600 lb Woman dies after being surgically removed from couch.

[T_Bone]

http://www.wftv.com/news/3643877/detail.html

 :-o

[adz]

Thats sad :-(

[Cyberus]

Using planks, they loaded the woman on to the trailer, still attached to the couch. Removing her would be too painful, since her body is grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin has literally become one with the sofa and it must be surgically removed.

OMFG! I didn't realise that was possible!

[cecilia]

i doubt this is true.
but it is weirdly entertaining.

sort of in the way that alien abductions and 300lb babies are. :-o

[T_Bone]

cecilia wrote:
i doubt this is true.
but it is weirdly entertaining.

it's true! Saw it on the news, the DA is still thinking about bringing up negligence charges against the family.

Last year there was a woman who had a remote controll stuck in a roll of fat so long that the skin grew around it and formed an abcess that had to be operated on.

Wierd stuff

[Wain]

Here's a more uplifting story in the same vein

Man trying to lose 800lbs

[T_Bone]

Wain wrote:
Here's a more uplifting story in the same vein

Man trying to lose 800lbs

holy crap

[gizz72]

Greetings,

It goes to show that the manufactured food they eat these days are the major cause of obesity around the world. Food chains are the culprits.
Really Sad to hear people suffer like that. If only burgers, pizzas and high cholesterol food are not delicious. Can't help it sometimes if I ever see pizza, I jump out and grab one, an another.. Sooner or later i'd feel the bloat in my tummy and gain a few pounds.

Always eat your veggies! It's for you own good, my mother always say to me. He he. :-)

Regards,

Gizz

[T_Bone]

gizz72 wrote:
Greetings,

It goes to show that the manufactured food they eat these days are the major cause of obesity around the world. Food chains are the culprits.
Really Sad to hear people suffer like that. If only burgers, pizzas and high cholesterol food are not delicious. Can't help it sometimes if I ever see pizza, I jump out and grab one, an another.. Sooner or later i'd feel the bloat in my tummy and gain a few pounds.

Always eat your veggies! It's for you own good, my mother always say to me. He he. :-)

Regards,

Gizz

I doubt these people could blame much of this on their diet, obesity like this can't be from diet alone, usually there's some severe glandular problems

[FluffyMcDeath]

T_Bone wrote:

it's true! Saw it on the news, the DA is still thinking about bringing up negligence charges against the family.

It's kind of ironic to bring a neglect charge, in a way. The only reason she was able to get into this state was that her family kept bringing food. People who are abandoned and have to go out and buy their own groceries cannot get into this situation.

[that_punk_guy]

gizz72 wrote:

It goes to show that the manufactured food they eat these days are the major cause of obesity around the world. Food chains are the culprits.

There's no doubt that convenience foods are often much less healthy than the alternatives, but it's a bit of a leap in logic IMO to attribute this case to it. The lack of exercise appears to be the primary factor here. And, lest I forget, I ate McDonald's every day for two and a half years and never gained a pound. (I do have a very fast metabolism, though.)

[gizz72]

Greetings,

@punk
It also depends on the genes and lifestyle. I too, have a fast metabolism, but before, I seldom move about. Now I walk a km a day just to sweat it all off. Lost 5 lbs. It's a lifestyle disease. Too much eating and drinking (ahem! beer!) and lack of excercise and food chains are really a bad combo. Still, we have self-control. :-)

@all
If you've seen the episode of Opera(IIRC), the topic was about obesity and how the people overcame them. I was shocked how they eat uncontrollably, but still manage to control their 'eating disorder'. Touching is it not?

Regards,

Gizz

[T_Bone]

gizz72 wrote:

If you've seen the episode of Opera(IIRC), the topic was about obesity and how the people overcame them. I was shocked how they eat uncontrollably, but still manage to control their 'eating disorder'. Touching is it not?

Regards,

Gizz

My wifes addicted to Oprah.

[Cyberus]

I despise opera. Its fine until all the singing starts.

[gizz72]

hence, 'It's not over till the fat lady sings'. :lol:

Oprah

Regards,

Gizz