Woman force feeds herself to earn money as BBW

We read this in The Mail yesterday, I feel so sad for her. Her boyfriend doesn't look pleased about it in the photos, I think he's just a bit of a sap and thinks he's supporting her 'career'
I do hope she realises soon and stops hurting herself intentionally :-(

Oh I think the funnel thing is probably more interesting to watch?! Who knows :-/

To each their own...

She likes eating and lazing around the house. Lots of people do. The difference is that she has figured out how to get paid to do it.

Is she mentally ill? Probably, but so are lots of people.

I don't think this is a big deal. (Excuse the pun)

If she wants to do that to her body it's her choice, I guess. Not something I've ever wanted. I did briefly date a feeder when I was big. That was a very strange experience, when someone wants to feed you and compliments you when you put on weight.

I pity her like I pity the other deluded creatures on here who seek attention for self-destructive behavior.

That said, I'm not going to waste much time doing so . . .

I would say that particular woman is very bazaar to say the very least...

weird. all the threads yesterday were about how it's ok to be overweight as long as you're happy with yourself. and then today if someone wants to become big it's OMGSHOCKANDHORRORZ.

yesterday there was no correlation between weight and health but today it's "That's SO UNHEALTHY" and "She's got a mental problem".

I'm confused.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/986541-a-fat-girl-who-likes-being-fat-1

since when is "she's got a mental health problem" shaming? I suppose it comes across that way when most people in our society think mental health problems are something to be ashamed of, rather than something to be understood and treated. It's extremely sad that as a society we can't say something, which should be taken as expressing sympathy and an attempt to understand someone's bizarre behaviour, without it being taken as an insult. I guess that's the state of the society we live in... I really wish people would change their attitudes towards mental health.... I have mental health problems and it's nothing to be ashamed of - but it is something that usually can be treated and it's terrible if people are suffering from it for years not knowing that it can be treated, because everyone's afraid to talk about it. http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/

I stand by what was said earlier, it seems like he is exploiting her, and people with serious self esteem issues and certain mental health problems are often very vulnerable to being exploited. The idea that she has a kind of eating disorder isn't extreme either.

This situation is nothing like that of an obese person who wants to get fit and healthy but isn't bothered about whether they still have a high body fat percentage or not because they don't hate themselves. This is a physically healthy young woman who's allowing herself to be force fed ridiculous and unhealthy amounts of foods by her boyfriend who seems to care more about his fetish than her health.

Speechless

This makes me think of the movie FEED.

http://youtu.be/FuEp3GAcEKM (trailer)

weird. all the threads yesterday were about how it's ok to be overweight as long as you're happy with yourself. and then today if someone wants to become big it's OMGSHOCKANDHORRORZ.

yesterday there was no correlation between weight and health but today it's "That's SO UNHEALTHY" and "She's got a mental problem".

I'm confused.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/986541-a-fat-girl-who-likes-being-fat-1

I was thinking the same thing. People got attacked there for trying to tell her that what she needed to do was lose weight, but it's cool to tell this woman that she shouldn't be trying to "get" to that weight?

all of this just reminds me of how much I want a jumper like this

Ironic that I came across this thread. How many threads have been posted that complain about people "fat shaming" others and how horrible it is to make fun of other people's "personal choices", yet here is one more that is doing that very thing?

What's the difference between the reactions on this thread and the "Do I look fat to you?" threads that are out there? The only difference I see is that the woman who is doing this to herself isn't on here to defend herself. Instead, folks have just decided to take it upon themselves to rage in disgust.

Quite the hypocrisy, huh?

This woman has issues greater than wanting to be the biggest woman on the internet. We all know it, and that's not something to poke fun at, in my opinion. What happened to, "If you don't have anything nice to say..."? Oh, yeah, it only applies to certain people who post certain thread topics -- not everyone, right?

It's just sad she choses to live like this. Yes, it's her choice but so is it for people to starve themselves and yet that's unacceptable. She's still killing herself and needs to get help. It's just a discussion about an article and people are allowed to have opinions without it being out of order, IMO

The fetish industry caters to a whole array of different sexual tastes! I'm not sure why she is using a funnel though. You could probably drink quite a large amount of calories.

To make the story oh so much more dramatic.....also I doubt her boyfriend is force feeding her if she's doing this of her own accord!

Time for a therapist and a new boyfriend!

weird. all the threads yesterday were about how it's ok to be overweight as long as you're happy with yourself. and then today if someone wants to become big it's OMGSHOCKANDHORRORZ.

yesterday there was no correlation between weight and health but today it's "That's SO UNHEALTHY" and "She's got a mental problem".

I'm confused.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/986541-a-fat-girl-who-likes-being-fat-1

since when is "she's got a mental health problem" shaming? I suppose it comes across that way when most people in our society think mental health problems are something to be ashamed of, rather than something to be understood and treated. It's extremely sad that as a society we can't say something, which should be taken as expressing sympathy and an attempt to understand someone's bizarre behaviour, without it being taken as an insult. I guess that's the state of the society we live in... I really wish people would change their attitudes towards mental health....

All of this.

If someone takes "this is a mental health problem" as an insult it says an awful lot about their own attitude to mental health.

If this woman was anorexic and purposely starving herself in order to reach a dangerously low body weight, it wouldn't be "thin-shaming" to suggest she is ill. It would be concern and common sense.

And if an anorexic woman's partner restricted her food intake we'd say it was abusive relationship. (People have asked why he's feeding her by funnel - I assume it's because they both get a kick out if it. They've fetishised her eating.)

So why is it different because this woman just because she is trying to reach a weight some of us reached without trying?

^^yes, this is what I was trying to say. I said the same thing to him because he was like 'whatever it's her choice' because he'd love to eat that much and yet anorexia is bad and how can anyone not eat.