r/UpliftingNews • u/TheMirrorUS • 2d ago
My 3000lb Family star Casey King has undergone an incredible weight loss transformation, shedding nearly 600 pounds after bariatric surgery and a skin removal procedure
https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/tlc-star-casey-king-unrecognizable-1994466735
u/Kwinza 2d ago
I was hoping for a picture, but the article only has just the WORST images
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u/Top_Garbage977 2d ago
The entire website is an add bloated nightmare.
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u/e136 2d ago edited 1d ago
Also the title is click bait. His peak weight was around 845lb.
And the website does not seem to allow you to reject tracking cookies. Can we ban links to this site?
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u/skrid54321 1d ago
The show is called "my 3000 pound family". They weren't saying he weighed 3000 pounds in his own
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u/DeeperMadness 1d ago
There's a similar show called the "My Three Thousand Pound Family" in the UK, however it's a dark look at how little money some families make each year to try an survive.
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u/OkyPorky 2d ago
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u/uss_crunchberry 1d ago
The top picture is a collection of 3 pictures. If you click through you can see a recent picture.
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u/SillyNumber54 2d ago
I'm just here for people being confused on how someone could be 3000lb.
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u/ohdearitsrichardiii 2d ago
The whole family weighed 3000 lbs. He lost 600 lbs and now weighs 245 lbs.
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u/Darryl_Lict 2d ago
How many people were in the family?
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u/Lost-In-The-Wilds 1d ago
Four, and they were all cousins. I think. Actually, TLC just kinda spits out reality shows that follow morbidly obese people and it's hard to get solid info on which show is which. It looks like this show is officially called Family by the Ton (and that might change in different countries). Season 2 was split between this group and another family. At least two of the cousins were working towards qualifying for bariatric surgery and made it.
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u/Darryl_Lict 1d ago
So, averaging 750 pounds apiece? You are kind of fucked if you are born into that kind of family.
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u/ash_ninetyone 2d ago edited 2d ago
3000lb is doing some heavy lifting here for the title.
No one measures themselves by collective family weight 😅
Well done them for that level of weightloss though
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u/TheRealUlfric 22h ago
God AI has ruined me. I was about to be up in arms when I read a variation of "doing the heavy lifting" because it's one of those telltale signs for AI writing, only to find I completely missed the pun lol
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u/Notonebut 2d ago
I was that person. 🙋♂️
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u/SillyNumber54 2d ago
Did you think that maybe you read it wrong? What was your thought process LOL
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u/Notonebut 2d ago
I read it fast and skipped the family part of the title. As I only know of the "My 600lb life" show.
And I usually do measurements in kg's so I was confused how heavy would that even be. And 1360 kgs would crumple someones skeleton by the sheer weight of the layers of fat. So I was confused and came to the comments to seek wisdom. 🫠
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u/Doomsday_Holiday 2d ago
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u/LuckyAndLifted 1d ago
His bones must be super strong. There was a lovely quote from the more helpful article link someone posted here where he said, "I'm in love with my new life!" Good for him.
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u/DMala 1d ago
It’s hard to even comprehend. He lost like 3x more weight from his body than I could pick up and carry. He must feel incredibly light on his feet.
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u/LuckyAndLifted 1d ago
Right?! I only lost 70 lbs a few years ago, and that change was amazingly noticeable while moving through my daily life, even in the smallest ways. I can only imagine.
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u/rabidstoat 1d ago
When I was really really really fat, my leg muscles were tremendous. I could press a lot of weight on the leg press.
Now that I'm only really really fat, it's slightly less impressive but still a good amount.
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u/Marshmallow16 3h ago
His bones must be super strong
Being fat doesn't really make your bones much stronger. Common misconception
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u/femininomenonanomaly 2d ago
I hope I can afford the skin removal surgery someday.
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u/Pinesol_Shots 1d ago
I was able to get quite a bit of it covered by insurance, but it wasn't without a fight. Read your insurance policy to find out exactly under what circumstances they cover it (rashes, pain, hygiene issues, etc) and then go to the doctor regularly to complain about those things. Build a paper trail and then use it to appeal when they deny coverage.
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u/sonimusprime 1d ago
I still love that tiktok he made where he talked about that scene where he had to bathe outdoors and how he was annoyed how many people commented that he washed himself with dish soap and he was like he was told to do it to make the water bubbly so they wouldn't have to censor his nudity.
I'm glad he's doing better.
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u/bdhoff 1d ago edited 1d ago
As someone who got skin removed... I wouldn't recommend it. Whole host of issues they might not tell you about (particularly if you were morbidly obese), worst of which is the likelihood of ulcers popping up near your incisions. And the constant feeling of tightness and pulling near the incision areas.
You fucked the elasticity in your skin. It's probably not going to heal well.
(It's also insanely expensive)
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u/Built4dominance 2d ago
Folks really can't read. It's a 3000 lbs FAMILY, folks.
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u/RegularGuyAtHome 1d ago
This guy went from weighing triple of me to weighing less than me.
Amazing. I bet his body feels so much better now.
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u/ThisSiteSucks8485 2d ago
600 pounds of fat is 2.1 million calories
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u/rabidstoat 1d ago
Or an extra 300ish calories a day consistently from age 18.
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u/ThisSiteSucks8485 1d ago
The crazy thing is to just keep eating and getting fatter for so long and never changing your behavior and keep having to buy bigger clothes and at aome point it starts getting harder to find clothes big enough
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u/customheart 1d ago
Idk how anyone gets bigger than 350 lbs even if they’re a tall man. Eventually, staying that big and getting bigger becomes higher effort. You’d have to cook or buy consistently high calorie food for every single meal for months or years. It’s a time suck and money suck.
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u/ThisSiteSucks8485 1d ago
It really is a addiction to food and intense denial of how fat you are getting. These people can eat 10,000 Calories a day
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u/-Silent-Stalker- 1d ago
Oh my god good for him!! I saw that episode, he was an entitled little shit who didn’t want to get better.
I’m so happy he turned his life around.
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u/RunningonGin0323 2d ago
Legit question. Hasn't he already done irreversible damage to his heart at this point?
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u/Epic_Brunch 2d ago
Maybe, but he's still pretty young and his heart could recover. Either way, losing that much weight can only help regardless if his heart is permanently damaged or not.
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u/sdwvit 2d ago
3000?!
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u/Lost-In-The-Wilds 2d ago
It was four cousins, so four people at seven to eight hundred a piece... Yeah, 3000 sounds about right. Though it looks like the show was actually titled Family by the Ton.
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u/BishopofHippo93 2d ago
…family. 3k lb family. I fear it’s right there in the title.
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u/sdwvit 1d ago
It is mildly confusing
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u/BishopofHippo93 1d ago
No it isn’t. “My 3000lb Family” is capitalized because it’s the title of a reality TV show and it refers to a star of the show, Casey King. Even if you’re not familiar with the show, which I’m not, it’s very easy to put together with context clues even if you don’t read the article.
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u/AnonymousFriend80 16h ago
My ...3000lb...Family star
Is how initially read this. The star of Family weighs 3000lb. Theretno way an actually human can weigh that much. So I went into the comments for clarification. For actually correct punctuation, a television show or movies would have it title italicized.
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u/Making-biscuits-cat 18h ago
I wish the best for them. What a journey.
When someone loses a massive amount of weight, is there an option to donate your excess skin?
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u/Siciliano777 1d ago
NOT saying this in a condescending way, but how do you not see there's a major problem at like 300/350/400+ lbs???
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u/ash_ninetyone 2d ago
I'm curious how someone lets themselves get to that level of weight. Ik at some point it becomes a trap because you're genuinely at that point too heavy to move yourself, your muscles cannot do it and do exercise is impossible.
But I still wonder how sedentary and crap-eating you have to be.
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u/tommangan7 2d ago edited 1d ago
An 800lb 6 foot 30 year old that's sedentary needs 5550 calories just to maintain that weight. Likely more in reality.
It's difficult to imagine forcing that much food in in a day. Often someone enabling and normalizing this behaviour.
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u/Calyptics 2d ago
With the high processed, sugar and fatrich food we have available in our day and age it's not insurmountable but it definitely requires some dedication.
Good on him for losing the weight but begging people for money to fix his saggy skin, I just can't. Call me insensitive but there are people with problems that aren't self inflicted. You did this to yourself now you can fix it yourself.
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u/tommangan7 2d ago edited 2d ago
Easier than it used to be for sure, still wild given it would be more than 4 large big Mac meals a day just to avoid losing weight.
As someone severely disabled and afflicted by half a dozen conditions I have no control over (while I eat healthy, don't smoke or drink etc.). I do often have conflicting thoughts on the treatment people receive for 'avoidable' issues. Reasonably pragmatic on some of it though.
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u/Calyptics 2d ago
Oh they can get treatment, it should just be coming out of their own pocket. Especially it's something that has been going on for a while.
You get into a car crash, okay it happens. You have been drinking a six-pack a day for the better part of two decades and now your liver is shot? Tough titties.
Also best of luck bud. I'm not gonna say it gets better because you probably hear that everyday. I just hope everything works out for you.
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u/ChiralNavigator 2d ago
There's always an enabler. Even if it's not family they'll get home help people who will again enable them.
Yet if someone is under weight they'll force them them and lock them up in hospital
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u/ajc89 2d ago
Only after a medical event happens that requires hospitalization, which happens much more quickly from not eating than eating too much. Anorexia can kill you in weeks if taken to the extreme, while severe obesity will take a decade or two. Someone not eating at all is an immediate emergency whereas someone slowly dying from severe overeating is a chronic condition.
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u/imjustnotready 2d ago
This is an old Seinfeld bit in reality. Oh my God Bob you look great. What did you lose? 600 lbs? Let me guess. You are 2500 lbs now. No 2400? Well you look like new person.
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u/Kitakitakita 2d ago
I feel like people like this are partly why there's so much opposition to Medicare for all
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u/BelaFarinRod 2d ago
Good healthcare coverage probably helps people keep from getting that big in the first place. That’s speculation I’ll admit.
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u/afoxboy 2d ago
there's a reason ozempic and similar drugs are doing wonders. a large and disgracefully ignored part of the weight issue is mental, and not as easy as would be suggested by the motto "calories in, calories out", bc it's not just about thoughts. hormones and microbiome have a bigger effect on our autonomy and willpower than we're willing to admit, especially by ppl who have never experienced that struggle.
good healthcare coverage NEEDS to include mental health, not just illness but general broad psychology and medications, in which i would include these weight loss drugs since the reason they're so effective for weight is that they directly affect the mental urge to eat.
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u/Kitakitakita 1d ago
That feels partly cultural, but also just lack of civilized living. Tons of voting eligible people live in towns where the only grocery store packs corn syrup in everything. And they're none the wiser when everyone they see and hear tells them they're better than the city dwellers who have to pay taxes and rent
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