Extreme Weight Loss

- Season 1

(2011)

Trainer and transformation specialist Chris Powell takes on proverbial over-achiever Rachel, who has been able to accomplish nearly everything she has set out to do so far in her young life -- except the one goal that eludes her, to lose weight. At only 21 years old, Rachel weighs nearly 400 pounds. While living at home surrounded by her fit siblings, she feels she's the "elephant in the room." As a result, she believes she can never make her parents truly proud, until she loses weight. However, Rachel soon learns she will get the opportunity of a lifetime when Chris ...

Growing up, 23-year-old Alex was always overweight, but he had an ideal childhood with loving parents and brothers who all enjoyed going to baseball games together. However, at the age of 18, tragedy struck when his mom was diagnosed with cancer. With their days together dwindling, Alex made a promise to his mother that he would get healthy and lose the weight. Now at a dangerous 459 pounds and clearly struggling to uphold that promise, Alex requests help in a desperate attempt to save his own life and make his mother proud.

Dana, a 45 year-old bachelor from Franklin, Tennessee who has masked his emotional pain with food for over three decades, weighs in at 498 pounds. When trainer and transformation specialist Chris Powell surprises Dana at his water aerobics class, Dana is overcome with joy at the chance to reclaim his life. Once his weight loss journey begins, he starts to see changes in his life as well as his waistline. But when the progress mysteriously stops, Chris has an intense and emotional confrontation with Dana that leads to a revelation.

Chris helps a 25-year-old former football player lose weight.

A young woman works to lose weight.

Chris tries to help a 26-year-old husband and father.

Chris helps a woman who cares for her 2 young children and sick husband.

Chris helps a 445-pound married mother turn her life around!