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[Lacey] There's no greater pleasure in this world than eating food.

It's a more pleasure button for me than sex.

[woman 1] Somewhere in me is this little glimmer of hope.

I just wanna be a normal person.

[exhales sharply]

[man] You can't do it and then I just get mad.

[woman 2] If I don't make a change now, I'm scared it's gonna be too late.

[groaning] No, it hurts!

[woman 3] I refuse to stop fighting. I have to do this for my children.

[woman 4] You are not ready to lose weight.

You did absolutely mother [bleep] nothing.

[Lacey] I wake up every morning feeling intense pain.

It's constant now,

and there's no part of my body that doesn't hurt.

Having crackling in my bones,

heat rash in places that never goes away, no matter how clean I am.

I have stabbing pain in my feet

and really dull, crushing pain in my lower back.

It's not a fun time.

My right knee is the worst pain I've ever had in my life.

I struggle with diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure,

and it's all because of my weight.

My body is crushing itself.

When I do get up, I move like a T. rex

because my steps...

some of them are big, but so slow.

I'm so big.

And I'm very short of breath almost immediately doing anything where I have to move.

My lungs just, they're suffocating in this body.

But I do get up. I try to keep up with my basic hygiene every day.

I only shower once or twice a week.

I use wet wipes to clean myself the other times.

It's just hard.

But I usually just stand for as little time as possible,

so I don't pass out from losing my breath.

And I do have to have help, now,

especially with certain things.

I have not been able to wipe myself in seven years

and sometimes that responsibility falls to my boyfriend.

I do have a boyfriend.

I met him a month ago on a dating site

and since then, we've seen each other every single day.

I was up front with him about my situation,

so he understood what he's getting into.

But I still feel bad about needing his help like I do.

But we're really enjoying each other's company

and I feel very blessed to have meet him.

[sighs]

[knock on the door]

Come in.

[Ricky] Hey, babe.

Hey, honey.

[Ricky] Lacey is that type of person that'll give you the shirt off her back.

That loving, caring, snuggle-bear kind of person.

So, Lacey asked me to come to the bathroom.

Sometimes I do help her to wipe herself.

And it doesn't bother me

because I love her a lot.

And I really like to keep Lacey happy.

[Lacey] My greatest love in life is food.

I absolutely love food.

Make sure you put butter in the skillet for the bacon.

That's fine.

I consider myself a bad, bad food addict.

Like it's a IV pump into my arm.

And as far as I'm concerned,

there's no greater pleasure in this world than eating food.

It's a more pleasure button for me than sex.

It pleasures me.

Food. It's everything to me.

From even my earliest memories,

that's how it's always been for me.

Growing up in my family was emotionally and physically exhausting.

I had an older sister and brother.

My brother was the favorite child.

My sister was so skinny and popular.

I kind of felt like I should have been adopted.

My dad had some anger issues,

and I didn't have much of a relationship with him.

But I had a worse relationship with my mom

because I never felt like she wanted me.

Lacey was our surprise baby.

I had an IUD but it got out of place.

When I was writing Christmas cards, I'd get real emotional.

That told me, "Oh, my gosh. I think I'm pregnant."

Yep. [laughs]

When I was very young, she told me that I was an IUD baby, and an accident.

It made me feel like a disaster.

So, my self esteem was disgustingly low as a child.

Therefore, I ate because it's what brought me comfort.

So, I started gaining weight from the very beginning.

By the time I was six or seven, I was around 120 pounds.

[Eve] When Lacey was growing up, sometimes we would try to limit her food.

But she was headstrong. It didn't go over very well.

[Lacey] But my weight gain got even worse as I got older

and really started to soar when I was ten years old.

That was when I needed something like food to help me escape.

- Hey, Ricky, can I have the butter? - Yeah, baby.

Please, I need, uh, extra butter on my pancakes.

Okay, babe.

The summer before third grade, I began hanging out with a new kid on the block.

And we were playing one day, and he wanted me to go over to his house.

And when I went over, his older brother lived in the basement

and I was dragged to the basement by my friend

for his older brother to have sex with me.

It was a horrific experience.

I didn't know what to do and I didn't think anyone would believe me.

So, I never told anyone about this till I was in college.

So, technically, he got away with it.

So, after that, my weight spiraled out of control

because I was just constantly eating.

And that lead me to over 200 pounds by the time I was 11.

And, of course, I got bullied a lot in school.

I didn't really have friends. I had food and all I really wanted to do was eat.

So, my weight just kept going up all through high school.

And when I graduated when I was 18, I was around 420 pounds.

And right around when I started college,

I started having bleeding problems and hormone problems with my menstrual cycle.

Then my mom took me to the doctor

because I kept having issues and the doctors were trying to figure it out.

They asked me some questions to answer honestly,

so I had to tell them that I was raped in the third grade

and that's when my parents found out.

My dad believed me, but my mom never did.

So, that became a roadblock in our relationship

that I don't think we'll ever recover from.

Right after that, I moved out of my parent's house and into the dorms at college.

Being on my own, allowed me to take binge eating to a whole new level

and I just ate my way through college.

So, by the time I was out of college, I was over 500 pounds.

I started working a customer service job to take care of myself.

But it was too much for me and my body.

Here's two, babe, I'll make you two more.

Thanks.

[Eve] I think a little bit of it

was being judged by others and judged at school.

She had a nervous breakdown.

[Lacey] Tastes really good, honey.

[Ricky] Thank you, baby.

[Lacey] So after that, I just stayed home all the time and I got extremely lonely.

But when I was 26, I found a group of people on the internet

who are a part of what's called Feederism.

Feederism is when, on the internet, girls make money

from getting men to give them money for food

and them eating it on the camera.

It wasn't hard for me to find men on the internet who wanted to take care of me.

And all I had to do was film myself eating as part of the deal.

And, I liked the attention, to be honest.

Technically, I've been in three feeder relationships with men.

But, I haven't done that in a long time.

Thankfully, I have Ricky now,

who's not like those other guys

because he wants the best for me.

So, we're together now, and I'm thankful to heaven.

Not just to have somebody to help me, but because I know he loves me.

How are you doing?

I'm doing good.

I'm just, uh, chatting with my sister.

The girls say hi.

Hi, girls.

These sandwiches are so finger sucking good.

[Ricky] Thank you, babe.

It's the first time I feel loved.

As, with a boy, really.

And that's motivating me, even more now, to get healthy.

Because I want to have a better life and do things with him.

But food it still so important to me.

So, how do I give up what makes me happy?

I'll get the door, babe.

[Lacey] I don't know if it's gonna go through that. Move the couch.

Can you move the couch, please?

I can't get through. I'm too big.

You know, if Ricky's going grocery shopping,

I'll push myself through the pain so I can just be around all that food.

You know, neither of us drive.

But thankfully, now, we have Ricky's sister, Sharon.

She comes and takes us and that's been a godsend to me.

Hi, Sharon.

[Sharon] What's up with you?

Come on, babe.

I can't. It's hard for my shoulder.

Yeah, one second. One second. I can't reach it yet.

My knee.

Okay, I'm in. Thank you.

Get, like, three packages of bacon.

[Ricky] All right. Three packages of bacon.

Here's some chocolate fudge cake, that'd be good.

Every bite I'm taking is helping to kill me, now.

There's ice cream. You know how much I like ice cream.

[Ricky] Which one?

How about, cookies and cream?

[Ricky] Whoa, girl.

[Lacey] And I can feel it in my body now.

[Ricky] Okay?

- [Ricky] That one? - [Lacy] Yeah. That's good for me.

[Ricky] Okay.

I've had pain in my body so many times.

But not like it is now. It's different now.

I've gotta sit down again, sorry.

[Ricky] Take your time, babe. Take your time.

[Lacey sighs]

Because the pain is worse.

And I've started to feel like I'm dying.

Just a minute, I've got to breathe.

Especially in my heart and lungs

because my lungs are weak and my heart's weak.

And it's just getting worse.

I do think Lacey has a weight problem, but it doesn't bother me.

I'm used to it, I guess, 'cause I grew up

with my own weight problems.

It just means we both could loose weight,

'cause I'm not myself skinny.

[Sharon] Yes, you too.

[Ricky] Okay. Slow down.

[Lacey] I know I'm not too far from something really bad happening to me.

And I'm scared about what could happen now.

[Sharon] Think this is enough?

Okay. Slow down. Slow down, slow down, baby.

Okay, slow down.

- [Lacey] No. - [Ricky] All right, ready? One, two...

[Lacey] No, no.

Let me do it. I gotta get... [gasps for breath]

Okay.

Ow.

All good?

[Lacey] Yeah, okay.

The more I eat, the worse it gets.

I pray

I'm not already passed

a point of no return.

I have simple dreams.

I just want to go to the mall and be able to walk around

and shop.

[Lacey] That's it.

- [Ricky] Yeah. - [Lacey] Slower, slower...

[Lacey groans]

[Lacey] I'm gonna puke.

[Ricky] Don't puke on it... Don't puke on this.

- Please don't puke on the... - [Lacey] Ow, ow.

[Ricky] Come on, baby.

[Lacey] Don't pull me.

Slower.

[Lacey] And now with Ricky in my life,

I want to have a future with him.

And when you're as overweight as I am,

that kind of life

just isn't possible.

And instead,

I'm just trapped in all this fat.

It's my prison

and it's a nightmare most days.

So whatever it takes

I have to try and get better and lose the weight.

I just hope it's not too late.

[piano music playing]

[Lacey] Cheesy puffs?

- [Ricky] Yep, got a-- Got it. - [Lacey] Soda?

[Lacey] Coffee?

[Ricky] Yep, oh the coffees? Yep, yep.

[Lacey] Root beer?

[Ricky] Okay.

Don't forget my chocolate.

[Ricky] Definitely, babe. I won't forget chocolate.

[Lacey] I've decided to try and go see Dr. Now

in Houston to see if he can help me.

It's not going to be easy,

but thankfully I have Ricky

who is going to help me do this.

Hey, babe, you need this?

- Yes. - All right, all right.

Lacey deserves the opportunity to change.

I'm pretty hopeful she'll get accepted

into this program with Dr. Now

because I just want her to definitely

get the help she needs to take care of her body

and get herself back on track.

And so, I'm 100% committed. I am going with her

to take care of my girlfriend 'cause she needs me.

Getting my workout.

[Lacey] It's over 2,000-miles

and more than a full day's drive.

So the plan is

to try to split the travel load

between today and tomorrow.

That'll give me a little time to rest up some

before I have my appointment.

Because this whole thing

is gonna be extremely hard on my body.

- [Lacey] Sorry, I'm tired. - Oh, don't pull the...

Why don't you go sit in the car?

- And I'll get the rest of the stuff. - Yeah, I'll go get in the car.

[Lacey] But neither of us can drive.

So Ricky asked his sister, Sharon,

to help drive us there.

And she said she would.

[Lacey] Hi, Sharon.

[Sharon] Sup with ya?

[Lacey] Haven't seen you.

[Sharon] Staying low, you know?

I'm the driver.

I got volunteered.

Then Mom was like, "Oh, no. Ricky's going to Texas?

So is Sharon."

I was like, "[bleep]

I don't want to go to Texas."

Like, "Okay, let' go make sure my brother Ricky

is safe, you know."

That's what I do.

[Ricky] You need help, babe?

Can you lose the stuff in the pouch and stuff?

'Cause Ricky is actually epileptic,

and he has seizures.

So I had to be there because he stops breathing.

- Sorry, just need the space. - [Ricky] No, babe. No, nope.

[Ricky] Gotta make it comfy. I want you comfortable, baby. Comfortable.

But also, he's sheltered. He doesn't really know much.

- Get in the other side and pull me in? - Yeah, babe.

[Sharon] So with his girlfriends

I gotta step in and put him through the ringer

to see if they're gonna actually be there for him,

or if they're just using him.

- Uh, no. - [Ricky] I got ya.

- Please. - [Ricky] I'm not doing anything.

- Don't make me fall. - [Ricky] Oh, I won't. Just give me your arm.

- [Lacey] Stop, please stop. - [Ricky] I ain't... I'm just holding...

[Lacey] Oh, put your hand over here. No.

Owie.

[gasps] I can't do this.

Hey, can we stop and get

tacos, or burgers, or fries?

Getting' kind of hungry.

[Ricky] Yeah, that sounds good.

[Lacey] I'm already feeling exhausted,

and it's only been 30 minutes since we left.

Ooh, babe, mashed potatoes and gravy,

cole slaw.

[Sharon] Girl, why don't you get the Famous Bowl?

[Lacey] Yeah, I know I like those.

But we have so much distance to go.

So I just need to get enough food

to last for a bit.

[Lacey] I'd like eight extra crispy drumsticks,

a large corndog,

a large cheese curd,

Papa burger with extra, extra bacon,

and I'll take a root beer.

- [woman] Anything else? - Mashed potatoes and gravy.

[Sharon] I need a, uh...

An order of mashed potatoes and gravy please.

[Sharon] Thank you.

[Lacey] So, this is just scaring me

to be on the road so long.

Part of me wants to turn back.

But I can't

because my life depends on this.

I'm trying not to lose it.

[Ricky] I'm sorry, baby.

Take your time.

[Lacey] It's our second day on the road.

My legs hurt, excruciating pain right now.

Very swollen and they're bigger than

they've been in a long time.

The thought that we're not even halfway there

is very hard on me,

but gotta keep going.

- There. - [Ricky] Okay, baby, closing.

- [Sharon] You good? - Yeah.

[Ricky] Tell me to stop, babe.

[Lacey] I'm doing the very best I can.

I know we can get there.

Just gonna take a little while

and I gotta get there by my appointment,

or else I lost out.

I'm desperate for his help.

So as hard as it is

I'm trying to push myself.

But at least,

I was able to get a good breakfast.

Before putting myself through all this again.

Had a really

nice breakfast Zebra Cakes,

and cheese puffs, and coffee, and...

[Sharon] You need to worry about losing the [bleep] weight,

- and you gotta motivate your [bleep] self. - Mm-hmm.

[Sharon] And no one's gonna [bleep] hand you [bleep].

- [Sharon] 'Cause nothing in this world's free-- - [Lacey] I never--

- [Sharon] And people have other-- - [Lacey] I never said that--

[Sharon] People have themselves to worry about

before they worry about other people.

It's going to hard though, I'm gonna let you know--

- [Lacey] It's gonna be really hard. - Which is,

as long as you staying dedicated to your [bleep]

and motivated on what you want to do, you'll get it done.

Yeah.

[Sharon] I give everybody the benefit of the doubt,

but I'm a good people's person

and I can read people, like,

really easily.

She's not showing any efforts

to lose the weight,

do you know what I'm saying?

Like, she's not gonna be able to

do Dr. Now.

We'll get you a shirt that says Team Lacey.

- [Ricky] Team Lacey. - Team Lacey!

[Ricky] Team Lacey.

[Lacey] What a day.

- [Ricky] What a day. - [Lacey] What a day.

[Ricky] Beautiful day, actually.

[Lacey] Hi, Sis.

[Sharon] Hi, hey.

[Sharon] I got her.

[Lacey] Yep.

- [Lacey] I got it. - [Ricky] I know.

Make sure you don't fall out.

Let's go, girls. Get it going.

- [Sharon] Get in the truck. - [Ricky] Let's saddle up.

[Lacey] It's our third day on the road.

Houston,

we were supposed to be there by now.

Because my appointment was today.

But we've only made it till Utah.

So we had to ask Dr. Now

if we can move the appointment,

and he did that.

But we're still 19 hours from Houston.

So for today,

we're gonna drive and drive as much as we can.

I know that I'm not as hungry as I was yesterday.

And so that hopefully we not stop too much.

We are 18 hours and 44 minutes

from Houston, Texas.

[Sharon] [bleep] We are so far behind.

- [Ricky] We're driving-- - [Sharon] All day

and we're still in Utah.

[Lacey] Oh, my gosh, what?

Do you know the Pueblo Indians

would make their homes inside the canyons?

[Sharon] Yes, they will.

[Ricky] And then one day, they just disappeared.

[Sharon speaking]

Mm.

[Sharon] How the [bleep] do you guys know that you love each other

when you've only been dating for not even a full month?

[Ricky speaking]

[Lacey speaking]

[Sharon speaking]

[Lacey] He likes Dragon Ball Z,

and I like anime.

- And y'all telling each other y'all love each other? - [Lacey] We do.

[Sharon] You can't fully know what love is yet.

When you have the connection, Sharon...

When you got the connection,

that's when you know it's real.

But you can't have a love--

[Lacey] Well, we're building our love everyday of the--

- Every day we work on living, building our love. - [Ricky] Every day we have

- something new. - I have... That you know what,

I'll give you that.

But at the same time,

I want you guys to be aware of the fact that

y'all don't really even know each other.

[Ricky] I just want,

and this is the honest truth.

I want to spend the rest of my life with her.

That's what I want.

[Sharon] And you're my little [bleep] brother.

Who is [bleep] ignorant.

- [Lacey] There's a-- - [Sharon] And very gullible

to a lot of [bleep].

So when I see something,

I'm gonna [bleep] speak on it.

And you already [bleep] know how I am.

I understand, I respect that.

Thank you, Sharon, for hanging with us and helping.

I really appreciate it.

I, I need to stop at a drug stop

and get some things.

Yeah the next stop, I gotta stop.

Oh, God.

[Sharon] I think they have one like right here.

[Lacey] Yeah, there's a gas station up there.

Oh, man, I'm getting sick.

[Lacey] I have to go number two.

- [Lacey] Oh, shart... - [Sharon] What in the [bleep] is wrong with you?

[Lacey] Ooh, I gotta get out fast, and new pants.

[Ricky] [bleep] yourself.

[Lacey] New pants, new pants.

New pants? Oh, God, no.

[bleep]

She pooped herself and...

she was just taking a fart,

you know, like anybody does and...

Well, it wasn't a fart.

[Sharon laughing]

- Oh, my God. - [Ricky] And so...

I think she needs to get off

the fast food for a little while.

Sharon, it's just, just, you know, well, you know,

it's a fart. You know, if you take away the fart it happens.

[Sharon] Really, though?

I told her ass to go to the bathroom.

So we can get on the [bleep] road.

This is the most adventurous trip

that I have ever gotten volunteered for

in my entire [bleep] life.

Do you think she's fast food... Eating too much fast food?

Go get Lacey.

Okay.

I'm... I'm trying to get his [bleep] inside to get your--

[Lacey] I just need Ricky to bring me a diaper.

Girl,

ooh-wee.

Ooh-[bleep]-wee, girl.

What [bleep]?

I'm not a judgmental person I don't judge at first,

you know, 'cause I feel

everybody has their own [bleep] thing.

But [bleep].

Think they like each other a lot.

You know, I think they do like each other.

But...

[knocking at door]

I think it's more like...

She needs somebody to take care of her.

And my brother

just automatically just jumps in and does it

'cause that's what he does.

[Lacey] Can you help, please?

[Lacey burps]

- [Ricky] Okay? - [Lacey] I threw up.

[Ricky] Your body said, "Hey, [bleep]

Give me something healthy."

But I'll stay out of it. He'll learn.

Everybody's gotta learn sometime.

[piano music playing]

It's like a hippie store.

- [Sharon] No, it's... - [Ricky] It's a food store.

[Sharon] Here you go, you're here.

[Ricky] Oh, my God, babe.

- We did it. - [Sharon] You're here, girl.

- You know what's coming, baby, come on. - [Sharon] I drove

thousands of [bleep] miles

to get here, but you're here.

- [Lacey] I am so nervous about seeing Dr. Now. - [Sharon] Mmm-hmm.

I feel like I'm gonna puke.

Yeah, I'm excited.

Now scream happiness!

- Yes! - Oh, yeah!

- Finally! - Finally.

Come on, let's go.

[Lacey] We finally made it to Houston last night after five days on the road.

Coming down here is so incredibly hard,

but I did it because I know how bad I need help.

And Dr. Now is one of the only people that can do that for me.

Finally.

We made it.

[Ricky] Mmm-hmm.

[Lacey] Oh, my goodness.

Miss Buckingham?

[Lacey] Now that I'm here...

Hi.

I'm nervous about finding out my weight.

This is gonna be the first time Ricky's ever seen my weight.

- We're gonna weigh you, okay? - Okay.

[nurse] Can you go on the scale now, please?

- [Lacey] Thank you. - [Nurse] Step up.

[Lacey] If I'm heavier than 600 pounds or so,

that's gonna be really upsetting.

I don't know what to say.

You can step down.

[Lacey] That's about what I expected,

but it's still hard to see that number.

But I'm glad I wasn't heavier than I thought.

That's at least positive.

And now, I just hope I can get the help I need.

[knock at door]

Hello, how you all doing?

Good. How are you?

I'm doing well, too. Thank you for asking.

- So, you must be Lacey. - Yes.

[Dr. Now] All right.

So, who is the young man that came with you?

This is my boyfriend, Ricky.

How nice to meet you.

So, where you coming from?

Southeastern Washington state.

How long it took you to come from Washington to here?

[Lacey] Five days.

- Five days to get here one way. - [Lacey] Yeah.

- And five days to go back. - Yes.

All right, so what seem to be issue with your eating habit

that you're not able to lose weight?

Too much carbohydrates.

That's not the problem. The problem is,

if you know you're eating too much carbohydrates,

why aren't you doing something about it?

Um...

I kind of gave up on myself, I guess.

- Lazy and-- - [Dr. Now] Okay.

- Okay. Lacey, you're 36 years old. - [Lacey] Yes.

So, do you have a goal in your life?

Yes, I want to...

Well, I want to lose weight,

and have a happier lifestyle,

and grow in my relationship with Ricky,

and have a life instead of being at home, and...

Okay, and so you got the goal to have... Have productive life.

- Yes. - [Dr. Now] Okay.

So, the question is

what are you gonna do to get there?

[Lacey] Anything.

[Dr. Now] Then why haven't you already tried to do something

if you want a productive life and to change things?

[Lacey] I've tried, I guess.

I don't know. I just...

[Dr. Now] All right. Looking at your chart,

- you are taking almost about 30 medications a day. - [Lacey] Yes.

And you have high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, thyroid problem,

and reflux, neuropathy, lymphedema, migraine,

- and the list goes on and on-- - [Lacey] On and on and on.

[Dr. Now] So, it's clear that your body

is at a breaking point because of your weight.

So, you got a lot of health issue,

and you need to take care of yourself, right?

- Yes. - [Dr. Now] And you need to lose weight.

Yes.

All right.

So, if I give you some instruction about the eating habit,

do you think you can follow those?

- Yes. - [Dr. Now] Okay.

So, I'm going to give you some stuff I want you to read every night,

that will break down at 1,200 calories a day. Low-carb, high-protein diet,

that you need to follow completely.

- Okay. - [Dr. Now] And understand, to correct your eating habit.

And I'm gonna give you some exercises that you can do at home,

and I want you to do those twice a day,

once in the morning, and once in the evening.

So, in two months, you need to lose 50 pounds.

- That won't be hard to do at all. - Okay.

But since you live so far,

it'll take you five days to come here and five days to go back.

That's a ten-day round trip.

- Yeah. - [Dr. Now] That is a lot of strain on your body.

So, I don't want you making that trip again to come back down here

before we know you made it through that goal.

So, we get you to go see a doctor

and check your weight in Washington,

and if you made it through that goal,

then the next step is you need to move down here to Houston

if you want to do the program.

But if you're not losing weight,

then there's no point in you going through all that to come back,

since you won't be doing the program.

You understand that?

- Yes. - So, this is gonna be all up to you.

You understand that, right?

- Yes, I understand. - [Dr. Now] Okay.

All right, so I'm gonna bring you some stuff and I'm gonna explain to you what to do,

and let's see if we can get you going in the right direction.

All right, I'll bring it to you.

- [Lacey] Thank you. - Mmm-hmm.

[Ricky speaking]

[Dr. Now] My biggest concern with Lacey is that she doesn't seem

like she's ready to take responsibility for herself on any level.

And if that doesn't change,

then she's likely not gonna make much progress

to effectively turn her life around.

All right, Lacey.

All right, I got some stuff for you.

Let me go over it, so we will have a good idea of what's going on.

I have no doubt that Lacey wants to change her life and lose the weight.

But my concern is whether or not

she's gonna put in the work she needs to make that happen.

Because it's not gonna be easy for her.

She's going to have to be committed.

But so far, she hasn't told me anything

to really convince me she is.

And this is the list of food to avoid.

- Avoid. - [Dr. Now] Okay?

Now, I'm gonna give you a copy of my book.

There's recipes in here for healthy meal options.

So, read that very carefully.

But the important thing in here, I put a bookmark for you there,

is your exercise, okay?

Ultimately, if Lacey wants to do this,

she's going to have to make a lot of changes,

including moving down here.

But all we can do is give her the tools

to start the process at this point.

And makes the choices she needs is up to her.

All right.

Yes.

I'll give you two months and see how's your weight doing.

- Mmm-hmm. - If you're able to lose 50 pounds,

- Okay? - [Lacey] Okay.

All right, so if you need anything, then give me a call.

Okay.

Otherwise, we'll see how we're doing in a couple months.

- Okay? - [Lacey] It was nice to meet you, sir.

Nice to meet you both. Have a safe trip back.

[Lacey] Thank you.

- All right, I'll see you all later. - [Lacey] See you later.

- Okay. Bye now. - [Lacey] Bye.

- I'm optimistic about moving down here. - Yep.

With all the humidity and everything.

Well, and the big bugs. Oh, my God.

- Big bugs. - And the big bugs!

My big bug. [laughs]

I think that went well.

That appointment was extremely eye-opening for me.

And I realize how bad of a fool I am

because of all that food I was eating.

It's gonna be very hard.

It's gonna be a struggle, but I'm ready.

Each day's a new step.

Each day's a new day.

So I feel confident and ready to do this.

I have to change my life, no matter how hard it will be,

because I want a life with Ricky,

and I want to do so much,

and I'm tired of waiting for it.

I'm ready for change.

I'm ready to do this.

- [Sharon] Hi! - [Lacey and Ricky] Hi!

[Sharon] How was your doctor's appointment?

- [Lacey] It was great. - [Sharon] Was it?

[Lacey] Fantastic.

[Ricky] So... [sighs]

Are you ready for your adventure at the park?

Well, we're gonna walk at least about halfway.

Do you want me to kick you now, or...

- Oh, come on, you can make-- - [Lacey] I'm gonna--

I'm gonna kick you.

- And it's gonna be fun for me. - [Ricky] You'd be so beautiful,

your body's like, "Ooh, girl, y'all getting some physical out of me, huh."

[Lacey] We've been back up in Washington from our Dr. Now appointment

for about a month.

I'm still eating some carbs, but it's very exciting,

because I'm engaged to Ricky.

Ricky just asked me to marry him, and I said yes!

It happened really fast. I was excited.

Me and Ricky had been talking about getting married,

and Ricky surprised me with a ring,

and I said yes, and I surprised him with a ring back!

All my friends like Ricky, and...

Even my parents like him, so that was a "bingo" for me!

I wanted her ring to be personal.

I sneakily asked her, like, questions about her ring, you know,

what things she wanted, you know,

without her knowingly knowing I was doing it,

so I was kind of being, like, covert.

And I know it sounds stupid, but I was like,

"Are you flashy or are you personal?"

And of course she wanted personal, so, "Boom!" I went and got it,

and paid for it.

She didn't... You know, she was thinking, "What are you buying?"

And I'm like, "Nevermind," until we got to the mall.

And I was like, "Hey..." I got on one knee,

everybody started looking around and all,

and everybody's all, you know...

And I asked her to... "Would you marry me?" She's like, "Yes!"

[Lacey] Some water.

[Ricky] I'm very proud of you, baby.

- [Lacey] Thank you, baby. - You're doing a good job.

Baby, will you please go sit down, so you're not interfering in my kitchen?

[Lacey] Just don't cut your finger off.

[Ricky] Oh, come on, I've been cooking for years.

[Lacey] Every day, I'm reading Dr. Now's book,

trying to do what the diet says.

[Ricky] Hey, babe?

I got these flour tortillas, and they're low... They're, uh...

Trans fat... Zero trans fat and zero calorie.

[Lacey] Well, how much carbs is in one tortilla?

33.

[laughing] Oh, that's a lot, honey!

- [Ricky] Is it a lot? Oh. - Yeah.

[Ricky] I thought that was low.

You can... You can eat that, though.

So, you just want... You just want a plate of--

A plate of the vegetables and the meat part.

Here you go. And then you can just put it with your salad.

- Okay, I'm doing the salad right now. - [Ricky] Okay.

[Lacey] What's more satisfying about the diet is that it is healthier.

I'm going slowly, cutting out certain carbs each day.

I feel like I can eat more vegetables with it,

like lettuce with lots of tomatoes.

But it's still a process.

This is a whole lifestyle,

it's not just temporary, 'cause after the surgery, it's a whole new life.

Well, the dinner was good, thank you.

[Ricky] You're welcome, babe.

[Lacey] Ricky's helping me keep my spirits up.

I'm very happy.

And I know that there's an increase with our love for each other, too.

But the only thing that's bothering me is Sharon.

She's clearly against me and Ricky being together.

[Ricky] So, babe, let's talk about my sister.

I know we... I know she has issues.

- The queen of drama, see what I'm saying? - Yeah.

She's my sister. I love her, but I'm at your side 100%.

And I know you're doing your exercises, you're losing weight,

so I'm pretty sure you're doing what the doctor says.

I want this to be a easy transition.

Yeah.

Gotta set up the TV to do the workout.

Here, give me that.

Whether or not Sharon supports us,

we love each other and want to spend our lives together.

Okay, ready?

One. Oh, belly kick up.

[Lacey] And Ricky's been helping me do my exercises.

And I'm thankful because I don't think

I'd be able to do much on my own

without his help.

So it makes me feel very loved

and cared for when he supports me like this.

So, it's been a big change for both of us and our relationship,

but we're doing it because we both know

how important it is for me.

It's just hard.

But I'm gonna stick to it no matter how hard it is.

[breathlessly] I'm gonna take a break. I'm gonna take a break.

Good job, babe.

[FaceTime dialing]

- Hi, Lacey, how you doing? - I'm doing pretty good.

Okay, good.

Lacey, I was worried because, you know, it's been three months

since you were supposed to follow up with us.

And I haven't heard from you, so checking to see what's going on.

Um...

Well, definitely, I'm taking way much better care

of my health than I was before.

So how are you doing with your eating habits?

Do you think you lost any weight?

Yes, I'm sure I have.

Okay, so why haven't you contacted us if you're doing so well?

Well, there's been a lot of changes.

A lot of great stuff's been happening. I got engaged.

And me and Ricky have been working on moving down to Houston.

Well, congratulations on your engagement.

- It sounds like a lot is going on in your life. - Yes.

But if you're not making your health a priority,

then nothing else is going to matter for you, okay?

- Yes. - Then why taking you so long to get back with us?

Um, well, I have to...

I do have some issues to deal with.

And I had to, like, prepare mentally and physically

to, like, move before I move down there.

Well, Lacey, if you haven't lost any weight

then there's no point to move to Houston

because I'm not going to go ahead with you.

So we have to check your weight to see that before you move here.

Do you understand that?

I understand completely.

You should have easily lost over 100 pounds.

But I'm not sure about that from how you look right now.

- Well, check you're weight, and we'll go from here, okay? - Okay.

Sounds great!

All right, and if you need anything in the meantime, give me a call.

Okay, I will. Thank you so much.

- All right, take care. - Take care. Thank you.

- All right, bye now. - Bye.

[Lacey] I'm a little disappointed

because Dr. Now didn't react like I thought

to how we're ready and committed to move.

Me and Ricky have put in a lot of work to make that happen.

And I think it shows the level of commitment I have

since I'm ready to just leave everything behind here to start again there.

And I think Dr. Now will understand once I'm there and sees how far I've come.

The plan is to move next week, keep working just as hard,

get weight loss surgery, and start a new life with Ricky.

Everything's ready.

It's everything I've ever dreamed of.

And I can't wait for it, so I'm not.

[piano music playing]

The apartment emailed me back.

Hmm.

Approved! Approved!

No, no, no. We don't know yet.

[Lacey] Me and Ricky have been busy getting everything set

for our move to Houston.

And we're also planning a small wedding.

But we decided I need to be focused on doing the program right now.

So we've got everything lined up,

and we plan on moving to Houston next week.

It says we've received the following payment. But all of them say that.

So that should make Dr. Now happy when I tell him

because I'm 100% committed to this new life

in doing whatever it takes to make it happen.

[sighs]

We better go and walk before I can take a break.

[Lacey] At the hospital the other day I just went in there to get weighed.

I weighed 577.

I lost 16 pounds, and he wanted me to lose 50.

So I have a lot of progress to make.

I've had a bumpy ride trying to lose weight.

But me and Ricky want to move to Houston.

And I don't need to wait any longer.

Ricky?

[grunts]

Let's go.

I think I can be very successful.

I'm not eating as much pizza as I did.

I have been exercising, and I have been walking.

- Do you want to hold my arm? - Thank you.

Ricky has been going with me, so we can get exercising.

I circled the complex twice, not just once.

So making little baby progress.

Oh, my gosh. I'm so sick to my stomach.

- Well, sit down, baby. - I want to sit down in the shade.

Sit right there.

[Lacey] It's been very stressful this past month.

A lot of stress trying to find somewhere to live in Houston.

And I'm really gonna miss Ricky's family.

They accepted me so fast.

And his mother is very kind to me.

Uh, my relationship with Sharon's gotten better.

Things have been very good.

And it feels like she's accepted me

a little bit better than before.

And I really enjoy spending time with her.

Okay, come on, babe.

[Lacey] Team Lacey.

[Ricky] Team Lacey!

[Lacey] So here soon, me and Ricky will be married and living in Houston.

And I'll hopefully be getting weight loss surgery, too.

[Lacey breathing heavily]

I'm ready to leave the old behind and start with the new.

[Ricky] Okay, I'll get the door, babe.

[Lacey] So I have so many things to look forward to right now.

I just have to keep working hard.

And that's exactly what I'm gonna do.

[Lacey grunts]

See we made it.

- Thanks, baby. - Thanks, baby.

One more box. Well, we can put that box right there.

Outside. Right there.

[Lacey] Me and Ricky are packing everything up to move to Houston.

He got his stuff loaded in the trailer...

I got it.

And now, we're loading all my stuff up

with the help of some of my friends from my church.

A lot of them like Renee and Gloria have been there for me

even when it got to where I couldn't go to church.

- Watch your feet. - Yep.

Hopefully, having all this help will get us on the road soon.

[Ricky] All right, come the hard part.

Let's get this going. I'm not trying to have these do to us all day.

[woman] I'll go with everybody.

[Lacey] I'm hoping we can finish getting everything out of here

and get on the road soon because I don't want to be traveling too late.

[man] What else needs to go out?

Um, this couch. Let me get off. Let me get off the couch.

I know. You don't have time for hugs.

Oh, we do, babe. Oh, we do.

[Lacey] What I don't take the church is gonna donate.

So all I have to do is get my final stuff loaded,

and then I'll officially be moved out.

- [Sharon] Lacey! - Yeah.

She needs to get up and help.

I've been helping.

Okay, I'm glad.

I helped pack all night.

[Sharon] It was just more of a question. It came out kinda wrong.

[Sharon] I'm a mean [beep], am I?

[Lacey grunts]

- Okay, hey, baby, right here. - Thank you.

- Take this. - Team work. Team work, baby. Team work.

Yep.

[woman] I'm trying not to cry.

Take care of each other, bro.

- I will. - Be good, girl.

- [man] Yep, be safe. - [Lacey] Yep.

[man] Hastas.

- Bye, Ricky. - Bye.

Oh, no!

I can't believe you're leaving, Lacey.

Ah! Dang, you're strong.

[Lacey] I thought it'd be sad to see this place emptied out.

It's been my home for years.

I'm actually excited to see it like this because it means I'm leaving a life behind

that I don't want any more, so I can start the one that I do want.

- Tapped it out. - Oh! [laughs]

Broke it in, yeah. We broke it in.

Look at the area of the bed.

Yeah, it's like imprinted.

[Lacey] So it's all exciting.

And as hard as it is, I'm happy to have the chance to do this

and to be doing it with Ricky.

- Love you. - Love you, too.

[Lacey] He's been my rock through this.

And I know I wouldn't even have this chance without his support and love.

So I'm very thankful for all the people I have in my life

who are here for me right now, supporting me and helping me do this.

It all means the world to me because it's giving me a second chance at life.

[Sharon] I really didn't think Idaho was this big,

like, to get across [bleep] like this.

I didn't think it was supposed get this long--

[Ricky] Yeah, when we go across

is the really small part of it.

We never really go through the big part.

[Sharon] So are we closer to Colorado?

We're actually closer to Wyoming than we are Utah.

[Sharon] Okay.

[phone ringing]

- Who you calling, babe? - I'm not calling nobody. It's you.

Hello.

Thank you. Sweet!

- Huh? - We got approved for an apartment.

Yeah!

All right!

When are we going to be in Houston?

- The 12th. - The 12th.

We can, I mean the 13th, if we have to spend a night in a hotel,

I mean, that's, we'll get on it.

[Ricky] Okay, bye.

[Ricky] Congratulations! We've got a place!

- [Ricky] Told you. - [Lacey] We did it! We did it!

I have a meeting with Dr. Now on the 13th.

- [Ricky] 13th, 13th. - [Lacey] After I sign the lease.

[Sharon] And today's the 9th, right?

[Ricky] Is not.

[Sharon] Okay, so we should, we'll have no problem.

[Ricky] 13th is... That's in four days!

[Sharon] You know, I'll even be generous.

We'll let it take three days to get to Texas.

And then, I'm dropping that trailer, and...

- [Ricky] Dipping. - [Sharon] Dipping the [bleep] out.

[Sharon laughs]

[Sharon] They only give you one [bleep] cracker?

- [Ricky] They didn't have any chili Fritos? - [bleeping]

And they only gave her one cracker to go in her [bleep] chili.

- [sighing] It's okay. - I'm really, really missing

chili, with a lot of onions.

I've loved chili since I was little.

[Sharon] Yeah, what are you going to tell this doctor, man?

What if this doctor says, "You know what, I'm not [bleep] around.

You're [bleep] going to taking this [bleep] serious."

What happens after that?

Have you ever thought about that [bleep]?

- We talked about it. - Talked about what?

- I already talked about it. - Oh, my [bleep].

What the [bleep] is wrong with you?

Sometimes you just so ugly.

Not personally. Just not looks-wise, but your [bleep] personality.

It's just ugly sometimes.

- I don't get you. - No comment.

[Sharon] Good. Don't comment. I don't even care.

I need a little minute to myself.

Man, grow the [bleep] up. You're 36 years old and you're [bleep] just crazy.

- Sharon, can you grow up and stop picking on me? - I am [bleep] very grown.

Stop picking on me all the time.

- I ain't picking on you! - But you're not perfect, either!

[bleep] I ain't perfect! I never said I was perfect!

Not one time did I say I was perfect!

You call me fat.

- You are! So am I! - You are too!

- I never said I wasn't! - Oh, okay.

[Sharon] I'm asking you real questions.

My brother is gonna be down there with you.

I am so tired, Sharon.

You're tired? All you [bleep] do is sit there!

I've been doing all the work!

You ain't done [bleep] besides eat and cry.

- Okay. - Eat and cry. Eat and cry.

Eat and cry.

[bleeping]

- Woman, I'm about to drop your [bleep] off. - Sure ain't crying right now.

And flip a [bleep] and go right [bleep] home and I'd give two [bleep].

Let's get [bleep] on the road.

- I'm warning you. I'm not going to [bleep]... - [Lacey] I didn't cry.

- Deal with you much longer. - [Lacey] Okay.

[Sharon] Texas!

My allergies do not like New Mexico.

[Lacey] So, we almost made it to Texas.

We're still a good ways from Houston.

Like, about 11 hours.

So we're definitely not making it to Dr. Now on time.

We're not gonna make it.

My appointment with Dr. Now is scheduled for this evening.

[Sharon] Well, then, don't you think you should

get on the phone and tell them you ain't making it tonight?

[Lacey] The first time I missed an appointment,

I called them right away and told them what happened.

He understood.

[Sharon] This is your second time missing this appointment?

What was the first time?

[Lacey] The first time was...

June.

[Sharon] Oh. Why did you miss this first appointment in June?

Missed the first appointment in June because...

We... Um, couldn't get,

couldn't get, uh...

You know, like...

Couldn't get there on... I think it was because we couldn't get there on a...

Financially afford the plane tickets or something.

I don't remember.

[Sharon] Plane tickets are hella [bleep] cheap right now.

You mean to tell me you were supposed to go see the doctor then?

You are just [bleep] around. You know what? This is just...

Every, all the information I get, and everything that I hear

just pisses me the [bleep] off, Lacey. Because you are such...

Ugh!

This [bleep] is lying!

This is the second appointment she missed?

I just found this out. I've been helping her out.

Helping her sell old things. Helping her get money.

Air tickets are [bleep] cheap as [bleep] right now.

Cheap as [bleep].

Every day this week, this [bleep] has done [bleep] to piss me the [bleep] off.

If she lies one more time, I swear to God I'm going to karate chop her.

I don't even want to drive y'all down there no more.

Y'all could have been down there a long time ago.

"Oh, we can't do it 'cause of this."

No, you know what? You could have did it.

You could have gotten off your big [bleep]

and you could have [bleep] did it.

[Ricky] Baby, [bleep] out here. If you're lying,

- y'all need to tell me where's you didn't have... - [Sharon] Ricky!

The money. You kept telling me you didn't...

[Sharon] She's lying! She's lying! She had the money.

[Lacey] I did not have the money.

You know how much an air ticket would cost?

- You know how much a [bleep] train ticket would cost? - Babe.

I know it's, I know is, it sound like, like...

- Why you telling that it's-- - [Lacey] But I did not have the money...

- [Sharon] You're lying! - For a $1,600 air flights for us, round trip.

[Sharon] All that money you were spending on shopping,

your [bleep] could have been down in Houston.

You are not ready to lose weight.

You have stopped my life

and I have way more important [bleep] things to worry about.

And I'm taking my stupid, pathetic [bleep] brother

who [bleep] loves your [bleep] for whatever [bleep] reason.

'Cause all you do is use him.

- No, I don't. - [Sharon] Please tell me.

What the [bleep] do you do for my brother?

[Lacey] Not only, have loved your brother more

- than any other woman. - How do you love my brother if you [bleep] April?

You've only been with that mother-[bleep] since April.

[Lacey] Okay. What do I need

to do now, Sharon, to approve, get your approval?

[Sharon] I don't know. You don't have my approval.

Stab my heart out? Get a knife?

[Sharon] I'll guarantee you. I'll [bleep] stand up and be like,

"No, Ricky, don't do it." Guaran-[bleep]-teed.

Because I'll be [bleep]

if my brother, moves down to [bleep] Texas,

with a [bleep] that can't do [bleep] for herself!

Dude, I need to pull, I need to... We pulling [bleep] over.

[Sharon] Ricky is my responsibility.

And he's an emotional apoplectic.

So that means he has seizures.

And the severity of his seizures depending

on how emotionally charged he is.

So, I gotta protect him, you know.

But she's just taking advantage.

She don't give a [bleep] about my brother.

Which I always kind of knew. It was just...

If I try to say some, and try to tell people some,

they're not trying to hear it.

So I had to kind of let it unravel

before I can be like, "Well, see, I [bleep] told you."

She is... In reality, she just needs someone

to take care of her 'cause she can't take care of herself.

Have you ever really been in love?

Yes, I have.

[Sharon] How do you know you love him?

What is your definition of love?

[Lacey] Because if anything happened to him,

I would be there for him.

- [Sharon] Really? - By his side.

I highly [bleep] doubt that.

[Sharon] Get the [bleep] out of my car.

Don't [bleep] lie to me, [bleep].

Yeah, I know you love me. And I love you.

But you gotta still gotta tell the truth.

If you lie a little bit, make sure

if you lie, it ain't gonna hurt nobody.

That's what I do.

When I lie to you, it's more just to basically, start a conversation.

I love you. You know I do, baby.

Come on, let's go.

Hey, I really have to go to the bathroom.

[Ricky] Let's go.

Do you want me to stand outside the door so you can go?

No, I'm going to go talk to Sharon.

[Sharon] RG.

You need to make a mother-[bleep] decision.

I wanna give it a try!

Why? What do you wanna give a try about?

She has not lost [bleep] weight.

She has not tried to lose weight.

I have kept my mouth shut

for the longest!

I ain't doing it no more.

She uses you.

And she's a disgusting [bleep] person.

For doing it.

You are not staying in Texas. Okay?

[Sharon] Good talk.

Let's go.

[Ricky] You know what, babe? I'mma be, I'm a,

sorry, but I'mma be honest with you.

I understand. I'm, yeah,

I'm busting my [bleep] and I'm trying to

put a blind eye through a lot of [bleep].

Look, if this is you lying to me,

I have no problem taking this ring back and giving it back,

and saying, "[bleep] it."

I ain't going to stay in Texas, away from my family,

if she ain't going to do the...

What this program is meant for.

What's the [bleep] point of me being around?

[Lacey] I did not give up on you, Ricky. I have not.

-[Sharon] You have not brought him up -I have not.

Good positive way.

- Not one time! - I love you, Ricky.

- [Sharon] She's lying, Ricky. - [Lacey] I have told you.

- [Sharon] Ricky, when someone lied... - And told you, and told you.

- [Sharon] No, no. - I would do anything for you, Ricky!

And I told you I'd screw up.

I don't know anymore.

I don't know what's true and what's not true.

[Sharon] Deep down inside, Rick, you know [bleep] well.

I only make sure you're okay.

And this [bleep] can't even make real tears.

She's trying to fake cry right now, next to me.

[Lacey] I'm not trying to fake cry.

[Sharon] You trying to fake cry now.

[Lacey] I'm overcome with emotion.

I don't want to lose Ricky, okay?

[Sharon] Yeah, well, you're a [bleep] liar!

And I don't... I'm done.

[Sharon] Done.

If there's a [bleep] gas station, bro.

You're getting left at Temple, Texas.

[GPS navigation speaking] Turn left on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

[Sharon] Just drop her [bleep] here.

Calling an emergency phone number.

[Sharon] Stupid [bleep].

I'mma kill you. In your [bleep] sleep

every [bleep] which way around.

[Lacey] I don't even feel safe

being around Sharon any longer.

And I have to do something.

Hi, um... My name is Lacey Buckingham.

Um, I'm at this gas station. And I'm from Washington state.

And, um, the driver, Sharon Gilmore,

and my ex-fiance, Ricky,

are driving me to Pasadena, Texas.

I'm scared 'cause I'm going to be dropped off in this parking lot

and I'm disabled. I have, you know,

a 6 by 12 trailer,

and I'm just not sure what I'm doing right now.

- [officer] Just so I can get everything straight. - [Lacey] Yes?

[officer] We'll go back over things. So he was your boyfriend.

[Lacey] Yes.

[officer] And he just broke up with you, just a few minutes ago?

- [Lacey] Yeah, basically, Sharon, his sister, you know. - [officer] Prior to that call?

- [officer] Is that Sharon that's in the car? - [Lacey] Yeah, she's the...

- [officer] So it's his sister? - [Lacey] Yeah, she says she's power of attorney.

[officer] Okay. Okay.

- [Lacey] I'm in trouble, sir. - [officer] Why?

[Lacey] Because they're gonna leave me here

and I'll be homeless in Pasadena with nothing.

[officer] Why don't you sit down and relax, okay?

- Calm down. - [Lacey] Okay.

[officer] And let me go over there and talk to them,

- so we can figure out what's goin' on, okay? - [Lacey] Okay.

[melancholy music playing]

[Ricky] Call cops on my [bleep] for [bleep].

- [Lacey] I didn't call the cops on you. - [Ricky] You did.

[Ricky] Don't, don't, get your, go back over there.

- Get over there. - Well, I need my things out.

[Sharon] Ricky, get your clothes.

Lacey, don't you ever in your right mind speak to me again.

Don't say nothing to me. You lucky the police are here.

[bleep]

And I'm halfway across country.

You just praise God that right now I can control my composure.

I made a promise to God to take care of you.

I never broke it. Why would I hurt you?

Now, you wouldn't hurt me. Sharon!

- You said them at me. - No, I did not. I said Sharon.

Well, however you wanna put it.

- You know, I took care of you. - Okay, well, I don't know...

I even wiped your own [bleep].

How's that for a debt? I just...

It's got a lock on it and I don't know how to do that.

I just want my oxygen, my sleep machine.

Thank you.

- Thank you for wiping my butt. - [Ricky] The lock is in my...

- [stammers] It's not even my lock. - Thank you for wiping my butt.

And she started to call the police department

and said we were all trying to hurt her

or in my case, she's trying to blame me for abusing her.

[Sharon] Get whatever [bleep] she needs off my U-Haul,

and her [bleep] is gone.

You watch [bleep] and we'll be at the [bleep] U-Haul place.

Woman, you don't even know what the [bleep] you just did.

[Ricky] I'm not an abusive person.

I'm a realest, nicest, greatest person alive.

I would go above and beyond for my, for my woman.

[stammers] Are we still together, she asked me.

Oh my Lord, God. I'm like, "What? [bleep] you. No!

We're done."

Officer, can I... please talk to you?

Can I please be, bless your soul, help me carry this?

- Yeah, we can do-- - Please, just...

Where are you gonna go?

Just to the corner, so I can get some water and call a taxi.

Please.

I feel like I'm hyperventilating.

And the heat is getting to me,

and then I'm gonna to have a heart attack.

I can feel I'm gonna have a heart attack if I stay here.

With the heat and the stress, I can feel it,

so I have to get somewhere safe now

before I pass out or something bad happens.

- Thank you, sir. - No problem.

- [medic 1] How're you doing? - So...

- [medic 1] What's going on? - Um...

- Well... - What's your name?

- Lacey Buckingham. - All right.

- My name is Doug. - [Lacey] Doug.

Um, mentally, I'm very exhausted and I need to be checked out.

I have cellulitis in my left leg.

- I have lymphedema, and my oxygen is messed up. - Okay.

That's my oxygen.

Um, can we take you to St. Joseph in Bryan?

- Yes, please. - It's the closest hospital.

- Yes, please. - Is that okay?

- Can I please bring just this? - Yeah, we can make that happen.

- Okay. - Yeah, yeah. It's good.

He'll hold this to make sure.

- Can you hold this, please? - Yes, ma'am, I got you.

Yes.

- Here, grab my hand if you need it. - Yep.

[medic 1] There you go.

- [medic 2] Get you a little more centered, okay. - Thank you.

- [medic 1] There you go. - Okay.

- [medic 1] You wanna sit up a little bit more. - There you go.

[Lacey] I'm exhausted.

Having mental.

Now I'm having mental problems.

One, two, three.

[Lacey exhales]

[melancholy music playing]

[Lacey] I was hoping they'd let me stay the night at the hospital.

But they said I couldn't stay 'cause nothing was wrong with me.

But that's not accurate.

But, whatever.

I don't know where Ricky and Sharon are, and where all my stuff is.

But I haven't texted them because I don't wanna to talk to either of 'em.

And I'm not sure what's gonna happen between me and Ricky.

Because I feel like he really let me down when I needed him the most.

Sharon went verbally psycho on me, and he didn't stop her.

Thank you.

So it feels like everything in my life is falling apart.

Thank you so much.

I'm not sure what I'm gonna do.

[melancholy music playing]

[Ricky] Look, we felt bad for you, just abandoning you.

So, we, uh, got your stuff in the back of the truck.

We can take you to Dr. Now and drop you off

wherever you want, and then I'm headin' back, I'm done, we're done.

There's no way I'm getting back in that Tahoe.

Sorry.

First, not only a man that won't stand up for me ever,

but a sister that, your sister that wants to kill me.

So, no, there's no way I'm going back in that Tahoe.

I just want you to know

I did love you,

and I never meant harm.

Last night, I did not sleep. I feel cold.

You were a very good man to me,

and I tried to be a very, very good woman for you.

Sorry, it ended like this.

[clicks tongue]

Well, that's how we wanna leave it,

- we can, uh, leave it at there. - Okay.

- Um. - [Lacey] Have a nice life.

- And I wish you a nice life, too. - Okay.

I'm headin' out.

[Ricky sighs]

Worked so hard on that relationship and crazy...

- Okay. - [Sharon] All right, let's go.

[Ricky sniffles]

It's okay, Ricky.

It's okay. Look.

RG, don't cry.

[bleep] that [bleep].

- This hurts. - She is nasty.

She look nasty.

She didn't take care of herself.

How could you even wanna be seen in public with somebody like that?

My Ricky.

The only option I have is from a person I found online

from my hometown to help me since I'm stranded.

- [Michelle] Hi, Lacey. - Hi.

Thank you so much. God bless you.

- [Michelle] No problem. - For comin', short notice.

Yeah, give me a hug.

[Lacey cries]

[Michelle] It will be okay.

- You're okay. - You've known me a long time.

Yes, you'll be fine.

[Lacey] Her name is Michelle, and she said her and her family

are planning to move to Houston from Washington.

And so that was perfect for my situation.

And after I told her what happened to me,

she said I might be able to live with her and her family.

So that was something like a miracle for me.

This has been one of the worst and most miserable experience in my life.

And I'm scared now, it's all gonna be for nothing, if I don't get Dr. Now's help.

Because I know if I don't get some kind of big help like that soon,

then I'm probably not going to be around much longer.

Lacey.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Lacey] At my last appointment, I was 593,

and the goal Dr. Now gave me was to lose 50 pounds.

Thank you.

So that means I should have gone down to 543.

[Lacey] So that's what I'm really hoping it is.

That's not good enough.

[sighs]

That's a really big shock to me, because...

I really thought I had lost more.

So I'm confused and upset, because I've worked so hard.

You know, I'm a food addict,

and I've been giving up the food I want for a while,

so I feel like I should have a lot more of a result.

And so, to have such little progress

is like a punch to my face.

That's how much of a shock it is to me.

I'm very worried,

because I know that weight isn't gonna be enough

for Dr. Now to approve me.

Yeah, it's not what I expected.

And that's what I've been working so hard for,

so I'm disappointed and scared right now,

because I don't know what's gonna happen,

and I don't know what I'm gonna do

if I'm not getting weight-loss surgery.

- Hello. - Hello.

- How y'all doing? - Good.

It looked like you got a new friend now.

Yeah, this is my friend, Michelle.

She's from Tri-Cities where I was born and raised.

Where is Tri-City?

Tri-Cities, Washington.

Oh, okay.

So you came all the way down to Houston?

Well, my family and I were coming down to Texas anyway,

and so, um, she called me

and said that she needed some help,

so I drove down from Kilgore.

- So you're the helper. - [Michelle] Mmm-hmm.

So what happened to your boyfriend?

A series of misfortunate events.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that.

Thanks.

So you said you're moving down here a couple weeks ago,

on a video call, so did you do that?

No.

So you're still living in Washington.

[Lacey] No, I'm not living there.

So where do you live now?

I don't live anywhere now,

I was moving to Houston,

and the apartment that I was going to live in

fell through, so that, there's no apartment here.

And I have no things,

no furniture for the apartment.

Just my pills, and my body and some clothes.

So looks like you got too many issues

to tackle in your life right now.

Yeah, lots of...

So what seems to be your idea about where you're gonna

be staying, and where you're gonna go?

Well, I want to try to live, to keep living in Texas.

So Michelle said,

maybe I could just live with her family,

so that would solve my problem.

Where does Michelle live? Where do you live?

We're in-between right now, but we do have some finances

to try to work out getting a place here in Houston.

Uh, my husband and my other children

are still up in Kilgore, so I'll go get them

and bring them, and get moved into a place, um, together with Lacey.

I think we can afford a home here somewhere.

It's just a matter of finding something.

[Lacey] So hopefully, I can do that,

because I'm trying to figure it out.

So I can get back on track on what I'm supposed to do.

Okay.

So I really, really, really...

I don't know if I deserve a second chance,

but I want, I want a second chance.

[Dr. Now] Lacey, you're gonna have to

decide what you're gonna do now.

Because it seems like you got so many

domestic problems to tackle

before you even, uh, start worrying about

what are you gonna do, where are you gonna be.

So you need to work on

bringing some stability to your life, and figuring some things out, long term.

So you have to make some serious decisions

about what you're gonna do, and how you're gonna

stick with your healthy eating habit.

- Mmm-hmm. - [Dr. Now] That's not gonna

come, uh, natural when you have

no idea where you're going, or where you're coming.

- [Lacey] Mmm-hmm. - Okay.

Yeah, at this point right now I'm homeless, so...

Well, you still have a home in, back in Washington, right?

Yeah, it's just an empty apartment right now.

So you're gonna see which way the wind is blowing,

and you're going that way.

[Lacey] Yep.

[Dr. Now] Well, you have a lot of your life to figure out right now.

So I'm gonna let you figure that out,

where you're gonna live, where you're gonna be.

But if you want to continue with the program,

then you have to lose at least fifty pounds

to show me you're committed

to take responsibility for your life.

If not, then it won't matter if you're living down here.

And if you don't follow that, there's nothing we can do

- to change that, okay? - Yes.

So stick with healthy eating habit,

read the stuff we gave you every night,

and check up and see what you did wrong,

and don't make those mistakes tomorrow.

- Okay? - Yes, sir.

- You think you can do that? - Yes.

I've got to, it's...

not a game anymore.

You know, it's not a game to just eat fast food

and think you're gonna lose weight.

All right, so, if you need anything, give me a call.

- [Lacey] Yes. - And let me know

- how things going, okay? - Okay.

- I wish you good luck. - [Lacey] Okay, thank you.

- And nice to meet you. - [Michelle] You too.

All right, we'll see you all later.

[Dr. Now] Right now,

things aren't looking good for Lacey.

I'm not seeing anything to convince me

she means what she says,

or that she's going to take

a level of responsibility for her life.

So I am very concerned.

In five months, she hardly lost any weight,

and she still has a list of excuses for why that is.

So she's clearly not following the instructions

for her diet and exercise.

So she decided to move down here,

despite what I told her she needed to do.

And then on top of all that,

she seems to make rash and impulsive life decisions

to the point where her life seems constantly

in flux and chaotic.

And I think she orchestrates that to some degree.

Because it is a constant excuse

for her unhealthy choices.

So right now, I'm not sure she's going to be willing

to give up the way she's living.

I'm very concerned

because if she keeps going like this,

then it won't take long

for her to get to a breaking point.

And once that happens, her situation is gonna become far more dire.

So I'm hoping she wakes up and takes the steps she needs

to try and do this.

But right now, it's not looking likely.

[Lacey] I'm disappointed I didn't get approved,

but I'm actually proud of myself

for telling the truth. I did what was right,

and that should count for something

because I didn't make excuses.

So I'm hopeful for the future,

but I still have to figure out my living situation.

And I know I just have to do better,

and this time I'm not letting anyone or anything mess that up for me.

[Lacey] My whole world is falling apart.

Things didn't work out with Michelle and her family.

They tried and they helped me.

But they basically decided,

they aren't moving to Houston for a while.

So I just asked if they could bring me back to Washington,

because I had nowhere else to go.

And they did, but I don't have anything,

because Ricky and Sharon took all my stuff

and dropped it all off somewhere.

Like, pictures and stuff.

Friends have helped me get the material things I need.

But it's the stuff I can't ever replace that hurts.

This is all the stuff that I was able to...

get back from Texas.

I managed to get my lease back on my place here,

so I at least figured out an option

to avoid being homeless.

I need to find a way to be in Houston,

place to live,

I just don't know how I'm gonna do that.

Part of me is scared

that I'm gonna lose my chance to change my life.

Not only did I lose my...

valuable objects to me.

I just, I do miss Ricky. I miss him.

[crying] I lost a good friend.

I let my church know I was back,

and they were able to bring back some of my furniture.

But now, I have to figure out

getting my life set back up here.

I don't know what my future holds now.

I'm still trying to do Dr. Now's program,

because I need weight loss surgery.

I am watching what I eat,

I don't eat fast food all the time.

Um, salads are a big thing for me.

And I only eat until, like,

right here says "Hello, you're...

you're full."

So I'm still trying to get healthy,

but I've honestly given up hope

on being able to do his program anytime soon,

because I just don't have anyone

who can help me move to Houston.

Ricky was a godsend who was helping me do that,

and I can see how I took him for granted in some ways.

That doesn't mean how he treated me was okay,

and all I wanted was for him to stick up for me,

and he didn't.

But my biggest regret

is letting Sharon take us to Houston.

I think if it wasn't for her,

me and Ricky would still be together,

and I'd be in Houston doing the program,

and getting my life back.

Sharon's the one that took that from me,

and I never want to see her again because of that.

Hello, come in!

Hello!

- [Lacey] Hey, Renee! - Hello.

You're right on time.

Dinner's a' brewing.

[Lacey] Renee, my best friend from church.

She's been a big support,

and we're planning on getting a new place together.

How you doing?

Well, I was very sad.

But I've been praying a lot, you know, and...

going to church and talking to the bishop and...

Yeah, thank you so much for coming over.

[Renee] Anything I can help you with.

Yeah, so glad you live so close.

[Lacey] I don't know what my future looks like.

I just know, I'm gonna keep fighting for it.

Maybe me and Ricky will get back together again,

and we'll end up moving to Houston together,

like we planned.

I'm working on getting a bed.

Oh, good.

So if we, even if I get a one, like, a one bedroom,

you could, I know it's stupid, but...

No, no, no, we're gonna have to get a two bedroom.

Minimum.

If I have to get a storage shed

for all my stuff, then I will.

- I'm not getting rid of my movies. - [Lacey] No, not your movies.

- [Renee] Which pile? - I know. [laughs]

I just know I'm not giving up on my dreams.

Somehow, someway,

I'm gonna live the life I want.

- Okay. - Love you.

[Lacey] I still can't wait for that.