‘My 600-Lb. Life’ Amber Rachdi 2022 Update: Where Is She Now?
Amber Rachdi made one of the most dramatic transformations seen thus far on My 600-Lb. Life. Anyone who saw her on the show wants to know where she is now. Keep reading to get a 2022 update on Amber.
She Lost More Than 400 Pounds With The Help Of Dr. Now
Unfortunately, many of the patients featured on My 600-Lb. Life have not made any profound changes for their health. Oftentimes, they return to bad habits and gain the weight back. In some cases, they aren’t even able to lose the weight to undergo surgery. That wasn’t the case for Amber Rachdi though.
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When she was featured as a patient on the show, Amber weighed 660 pounds at just 23 years old. Like anyone faced with losing that immense amount of weight, she felt scared and even hopeless. Footage from the episodes featuring Amber showed her calling herself a “nasty, yucky monster.”
She was determined to lose enough weight to undergo bariatric surgery with Dr. Now. After getting approval for the surgery and going under the knife, she dropped another 377 pounds. By the end of her journey on My 600-Lb. Life, Amber was down to 236 pounds.
The documentation of her weight loss journey ends there though. Amber was approached to appear on My 600-Lb. Life: Where Are They Now, but she turned it down. Us Magazine reported that Amber said she doesn’t “want the rest of my life to be solely measured in pounds lost.” This has left many viewers craving an update.
Amber Rachdi 2022 Update: Where Is The ‘My 600-Lb. Life’ Patient Now?
Since appearing on season 3 of My 600-Lb. Life, Amber has been able to keep the weight off. In fact, she is a social media influencer with more than 234,000 Instagram followers.
Her Insta bio reads, “Selfiespam of a former #my600lblife tv show subject. I was REAL fat. Now I’m just normal-fat.”
However, she doesn’t update her page very often. The last selfie she posted was 22 weeks ago. So, people looking for updates there will be disappointed. Amber also has a Facebook page where she posts occasionally, but not much is revealed about her personal life there either. One thing is clear from the updates Amber does provide: she is living a healthier, leaner life these days.
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Despite her not updating her pages regularly, fans of My 600-Lb. Life have continued to comment on old posts and let her know what an inspiration she has been. Some have even shared their own weight loss stories and expressed how great she looks.
Amber Rachdi was able to achieve the amazing feat of losing more than 400 pounds on My 600-Lb. Life, which is why so many people were looking for a 2022 update and wondering where she is now. She is happy and healthy, but glad to be away from the spotlight a little bit.
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