{"id":654,"date":"2024-09-21T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T10:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2024-09-21T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T10:26:03","slug":"this-is-what-ashley-bratcher-from-my-600-lb-life-looks-like-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=654","title":{"rendered":"This is what Ashley Bratcher from \u201dMy 600-Lb Life\u201d looks like today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Different people cope with their stress differently. While some tend to do relaxing things such as taking long walks or chatting with friends in order to redirect their thoughts and distract their mind from their problems, others turn to destructive measures, such as overeating.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not uncommon for people to find comfort in their food, but sadly, as much as it cheers them up for some time, it has long-term negative effects on their overall health.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-655\" src=\"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/life1-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/life1-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/life1-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/life1-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/life1-1024x576-1-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>27-year-old Ashley Bratcher of Texas, who is a wife and a mother, gained excessive weight as a result of eating unhealthy food whenever she wanted to run away from the pain she felt after her mother abandoned her and her siblings when they were still very young.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIf my mother had been paying attention I think she could\u2019ve changed a lot of stuff that was going on. As the oldest one, I felt like I had to protect my brother and sister because they were really little. So I let it happen to me, so it wouldn\u2019t happen to them,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<p>When she finally told herself enough is enough, Ashley weighted 725 pounds. In hopes of finding a way out of her situation, she applied for the TLC\u2019s show\u00a0<em>My 600-Lb Life<\/em>\u00a0and got in touch with one of the best weight loss surgeons there are, Dr. Younan Nowzaradan, who has helped hundreds of people gain control over their eating habits and their lives.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\" data-ezoic-video-excluded=\"1\"><\/span><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-boreddaddy_com-medrectangle-4-0\" class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-adl\" data-google-query-id=\"CLe6p4Dp04gDFVWR_QcdKE488Q\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-656\" src=\"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/uebn12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/uebn12.jpg 634w, https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/uebn12-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Different people cope with their stress differently. While some tend to do relaxing things such as taking long walks or chatting with friends in order to redirect their thoughts and distract their mind from their problems, others turn to destructive measures, such as overeating. It\u2019s not uncommon for people to find comfort in their food, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":657,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}