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Extreme Weight Loss: Cassie Pays it Forward

Posted on 08/01/2014 by Elizabeth in Extreme Makeover and General News

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By Ashley Thompson

 

Cassie is a 39 year old, 347 pound woman from Wisconsin. Her journey to weight loss begins 19 years prior when she gave her son up for adoption. At the time she felt she couldn't provide for him the way she wanted to but the guilt she harbored for two decades is what caused her to become a hermit and pack on the pounds. Another set back to her personal growth is her husband. He is unsupportive and unfaithful, causing severe insecurities. And since Cassie works from home, she hasn't really left her house in over 3 years. Thanks to Chris and Heidi Powell, along with Rocco Dispirito and former Green Bay Packer Donald Driver, Cassie has a chance to overcome her guilt and become a new woman.

 

The first thing Chris asks Heidi to do is to join him and his wife in Colorado for three months to kick start her journey. At the end of this time he wants Cassie to be down 101 pounds. Midway through her time in Colorado she loses her drive and threatens to quit. Thanks to Heidi, Cassie decides to stay. Unfortunately she doesn't meet her Phase I goal but is eager to continue to the next phase.

 

When Cassie returns home she gets the opportunity to meet the son she gave up for adoption. She was reluctant to reach out to him before because she felt that he would be ashamed to k now her as his biological mother. But even though that was a momentous occasion, she also realizes just how unsupportive her husband is. He has not made the changes he promised to her before she left and is has not prepared their home for her return. She is faced with the decision to stay with him or divorce. But either way, it is effecting her weight loss. Chris decides to give their marriage the ultimate test by sending them to Hawaii for her 6 month weigh in and milestone. When Chris asks Cassie to caddy for her husband (a golf pro), it's a test to see how Ryan handles being responsible for the emotional weight in their partnership. Cassie is forced to wear a 115 pound vest plus carrying Ryan's golf clubs on each hole. If Ryan performs well weights can slowly be removed. It's obvious to see that Cassie has carried the weight of their marriage, emotionally and financially, for 17 years. But through the challenge they learned so much from each other and vow to make some changes. Once again Cassie fails to meet another phase goal.

 

At her 9 month weigh in Cassie is 5 pounds short of her goal of weight in the hundreds. BUT, she is eligible for skin removal surgery. She declines, however, and opts to reevaluate after she is closer to her goal... which is 173, the weight she was when she gave birth to her son. And at the final weigh in she has finally hit her mark, and then some. Cassie has lost a total of 176 pounds, and is down to 171 pounds... 2 pounds of guilt and sadness gone because now she can move on from what has been haunting her.

 

To pay it forward she gives the one week bootcamp to her best friend.

 

Photo courtesy of ABC


  


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