article_snippet.sent: and Ms Rachdi hit rock bottom: virtually housebound and in constant pain
article_snippet.sent: , Ms Rachdi was ashamed of Ms Rachdi enormous 46st (657lb) frame.
article_snippet.sent: Despite Amber hefty frame, Ms Rachdi says Ms Rachdi has always eaten healthily - and puts the excess pounds to eating more healthy food than Ms Rachdi should.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Rachdi also says Ms Rachdi used food to control feelings of anxiety and to deal with Ms Rachdi fear of failure but says all the comfort eating just made things worse in the end. '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Rachdi, pictured with parents Patty and Abe, said Ms Rachdi used food to deal with anxiety .
article_snippet.sent: Deadly: Ms Rachdi had become so heavy, Ms Rachdi was warned that Ms Rachdi risked dying by the age of 30 . '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Rachdi has been supported throughout by Ms Rachdi boyfriend Rowdy who also moved to Houston .
article_snippet.sent: The turning point came when the Rachdi family relocated to Houston in Texas to be closer to bariatric specialist, Dr Younan Nowzaradan.
article_snippet.sent: But with another 9st to go, there is still a long way to go before Ms Rachdi becomes
article_snippet.sent: the 'successful, independent woman' Ms Rachdi wants to be.
article_snippet.sent: I'm now able to shop for Ms Rachdi,' beams the 24-year-old who has also learned to drive. '
article_snippet.sent: Now the world is open to Ms Rachdi.
highlights_snippet.sent: Ms Rachdi appears on My 600lb Life, Thursday at  9pm on TLC .