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woman eats 30K calorie supper!!!
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Whether she eats 300 or 300,000 calories will have no affect on that. Current food production is more than enough to meet world needs, but for numerous reasons, produced food is often used for applications other than human consumption.
Emphasis mine. Let's put corn ethanol for vehicle fuel and soy biodiesel aside for a minute. You may be shocked when you find out how much corn and other food is given to livestock to bulk them up for human consumption as meat. It's quite possibly the most inefficient calorie conversion we humans can conjure-- just because we like meat too g**d*** much.
Vegan: The New Ethics Of Eating by Erik Marcus opened my eyes quite a bit about this kind of thing.
(Disclaimer: For a period of time, I was vegan because of what I read in that book and other resources. Nowadays I'm "flexitarian", eating meat for only about 10% of my intake, mainly in the interest of family harmony; I could "go veg" again rather easily.)
Agreed. The documentary Food Inc. brought this to my attention. It's quite freaky, feeding corn to cows. o_o
I stumbled on to this discussion and continued reading the thread out of fascination.....
This woman clearly has some mental health issues. Aside from the obvious obesity, she clearly may have some physical issues, too, which are only contributing to this overall situation. That is most unfortunate and I really do hope that she is receiving both medical and psychological help, as she certainly is demonstrating that she is very needy, very in need of help outside of herself and her own little world.
It's interesting, isn't it? Onlookers recoil in horror at the sight of a very obese, morbidly obese, beyond-morbidly obese, individual and shudder. Someone who is 400, 500, 600 pounds or more just isn't a lovely sight.
On the opposite end of the spectrum onlookers also recoil in horror at the sight of a very emaciated individual, someone who is skeletal, skin-and-bones..... Someone who is an adult, even a short one, weighing in at 40, 50 or 60 pounds just isn't a lovely sight, either.
Funny how very often the emaciated ones (those suffering from anorexia nervosa, which is a clinical diagnosis outlined and fully described in the psychiatric literature and the DSM -- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual -- issued on a periodic basis by psychiatrists) -- do wind up in a clinical setting, either a medical floor or a psychiatric floor...... It's pretty clear to even the most naive of laypersons that there is something wrong when a person seems to be starving him/herself to death and is presenting as skeletal.
Funny that when someone is going to the opposite extreme and stuffing him/herself to death that it isn't acknowledged in the same way and that very often it is only when someone has really gone to extremes such as weighing several hundred pounds over mere "overweight" status that anyone really takes notice. When someone presents weighing 600, 700, 800 pounds, yes, that is suggestive of the need for clinical intervention, both medical and psychological, isn't it?
On both ends of that spectrum, people die. Anorexics weighing 30 or 40 or 50 pounds die -- they also can die at much higher weights, closer to "normal" weights, too, actually, if the refeeding process and clinical treatment isn't handled carefully. Yes, they can die at so-called "normal" weights due to some underlying psychological issues never being addressed at all or not being addressed successfully even as the weight is seemingly restored.
Undoubtedly many people who have gotten to the point of morbid obesity or beyond that also have died, even during the process of attempting to restore weight to a healthier or more normal level....and again, chances are that this is due to the underlying psychological issues never being addressed or being inadequately addressed.
Sad, isn't it? Going to extremes in any direction is not a good thing and when this occurs it usually is pointing to significant underlying issues in an individual's life which really need to be addressed along with the particular weight situation.
Don't be repelled by the severely obese person you meet or the severely emaciated person you meet; these are real people with real feelings, real issues hiding in there somewhere and the bottom line is that these are people who need help.
This woman clearly has some mental health issues. Aside from the obvious obesity, she clearly may have some physical issues, too, which are only contributing to this overall situation. That is most unfortunate and I really do hope that she is receiving both medical and psychological help, as she certainly is demonstrating that she is very needy, very in need of help outside of herself and her own little world.
It's interesting, isn't it? Onlookers recoil in horror at the sight of a very obese, morbidly obese, beyond-morbidly obese, individual and shudder. Someone who is 400, 500, 600 pounds or more just isn't a lovely sight.
On the opposite end of the spectrum onlookers also recoil in horror at the sight of a very emaciated individual, someone who is skeletal, skin-and-bones..... Someone who is an adult, even a short one, weighing in at 40, 50 or 60 pounds just isn't a lovely sight, either.
Funny how very often the emaciated ones (those suffering from anorexia nervosa, which is a clinical diagnosis outlined and fully described in the psychiatric literature and the DSM -- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual -- issued on a periodic basis by psychiatrists) -- do wind up in a clinical setting, either a medical floor or a psychiatric floor...... It's pretty clear to even the most naive of laypersons that there is something wrong when a person seems to be starving him/herself to death and is presenting as skeletal.
Funny that when someone is going to the opposite extreme and stuffing him/herself to death that it isn't acknowledged in the same way and that very often it is only when someone has really gone to extremes such as weighing several hundred pounds over mere "overweight" status that anyone really takes notice. When someone presents weighing 600, 700, 800 pounds, yes, that is suggestive of the need for clinical intervention, both medical and psychological, isn't it?
On both ends of that spectrum, people die. Anorexics weighing 30 or 40 or 50 pounds die -- they also can die at much higher weights, closer to "normal" weights, too, actually, if the refeeding process and clinical treatment isn't handled carefully. Yes, they can die at so-called "normal" weights due to some underlying psychological issues never being addressed at all or not being addressed successfully even as the weight is seemingly restored.
Undoubtedly many people who have gotten to the point of morbid obesity or beyond that also have died, even during the process of attempting to restore weight to a healthier or more normal level....and again, chances are that this is due to the underlying psychological issues never being addressed or being inadequately addressed.
Sad, isn't it? Going to extremes in any direction is not a good thing and when this occurs it usually is pointing to significant underlying issues in an individual's life which really need to be addressed along with the particular weight situation.
Don't be repelled by the severely obese person you meet or the severely emaciated person you meet; these are real people with real feelings, real issues hiding in there somewhere and the bottom line is that these are people who need help.
Good post, Clix Pix.
I think it's really sad that she thinks her only worthwhile legacy is to be the heaviest woman in the world. I can't believe anyone would want to aspire to that.
Oh and I do have a hard time believing that she ate as much as that article claims, at least in one sitting. Her stomach would surely burst!
It's easy in terms of the physics behind it. Consume less than you burn, you lose weight. However, there's something psychological behind the urge to eat. In some cases it would be like telling an alcoholic that it's easy, just stop drinking. There are also some studies and theories which have pointed out that some people don't get the necessary signals to indicate that they are full. So it's simple but it's not. (if you know what I mean.)
I think it's really sad that she thinks her only worthwhile legacy is to be the heaviest woman in the world. I can't believe anyone would want to aspire to that.
Oh and I do have a hard time believing that she ate as much as that article claims, at least in one sitting. Her stomach would surely burst!
It's easy in terms of the physics behind it. Consume less than you burn, you lose weight. However, there's something psychological behind the urge to eat. In some cases it would be like telling an alcoholic that it's easy, just stop drinking. There are also some studies and theories which have pointed out that some people don't get the necessary signals to indicate that they are full. So it's simple but it's not. (if you know what I mean.)
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Oh and I do have a hard time believing that she ate as much as that article claims, at least in one sitting. Her stomach would surely burst!
It's easy in terms of the physics behind it. Consume less than you burn, you lose weight. However, there's something psychological behind the urge to eat. In some cases it would be like telling an alcoholic that it's easy, just stop drinking. There are also some studies and theories which have pointed out that some people don't get the necessary signals to indicate that they are full. So it's simple but it's not. (if you know what I mean.)
Have you ever seen a "professional eating" contest? The human digestive system can do rather amazing things, especially if it's been conditioned over a period of years, which is definitely true in this woman's case. The "sitting" may be 2 to 3 hours, with a bathroom break so that she can make room in her colon for the "next wave", but yeah, it's possible, especially with light yet calorie-dense foods like snack cakes, and high-calorie drinks like Kool-Aid to wash it down/through.
Psychological factors? You betcha. Donna's admitted to being a feedee, and in the vast majority of feeder/feedee relationships, there's a codependence factor.
Golf clap. F'real. This echoes one of the core tenets of the Size Acceptance movement: Accept people as they are, not as you think they should be.
Obesity is now an achievement?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...fattest-mum-vows-I-want-to-weigh-one-ton.html
Is this really worth reporting on as something someone is striving to achieve? What is wrong with this woman, why hasn't she been taken to see an mental health professional?
She eats more calories in a day than I eat I a week, ans aspires to weigh 1 tonne. It's disgusting.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...fattest-mum-vows-I-want-to-weigh-one-ton.html
Is this really worth reporting on as something someone is striving to achieve? What is wrong with this woman, why hasn't she been taken to see an mental health professional?
She eats more calories in a day than I eat I a week, ans aspires to weigh 1 tonne. It's disgusting.
I think there's already a thread about her in the community section. You can apparently pay to watch her eat live.
Oh, sorry, I'll have another look for it there. Why would anyone pay to watch a person eat.
If you don't think it's worth reporting, why are you reporting it ? Attention seekers get attention when others give it to them. You just gave her a whole lot of it.
Wasn't it reported a few months back that it was all an act anyway and that she didn't truely want to be the fatest woman alive ?
Wasn't it reported a few months back that it was all an act anyway and that she didn't truely want to be the fatest woman alive ?
It was made around thanksgiving time. I don't know why someone would pay to watch her eat, but they do. That's how she pays for all of the food!
Read the whole sentence.
I was sent the link yesterday. didnt actually think to check the date of the article
Well, it's worth it to the paper doing the reporting. Stories about ordinary folks who keep their ***** together and don't do crazy stuff like this are well...boring. Man bites dog sells papers, dog bites man does not. It would be like if last week, the various newspapers had all run stories about all everyone who didn't riot and loot, and just went to work instead.
While I understand that this woman's case is extremely unusual, from what we see in the media, it seems like the UK has decided to race the US to the bottom. I saw an article the other day about a British woman on welfare/benefit, hasn't worked for almost 20 years, just gave birth to her twelfth child, and had the temerity to ask the state for more money, since the *£30,000* a year she was collecting just wasn't enough. Oh yeah, they just got a brand new five bedroom house as well.
It is a bad thing, it will kill you...
This is like saying "I want to break the stigma that massive amounts of radiation are bad for you". Being obese means you're ridiculously un-healthy IT IS BAD.
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There is that "lunatic fringe" among us FAs that like this sort of thing; some even actively participate in the feeding. This is where it truly becomes a fetish, and that's a line I don't cross.
This is a different lady from the OP.
There are new studies that show that moderate obesity in and of itself doesn't necessarily equate to health problems. I will agree, though, that obesity amplifies and complicates symptoms of other diseases like diabetes and coronary artery disease.
I love watching Mr. Creosote eat, but that's it.
But sir, it's wafer-thin!
The best thing would be to not give this *thing* the attention it so obviously craves. The ugliest, most repulsive and repugnant part of this creature is not the grotesque mountains of lard, but its mind.
As to why people can't lose weight, and don't get the very simple calories in < calories out = weight loss, is because they are weak and dumb, and would rather be told there's a procedure, or a pill, or it's society's fault than take responsibility for their own actions - you can't have everything that you want at zero cost!
And that's quite enough time wasted on that subject. Next!
As to why people can't lose weight, and don't get the very simple calories in < calories out = weight loss, is because they are weak and dumb, and would rather be told there's a procedure, or a pill, or it's society's fault than take responsibility for their own actions - you can't have everything that you want at zero cost!
And that's quite enough time wasted on that subject. Next!
