article_snippet: Feeling helpless: the 42-year-old mom weighed 570lbs when the 42-year-old mom started the show and was unable to care for the 42-year-old mom . '
article_snippet: her noted that her 'used to feel beautiful' before her lost control of her life.
article_snippet: Although her had grown up thin, her started to rapidly gain weight after her mother forced her to give up her first child, a baby girl, after her got pregnant when her was just 14 years old. '
article_snippet: her continued: 'I turned to food for comfort, and that's when I started gaining the weight.'
article_snippet: her couldn't believe that her let her weight spiral to 570lbs .
article_snippet: Seeking solace: After her mom forced her to give her baby girl up for adoption, her went from being thin (left) to rapidly gaining weight (right) because her turned to food during her time of grief .
article_snippet: In addition to following her diet and becoming more active, her started seeing a therapist to learn why her is 'sad all of the time'.
article_snippet: her therapist helped her realize that her had no choice and her can't keep blaming her what happened in the past.
article_snippet: At 261lbs, as weight her hasn't seen since high school, her is now contributing around the house, spending quality time with her son and for the first time in years, her has even gone shopping for new clothes. '