Woman aims for 1000 pound weight goal

[Cataholic]

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.

Amen. The stereotypes just run amok when it comes to obesity. Everyone has the answer for the one struggling with their weight. Frankly, if the one's answer WAS the answer for all, wouldn't all be doing it by now?

Having a laugh at another's expense is wrong. No matter how you dress it up.

[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.

[slick]

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.

Yes, I know first hand about this. I was on the receiving end of many prejudices and it's not pretty (pardon the pun). Now that I'm working towards getting my weight down, I feel much better, not for losing the weight, but for believing that I'm worth it.

As much as I hate my boss from H, I still wouldn't want to quit my job, stay home and get paid to sit around and eat. I don't know, there's just something so wrong about that. I do pray that eventually this girl gets the help she so desperately needs.

Richard, you always manage to put things into a perspective that makes the world sunny and ridiculous again. Thank you, dear!!

Yeah, you should try his slushies. One of those and you'll be seeing sunshine alright and the whole world is rediculous.