Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2015
During her second year of weight-loss, Zsalynn is torn between fighting her weight and fighting for her marriage. Christina lets go of the negative influences in her life and is finally able to live the life of a twenty-something.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2015
Olivia strives to weigh-in under 200-lbs as she lives by herself for the first time & suffers an unexpected loss. Battling a series of let downs, James fights to reach his goal of skin surgery and to live a fulfilling relationship for the first time.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2015
Away from Dr. Nowzaradan's care, Penny has returned to Maryland believing she can make the choices to lose weight, but has she truly changed? Dating for the first time in her life, Tara continues to lose weight and is learning to balance new roles.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2015
Chuck starts from scratch during his second year of weight-loss, discovering a promising new relationship. Paula juggles many responsibilities head at once, but is it too much to stay on track for her weight-loss goal?
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2016
Melissa finds herself overwhelmed with four children, a marriage on the rocks, and an unexpected pregnancy. When Ashley's weight loss journey hits a wall, she sets out to find new inspiration to get herself back on track towards a healthy lifestyle.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2016
Christina's weight loss has gone too far, too fast, and now threatens her life. After losing 300lbs, Paula must endure more surgery to deal with a body entirely covered in loose and sagging excess skin.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2016
Zsalynn is excited for a fresh start but her 360-body lift at a Beverly Hills clinic proves more challenging than expected. Lonely and depressed since her gastric surgery, Olivia wants skin removal surgery but struggles to lose the weight to qualify.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2016
Bettie Jo battles depression and a cancer diagnosis and when she finds out she's pregnant, she and her husband must find a way to cope. Susan suffers a major setback after surgery for her excess skin, thwarting her hopes to conquer her obesity.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2016
Joe has come a long way from being morbidly obese...He's in love & contemplating proposing to his girlfriend. Just when life holds so much promise, his mom has a few health scares & forces Joe to balance his new love with his mother's health crisis.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: May 4, 2016
Despite having lost 378lbs, Angela's knee pain combined with a history of obesity threatens everything she's worked for. Charity must find the strength to return to her goals of getting healthy.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: May 11, 2016
Laura has lost 300lbs+ and is much less dependent on her husband Joey, who is now having trouble finding his way in the relationship. Marla, one of Dr. Now's most challenging patients returns and the fireworks begin all over again.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: May 18, 2016
Pauline must find the will to keep up her weight-loss progress after a medical emergency. Chay's finally admitting what he's long known, that he's a transgender woman. But, the emotional stress of coming out could threaten his weight loss journey.
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2017
Dr. Nowzaradan is worried Lupe's emotional issues are blocking her weight loss journey since she's shed over 300-lbs but still can't walk... And when Ashley is struck with sudden paralysis, her own emotional stability is thrown into peril.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2017
Gastric surgery freed Brittani from her housebound life, but to achieve her ideal body she'll have to endure two more painful surgeries. Sean's super-obesity nearly killed him...Will he finally make a break from his mother's over-protective care?
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2017
Surgery enables Teretha to finally return to family in Detroit but it soon threatens to undo all the progress she's made. After his weight loss surgery, trucker Chad gets back on the road, but the job is putting any further weight loss in peril.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: May 3, 2017
After losing 250lbs, Nikki is on her way to skin surgery that will transform her body. But when a close friend dies from weight loss surgery, Nikki's progress goes off track, derailed by fears of another surgery and if she'll make it out alive
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: May 10, 2017
Devastated by the sudden loss of her son, Dottie's weight loss journey is in danger of going off track. After her gastric bypass surgery, June embarks on a plan to win approval for skin surgery and start living the life she always dreamed of having.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: May 17, 2017
Charity managed to lose over 400 pounds, but now her daughter Charly is becoming dangerously obese. Can Charity help her avoid the same fate? Devastated by the death of her husband Elroy, Milla must find a way to finally qualify for gastric bypass.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: May 24, 2017
Joe was once 800lbs, housebound and alone. Now engaged and planning a wedding, can he continue his weight loss? After losing over 300lbs, Pauline is on the verge of independence if only she can qualify for the skin surgery she needs so badly.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: May 31, 2017
Surgery enabled Laura's independence but the complications nearly killed her and she's terrified about the skin surgery. Chay revealed to her family she was transgender but living life as an overweight woman; can she stick to her weight loss journey?
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2018
Steven Assanti's dysfunction escalates, pushing his relationship with Dr. Nowzaradan to the brink, and a risky decision is made to save Steven's life, while brother Justin takes the leap to go to Houston to finally accept help.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2018
At 400lbs Bettie Jo achieves a dream - she's pregnant. But the pregnancy is soon in jeopardy. Will she deliver baby without complications? Susan lost 400lbs and she's in a relationship. When weight loss stalls, can she turn things around again?
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2018
11 years later, Melissa has lost 500lbs and saw her weight drop to 137lbs. Now facing marital problems, three pregnancies, and life as a single mom, Melissa is struggling with a 150lb weight gain. Melissa is at a crossroads; can she find her way?
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: May 23, 2018
After successful sleeve gastrectomy procedures, the Dreier twins collectively lost more than 400 lbs. and are working toward skin surgeries when a major life event disrupts their world and threatens the security they thought they had.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: May 30, 2018
Erica must return to California to continue her weight loss journey but fears past emotional trauma will derail her progress.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2018
Ashley lost over 200 lbs. in Houston, but can she regain independence & continue to lose back in California with her enabling family? No longer a shut-in, Diana has embraced her new life and shed 300 lbs., but will knee damage threaten her progress?
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2018
Kirsten must become independent to get the full gastric bypass surgery she feels she needs. Michael struggles to lose and still battles anger issues while his wife, Roni, wants her own surgery. Will they both succeed or falter under the stress?
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2018
Back on Dr. Nowzaradan's program, James is suspected of cheating as he continues to gain weight and suffers a series of life-threatening illnesses. Cynthia continues to lose weight but seems satisfied to do so at her own pace.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2018
Losing over 200 pounds, Doug is now an active part of his family's lives and inspires a healthier lifestyle for them all. However, Doug's eating disorder and trouble finding his own identity threaten to derail his progress.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Jul 11, 2018
Ashley has hit an emotional wall and is desperate for skin surgery but the problem is that she's not losing any weight. After being evicted, Nicole is forced to move back to Ohio which could impact her weight loss journey.
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2018
Brittani has lost over 400 lbs. in two years. As part of her next chapter, will she and Bill start to plan to expand their family? Lupe has struggled since surgery. Having left her husband, will she finally start to make permanent changes she needs?
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2018
Sean must overcome recent tragedy's in his life before he loses all the progress he's made over the last two years. Dottie struggles to stay on track while maintaining her family life and dealing with new pains in her body.
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2019
Charity's daughter is becoming dangerously obese; devastated by the death of her husband Elroy, Milla must find a way to finally qualify for gastric bypass; check-in with individuals who have undergone skin removal surgery.
Season 5
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: May 22, 2019 (120 min)
As Steven heals from his weight loss surgery his brother Justin finally decides to come to Texas to get the same procedure but his feelings towards Steven immediately begin to sabotage his hopes of surgery.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: May 29, 2019 (120 min)
A year since her weight loss journey began, Janine is still in the 500s and mostly immobile, and now, Dr. Nowzaradan is running out of options for how to treat her if she can't find a way to control her eating habit and start walking again.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2019 (120 min)
Lee's anger issues continue to jeopardize his relationship with Rena and threaten to derail both of their weight loss journeys; a major life event sends Sarah into a depression, and she must pull herself out of if she wants to keep losing weight.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2019 (120 min)
In the 4th year of his weight loss journey, Sean struggles to get past the loss of his mother and live on his own. Dr. Now intervenes to control his eating for a time, but if Sean can't learn to control himself, he will face dire consequences.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2019 (120 min)
Liz has gone from being bedbound with lymphedemas on both legs, to standing and walking, but old fears are about to threaten her progress. And if Jenn and Marissa can't get along as mother and daughter to lose weight, they'll have to proceed apart.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Jun 26, 2019 (120 min)
For Milla Clark, after 3 years & 5 surgeries, success would mean beating the odds, and becoming one of Dr. Nowzaradan's most impressive weight-loss patients ever. Failure would mean slipping back to the bedbound life she swore she'd never return to.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2019 (120 min)
Pauline's self-destructive behavior continues to be a problem. Chad strives to be a better father and husband as he continues his journey. June's progress stalls when frequent travel and wedding plans cause her to slip back into bad habits.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2019 (120 min)
Tamy faces a tough choice when her husband wants her back but only if she moves away from Houston and Dr. Now's program. Karina's weight loss begins to slow, but she finds happiness dating a guy Dr. Now is surprised to see in his clinic again.
Season 6
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2020 (120 min)
In year 3, Erica is succeeding on her weight loss journey when romantic misfortune sends her spiraling backwards. Benji Bolton must reach his goal weight without the support of his brother David, after a disagreement leaves the brothers estranged.
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2020 (120 min)
Alicia's relationship with her boyfriend comes under the microscope in the second year of her weight-loss journey; now in her fourth year, Pauline must beg her way back onto the program after quitting when her last weigh-in didn't go so well.
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: May 6, 2020 (120 min)
Dottie faces an unexpected challenge to her weight-loss when her husband's drinking problem becomes intolerable for her and her son. Cynthia starts to wonder if being there for her kids at her current weight is more important than losing more.
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: May 13, 2020 (120 min)
In order to keep pace with her daughter Charly's weight loss, Charity must do something she's never done: find a way to go it alone; try as she might, Teretha finds one too many obstacles in the way of continuing with Dr Nowzaradan's program.
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: May 20, 2020 (120 min)
Together weighing more than a ton, siblings Roshanda, Brandie and Clarence set out to lose weight as a family; the all-for-one approach may be hurting more than it helps when each of them shows signs of heading in the wrong direction after surgery.
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: May 27, 2020 (120 min)
If Steve Sr. thought getting weight-loss surgery for his sons would help bring them together, the 3rd year of their weight-loss journey will prove him wrong, as Justin returns to Rhode Island with every intention of never speaking to Steven again.
Season 7
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2021 (120 min)
Maja needs weight loss surgery, but an upsetting breakup could derail her plans. And, Justin charts a course to be one of Dr. Now's best patients ever.
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2021 (120 min)
There is much to be gained - and lost - for Brianne in year two of her journey, in which she both loses weight and gains independence. Getting back with Erica becomes the top priority for Annjeanette, who chooses love over even her own health.
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2021 (120 min)
Right when Angie starts to succeed in Dr. Now's program, her marriage falls apart and her life is thrown into chaos. Angie moves ahead despite dire difficulties, but when her body starts to break down, Angie fears the worst ... and faces it alone.
Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2021 (120 min)
Angie enters the most trying stretch of her weight-loss journey; she finds herself on the brink of homelessness after Dr. Now refuses to keep her in his program unless she submits to drug rehab for substance abuse.
Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2021 (120 min)
Jeanne struggles to care for herself in the aftermath of her dad's death. Brandon strives to get his weight down in order to feel confident when proposing to his girlfriend Tayler and be the man she deserves.
Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: May 5, 2021 (120 min)
Cillas must face difficulties from his childhood in order to progress to his goal weight and set an example for his children. Tiffany struggles to lose weight when financial hardships place a strain on her relationship with her boyfriend Aaron.
Season 8
Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2022
The brothers shock Dr. Now with their staggering collective weight loss.
Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2022
Holly faces a wedding and skin surgery. Lashanta isn't losing weight.
Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2023
An aunt and nephew are closer than ever to their target weights.
Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2023
A couple struggles after experiencing different surgery results.
Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2023
Octavia pushes through setbacks. Aaron finds new motivation in true love.
Episode: 8x06 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2023
Lacey's weight loss slows, and Mercedes and her kids face destitution.
Season 9
Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2024
Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: May 1, 2024
With bonus scenes; Nathan is shedding pounds and heading back to work as a teacher following his weight-loss surgery; however, his wife Amber can't seem to do the same as she struggles to qualify for a second surgery to update one she had years ago.
Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: May 15, 2024
Specials
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Apr 6, 2016
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Apr 13, 2016
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Apr 20, 2016
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Apr 27, 2016
Bettie Jo battles depression and a cancer diagnosis and when she finds out she's pregnant, she and her husband must find a way to cope. Susan suffers a major setback after surgery for her excess skin, thwarting her hopes to conquer her obesity.
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: May 4, 2016
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: May 11, 2016
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: May 18, 2016
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: May 25, 2016