"I saw somebody... I didn't know who they were." 650 Pound Virgin Regains 400 lbs.

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"I saw somebody... I didn't know who they were." 650 Pound Virgin Regains 400 lbs. Posted: 07 Jun 2012 05:41 AM PDT     Did you hear that? It was the sound of my jaw hitting the floor, and my heart crumbling for this man, this beautiful man. Let me say that his regain was likely expected. You cannot expect success with unrealistic expectations after massive weight loss.  Reality shows SUCK at putting morbidly obese individuals in unrealistic situations that cannot possibly be mimicked from home, long term.  And it screws them up, metabolically, FOR LIFE. I remember watching the episode 650 Pound Virgin years ago, amazed at the 400 lb loss and transformation, as it mimics many of our post weight loss surgery changes.  And he appeared to climb out of his shell, this kid, adorable! But, he "saw somebody," that he did not recognize --- and crashed.   How familiar does THAT sound?  Honeymoon -- flying high -- reality -- crash.  It doesn't matter how you lose the weight, it can still happen. Chin up, dude, you got this.   PS.  The first commenter to suggest WLS, I slap you.  "But, why?  We could SAVES HIS LIFES!"  I get that.  But it's NOT. OUR. PLACE. TO. GET. IN. THIS. MAN'S HEAD.  We can only support his choices, by far, mostly.  I feel for him.

This was so sad to watch and I thought it was really telling of his girlfriend that she WAITED for him to get to the point in his weight GAIN that HE wanted to do something about it...she could have run for the hills!  BRAVO... 

I hope he is successful... I just wanted to hug him when he started crying saying he didn't want to loose his gf!  :( 

Juls

 I just read this on this link  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/david-smith-regains -weight_n_1574170.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7C dl14%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D167598 

IMO the best part about the article and what caught my eye was when he said this: quoted from the article...

"But now, something has changed. Fearful that his time is running out, Smith says he is determined to lose the weight once and for all. He's back in the gym, thanks to unconditional support from his girlfriend. "If your foundation isn't built up, you're just going to crumble down," he says. "Unfortunately, I fell down, but I know I can climb back up. "

IMO, we all fall down ... after all we are all human but we all have the option to get back up ... and he is willing to do just that ... by whatever means I wish him much success and I commend him for knowing he can "climb back up" and is wiling to do so....

Staying down once we fall is the problem .... to keep trying even and getting back up no matter how hard the fall even when a few would encourage one to stay down is a measure of success.... I think he has this!!!  Kudos to him and his GF and all his supporters ... 

Hear, hear, Martita. Exactly!

I saw this, it's very sad :(
I always think of the 'biggest' reality shows for weight loss, and wonder how some of them are doing now. I've heard some have gained it back, since they have issues mentally they need to address first.
I took some sessions with a psychologist for my emotional eating and discovered that deep emotional triggers are like ticks. They hide and sometimes you never know they are even there, until it causes serious problems.
I wanted to fix my mental self while I started the path to changing my outward self...and it SUCKS. It's harsh and you HAVE to confront your demons. It was probably the hardest thing I've done so far, realizing I had to end certain relationships (food, people, etc). It's scary and it feels like you're discovering who you really are again. It's too easy to run into the arms of food....
My heart really goes out to him and others like him. I feel myself hoping he gets help to sort out what has happened to him, and I hope he (and others like him) can finally let go of some emotional burden.

  Oh dear!

Oh wow, this was really heartbreaking to watch. It especially got to me when they said he even considered taking his own life. I really hope this man does whatever he needs to feel happy.

Wow Poor ******* what a ******g nightmare to regain 400lbs.  I cannot even begin to fathom how he did that to himself again.  I check myself at 10lbs and start to freak out and make myself diet.  But I never saw myself as MO, not in my mindseye or in my dreams, I was always normal.  So for me finally seeing myself now is how I always viewed myself.  I do not remember myself MO at all anymore.  Thank ******g god.

I am right there with you, girlfriend. I do not see the MO me anymore either. And I freaked out at 10, too!! Now I like to stay 5 pounds or more below my goal and if I'm within 2 I go nuts.

Too bad he didn't get some good therapy while he was losing to try to deal with some of his demons. I hope he is getting help now.

 I think he was misled  by fame-seeking "normies "  that massive weight loss can be DONE  and maintained  (!!!)  through super-human willpower alone .

I can TELL YOU from EXPERIENCE  that dieting DOESN"T WORK!!! 

its time for him to stand up , admit his metabolism ISN"t liek everyone else's and get long-overdue WLS !!  DUH !!!