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'My 600-lb Life' Season 9: Release date, plot, cast, trailer and all you need to know about TLC's show

Featuring obese people, the show revolves around the extremely emotional and physical journeys they go through in order to lose weight

TLC is bringing back one of the most popular shows on the network, 'My 600-lb Life', to ring in the new year. Season 8 of the show aired on January 8, 2020, and Season 9 is returning to close off the year with a bang and will continue showcasing the journeys of insanely obese people and their weight loss journeys. Their path is laced with their addiction to food which is hard to let go and the ups and downs in their personal relationships too take a toll on them, setting them back.

The show does a great job of respectfully presenting the journeys of these people and audiences have struck a connection with most of the cast, especially Erica Wall who featured on Episode 5 of Season 8 that aired on April 22, 2020. Erica had led a life full of tragedies, including being fat-shamed by her father, being raped, losing her mom and not being able to go to the hospital to say her final goodbye, and having broken up with her boyfriend Jimmy. A whole new season is ready to premiere and here's all you need to know about it. 

Release date

'My 600-lb Life' Season 9 will premiere on December 30. A new episode will air every Wednesday between 8 and 10 pm ET only on TLC. 

Plot

'MY 600-lb Life' follows the journeys of extremely obese people as they fight to save their own lives by making the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery. Chronicling lifelong hardships with addiction and the inevitable impact their condition has on their closest relationships, each episode gives an inside look at the extreme emotional and physical journeys each person must undergo to qualify for life-saving surgery with Dr Nowzaradan, according to TLC's press release. 

Cast

Each season of this show comes with a whole new cast. Each episode is dedicated to a different individual weighing 600 pounds or more. Each of them has a complicated relationship with their family as well as food and their journey to lose weight is full of complications, which they're seen powering through.

Creators 

'My 600-lb Life' is produced for TLC by Megalomedia.

Trailer

There's no trailer yet for Season 9 of 'My 600-lb Life'. Bookmark this article and check closer to the release date for further updates. 

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