krista8811 said @ 2008-06-20 21:51:46:

I saw this show when I was at our cottage and didn't have internet access. I couldn't wait to comment. This show hit home in some ways. First, I also have been struggling with my weight since I was 9 years old, I am now 38. When phen-phen was on the market I lost weight for the first time in my life. I didn't really lose any friends but I had comments I never would have expected. "Your just going to gain it back", "You looked better bigger", "You just don't look like you anymore" and others. Well needless to say when it went off the market I did gain the weight back and more. I think what people don't realize is you have this confidence you didn't have before and you are happier than you have ever been. Of course you attitude may change (personally I wasn't as shy but it came off snobish I was told by one person), but all in all your the same inside people just arn't used to it from you.I could not believe her own mother being as selfish as she was.It seemed like she turned on her daughter to get the attention on herself not what her daugter accomplished? She should've been so happy for her daughter and if something bothered her speak up. To not doesn't seem there was a very good relationship to start off with. This lady had struggled all her life and I'm sure was the one to do everything for everyone else just to feel excepted ( I find myself doing just that), now is her time and everyone should be proud and happy for her. I still am struggling and have been trying for my own bypass for the past 9 years. My insurance won't cover what I feel is a diesese just like achohol or a drug addiction. (I also don't have the money to pay for it myself. To get a lone of that size isn't something I could do to my 3 kids.) Obesitys not just about people sitting around eating and eating. It's so sad not to have support when you are big and sadder to not get it when you are "normal".
Lastly I mean no disrespect to Rachel but at the end of the segment she offered to Make her some food that it would make her feel better. That is part of the problem with being over weight, eating to feel better.