The WORST episodes of My 600-lb Life

Every episode of My 600-lb Life ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of My 600-lb Life!

TLC's My 600-lb Life documents the journeys individuals undertake to escape obesity and regain control of their lives.

Last Updated: 4/22/2025Network: TLCStatus: Continuing
Thederick's Story
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#1 - Thederick's Story

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2021

Thederick is housebound and only goes outside to greet the ice cream man.

Seana's Story
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#2 - Seana's Story

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/26/2020

Seana is 23 and nearly 700lbs, 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, on one can save seana but herself.

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Ashley B’s Story
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#3 - Ashley B’s Story

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/4/2020

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.

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Tommy's Story
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#4 - Tommy's Story

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/11/2020

Tommy wants to lose weight so he can marry his fiancée and have the life he always dreamed of with her, but to break the cycle of pathological eating that left him nearly bed-bound, he'll have to face a piece of his past he has always kept secret.

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Coliesa's Story
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#5 - Coliesa's Story

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/18/2020

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, she eats non-stop to escape from reality; unless she can stop that, the next heart attack will be fatal

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Dominic's Story
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#6 - Dominic's Story

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/25/2020

Dominic's life is falling apart due to his food addiction; at over 600-lbs, living in a van with his brother, Dominic decides to leave California for Texas, where only Dr Now can help him learn to face life's challenges without using food to cope.

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Megan's Story
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#7 - Megan's Story

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/1/2020

At 24 years old and over 600 lbs, Megan lives at home with her mom, who cooks for her, since she 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.

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Ashley T’s Story
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#8 - Ashley T’s Story

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/8/2020

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.

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Leneatha's Story
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#9 - Leneatha's Story

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/15/2020

For 23 years, Leneatha has worked as a pharmacy tech at a local hospital; now, she has a young daughter to support, but she's so big that it's hard to move; if Dr Now can't help her stop eating, losing her job could be the least of her worries.

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Samantha's Story
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#10 - Samantha's Story

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/2020

At nearly 1,000 pounds, Samantha is dangerously close to dying.

Joyce's Story
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#11 - Joyce's Story

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/12/2020

Joyce needs home health care and hasn't left the house in three years; 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 might be more than she can handle.

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Carrie's Story
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#12 - Carrie's Story

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2021

Carrie is on the brink of eating herself to death.

Melissa M's Story
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#13 - Melissa M's Story

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/2021

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.

Kenae's Journey
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#14 - Kenae's Journey

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/2021

Kenae's weight gain skyrocketed due to her grief after her mother's death.

Krystal’s Journey
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#15 - Krystal’s Journey

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/10/2021

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.

Isaac's Journey
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#16 - Isaac's Journey

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/17/2021

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.

Michael's Journey
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#17 - Michael's Journey

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/24/2021

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.

Shannon's Journey
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#18 - Shannon's Journey

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/3/2021

Shannon's husband loves her, but he is perpetuating a toxic cycle.

Tammy's Journey
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#19 - Tammy's Journey

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/17/2021

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.

Mercedes' Story
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#20 - Mercedes' Story

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/2019

With severe lymphedema, Mercedes can barely stand and cares for her 2 small children with the help of her extended family. Dr. Now can give her the tools to lose weight, but to succeed she must face the trauma inflicted by her late abusive father.

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Holly's Story
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#21 - Holly's Story

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2019

Holly already has one failed weight loss surgery, so to succeed this time, she must do more than change her eating habits, she must address the childhood issues that continue to plague her.

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Lacey's Story
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#22 - Lacey's Story

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/2019

Lacey ballooned up over 600 lbs on pizza and ice cream and knows Dr. Now is her best hope for success; she must now rally her divorced parents around her for support and find a way to modulate her moods that won't include binge-eating.

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Brandon's Story
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#23 - Brandon's Story

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/2019

Brandon is a talented musician with a beautiful voice and a run-away weight problem; he wants to lose weight and embark on a career; he also wants to take the next step with his girlfriend, Taylor, whom he risks losing if he can't make a change.

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Maja's Story
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#24 - Maja's Story

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/2019

Maja moves to Houston to undertake a difficult weight-loss journey with the support of her boyfriend, Christian. However, when Christian decides he's had enough and leaves Maja high and dry, she will discover that the only person she can count on is herself.

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Tiffany's Story
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#25 - Tiffany's Story

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/2019

Tiffany finds it difficult to break the cycle of depressed eating when her two roommates don't join her diet and leave the house every day for work.

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