If you believe you studied "Melissa M's Story" on 'My 600-lb Life,' you might be most certainly rooting for the made up our minds and hard-working Melissa. Where is she now? Did she continue to lose the weight?
It may also be tricky to watch My 600-lb Life, a TLC series that follows intensely obese people who have got to the level the place they come to a decision they need scientific treatment. Often times, the people who find themselves profiled have meals addiction problems that stem from untreated mental well being problems and traumas. Tonight's episode, "Melissa M's Story" follows a 36-year-old Florida local who comes to a decision she must lose weight if she wants to live past her 30s.
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"Melissa M's Story" did a deep dive into Melissa Marescot's previous, and predictably, the 36-year-old has grappled with a lot of emotional pain. She first began seeing food as a source of convenience when her mother turned into verbally abusive to her. When seeking to coax Melissa to forgive her, her mother would give her a heaping pile of food — this is how Melissa become hooked on consuming. When Melissa was little, her father and best possible good friend, deserted her, making things even worse.
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But life did not get more straightforward for Melissa, and she or he resorted to food to make her really feel better.
When Melissa was 15, she got pregnant and made up our minds to get an abortion, and the mental toll it took was once immense. Again, she turned to food for convenience. Unemployment, and then in the long run the lack of each her parents and a failed relationship drove her to keep consuming. Melissa weighed 592 kilos when her episode was once filmed. However, not like numerous My 600-lb Life stars, Melissa did not want day-to-day assistance, and was able to stroll on her personal, and in the end flew to Houston to satisfy Dr. Now.
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Where's Melissa M. from 'My 600-lb Life' now?
Likely due to an NDA with TLC, the general public who are profiled in My 600-lb Life are not tremendous drawing close about their current standing. Melissa regularly re-posts videos to her Facebook page, however the remaining photograph we now have of her is from 2018, so it is unclear what she looks like today, or if she used to be ready to lose sufficient weight for surgical treatment. The remaining we all know of Melissa's progress used to be that she misplaced a complete of a hundred and fifty pounds, thanks to Dr. Now's rigid vitamin and workout routine, and steadily seeing a therapist.
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Melissa got down to 440 kilos by the end of the episode, and her collective tenacity and determination was once impressive. While Melissa did fail her vitamin a couple of times, she labored hard to keep powering through. However, when Dr. Now requested Melissa to move to Houston (where he is located) so that he may observe her ongoing process, Melissa refused. She did not want to surrender her existence in Florida; she had started courting again (a person named Elijah) and seeing her buddies, which is understandable.
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“I’m now not going to stop or surrender until I’m residing my perfect existence but and I get to where I need. I’m going to do it," Melissa said in her episode. Considering all the major positive adjustments she's already made for herself, we're totally hopeful to see pictures of a more fit and happier Melissa on social media quickly.
Watch My 600-lb Life every Wednesday at 8 p.m.EST on TLC.
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