Graehm Gray: Donna Simpson-The World’s Fattest Woman! Give Me a Break! Top Story of the Week!
So let’s start with this one: they are calling her a wannabe “biggest woman in the world.” Donna Simpson, a young woman of only 42, and already the “World’s Fattest Mother” according to the Guinness Book of World Records , has been gracing the pages and television screens of virtually every news organization in the USA this week, claiming that she weighs 600 pounds and wants to go to 1000 pounds. What! That’s right-she is currently at 600 pounds-and by every measure and medical account-she is in the obese-morbidly obese category. According to many published reports (MSNBC, FOX News, Post Chronicle, etc.) she wants to be “World’s Fattest Woman.” And how will she get there-the answer-by eating over 12,000 calories a day. Many world class athletes and body builders will consume between 10 to 20,000 calories a day of course burning up between 3-5000 calories in their exercise regimen. Donna Simpson will only be burning up calories by breathing, eating or walking to the bathroom or bed room. What will this be costing her to get to this outrageous weight-well some estimates say between $500-1000 dollars a day in food costs. Now here is a major ridiculous part of this story-Donna has a web site where people can pay money to see her eat. OMG!!! Yes, by going to Supersizebombshells.com, you can see Donna and other plump, overweight, obese and morbidly obese individuals and pay money to see them eat. Can anyone who is reading this nonsense-say with me-Give Me A Break! I am upset that I went to the website to begin with-but in the course of writing about Donna, I wanted to verify the site. It exists. And people are actually paying money to see Donna eat. Haven’t we had enough of these reality shows? Now let’s get something straight. It can be said that there is much beauty in various body types. Granted-there many old and new painting masters (Peter Paul Rubens and Fernando Botero for example) that have painted overweight women. Beautiful paintings of these women hang in very famous galleries all over the world. Many of us have seen these images. The beauty is there, in front of us, preserved for the ages. However, I think the line has to be drawn at encouraging people with an obvious weight issue to do the thing that has bad medical consequences, gain more weight by eating foods that they shouldn’t be eating. Not only are people paying for these overweight individuals to eat, but eat all high calories, starchy carbohydrates-donuts, candy, sugar, sugar, sugar, and fat, fat, and more fat!!!! And oh yea- no exercise. What’s next-should we be paying to see smokers smoke, or drug addicts to use drugs, or alcoholics to drink alcohol? I think not. Should this be allowed on the internet or in any venue? My friends-the answer should be a resounding no. Yes, I respect our Bill of Rights. Believe in it to the max. But I can’t respect a money making situation-paying obese people to eat junk in front of a demanding public, only for that junk food and caloric load to be the cause of a severe, catastrophic medical problem that could occur at any minute. This is the antithesis of “The Biggest Loser.” Donna Simpson has stated to many news organizations that she is “healthy.” Donna, I want to help you-stop this foolishness. You are not only responsible for your life, but now you have a young child to care for as well. Your definition of “healthy” may not be accurate according to current medical standards. At your current weight, even if you don’t have any medical issues at the present moment, you are at risk of developing high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and joint problem just to name a few. Be a poster mom for good health habits-impress upon your daughter the healthy things to eat. Impress upon her the need to exercise. What happens if you end up with medical problems as a result of your obesity and can’t take care of your daughter? Could happen-and you increase the risk everytime you eat unhealthy foods and gain instead of losing weight. And do you seriously want to impress upon your daughter to follow in your footsteps? Could happen! Donna-make the right decision-get to a qualified medical professional to evaluate you and start your weight reduction program. Get into a healthy lifestyle-and that will be the most wonderful impression for your daughter-a record in itself!! One that you will be around to show her year after year!!!
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