TLC is ringing in the new year with brand new episodes of a long-running reality show.
The cable channel announced late last week that My 600-Lb. Life returns on January 1st with Season 13…as a new cast of overweight people work to survive with the help of Dr. Younan Nowzaradan, a Houston-based bariatric surgeon who has been losing weight since the series debuted in 2012.
“I've been like this my whole life,” one of these cast members says in the first sneak peek for season 13, while another tells viewers:
“I’m trapped in this body.”
It looks like we also see the above doctor having a serious conversation with one of his patients during an appointment.
“The changes are up to you,” says Dr. Nowzaradan in the footage.
Unfortunately mine is 600 lbs. Life has been the subject of numerous lawsuits in recent years – and resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen former cast members.
In July 2023, for example, Larry Myers died of a heart attack… and in early 2022, Destinee Lashaee – the first transgender star on the show – is said to have taken her own life.
The latest season of “My 600-Lb Life” premiered in early 2023.
The official synopsis for the series is as follows:
TLC tells powerful stories in hour-long episodes, following the medical journey of morbidly obese people as they try to save their own lives.
The featured individuals – each weighing more than 600 pounds (42 stone) – face lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the brave decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery.
Not only do they hope to dramatically change their appearance, but also to regain their independence, improve relationships with friends and family, and renew their self-esteem.
In this context, Lifetime has now announced that Dr. Nowzaradan also released a new documentary called “The 6000 lb. Diaries with Dr. Now” will moderate.
It's about 10 morbidly obese people who have reached a combined total weight of 6,000 pounds and are struggling to lose that weight and turn their lives around.
The ten-part, two-hour series is set in the medical facility of Dr.