Duggar Weight Loss Challenge and Things Are Changing

At the beginning of the show, Michelle is fixing dinner for the kids before Jim Bob and Michelle leave for a date with Josh and Anna. Cincinnati chili is a favorite meal for all the kids. While at their date, Josh and Jim Bob pick fried foods. Jim Bob's dinner had about 1500 calories and 60 grams of fat. Anna reveals that she and Josh have gone up in pants sizes while they celebrate each year of their marriage. In September will mark their 5th year of marriage. Jim Bob and Josh decided they are going change their lifestyle and lose weight which is happily supported by Anna and Michelle. Josie hopes that her father will become smaller. Josh wants to be a role models for his children by losing weight and improving his fitness. Since Jim Bob and Josh decided that it was going to be a competition between father and son, Anna wants to make sure that she does everything to make sure that her husband wins.

The boys decided that they are going to build a green house so they can grow things all year long as Jim Bob and Josh build a gym for the family. The rest of the family helps by cleaning up and making some posters to encourage them as they do this. Michelle says that they are training their family to be there for one another by suporting them and loving on one another to create a stronger family unit. Jim Bob loves that his family is involved with this progress. The boys ask Joseph to help them with the role as a trainer since he works out everyday. Joseph puts the boys thou a hour workout and the boys wake up sore in the morning since they are not use to it.

The boys are headed to get a physical done with many tests. Josh only last on the treadmill for ten minutes while Jim Bob had to push to beat his son's time.

On the second part of the show, Josh and Jim get the results of their tests. Their starting weights are 214 (Jim Bob) and 224 (Josh). The doctor wants them to bring Anna and Michelle. Josh learns that he has picked up over 50 pounds since he met Anna.  Jim Bob gets his waist measured where it's around 43 and says that it's a lot of pizza. Josh learns that he is at risk of diabetes and obese and Jim Bob is right below obestiy. Anna knows that she needs to change the way that she cooks to help with Josh's weight lost. Michelle wants to help show a good example to her children and be there for her grand children so it's a good changes. Josh and Anna decided to donating the bad food to the food bank to help others. Michelle makes a shelf for healthy choices for her husband so that way it will help him.


Priscilla and David, who is six months pregnant with Paul, come to visit her sister. Anna gives her sister a lot of advice for her first child while Josh and David are getting David and Priscilla's room ready for them. Josh and Anna reveal that their house is only two bedrooms and one bathroom so the couple has to stay in the camper since the kids are too hard to move back and forth out of their room. Anna has to crawl at the table since Josh had Michael at the time of her coming back to her chair. Josh and Anna decided to go looking for a new house and meets with a Realtor  Anna wants a house that is open floor plan and Josh wants a house that is a decent price.  Josh claims no matter what you dislikes it's all about the money and what you can fix. So Josh and Anna decided that they will just try and make some changes to their current home.