Has anybody else been following this show on TLC? My mother wanted to see it so we saw last week's episode and tonight's, shows 4 people who were over 600 pounds and in 2004 had gastric bypass surgery and it follows them through the next few years as they try to bring down their weight.

It's definitely interesting to see how far they can come, and how much can come off in the excess skin removals, but I think when you see people like that, the question is always the same, you can't help but wonder HOW do you get to be over 600 pounds? How do you let it go on until you reach that point?

Eating your self to that weight usually is due to something lacking in your life like love or maybe the person is depressed or is just plain food addicted!

I was watching a program oh DHC a few weeks ago about a woman that was addicted to Cheesy Potatoes, thats all she ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner, every day of her life and she balooned to over 300lbs.

There could also be medical reasons but most of the ones I have seen on TV were just plain food addicted.

Yeah but I just don't get it. My mother's always saying there ought to be a point like 300 pounds when you just stop eating, or at least stop eating as you are that you got that heavy. And you do have to wonder, you KNOW you're only going to get heavier if you don't do something about it, so why would you want to get to 400 pounds, 500 pounds, 600 pounds, before finally doing something about it?

Like Tony said, it is an addiction. You wouldn't think so but to some, food is like crack, cigs or alcohol. And food addiction is probably harder to get past because even if you try to get it under control, you still have to eat.