The Andersons, who weigh in at over 3000-lbs for the 6 of them, all have debilitating food addictions and include two family members who weigh in at well over 600-lbs. Inspired by the gastric surgery and 150+ pound weight loss of Nikki this year, this hilarious, yet desperate family is ready to cut the fat and change their ways forever.
Genre: Reality-TV
Cast:Charles Procter , Shavonne Owens
Cousins Naomi, Drew, and Chitoka are morbidly obese. They are eating themselves to death and without weight loss surgery their lives could be cut short. Family matriarch Beverly has surgery in part to inspire the others to do the same. Can they do it?
Stressed out Naomi struggles with her liquid diet and may reach her breaking point; Drew wants to have weight loss surgery, but when he steps on a scale he's thrown off entirely; bed-bound Chitoka asks Dr. Procter for a house call.
After struggling with her liquid diet, Naomi learns if she is approved for surgery; Drew's new weigh-in leads him down a slippery path; family tragedy motivates Chitoka to try to become more mobile, starting to leave her bedroom.
Chitoka takes on her biggest challenge yet: attempting to walk outside for the first time in years. Naomi finds some things remain the same post-surgery. Drew's surgery is on the brink of being canceled entirely if he doesn't fight for it & lose weight.
The family anxiously wait while Drew undergoes surgery. Chitoka surprises even the doctor when she pushes herself further than ever before. Things take an unexpected turn when Naomi and her boyfriend go on their first dinner date post-surgery.
After years of being bedbound, Chitoka's surgery day is finally here. But her size makes the procedure extremely dangerous. Naomi shares a surprising secret with her friends. At Beverly's birthday party, the cousins reveal their startling transformations.