Beginning her journey at more than 650 pounds, Barker has come a long way. Throughout the show, she lost a tremendous amount of weight (via Starcasm). At the three-month mark, she uprooted her life and moved to Houston — and kept to a strict 1200 calorie a day diet. The experience was fraught with emotion, but she continued to persevere. An inflamed gall bladder began to cause difficulties, but she pushed through, achieving a weigh of 555 pounds by month seven and goes ahead with the surgery. At 12 months she weighed 415 pounds with a weight loss of more than 250 pounds.

Her Instagram pics show her continuing efforts to eat healthily and reflect further progress towards her ideal weight, but not everything has worked out perfectly. Reports from June 2019 show that she lost her job and experienced financial struggles (via Monsters and Critics). Her health and family drama just didn't work with her very small employer, and she took a moment to plead her case to fans before moving on.