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My 600-lb Life (2012)

Reality-TV

Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals - each weighing more than 600 pounds confront lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery. In addition to drastically changing their appearances, they hope to reclaim their independence, mend relationships with friends and family, and renew their feelings of self-worth.

IMDb rating
6.7 (2,491 votes)
Seasons
11
Streaming (US)
Disney+ · Hulu · HBO Max · Discovery+ Amazon Channel · YouTube TV · Philo · TLC · Discovery + · Spectrum On Demand
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

6.95 avg 6 episodes 7.3 → 6.9 51 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 80 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 45 votesEp 3: 6.4 · 39 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 43 votesEp 5: 6.5 · 47 votesEp 6: 6.9 · 33 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Melissa's Story7.380
2Melissa's Story Part 27.345
3Donald's Story6.439
4Henry's Story7.343
5Ashley's Story6.547
6Where Are They Now?6.933

Season 2 (2014)

6.75 avg 8 episodes 7.1 → 7.0 44 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.1 · 72 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 65 votesEp 3: 5.4 · 73 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 65 votesEp 5: 6.6 · 64 votesEp 6: 6.4 · 55 votesEp 7: 7.0 · 52 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 52 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Zsalynn's Story7.172
2Olivia's Story7.465
3Penny's Story5.473
4Chuck's Story7.165
5Christina's Story6.664
6Paula's Story6.455
7James' Story7.052
8Tara's Story7.052

Season 3 (2015)

6.51 avg 14 episodes 6.9 → 5.5 42 min avg

  • Bad finale
Ep 1: 6.9 · 20 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 19 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 19 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 19 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 49 votesEp 6: 6.9 · 44 votesEp 7: 5.7 · 52 votesEp 8: 6.2 · 50 votesEp 9: 6.6 · 39 votesEp 10: 6.5 · 45 votesEp 11: 6.3 · 43 votesEp 12: 6.5 · 44 votesEp 13: 6.6 · 41 votesEp 14: 5.5 · 47 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Zsalynn and Christina6.920
2Olivia and James6.919
3Penny and Tara6.619
4Chuck and Paula6.719
5Amber's Story7.249
6Susan's Story6.944
7Pauline's Story5.752
8Bettie Jo's Story6.250
9Angel's Story6.639
10Joe's Story6.545
11Laura's Story6.343
12Charity's Story6.544
13Chay's Story6.641
14Marla's Story5.547

Season 4 (2016)

6.58 avg 20 episodes 7.1 → 6.6 46 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 52 votesEp 2: 6.6 · 45 votesEp 3: 6.5 · 47 votesEp 4: 6.1 · 44 votesEp 5: 6.4 · 41 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 44 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 49 votesEp 8: 6.4 · 42 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 39 votesEp 10: 6.8 · 40 votesEp 11: 6.6 · 45 votesEp 12: 6.2 · 49 votesEp 13: 6.5 · 21 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 20 votesEp 15: 6.7 · 20 votesEp 16: 6.6 · 19 votesEp 17: 7.0 · 23 votesEp 18: 6.3 · 17 votesEp 19: 6.0 · 18 votesEp 20: 6.6 · 22 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Nikki's Story7.152
2Brittani's Story6.645
3Chad's Story6.547
4June's Story6.144
5Dottie's Story6.441
6Gideon's Story6.744
7Ashley D.'s Story6.549
8Teretha's Story6.442
9Randy's Story6.739
10Milla's Story6.840
11Sean's Story6.645
12Lupe's Story6.249
13Melissa and Ashley6.521
14Christina and Paula7.220
15Zsalynn and Olivia6.720
16Bettie Jo and Susan6.619
17Joe7.023
18Angel and Charity6.317
19Laura and Marla6.018
20Chay and Pauline6.622

Season 5 (2017)

6.20 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 5.9 85 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 52 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 40 votesEp 3: 6.1 · 35 votesEp 4: 5.5 · 38 votesEp 5: 6.2 · 39 votesEp 6: 6.1 · 44 votesEp 7: 5.8 · 37 votesEp 8: 6.1 · 30 votesEp 9: 5.9 · 36 votesEp 10: 5.1 · 32 votesEp 11: 6.0 · 55 votesEp 12: 6.0 · 31 votesEp 13: 6.1 · 58 votesEp 14: 6.4 · 55 votesEp 15: 6.4 · 16 votesEp 16: 6.5 · 15 votesEp 17: 6.3 · 13 votesEp 18: 6.9 · 16 votesEp 19: 6.6 · 12 votesEp 20: 6.1 · 14 votesEp 21: 6.0 · 14 votesEp 22: 5.9 · 17 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Brandi and Kandi's Story7.652
2Ashley R's Story6.940
3Cynthia's Story6.135
4Kirsten's Story5.538
5Doug's Story6.239
6Erica's Story6.144
7Diana's Story5.837
8Michael's Story6.130
9Nicole's Story5.936
10Tanisha's Story5.132
11James K's Story6.055
12Tracey's Story6.031
13Steven and Justin's Story Part 16.158
14Steven and Justin's Story Part 26.455
15Lupe & Ashley D.6.416
16Brittani & Sean6.515
17Teretha & Chad6.313
18Nikki6.916
19Dottie & June6.612
20Mila & Charity6.114
21Joe W. & Pauline6.014
22Laura & Chay5.917

Season 6 (2018)

6.44 avg 16 episodes 6.4 → 7.0 85 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 6.4 · 38 votesEp 2: 5.9 · 31 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 34 votesEp 4: 6.2 · 33 votesEp 5: 6.5 · 31 votesEp 6: 6.5 · 25 votesEp 7: 5.2 · 30 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 45 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 26 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 33 votesEp 11: 5.6 · 26 votesEp 12: 6.8 · 27 votesEp 13: 5.8 · 37 votesEp 14: 6.7 · 24 votesEp 15: 6.3 · 28 votesEp 16: 7.0 · 26 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rena & Lee's Story6.438
2Janine's Story5.931
3Alicia's Story6.634
4Liz's Story6.233
5Karina's Story6.531
6James B.'s Story6.525
7Lisa's Story5.230
8Robert's Story7.345
9Tammy Lynn's Story6.726
10Benji & David's Story7.633
11Renee's Story5.626
12Sarah's Story6.827
13Schenee's Story5.837
14Jennifer & Marissa's Story6.724
15One Ton Family: Part 16.328
16One Ton Family: Part 27.026

Season 9 (2020)

6.35 avg 13 episodes 6.3 → 5.8 85 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 6.3 · 38 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 29 votesEp 3: 6.1 · 21 votesEp 4: 5.6 · 35 votesEp 5: 6.4 · 21 votesEp 6: 6.1 · 20 votesEp 7: 6.2 · 24 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 23 votesEp 9: 6.6 · 25 votesEp 10: 6.2 · 22 votesEp 11: 6.7 · 17 votesEp 12: 6.9 · 17 votesEp 13: 5.8 · 19 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Samantha's Story6.338
2Thederick's Story6.729
3Carrie's Story6.121
4Cindy's Story5.635
5Melissa M's Story6.421
6Kenae's Journey6.120
7Krystal's Journey6.224
8Isaac's Journey6.923
9Michael's Journey6.625
10Shannon's Journey6.222
11Irene's Journey6.717
12Tammy's Journey6.917
13Chrystal's Journey5.819

Season 10 (2021)

6.42 avg 15 episodes 5.8 → 7.4

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 5.8 · 25 votesEp 2: 6.0 · 23 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 20 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 19 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 48 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 18 votesEp 7: 5.8 · 28 votesEp 8: 6.3 · 23 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 24 votesEp 10: 6.7 · 21 votesEp 11: 5.6 · 20 votesEp 12: 6.5 · 28 votesEp 13: 6.3 · 24 votesEp 14: 5.2 · 31 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 30 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Nathan's Journey5.825
2Julian's Story6.023
3Bianca's Journey6.620
4Mike's Journey6.719
5Lacey's Journey7.348
6Paul's Journey7.018
7Ryan's Journey5.828
8James B's Journey6.323
9Lucas' Journey7.124
10Margaret's Journey6.721
11Ontreon's Journey5.620
12Dolly's Journey6.528
13Larry's Journey6.324
14Lisa's Journey5.231
15David's Journey7.430

Season 11 (2023)

6.89 avg 8 episodes 7.3 → 6.5

Ep 1: 7.3 · 19 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 18 votesEp 3: 6.7 · 18 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 15 votesEp 5: 6.1 · 14 votesEp 6: 6.8 · 12 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 8: 6.5 · 14 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Geno and Nico's Journey7.319
2Latonya's Journey7.118
3Wess' Journey6.718
4Syreeta's Journey6.815
5Mark's Journey6.114
6Stephanie's Journey6.812
7Chris P's Journey7.819
8Patrick's Journey6.514

Season 12 (2024)

6.13 avg 7 episodes 5.9 → 5.9 89 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 5.9 · 19 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 15 votesEp 3: 5.7 · 17 votesEp 4: 6.5 · 13 votesEp 5: 6.5 · 14 votesEp 6: 5.5 · 17 votesEp 7: 5.9 · 19 votes
Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Krystal S.' Journey5.919
2William's Journey6.915
3Delana's Journey5.717
4Abi's Journey6.513
5Rose's Journey6.514
6Shakyia's Journey5.517
7Charles' Journey5.919

Season 13 (2025)

5.20 avg 7 episodes 6.5 → 6.5

Ep 1: 6.5 · 18 votesEp 2: 6.6 · 15 votesEp 3: 3.7 · 21 votesEp 4: 3.9 · 13 votesEp 5: 6.0 · 13 votesEp 6: 3.2 · 22 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 12 votes
Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Jonathan's Journey6.518
2Krystal A's Journey6.615
3Karen's Journey3.721
4Gary's Journey3.913
5Jacky's Journey6.013
6Deshaun's Journey3.222
7Juan's Journey6.512

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