This broke my heart...

EricJonrosh

I just watched the story of 15 year-old, 460 pound Georgia Davis who lost 200 pounds.

Now at 17, she weighs 560:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/feb/24/when-weight-becomes-class-issue

All I can say is when you change your weight, change your environment as well. She went home to her obese "mum" and fell into old patterns. The same thing happens to me when I visit home. My mother is obese and she's sitting in the same chair I left her in. It's not cruel to change your life and require some respect from others for that decision.

sarahs440

so sad. i hope she can get back on track.

happyhaunt

I read about her It's so sad.

unicorn19girl

That's why I don't agree with going away for help with losing weight...it is a lifestyle change and unless the move if permanent, you need to have the will power to change your total lifestyle and avoid the temptation. Above all, you can control your environment and must be willing to accept a lifestyle change. Sure, there will be critcism and resistance from family and friends, but you need to take the initiative and remain dedicated to yourself above everyone else.

jamie78

That is sad!

xSophia19

i saw her on this morning a few weeeks ago! such a shame that a young beautiful girl like her is the weight that she is. i really hope that she can change her life around for her sake so she feels more healthier and have more self-confidence, i wish her all the best x

DeadlyDame13

GOSH

melzteach

Yikes!

JennLifts

Sure being called britain's fattest teen really helps.

EricJonrosh

That's why I don't agree with going away for help with losing weight...it is a lifestyle change and unless the move if permanent, you need to have the will power to change your total lifestyle and avoid the temptation. Above all, you can control your environment and must be willing to accept a lifestyle change. Sure, there will be critcism and resistance from family and friends, but you need to take the initiative and remain dedicated to yourself above everyone else.

You're absolutely right. I had to completely change everything before I even began. I had to create a "thin person's nest" starting with where I lived, roommates, budget, and everything, so I was stepping into a weight loss environment. Trouble is, she's 15 and comes home to a demanding, obese mother. If she were 25, then yes, she could exert some authority. It just breaks my heart how a parent can allow that to happen to their kid.

karenjoy

In my opinion she should have been taken into care, to feed a child so badly that she gained that much weight is abuse. Pure and simple, her mother is a poor excuse for a parent.

lloydrt

Dr Oz had a 712 lb lady on his show today, and when they began to discuss her life and life style, turns out that the husband is enabling her behavior........lots of previous baggage between the 2 of them

sad thing though, she is really angry at him and to me , it seems shes an emotional eater...Not a good set up, shes angry at him, and he enables her behavior

sad thing though, if she doesnt lose this weight, she will probably die. She has blood pressure of 190/100, and she has 258 ailments........shes in bad shape, and shes only 31
I agree, the enviornment can make or break you..........I dont have kids, but man for me, if its in the house, its hard to say no, lol
I really admire moms who can resist their kids snacks.......They have my ultimate respect.........Lloyd

EricJonrosh

I agree, the enviornment can make or break you..........I dont have kids, but man for me, if its in the house, its hard to say no, lol
I really admire moms who can resist their kids snacks.......They have my ultimate respect.........Lloyd

My mom was this way. You want a snack, go in the garden and get a tomato. Which I did. A lot. Haha.

On another note, Dr. Oz is the bomb. Highly recommend "YOU on a Diet" - a great reference manual on everything and amazing explanation of obesity from every angle.

Seesaa

That's why I don't agree with going away for help with losing weight...it is a lifestyle change and unless the move if permanent, you need to have the will power to change your total lifestyle and avoid the temptation. Above all, you can control your environment and must be willing to accept a lifestyle change. Sure, there will be critcism and resistance from family and friends, but you need to take the initiative and remain dedicated to yourself above everyone else.

She is only 17 she was obese before she knew she had a choice and if her parents are not supportive there wasn't much choice period. Even in our country 17 is not an adult.

Yes if she was an adult she could say no and make it a life style fighting criticism and resistance along the way, but being a child in an unsupported house hold is vastly different then being an adult in one. Especially in a poor house hold. I grew up in such and when you don't know when or where your next meal is coming from or especially in this sort of society where you can buy junk much more cheaper then fresh food you are sort of doomed unless you parents take the opportunity to educate themselves. Of course then there is the fact that usually in poor house holds both parents work usually at least one full time job if not two or they house hold is poor simply because there is one parent trying to take on everything and in the end easy is the only option and that is usually seen as being the cheap and unhealthy choice.

There are documentaries that explain this and what not.

In the end as a child you do not usually get the luxury of saying no. Also you usually don't realize what you are doing to your body is wrong if your whole family is doing it and though schools teach nutrition it doesn't practice what it preaches with highly processed foods for breakfast and dinner and for a poor family they rely on the school meals because some times that is all the meals they get.

I'm not saying you are wrong. For an adult in that situation they make their own choices. Sending them away can help them, but in the end they have to keep it up when they get back.

I've watched "to fat for 15" where they send children away to lose weight in a supportive environment and get them educated and only then do they realize they have the options of saying no, making choices and taking care of their bodies. but even then the parents can be resistant even though they sent their children there and since a child does rely on their parents for support and all that. it has to be a whole family life style change when it comes to an morbidly obese child or the odds of them succeeding are slim to say the least.

heck even grown adults on here struggle when they don't have the support that is why we are on here for support we are not getting else where. It is wrong to think other wise. We all fall and need help back up. It is unfortunate for her, but she'll soon be an adult and will have to be in the right mind set to go on this journey because she will struggle like all of us do and there will be set backs, but this time perhaps she has learned what those are and what to do to push past them so they don't obliterate her progress any more.

mowrynation

This breaks my heart to hear this as well. I am praying that she is able to conquer this ! I pray that once she is old enough to move that she does, and sets her own rules and makes the right choices.

unicorn19girl

I agree with you, I was saying that it all has to start in the immediate environment. I realize she was a teenager and believe me after spending my entire teenage life obese, I know the harsh realities of being an obese teenager. The whole family needs an intervention, but even as a teenager she learned about portion control and could have continued to lose through that alone. Please don't think me unsympathetic.

jclji4

It is sad....she is going to have to change her inside if she wants lasting change on her outside....Sometimes it is about self love. She has to learn to love herself. I hope she makes that change soon.

JEK717

I think it is really sad the way they talk about her. It sounds almost mean.

http://video.balsas.lt/video/57b6802255fcec69081/Georgia-Davis-ir-jos-kilogramai

Okay my computer has a thing to translate this but if your does not then you will not be able to watch this. But at the end the girl talks about her future dreams once she has lost the weight...it is so cute how she gets excited at the idea. GO GEORGIA DAVIS!!!!!!!

unicorn19girl

It is terrible, the way she is talked about...but then again, the standards we hold for ourselves and others is terrible too. I wish acceptance were taught as much as standards then maybe we would be getting somewhere.

Seesaa

I agree with you, I was saying that it all has to start in the immediate environment. I realize she was a teenager and believe me after spending my entire teenage life obese, I know the harsh realities of being an obese teenager. The whole family needs an intervention, but even as a teenager she learned about portion control and could have continued to lose through that alone. Please don't think me unsympathetic.

I don't think you unsympathetic. just as a society as a whole we are uneducated. It is why websites like these thrive because it is an epidemic. People gain the knowledge now that they couldn't when they were younger. She got the education which is great, but even as adults we give into the peer pressures and family pressures. Then get depressed and sad because we did so. As adults we struggle with our inner selves and as kids we struggle even more. Portion control and education is great, but we learn through this journey there is so much more to it and having a support system of some sort is rather vital because it is an emotional and mental journey as well and that most kids are ill equipped to realize or face easily. Even adults have to have therapists and the like.

simple fact is unless you start at birth with a healthy relationship with food you are going to struggle through out your life to get to the point where you are at peace with yourself and with food. We are just not raised that way any more. Food is used as reward, to sooth, to bribe , to replace feelings and memories. As a society we are responsible for this and only now are we seeing the repercussions of this issue where the chances of our children out living us is not ensured any longer purely because of the health problems related to poor diet and lack of working out.

AmberLiscous

BrittanyGQ

=( and it's soo hard to change your habits when you learned and practiced them growing up!

Am I the only one who google-imaged Chloe Memisevic and thought she looked equally sad?! :noway:

Seesaa

=( and it's soo hard to change your habits when you learned and practiced them growing up!

Am I the only one who google-imaged Chloe Memisevic and thought she looked equally sad?! :noway:

true stuff nothing says sexy like skin stretched over bones and poor posture that the modeling industry says looks good.:noway:

beauty's standards are twisted because of this. It is unfortunate.

knittnponder

That is so sad. My aunt (who was more like my mom as she raised me) passed away at well over 400 pounds. Watching her quality of life the last few years especially there is no way I could sit idly by and watch my child go down that road. My two teen girls and I want to go over there and bring her home to our house. Her face is just so sad it makes me want to cry.