The Truth About My 600-Lb. Life's Carrie

As the official synopsis for Carrie Johnson's episode of My 600-Lb. Life shares, part of Carrie's struggle was her relationship with her husband, Chris. As we see, Chris tends to all of Carrie's needs, helping her to get ready for the day (Carrie holds a steady office job), preparing meals. Chris is devoted but does admit at one point, "Sometimes I feel more like a caregiver than a husband" (via Heavy). Carrie voices her fear that Chris will one day leave. "One day he could just walk out and that scares me to death," she says. But Carrie also knows that her weight loss will lead to more independence, and with that there is the hope that her relationship with Chris can also get back to what it once was: husband and wife vs. caregiver and patient.

As we learn, Carrie weighed about 400 pounds at the age of 18. She then lost her father, dropped out of college, got into an abusive relationship, and lost a child from miscarriage. Carrie turned to food as a coping mechanism, which is why Dr. Now knew that she had to speak with a counselor, too, in conjunction with her commitment to lose weight. When she first met Dr. Now, Carrie weighed 602 pounds, and he explained that she would have to lose 60 pounds in order to qualify for the surgery. Carrie spoke about not wanting to disappoint Now in her early follow-up, but feared that she would when she only managed to lose 12 pounds after three months (per Distractify).