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Extreme Weight Loss: Ty and Charita

Posted on 05/28/2014 by Elizabeth in Extreme Makeover and General News

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By Ashley Thompson

 

Ty is a 19 year old 480 lb baseball player who currently holds his high school all time home run record. He can hit 550ft home runs, but he can't run to home. Chris' goal for Ty is to lose 130 lbs in 3 months at bootcamp. Goodbye pansy 1 week LA bootcamps.

 

Sports marketing agent Brian is out of Chicago and has a contract for Ty if he loses the weight. After sitting down with him and Chris, Ty agrees to meet Brian in AZ to begin training after a month visit home to Oklahoma. At his 90 day weight-in he is down 129 lbs... missed his goal by only 1 pound. His Phase II goal is to lose 60 more pounds.

 

MLB player Josh Hamilton surprises Ty in Oklahoma and takes him out to the batting cages for some one on one time. One was a drug addict, the other a food addict. Their common ground may just light that bulb for Ty. But Chris reveals that after doing extensive research, agent Brian is a fraud. He has been charged with forgery and theft amongst other things. Ty is understandably crushed and ready to quit. Is he the one to make Weight Loss history and quit? Yes! He reveals to Chris and Heidi that he wants to go home and be a normal 20 year old college student. Baseball is no longer on the table for him.

 

Ty eventually reaches out to Chris and Heidi and at their meeting he reveals that while at home he put 40 lbs back on within the first month. With only 3 months left, the only remaining option is to move in with Chris and Heidi so they can help him reach his goal of 299 lbs. But he doesn't want to leave Oklahoma. Another opportunity missed.

 

Charita is a 32 year old hair stylist weighing in at 310 lbs and believes high school cheerleading were her glory days. But when she became pregnant at 19 and unmarried, she had a tough decision to make. Coming from a devout Christian family and worried about their high expectations, she and her then boyfriend/now husband decided to get an abortion. Because of familial pressures, Charita hid the abortion then found food for comfort. She now wants to be an active and involved mother to her three sons but the weight is keeping her from it.

 

Chris' goal for her is 85 lbs in 90 days.

 

Chef Rocco Dispirito is recruited to work with Charita on her nutrition, which appears to be her biggest weakness... apparent at her 90 day weigh-in where instead of 85 lbs lost, she is only 75 lbs down. Her Phase II goal is 40 more pounds.

 

Thanks to Chris and Heidi, Charita is now a certified Zumba instructor. She can work out AND provide for her family. At her 6 month weigh-in she is down to 203 pounds... not quite her goal. Her Phase III goal is to get down to skin removal surgery weight. But her umph is fading fast. So Chris and Heidi bring her to Arizona to fix the gap in her teeth (it was bothering her, not them), to boost her confidence a little more. Plus she gets a surprise visit to the recording studio to meet her favorite group TGT (Tyrese, Genuine, and Tank).

 

At her 9 month weigh-in Charita is down to 186 lbs! That's enough to get her into a consultation for skin removal surgery. Unfortunately the surgeon doesn't believe her 124 pound weight loss is enough, she needs to be down to 165 to qualify. Charita has other plans, she believes she will reach her goal and then some. And she delivers! At her 365 day weigh-in she is at 160! Congratulations, Charita!

 

Photo courtesy of ABC


  


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