 This man who appeared on My 600 LB Life, died tragically right before his episode aired. Robert Buchele, a 41-year-old man from Forked River, New Jersey battled a food addiction for nearly his entire life. Eventually ballooning to a staggering 842 pounds, Buchele was the heaviest participant to ever be featured on My 600 LB Life. Reflecting on his crippling physical condition, Buchele said he felt, blessed and shocked at the same time, to be alive when he awoke each morning. Early on in Buchele's featured episode, the self-confessed food addict reflected on his motivation to finally seek assistance for his weight loss goals. To carry all this weight is physically draining mentally, emotionally taxing, he admitted. It's not a pain or life I wish on anyone, because I can't do anything. I can't do anything for anyone especially myself. Thankfully, Robert Buchele was not left to deal with his pain alone. Catherine Lomansky, Buchele's longtime girlfriend turned fiancée supported her partner's weight loss goals and even moved with him to Houston, Texas once he became a patient of respected bariatric surgeon Dr. Yonan Naozardin. Despite the financial hardship brought on by the move, Lomansky's commitment to her better half proved to be unshakable. During a stop on the long car ride from New Jersey to Texas, the 41-year-old suffered a devastating fall while attempting to walk in his hotel room. Buchele was rescued by paramedics and subsequently checked into the hospital to be closely monitored by Dr. Naozardin. While recovering, Buchele agreed to a medically-supervised overhaul of his dietary choices. Following his embarrassing transport to a Texas hospital, Buchele completely commited himself to his weight loss goals. In the first month alone, the New Jersey native lost an impressive 124 pounds. Once Buchele hit his first goal of 718 pounds, he was moved to a rehab facility to increase his mobility. Bolstered by his inital success, Buchele lost even more weight while receiving inpatient care at the rehab facility. By incorporating regular walks into his daily routine and adhering to his new dietary restrictions, the self-proclaimed food addict reached a total of 217 pounds lost. Despite the fact that Buchele still required a great deal of assistance to get around, his newfound mobility was a liberating development after spending so many years essentially confined to his bed. With Buchele's excessive weight saddling him with inadequate lymphatic function, the next hurdle in his weight loss journey required surgery to clear. After shedding additional weight to bring his running total to 295 pounds lost, a 547 pound Buchele went under the knife to remove a large lymphedema mass. Shockingly, the lymphedema and surrounding skin weighed over 40 pounds. Unfortunately, he went into a depression after this surgery. Saddled with unrelenting chronic pain and a rapidly developing pill addiction, Buchele refused to get out of bed. It's like a flip has been switched. He's been nasty since the surgery because he can't get the drugs, said Lemanski, Buchele's bride-to-be. Just weeks after his surgery, Robert Buchele sadly died from a massive heart attack. Overcome with their grief, Buchele's fiancee and mother were consoled by Dr. Nauzardon who stated that, Robert battled an addiction and lost but he never gave up. In a chilling admission, Lemanski revealed that Buchele predicted his own death by telling her, If I don't wake up tomorrow please know that I have always loved you, the night before he passed. Devastated his November 15 passing, Lemanski delivered a moving and heartfelt reading at his memorial service. I lost my best friend and the person I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with, she said. Still in shock at his sudden passing, the heartbroken fiancee of the late Robert Buchele struggled to deliver her touching tribute to the small crowd. In a lengthy Facebook post, Lemanski shared the sad details of her fiancé's passing along with a written testimonial of their love. I wish I could say that my heart was broken or even shattered, but in reality it is just gone. My heart died along with him. Her future together died along with him, she wrote.