600 Pound Woman’s Goal of 1,000 Pounds Infuriates Some

I must admit, when I read about a 42 year old mother of two trying to become the fattest woman in the world to break current records (of the fattest person alive, not who has died), I was kind of disgusted. I think you can probably disguise her self acceptance as something that is good, but in reality, the fact that someone can barely walk twenty feet without sitting down isn’t doing herself or her family any favors, let alone setting a good example for her children.

The woman is currently 600 pounds, and she is trying to eat her way to becoming 1,000 pounds, which means she would need to gain 400 pounds, and further endanger her life.  Look, I think that self acceptance is a good thing, I really do. But this is just taking self acceptance and saying that slowly killing yourself and surely putting yourself at risk for a certain early death, especially when you have a family, is just selfish, no matter what the angle.

I can’t imagine that living an immobile life with diabetes is much fun.  The woman says that she just enjoys fatty, greasy foods, and has always wanted to enjoy eating what she wants rather than bowing to the demands of what society deems as an acceptable weight and eating habits. She said that she was mercilessly teased in school, and took diet pills her whole life to try to lose weight, but then she just decided to make a sort of pastime out of being overweight.

She models for a large woman’s website, and she claims that she feels good about herself and isn’t putting herself at risk and that she is “healthy”. I’d like to see her doc get on and say that.  I’m sorry, I support women’s self acceptance, I really do. But, being the health conscious person that I am, I just can’t condone the promotion of such a blatant disregard for one’s body. Like the cliche goes, your body is your temple. You only get one, and you gotta take care of that one and give it TLC until the day you die.

She does have her supporters, but I think she may be confusing self acceptance with self abuse.