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Where Is Karina Garcia From My 600-Lb Life Now?

By Maria Felix/Updated: April 22, 2022 2:28 pm EST

Like so many before her, Karina Garcia took her weight loss journey public on "My 600-lb Life." When her episode debuted, Karina weighed 633 pounds, was unable to get around without a wheelchair, and was fully dependent on her parents. She explained to the cameras that her co-dependence with food stemmed from a need for attention. After her bouts of severe asthma improved in childhood, her parents were forced to work long hours to pay her medical bills. Their absence led to Karina building an unhealthy relationship with food that clearly spiraled.

Karina's family was supportive but doubtful of her plan to work with weight-loss surgeon Dr. Nowzaradan, as she had already had gastric bypass surgery previously and had failed to lose any weight. Regardless, Karina was determined to turn her life around, and by the end of her episode, she had lost 235 pounds.

Karina returned to TLC for Season 5 of "My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now?" in 2019. For the follow-up episode, Karina justly praised her own progress. She had left both the wheelchair and her walker behind but struggled to lose a significant amount of weight since her last visit to Dr. Now. Despite the setbacks, Karina has not given up on her goal of losing weight. Here's an update on where she is now.

Karina has been seen with a certain My 600-lb Life co-star

Source: Lupe Samano (Facebook)

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In 2019, the 39-year-old Lupe Samano shared a before and after pictures following her weightloss journey. Fans of Lupe from 600 Pound Life were shocked to see that she had brought her weight down to 220 lbs. Lupe also shared a YouTube video created by one of her fans on her Facebook page.

Source: Lupe Samano (Facebook)

In the captions, she expressed that sometimes she felt like a failure. She stated that she felt as though she had not accomplished anything in her life, but the video had made her realise how much she had achieved. She further wrote,” I might not be [where] I want to be, but I’m not [where] I [used] to be, so I thank God for the strength he has given me to make it through every trial and tribulation I have had to face."

Source: Lupe Samano (Facebook)

At the time Lupe Samano was living in a nursing home but she stated that she was doing well in spite of her living situation. Lupe had separated from her husband who was taking care of her following her appearance on the TLC show. She also started dating another man named Andrew Renteria. 

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Where is Lupe Samano now?

Lupe Samano is currently living in Redlands, California according to her Facebook profile. She is also currently single. Lupe lost her boyfriend Andrew in January 2019. She had informed her fans that Andrew had passed away after struggling with kidney problems. He was on dialysis and was waiting for a transplant. 

Source: Lupe Samano (Facebook)

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While breaking the news to her fans Lupe Samano wrote, "Today was one of the hardest days of my life!" Lupe wrote shortly after he passed. "Going to the mortuary with my sis in laws to spend [some] time with my love… before they cremate him.” Towards the end of 2019, Lupe expressed how much she missed her late parents and her partner Andrew. However, she also assured her fans that she will be fine. "I’ve been going through a lot, but it's ok," she stated. "You can’t keep a good woman down!! The joy of the Lord is my strength."

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How much weight did Lupe Samano lose?

According to the update on her Facebook profile, Lupe managed to get down to her lowest weight in years following Andrew’s death. In March 2019 she revealed that was only 21 pounds away from her goal weight which is of 180 lbs. This is a huge success considering that she weighed 642 lbs when she first came on the show.