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13 Episodes 2015 - 2015
Episode 1
Tue, May 26, 2015 45 mins
Season 5 opens with twin brothers, former high-school basketball players who each weigh almost 400 pounds. They're also L.A. Lakers fans, and get to meet Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash; and play two-on-two against Byron Scott and James Worthy at their six-month milestone.
Episode 2
Tue, Jun 2, 2015 45 mins
A 399-pound gay firefighter wants to change his life; and a 331-pound former college hoops player hopes to lose weight and find the man of her dreams.
Episode 3
Tue, Jun 23, 2015 45 mins
A New Orleans couple that has gained a combined 150 pounds during their four-year courtship is helped. He hopes to gain the confidence to ask for her hand in marriage; and she hopes to find the confidence to say yes. They spend three months together at weight-loss boot camp, but then are (unexpectedly) separated for three months while they reach their individual goal weights, unable to see one another until their wedding day.
Episode 4
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 45 mins
A couple postpones their wedding so that they can lose weight. Their goal: to be able to wrap their arms around each other for their first dance.
Episode 5
Tue, Jul 7, 2015 45 mins
A quirky couple who met via online dating, and share a love of food, hope to shed weight, marry and enjoy a healthy life together.
Episode 6
Tue, Jul 14, 2015 45 mins
A 342-pound woman whose husband has a terminal illness hopes to become healthy for their two children.
Episode 7
Tue, Jul 21, 2015 120 mins
A single mother with a penchant for pearls reaches out for help after battling with eating disorders and failed dieting attempts have left her frustrated.
Episode 8
Tue, Jul 28, 2015 60 mins
A former dancer who turned to food for emotional support strives to shed her excess weight; and is given the chance to choreograph a dance routine for hip-hop star Ne-Yo.
Episode 9
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 45 mins
A 531-pound former pro football player and Army veteran strives to shed his excess weight prior to meeting the son he never knew he had; and a 313-pound camp counselor hopes to lose his excess weight, too.
Episode 10
Tue, Aug 18, 2015 45 mins
A 262-pound, 53-year-old woman who is also a hoarder is helped.
Episode 11
Tue, Aug 25, 2015 45 mins
A one-time fit athlete, who added more than 100 pounds after her baby suffered brain damage from Shaken Baby Syndrome, hopes to lose her excess weight and, also, gather the strength to forgive the nanny who forever changed her and her child's lives.
Episode 12
Tue, Sep 1, 2015 45 mins
An up-and-coming fashion designer, who feels she's not taken seriously because of her weight, hopes to go from being a behind-the-scenes, 279-pound seamstress to a slim runway model.
Episode 13
Tue, Sep 8, 2015 45 mins
In the Season 5 finale, a 310-pound woman strives to lose weight after doctors inform her that she's too heavy to have children.