[Krystal] Oh, I'm most definitely trapped in my body.
I absolutely hate it.
[crying] Somewhere in me it's this little glimmer of hope.
- I just wanna be a normal person. -[man panting]
[grunts, panting]
You can't do it and then I just get mad.
[woman 1] If I don't make a change now,
I'm scared it's gonna be too late.
[groaning] No... it's too hard.
-[woman 2] I refuse to stop fighting. [sobs] -[moans]
I have to do this for my children.
Ooh!
[Krystal] Today is the wedding day.
[sighs] So, it's gonna be crazy up in here.
I'm very nervous and scared.
[Krystal] Well, God woke me up today.
So, that was a plus.
That's one thing that's good.
There's days where I don't wanna get out of bed.
'Cause of how bad the pain is.
I'm constantly in pain,
because of the weight.
My body does that.
But I know I have to get out of the bed 'cause I know
if I am bedridden I will just give up,
and it would be game over.
Are you ready?
-Let's go. -[dog collar bell ringing]
[running footsteps]
I live with my fiance, Damian and my two daughters,
Faith and Rai, and my parents.
We have lived here with my parents for the last three months.
And we just moved in, because I needed little extra help,
so Mom and Dad said, "come on back home."
I absolutely hate it.
I feel like I'm a child,
and have to have mommy and daddy take care of me.
[Krystal speaking]
[Damian] I'm sorry.
[Krystal pants]
There is so much I can't do.
-It's challenging. -[pants]
Especially when Faith's at school and Damian's at work.
It takes me having help now
to be able to get into the shower and have a shower.
[Damian] There you go, sweetheart.
I do help Krystal a lot...
Getting in the shower,
helping her with the shower,
If we go to the grocery store, grabbing the groceries,
and grabbing her wheelchair and...
as it's very hard for her to move around a lot.
[breathing heavily] Honey?
-[Damian] Yes. -[panting] Can't turn it on.
-The water. -Yup.
[water running]
[Krystal] We have to take the shower doors off,
so I could fit.
The shower chair I did have, broke.
So, now I sit on my parents' bar stool to shower.
And it is difficult to shower,
because, I can't reach everywhere
that's important to be clean.
And, I can, you know, only do the best I can.
[Krystal speaking]
[Damian] Coming.
Okay.
[sighs wearily]
[Krystal] The part I worry the most about,
not getting clean is, under my stomach,
because it collects so much moisture there and sweat,
that it causes yeast infections under my folds.
[exhaling heavily]
[struggling]
Bacteria just grows.
And it causes-- It's a very foul odor.
I call it the dead body smell.
I'm constantly worried that somebody's gonna smell it.
[breathing heavily]
[panting, breathing heavily]
There you go, sweetheart.
-[panting] Thank you, babe. -You're welcome.
-[Krystal speaking] -[coughing]
[Damian chuckles] Ouch.
[Krystal speaking, panting]
There we go.
[Rai speaking]
-[Krystal speaking] -Oh!
I'm Rai and I'm Krystal's daughter.
My mom's been big my whole life,
and so I've constantly had the fear that she's gonna die.
And been told by doctors,
that she's not gonna make it very much longer and everything
and so it's been really scary because my mom's my best friend
and, without my mom,
I think all of us would go crazy. She's our rock.
[oil crackling]
[Krystal] My doctor says,
your bones and everything has aged
way faster than they should have.
But it's hard to stop eating because it makes you feel good.
You don't want to stop.
Food is there.
It doesn't judge.
[chuckles] It's love.
Growing up in my childhood, my parents...
yeah they seemed pretty happy for the most part.
They worked all the time.
My dad is a master technician, certified mechanic.
And my mom worked in like, the potato plants.
Me and my two brothers, Jeremy and Rob,
we didn't have our parents home,
so we could eat whatever we wanted pretty much.
[Lorie] Her weight gain... It started really early.
She was 9.2 when I had her.
And the weight kept adding onto her and onto her
and when she started kindergarten, she was about 105 pounds.
It seemed like a lot of times she didn't eat no more than her brothers did either.
But she liked to eat.
[Krystal] My parents had a problem with, um, alcohol.
They would say that they were going to the bar
and by two, three o clock in the morning,
you could usually hear my mom and dad fighting and screaming.
It was scary for me. I was a child.
But, when I turned to food, [sighs] it would calm me.
So, that's what I wanted to feel was,
you know, at peace.
I went to school, did everything
every other normal kid did.
But school's very hard for me, growing up.
Kids were mean to me.
They would name-call and pick on me.
It was traumatizing. I would wanna eat.
And then, when I became aware of being overweight,
was probably when I was ten, after being ran over.
At ten, I was in the 200s
I was walking to school with one of my good friends.
I got hit by a SUV, walking in the crosswalk.
And I flew from one side of the road to the next.
And I had to have whole bunch of stitches and staples put in there.
The doctor said if I wouldn't have been as big as I was then,
I more than likely would have been dead, right there on the road.
So in my mind, it's been like,
you need to stay a bigger size, so you will be here.
[Rai] What time does Faith get off school?
Should be home at three.
Recovering from those injuries was tough.
Because it gave me an excuse to eat all kinds of ice-cream and just lie around.
And so I kept getting bigger.
That's when I realized, food is a comfort.
I couldn't wait to be done with school.
My overall feeling of being in high school
a lot of times was stress. I had a lot of anxiety.
Believe I was 14 when Cody and I started dating.
And I was 15 when
we started being intimate.
And then I was 16 years old when I had my son, Devon.
He was a very unexpected child.
But I would have to say,
me having my son saved my life,
because loving him gave me a purpose that I needed.
She has this little boy and so
I made sure I had her finish high school.
And I'd take care of him during the day,
and then, when she got home, I'd say,
[in sing-song voice] "Here's your son!"
It's your turn now.
That-- Yeah, I've tried to help her her whole life.
[Krystal] For a career path, from leaving high school,
I didn't have a career path.
I have had a few jobs that only lasted very little.
because I couldn't do it. It was too hard on me.
And... so,
my significant other has always had to pick up the slack.
After Devon was born, me and Cody actually stayed together for a while.
We even got married before I had my first daughter, Rai.
But our relationship was never quite healthy.
And we wound up splitting up.
Then a little while later,
I got together with Faith's dad and we got married.
But he went looking for love outside the marriage.
So that one didn't work out.
But I wouldn't really call myself lucky in love...
until Damian.
Actually Damian first came along a long time ago.
[Damian] We were about nine years old when we met each other and...
And then her and I just saw eye to eye,
and then we lost contact for a while,
and then we got in contact again.
She's got the sparkling personality.
She's really outgoing and very happy.
and I love her very dearly.
I love about Damian is, like,
he is kind, very understanding,
and he's very supportive.
And I feel really lucky to have found the love of my life.
And soon we're gonna make it official and get married.
And I can't wait for that.
But I won't let myself do it until my health is better.
Because my weight went from like,
400 in my late 20s,
to now, it's well over 600.
So I'm not gonna do the wedding
until I know I'm on a better path.
And that means I have to change.
-Okay, you wanna clean up, please ma'am? -Yeah.
Thank you.
No problem.
I've tried numerous of times to change eating habits,
to get help here in Idaho.
It's been always a challenge because they're not equipped to deal with somebody my size.
-Hi Mom. -[Krystal] Hi baby.
-So, we were waiting for you. -Okay.
So we could go...
[Damian and Krystal] Grocery shopping.
-[Krystal mimics soft roar] -Is that exciting?
-[giggles] I like grocery shopping. -I hate it.
-Okay. -[Krystal] We'll wait for you.
Are you gonna go out first, babe?
-[Damian] Yup. -Okay then I'll have Rai fold up my chair.
-[Damian] Okay. -We go grocery shopping...
At least two times a month.
You can help me?
-[Rai] Yeah. -[Damian] Open this door up a little bit.
Okay.
-[Damian] Hey. -[Faith] Yeah?
Okay.
Here we go. You're gonna have to come...
-...closer. -[Damian] Okay.
-Okay. -Here you go.
-Thanks, baby. -You're welcome.
[Krystal] I always have somebody come with me.
I have to have help with the wheelchair
because I can't physically walk farther than like,
three to five steps without having to stop.
Okay Rai, are you here?
[Rai] One moment, one moment.
[Damian] She's coming up.
Okay.
Slow, slow, slow, slow. [Krystal chuckles]
I absolutely hate it.
Feels embarrassing to be out in public.
'Cause I know everybody's staring.
And it hurts, you get hurt feelings.
And a lot of times my kids are with me and so they do get upset.
So, it gives me anxiety.
[Damian] All right, I'll close it.
Okay.
Okay, can we go this way?
Yeah.
[Rai] What all are we getting?
[Krystal] We have to get...
-Steaks. -[Faith] Can I have one?
[Rai] Those are big boy steaks.
[Krystal] Potatoes. Yup.
[Rai] Stuff for mac and cheese.
[Krystal] Where would the cheese be?
[Rai] Down at the dairy?
[Krystal] Okay, we gotta go find the pasta.
And I'll do the giant one.
-This one. -[Damian] Good job, honey.
[Krystal] This way for the bakery.
-Excuse us. -[man] You will fit.
[Krystal] Cake for dessert, right?
You want a candy?
Pick one, honey.
You know, maybe might be some lovely cookies hidden over here.
-Last one on the shelf, look at that. -Yup.
[Krystal] I think that's everything that we need.
[Damian] So what's the next step?
-[woman] Sorry. -Sorry.
Okay, ready?
It really breaks my heart and it hurts me a lot,
'cause people are pointing and laughing
and taking pictures of her.
When she's just trying to get the groceries that she needs to get through it.
Just looking in her eyes sometimes,
you can see the pain that she's going through.
And no one should be made fun of for what their disability is.
But it's really hard on a daily basis.
At times she can get really, really sad
but I am trying to cheer her up and help her through it.
You guys ready?
Let's go and check out.
[Faith] It makes me feel a little mad
but also makes me feel a little sad.
Because people shouldn't be staring at my mom,
because it doesn't matter about her weight or her size.
It's just that she's beautiful.
Just the way she is.
[Krystal] Excuse us.
Sorry.
Okay.
I have to eat to live.
If we didn't have to eat food to keep on surviving and living,
I would try my hardest to never have to eat food.
Because that's what's caused me
most of this pain that I have, is food.
[Lorie] Her health is getting so bad.
And it's just really upsetting all of us to see her like that,
so she really needs a lot of help.
And we've always been there for her to try to help her,
but some days it's a little rougher than other days, too.
I'm afraid she's gonna die
if she doesn't get the help she needs soon.
I think her having to hold all this weight is very bad for her
and it's slowing her down more than it ever should for anybody.
Oh, I'm almost definitely trapped in my body.
I don't know how to break free without having help.
It's gonna take a lot
and I'm hoping I'll be able to do that,
and break free finally.
Oh, Lord. I don't like sideways.
[Lorie] You'll be back in a week.
So that's not too long, honey.
Don't make grandma cry. [Lorie chuckles]
[Krystal] Today, I'm leaving Idaho on a trip to Texas
to meet Dr. Nowzaradan.
[Lorie] Time to leave.
[Krystal] Driving across the country to do this.
I'm leaving Faith for longer than I ever have.
[Lorie] How do you feel, honey?
I don't know.
I promise, we'll be safe.
[Faith] Hmm.
-Okay, Mommy's gotta get... -No.
-...going so we can-- I know. -You're not leaving.
'Cause I got a long journey.
[Rai] Tedious drive ahead of us.
[Krystal] I'm not looking forward to this trip.
It's about a 25 hour drive.
I really don't know how far I'll be able to go in a day without stopping.
If I were fit, I could make it eight hours a day.
But that's just not gonna happen.
[Rai] Um...There you go.
Okay. Ready?
Bye, Mom.
[Krystal] We're gonna be back.
Yup, very soon.
-I gave my kisses. Good luck. -Okay.
[Krystal] Thank you.
-Bye. -Bye, Daddy.
Be strong.
[Krystal] It's probably gonna really suck for me.
It's gonna hurt sitting still for so long.
Damian is driving and Rai is coming, too.
Because I'm desperate.
If I don't get this weight off
then death is around the corner.
-You in? -Yup.
[Rai] Let's go.
[Krystal] It's the longest trip I've ever been on.
[Rai] Damian, turn that way. Turn that way.
[Krystal] I'm very worried about the body pain.
My strategy is just endure as much as possible.
Stop if we need to.
And I'm not in a chair because
it puts a lot of pressure on my hip and my knees.
And so I can't sit that long
driving or riding passenger.
Ugh, so hot.
[Rai speaking]
[laughs]
-Try being my size, honey. -It feels like my brain is melting.
[Krystal] Try being my size.
It feels like my brain's melting out of my skull.
[Damian speaking]
-Why? -[Damian speaking]
-[Rai] Mom? -[Krystal] What?
[Rai speaking]
Are you kidding me? Pull over.
[Krystal speaking]
[Rai] Maybe it's overheating.
[Krystal] Probably. It's not supposed to get in the red.
Oh, God.
It's hot.
[Rai] Just stop. Stop.
[Krystal] Oh, Lord.
And it just died, too.
You're gonna have to pop the hood some so it can start cooling down.
Let me out.
[Damian speaking]
[Damian continues]
[Rai] Oh, my God.
No, Mom, like, literally everything is coming out of our car.
[Krystal] Okay, calm down, baby.
[Rai sobs] What if our car is broken?
-And what if we're stranded? -We're not.
Calm down, love.
[Krystal] Hi, Mom.
So...
I'm, uh, pulled over on the side of a freaking highway
because, uh, fluid's everywhere.
Staining the [bleep] highway.
Freaking out.
We're gonna let it cool down.
Yeah, and I'll let you guys know when we're gonna be there, I guess, okay?
Love you, bye.
[Damian] Think positive.
[Krystal] This is bad.
This is really bad.
[Rai] Great, so our Suburban's destroyed.
And now we don't have a car.
We don't have a way home.
And we're stranded on the side of the road.
And our car just broke.
How do you think this is okay?
[Damian] Tow truck's here.
-[Rai] Which one? -Just right there.
[Krystal] We've been stuck on the side of the road for hours,
somewhere in southeastern Colorado.
And our car broke down because we overheated.
Okay, so what's happened is...
We got a tow truck, he towed
our vehicle to the hotel we're staying at tonight.
And the tow truck driver was nice enough to be like...
"You want to, one of you come with me,
so you know where your vehicle is and, you know,
we'll have the keys and everything right there."
I don't like this very much.
It's a little bit scary.
So, Damian went with the tow truck driver
and me and Rai are, and Bella,
are waiting on an Uber to be here.
I am feeling...
Right now, we're at a low point
but we still have each other.
We're still alive
and we're still gonna push forward.
[Rai] You got it?
It's okay, it's just right up the road, Mom.
[Krystal] Okay, let's go.
[Damian] Hey, sweetheart.
[Krystal] This has been such a long, miserable day.
I will miss my appointment with Dr. Now for sure now.
Grab her.
-I just wanna get in. -[Damian] Room 401.
Let's go, they're looking.
[Krystal] I just hope Dr. Now can understand that's not my fault.
Because I need this help now more than ever.
I called Dr. Now's office and was able to push my appointment back.
But now I worry that we might miss that appointment, too,
because we're off to another late start.
[Krystal sighs]
[Krystal chuckles]
[Krystal] Well.
[Damian] You okay?
Oh!
[laughs]
[Krystal] Our car isn't gonna make it to Houston.
But we were able to get some money from my family and friends
to rent a vehicle.
[exhales] Okay.
[car door clicks]
[Damian] That's cool.
[Damian chuckles]
Wait.
[Krystal] This is the test of all faith.
This is the hardest and craziest trip I've ever taken.
Every bad juju that's coming at us,
uh, we're butting heads with it.
I'm not a giver-upper, so we're pushing forward still.
We're finally close
and it's hard to believe this ride is almost over.
And once this appointment is done,
we get to turn around and head back to Idaho.
I don't wanna think about that.
Whoo! I see his office.
[Rai] Just hang on. Stay.
[Krystal] Okay.
-[Rai] Okay. -[Krystal] My wheelchair.
[Krystal] Woah, huh, Bell is hot.
Hot! It's hot!
[Krystal] Beat the weather.
[exhales sharply]
[Krystal] Yep.
[exhales]
[sighs]
[breathing heavily] Yeah.
[scoffs]
[sighs]
[wheezes]
[exhales sharply]
[Rai] It's not quite working with the rest of us.
[Krystal] I know.
[Rai] Okay.
[Krystal sighs]
Krystal?
[Krystal] I know my weight is bad.
I just don't know if it's gone up
since the last time I checked.
-[Krystal] Honey, I need my chain. -[Rai] Okay.
[Damian] Here you go.
[Krystal sighs] Thank you.
My back hurts so bad.
[nurse speaking]
[Krystal] I don't know if Dr. Now is gonna agree to work with me.
All I can say is he better agree to help.
Because we didn't come all this way for nothing.
[Krystal] We finally made it to Dr. Nowzaradan's office in Houston.
It's been a long time since I lost that weight.
I just hope my eating didn't push me up over 700.
[nurse] 690.
[Krystal] That hurts.
I mean, that's scary how close I am to 700.
But at least I'm not there yet.
All right, down the hall to the left is room five.
And I'll let the doctor know you're ready.
All right, thank you.
Still, I'm ashamed of myself.
[sighs]
[breathing heavily]
[grunting]
[breath trembling] One, two, three.
[continues breathing heavily]
How could I let this happen?
I really don't know.
I just hope Dr. Now can help me.
[knock on door]
[Dr. Now] Hello, how are y'all doing?
-[Krystal] Good, good. -[Damian] Good, how are you?
-[Dr. Now] Good. -[door closes]
All right.
-And you must be Krystal. -[Krystal] Yep.
Well, good to meet you.
I'm glad you finally made it.
And who's the young man over here?
Uh, this is my fiance, Damian,
and my daughter, Rai.
[Dr. Now] Okay.
Well, good to meet all of you.
Where do you come from?
Idaho. Menan, Idaho.
-Idaho. -[Krystal] Yes.
That's a long way from here.
Oh, yeah. [laughs] It was--
[Dr. Now] How long it took you to get down here?
It took us, what,
uh, day four, I do believe we're on.
-Four days? -[Krystal] Yeah.
I mean, we've had a heck of time getting here.
My truck broke down and blew the engine,
and we still pushed forward to make it here to see you.
[Dr. Now] All right.
Sounds like it has been quite a journey for you already.
So what brought you from Idaho to Houston?
You know, so I can get the bariatric surgeries.
[Dr. Now speaking]
-[Krystal] Yes. -Okay.
So what is new today after 36 years
that you just realized you have to cut back?
Like, you didn't know that before?
No, I did know.
It's just, I can feel my health is declining more.
And I already told my family.
if I am to the point where I'm bedridden,
I'm gonna give up.
Well, you're right that your health is declining.
It has been for a while.
Because, looking at your history,
a lot of issues with your heart and your reflux
and your ventricular dysfunction
and blood pressure and all those issues.
-[Dr. Now] So... -[Krystal] Mmm-hmm.
...I see that we have a lot of work to do
to get you to the point
that you're gonna be able to have a meaningful, successful weight loss.
Okay?
-Okay. -[Dr. Now] But if you apply yourself,
you can make that happen.
Because somebody who's at your weight,
can stick with healthy eating habits,
should be able to loose up to 100 pounds easily in a month.
-[Dr. Now] Okay? -Okay.
But this is gonna be all up to you.
And your family needs to help you, too.
-Do you have other daughters? -Yes.
And who else is at home?
There's me, Damian, Rai, and my daughter Faith,
and at the current moment, we're staying with my parents.
So my mother and my father are there, too.
So who buys those munchie stuff
and candy and chips and all that stuff?
Um, me, Damian, Rai.
So everybody buy 'em.
-So they buy them-- -Yeah, we just go together.
So, how are we gonna change that?
You live in a household that everybody is accustomed eating the same thing.
How is that gonna be possible for you
to change your eating habits?
Do you eat healthy and everybody else is doing the same thing?
Because I have a great support team.
And they were willing to stop and join the diet with me.
[Dr. Now] Okay.
So, I'm gonna go ahead and give you some information
that will break down your diet.
-All right. -[Dr. Now] Okay?
If you follow the diet, then you're gonna lose a lot of weight.
But if you're not gonna do that,
then there is no point in you coming back down here.
Because I don't think this is really productive for you
to be four days coming to Houston
and four days going back.
So if you're serious,
you need to start working hard now.
And ultimately, if you are considering weight loss surgery,
you need to be in Houston.
So you have to think about that,
what are the possibilities for you to do that,
to be able to be in my program.
-Okay. -[Dr. Now] Okay?
And also, I'm gonna give you some exercises
that I want you to do an hour in the morning,
-an hour in the evening. -Okay.
And if you do that
and stick with the 1200 calorie, high protein, low carb diet,
you should be able to lose almost 100 pounds in one month.
But the goal I'm gonna give you,
is to lose 80 pounds in two months.
And you should be able to do that easily. Okay?
And that's gonna be important for you to do.
And if you're successful,
and you are able to make the move to Houston,
then I will approve you for weight loss surgery.
-All right. -Let me get you some stuff and I'll be right back.
-[Krystal] All right, thank you. -[Damian] Thank you.
[Krystal] Oo, that was scary.
That's all right. We got this.
Go team Krystal.
We got this.
-[Damian] Well, I don't know-- -[Krystal] At least I quit sweating, finally.
[Dr. Now] I'm not sure
Krystal fully understands
just how dire her situation is.
She says she does.
But she's very close to being bedridden.
And pushing her body to a breaking point.
So it's very important she make the changes to save her life now
before it's too late.
[door unlocks]
All right.
This is a quick reference to what you need to read every night.
[Dr. Now] Hopefully, what Krystal and her family is telling me is true.
And they are all ready to make the changes together.
But ultimately, this is up to Krystal.
She has to find motivation and determination to do this
no matter what.
Because if she comes back here
with poor progress and excuses,
then it doesn't make sense for her to keep coming here.
You need to collect your frequency,
that should be two or three times day.
No snacking.
Amount should be around 400 calo per meal.
And type of food,
there is a list of food that you need to avoid.
-Okay. -Okay?
Then the next item I got
gives you the exercises that you can do easily.
So, take care of this,
and make sure you understand it all.
-[Krystal] All right. -[Dr. Now] Okay?
Are y'all gonna be helping her
to stick with the healthy eating habit?
-[Rai] Oh, yeah. -[Damian] Absolutely.
Uh, everybody has to be supporting her situation.
Because, you know, being 700 pounds
for a person that should be 160, 170 pounds,
it's 500 pounds of extra weight.
And that is gonna affect in every organ and system in her body.
And it's just not something
she can waste any time correcting.
Because every day like this, risks her body even more.
So that's what everybody needs to understand.
Especially you, Krystal.
-[Dr. Now] All right? -Okay.
[Dr. Now] It is important you take this seriously
before it's too late for you.
Okay.
If you have any question and, uh, issues,
then give us a call.
All right.
[Dr. Now] All right, nice to meet you guys.
-[Krystal] Nice to meet you. -[Damian] Thank you.
-[Rai] Thank you. -[Damian] Thank you.
[Dr. Now] I'll see you all later.
[Krystal] One, two, three pull.
[Krystal] Dr. Now is intense.
But I know that's what I need right now.
And I'm grateful he's giving me this chance to change.
That's something no one else will do.
And I'm ready to do it.
[Rai exhales sharply]
[Krystal breathing heavily and grunting]
[exhales]
[Krystal] Four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten.
The past month since my appointment,
I've been working on everything that Dr. Now told me to do.
And my family's helping me too.
I'm doing as much as I can twice a day.
[breath trembling] Eight, nine, ten.
It burns.
-[laughs] -[Krystal] Hug for comfort.
[breathing heavily]
[Krystal speaking]
[Krystal] Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Krystal exhales]
Okay.
That's all of them today.
-Yay! -[all cheering]
Yay! You're done, you made it.
-Done, we made it. -[Damian laughing]
-[Lorie] You hungry? -No, I'm starving.
[Lorie] Okay.
I'm like... [mimics monster]
[Krystal speaking]
-Thank you, babe. -You're welcome.
[Krystal] You guys want any of this?
-[Damian speaking] -[Lorie speaking]
-I can have two bacons... -[bacon sizzling]
And my two eggs, at least,
and I can put cheese on them.
[Krystal] Oh!
My mom will do the exercises in the morning with me.
But everybody said they would do the diet with me,
and then none of them have because they say
it's harder for them than they thought.
So they're all still eating the old way.
And I'm the only one eating the new way,
by myself.
And it gets to me sometimes,
when I'm restricted.
And, you know, sometimes I feel alone, but,
I know it's mainly for me.
So, I'm focusing on what I need to do, to lose the weight.
And I'm not getting married till I turn myself around.
So, I need to work hard at this, to get what I want.
[soft music playing]
Hold my hand.
I am feeling very nervous right now.
Like, sick to my stomach,
Hoping that I made it to my goal weight.
And not knowing has been driving me insane,
Me, Damian and Rai are almost at Dr. Now's.
We got a moving van this time.
We were hoping it would be more comfortable,
but it didn't go quite as planned.
Because there's been a lot more
slipping and sliding all over the place this time.
And I'm happy the long drive is through.
Here.
[Damian laughs] There you go.
I need one of y'all to grab my agua.
-[Damian] Okay, I'll grab your water. -[Krystal] In my big cup.
[Krystal] Oh, that's more better.
[chuckles lightly]
-[Rai] Not hot? -[Krystal] No.
[Rai] Stupid cane! [chuckles]
That tripped me.
[Damian speaking]
Yeah.
[Krystal] I've been busting my butt to get to where I need
for Dr. Now right here.
I've been on the diet
with my family helping me.
And I even upped my walking lately.
So, I'm feeling pretty good overall.
[Krystal sighs]
[woman] Krystal?
[Krystal] At my last appointment,
I was only up to 690.
And Dr. Now told me to lose at least 80 pounds by today.
So that means, I have to be 610 or less.
[Krystal breathing heavily]
[woman speaking]
[woman] Okay, you can step up, now.
[Krystal speaking]
[Rai speaking]
[Damian] Oh, yeah.
[Krystal] Well, hello.
That's not so bad.
I almost made it.
Only nine pounds off,
so I only lost 71 pounds.
[sighs]
[Krystal] That feels really good.
-Okay. -We're going to room five.
[breathing heavily] Okay.
[Krystal] And it shows that Dr. Now's diet
is really working for me.
I hope that means I get approved for weight-loss surgery today.
[Krystal breathing sharply]
[Krystal] And I'm so nervous, I'm about to find out.
[softly] Okay, ready, one, two, three.
-Oh, thank you. -[Damian speaking softly] You're welcome.
[Rai] Are you sitting in the chair?
-Yeah. -So, you just want me to...
-That can stay there. -[sighs in relief]
[door closes]
-Don't slam it. -I didn't!
[knock on door]
[Dr. Now] Hello, how are you all doing?
[both] Good.
All right, let's see, Krystal, uh, how was your trip down here?
Long.
How long did it take you to get down here?
-Three days. -You make an improvement, huh?
Yeah, it just makes me stiff and sore, but...
For the most part, I do just fine.
All right, well, what changes you made with your eating habit?
I quit almost everything [chuckles] that I was eating before.
-Hmm. -Just following... trying to follow everything that, uh,
your diet says, and uh, doing my exercises twice a day.
Following the rules as much as I can.
Well, you done a good job.
Um, I'm impressed with you.
-[chuckles] Thank you. -So, this is very good. Keep it up.
Now, the weight loss shows me that
you are motivated to change your life,
so I'm gonna approve you for weight-loss surgery.
But, you got to move down to Houston,
and if everything looks good
with your heart and issues you got with your health,
then we're gonna have the weight-loss surgery.
But, you are still over 600 pounds,
And you're still very high risk for any kind of surgery.
-Hmm. -So, can you lose weight, improve your health?
Once you've moved to Houston we're gonna run some more tests on your heart,
and see how things are.
And get you prepared for weight-loss surgery. Okay?
-Okay. -Hopefully,
um, by the time we move down there, you'll be in 500s.
And not in the 600s.
-I hope. -[Damian speaking indistinctly]
-[Dr. Now] Okay. -Gonna work hard for it.
[Dr. Now] All right, any questions?
Nope.
-I think that's all. -Well, if you need anything,
-give me a call. -All right, thank you.
All right, I'll see you all later.
-[Rai] Bye. -[Krystal] See ya.
-[Rai speaking] -Bye.
-See, he didn't have faith in me. -I knew it.
[both laughing]
I love proving people wrong.
-[Rai speaking] -Yup.
I was very happy to see that Krystal made good progress,
that I approve her to move down to Houston.
With the progress that she's made,
I'm very confident that she's motivated to
ger her weight-loss surgery.
So, I will hope that we'll see
Krystal when she moves down to Houston as soon as possible.
[Krystal] One, two, three.
Let's go, baby.
[Krystal] Well, I think the doctor's appointment went very well.
He said that he was
proud of me.
Made me feel
great that he realizes I'm
putting in the work, doing the effort.
I am feeling good about this appointment.
I can taste the finish line, almost, it's right there.
I got this.
-I almost fell over. -No, you didn't.
Yeah, I did.
[indistinct chatter]
Today is the wedding day.
We're getting married.
You have hair on your glove.
-Hi, babe. -[Damian] Hi!
Getting some makeup done? [chuckles]
-Yeah. -It looks great.
-I'm getting my hair done. -I haven't even done anything yet.
You know what, it's gonna be great.
[Krystal] Right after I was approved for getting weight loss surgery with Dr. Now,
I decided it was time for me to commit to Damian
and show my devotion to him
by making myself his wife.
We're getting ready now
because it's gonna be noon before you know it,
and we'll do our small ceremony.
And then we'll be setting up tables and getting everything ready
for the reception, by five.
So, it's going to be crazy up in here.
[Damian] There we go.
Krystal and I are just very thrilled.
I'm very...
Very excited, very nervous and scared, but...
I'm very very excited to marry this woman that I love.
Even through this, we're still gonna be doing the same diet that she's doing.
So we can all stay healthy. [chuckles]
-How do you like it? -Oh, it's turned out good, Mom.
-You like that? -Yeah, it's pretty.
It is pretty. Here's a picked fresh one out of my flower bed.
-Oh, thank you, Mama. -Can you breathe that that?
-Mmm-hmm. Yeah. -Yay, we did good!
We did good, darling.
I'm excited, I'm happy for them,
I love them both dearly.
Damian's kind of been in our lives
already for lots of years.
They were little kids when they first met, so...
Yeah, it just took them a while to come around to...
To marrying each other, I guess.
Are you ready to go outside, I guess?
-Put this in your pocket. -Okay.
[indistinct conversation]
[Krystal] Oh, look how cute her baby is, her granddaughter.
Oh, yeah.
[Krystal grunts]
-[Damian] I can try to push you both. -[Krystal] Hi.
-I'll try. -I'm helping...
-It's a little harder. -[Krystal chuckles]
Look at this kid.
It doesn't leave me.
-Hello. -Oh, that's gonna go to grandma's too.
[indistinct conversation]
-Come here. -Go see Aunt Julie.
[indistinct chatter]
Okay, baby.
Okay.
-[Damian] All right, honey? -[Krystal] Here we go.
[both chuckle]
[Krystal grunts]
I'm gonna sit on this side.
Okay, move that over, out of the way, baby.
Remember our flowers.
Oh, thank you, honey.
All right, I wanna welcome everyone to Damian and-and Krystal's wedding.
Please take each other by the right hand.
Damian, do you receive
Krystal as your lawfully-wedded wife,
and do you, of your own free will and choice, solemnly promise
that you will love, honor and cherish her as long as you both shall live?
I do.
Krystal, do you receive Damian as your lawfully-wedded husband,
and do you, of your own free will and choice, solemnly promise
that you will love, honor and cherish him
as long as you both shall live?
-I do. -Okay.
By virtue of the legal authority vested in me,
I pronounce you
husband and wife.
legally and lawfully wedded for the period of your mortal lives.
You may kiss each other as husband and wife.
-[crowd cheering] -[Damian laughing]
[applauding]
[Krystal] Uh-huh.
-Congratulations. -[Damian] Thank you.
-Welcome to the family. -Thank you.
Daddy.
Congratulations.
Come here, son.
-I guess you're welcome to the family. -Thank you, sir.
-Thanks, Dad. [chuckles] -Thanks, Dad.
[Krystal chuckles]
[Krystal sighs]
I love you, too.
-Hi, baby. -Hi!
I'm so happy for you.
How are you?
-I'm good. How are you? -Good.
-Congratulations. -Thanks.
I'm so happy for you.
[Krystal] We're going to have a dinner.
We're having pulled pork and fried chicken
and for me and Damian, we get to have
grilled chicken on the barbecue grill
so we can stick mainly to my diet.
[Krystal] Mmm.
-Your brother cook these? -Yeah.
They're good.
-[girl] He didn't shove it all in his mouth. -[chuckles]
[Krystal] I don't think I have really a favorite part besides, you know,
me and Damian made it official to be husband and wife.
[girl] Everybody turn now!
Come on, girls! Yeah!
[Krystal] It's just-- It's been a good day altogether, you know,
spend time with everybody and visiting,
especially before we end up leaving to Houston.
-I can. -[chuckles]
we decided by our one year anniversary,
hopefully sooner, that we will be able to have
our first dance together.
[Krystal] Being a wife, it has a lot more
push to lose the weight,
just so I can go do things all together and not have to worry about,
"Am I going to fit in here?" "Can I have my wheelchair?"
You know, like, it's going to be amazing
and I just keep pushing forward.
I just know that that's what's going to happen.
-Hmm. -Too much energy for me.
[laughs] Right?
-They have a lot of energy. -[Krystal] I'm ready for bed.
[Krystal] They went to bed at 5:00 and then crawled in, because they didn't...
Okay.
Good morning.
Time to get up, honey.
Are you getting hungry?
[Krystal speaking]
Okay.
[Krystal] It's been a couple of months since I got married.
And there's been a lot of change in a small amount of time.
Once we committed to moving to Houston,
so I can get the weight loss surgery with Dr. Now,
my parents told us they wanted to sell the house.
We had to move out. So my friend has been letting us
stay in their greenhouse for the past few weeks in their backyard.
And it's not the best.
But I'm thankful we have a roof over our head.
Let me guess. A sandwich?
-[Damian] Yes. -[chuckles]
[Krystal] And I'm not letting all this distract me
from staying on track with my diet and exercise.
-You're going to exercise, right, with me? -Yeah.
Yeah, we can go over by the barn today.
[Damian] Okay.
[Krystal sighs]
[grunts softly]
My knee's bothering me really bad today.
-Again. -[Damian] Probably the weather. [chuckles]
[Krystal] Yeah.
Lilli, you want to do exercises?
Are you going to exercise with aunty?
You want to fly?
[chuckles]
I called Dr. Now and told him
that we're going to be in Houston any day now.
We just have to find a place to live,
which has been taking longer than we thought it would.
But we're working on it because I want to get to Houston
as soon as possible, so I can get that surgery
and let the real awesome, new life begin.
So we're going to figure it out soon.
Hopefully, really soon.
[Krystal] One more.
-And 20. [chuckles] -20.
No, and then you shake your arms off. [whoops]
-[whoops] -[Damian whoops, chuckles]
Okay, now let's go over...
in the shed. Are you ready?
Yeah.
[Krystal] 'Cause we got so much stuff that we still have to pack like,
I think we got the majority almost out here.
Okay, yeah.
But there's still stuff that we have to take out of here.
-[Damian] Okay. -And um...
[exhales sharply] We have to hurry 'cause this super, duper
-duper hot in here. -[Damian] I know.
And we need to hurry anyways
'cause we got to get going on the road.
-Okay. -So I'll be out here.
I'm not dying in this heat with you guys.
Sorry, I love you but I can't do it. [chuckles]
-It's too hot out. Yeah. -Yeah.
[Krystal] Well, we found a place in Houston.
So it's finally time to move down there.
[sighs]
We're packing up everything on our truck
and headed on out to Texas.
The packing's been hard and long
but we are ready to get on the road.
-[man] Ready? -[woman] Yeah.
[man] Three, two, one.
-Lift. -Okay.
-Excuse me. -This.
[Damian] Oh! Good job! [whoops]
[Lisa] Yeah!
[Krystal] My sister-in-law Lisa is going to drive us down there
while Damian drives the moving truck.
[Damian whoops]
All right.
[Lisa] Now we got it.
-Yes. Now we can go. -All right.
-Here Aunty, love you. -Come here.
Come here, my little lily pad.
Don't cry, my love. I'll be back, okay?
[kisses]
-Really? -Okay?
-Don't cry. -[sobbing]
-Aunty will be back. I promise, okay? -[sobbing]
Come here.
[Krystal] I don't know when we'll be back
but I'm sure we will be back.
-[indistinct conversation] -Keep her safe for me, okay?
[Krystal] But it's weird to leave here
since I've pretty much always lived in Idaho.
-[sniffing] -See ya. Love you, guys.
[Krystal] I love you. [sobs]
Yeah.
-[Faith] Hey, don't start it yet. -[Damian] Hold on a second.
[Krystal] Flip this.
[indistinct conversation]
[Lisa] Are you comfy in there? Down it goes.
Are you getting excited you get to meet Dr. Now...
-[Faith] Yeah. -...today?
-Yeah? Mommy's not excited. -He said...
He said he was excited to see me.
And, Mom, this is your third time seeing him.
I know. [chuckles] I don't' want to get...
[Krystal] I'm hoping that Mom did what she had to do.
[Krystal] Shush, you can pull your own self out.
[Faith laughs]
No, I can.
[Faith] Can't really...
[groans] I am so sore from moving.
I know.
-I didn't think I was gonna get... -You feel that breeze
-a little bit? -...down the stairs.
[Faith] There's a big cloud, there's about to be a storm.
-Okay, shut it. -It's going to rain, Faith.
[car locks]
Come on. Let's go.
I'm getting rained on.
That rain feels nice.
I'm getting...
Getting rained on.
Faith, open it.
[Damian] Faith, open it.
-[Krystal] Turn it. -[Damian chuckles]
Okay, hold it clear open.
[grunts softly]
Okay.
Okay, I'm going to... watch out.
I'm going to sit there.
Faith, sit by Dad.
One, two, three. [grunts softly]
Oh.
Okay.
[Krystal grunts softly]
Come over here by Dad.
On this side, baby.
Krystal?
[Krystal grunts softly]
You ran me over.
Can you not run me over, babe?
Thanks.
[Damian chuckles]
Morning.
[Krystal] When Dr. Now approved me for surgery,
he told me I needed to keep losing weight
in order for him to move ahead.
But he didn't say how much.
So I could only guess that
he's going to want me to be losing at least 20 pounds a month.
And it's been five months.
And I'm pretty nervous because
I'm pretty sure I haven't lost 100 pounds.
All right.
Okay, babe. You're going to have to come over here
-and grab my cane. -[Faith] This?
Okay, isn't that 100?
[Krystal] But if I lose the surgery opportunity,
I'm going to be devastated.
[Krystal] I'm at Dr. Now's and we're about to find out
how much weight I've lost over the last five months.
Doctor wants me to lose 20 pounds a month.
So I'm looking for a weight loss of 100 pounds.
[Damian] Good job, honey.
[Krystal grunts softly]
[Krystal] Hmm.
-Yes and no, I guess. -[nurse] We're going to go down to room five.
[Krystal] I know that's not good.
Oh, boy, I'm freaking out a little bit
about what Dr. Now is going to say.
I just don't know if I'm going to be able to handle it.
If he takes away my surgery opportunity,
if that happens, I'm just going to be crushed.
[Krystal pants]
I don't know, you wanna sit by me?
She likes you, honey. [chuckles]
Hello. How y'all doing?
-[Faith] Good. -[Damian] Good.
[Dr. Now] All right. Well, first off,
you mentioned that you and Damian got married.
That's one of the reason it took you so long to get here.
So, congratulation.
-You finally moved down to Houston? -Yes.
We finally made it here and...
[Dr. Now] So how was the trip?
-[chuckles] It was long but... -[Damian chuckles]
...we managed to get here.
So everything here right now is settled down and you're doing okay?
Yeah. Just unpacking.
Okay. I'm glad that you're able to move down to Houston
but my main concern is that you didn't lose any weight
over the past five months and that is a big concern.
But since you didn't gain,
I'm going to give you a chance to get back on track.
So I'm going to give you a goal to lose 30 pounds in one month...
-Okay. -...and if you do that, then we can
-proceed with your weight loss surgery, okay? -All right.
Do you think you can do it?
Oh, yeah. We'll push hard, huh guys?
[Damian] Mm-hmm.
[Krystal and Damian chuckle]
Not you. Mom has to.
So you have to motivate mom, okay?
Okay. [chuckles]
[Faith speaking]
-[Krystal chuckling] -All right.
So you got this young lady, huh?
Yeah. This is my youngest, Faith.
So you've got all the help you need, right?
Yeah, and then everybody at home rooting,
they call and check and...
All right. So, how is the activity and your exercise?
Um, I'm able to walk a lot further than what I was.
-[Dr. Now] Okay. -And I'm moving more
than what I usually could have so that's getting a lot better.
So you're still using your wheelchair to move around a little bit?
-Yeah, a little bit. -You walked from waiting room to here.
So I see that's an improvement with your mobility. So, keep up your work with that.
-Okay? -Okay.
But I'm glad that y'all made it there to Houston.
-And she's happy to be here right? -Oh yeah.
So, continue with your diet and increasing your activity.
Get your stamina up and we'll see how you're doing in a month, okay?
Gotta lose that 30 pounds.
And in the meantime, you need anything, give me a call.
-All right. -All right.
-I'll see you next month. -Okay, thank you.
-All right, see y'all later. -[both] See you.
[child] Bye.
[slow music playing]
Okay, let's get out of here.
It seemed like Krystal let her wedding and moving, and life in general
distract her from doing what she needs.
So she justified compromising and taking her focus off of her health.
And that's never encouraging. I'm glad she at least didn't gain
and go in the wrong direction. But with how long it has been since she has been here
with no progress, she needs to show me she's willing to get back on track
and do better before we can move ahead with her.
[serene instrumental music playing]
-My back hurts. -I know.
[Krystal] It's been a couple weeks since I got back from seeing Dr. Now.
-Good? -Mm-hmm.
And I've been working harder than ever to get back on track.
Dr. Now told me that
I had to lose 30 pounds for one month
so now we are trying to up our game more with getting exercise and eating
exactly to tee.
So with my diet, I am actually cutting back more on the calories
to make sure I am losing enough weight.
Today, for breakfast I had two scrambled eggs, and a slice of turkey bacon
with a little bit of cheese. It's enough for me.
-Pull your chair out there? -Pull my chair out babe.
-Put me over here in this corner. -All right.
Get over here.
Okay. That's it.
The exercises I'm doing are the exercises that Dr. Now told me I needed to do.
Every day, twice a day.
And I'm feeling pretty good. I'm really sore
but I feel pretty decent, you know?
19... 20. Oh.
-You feel that burn? -Yeah.
I am much more active now. I'm helping do laundry, cooking, you know,
helping with the household stuff.
[panting] 5... 17... 19... 20.
12... 13...
1... 2...
-...5. -My wife is doing really good on her journey.
Twenty. [pants]
[Damian] She's getting by. I've seen her being more mobile and everything.
I'm sure she's feeling better.
She's able to do things that she wasn't able to a long time ago
Woo.
-[indistinct conversation] -1... 2... 3... go.
[Krystal] I want my surgery done.
I'm gonna bust my butt, no matter what because
I gotta do it.
Have my surgery and live a better, healthier life.
[suspenseful music playing]
Krystal.
Today's the day we find out if I made it.
[groans softly] Oh, my Gosh.
At my last appointment, I was 608 pounds.
And the doctor said I should lose at least 30 pounds in a month.
So, if I did that, then I'll be done to 578.
[Damian whispers] I'm so proud of you. You got this.
[instrumental music playing]
All right, all right. I did it.
I'm excited and I feel just relieved.
[nurse] When you're ready, we're going to room five.
But I'm not out of the woods yet.
This thing wants to stick to the floor today.
None of this means anything if Dr. Now decides I'm not ready for some reason.
So, I just need to wait and hear what he has to say.
But he can't deny that I posted a good weight loss.
And he can't deny me a surgery approval, I won't let him.
[music stops]
[knock on door]
-Hello, how are y'all doing? -Good, how're you?
-I'm doing well. -Good.
So, Krystal, it looks like, this past month, you lost another 38 pounds, huh?
-Mm-hmm. -Well, I'm happy to see that.
So what changes have you made with your eating habits?
Just been following the diet.
How's your activity doing?
It's increased, a lot.
Moving a lot more, that's for sure.
From day one, I saw you. You have lost 120 pounds.
-Yeah. -So, I'm happy with your progress, so,
-I'm gonna set you up for surgery next month. -Yay.
Thank you. I can't wait.
All right, so we're gonna do some testing and make sure everything's okay.
Especially with your heart. But if everything looks good, we're gonna set you up
-for surgery next month, okay? -All right.
Well, Krystal, I'm proud of your progress. So keep it up and we're gonna see
-if we can get you some more help, okay? -All right, thank you.
All right. We will get you tested in the room
-and I'll see you soon, okay? -Okay.
-We get to have surgery. -Yay.
-Now I'm excited. -I know you are. So am I for you.
You got this.
I'm proud of Krystal for applying herself again and doing what she needed
to get back on track. She has shown me that she is willing to stick with this.
So we run some tests on her to see if she's ready for weight loss surgery.
The big concern is her heart. So, we need to make sure her whole pulmonary system
is strong enough to handle weight loss surgery. If not, Krystal will have to lose
some more weight to reduce the strain on her body and address that issue.
But hopefully her tests look good so we can move ahead with her surgery soon.
[Rai] You got this, Mama.
[Rai speaking]
-[Rai speaking] -[Krystal speaking]
-[Faith speaking] -Listen to your sister.
Okay, go to her, take your stuff.
[Krystal] Well, the day is finally here.
You dream about this day when you're almost 700 pounds.
-We'll be here waiting for you, okay? -Okay.
So I'm really happy to be here.
And I'm really grateful for not only Dr. Now, but for my family
for supporting me through this, and this is going to be a big turning point for me.
To help me lose the weight faster.
So me and Damian can have the life that we dreamed about
and my kids can have the mom that they deserve.
You have no idea how much I can't wait for that.
[suspenseful music playing]
Today, we are attempting to perform a gastric sleeve on Krystal.
Since all her tests look good and she lost another 21 pounds this month...
-[Dr. Now] Okay, starting the first incision. -[devices beeping]
She worked hard to make positive changes in her life, so she's ready
for this next step.
[Dr. Now] I'm not sure if it's low or high there, the liver may be big,
so we don't know, that's all. John, you want to put that picture?
Go up. Hold it there.
[Dr. Now speaking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Dr. Now] This surgery will be an important tool that will help Krystal
to stay on track. Because what it does will help her to eat less and control
her eating habits much easier. So, this is a big step for Krystal today.
But she's still 548 pounds.
So at her size, this still is very high risk.
I'm feeling very anxious and nervous and hoping that everything goes well
for the surgery to help save her life.
Biggest fear would be losing her, you know? And...
It'd be very shocking to me and her entire family.
So, I'm hoping to God that everything pulls out through.
[Dr. Now] All right, we can remove the stomach.
Keep pulling, keep pulling, keep pulling. Good.
Put that on the table over there.
Put a light on her.
All right, well done.
[Dr. Now] Krystal's surgery went very well.
Her surgery was a little bit challenging because of her size,
But we were able to complete the surgery like we intended to.
So, this is going to be a big help for her.
She'll be in a liquid diet for a month,
where she should be able to lose 25 pounds during that time.
After that, if she stays on track, she should be able to lose
15 to 20 pounds a month until she hits her target.
With skin removal, my hope is that Krystal will be able to that within the next year.
But that's not going to be an easy journey for her,
to get to where she needs with her weight and her mobility, but I'm confident
she's gonna do it. And that she'll be able to live the healthy life she wants soon.
I don't want to be in your way, so I'm just going to back away.
[Krystal] It's been a month since my surgery and I've been feeling really good.
The liquid diet was hard, but I'm back on solid foods now.
And I'm feeling great. I'm able to get around better.
And I'm trying to walk as much as I can. I'm staying right on target with my weight loss.
I've lost almost 30 pounds in the last month
and it makes a big difference in my day to day life.
Dr. Now says I'm going to start physical therapy soon. And psychotherapy.
And that's a little overwhelming.
But I'm ready to take on whatever I need to in order to keep losing.
-[cashier] How're you doing, sweetie? -I'm doing all right.
-[Krystal] How're you? -[cahier] I'm good.
-Here you go. -Thank you.
-Thank you, sweetheart, you have a good night. -You too.
-Honey, I did it. -You did great, honey.
-Yeah, well, it was... not the easiest. -I know.
[serene instrumental music playing]
That's the whole point is, you're supposed to sit on the edge
-so the sound barrier... -It is... sit on the edge, babe.
-[gasps] Oh, it is. -[gasps] I can hear you.
I can hear you too, that's so... [laughs]
-[Damian] Wow. -[Krystal] I love you.
-[Faith] I love you too. -It's been about two months since my surgery
and I've lost another 17 pounds.
[softly] Watch out for mummy's belly. Babe, do you hear me?
-Yes. -Isn't that cool?
-Isn't that crazy? -It is cool, honey.
Dr. Now wanted me to lose a little bit more, but he told me he was happy with me,
and I'm a little bit embarrassed to admit
how good it was to hear him say that.
[Faith] I did cartwheels until my thighs started hurting.
And I wanna teach mom to do gymnastics.
And I know that staying on this path is going to be the right path
that's going to get us where we wanna go to a happy and healthy future.
Take a picture of us in front of this.
When I started this journey, the walls were closing in.
But now I have hope.
-[laughs] -Okay.