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My 600-lb Life (2012)

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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 (2,545 votes)
Episode average
6.4 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons
13
Streaming (US)
Hulu · Disney+ · HBO Max
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 13 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

6.87 avg 6 episodes 7.3 → 6.8 51 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 84 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 49 votesEp 3: 6.3 · 44 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 48 votesEp 5: 6.4 · 50 votesEp 6: 6.8 · 35 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Melissa's Story7.384
2Melissa's Story Part 27.249
3Donald's Story6.344
4Henry's Story7.248
5Ashley's Story6.450
6Where Are They Now?6.835

Season 2 (2014)

6.78 avg 8 episodes 7.1 → 7.0 44 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 75 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 68 votesEp 3: 5.4 · 76 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 68 votesEp 5: 6.7 · 67 votesEp 6: 6.5 · 58 votesEp 7: 7.0 · 55 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 54 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Zsalynn's Story7.175
2Olivia's Story7.468
3Penny's Story5.476
4Chuck's Story7.168
5Christina's Story6.767
6Paula's Story6.558
7James' Story7.055
8Tara's Story7.054

Season 3 (2015)

6.59 avg 14 episodes 7.1 → 5.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 22 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 21 votesEp 3: 6.7 · 21 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 21 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 51 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 46 votesEp 7: 5.7 · 54 votesEp 8: 6.3 · 52 votesEp 9: 6.6 · 41 votesEp 10: 6.6 · 47 votesEp 11: 6.3 · 45 votesEp 12: 6.6 · 46 votesEp 13: 6.6 · 43 votesEp 14: 5.6 · 49 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Zsalynn and Christina7.122
2Olivia and James7.121
3Penny and Tara6.721
4Chuck and Paula6.821
5Amber's Story7.251
6Susan's Story7.046
7Pauline's Story5.754
8Bettie Jo's Story6.352
9Angel's Story6.641
10Joe's Story6.647
11Laura's Story6.345
12Charity's Story6.646
13Chay's Story6.643
14Marla's Story5.649

Season 4 (2016)

6.59 avg 20 episodes 7.1 → 6.6 46 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 56 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 48 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 50 votesEp 4: 6.2 · 47 votesEp 5: 6.5 · 44 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 47 votesEp 7: 6.6 · 52 votesEp 8: 6.4 · 45 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 42 votesEp 10: 6.9 · 43 votesEp 11: 6.7 · 48 votesEp 12: 6.2 · 51 votesEp 13: 6.4 · 22 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 21 votesEp 15: 6.6 · 21 votesEp 16: 6.5 · 20 votesEp 17: 6.9 · 24 votesEp 18: 6.2 · 18 votesEp 19: 6.0 · 19 votesEp 20: 6.6 · 23 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Nikki's Story7.156
2Brittani's Story6.748
3Chad's Story6.650
4June's Story6.247
5Dottie's Story6.544
6Gideon's Story6.747
7Ashley D.'s Story6.652
8Teretha's Story6.445
9Randy's Story6.742
10Milla's Story6.943
11Sean's Story6.748
12Lupe's Story6.251
13Melissa and Ashley6.422
14Christina and Paula7.221
15Zsalynn and Olivia6.621
16Bettie Jo and Susan6.520
17Joe6.924
18Angel and Charity6.218
19Laura and Marla6.019
20Chay and Pauline6.623

Season 5 (2017)

6.23 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 5.9 85 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 56 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 42 votesEp 3: 6.1 · 36 votesEp 4: 5.5 · 39 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: 6.3 · 61 votesEp 14: 6.4 · 55 votesEp 15: 6.4 · 16 votesEp 16: 6.5 · 15 votesEp 17: 6.6 · 14 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 Story7.656
2Ashley R's Story6.942
3Cynthia's Story6.136
4Kirsten's Story5.539
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 16.361
14Steven and Justin's Story Part 26.455
15Lupe & Ashley D.6.416
16Brittani & Sean6.515
17Teretha & Chad6.614
18Nikki6.916
19Dottie & June6.612
20Mila & Charity6.114
21Joe W. & Pauline6.014
22Laura & Chay5.917

Season 6 (2018)

6.43 avg 16 episodes 6.4 → 7.0 85 min avg

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 · 27 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 35 votesEp 11: 5.6 · 26 votesEp 12: 6.7 · 28 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 Story6.727
10Benji & David's Story7.535
11Renee's Story5.626
12Sarah's Story6.728
13Schenee's Story5.837
14Jennifer & Marissa's Story6.724
15One Ton Family: Part 16.328
16One Ton Family: Part 27.026

Season 7 (2019)

6.62 avg 27 episodes 5.9 → 6.5 85 min avg

Ep 1: 5.9 · 31 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 34 votesEp 3: 6.2 · 29 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 48 votesEp 5: 6.0 · 29 votesEp 6: 5.9 · 27 votesEp 7: 7.2 · 31 votesEp 8: 6.2 · 29 votesEp 9: 6.6 · 27 votesEp 10: 5.7 · 32 votesEp 11: 6.3 · 35 votesEp 12: 6.5 · 27 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 28 votesEp 14: 6.5 · 25 votesEp 15: 5.7 · 28 votesEp 16: 6.7 · 22 votesEp 17: 7.4 · 24 votesEp 18: 5.1 · 20 votesEp 19: 5.6 · 31 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 24 votesEp 21: 7.3 · 19 votesEp 22: 7.1 · 12 votesEp 23: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 23 votesEp 25: 6.9 · 10 votesEp 26: 7.3 · 8 votesEp 27: 6.5 · 9 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Octavia's Story5.931
2Brianne's Story6.734
3Robin's Story6.229
4Justin's Story7.648
5Holly's Story6.029
6Lacey's Story5.927
7Brandon's Story7.231
8Maja's Story6.229
9Tiffany's Story6.627
10Destinee's Story5.732
11Jeanne's Story6.335
12Aaron's Story6.527
13Kelly's Story7.428
14Annjeanette's Story6.525
15Angela's Story5.728
16LaShanta's Story6.722
17Cillas' Story7.424
18Mercedes' Story5.120
19Angela J's Story5.631
20Vianey & Allen's Story7.324
21The Assanti Brothers7.319
22Janine7.112
23Lee & Rena & Sarah7.514
24Sean7.723
25Jennifer & Marissa & Liz6.910
26Milla7.38
27June, Chad & Pauline6.59

Season 8 (2020)

6.03 avg 22 episodes 7.1 → 7.0 86 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 32 votesEp 2: 6.5 · 24 votesEp 3: 6.3 · 27 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 35 votesEp 5: 5.4 · 35 votesEp 6: 6.9 · 25 votesEp 7: 5.9 · 29 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 27 votesEp 9: 5.1 · 23 votesEp 10: 5.6 · 21 votesEp 11: 6.6 · 22 votesEp 12: 6.6 · 19 votesEp 13: 5.8 · 22 votesEp 14: 4.9 · 24 votesEp 15: 3.8 · 29 votesEp 16: 4.3 · 23 votesEp 17: 6.0 · 10 votesEp 18: 6.6 · 10 votesEp 19: 5.8 · 9 votesEp 20: 5.8 · 9 votesEp 21: 6.4 · 11 votesEp 22: 7.0 · 12 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1John & Lonnie's Story7.132
2Lindsey's Story6.524
3Bethany's Story6.327
4J.T.'s Story7.235
5Gina's Story5.435
6Travis's Story6.925
7Joyce's Story5.929
8Carlton & Shantel's Story7.027
9Seana's Story5.123
10Ashley B.'s Story5.621
11Tommy's Story6.622
12Coliesa's Story6.619
13Dominic's Story5.822
14Megan's Story4.924
15Ashley T.'s Story3.829
16Leneatha's Story4.323
17David & Benji & Erica6.010
18Alicia & Pauline6.610
19Dottie & Cynthia5.89
20Charity & Charly & Teretha5.89
21The One-Ton Family6.411
22Steven and Justin Assanti: The Final Chapter7.012

Season 9 (2020)

6.25 avg 13 episodes 6.3 → 5.7 86 min avg

Ep 1: 6.3 · 39 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 30 votesEp 3: 6.0 · 22 votesEp 4: 5.4 · 36 votesEp 5: 6.2 · 22 votesEp 6: 6.0 · 21 votesEp 7: 6.1 · 25 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 24 votesEp 9: 6.5 · 26 votesEp 10: 6.0 · 23 votesEp 11: 6.6 · 18 votesEp 12: 6.9 · 18 votesEp 13: 5.7 · 20 votes
Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Samantha's Story6.339
2Thederick's Story6.730
3Carrie's Story6.022
4Cindy's Story5.436
5Melissa M's Story6.222
6Kenae's Journey6.021
7Krystal's Journey6.125
8Isaac's Journey6.924
9Michael's Journey6.526
10Shannon's Journey6.023
11Irene's Journey6.618
12Tammy's Journey6.918
13Chrystal's Journey5.720

Season 10 (2021)

6.40 avg 15 episodes 5.8 → 7.4 88 min avg

Ep 1: 5.8 · 25 votesEp 2: 6.0 · 23 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 20 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 19 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 49 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 18 votesEp 7: 5.8 · 28 votesEp 8: 6.2 · 24 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 25 votesEp 10: 6.7 · 22 votesEp 11: 5.5 · 21 votesEp 12: 6.4 · 29 votesEp 13: 6.3 · 25 votesEp 14: 5.2 · 32 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 31 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 Journey7.349
6Paul's Journey7.018
7Ryan's Journey5.828
8James B's Journey6.224
9Lucas' Journey7.125
10Margaret's Journey6.722
11Ontreon's Journey5.521
12Dolly's Journey6.429
13Larry's Journey6.325
14Lisa's Journey5.232
15David's Journey7.431

Season 11 (2023)

6.69 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 6.5 87 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 21 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 20 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 20 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 17 votesEp 5: 5.9 · 16 votesEp 6: 6.2 · 14 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 8: 6.5 · 16 votes
Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Geno and Nico's Journey7.221
2Latonya's Journey6.720
3Wess' Journey6.620
4Syreeta's Journey6.717
5Mark's Journey5.916
6Stephanie's Journey6.214
7Chris P's Journey7.721
8Patrick's Journey6.516

Season 12 (2024)

6.07 avg 7 episodes 5.9 → 5.9 88 min avg

Ep 1: 5.9 · 22 votesEp 2: 6.5 · 18 votesEp 3: 5.6 · 19 votesEp 4: 6.4 · 15 votesEp 5: 6.7 · 16 votesEp 6: 5.5 · 19 votesEp 7: 5.9 · 20 votes
Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Krystal S.' Journey5.922
2William's Journey6.518
3Delana's Journey5.619
4Abi's Journey6.415
5Rose's Journey6.716
6Shakyia's Journey5.519
7Charles' Journey5.920

Season 13 (2025)

5.23 avg 7 episodes 6.5 → 6.5 88 min avg

Ep 1: 6.5 · 18 votesEp 2: 6.6 · 15 votesEp 3: 3.7 · 21 votesEp 4: 3.9 · 13 votesEp 5: 6.2 · 14 votesEp 6: 3.2 · 22 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 13 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 Journey6.214
6Deshaun's Journey3.222
7Juan's Journey6.513
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