TLC's hit docu-series, "My 600-lb Life" returns with its season 5 premiere on January 4^th. The series documents the heartwrenching journeys of addiction, shame, and determination of morbidly obese individuals.

The upcoming season of 14 episodes shares the powerful stories of many who are home bound or immobile, relying on care for day-to-day living, and make the courageous decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery with Dr. Younan Nowzaradan.

"The premiere episode features 29 year-old identical twin sisters Brandi, 587-lbs, and Kandi, 604-lbs, who are each other's whole support system, but enable one another at the same time. Raised in a chaotic household with alcoholic parents, the sisters quickly learned at a young age that they could only count on each other. With only food to make life better, they built an insular world sharing everything - even a bed. They care for each other - but at the same time cause one another to continue their unhealthy and deadly lifestyle, " according to a TLC press release.

The fifth season of "My 600-lb Life" premieres Wednesday, January 4^th at 8 pm ET on TLC.

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