[Rose] It makes me sick at my stomach.
[Sam] All right.
[Rose] How much I've changed.
I just can't believe that it's gotten this bad.
[woman 1] Somewhere in me is a little glimmer of hope.
I just wanna be a normal person.
[man] You can't do it and then I just get mad.
[woman 2] If I don't make a change now,
I'm scared it's gonna be too late.
[groaning loudly]
It's gonna hurt!
[woman 3] I refuse to stop fighting.
I have to do this for my children.
Oh!
So, how motivated are you to change your eating habit?
I'm very motivated.
If there was a pile of dog crap there,
and you told me to bend over and start eating it,
that's what I would do.
[child babbles]
[groans]
[groaning] Oh, dear.
[Rose] Some mornings, I wake up and I think,
"Thank God I'm awake. He let me live one more day."
But, when I first go to stand up,
I can hardly stand up.
My back is hurtin' so bad.
[Sam speaking]
[Rose] And I know it's because of the weight.
-You good? -[Sam] Yeah.
I'm normal.
It just feels like somebody's got a...
big machete stabbed in your back,
and just turning it and digging and scraping around in there.
[Rose] My step-son and my daughter-in-law
share a room with me
because Sam doesn't want to leave me by myself at night.
She's afraid I'll fall, so she wants to be right there next to me.
It's very hard for me to manoeuvre myself around.
And I have to get Sam to help me 'cause I can't walk too far.
Can you help me up here please?
[Sam] Oh, whoa, don't fall.
[Rose] Right now, I'm currently...
living in the house with my grandson Nathan
and his fiancee Kat,
and Sam and RJ,
and then, of course, my fiance Russell.
If it weren't for my family,
being here to help me and to support me,
I don't know what I'd have done.
They've really been a... a life saver.
You do what you've gotta do for the people you love.
But, you know...
[Rose] I gotta go pee.
[Nathan speaking]
[Sam] Oh, whoa, don't fall.
[Rose] Whoa.
Oh, no.
[Rose speaking]
Three years ago, me and, uh, RJ
moved from Texas
up to Arkansas here, and met the family,
and moved into a small little house
that Rosanne and Russell had.
And I've been with them ever since.
-It's stuck on your leg. -[Rose speaking]
I shower twice a week.
I know that doesn't sound a lot.
I should do it more, but it's just so hard.
[grunts]
It was very hard for me to ask Sam to help me shower.
It... It took everything I had.
[grunts softly]
I fell two or three times,
before I would actually ask her to help me,
in the shower.
Because I didn't wanna ask for help.
I was embarrassed to ask for help.
Because she has to help wash my backside and stuff.
She has to wash it for me because I can't...
keep my balance good enough to get over there.
I have to hold on with both hands while she washes me.
I mean, it's embarrassing.
It makes me very, very unhappy
that I can't do things on my own
and I can't get around on my own.
[Sam] I'm gonna-- You can go ahead and lay down
and I'll go and get your breakfast and stuff ready for ya.
[Rose] Okay, baby.
[grunts]
Stress leads to eating,
eating leads to gaining weight,
weight leads to getting mad,
mad leads to getting more eating,
and it's just a cycle.
It's getting very bad,
and I've got to get it to stop
before it gets to where there's no coming back.
I think it just...
I just felt how much I have changed
over the last 20 years.
It makes me sick at my stomach.
I just can't believe that it's gotten this bad.
-Fixed me a good breakfast, huh? -Yes, ma'am.
All right.
Thank you.
I feel like I'm trapped.
I don't feel like I can break that trap on my own.
'Cause I've got a bad habit of-- ever since I was younger,
when I get stressed,
my comfort is food.
My biological father was an alcoholic.
But, my mom was always there.
My mother was a wonderful woman.
My mom married my stepdad when I was four.
I mean, we were pretty close at first,
and I called him "dad"
and every Sunday we went to church.
In fact,
him and I sang in church.
He played the guitar and we sang.
We'd sing all kinds of songs,
and our favorite one was "The Old Rugged Cross".
My mom loved that one.
In fact, the day before she passed away, it was on a Monday,
I remember, we went to church that Sunday.
And we sang for that day.
But, the next thing I know, my mom was gone.
My stepdad, he started doing crimes,
and he got caught.
And ended up, he went to prison.
The world didn't seem right without my mother.
After I buried my mom,
I couldn't function.
I kept getting more depressed,
and the more depressed I got, the more I ate.
And I just kept eating, and eating, and eating and eating.
If I had picked up something,
I couldn't just lay it down without eating it all.
I just didn't know what to do with myself.
I just, I figured if I'd just sit there,
that I could just...
wither away and the Lord would take me,
and I could go be with my mom.
But, it didn't work that way.
I was gaining the weight because I was eating more
because I was depressed and it was a vicious cycle.
After my mother passed,
when I was 13 or 14, I weighed around 250.
So, that's when I realized,
I gotta do something with my health.
When I got into high school,
I joined ROTC.
And I was big, but I wasn't "big".
We were always marching with our uniforms and our rifles.
And we would march and practice
three or four hours a day in Texas heat.
I would lose a lot of weight during that.
When I would get up and have to put my uniform on,
and go to ROTC, it was I was going to my safe haven.
We all hung out together.
We'd go to football games and after game parties.
In fact, my fiance and I were in ROTC together.
Russell was always the one that was there to make sure that I was okay
and that I was safe.
He always kept me right with him.
He always protected me.
But it wasn't mine and his time yet.
Right out of high school, I married Jesse.
I knew not to, I knew I shouldn't have.
That's probably why I didn't go to...
be a doctor or a lawyer,
because I did get married and ended up pregnant.
And that was Christopher, he lives in Arizona.
Jesse, my son's dad,
I'm not saying Jesse was a bad person.
Jesse was a good person.
I mean, he just had his demeanor.
We were married for seven years.
And it was fun when we first got together.
And then we divorced.
When it ended, it didn't affect me at all,
'cause I knew I shouldn't have done it.
I just did it out of stupidity.
I worked at a daycare center,
and I could take my son with me.
Yeah, I worked there for four years.
Enjoyed it.
Then I was at the auto shop,
and I went to pick my car up and Ray was there.
Well, we started talking.
He asked me out.
I said yeah.
We knew each other for maybe three months and got married.
And it lasted for 15 years.
We had a good marriage.
It just, it didn't work out between him and I because...
He decided he wanted to start sleeping around
with my best friend of 22 years.
That liked to have killed me
because I had no one in my life.
So...
I don't talk to her no more,
him and her are married now.
He was the one that meant the most to me.
I had no one to go to, no one to turn to,
and I sat in this apartment with the curtains closed,
all the lights off,
and I ate and sat in the dark.
Thank you, and that was really good, baby.
-[Sam] You're welcome. -Thank you.
[Rose] I could see my weight increasing.
And then my depression got so bad
that I ended up going on disability.
I got your medications.
[Rose] All righty, babe.
Social services sent a counselor to my house,
but somehow, she came up with a new plan.
First, she got me to the point where I could stand and walk again.
Before I knew it,
she had me talked into going to my 20th reunion for ROTC.
[Sam] Finally be taking two.
My life changed in the most positive way possible,
because Russell and I,
seeing each other for the first time in probably about 15-20 years.
He said,
"Hey, baby."
And we sat there and talked for a while, and...
Three months after we seen each other, we became a couple.
This one needs to be three times.
[Rose] Russell, he's big, but he's not heavy, heavy.
And now he drives an 18-wheeler.
I ride with him.
Just, me and him just ridin', talkin',
enjoy each other's company and hold hands,
and, I don't know, just sweetness.
After five years together,
he even took me on my first cruise.
We went to Cozumel and Jamaica,
with my best friend Christie and her husband Jeremy.
And at the end of the cruise,
Russell looks at me and he says,
"Do you love me?"
I said, "You know I do."
I said, "You're the love of my life."
He said, "Here, I want you to marry me."
And I just started bawling. [chuckles]
He put my ring on my finger.
[Russell] When I first met her, I didn't know what to make of her.
'Cause she was a little bit of a wild child back then.
But I liked her, she was cute.
[Rose] Russell and I are still happy.
But when it comes to my weight,
I have a...
real bad self-esteem when it comes to my weight.
He has to keep reassuring me
that nothing is wrong between us.
Because I'll sit and wonder,
"Well, I wonder who he's with now.
I wonder what girl he's got in his truck now."
Then, it leads to stress,
and I'll eat and eat and eat,
trying to satisfy all of my problems,
but it never works.
It don't make 'em go away, it just makes 'em bigger.
[grunts softly]
I've got to get this weight off of me.
[exhales deeply]
I can feel a physical and mental change in my body.
Mental, because I don't want to be this big,
and physically because I just can't get up and do it
for me to get the weight off.
Baby, you're home!
You look tired.
Just a little bit.
[kisses]
[Rose groans playfully]
[Russell] All right, don't break my neck.
Oh, I ain't going to!
I wouldn't be able to give you kisses, then, and hugs.
Whatcha want for dinner, my love?
What you thinkin'?
I don't know. I asked you first.
Naynay, we can get Naynay to cook us some good pork chops on the grill.
-[Rose laughs] -There you go.
-[Nathan] That's a lot of pork chops. -[Sam] Yeah.
[Nathan] I cook a lot of food,
cook a whole bunch on the grill.
Trying to help out, trying to, trying to do what I can.
Her knees are getting to where she can hardly walk around anymore
because of her weight.
-Two, three-- -Come on, other hand, other hand.
[Rose] Biggest thing that motivates me to lose weight
is, I want to get back in the truck with Russell.
It breaks my heart that I can't go out
and do things with my grandkids and great-grandkids.
Everything that I do with them has to be done at home
because I don't have the strength or stamina
to go anywhere.
And that's devastating to me.
[Nathan] When Mimi met Russell,
Mimi's life changed.
She was more happier,
she was more willing to do a little more things.
You know, she was willing to get up, go-go on dates
and do things.
She was less depressed.
And then, you know, Russ started going out on the road,
and then, that's when her heart, you know,
her problems started happening.
I'm really tired, I think I'm gonna go to bed.
All right, we'll clean up.
-[Sam] All right, we got this. -[Rose] Thank you, bud.
[Sam] I'll be with him, I'm gonna get the little man ready for bed.
[Rose] With all my heart issues,
my time on earth with my family
can be cut short at any time.
Ow!
Oh. Oh [bleep].
-You walk behind me. -I got you, baby.
I want to see...
my great-grandkids at least make it to school.
I like here awake at night, feeling helpless
and knowing I'm not too far from dying.
[groans]
[Russell] She has her health issues
and she needs to lose the weight
to where she can go out and do things like she used to.
[Rose] I pray for someone to save my life
because it feels like my whole world is falling apart.
I have so much to live for, I need help.
Good night, baby.
Love you.
Yeah, yeah, those bags are Dad's.
-Here we go. -Do you have your, uh, chair and everything you need
in the van already?
Yeah, the chair's already in the van, isn't it, RJ?
[Sam] You got ramps
-to get it in and out? -[RJ] Yup.
[Rose] Today, I'm gonna go see Dr. Now.
I'm going all the way to Houston.
I'm excited but I'm nervous,
'cause I don't know what he's got in store for me.
But I know whatever he's got in store for me
to lose this weight, that's what I'm gonna do.
[Russell] Good plan.
[Rose] Okay.
Yup.
-Oh, hey. -[Russell] Gimme a kiss.
All right, get in the van before everybody's talking.
-All right, come on. -[Sam laughing]
[Rose grunts]
[Rose] RJ and Sam are gonna be taking me and I'm grateful for them
'cause I don't know how I'd get there otherwise.
-Mama, when y'all make it where y'all going-- -Okay, I love ya.
-I love you too. -Love you, baby.
-I'm gonna miss you. -[Russell] Miss you too.
-Bye, baby. -[Russell] Bye.
-[Keela] Bye, mom. I love you. -Bye, babe.
Love you, too.
So, you ready for this long trip?
[Sam chuckles] Not really.
Well, we're gonna get to meet Dr. Now.
[Sam] Yeah, no I get to meet-- Yeah, I get to meet--
-I know. I'm excited, but I'm scared. -[Sam] Yeah.
[Rose] Uh, it... it's gonna be a hard, long ride.
-The quicker we get there, the better off we're gonna be. -[RJ] Ah.
[Sam] It's about a nine hour drive.
[Rose] I didn't have to pee when I was at the gas station.
-[RJ] Very well. -[Rose] I has to pee now.
Holy smoke-shell.
We're stopping after two hours
'cause my body is hurting me so bad.
Worse than I ever thought.
We'll have to tackle the rest tomorrow.
-[Sam] Okay-- -[RJ] Oh [bleep].
[Rose grunts]
[Rose] It's okay.
[grunting]
[sighs]
-[Rose grunts] -[Sam] You okay?
[Rose] Yeah, my knee's just not wanting to function with me right now.
[Sam] Prop it up?
[Rose] Oh. There we go.
-[Rose sighs] -[Sam] It's turned off.
[Rose] Okay.
I go in over here.
[woman] Just go in, right there.
[Rose groans]
We are in this-- Will you let go? I got it.
[RJ] Wait, which one?
[Sam] Yeah, she's going on that one.
[RJ] Back up right here.
[Rose] Oh.
Oh. [grunts]
Ooh. [panting]
Ooh.
[sighs]
Oh.
Oh. [grunts and sighs]
[panting]
Oh.
[continues panting] I need my oxygen.
[Sam] Oxygen, where's it at?
What'd you do with it?
Hurry.
Okay.
[Sam] Yeah, why didn't you go with that one? Is it on?
-You got air? -[Rose] Yeah.
[Sam] Okay, just get to bed.
All righty.
[Sam] Night night.
-[Rose] Good night, guys, I love y'all. -[Sam] Love you too.
-Thank you for your help. -[Sam] Not a problem.
[Rose sighs]
We didn't make it quite as far as I wanted to
before we stopped last night.
-[car starts] -Now we're looking at a six or seven hour trip,
and that sure ain't gonna be no fun.
Today is gonna be hard on my body.
Especially my knee.
It's gonna start hurtin', get bad on my knee.
But it might be hard now,
but in the long run, it'll all be worth it.
I'm eating chips for breakfast.
It-- it's not the best breakfast in the world,
but it's something.
My knee's killin' me.
I think we're gonna stop and eat in the car.
My head's starting to hurt.
We'll go get some fast food,
and eat it fast and get on the road.
[Sam] We're all going in a drive through?
[Rose] Yeah, hopefully, yeah.
[RJ] Yeah.
[woman 2 over PA] Can I take your order please?
I want one of the steak basket...
[woman 2 over PA] Six piece steak basket?
-[Sam] With a drink? -[Rose] Yeah.
Just give me a plain hamburger.
-[Sam] Huh? -[Rose] Some jalitos.
[Sam] So, an order of the jalitos.
And mozzarella cheese sticks.
-[Rose] Six piece. -[Sam] Six piece.
-Ranch. -[Sam] Ranch. Make that two, though.
[woman 2 over PA] Two six piece of ranch, okay.
[Rose] I can't do anything fast or easy.
Just to get out of the car hurts my back and my knee.
-[Sam] Oh. -[woman 2] Goodness gracious.
[Rose] Woo-hoo. Hot one.
[Sam] All right, gimme.
-[woman 2] You got it? -[Sam] Yep, I got it.
[woman 2] Y'all have a good day, y'all.
[Rose] Okay.
I got my food, now where's y'all's?
-[RJ speaking] -[Sam laughing]
-[Rose] All right, guys, guess what? -[Sam] What?
-[Rose] We're on our way to Houston to see Dr. Now! -[Sam] Oh, yeah.
-[RJ laughs] -So, I mean, I don't know...
-what it's gonna be like. -[Sam laughs]
But all I know is that I don't care
what it's like or what it's gonna be like.
If Dr. Now says,
"You have to bend over and eat dog [bleep] off the ground for two years",
then guess what,
I'm going to do it.
If that's what it takes to lose this weight.
I'm gonna do what Dr. Now says to do.
I'm not cheating,
because I can't live like this no more.
I cannot live like this no more.
We finally made it to Houston,
and you better believe we're excited.
-[Sam] Yes! -[Rose] We're here.
[Rose] Thank you, Jesus!
-[Sam] Woo-hoo! -[Rose] Thank you, thank you.
-[Sam] Whoo! -[Rose] We are here!
-[Sam] All righty, let's go check in. -[Rose] Go, go check us in.
[Rose] I'll go get the chair out.
[Sam] Whoo, good.
[RJ] What?
[Sam] Got dizzy.
Give you a hand. [claps]
[RJ sighs]
[Sam] Move, buddy.
Hey.
Oh, sorry.
[Sam sighs]
I'm dizzy.
[Rose] Okay.
I'm pretty tired.
I'm-- I'm scared.
I mean, I'm-- I'm really nervous.
But my insides are jumping so much with joy.
Here we go.
Because...
I-- I can't even explain or describe
what kind of a life changer this is gonna be for me.
Oh, Lordie.
[grunts]
I am going to bed,
and I'm not getting up early at all.
Or wait a minute, I have to, though, don't I?
-[RJ] Can't believe how big these houses are. -[Rose grunts]
-[Rose] I know, they're gorgeous. -[Sam] Yeah.
[Rose] Well, the day is finally here.
I'm headed to see Dr. Now
to hear what he has to tell me.
But I'm scared, 'cause if he refuses to treat me,
I don't know what I'll do.
[Sam speaking indistinctly]
[RJ groans]
[Rose] And I'm nervous
to step on the scales for the first time in a while.
-[Sam] Uh-huh, that was... -[RJ] Yeah, that's what...
[Sam] Come on.
[Rose] It's been a struggle to breathe and get around lately.
So I'm not so sure what it's gonna say.
[grunts softly]
Okay.
-[Sam speaking] -[RJ chuckles]
[door closes]
[nurse] Rose?
[Rose] At my heaviest, I was almost 700 pounds.
And that was 20 years ago.
So I really hope that I'm a heck of a lot lighter.
Everything's riding on this.
My whole future, my whole life, everything.
Now you can step up on the scale.
[Rose] 'Cause I need Dr. Now to help me.
I've gotta get the weight off. I can't do it on my own.
I've got to get help.
If I don't get help now,
I'm gonna die.
[Rose] I'm here at Dr. Now's clinic
for the very first time.
I haven't weighed myself in about 20 years,
and I've been avoiding it for a reason.
Well, I was hoping it would be even lower.
But I'm glad I'm in the 500s.
[Rose grunts]
Which way is it?
Well, I know I've hit a wall
with what I can lose on my own.
So I'm really hoping and praying
he'll help me like I need.
It was easy putting it on,
but it's gonna be hard taking it off.
[knock on door]
Hello, how y'all doing?
Fine, and you?
I'm doing okay.
-You must be Rose. -Yes, I am.
So who did you bring with you?
This is Sam and RJ.
My step son and his fiancee.
Hello.
Very nice to meet you all.
-So what can I help you with today? -My weight.
I-- I was trying to lose it on my own,
and I was... [panting]
...thought I was doing pretty good,
and then I got sick.
I ended up in the hospital and ended up on oxygen,
and I-- I can't do for myself as good as I could.
And I-- I-- I need the weight off of me.
Now how long have you been in this motorized wheelchair?
Um... [chuckles] I've had my motorized chair for like, 20 years.
-Twenty years you've been in that wheelchair? -No, I-- I can walk.
It's just, now it's hard for me to walk long distances.
I understand that,
but you've been on motorized wheelchair for 20 years.
I've had it for 20 years.
I don't use it all the time.
All right, so what do you do all day?
All day I sit and I eat.
I binge eat.
I-- I eat out of depression.
I-- if I get a hoagie--
There's a box of Zebra Cakes brought in,
I think I have to have every one of 'em.
And I sit and I eat every one of 'em.
-Um-- -Now, hold on.
[Dr. Now] So you eat all day,
and you're here to figure out what to do?
It-- I mean, I--
I don't have magic to stop you from eating all day.
I know I have to do it myself.
So what is, uh, different today
from past 58 years that you--
I have--
I've-- I'm gonna stop eating.
But I have to have--
I have the willpower.
Now I have to have the knowledge.
The knowledge is gonna come from you.
The willpower is gonna come from me.
-So-- -And I didn't really have the willpower.
But now, I've got my grandkids,
and my grandkids are having kids.
And I wanna be there for them.
And at the rate I'm going, I'm not gonna be.
So you didn't know
eating like you have been was not the right thing.
Exactly.
[Dr. Now] Okay, you didn't know that before.
Evidently, I didn't.
Because I've-- what I've done,
you can see evidently, it ain't working.
-So I've gotta have something that works. -So--
What did-- What do you eat all day?
I eat whatever I can get my hands on.
-Uh, well, um... -[Rose] I eat--
how do you get it?
-Uh, do you go-- -Well, I-- I'll ask her to bring it to me.
-[Dr. Now] Who? -Sam.
And she'll cook and bring it to me.
But she only cooks what I tell her to cook.
So she's gonna bring what you ask for?
She brings what I ask for.
[Dr. Now] But if she doesn't bring it, what happens?
The world come to end?
-Or are you gonna attack her? -Yep.
-No, if-- -[Sam and RJ laugh]
If, uh, she don't bring it to me, then I don't eat it.
So you came all the way from Arkansas
to tell me it's your fault
to tell people get you food to eat?
And you want me to change that?
Well, no, I want...
the knowledge.
You have the knowledge.
The-- The weight loss knowledge.
The right programs,
the right type of foods to eat.
You're gonna give me that knowledge,
so that I can have that knowledge,
so that I can cook the right types of foods
and eat the right types of foods.
So beside eating all day, what else you do all day?
Lay in the bed.
So you have a goal in your life?
My goal is to lose-- to get the weight off,
to play with my grandkids,
to be able to get into the car,
to be able to walk in the store,
to be able to go do things with my grandkids.
Those are my goals.
So how motivated you are to change your eating habit?
I'm very motivated.
Just like I told 'em,
if you told me-- there was a pile of dog crap there,
and you told me that's gonna help me to lose weight,
if I eat that dog crap for a month
bend over and starting it,
that's what I would do.
-All right. -[Rose] That's how motivated I am,
because I want to get rid of this weight.
[Dr. Now sighs] All right.
So I'm gonna bring you some stuff,
-I want you to read this stuff everyday. -[Rose] Okay.
-Okay. -[Dr. Now] You think you can do that?
Yes, sir, I can.
So, sit tight, I'm gonna bring you some stuff.
-Okay. -[Dr. Now] Okay?
[Rose] All righty.
That's how dedicated I am to doing this.
-[RJ] Mmm. Cool. -And I'm gonna be strict, too, so.
-Yes. -[Sam] Mmm-hmm.
Rose certainly seems like a handful with her personality,
and all the comments she makes.
I just hope there's some sincerity in what she says,
and she's really finally ready to change.
But I am skeptical,
because the reality is if she has the motivation she claims she does,
and understand how dire her situation is,
she wouldn't need any help to lose weight.
Especially if she did some on her own already.
All right.
-Now what I got for you is this. -Okay.
It is the plan that you need to follow
for your diet and exercise.
So, with this knowledge that you said needed...
Okay.
So you think you can do that?
I-- I know I can lose it.
[Dr. Now] Okay.
-So we'll see how things go. -[Rose] Okay.
-[Dr. Now] All right? -All righty.
But I don't want you coming back here,
until you show me you can do that.
And then we'll do a video call.
-Oh, you want me to do it on the computer? -[Dr. Now] Yeah.
Or on the phone.
-Oh, okay. -[Sam] We'll do a chat, like--
-Okay. -[Dr. Now] All right.
If you need anything, give me a call.
Okay, will do.
-All right, and nice to meet you guys. -[Sam] Nice meeting you.
And hopefully, I'll hear from you in a couple of months.
-[Sam] Okay. -Okay, you will.
[Dr. Now] All right, have a safe trip back home.
-[Sam] Okay. Thank you. -[Rose] Yes, sir. Thank you.
The scales do not lie, people do.
[chuckles]
[Rose] I'm really excited about this opportunity.
I'm gonna show Dr. Now that I'm gonna change.
And I'm gonna lose the weight,
and get the surgery no matter what it takes.
I'mma do it.
And he's gonna be proud of me.
You just wait and see.
[Rose sighs]
[sniffs]
[Sam] We're having two boiled eggs,
-and two pieces of turkey bacon. -All righty.
-[Rose] Thank you, dear. -[Sam] You're welcome.
[Rose] It's been a couple of weeks now
since I've seen Dr. Now,
and I've been working my butt off since coming home.
I know he gave me the knowledge
on what to eat and how to exercise.
Now it's up to me to do right by him,
and right by myself.
It took me a minute to adjust to the diet at first.
I'm-- I-- I feel a lot better.
So, I mean,
I'm discovering a lot of foods that I didn't think I would like,
I love.
I used to eat a load of junk.
All that good fattening stuff.
-[Sam] Is it all good? -[Rose] Mmm-hmm.
And now I eat two boiled eggs
and two pieces of turkey bacon.
I mean, I was still hungry at first,
and, it-- it--
At first, it was really, really hard.
But I got to where I was okay with it.
I'm fixing to do my morning workout.
Sam, you wanna come join me?
-[Sam] Yes, I will. -[Rose] All right.
-[Rose] Let's do this, girl. -[Sam] Let's-- [sighs] Okay.
[Rose] Uh, I've been doing the exercises,
uh, morning and night, um.
All righty.
-Which one do you do first? -I'mma do my toe touches first.
-[Sam] Hmm. -Are you ready?
[Rose] And I-- I...
do all the exercises.
I do the, um, toe touches, the twists,
-the arm lifts. -...the spots.
[Rose] I do the leg kicks,
and I-- I feel like I get a little stronger every day.
[Rose softly] Seventeen, 18, 19, 20.
[Rose wheezes and sighs]
To me, that makes me proud of myself...
[panting]
...that I'm doing.
My motivation is,
when my little grandson comes running through
with them little feet just a patterin' on the floor,
"Mimi, I need you."
And when he says, "I need you",
that's my motivation,
'cause how's he gonna need me if I ain't here.
You want me to help you up?
Oh, no, this arm...
I don't why I've got something in my shoulder, honey.
-[Sam] I don't know. -Can we just chop it off from right here?
[chuckles]
-[Rose] Abby, Alix, y'all ready? -[Abby] Yup.
[Rose] All-righty.
Come on, babies.
[breathing heavily]
Oof.
One.
Two.
It's been two months since I went to see Dr. Now.
Four.
And I haven't let up one bit.
'Cause I do toe-touches.
Okay, ready?
Exercise in the morning an at night before I go to bed.
One, two.
Three.
Four.
The twist.
Five.
Some of that at first... It was real rough.
I told my husband, I said,
"Ooh, no. I'm not gonna be able to get through these."
'Cause at first, it was real rough.
[exhales]
And I do all the exercises in Dr. Now's book.
Okay.
One, two, three...
Arm, legs.
I do the leg kicks,
the hand movements and the head turns.
[exhales]
All right, we did it.
We didn't... We didn't need a book this time.
[Rose] Give me hugs.
-I love you, Mimi. -I love you too, baby girl.
-Give me hugs. -[Alix] We're about to sleep.
Thank you for working out with me
and supportin' Mimi. I love y'all.
-I love you too, Mimi. -Okay.
Walking and rowing.
It's backed in. It's backed in.
-[Sam] Yup, they've backed it in. -[Rose exhales]
-Damn. -[Sam] Doesn't know it.
You seem 'em too dense?
I'm nervous about this weigh-in coming up.
But I'm also excited
because I've been doing a lot of good work.
Okay. [exhales]
So I'm headed to a local clinic today
that Dr. Now set up,
and I'm going to see if I made it.
I've been doing a lot of reps left and right,
day in and day out,
to achieve the goals that Dr. Now thinks I can achieve.
I wanna make Dr. Now proud.
So we'll find out if I've lost the weight.
-We are here. -[Sam] Yay, we're here.
[Rose] Oh, I'm nervous.
-You don't have to be nervous. -[Rose] I am.
But it's gonna be okay.
[grunts] Oh.
-[Sam] You got it? -Yeah.
Dr. Now asked me to lose 50 pounds.
This is a big moment for me.
Hello, Miss Perrine come on back.
-Oh, you're walking. That's so-- -Yes, I am.
-How're you doing? -Good.
Good to see you.
[Rose] At some point in my life,
life just didn't matter anymore.
My grandkids really opened my eye.
And so I had to start caring.
Wake up, smell the coffee.
There's a beautiful world out there.
-[Rose panting] -I think it went well.
[Rose] Wake up and smell it.
[Rose] I was 564 at my last appointment.
Minus 50 pounds in two months is 514.
So that's what I'm hoping to see.
-[sighs in relief] -You got there.
You did it, Mama.
I'm proud of you.
-You did it, Mama. -I'm proud of you.
[exhales]
-[cries] I did it. -You did it.
[people cheering]
[Rose] I did it!
-[woman] You did it? Whoo! -I did it.
-[woman laughs] -[Rose] Whoo!
Oh, my.
Hallelujah.
I did it and I can't wait to tell Dr. Now.
[exhales]
Oh.
I'm just gonna be outside, 'cause it's gonna get hot in here.
-Okay, honey. -And I don't wanna interrupt.
-So... I'll take that though. -Okay, honey.
All-righty.
[call ringing]
-Hello, sorry. -Hi.
-How're you today? -I'm down to 497.
Okay, uh...
Thank you.
Mmm, thank you.
[gasps]
Okay.
And you move down to Houston.
As long as you continue lose weight,
we'll do your weight loss surgery.
See if we can get you to lose, you know,
an average of 25 pounds a month.
And that will be good if you keep that up.
Okay.
-All right, do you have any questions? -No, sir.
So, you want me to come to Houston?
Well, if the cardiologist is saying your heart is okay, to have surgery then,
the next step is to move here,
if you want to move ahead with weight loss surgery.
-Okay. All right. -Okay.
You're doing good and making good progress.
-Keep it up. -All-righty. Thank you.
You're welcome. I hope to see you soon, Rose.
-All-righty. -All right.
-You take care. -Okay, you too.
-Buh-bye. -All right.
Bye.
[laughs and cries]
Did you hear him?
[laughs]
If my cardiology doctor...
I've got to go to him
and he'll send him a report
and if he thinks that my heart will handle it and everything,
I've got to go to Houston
and we'll discuss whether we're gonna do surgery or not.
[laughs]
[cries]
[continues sobbing]
[sniffles]
[laughs]
Time to do your exercise, Mimi.
Oh, I know. We gotta do 'em.
[Abby] Hey, hey, hey.
Don't be sad because we will have fun.
Exercise will make your body feel happy.
-Oh, exercise will make my body feel happy? -[Abby] Yes.
-Okay. [groans softly] -[Abby] Okay.
We're going all the way to 20.
Okay, here we go.
[both] One...
[Rose] It's been a month since my video appointment with Dr. Now
and since then, my cardiologist has sent over some stuff to him
about my heart.
And Dr. Now says my heart is healthy enough for surgery.
And I was so excited to hear that, that I nearly jumped through the roof.
Let's do arm exercises.
One.
Dr. Now says if I move to Houston,
I can get ready for surgery.
It told him it might take me a month or so to make the move.
But it hasn't gone as easy as I had planned
trying to figure out the move.
A lot of people here need me.
We've all been trying to figure out how to make it work.
Eight, nine, ten.
[Rose] And the stress of all that has been a lot on me.
[Rose and Abby] One, two.
[Rose] And I know I've been giving in my cravings for sweets sometimes,
and I know that's not good on my diet.
So I know I've got to stop that and I am.
I just need to get to Houston soon.
-[Abby] Eighteen. -Calm down.
[Rose] Before I do anything else to slow my progress down.
We're gonna do this. This is a new one we're gonna try.
-[Abby] A new one, okay. -Yes.
People do this.
And then.
[Rose and Abby] One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
-Hi-five. -Hi-five, baby.
-Oh. -We did it.
I'm kinda worried 'cause I...
I did, kinda, slip on my diet a little bit.
So I'm hoping that
he won't give me too big of a...
a lashing over it.
I deserve one, but I hope he don't give me a big one.
[Sam] Are we ready?
-[Rose] Yes. -Okay.
[breathing heavily]
Gonna step up.
[huffing]
-[breathing heavily] -[exhales]
Roseanne...
[Rose] I know I'm doing better.
I just hope I am as good as I feel.
[sighs]
Let me zero the weight out before you get on, okay?
Okay, you can step up on the scale.
[sighs] Oh. [exhales]
[breathing heavily]
-We're going to room five. -Okay.
[Rose] Well, hell. That ain't good.
Not even close to good.
But I'm disappointed in me.
I know I let me down.
I'm messed up.
I should have been better.
Way better than that.
I just thought I didn't have as many slips-ups as I must have had.
All I can do now is to come clean with Dr. Now,
and hope he'll go easy on me.
I'll let him know that I'm going to do better next time.
No questions about it.
I know what I did wrong.
I just hope I can get a next time.
And he don't take my weight loss surgery off the table,
'cause I ain't gonna let that happen.
-Hello. -[Rose] Hello.
How y'all doing?
-I'm fine. -Good.
-Well, how was your trip down here? -[Rose] Good.
So, are you completely moved to Houston?
Not yet.
So, when you're gonna do that?
Just got to find a place.
Okay. So how is everything going with you?
Good, I had a slip-up.
I did slip and I'm not gonna lie to you.
And so what do you mean you "slipped up"?
I cheated on my diet. I cheated.
I was doing really good.
And I cheated, 'cause the sweet cravings just got to me.
And when she'd go to sleep,
I'd sneak in there and I'd eat some sweets.
So when she goes to sleep, where do you get that?
They... We had a bucket for the kids,
when they come home.
I was dipping in their sweet bucket.
But she took it, put 'em in a lock box
and locked them up and I can't get to them now.
I let the cravings overcome me.
-[Dr. Now] All right. -And I had a slip-up, but,
I'm back on track and I'm...
[Dr. Now] All right.
All you needed to do was to move down here.
But now you have to move down here
and show me you're back on track.
So I want you to lose 50 pounds in two months.
Fifty pounds in two months?
-[Dr. Now] Yeah. -Okay, got you.
...then we're gonna go ahead,
-set you up for surgery. Okay? -[Rose] Okay.
-Is that a good deal? -[cries] That's a deal.
That's... [laughs]
[sighs]
-[Dr. Now] All right. -I'm sorry. [laughs]
There is some deal-breaker.
Your deal-breaker is if you go back to your eating habit...
-I'm not... [laughs] -...that will be the deal-breaker.
-[Sam] Nope, nope, nope, nope. -I'm not, I'm not.
I'm not going back to my eating habits.
I have too many reasons.
I have 11 grandkids that want to see me live.
That's a reason enough
to push it away and say "no".
-Good. -[Rose] That does... [laughs]
[Dr. Now] All right, so use that motivation and keep it up
-and we'll get you to your goal weight, okay? -Okay.
Sit tight. We'll do some tests on you.
-Okay. -And make sure everything is safe
for you to go back home.
-Thank you. -Okay.
[exhales]
[laughs] Can't believe...
[sniffles]
-[Sam] Mm-hmm. -[exhales heavily]
[Dr. Now] It is a little disappointing
to see such a little progress from Rose,
after she's done so well.
But I'm happy she didn't gain these past couple of months.
Because of that, I'm still planning to move ahead
with weight loss surgery for her,
as long as she gets back on track
and hits her goal again and makes the move to Houston.
She showed me she can be determined once.
So now, it is time for her to show me that again.
Don't worry, sit up.
[exhales]
Let's go.
The appointment went wonderful.
He gave me the news that I was hoping for.
It could have been better if I hadn't have cheated,
but surgery's good to go,
as long as I'm moving to Houston.
And that's wonderful.
-[staff] You should be good to go. -All-righty.
[talking indistinctly]
-[Rose] Hey, my love. -[Russell on phone] Hey.
How are you?
It's lonely without you here.
[Russell] I know. I'll come over there.
I mean, I'm okay with leaving Arkansas.
I mean, I'm originally from Texas.
I just would have liked to have
been able for my husband to have been here.
-Okay, well, baby, I'm gonna start... -[Russell] All right.
-...finishing up the packing. -[Russell] All right.
Okay, my love.
-Buh-bye, baby. -[Russell] Bye.
[sighs]
That's my love. [sighs]
Love, can you help her?
Oh, she got it.
So, how... how soon when you get down there,
do you expect to see Dr. Now?
I think I'm gonna see him Saturday.
What do you think, he's gonna approve you for the surgery?
Yeah, he's already approved me.
That's why I'm moving down there.
You better be okay.
You better call me at least once or twice a week.
-Once or twice the week? -[Abby] Mm-hmm.
I'm nervous because her heart don't beat like ours.
She don't have a really good healthy heart.
[Sam] Here we go, so...
Thank you.
I'm really hoping that she gets the surgery,
and lots of weight taken away,
'cause she can't walk that well.
And I think if Dr. Now,
um, gives her the surgery,
I think her heart is gonna go back to beating
like it was whenever she was younger.
I'm hoping that it happens.
Me too.
We have her suitcase,
my suitcase and the stuff there at the doorway.
Before we start putting anything in the van,
I gotta go out there and check the fluids.
-Okay. -I gotta go check the oil,
the... the water,
-and I need to check the transmission fluid. -Okay.
[Sam] Ooh.
[Alix talking indistinctly]
-[Sam groans] -[Rose] Yes, baby.
[Sam] Today we are moving to Houston to go see Dr. Now,
so she can have her surgery.
Kinda happy, 'cause I have... I'm from Texas down there.
So I'm used to Texas.
[chuckles] But not Houston, but...
It's gonna be something different.
[Nathan] I'm finna... 'cause I'm right there, I'm finna go
and check the fluids on the van.
-[Abby] Okay. -[baby crying]
[Rose] Dr. Now wouldn't be doing the surgery
if he hadn't gotten the approval from the heart doctor.
So why are you moving down there?
Because that's where Dr. Now does his surgery.
Yeah, I'm happy that she is actually going to Houston
to have this surgery.
Better her life, you know, lose all that weight
and hopefully be able to move around more and do things for herself.
But, in the end, I'm really, really scared and nervous
because of the whole surgery.
And she's not gonna be here
and I'm not gonna be with her.
Kinda freaks me out,
and her being so far away.
Just, just, I don't like it. [chuckles]
[breathing heavily]
[Rose] I'm scared because
I'm not used to, when I'll have surgery and stuff,
my grandson not being there.
-Hand me this. -[Nathan] Don't drag it.
-You can pick this... pick and push that out. -Oy, ooh.
And I'm just scared because he's not going to be able to be there,
because his job, he can't take off and come down there.
My angel, just, is my rock.
Put him back in my bedroom.
I have custody of Abby and Alix,
-and their younger brother Christopher. -[baby crying]
[Nathan] Hey.
Wasn't expecting to be a mommy at 58 again.
But it's okay.
My daughter didn't know how to be a mommy,
so that's what I'm here for.
So, it's... it's very hard for me to leave them right now.
That... That's what's hurting the most
is leaving them.
[breathing deeply]
-Oh, good Lord, I have no room for my feet. -[laughs]
[grunts]
I just have to figure out how.
[breathing deeply]
[grunts]
[breathing deeply]
Okay.
-Bye. -[Nathan] Bye.
Thank God this Friday is just about over.
[Sam] I'm tired, you're tired.
Looks like it's this one right here.
-Yep. I'll just pull in that driveway right there. -[Rose] Oh, how cute.
Am I gonna be able to make that turn?
Yeah, you're gonna be able to make it.
You got it.
-Stop right here? -Yep.
That's a good deal.
It's a cute little thing!
-Oh, it is so cute. -[Rose] It is adorable.
One thing I don't like,
no rails.
Yeah.
I'm trying to figure out how I'm gonna get up them stairs.
[grunts]
[breathing deeply]
Oh, look, it's a cute little thing.
[grunting]
Cute little house.
Washer and dryer.
I made it.
Oh, how cute!
It's only a one-bath.
It ain't no two-bath.
And that's a closet.
[Rose] I'm so, so exhausted.
There ain't no... There's only one.
[Rose] I don't even know if I can sit.
Oh.
Oh, God.
[sighs]
It's good we got this place furnished.
Oh.
It's like walking into a place we already decorated.
So I'm happy about all that.
But mostly, I'm just exhausted.
Oh, thank you.
-We're headed to Dr. Now's office. -[Sam] Yep.
I'm scared and excited all in one.
I'm getting scared 'cause I don't know what kinda run I had.
I know I hit a couple of tough spots.
But I'm excited to tell Dr. Now that we moved down to Houston.
And I'm excited that I might get weight-loss surgery soon.
It all depends on the scale
whether she's good to me or bad to me.
Big effort.
Rose?
-[Rose] How are you today? -Good morning, I'm doing good.
-How are you? -[Rose] Fine.
So I'm gonna have you step on the scale for me.
[Rose] At my last appointment, it wasn't my best weight loss ever.
Dr. Now told me if I lost 50 pounds
and got down to Houston,
he would do the surgery for me.
So I'm just really hoping that I did that.
-[crying] -[Sam chuckling]
I did it.
[crying]
[sniffles]
All right, let's go to Room 5, okay?
-Okay. -Just down the hall.
[Rose] That's pretty damn good for me.
[Sam] Follow what the nurse says.
[Rose] That ought to be enough to show the doctor that I'm back on track.
I'm so ready for the surgery, and I want to show him that I'm ready...
so I can keep moving forward.
-[sniffles] -[knock at door]
Hello, how you all doing?
Fine, and you?
-[Dr. Now] Doing good. -That's good.
Well, so how's everything going with you?
It's going good.
So, have you moved down to Houston now?
Yes, I have.
We got into the house.
Been there a couple of weeks now.
And it's nice, it's a nice little place.
So who has moved with you?
Sam came with me.
So only two of you?
Uh-huh, it's just the two of us.
Okay.
So she's gonna be helping you
and not enabling you, right?
Oh, she helps me.
-I get onto her. -Trust me.
We have... And now it's even easier
for her because
they ain't no sweets or nothing brought into the house
'cause we ain't got no kids there
-for us to have to buy the sweets for. -[laughing]
Yeah, so, yeah, it's even easier.
You... Hold on.
I don't want to get this idea
-that you can get comfortable now. -Okay.
You're not a spring, um, chicken.
-[Rose] Yep. -And surgery is going to be very risky for you,
regardless, even if your heart look okay.
So, I'm proud of your progress.
Then we move ahead with your surgery.
-Okay. -Okay. So you come a long way from your high weight,
um, but, um...
-[Rose] Okay. -[Dr. Now] So, every little bit of weight that you lose
is going to help.
-Okay? -Yes, sir.
All right. Well, nice to see you.
Make sure you stick with the diet
so we go ahead with your weight-loss surgery.
-[Rose] Okay. All righty. -Okay.
Do I need to set up an appointment out there for next month?
[Dr. Now] I will do that for you.
Oh, okay, thank you.
[Dr. Now] Mmm-hmm.
I'm happy to see that Rose stayed on track,
and has shown me that she's committed to stay healthy,
and sticking to the changes she needs.
We just need to make sure that there are no significant health issues with her
that would prevent surgery,
especially with her heart condition.
So we will see how her tests look.
But I'm hoping all the weight loss
has reduced the strain on her body enough
to handle the surgery.
My only big concern right now
is that she's completely changed her home dynamic
since most of her family is no longer around.
And with just her and her daughter-in-law,
they're going to influence each other much more
since they are the only one in the household.
So if her daughter-in-law doesn't eat healthy,
it could lead Rose to start to slip.
So Rose needs to be aware of that
and make sure she doesn't let that happen.
Because if she doesn't lose a decent amount over the next month,
we won't move ahead with her surgery.
And any weight gain will put more strain back on her heart.
So it's up to Rose to make sure she continue making progress.
And that's what she needs to move ahead.
Dr. Now did approve me for the weight-loss surgery.
He's gonna do some testing,
but if I don't continue to lose weight,
he will cancel the surgery.
[Sam] I felt the appointment went very well.
He's proud of what she's doing, but
we're gonna change everything.
Not have no snacks.
Not even me.
But it might help my health also a little bit.
I need to keep losing the weight so I can get the surgery done.
-You know I love you. -I love you too.
Come in.
-Hello. -[Rose] Hey, how are you?
How you all doing?
Good.
Well, you ready for this, Rose?
Yes, I am.
All right, so we go ahead and get you started in a few minutes,
-and see how things go with the surgery. -Okay.
And then after that, um,
then we get you up to your room,
-and you're gonna be able to walk this afternoon... -Yep.
-...and get some, uh, liquid, okay? -Okay. All righty.
-Any questions or anything? -No.
-All right. We get you started shortly. -Okay.
-All right. -Thank you very much, I appreciate all your help.
-All right, we'll go ahead and get you fixed up. -[Rose] Okay.
Well, here I am in the pre-op room.
I'm fixing to get my surgery,
and I'm nervous,
excited,
anxious,
but happy, all rolled into one.
I'm glad I'm doing this.
It's for my health.
And I know that the ending result is gonna be great
because I'm gonna work hard to get to the ending result.
I'm just, I guess, I'm anxious to get it over with,
and to know that once it's over and done with,
my new life starts.
-[Sam] Bye bye. -[Rose] Bye bye.
-Bye bye. -[Sam] I love you.
-[both kiss] -Love you too.
[Rose] I'm most nervous because my husband is not here.
My husband can't be here today 'cause he has to work.
He's headed to California...
unfortunately, not to Houston.
[Dr. Now speaking]
So she's sticking with it
and shown me she's committed to make healthy changes.
So we are moving ahead with her today.
Today operation is one that we have to be very careful,
not just because of Rose's weight
which already put so much strain on her body,
that makes any surgery high-risk.
Okay, starting the first incision.
But because of her heart,
she has arrhythmia.
Theradome is an issue of concern
when putting any additional strain on her body.
Go up.
Hold it there.
Go up, go up, go up.
All right, bring the robot.
The robot in a good position.
Okay.
And if there's anything that gives us concern,
we may need to end the operation.
But I'm hoping that we'll be able to complete it,
and provide her this tool to help her continue to lose weight.
Because what this operation does
is reduces the size of the stomach,
and she'll be able to control her eating habits much easier.
But ultimately, this will be an important step for her
that will help her to get to her goal.
Okay, take the robot away.
I'm hoping everything goes great because of... of her heart.
But I keep praying.
I'm having family text me, and call me,
and they're blowing up my phone going,
"Any update? Any updates?"
And I went, "No, not yet."
I'm feeling really nervous right now.
I was really concerned about her heart, but...
I'm glad it's not no issue or anything.
[Dr. Now speaking]
Keep pulling, keep pulling, keep pulling.
Good.
Put that on the table over there.
Okay, we can suture her up.
Almost done.
Turn the light on.
Okay. All finished.
So this will be a big help for her.
For the next month, she will need to stay on liquid diet.
She should be able to lose 25 pound in that time.
Then, if she stays on track,
she should be able to lose 15 pounds in a month
until she gets close to her target weight.
If she falls below any of those monthly goals,
then we may need to address her lack of progress
and what could be behind that.
But for right now, we'll see how she does after each one,
and go from there.
[indistinct chatter]
[man] Right in time, Tim.
[breathing deeply]
-We'll take our next step forward. -Mmm-hmm.
So far, I can't take any backward.
I've just been taking forward.
Little... Little steps.
Rose?
[Rose] Things have been going well since my surgery.
I'm losing weight, and I'm feeling like a different person.
Dr. Now said I was supposed to lose 25 pounds
in the first month on the liquid diet.
And then 15 pounds a month after that.
I'm really hoping my weight loss is on track.
That's a whole lot better than what it has been.
[nurse] Please go to Room 5.
[Rose] That's almost exactly what Dr. Now said it should be.
So I feel good about that, and I hope he does too.
You're doing really good on the weight loss.
Well, thank you.
I'm trying.
[knock at door]
-Hello, how you all doing? -[Russell] All right, sir.
-[Rose] Fine, and you? -Fine.
Well,
-how's your progress going on? -It's going good.
So, you're working harder?
Yes, I'm working very hard.
All right, Rose, I'm proud of your progress.
At the beginning, I had doubt that you were going to make it
because of so much difficulty you had with your heart
and all those issue.
And I wasn't sure you're gonna stick with healthy eating habit,
but I think now you've proved that you can do that.
-Mmm. -[Dr. Now] And once you get your weight down,
you'll have some extra skin that we need to take off.
-Okay. -[Dr. Now] And when you get that all done,
you'll be at your goal weight.
-[Rose] Okay. -Okay.
So, the key issue is to stay focused
with your eating habit, don't go back to old
-eating habit that you had. -[Rose] Yes, sir.
[Dr. Now] So that will be something that you need to focus on.
-Okay? -Yes, sir.
[Sam] She ain't going back to those old habits.
-[chuckles] -No.
-I'm not. -[Russell] No, she's not.
-[laughing] -I'm not.
-So, you don't have many enabler around, do you? -No.
I don't have no enablers.
[Dr. Now] Good.
Dr. Now, I do have to tell you, when I first came,
didn't think there was no hope in the world for me.
And I have got to tell you...
you have gave me my hope back.
You have gave me something to look forward to,
something to live for.
-And I just wanted-- -Well, I'm glad you stuck with it.
I just wanted to tell you, thank you for that.
No, you're welcome.
I had my doubt at the beginning
-that we would be able to do surgery... -[Rose] Yes.
-...because of your heart. -Yes.
But you stick with the program, and you lost some weight.
And everything got better,
so we took a chance with you.
And I appreciate you taking that chance.
And I'm glad that you're doing good.
And so stay focused with that,
but you still have issue with your heart
-that you need to follow up. -[Rose] Yes.
Yes, sir.
[Dr. Now] And that is something
that definitely will
-get better with your weight loss. -Yes, sir.
[Dr. Now] Okay.
But I'm proud of what you have done so far.
-Thank you. -[Dr. Now] Okay.
Thank you very much. That makes me feel good
to know that you're proud of me.
-Well, it was difficult, but you did it. -[Sam] Mmm-hmm.
-[Rose] Yes, sir. -And you stick with it and just stay focused,
you're gonna be okay.
Yes, sir.
Okay. All right.
If you need anything, give me a call.
Okay, I sure will.
All right, well, see you all later.
-[Russell] Okay, thank you, sir. -[Dr. Now] All right.
To hear Dr. Now say he was proud of me made me feel really good.
Some days I have to pinch myself
to make sure this is all real.
I can't believe how much my life has changed
in just a year on this journey.
-These are the gifts that Dr. Now gave me... -You got it?
...and he's so humble about.
It's just all in a day's work for him.
I feel better and better, and I'm loving it.
A year ago, my life was miserable,
and I didn't know how to go on.
And today my life has completely turned around,
and I feel like it's a miracle.
Dr. Now has a lot of knowledge, but there's one thing
I don't think he's right about,
'cause he says there's no such thing as magic in this world.
But the way he's given me a whole new life,
that's pretty magical.
I'm glad you're here, baby.
-I'm glad you and Sam... -[Russell] Yeah.
...were able to come with me today.
[Russell] I am too.