Woman who has to eat 5000 calories a day!
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2288359/The-woman-eats-5-000-calories-DAY-stay-alive-gastric-bypass-surgery-went-horribly-wrong.html
"Most people who undergo weight loss surgery expect to eat less after the operation.
But one desperate woman now has to consume up to 5,000 calories a day in order to stay alive, after the operation left her severely malnourished.
Pub landlady Julie Dunbar, 51, decided to undergo gastric surgery in an attempt to lose weight after tipping the scales at a hefty 20st 7lbs and suffering from a number of illnesses.
But she soon lost more weight than doctors expected and became dangerously malnourished - dropping a worrying 14 and a half stone in just 12 months.
She needed three operations and was even fed through a line in her nose to try and get nutrition into her fragile body.
Ms Dubar, from Leeds, was finally diagnosed a year later with Wernicke Encephalopathy, an illness resulting from severe malnourishment and a lack of vitamins and nutrients.
She now has to eat constantly throughout the day after doctors told her to consume as possible to ensure she gets the right nutrients to stay alive.
She eats a staggering 5,000 calories a day, including a two-egg omelette with 175g of cheese for breakfast, multiple packs of fruit pastels and jelly beans, at least 10 chocolate biscuits and a full main meal of chicken Thai curry, or shepherd's Pie."
Be careful what you wish for! It's like a scary mirror image of dieting! It must be very wearing to have to eat all that food every day, and she's so tiny! I was looking at her big table full of food and thinking that I'd hate to have to make myself eat that EVERY DAY. Cutting calories to lose weight is hard ... but so is the opposite. It's sad that food has become a chore to her rather than a pleasure. I thought this was interesting and I've put it in Motivation and Support because I suppose it gives motivation to cut calories in a more gentle way and avoid surgery.
"Most people who undergo weight loss surgery expect to eat less after the operation.
But one desperate woman now has to consume up to 5,000 calories a day in order to stay alive, after the operation left her severely malnourished.
Pub landlady Julie Dunbar, 51, decided to undergo gastric surgery in an attempt to lose weight after tipping the scales at a hefty 20st 7lbs and suffering from a number of illnesses.
But she soon lost more weight than doctors expected and became dangerously malnourished - dropping a worrying 14 and a half stone in just 12 months.
She needed three operations and was even fed through a line in her nose to try and get nutrition into her fragile body.
Ms Dubar, from Leeds, was finally diagnosed a year later with Wernicke Encephalopathy, an illness resulting from severe malnourishment and a lack of vitamins and nutrients.
She now has to eat constantly throughout the day after doctors told her to consume as possible to ensure she gets the right nutrients to stay alive.
She eats a staggering 5,000 calories a day, including a two-egg omelette with 175g of cheese for breakfast, multiple packs of fruit pastels and jelly beans, at least 10 chocolate biscuits and a full main meal of chicken Thai curry, or shepherd's Pie."
Be careful what you wish for! It's like a scary mirror image of dieting! It must be very wearing to have to eat all that food every day, and she's so tiny! I was looking at her big table full of food and thinking that I'd hate to have to make myself eat that EVERY DAY. Cutting calories to lose weight is hard ... but so is the opposite. It's sad that food has become a chore to her rather than a pleasure. I thought this was interesting and I've put it in Motivation and Support because I suppose it gives motivation to cut calories in a more gentle way and avoid surgery.
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This is a terrible situation. But I have to say that I would have ZERO problem eating 5000 calories a day.0
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In a sick way i'm kinda jealous. I;m always hungry but if I eat more than 1,500 I gain weight. Yes I work out. To be able to eat and actually feel full with out gaining would be a dream come true.0
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That's really an interesting article. Thanks for sharing!0
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How utterly awful!!!
Reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode where the world ends, allowing a bookworm to finally focus on reading - only to have his glasses break.0 -
I eat that much when I bulk......I know how she feels:sad:
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This is a terrible situation. But I have to say that I would have ZERO problem eating 5000 calories a day.
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I'd like to know how she can fit 5000 calories into a walnut sized stomach. As far as the malnourishment, yes we deal with that, but that is the reason for the intense regimen of multivitamins, calcium, iron, and B12 every day for the rest of our lives. Sounds to me like Ms. Dunbar had very poor medical care and/or did not follow medical advice. Too many people go into this surgery thinking it is an easy way out. They are more wrong than they will ever know!0
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Well, 5000 a day is just not possible, not on the long run at least.
What I don't understand is that okay, she's mal nourished, but why doesn't she seem to eat a lot of vegetables? And can't anybody give her multi-vitamines or minerals? I know it's not the same but it might help.
Oh, the dailymail, always finding the weirdest stories!0 -
Well, 5000 a day is just not possible, not on the long run at least.
I could do that without breaking a sweat...0 -
This is a terrible situation. But I have to say that I would have ZERO problem eating 5000 calories a day.
My thoughts exactly
It's sad that her health has been compromised. But other than the actual money it would cost, I have to say I would not really mind that problem.0 -
Well, 5000 a day is just not possible, not on the long run at least.
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OMG! I'm not sure I could do this. 2500, no sweat, but 5000? I don't think so.0
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Well, 5000 a day is just not possible, not on the long run at least.
Explain?0 -
The only way I could do that is if I rarely cooked for myself and ate out all the time.0
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Well, 5000 a day is just not possible, not on the long run at least.
I can eat 5000 calories in one sitting.0 -
To those claiming 5000 a day isn't possible. ..lol how do you think we got here?? Obviously if it was that hard American would be #1 in obesity.0
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For the sake of Americans and other alien species, The Daily Mail is hardly considered a paradigm of journalistic integrity.
So take the risk of blowing your sodium target and take everything found therein with a hefty pinch of salt.0 -
Why can't she drink some high-calorie meal-sub shakes instead of all the food? Might help her bill...?
That's awful....she looks terrible, I feel bad for her.0 -
To be Clear on the Surgery performed it was DDS (it was NOT RnY gastric bypass) which is the most severe of them - typically reserved for those in the 50 and above BMI range.
From the article:
The operation, a duodenal switch with a bilo-pancreatic diversion, involves part of the stomach being removed, but leaves the valve that controls food drainage to be left intact, making it harder for the body to absorb nutrients.0 -
5000 a day?!
I am not impressed. I used to eat that or more daily by choice. And it was easy!
Of course, I also at one point weighed 365 pounds!
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Something sounds hinky with this. I just can not imagine someone who is so malnourished that they are required to eat large amounts of candy instead of real food. Sugar provides calories but no nutrition. The protein does make some sense but even with that, where is the vitamins and minerals that would offset the malnutrition??0
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Disturbing...I wonder how much she poops :S0
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Well, 5000 a day is just not possible, not on the long run at least.
Easily possible, and more than likely medically assisted.
This isn't okay. This was a botched surgery. My guess is that the OP was posting this for the information of those considering the surgery.What I don't understand is that okay, she's mal nourished, but why doesn't she seem to eat a lot of vegetables? And can't anybody give her multi-vitamines or minerals? I know it's not the same but it might help.0 -
That is crazy... and scary, honestly. What if she is broke and cant afford a shopping trip? I dont have to worry about literally withering away just cuz Im broke! eek!0
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I have a friend who has always been STICK thin. UK size 4 is big on her. And she's fit - she's on the university hockey team, has skated and been sporty her whole life. And she eats and eats, and doesn't get anywhere. I've always said I was jealous of her (especially when we go out to dinner and I'm drinking water and skipping dessert and she's eating as much as possible!) but she says she just gets SICK of trying to eat.0
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This is why there's no magic trick to healthy fitness and weight loss and it has to come from diet, exercise, and sleep. I've known at least one person who had the bypass surgery, but he also changed his eating habits and became more active at the same time.
On a side note, I've known some ER Physicians and we've talked about the super-obese people they've had come in--people who have to be cut out of their houses and/or transported in a moving truck because they don't fit in an ambulance and can't stand up. Usually they're in the ER because they're close to that point of eating themselves to death (one weighed over 1,100 pounds).
When these doctors have to crash a person's weight, I was told, "You can stay alive on vitamins electrolyes, and water." Those are the three critical things you'd need. I'm not saying anyone should consider stripping their diet down this drastically, but I *am* saying that no one should leave any of those things *out* of their diet, or something like this could happen.
If this woman has to sustain herself like this, her metabolism is so far out of whack that I can only imagine her days are numbered no matter what she does. This is why diet pills, herbals and/or "metabolism enhancers" make me very suspicious--many can throw off the delicate balance between pituitary, thyroid, and adrenals.0 -
One for our overseas friends; treat any story sourced from The Daily Mail with extreme suspicion. They are the very dictionary definition of the phrase 'trolling for page hits'.0
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Well, 5000 a day is just not possible, not on the long run at least.
I can eat 5000 calories in one sitting.
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Yep, daily mail isn't always the best source of news.
However, if true,it says she can't absorb nutrients so she is eating chocolate and junk. Nutrient rich smoothies and shakes would surely be healthier. Protein shakes for the extra protein needed.0 -
I would LOVE to have her problem! I can rip through 2,000 calories in a heartbeat!0
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