The Weight-Loss YouTuber Who Became Morbidly Obese 

She's the embodiment of "if I don't see the problem, then it doesn't exist" meaning "if I don't look at the scale, I won't gain weight"

I was 522 pounds at my heaviest, I’m also 6”4, I could only imagine being shorter with that much weight on me. I’m now currently 240 pounds and very proud that I’m half the man I used to be. I hope she ends up finding the motivation to actually turn her life around.

For those who don't know her: DON'T PITY HER! Don't feel bad for her. She accused her ex of the Rword, neglected her pets, MONETIZE her ADDICTION, and much more.

She has 100% a binge eating disorder. Constantly going between crash dieting, then binging, then crash dieting, and then being stuck in a negative feedback loop. Eating her emotions 100% and then very narcissistic , refusing to accept her mistakes. She needs psychiatric help, no question about this. Gastric bypass will not help unless she deals with her psychological problems. I really hope she gets proper help. Cancer will only delay her problems being resolved.

What's infuriating about this is that she had dozens of opportunities and had so much access to numerous resources regarding weight loss and health. Yet, she chose to waste them every single time!

I started at 330lbs and I started dieting last year, I lost 30 lbs that year with some exercise. On the first I said I was done, tired of being fat and gave up everything but fruit, vegitables, and chicken. I joined planet fitness, work out 3 to 4 tomes a week with a 2 mile run and crunches, lifting, etc. I have lost 30 lbs in 3 months! 1 year vs 3 months, absolutely insane. 270 lbs, going for 200.

Honestly the problem people have isn't even with her weight, it's with her personality. I've been following her for quite some time now and she is the embodiment of victimization. Everyone is at faul but her. And she trolls on purpose to get a rise out of people but then cries when her community isn't positive. Argh! So infuriating!

any parent that lets their child get to 290 pounds needs to be questioned lol. that’s insane.

12.8 pounds in a week and 6000+ calories a day is actually insane

People like Nickocado Avocado and this woman are the reason why I went from 210 lbs to 137.5lbs in 5 months

She's the type of person who make a detailed plan about something and then abandon it for like a bag of chips and wonder where did everything go wrong

290 pounds/131kg at 11?!?! That should be considered straight child abuse.

Update for anyone not in the amberverse, she didn’t get approved for weight loss surgery in 2023 and the doctors want her to go a year without bingeing. She’s obviously not saying everything but that’s where we are currently lol

Spoiler alert: the nutritionist didn’t approve her for surgery because she alleges that she has been diagnosed multiple times with Binge Eating Disorder. She has to go a full year without bingeing until they will consider her for surgery and if she binges, the year of not bingeing starts again at 0 Update: now she is saying she doesn’t have binge eating disorder and has a food addiction (and that the many times of her saying she had binge eating disorder and had been diagnosed with BED were exaggerated) and is trying to get the nutritionist and her supervisor (a psychologist) to speak to the surgeon about her case as she feels she has food addiction rather than BED now that she ‘understands’ it better… basically people think she just says whatever suits her narrative e.g. she claimed in multiple videos that she couldn’t lose weight because she had a mental illness (BED) and that people who called her out about it were ‘haters’ and ‘fat phobic’ and ‘mental illness shaming’

Just in case ya'll aren't aware: -She claims weight loss surgery is expensive, but spends an average of $3k per MONTH on takeout alone. She admitted this herself. She has a shopping addiction as well, spending thousands a month on hauls for her and her current in-house gf. -Amber just recently had been told by weight loss professionals that it would take about a year of progress for her to receive weight loss surgery. She just uploaded a video a few days ago having a tantrum upon hearing this, not understanding why she wouldn't be approved for an instant life-changing procedure, saying she didn't even have "binge eating" disorder. Essentially, she thought she'd manipulate doctors into believing she doesn't have an eating problem, but alas did not. Now she knows there is no avoiding effort, which she will never give. Though this video is a good intro into her weight struggle, a lot of Amber's personal life is not covered, like her abuse to her recent ex-girlfriend, Becky. Becky would feed her, drive her around, and even bathe Amber in bed for over a year. Despite everything, Amber never appreciated anything which led to their breakup. Amber still talks trash about Becky to this day. She's not a great person! EDIT: Here’s a 40 second clip of how she talked to poor Becky, so terrible! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3CeNSp_3edE.html

Consistently gaining a few pounds a week is actually horrifying.

I'm happy you're finally talking about this girl. She's the epitome of all talk no action.

OMG I actually remember this story! This was so ridiculous! The various excuses, the donated money, she was never intent on losing weight, not when she was making money off this "journey"

I find it ironic that her viewers are the ones losing weight not her. She's finding the weight people are losing.

299 at 11 years old? Oh my god this makes me furious at her parents.

Her: - doesn't want to eat healthy - doesn't want to exercise - doesn't want to watch calories - wants to binge eat Also her: I gAinEd wEigHt? hOwWw???

As a personal trainer, I very rarely take on clients like her, its not that I don't want to but their mental state makes it close to impossible to help them reach their goal. I've had clients had success but it was unimaginably tough on them. Getting rid of excess fat isn't the issue, it's the mindset.

This is a huge issue with positive reinforcement for "stating a goal", rather than "achieving a goal". People commenting, "You go girl! Good job!" when they only state their goal, rather than actually doing anything, they get all the positive rewards, without doing any of the work. It's a horrible cycle.

It’s honestly so impressive how fast she gains weight like 11 pounds in a week or 2!? Literally insane

As a european i cant thank you enough for including kg! It makes video soooooo easier to watch.

11 years old and she weighed 300 pounds? That's honestly insane wtf.

It's fucking wild how she started at nearly the exact same weight i was. When i decided to crack down and start dieting I was 367. A full year later and im down to 298. And its not like i stopped eating what i used to, I just ate less. So all in all l, this is definitely possible she just didn't do it. Edit: down to 287, lowest ive been in nearly a decade.

This is the embodiment of stop talking to social media and start talking to a therapist.

The fact that she didn't want to contact a weight loss doctor sooner was the idea that loosing weight might decrease her views is pretty telling how much she valued her health at that point

As much as this is sad to watch someone make a commitment, never do anything about it, and give up entirely, this should be a very important lesson on what not to do for anyone trying to achieve weight loss

This video hits home for me. Unfortunately, a lot of the negative and selfish behaviors this girl displays in the video, I see in myself. I’ve been struggling with a porn addiction and weight gain for the last few years, and much of the excuses she’s made in the video I feel like I’ve made for myself, like setting goals then not working towards them, making excuses, blaming others, and so on. Two years ago I was 215. Now I’m 285. Most of the weight gain happened in less than a year. Im really grateful that I was able to see this video, because it opened my eyes to the fact that I’m no different than she is. I’ve had similar problems and have acted in a similar way. I really hope that I can take action and change myself for the better in 2024.

I’m so glad you finally covered her as not as many people in the commentary community talk about her enough and how problematic she has made herself. She’s the definition and poster child of the word “pity party” when she has no one to blame but herself. Edit: When I said not as many people in the commentary community talk about her, I meant people outside of the reaction channel community who base their channels solely on people like her. But I understand where some of you guys are coming from.

I was 235 at 5’6 when I was 16 years old. I had no confidence and was in a pretty shit “friendship” so I had to change something, I started to try to look at myself in a different way. I forced myself to gain confidence by going to the gym by my own account (I went with my dad first because I was nervous) and now I’m at 189 after 2 years. I feel like a million bucks and I’m still losing weight. Sorry for the paragraph thanks to anyone who read. Edit: Wow, thank you guys for the likes and congrats, that gives me more motivation to keep going. Thank you all. My god, I don’t know what to say, I’m literally in class right now and I see this amount of praise and motivation in front of my eyes by people I’ve never met. For real, thank you all. I keep going on my journey now by joining into the Marine Corps and going to my second PT today, August 7th is when I’m going to Parris Island. Again, thank you. Edit: Holy shit, so much has changed, I’m a Marine now and I haven’t seen this comment in forever and the positivity is in this comment section is incredible. Thank you all, Semper Fi.

i remember she'd always sign up for a personal health trainer but quit on them bc they were giving her very low calories and her excuse to this was "I'm a big girl, i need more calories"

The fact that a person, not only lacking self-discipline but also having that lack as the VERY CAUSE for basicslly being immobile and needing a full-time caretaker, is still able to enter MULTIPLE relationships, should be a major encouragement to those who fear they'll never be able to get in a relationship.

I'm not morbidly obese but I am a bit overweight and I suffer from occasional heart palpitations. This woman has made me determined to stick to my exercise routine and add to it as time goes on. Lack of will is no excuse. It's laziness.

I had this irresistible urge to get on the floor and do as many push ups as I can immediately after watching this video. And I’m not even overweight

My father almost died due to obesity (I think he was 380 lbs) and it took a near heart attack and the realization he could’ve died and leave behind his children made him lose so much weight in a short amount of time. He’s been vegan for almost 8 years now and has lost about 150 pounds. I can’t imagine what her family feels and what that fear must be like. I was like 9-10 when he almost died and it truly shocks me to this day that I could’ve lost him

As someone trying to lose weight and get back into shape (I’m around 218 lbs last time I checked) I’m absolutely just baffled at this. She didn’t try to change her diet and sacrifice certain foods, or exercise to lose the weight. And her idea of just changing which days she’ll weigh herself is just… wow. I honestly feel like I’m gonna work harder on myself now and hopefully it’ll pay off.

Oh dear. Look, at my biggest, I was 400lb. It's taken me YEARS, but I've halved it, and I'm happy. I don't know how she can be so absolutely blind to the fact that THIS. WILL. KILL. HER.

She is one of those people you can’t stand in the matter of minutes. I can’t stand people who play victim every waking minute.

The ironic thing is, she actually made some people wake up and realise, i do want to get better and lose weight because she was actively putting it on. So in some sense, she actually helped. Nothing better than constantly showing what people may end up looking like for you to make your choice.

Her wanting weight loss surgery is just a well worded way of saying she wants the success of losing weight, but doesn't want to actually do any of the work. That sentence alone is ALR in a nutshell.

She's the perfect example of "If I ignore it then it doesn't exist"

As a person actively trying to lose weight himself, dont get discouraged. If you dont lose weight after the first week thats perfectly normal, the body tends to plateau and fluctuate as it attempts to adjust to your new habits. Just keep at it and it will be worth it

I'm 11 years old and I thought me weighing 150 pounds was insane, but when she said that she was 290 pounds at 11 years old is absolutely insane!

As a follower of the Amberverse, I just _had_ to watch this. She just recently "postponed" the surgery and is at (i think) around 550lbs. She's a massive manipulator, aggressive and narcissist. This video only scratches the surface.

I was 305lbs 1 year ago, I started working out everyday and eating less but I didn't tell anyone about it. I didn't want the pressure of failing to weigh in on me so I waited til people started noticing before saying anything. It made me feel more motivated everytime someone mentioned it to me which I think was the way to do it instead of saying I was going to then not doing it

Amberlynn and Nikocado Avocado are the prime examples of how addicting internet fame can be. Literally eating themselves to deaths for updoots

As someone who is in the Amber verse, this is one of the recent events that feel like we are getting glitches in the matrix. The real issue with Amber is not that she’s afflicted to food (she is). But more than that, she’s addicted to comfort. She can never tell herself, no. It’s not even just food like she claims it is, but she’s addicted to shopping, journals, diets, clutter.She can never put herself in an uncomfortable situation, and even now that she was making a bit of progress because she was going to get weight loss surgery, as soon as she was told that she has to wait 11 more months she gave up. It’s a cycle with her. She’s unwilling to get the proper mental health she needs though.

If you want to lose weight, you should: 1. Take in fewer calories than you burn/use. Be in a calorie deficit! 2. Go on a diet! Replace sweets and snacks with fruits and vegetables! Drink energy-free soft drinks, - mineral waters! 3. Move more, exercise! But even just walking or cycling can help a lot. Be consistent in this! 4. Be in the company of people who support your weight loss! 5. If possible, do not drink (or drink only a little) alcohol! It's calorie too. But it's not good for health either. If you overdo it, your next day will be ruined. And you won't do your workout that day either. 6. Watch RU-vidrs (or any other social media persons) who inspire people to live a healthy lifestyle! 7. Be determined, decisive! If you're going slowly (or maybe there are shorter negative periods), don't give up! Find out why that was! And change it! Don't be like Amberlynn!

This hits weird strings for me. It's so sad to see an addict kill themselves. Even when they know it will absolutely kill them, they will still have no willpower to stop. that's why weight loss stories are so inspirational, because it's hard to lose weight.

She’s the living embodiment of “you became the very thing you swore to destroy”

Reading the title: “You became the very thing you swore to destroy!”

now she just needs to do the same thing nikocado did and she'd be a millionaire

The fact that someone can act so resolute and gain 300 lbs is terrifying. I absolutely see how people are using her story as motivation to lose weight themselves.

"My goal is not to go out to eat a single time in January"' Hearing that really gave me some kind of shock for some reason, I haven't gone out to eat in 3 months, and I'm not even on a weight lose journey, I guess I just never realized how much certain people go out to eat, especially people in her situation.

As someone who has struggled with weight my entire life (not obese but always overweight), I would like to offer some advice. I lost 50lbs last year and now weigh 140lbs (I am 5'8) and I have never been happier and felt healthier. The way I did this was to not think of it as a diet: don't cut out any foods that you love, just limit yourself. Think about how bad you want to be healthy and want to feel amazing about yourself and only think of that. Don't take a slip up as a massive failure, but then don't use it as an excuse to eat badly for the rest of the day. Start right now, not tomorrow not next week. 20 mins of light jogging a day with some extra muscle workouts every few days, along with a 1600 calorie a day diet was enough for me to lose about 2-3lbs a week. You don't feel like you are restricting yourself and at first, you may feel hungry but that is because your stomach has stretched. It will shrink back to normal and you will feel full after a normal portioned meal. You can do it- every pound is an amazing achievement.

It's sickening to think of the amount of food alone that you'd have to consume to get to that point...

This is an increasing problem, especially in the US. I was shocked when I saw how many of the foods I regularly see on store shelves would be straight up illegal in Europe. I know a lot of this comes down to self discipline, but a good part of it is also the food that’s available in the first place.

Holy moley! It's remarkable what the human body can handle and still function enough to stay alive. Her body is literally doing all it can to not expire. Truly incredible. Her cells are real heroes.

I was just watching this video while eating unhealthy foods and not exercising the whole day, but this story scared me. I have the same mindset as her and don't want to be like that, so I ran to a gym. I feel really bad for her but she also gave me the inspiration to better my body.

Every pound of fat is said to be 3500 calories, so 12.8 pounds in a single week is a calorie surplus of 6,400 a day. Meaning she eating close to 8000 calories a day.

It's sad seeing what happened to her. She had no discipline, no will power. As someone who seeks to lose weight, I know this, and will learn from her mistakes to achieve my weight loss. Update-She got denied for the surgery. I wonder what she will do next.

“I think I was 11 when I last weighed 290lbs” holy shit she had awful parents (Tbh still her fault for not changing this by her 20’s but man they started her off way behind everyone else)

I guess in a way she still is a weight loss RU-vidr! Imagine all the people that have motivated themselves to lose weight just be seeing her!!!!

Nickocado just lost 200 pounds🎉🎉🎉

10:34 this is a common theme with obese influencers- they think that they’ll lose viewership if they lose weight, when in reality a full weight loss transformation would explode their viewership

I weighed 75kgs last year. I weigh 92.5kg this year due to a knee issue that put me out of all forms of exercise and also excessive eating disorder and depression. Going for a knee surgery next month and started doing upper body workouts and diets. Now I'm down to 89kgs

"People are judging every move I make." No! People are judging your refusal to move at all.

Watching people like her or Nikocado Avocado are the ultimate motivator for people actually wanting to lose weight and live a healthier life. It's partially why I was able to go from 185 lbs to 160 last year.

the first rule of the internet is to never respond to your haters, let alone dedicate an entire video to them

She is the definition of “ill start my homework in an hour”

Gaining 9 lbs a week is crazy

I am personally grateful for her, since I myself had been gaining weight rapidly during the pandemic. Seeing her weight loss journey going absolutely nowhere woke me up from the illusion that there will always be opportunities in the future. Thanks, Amberlynn

i was 470lbs in october of 2021. as of yesterday i am 288. you have to find what works for you and make sacrifices. it isn’t easy but anyone can do it. edit; thanks for all the kind words under this

A large friend got gastric sleeve surgery and lost a LOT of weight but amazingly put all the weight back on and blew by his previous max. Surgery is not always an end all.

got the most ironic ad ever, a weight loss ad💀💀

Honestly as someone who’s been in the Amberverse for a WHILEEEEE, it’s a hot mess and the about of stuff that’s gone down would require multiple parts to this video, and it’s not just the weight loss: she’s an abuser (she beat her 15 year old partner when she was 18-19), she sent the rudest and I mean THE rudest voice notes to her ex’s dying mom who sadly passed away a few months after that, her food aggression is out of hand, she left her dog in pain to go to Chiles, she released her other ex’s cat Gracie because she wanted her own cat, bashed her parents for their substance abuse, lied constantly about being in group homes but also living on farms, being too poor to afford food but drank fiji water everyday, screamed at her partner for wanting yogurt instead of ice cream, blamed her now ex for not taking her to the hospital but she claimed she could do stuff herself, and the worst ones of all, allowed her partner to use multiple slurs, lashed out at her audience, and BASHED people in the nursing career for not attending to her fast enough🙁

She has put her life at risk more than Nikocado Avocado has

I went from 360lbs to 130lbs in 5 years. Not in a healthy way at all mind you, but the feeling you get when you realize, oh, I'm NOT fat, is so elating. I hope she finds help.

The irony of her just posting a video two minutes after you released this of her laying down is fantastic

she chose to get the weight loss surgery instead of controlling herself from eating 6k + calories.

For everyone struggling: i lost 25kg and i maintained myself for 2 years now. DO NOT give up, I promise you it’s so worth it BUT do not expect to see results right away. If you are consistent and keep a positive view in a few weeks or months you should be able to see OBVIOUS change. GOOD LUCK!!!

This makes me feel a hell of a lot better for myself. I'm currently in the process of losing weight and I started at 117 kilograms, and am now 108 kilograms. I feel pretty confident in myself already, as I've been able to completely change my diet and eating habits without much issue, but seeing this just makes me even more motivated to stick to it. Edit: been 3 months since I wrote this comment and I guess I'll update it: I'm down to 93 kilos now, about 24 kilos down from my starting point. It's the most weight I've ever been able to lose by a very long shot. I feel great about it 😎

I'm no skinny guy myself, I weigh 274. I've lost a lot of weight, a little bit under 25 lb. I'm very proud of that progress, And I look forward to seeing the number continue to go down. However, for this unfortunate woman here, I understand how it can be difficult. With her, Similar to my own situation, food is a comfort. A lot of people don't understand what it's like. You had a rough day, nothing went your way, you got made fun of, or maybe you were rejected or something, but then you go by yourself some food, for once, you finally got something you wanted. It's rewarding, many times, eating is the most enjoyable part of the day because during that time you're not thinking about the pain that you have to endure the moment you take that last bite. Sometimes I slip every now and then, but I remain determined to continue to bring that week down, and I hope that anybody else who is going through this does so as well. There is good on the other side, and while good things could still happen to you even if you're overweight, nothing would suck more than to finally make it to the life you always wanted to live, only to realize that you're going to die earlier because of decisions you made when you weren't as happy.

So right now I'm in middle school and I'm 115 lbs. 5ft tall so I was trying to lose weight to 100lbs. In the past year, I have lost over 20lbs, I started at 135. The thing is I have a incredibly slow metabolism, and I feel like she can lose weight if I can.

I'm still a young kid, and I know I can eat pretty much anything and still not gain massive weight, but at one point I was 55 kilos at 12 years old. I was pretty overweight. After my parents constantly encouraging me, and seeing other people with skinnier bodies, I realized I had to do something. My attitude was confident going into my journey, and I knew I had to sacrifice foods. I went from drinking 2 juice boxes to 1. I went from eating twix bars and mars bars to eating fruits. I went from eating mcdobalds and kfc to eating homemade meals. It was painful giving up so much, but you need to go into this weight loss journey having the right attitude. So rn I am the weight I'm supposed to be for my age. So she just needs a better attitude

I can't believe she had the money to gain that much weight. What a privilege.

She's like "I'm getting fatter every time but it's the people's fault" without seeing that losing weight is pure willpower, I don't feel sorry for these types of people because they brought it on themselves

She started her journey by putting the car in reverse

“don’t have to be that so raven to know you were gonna hit 500lb” did her dirty 💀

I've followed ALR's life for many years. I think the moment where I actually gave up on her was when she didn't even change after getting cancer. If that won't wake her up, nothing will. I've lost track of her after that. I just couldn't watch it anymore.

I’ve lost 80 pounds over the last year, went from 280 to 200. I couldn’t imagine being almost 600 lbs, i felt like i was dying at 280. (Im 5’7 for context) This is a perfect example of exactly what not to do. Good video Sunny

i feel like her parents are to blame because 290 at eleven is insane. poor girl

She craves attention even more than she craves food

Not to mention that before the cancer diagnosis, Amberlynn said that if she ever got diagnosed with cancer or a similar disease that it would cause her to finally face reality and change. Well...we all know how that went.

I gotta admit, I’ve had issues with losing weight. I did my journey not just cause of people like her, WingsofRedemption, and Nikocado, but because diabetes runs in my family. I don’t want to live a life where I have to put an insulin shot in my belly to keep me from dying. I admit sometimes I relapse, and it’s so soul-crushing when all the hard work ends up being for nothing. I’m doing my best to lose weight so I can be healthy and live long enough. To all people who are trying, you got this. Drink water, eat healthy, exercise, and you’ll see results someday. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but you WILL see results. We got this.

Almost 80 pounds down since last year. Muscle mass/strength increased as well. It's really tough, especially at the beginning of the journey, but it's well worth it and gets easier with time, not to mention it feels so much better. Starting is the hardest part. Getting used to it makes it easy.

Went from a confused weight-loss youtuber to a confident weight-gain youtuber lol