So, I have gotten into watching “my 600 lb life”. I got into binging on it this weekend, because of a clip I saw on facebook. It was the episode with Steven Assanti, who’s last name is pretty much fitting of the type of person he is, where he fell off from the back of a golf cart and over exaggerated his pain. Apparently he is the most known and most hated “My 600lb Life”, person. He’s highly obnoxious, abusive, and flamboyantly annoying. He’s not only the most hated, but from my binge so far, the most difficult of the people Dr. Now has had to deal with. Dr. Now comes across as very patient and obviously highly knowledgeable general surgeon, but even he couldn’t handle this guy and had to use some expert level communication skills, to deal with Steven.
From my binging of this show, I have come to realize there are a couple of common denominators for the individuals who’ve allowed themselves to weigh over 600 lbs and become, sometimes, totally bedridden. Not only that but it has become a very good tool, to help me focus on my dieting. Seeing these individuals who are morbidly obese, with lymphedema that is so deforming (Steven has one of the worst case of lymphedema, on the show), on their lower extremities or abdominal region, it is a huge deterrent for eating food that isn’t good for you – or at least in the extreme that would allow you to become over weight.
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