jury decided if she lived or died. myra admitted she killed the child but claimed it was an accident. her attorney never believed that and suspected she was covering for someone. i try to protect my sister. i was already dying. i felt like they were doing me a favor. reporter: myra lied for months but even prosecutors started to doubt her when the boy s autopsy revealed head trauma consistent with repeated abuse. myra finally told the truth. she had seen her sister jamie abuse her little boy and working with her attorney she even recorded her sister confessing. charges were dropped against myra, and her baby sister, jamie, was arrested on child abuse charges and is now serving 15 years in prison. with her name cleared, myra moved to houston and began round-the-clock treatment from an obesity doctor. her first ten days in treatment she lost 100 pounds. next, myra endured a half dozen surgeries. she adhered to a strict high-protein diet. she had to lose 600 pounds so
actually lose while you snooze. you can lose up to two pounds overnight. and then up to nine pounds in one week. after the first week. reporter: an obesity doctor and author of a new book the overnight diet insists six days of a high-protein diet and one day of a liquid diet plus sleep equals weight loss. the first night you go to sleep, sleep eight hours. next morning you are down two pounds. if you continue to get enough sleep, you won t get those hunger pangs. reporter: not only does she encourage sleep, she also says exercise isn t required. you will lose fat and retain muscle mass because of the protein. reporter: according to the doctor, typically 25% of people who go on any kind of diet actually lose weight and keep it off. in her clinic she says it is actually 50%. can you lose two pounds overnight? yes. but it won t be fat. it will be water, mostly.
lose while you snooze. you can lose up to two pounds overnight. and then up to nine pounds in one week. after the first week. reporter: an obesity doctor and author of a new book the overnight diet insists six days of a high-protein diet and one day of a liquid diet and sleep equals weight loss. the first night you go to sleep, sleep eight hours. next morning you are down two pounds. if you continue to get enough sleep, you won t get those hunger pangs. reporter: not only does she encourage sleep, she also says exercise isn t required. you will lose fat and retain muscle mass because of the protein. reporter: according to the doctor, typically 25% of people who go on any kind of diet actually lose weight and keep it off. in her clinic she says it is actually 50%. can you lose two pounds overnight? yes.