Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition

Extreme Makeover has done it again! This time it is in the style of "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition". From the Producers 3Ball Productions (The Biggest Loser and others), comes a new look at men and women who have to lose 200 pounds or more. Contestants are put through a regimen that they are put through by Chris Powell (The 650-Pound Virgin) and given the right tools to be able to lose the weight and keep it off.

In a society of overweight people, "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" is the chance of a life time of all the 8 contestants competing to see if they can lose the weight in time to win. As each week goes by viewers can learn what techniques Chris uses to help the overweight contestants to make sure that they feel good about themselves and push toward their goals.

Episode Info

Next: 2x01 -- Tony (Jun/03/2012) [Special Runtime: 120 Min.]

Overweight for as long as he can remember, Tony attributes his nutritionally unhealthy lifestyle and food addiction to an unstable family life throughout his childhood. He had worked in food service management most of his career, but quit when he decided his weight had gotten out of control. Now, at 49 years of age, Tony's weight is teetering on the 400 lb. mark, causing him to be jobless and threatening his future with his fiancée. Without the help of transformational specialist, trainer and bestselling author Chris Powell, Tony fears he will never get his weight and food addiction under control. At the start of his year-long transformation, he learns from Dr. Terry Schaack at the California Health and Longevity Institute that, since he carries the majority of his fat on his abdomen, he is at high risk for a variety of cardiovascular complications. With Tony's health at stake, Chris works with him to undo all of the years of unhealthy living that led up to this point. But the road to health is rougher than Chris had anticipated for his client: During his 12-month journey, Tony faces homelessness, the unexpected death of a beloved family member and a change in his engagement, all while taking on the race of his life to regain his health before his 50th birthday.

Prev: 1x08 -- Krista (Jul/25/2011)

Trainer and transformation specialist Chris Powell takes one of his toughest clients, Krista from Haslett, Texas, through an unforgiving weight loss journey, pushing her to conquer her weight despite her efforts to push away his help. A 34-year-old married mother of one, Krista had it all, until a fateful day in 2006 when she discovered her then two-year-old daughter had suffered a seizure. Everything in Krista's world changed at that point, including her weight. Now, at the morbid weight of 445 pounds, Krista knows that if she doesn't get help immediately, she could lose her life, and her daughter could lose her mother and greatest advocate.