Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko tētahi tangata 800 pauna, nā te pouri me te rahi i kawea ia ki te taha o te whakamomori, i oati kia ngaro ia i te 150 pauna kia āhei ai ia ki te hāpai i te taumaha e hiahiatia ana hei whakaora i tōna ora i muri i te raupapa o ngā hinga mōrearea i tukuna ai ia ki te hōhipera 10 ngā wā i roto i ngā marama e iwa. I te tīmatanga o Joe Wexler, 31 tau, i te rārangi taumaha o TLC, My 600lbs Life, e whakamahi ana ia i te kai hei kākahu ā-hinengaro, ā, e pau ana i te tata ki te 10,000 kākāriki ia rā. A i te wāhanga o te pō o inanahi o te raupapa, ka tohe te tohunga whakaheke taumaha, mēnā ka heke a Joe ki te 650 pauna, kāore e taea e ia te whakaeke whakaora ora e tino hiahiatia ana e ia. Engari ahakoa i whakatauhia e ia te whakarereketanga o te ora ki te neke mai i Johnson City, Tennessee, ki Houston, Texas, kia tata atu ki a Dr Younan Nowzaradan, i kaha a Joe ki te whakaheke i te taumaha e tika ana - a i kaha ki te whiwhi 15 pauna atu i roto i te marama kotahi noa iho. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kāore he tūmanako: Ka kitea a Joe Wexler, 31, e karanga ana i tētahi waka hohoro i muri i tana hinganga i tōna kāinga i Johnson City, Tennessee. Te mahi ā-rōpū: He maha ngā kaimahi o te hōhipera i hiki i a Joe i te papa ki te kawe i a ia ki te hōhipera. 'Kei te riri ahau ki ahau,' ka mea a Joe me te tangi. 'Ehara i te mea kāore au i ngaro, engari kua riro mai i ahau. He tino mataku ahau.' I a ia e whakatau ana, i ngana a Tākuta Nowzaradan ki te whakatika i te pikinga taumaha o tana tūroro - heoi anō ka haere tonu a Joe ki te whakatakoto take mō tana kore whai i ngā whakahau. I whakapae ia i te huarahi i te wa e neke ana ki Houston, me te kii kua akina ia ki te kai kai tere i nga toa ngawari me nga waahi okiokinga. I whakapae a Joe e rua nga hīkoi heihei tunu i ia ra, engari i ki atu a Tākuta Nowzaradan he kore noa iho ōna kerēme. 'Kei te whakakahore tonu a Joe mo te nui o tana kai,' i whakamarama a Dr Nowzaradan. 'Kei te kai tonu ia i te nui, mehemea ehara i te nui ake.' I kī atu ia ki tana tūroro kei runga ia i te 'wā kua tangohia' me te 'kore e taea te whakahaere'. 'I tēnei tere, he pātai ia rā mēnā ka ora ia,' i kī a Tākuta Nowzaradan. 'Ka taea e ngā mea maha te [riro] hei...
I korerotia ki a Joe Wexler me ngaro ia i te 150 pauna mēnā e hiahia ana ia ki te whai i te tukanga i runga i te wāhanga o te pō o inanahi o My 600-pound Life. Ko te 31-tau-tau me tana whaea a Robin i neke mai i Johnson City, Tennessee, ki Houston, Texas, kia tata ai ki tana tohunga whakaheke taumaha. Whai muri i te tohutohu kia ngaro te taumaha, ka piki ake a Joe i te 15 pauna. Ko ngā raruraru o Joe ki te kai ā-hinengaro e herea ana ki te whakakahoretanga a tōna pāpā ki a ia i a ia e tamariki ana.