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Extreme Weight Loss

  • 2011-2016
  • 6 seasons
  • ABC
  • Reality
  • TV-PG

Eight extremely obese people set out to change their lives to healthily shed nearly half their weight over the course of a year.

Season 5 Episode Guide

13 Episodes 2015

Episode 1

Robert and Raymond

Tue, May 26, 2015 85 mins

In the season premiere, it's an inspiring story of not one, but two amazing transformations on the hit show. Chris and Heidi Powell return as the transformation specialists and trainers for EWL, plus NBA greats Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Byron Scott and James Worthy.

Episode 2

Josh and Kelli

Tue, Jun 2, 2015 84 mins

Josh/399 pounds (29 years old, from Omaha, NE), is a gay firefighter living in a small town. After losing his father (who was also a firefighter) in a tragic accident, he's decided to change his life. Kelli/331 pounds (26 years old, from Kansas City, MO), is a former college basketball player who went into depression after hoops ended, now, she wants to reclaim her life and find the man of her dreams.

Episode 3

Love Can't Weight: Tiffany and Cain

Tue, Jun 23, 2015 85 mins

In the current season of the hit series, "Extreme Weight Loss", there will be three special companion piece editions, "Love Can't Weight", in which hosts and trainers Chris Powell and Heidi Powell help three obese couples get in shape, both physically and emotionally, for each of their weddings. The couples spend their first three months together at boot camp, and then they are unexpectedly separated for the next three months, not able to see each other until their wedding day!

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Episode 4

Love Can't Weight: Shane and Marissa

Tue, Jun 30, 2015 85 mins

Shane and Marissa (Plant City, FL), who met in 2007 and have not been apart for more than five days. They got engaged nine months prior to being on the show, but both hate their weight gain and have decided to put their marriage on hold. They want to lose their excess weight so that they can get married and actually wrap their arms around each other for their first dance.

Episode 5

Love Can't Weight: Bryce and Amber

Tue, Jul 7, 2015

Episode 6

Jenn

Tue, Jul 14, 2015 85 mins

Jenn/342 pounds, is a wife and mother of two who has learned that her husband's illness has become terminal. Acknowledging the sad reality of his limited time, she's decided to get healthy for their kids so she can live a longer and happier life with them. Jenn always skips breakfast, a big mistake on Chris Powell's plan. Chef Rocco DiSpirito guests to take her around the grocery store and help her choose some quick and healthy breakfast options. Ultimately, Jenn will walk onto the final weigh-in stage a stronger woman than she ever thought she could be.

Episode 7

Pearls

Tue, Jul 21, 2015 85 mins

Tiffany (aka "Pearls") as a teenager suffered from eating disorders and had issues with food as she made her way into adulthood. Now a single mother of a teenager with autism, Pearls is an autism activist with an overloaded schedule that has led to bad food choices, resulting in her obesity.

Episode 8

Rachel

Tue, Jul 28, 2015 84 mins

Born with a winning spirit, Rachel began dancing at three years old. As Rachel grew older, her spirit was hampered by mixed feelings towards love, sex and religion, so she turned to food for emotional support and became obese.

Episode 9

John and Panda

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 85 mins

John/531 pounds (Baltimore, MD) is a former pro football player and Army veteran who wants to lose weight before he meets the son he never knew he had; Panda/313 pounds (Grand Rapids, MI) is a camp counselor who was adopted and struggled to fit in with his American family (he's of Korean descent).

Episode 10

Mitzi

Tue, Aug 18, 2015 85 mins

Jackie put on more than 100 pounds after her newborn baby suffered Shaken Baby Syndrome at the hands of the nanny. The incident resulted in brain damage that the child still lives with 16 years later. Jackie is hoping to lose the excess weight that continues to hold her back.

Episode 11

Jackie

Tue, Aug 25, 2015 84 mins

Jackie put on more than 100 pounds after her newborn baby suffered Shaken Baby Syndrome at the hands of the nanny. The incident resulted in brain damage that the child still lives with 16 years later. Jackie is hoping to lose the excess weight that continues to hold her back.

Episode 12

Kim

Tue, Sep 1, 2015 43 mins

At 279 pounds, Kim is an up-and-coming fashion designer who doesn't feel she's taken seriously in her industry because of her weight. She hopes to go from being a behind-the-scenes seamstress to a model on the runway.

Episode 13

Hannah

Tue, Sep 8, 2015 43 mins

Hannah (Austin, TX) is a successful career woman who seemingly has it all together. But after being told by doctors that she's gotten too heavy (310 pounds) to have children, she reached out to Chris Powell to help her get healthier and lose the weight in order to complete her family.

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