'm sure I made

a couple of bad decisions

somewhere along the way.

Okay.

Not good, how come?

The last time I saw

Chris and Tammy,

I gave them both

a weight-loss goal

that I wanted them to reach

before we meet today.

To me, this is a

little bit of a test,

see, their commitment

towards surgery.

Yeah.

Okay. Do you have

a scale there with you?

Would you guys be able

to weigh in for us today?

- Yeah.

- [Dr. Smith] Okay.

Let's go ahead and step on the

scale and see where you are.

[Chris speaking]

[weighing scale beeps]

[automated voice]

[Chris speaking]

I'm upset about it because I

know I could have done better.

Bottom line is,

when I was quarantined,

I should have been cutting back

more on eating, and I wasn't.

[Dr. Smith speaking]

Yes, sir.

[Dr. Smith] Okay.

I think what I would like

to see from you

is I'd like to see us get

the rest of that weight off.

That rest of that 15 pounds off.

You know,

if we're down six pounds,

you've got nine pounds to go.

You're really close

to getting that green light

to go into surgery.

Okay.

I mean, it's disappointing

that I didn't go ahead

and lose the 15 pounds,

but at least, you know,

it's a goal to go ahead

and make.

[Dr. Smith] Okay.

You know, graciously, Dr. Smith

gave me the same

weight loss goal.

He could have told me to lose

another 15 pounds,

but instead he told me

just to finish out

the 15 pounds I gotta lose.

So basically, a pull down

to about nine pounds.

I'm very determined to lose that

because I don't want

to let him down.

But more importantly, I don't

want to let myself down either.

[Dr. Smith speaking]

Last time I saw Tammy,

she weighed in at 644 pounds.

I gave her a weight-loss goal

of 25 pounds.

Do you think we need to sit down

and have a chat with Tammy?

I really don't want

to call it an intervention.

I'd rather call it

a wake-up call for her.

I'd rather you be

pissed off at me

the rest of your [bleep] life

and lose this weight

than you die.

[Amy speaking]

[Tammy speaking]

[Dr. Smith speaking]

So last time I saw Tammy,

she weighed in

at 644 pounds.

I gave her a weight-loss goal

of 25 pounds.

[automated voice] It's ready.

[Chris] That's like, "Come on,

girl, are you even really trying?"

Because if you were, I could

understand a pound or two.

Twenty pounds.

I'm like

"Damn."

So pretty much, I've failed us,

as, you know, as a diet buddy.

[exhales deeply]

All right.

So after you've made those

bad choices, how do you feel?

[Dr. Smith] Okay. That's honest.

Today I was finally able

to get Tammy to admit to me

that she's not able to do

what she needs to do,

and she's admitting that it's

really hard to stop eating.

It's not just the issue

of teaching Tammy what to eat

and what not to eat,

but I think we're dealing

with a much bigger problem,

such as a food addiction.

You could have blamed

you couldn't get out of bed.

You could have blamed

that you had Covid,

and you could have blamed

that you were in the hospital

and you didn't. And believe it

or not, that's a step forward

from where you've

been in the past.

So you've just made progress

even though your weight went up.

Now, are we closer to surgery?

No, we're not.

And I think you know that.

But are we closer to getting

to the root of the problem,

so we can eventually

get to surgery?

I think, in a small way, we are.

My job is to find a way

to motivate you

to get you healthier.

[Dr. Smith] Okay.

All right. So, Chris,

next time I'll see you

will be in about three weeks.

And my hope is when I see you,

you'll have lost the rest

of that 15 pounds,

and hopefully we can talk about some

specifics of getting you to your surgery.

Tammy, I think our goal right now

is, let's just work on getting back

to where you started

when I met you.

So I'm going to set up

a therapy session for you

to start working on

getting those pounds off

to get back to where we started.

Yes, sir.

You guys take care

and stay safe, okay?

[Chris] Thank you.

[exhales deeply]

With Tammy admitting

that she has a food addiction,

and with the right help

from a psychiatrist,

I believe Tammy

will succeed a whole lot more

than she's succeeding right now.

But I hope she puts up

enough effort

to do what it takes

to make it happen.

It's a It's a really a serious

do-or-die situation for her.

It is a temptation seeing, like,

you know, a snack cakes laying

around, or something like that.

It's hard.

When Jerry's eating

something I'm not supposed to,

I do find myself

craving it.

I've finally tested

for Covid three times

and it's all come back negative.

When Chris told me

that Tammy gained more weight,

it was devastating.

[in baby voice]

Let's go see Aunt Tammy.

I hope meeting the baby

will motivate Tammy.

I want her around

to see him grow up.

[Amy speaking]

See Aunt Tammy.

Jelly Bean!

[Amy speaking]

[Tammy speaking]

[chuckling]

[Amy speaking]

It's kind of cool to see Tammy

clicking with Gage so early.

I think Gage has a bond with her

because he heard her voice

when he was in the womb.

So he's got that bond.

He knows who Aunt Tammy is.

[Tammy speaking]

You know, me and Gage drove

here for you. I just hope

he gives you the motivation

to lose the weight.

[sighs]

[Tammy] Jerry's back in town.

Having Jerry come to Kentucky

means, like,

he's actually in it for me.

[Jerry] We shall see.

[blender whirring]

[both chuckling]

[Tammy] White

I mean, I know you'd rather

have pizza or something.

- [Jerry speaking]

- [Tammy laughing]

Oh, this [bleep] nasty.

[laughs]

[Jerry speaking]

[laughs]

[both laughing]

Your weight just went up

instead of down.

I've been trying!

[Chris] I know Jerry

contributes to your diet.

[Amy] You ready, Gage-a-rooney?

We're here, bubby.

Plus, there's something I need

to talk to Michael about,

but I'm not sure how

he's going to react.

Yeah.

Is he gonna get the wheelchair?

Babe, can you get

the wheelchair, please?

I'm out of breath.

I can't go no further.

[Amy speaking]

[Gage cooing]

Yeah.

Yeah.

[Gage cooing]

[laughs]

[Amy speaking]

[Michael] Yeah.

- Do the swinging and the

- Yeah, swings.

[both] And slides.

[Michael] Yeah.

[Michael] Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You know, originally, we had

plans of moving out,

but with Tammy being

housebound, and can't do much

She's on oxygen.

I feel like we need to stay

for a little bit longer

to help her out

a little bit more.

Are you cool with that?

Yeah, but I don't feel safe

leaving Tammy

by herself right now.

Me and Michael are going

to hold off on moving,

but at the end of the day,

Gage comes before

anybody in my life.

So something needs to change,

because eventually,

when he gets moving,

he'll need more space.

She'll just have to fend

for herself honestly.

How bad does

one person have to be

in order for it to be

a wake-up call?

[Amy speaking]

[Michael] Yeah.

Before weight loss surgery,

I thought I would end up like

Tammy, as obese as she is.

But now it's like

I'm going to live.

I'm going to make it through.

But the more weight Tammy

gains, the more her mobility

and her risk of dying goes up.

[Chris speaking]

[Amy] Come in!

[Chris] What are you doing?

Feeding the baby,

so he can take a poop.

[Chris speaking]

[Amy speaking]

Yes.

- Good. Yeah.

- You wanna

[Amy speaking]

Oh, you know,

I'm out of practice.

It warms my heart

to see Chris holding my son,

'cause it's like I worked

so hard to get my son,

and seeing everybody loving

on him, it's just so special.

Well, you know, it's one

of them situations that

you don't ever like

to go to the doctor.

The doctor told me

to lose 15 pounds.

[Dr. Smith] The moment of

truth is what we all want to know.

- Let's get on that scale and see what it shows.

- [Chris] All right.

[machine beeps]

379.5.

There you go.

- Great job, man.

- That's what I'm talkin' about.

[Dr. Smith] Nice job.

Finally, all the hard work

that I put into this has paid off.

I mean, I knew you could do it.

I'm excited about it 'cause I know it's

going to be a life-changing situation.

So I have to quit

smoking cigarettes

in order for me to be

approved with the surgery.

But I've been smoking off

and on since I was, like, 13.

So it's going to be

really hard to quit.

You know, the hardest part

of right now is I got to worry

about when to tell Tammy

at the right time.

I hope it don't upset her,

but I am going to go ahead

and go through with it.

I agree with you.

I had to make

that big decision, too.

I was scared to death when

I told Tammy I was approved.

I'm really proud of Chris,

but this is just one more

nail in her coffin.

It's like I had the surgery,

now Chris is having the surgery.

We were supposed to do it with

Tammy both times, me and Chris.

Well, you know,

somebody once said,

"If you ain't part of the

solution, you're the problem."

I don't care if Jerry

comes around more

because at the end of the day,

it makes Tammy happy.

But then he's also enabling

her by bringing her sweets.

Well, to be perfectly honest,

it's blunt honesty.

Cold, hard facts is that she

don't have a good track record.

Mom took care

of the burial plot.

You know, we've always

prepared for the worst.

But I'm not really ready

to accept that yet.

Tammy is pretty much

on her last leg.

- You know

- It's just scary to think of it.

Yeah.

Tammy has not reached out

to a psychiatrist,

and she's deteriorating

physically,

quickly, the more

weight she gains.

So I think, personally,

the only thing that's

going to help Tammy

is put her in some kind of

an assisted living facility

because therapy could

be done at the facility.

Controlled meals

at the facility.

[Amy] Do you think we need to sit

down and have a chat with Tammy?

It damn sure won't hurt. I

think the easiest way to tell her

is we get as many people that

can come over to come over,

and we have a healthy dinner.

[Amy] I think Chris is right.

The only time Tammy can

actually lose a lot of weight

is when she's in a home

or in the hospital.

So it's like maybe

that's the best place for her.

Drastic times calls for

drastic measures sometimes,

and I think

it's about that time.

Yeah.

I know you love him, fine, but

Jerry cannot be your enabler.

He's not!

She's gained 100 pounds

in the last few months.

And if I'm not bringing

her the food

and Amy's not been bringing

her food,

then Jerry's got to be

[bleep] bringing it to her

because the b*tch

ain't leaving the house.

[Amy] Come on, Little.

- [Tammy] Hey.

- Hey, b*tch.

How are you doin'?

[coughs]

It's been a while since we all

got together and had some food,

but really, it's a good excuse

so we can talk to Tammy.

[Brittany] They look good.

[Chris] Actually, they smell

better than they look.

This dinner can go

any which way direction.

'Cause it can be great

and we just move forward

from this point,

or it could be a knock-down,

drag-out argument

and we could get kicked

the hell out of the house.

If she does, I'm taking

the damn food with me.

Just to piss her off. [laughing]

You know, everybody here is on

a diet except Michael and my wife.

And I t ain't gonna hurt them

to eat the same food we do.

So I just cooked

one set of food.

[Michael] That's fine.

- [Chris] Who did?

- Me.

[Chris] Hey,

that's what happens. [laughs]

[Chris] How does it taste?

[Amy] It's good.

- [Chris] You like it?

- I love brussels sprouts.

[Chris] I do, too.

I plan on telling Tammy that

I got approved for surgery,

but I'm afraid, you know,

she could get depressed

over the whole situation.

So I am worried

about telling Tammy.

It's, you know,

as we grow older,

we're not as healthy

as we should be.

The big thing is, the other

day, I went to Dr. Smith.

And

I did go ahead and get

approved for surgery.

[Amy speaking]

And, you know, I mean, Tammy,

we started this journey

to finish it together.

I got ahead of you a little bit,

but just because I got approved

doesn't mean I'm going

to leave you behind

and not push you

when you need to be pushed.

And to be perfectly honest,

I know Jerry helps

around the house a lot

but I also know

he contributes

to your diet being unhealthy.

I know there were some times

that I brought food over

and we're like, "Hey, try this."

But I haven't done that

in a really long time.

We've been doing this diet

together for months

and your weight just

went up instead of down.

[scoffs]

I've been trying!

You're right I'm not because

I have a life of my own.

But I also know

I'm not attacking him.

I know you love him,

fine, and I respect that.

But at the same token, he

does not need to be your enabler.

He's not! That's what

I'm trying to tell y'all.

The other day I come in here

and he cooked a meatloaf the

size of this pan for you two.

Okay. It doesn't mean

I ate it that day.

Tammy, you got a food addiction.

Don't sit there and play

no [bleep] games with me.

He cannot be your enabler.

What the [bleep]

are you talkin' about?

This conversation.

If this is why y'all are doing,

I'm [bleep] leaving.

Then leave.

Y'all are [bleep]

yelling [bleep]

Ain't nobody yelling here,

but you're getting offensive.

Yeah, because y'all

are blaming him!

I don't want to talk

about it no more.

[Chris] That's your

answer to everything.

[Tammy] This was

supposed to be fun.

Not this [bleep].

Every time we try to talk to you

about anything you don't like,

you choose to shut down.

It's my way of not fighting.

Horse-[bleep]. Ain't nobody

here trying to fight.

We're trying to talk.

We care about you.

We want you to be around.

We understand you got

a food addiction, fine.

Take a run with the therapy

and go lose weight.

'Cause if you don't,

you're going to be bedridden,

and then like Dr. Procter said,

"Once you're bed-ridden,

it's game over."

[Amy] We don't want to lose you.

[Tammy]

It doesn't [bleep] matter!

[Chris speaking]

I'll come back and clean

the mess up and I'll leave.

I'm not putting up

with your a*s today.

She's gained 100 pounds

in the last few months.

And if I'm not

bringing her the food

and Amy's not bringing

her the food,

then Jerry has got to be

[bleep] bringing it to her

'cause the b*tch

ain't leaving the house!

He's got to start following

the diet that she's on,

or she's gonna absolutely

k*ll herself from eating.

You don't give

a drug addict drugs,

so why would you give somebody

with a food addiction food?

All right. Let's go get it done.

[sighs]

This meal wasn't brought here,

and we're not doing this today

to fight with you, Tammy.

We do want you to understand

that we love you,

even though you

don't think we do.

It was not me here,

and it was not discussed

to sit here

and fight over Jerry.

Whether he's here or not,

I don't really give a [bleep].

I'm more worried about your

happiness and your health.

But if the therapy

doesn't work

the only alternative I see

is a controlled environment.

But I'd rather you

be pissed off with me

the rest of your [bleep] life

and lose this weight

than you die.

So really, honestly,

the ball is in your court

and that's all I gots to say

about the whole situation.

I will clean up the mess

I made by cooking.

To be perfectly honest,

if Tammy don't take

what we have to say to heart,

it's going to cost her her life.

Whether she takes it

dead serious or not,

is the $5,400 question.

Tammy, I love you. If you

need me, give me a holler.

We're gonna go.

I gotta go by and see Mom.

[Amy] Thank you for dinner.

[Chris] You're welcome.

[Amy] It was so yummy.

Okay.

Bye-bye.

[Amy speaking]

Hey, guys, um

Got on the internet and

I started searching places.

I want to get healthy.

I'm tired

I'm tired of being like this.

I'm tired of always

being stuck at home.

I want to get in the vehicle.

I want my life back.

I hate this. I'm not living.

[squeals softly]

[sniffles]

I want this. I just need help.

[sniffles]

[sniffles]

Jerry and I

[sniffles]

are kind of taking a break.

[sniffles] And I really

don't wish to talk about it.

[sniffles]

[sniffles]

I mean [sniffles]

There's nothing

I could do about it,

there's no point in sitting

here and dwelling on it.

[sniffles]

I just want my life back.