NJ Woman Wants To Be Fat

Doesn't that woman realize what she is doing to herself. She is killing herself. The heart can only stand so much weight. Being that fat means her blood vessels have to be blocked with plague. Well one day we will hear on the news that Donna will be dead. Hope it doesn't happen. Hope she comes to her senses and realizes what she's doing before it comes to that.

People do strange things to themselves. I've heard of people who have cosmetic surgery in order to look more green and scaly like a lizard, or who have spikes surgically implanted into their skulls.It's hard to even comment on why anyone would do this kind of thing.

@DBlack: I agree. What people do really amazes me. I think some people do it for attention.

People can have all sorts of weird body dysmorphic disorders - from anorexia to this! I'm all for people making their own choices, but once the Twilight obsession wears off, all those fanboys with implanted fangs are going to feel mighty silly....

@ajadeidealist Indeed, and how stupid do you feel being the one who disfigured himself of his own free will. I bet people with regrets about what they've done to themselves have some weird psychological issues afterward (in addition to whatever issues they had wanting to do that to themselves in the first place).

People do things without thinking. They just feel it at the moment, do it, and hope for the best. At least this is what a psychologist told me a few months ago, when I was doing research for an article. Of course, this does not mean everyone is included in that group. Some people know what they are doing, and do it in such a calculating way.

@Freyja4 She is crazy for sure...which world is she living in? why would she want to do that to herself ? just did some digging around. She apparently has a website which funds her eating habits as there are certain weird men who pay to watch her eat! I cannot believe she has admirers in this day and age when fitness and weight loss is a goal for so many.. she is seriously sick in the head.

@uptowngirl: Well, I did write an article on her not too long ago. It has been pretty popular. Here's the link in case you haven't read it yet:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5601226/big_ambition_meet_donna_simpson.html?cat=9

I got permission to do the transcript of an interview with Donna Simpson as well as a min-interview with the radio show host that did the interview. It's interesting to read wha Donna had to say about everything.

As for the fact that some people pay to watch her eat, well, as . . . interesting . . . as it sounds some men like big women. Many of those same men have a fetish with watching them eat. You wouldn't believe some of the comments I've read regarding that. It's more disturbing to know that some men want to watch someone eat than it is to like big women and not watch them eat.

Fair enough, @Feryja! I'm all for people indulging their private fantasies however they like IN PRIVATE - but once people get hurt or do damage to themselves or their bodies it stops being so "live and let live" for me.

@ajadedidealist: Oh, I agree. It's like this whole EMO thing. I never reallyundertsood it until just recently. You wear slightly punkish clothes crossed with Goth and say "poor me" all the time and I've seen pics of EMO people who have cut themselves. It's bad enough that they do that to themselves but worse that they take pictures, ya know?

@Freyja4 I just read the whole article with the interview and all she is crazy this woman.

@uptowngirl The astonishing thing isn't that she's crazy but that she's functionally crazy and around to walk around and all, paying her bills and living her life and whatnot. Gotta shake my head at this one.

@Freyja Isn't that emo thing over by now? Those kids are so behind the times.

@uptowngirl I can't believe anyone would pay to watch someone eat - and that someone would submit themselves to such a degrading way to buy 2 liters of Coke.

@Uptowngirl: It's an interesting read isn't it? It's been very popular.

I still can't get over the craziness of that woman and the fact that she talks so casually about what she's doing to herself.

Oh, obesity. Killer of Americans. Attractive to few. Opposed by many.

@BroadwayBK I have yet to meet a guy who finds obese women attractive and that's what she is ..she is way beyond fat or even chubby.

Yeah, I can actually understand how a little chubs is kinda cute. But someone who can't haul their own weight out of their own bed? That's not pretty.

I don't understand why anyone would want to not be able to walk?

@Everyone like I said before she is totally bizarre that woman.. she grosses me out especially since I have to work so hard to keep excess weight off.

@Everybody And yet, looks like she gets plenty of attention from men!

She is also getting plenty of attention from us - I'm not surprised she's getting plenty of attention in general.

Then again, it's a pity the media doesn't treat anorexics as equally grotesque - they seem to be glamorized somehow...

@ajadedidealist You have a good point there. I once saw a woman walking around the UES so thin that she looked like a scary corpse. She could barely hold her own head up. Freakish, and do you know what? The clothes and jewelry she was wearing were incredibly expensive. It seemed all the more sad that for all the money she had she would do that to herself.

I remember when anorexia was a big deal. There were all these shows about how women/girls where making themselves sick. What was the line I remember hearing . . . in one movie it was, "You can never be too thin." This girls roommate became very worried because she'd routinely find her friend over the toilet. Bulemia I think they call it. And she was addicted to exercise. I had an ex friend who was like that. It's okay to go organic and to be careful of what you eat becuase of food restrictions. But she did show me pictures of when she was really thin and exercising three times a day everyday. I actually coudn't fit into some clothes she gave me. And I get looks all the time. I don't know why everyone thinks I have a problem. I am bigger than my ex-sister-in-law. Taller as well. On average I'd say I'm 110lbs and a size 5 with no chest (I kid you not). It is one of the reasons I like being preggo. I love gaining weight. This last time I was 145lbs at the end. After the baby I was 132lbs and size 9 and with clevage. I wish I could keep it all. Alas, I am now back down to average size and I hate it. I hope my metabolism slows in my thirtties. I here it is supposed to. I don't own a scale either. Last time I had my weight checked I refused to look.

@Freyja4 I hate getting on scales even in the doctor's office and I rather use the pant-o-meter to let me know if I have gained or lost weight.

I knew a girl who had that exercise addiction - she looks pretty svelte and in shape nowadays, but she is is a little underweight for her frame. She is obsessed with her weight because her mother was always on top of her about her weight... Life is just too short for all of the eating disorders out there.

@uptowngirl: Ok. What's a Pant-O-Meter?

@Freyja4 a favorite pair of jeans when they become too tight= weight gain when they fit well once more=weight loss

@uptowngirl That is a classy scale substitution. I'm not a big fan of numbers myself, but who needs them. If my clothes aren't fitting properly then I guess it's time to cut down on the carrot cake.

@BroadwayBk works every time

I had serious eating disorder issues as a teenager - eventually I learned that not weighing myself, using common sense (indulging one day, cutting back a bit the next), and eating a healthy mix of proteins, carbs, fats, and loads of fruits and veggies could do more for my body than any crazy diet!

For me I have had this odd and scary thought about meat lately. It's caused me to want to go vegan. Normally I'd only be worried about getting my high fiber, high carbs and 3000 cals a day. Becuase of being so small and having digestive issues that's what the doctor recommended. There are certain foods I can't eat though. Like pears. Anything that is hard to digest. I like pears but eat them rarely.
As for the meat thing, well, I hate putting it this way, but what has come to mind is. . . could you imagine another species eating us? We eat tuna, which is technically an infant fish. We are fishing for them before they have a chance to grow to their actual adult size which is huge. Back in the 1700's they were a lot larger because people ate them less. And veal, I am told it's a baby cow. I don't know, when you think of it that way, it's kinda of terrifying. I know that many species eat meat and don't have second thoughts. But they do protect their young from being eaten a majority of the time. Are my thoughts odd to anyone?

@freyja4: Our food industry is really scary. But, we are made to eat meat of all sorts and we're actually not supposed to eat grains. So, if you buy food from local farms that is free range and grass fed. And, buy fish that is actually cuaght and not farmed, you're as close to humanely eating meat as you can be.

I think the media will air whatever they think is interesting and newsworthy at the time. Since obesity is such a widespread problem, show someone taking advantage of it. The media realizes this and eats it up. Its a twist to the common lose weight mentality.

@JEnMac I admit I personally don't find women who are too thin all that attractive.

@DBlack may your tribe increase :)

@Freyja On the flip side of that, can you imagine a world where creatures DIDN'T eat each other at all? The food chain would completely collapse.

@Everyone: I will not be on for a while. I can't afford my internet at the moment and most likely wont be on until after I move to Missouri. As for animals not eating each other, yeah, I can see the point there. it's just that for humans we do have that conscious thought of things like that. Animals do also to a point but it's different for them I think. Well, gotta go. Baby fussing and the comp I am using is very slow with the internet. It uses dial-up one of the few people I know actually uses dail-up! LOL Talk about old school.

@Freyja4 Wow isn't Dial up super expensive since it is calculated at a per minute rate? or has that all changed now?

@NeverSleeps I have no shame in admitting that I do like eating other creatures-chicken, turkey, bison and most fish.. I am usually vegetarian throughout the week and when the weekend comes around I begin to crave some meat and you're right the entire food chain would collapse if creature's don't eat other creature's that's the way nature designed it.

@Uptowngirl: Interesting. I thought dial-up was gone. I guess there are still people using it.

@uptowngirl That changed years ago - I remember when my parents had dial-up, and the dial-up number was a local one, so there was no per-minute charge.

@JenMac What makes you say that humans aren't supposed to eat grains?

@NeverSleeps: If the grains are 100% whole wheat they are good to eat because they contain fiber. Refined grains are simply junk food.

@hhusted But why wouldn't a person be able to eat whole grains?

I rarely eat grains at all - although I have a huge weakness for pasta. Pasta pasta pasta - I absolutely love it!

@ajadedidealist Me too but I usually like mine simple al olio.

I am in love with whole wheat pasta - they've really improved the stuff in recent years.

I love pasta too. But, my real weakness is pizza.

@Neversleeps: I've done a ton of research on food and holistic methods of healing. And, it's pretty much across the board with those powers that be that most people are allergic to gluten -- which is found in just about every complex carbohydrate. Our stomachs can't break it down. I have a friend whom has an autistic child, and once they found through research that they needed to remove gluten from his diet, he started to come around. Our stomachs can't process it, so mucus starts lining the intestines which keeps heavy metals and candida from being expelled. Basically, I removed all gluten from my diet and I felt like a million bucks and my skin was like a baby. It's really hard to keep up with an on the go kind of life, but the difference you feel is pretty crazy.

@Uptowngirl: That's why you have to educate yourself when it comes to the right foods to eat. By doing this, you will gear your shopping to the right area of the store.

@NeverSleeps Wholewheat pasta is my choice too though I usually eat a bowl of brown rice for lunch. I absolutely love it.


@JenMac I wish I could avoid gluten too but its sounds so tough to do. I also find it harder to stick to a strict regime as I cook for the husband and can't really subject him to all the 'weird' stuff that I like to eat.

@NeverSleeps @uptowngirl I am with you guys on the whole wheat pasta thing.

@JenMac Aren't there some grains that don't have gluten? How else would gluten-free bread be available?

@BroadwayBK: Just look up "gluten-free foods" online and see if anything comes up.

@JenMac my brother's wife has recently discovered that gluten generates candida in her system and she has become avoiding a whole lot of foods including wine, cheese, bread etc, she has dropped oodles of weight and looks amazing

@uptowngirl But then what does she eat? Seems such a pity to give up marvelous things like cheese and wine.