Christina Philips From ‘My 600-lb-Life’ Is Now Living Her Best Life

That is when Dr. Nowzaradan came to document her weight and talk to her about a specific treatment for her. Phillips said that she felt as if she had to lose some weight because her appetite was lower, but her husband Zach, and mother were not so reassuring. The family had been eating a lot of fast food over the past few days.

When Phillips went to Dr. Nowzaradan’s office, she had gained another 17 pounds. Everyone was in shock, but Phillips was concerned that it may have just been excess water. The doctor said that she would have to drink at least 300 gallons of water to make that difference.

The surgeon then said: “You know, that’s very typical. When you got an enabler here, when I ask you a question, the enabler would answer. So, why don’t you let her answer?”

Many people were able to see the difficulties that obese people struggled with in following a diet. Enablers will give them a reward at times, including the cheat meal term and they are only thinking that those will not do any harm.

The doctor explained, however, that it was hard to lose weight and be successful in such a situation. He said: “We need to separate Christina from her enabler, so we’re gonna put her in the hospital.

“Families can either be enablers or encouragers. Having a supportive family for patients on a weight loss journey is an important component to their success. If they don’t have that, it’s almost impossible for them to be successful in the long term, unless they remove those people from their environment. So they either have to change their dynamic with those enablers or separate from them if they want to succeed.”