Woman aims for 1000 pound weight goal

[Medusa]

I am always saddened that women are so damaged by society's expectations of beauty that they are willing to hurt themselves further, either physically, psychologically or both, to feel "beautiful" or worthy of love.

Don't be cruel regarding this woman's issues - she feels she has nothing else to offer since she cannot live up to the standards of beauty. Those of you who have never had issues with weight do not understand. It's not as simple as "go on a diet" or "just stop eating so much". As with any addiction, there are both organic and psychological issues that must be addressed. And sometimes it can only be "corrected" to a certain point. There is a huge prejudice for fat people and it makes me sad.

Society gets the blame for everything, it seems, nowadays. I taught exercise/aerobics classes to morbidly obese women for years. They're called "morbidly" obese for a reason, b/c the morbidity rate is much higher than those who are simply "obese". The women that I taught w/o exception told me that they wanted to lose weight for themselves and not b/c society says that they must or their husbands are unhappy or whatever. They all said that they feel better when their weight is down and looking better (in their eyes) is a plus. She's purposely gaining weight b/c she's found her hook, i.e., what can generate income for her w/o giving up her food.


Who says that she feels she has nothing else to offer b/c she cannot live up to the standards of beauty? If she said that, I missed it. We coddle and nurture our weaknesses rather than try to change. We use words such as "curvy", "voluptuous", "plus size", "glandular", "big boned","cultural","foodie" rather than saying "fat" b/c we don't want to be looked upon as being cruel. So are there no more fat people in the world now?

The women in my classes never made excuses for themselves. They worked really hard to get the weight off and keep it off. We'd review what they had eaten for the week and I can recall one woman writing on her food list "11 bags of noodles". I said "Did you mean to write "11 helpings?" and she said "No, I ate 11 bags". The only thing I could think of to say was "Why?" She said "I love noodles". I said "So do I but 11 bags?" She said "I know. But you want me to be honest". I asked if she was depressed and that's the reason for eating so much. She said "I'm depressed b/c I'm fat, not fat b/c I'm depressed".

We can make excuses forever but unless and until we stop doing that, obesity will always be a problem. Obesity will become the new normal. We all have our weaknesses; w/some it's food, w/others it's alcohol or drugs or sex or shopping or whatever. None of us is perfect so we can't point a finger at anyone else for their weaknesses. However, this woman is generating income from her overindulgent eating and there are those who are pandering to her. How discouraging to those who are trying so hard to get their eating under control.

[Catty1]

That was my point too...I deal with a junk food addiction on a daily basis. Successfully 90% of the time.

Even if, as this woman says, she didn't really mean it, to seek attention by saying something of this sort shows something wrong in the head.

Substitute alcohol for food in that scenario - complete with the enabling spouse - and the headspace involved gets really scary.

If she got help and still happened to be plus-sized, cool. I know there are a whole whack of people who frequent clubs with plus size people and the people who go to 'pick them up'. There is self acceptance and acceptance by others, and then there is promoting and encouraging more of the behaviour that is bound to end up badly for purely physiological reasons.

Poor kids!

[lvpets2002]

Well said of this disgusting act..

Disgusting - irresponsible - selfish............and I could go on and on. I wonder what makes some people tick???

[pomtzu]

A little off topic here, but just what is considered a "plus size" in women? I was rather horrified to hear a few years ago, that size 14 was. I was there at one time - and I never thought of myself as a plus. And lately I've read some saying that size 8 is, which I find truly laughable!!!

I have been at both ends of the scale - from size 14, down to size 0 (which was too big), but I was having serious medical problems then. I weighed 85 lbs and looked like an Ethiopian refugee, and every time my mother saw me, she would bust out crying because she was certain that I was going to die, and the thought crossed my mind too! I was also accused by some of being an anorexic! So not only is too heavy potentially unhealthy, but also too thin is.

I would like to be able to put on a little more weight, but I believe that I am maxed out at 100 lbs. I am just under 5' tall, so I no longer look unhealthy at that weight, and I wear a size 2 or 4.

So ladies, don't think it's all that unhealthy to carry a little extra weight. It's better than not enough, believe me!

So - what have you heard tell of being a plus size??? 14 - 20 - 24 ???

[Catherinedana]

Size 8 being plus is absolutely disgusting! Talk about problems with society's views!!! I would call size 8 "average" because many women I know who are healthy and in good shape wear that size. I am plus size; I wear 16 - 18. There are pictures of me on my profile page or my website (www.redtailedmusic.com) so you can see what I look like. I am not hideous, just plump. I pretty much always have been. Guess I take some of the arrows thrown at fat people to heart because I have heard some crappy remarks in my life. Would I be instantly thin if it were possible? Yes. Because my life would be easier in so many ways. I didn't mean to make this thread about me, I just wanted to give another view.

What the woman in the article is doing is extremely self-destructive and dangerous and I'm sorry to see that she has turned herself into a circus sideshow act in order to get money and attention.

[Randi]

In the near future, I expect that woman won't be able to move around much, or be able to lift her arms to feed herself. I wonder if her husband will be willing to do that. It seems to me that she should have had help many years ago - she has probably always been fat and simply gave up.

How will the heathcare system deal with her oncoming problems, I wonder?

I think she better have a custom coffin made soon.

I feel bad for the poor children, and in my opinion she should not have had any.

[pomtzu]

Cathy - be careful what you wish for. There are lots of "cons" - not "pros", that you would experience on the thin side of life.

[Catherinedana]

Cathy - be careful what you wish for. There are lots of "cons" - not "pros", that you would experience on the thin side of life.

Hey Pom!! Would you like to share a little hip and butt? I can donate!!

[pomtzu]

Hey Pom!! Would you like to share a little hip and butt? I can donate!!

I've had many offers of donations over the years!

If I had some hip and butt, I probably wouldn't have fractured my hip when I took a fall on some ice. Padding helps the fragile bones that comes along with being thin. Just one of those cons!

I wish technology would come up with a solution. After all - they've taken care of the boob department!

[Alysser]

She lives 45 minutes from here, I heard about this days ago. I'm now sad to live in the state of NJ. I love the part of the video where she says "I don't believe this much weight comes with health problems". Okay crazy, just weight (hehe, I'm funny). By 800 pounds, maybe she'll change her opinion.

8 is now considered plus size?? Wow, I must be really big because I'm a 9 I am proud to say I used to be in 14 and 12 size pants. My 9's are getting a bit big on me now lol.

[RICHARD]

I wish technology would come up with a solution. After all - they've taken care of the boob department!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...n6278045.shtml

[pomtzu]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...n6278045.shtml

I saw that one on the news the other day.

Hey - I have a tube of that in the tool drawer......... It's probably a lot more heavy duty than what they use for boobs too. I know a woman that had boob implants, and she got bitten by a dog on one, and it ruptured! Obviously, she ended up back in surgery!!!!

[lizbud]

In the near future, I expect that woman won't be able to move around much, or be able to lift her arms to feed herself. I wonder if her husband will be willing to do that. It seems to me that she should have had help many years ago - she has probably always been fat and simply gave up.

How will the heathcare system deal with her oncoming problems, I wonder?

I think she better have a custom coffin made soon.

I feel bad for the poor children, and in my opinion she should not have had any.

She should be ashamed of herself, but she has no shame or she wouldn't
act that way.

She should be locked in a room with pictures of children dying from hunger
in 3rd world countries.

[Miss Z]

Is she truly prepared to eat herself to her deathbed to achieve this ‘goal’? I do wonder whether she fully comprehends what she is doing, and as others have said, whether the influence from her husband is very overpowering.

I think it’s a sad reflection on society that she streams some kind of weird, home-made porn on the internet so people can watch her, and I expect in some cases laugh at her, slowly killing herself.

We coddle and nurture our weaknesses rather than try to change. We use words such as "curvy", "voluptuous", "plus size", "glandular", "big boned","cultural","foodie" rather than saying "fat" b/c we don't want to be looked upon as being cruel. So are there no more fat people in the world now?

I agree very much with this statement. Nowadays, I see huge women, kidding themselves that they are ‘curvy’, spilling over the skimpiest of outfits because they don’t see any danger in their obesity. Voluptuous and curvy are most definitely not the same as obese.

And I would go as far to say that the tables are turning towards skinny women - it is perfectly alright in society to make slanderous comments about being underweight. I think that is something very heavily influenced by celebrity culture - I can't open a newspaper these days without running into the scrawlings of feminists ranting and raving over Victoria Beckham and Cheryl Cole. Of course, being significantly underweight is just as dangerous, and frightening, as being very overweight and I accept the fact that we must stamp out the image of ’bones are beautiful’ before anorexia cases rise any further.

But, I see so many programmes on television nowadays catered to the larger woman, with great hoards of vast ladies waddling about through streets, screaming down loudspeakers about how being anything less than a size 12 is weird. That’s got to be just as bad as young girls believing anything above a size 12 is hideous.

In answer to the question about what size is considered ‘plus-sized’, I would say it depends entirely on the person. Some people are able to carry weight very well, and so can carry a lot of fat but still appear in proportion. I would generally consider a UK size 16 to be plus-sized, although fairly recently, a size 16 girl won a local beauty pageant, and she was indeed very well shaped and carried off her outfits well.

[Twisterdog]

Sad. She indeed needs psychological help.

It's just as sad, however, when women starve themselves to weigh 75 or 80 pounds.

Both ends of the spectrum are equally bad.