About this season
Extreme Weight Loss is a television program from ABC in which individuals volunteer to receive training and lifestyle changes from trainer Chris Powell. The show is slightly based on the original concept of Extreme Makeover, where individuals receive life-changing makeovers. The exception is that this show focuses primarily on participants losing massive amounts of weight over one year and receiving plastic surgery to remove the excess skin from their transformations.
Episodes (8)
1. Rachel
Aired 30 May 2011
An ambitious 21-year-old woman who weighs nearly 400 pounds embarks on a one-year challenge in hope of losing weight.
2. Alex
Aired 6 June 2011
A 23-year-old man tries to fulfill a promise he made to his late mother to lose weight and lead a healthier life.
3. Dana
Aired 13 June 2011
45-year-old bachelor Dana tries to lose weight and reclaim his life.
4. James
Aired 20 June 2011
Weighing in at 651 pounds, James, a 25-year-old former football player from Fort Worth, Texas, becomes the most obese person trainer and transformation specialist Chris Powell has ever worked with. James must lose 150 pounds to stay on track in the first of his four, three-month phases of weight loss.
5. LaRhonda
Aired 27 June 2011
A young woman works to lose weight and in the process must face the secret that lead to her becoming obese
6. Wally
Aired 11 July 2011
Wally, 26, a young father who weighs 490 pounds and whose wife is uncertain if her husband will be around to see their daughter grow up.
7. Staci
Aired 18 July 2011
Staci, 30, a 456-pound married mom caring for her husband and their two young children, while doing her best to keep a positive outlook.
8. Krista
Aired 25 July 2011
Krista, 34, a devoted mother whose care for her developmentally-disabled daughter has taken a tremendous toll on her 445-pound body.