'My 600-lb Life': drugs drive Kirstin Perez to bariatric surgery weight loss

This Lenten season, here are some thoughts on food addiction and what it means to truly give something up. The path to obesity was scary enough for Kirstin Perez. But what drove her to bariatric surgery on "My 600-lb Life" is the real horror story. Season five asks: can gastric bypass surgery and weight loss steer a 600-lb 38-year-old away from a head-on collision with death? Dr. Younan Nowzaradan believes it can, but only Perez can say for sure.   'My 600-lb Life': drugs drive Kirstin Perez to bariatric surgery weight loss