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1 hour ago, Passing Strange said:
I hated the funeral idea, but I hate the notion of interventions, period. It's a bunch of people getting together to try to bully one person into doing what others want her to do, but it's ok, because it's "for her own good." Whether it's smoking or drugs or going to the gym too often, people will stop when they want to stop and no amount of well intentioned pressure is going to make it happen sooner. Promise me a nice evening out then drag me to funeral home where everyone has gathered to talk about how bad they're going to feel and I would have been defensive, too. Other people's feelings aren't my responsibility.
I don't believe in "food addiction," any more than I believe people can mange their weight by "busting" sugar or fat, eating according to their body or blood type, or getting therapy. We've only recently started to understand that the evolution of our bodies hasn't kept up with that of our brains. The answer is simply that our prehistoric bodies understand survival, not concepts. If you severely restrict food intake, your body thinks it's starving and it takes measures to stop that. It slows your metabolism, which explains how people on diets not only stop losing weight, they can actually gain. It makes changes in your brain that cause food to seem super delicious, which explains why it can look like people are addicted. It adjusts hormone levels so that your hunger goes up and your ability to feel full goes down.
I'm heavy and I knew about these effects long before science did. If Whitney doesn't know the science behind why diets fail, I bet she at least knows that they do. She may not want to change how she eats, but she also doesn't want to fail at dieting on national television. What I wish this show would do is approach health for overweight people in a realistic way. But we're talking about a show that staged a mock funeral "intervention," so....
About Lenny. I get no sense of connection between him and Whitney, no chemistry. And people called her parents and her roommate when she went to the hospital, but not her boyfriend? It's as if paying him for a visit to the hospital wasn't in the production budget. When I look at Lenny I think that at the end of the season he grows out his hair, shaves off the ugly beard and mustache, takes his paycheck and goes home to his real SO.
Do you believe that one can be addicted to sugar? Or that there are things put in food (similar to cigarettes) that have an addictive quality? Just curious.
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7 hours ago, princelina said:
I'll be the first to say it- the "funeral" was a bad idea. (Not to mention completely staged for TV - caskets are expensive, and you can't get funeral home workers to cart them into your local chapel just to prove a point. But that apart from that . . .) - here's the thing about fat people - we know we are fat. We know when we have gained weight and our clothes don't fit, etc. I know this based on the fact that my mom has been informing me of the fact ever since I went through puberty (ending up at 5'6" and 140 lbs! when I was in high school. Too fat to ever get a date or find a husband, in case you all were wondering. By the time I ended college, and throughout my 20s and 30s, I veered from @160-180 lbs (size 12-14), during which time I also finally convinced her that I know when I gain weight and, contrary to her beliefs, it does not "help" to have someone point it out. Now in my late 40's I had knee surgery which left me unable to work out for 6 months, quit smoking, started meopause and have ballooned to 215. Thankfully my family has kept their pieholes shut about the whole thing, because I am quite aware of it :) In the meantime, I have been a teacher for almost 30 years, been a reliable helper for my family, friends, social organizations and church, and even found a husband!
In contrast, my brother is super handsome and charming, and a raging alcoholic and drug addict. Natch he found a wife when he was young, and has spent the last two decades (that I have spent disappointing my mother) abusing and terrorizing his wife and children. My parents have provided him with a "business" that he "owns" but doesn't really work at, and he spends the majority of his time golfing until the courses ban him for bad behavior, or lying in his bed hungover. (Not his fault! He's sick! And if his wife behaved better he'd have gotten sober long ago!)
The reason I am going into detail like this is merely to explain that I am very familiar with both A.) overweight and "fat shamed" and B.) an addict who doesn't take any responsibility for his decisions.
The fake funeral, even if it weren't staged, was nothing more than a way to offend Whitney and make her defensive. Not that it makes her right, but IMO there was nothing more going on there than a TV sound bite. No one in her life has EVER sat her down in private and said, "I'm worried about you." Which is a different thing than a public shaming, because the person being confronted is only looking back at ONE other person and that person is sincere. I have never seen any of her friends and family actually do that; on the other hand if they did it would be on TV and so she would be defensive anyway.
My real point is that at this point I see her as more of an "addict" than an overweight person, and addicts have every excuse in the book for their behavior; woe to us all who disagree with them. What her family and friends really need to do is to inform her that they are not enabling her any more, and agree amongst themselves that that will be true. Which means Whit must order her own pizza, ask for her own fatty ski boots, help her own self onto the tube, etc. It will take longer than the "lightning bolt" moment everyone is hoping to see on tv, but will be more helpful to her in the long run. (And if this tv show doesn't work out, Babs and Dad should tell her to save her tv money until she gets another job.)
Sometime in the middle of the night, I came to the addict conclusion too. What does an addict do when you ask them, or attempt to convey to them they have a problem? They get angry. They get defensive. And what do addicts have? People who enable them. She is addicted to food. Or attention. Or maybe some of each. And the people who enable her are addicted to being the ones who help. The white knights in shining armor.
I liked your post. And agree so much with your statement, "fat people know they are fat." I am overweight too, and have said the same thing, many times.
Yesterday I really felt like the show was mocking her. It reminded me of "People of Walmart" meets "My Big Fat Fabulous Life".
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This episode disgusted me on so many levels.
At the ER....Whitney was like a 4 year old, lapping up the attention she was getting from her parents and others there. Everything the doctor was trying to tell her, she didn't seem to believe any of it.
The funeral...why didn't Buddy want to take part? If he really cared for her, he would have wanted to help her. Her tantrum afterwards....again, she's like a 4 year old. And her snarky comment that they could have found a more effective way to get through to her...Really? Have you watched yourself?? Nothing gets through to you!!! But she didn't waste any time grabbing that picture of herself and storming out.
Why did no one notify Lenny? Don't they like him? I'm not sure how I feel about him. Does he have a regular job besides painting pictures?
Going to the mountains -- Whitney sure didn't waste any time making fun of Buddy in his swim trunks. I found that odd, since she looked much worse in her bathing suit (she was making fun of how little suit he had vs. how much fat).
The hot tub -- all of that was just totally disgusting. It was a poor attempt at some morbidly obese people trying to act like it was cool to be so fat while trying to act like people of a lesser weight. Whitney almost crushed Lenny.
The tubing adventure? Just gross.
The skiing debacle? No pity. I have no pity for this woman. She really needs help for her mental issues. She is, perhaps, the most delusional person I have ever seen. Crying at the end because she was too fat to do all the things she thought she could do??? She had enough self pity for herself...she doesn't need any from anyone else.
I am just totally disgusted by the lot of them.
And I want to add, I would be the first one to come to her defense, if she actually TRIED to make herself healthier. Instead, she just says she is trying to, and then pretends to be confused about why it's not working. I can't stand the learned helplessness.
She actually said to Lenny that she never said the PCOS is the reason she's overweight (this was when they were discussing the youtube message she got from the man who said his wife had PCOS and wasn't overweight). Are you serious Whitney??????????? Every chance you get, you tout PCOS as the reason for your weight gain!! Do you not hear yourself??
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There's no way Whitney is eating only 2000 calories a day. At least 5,000, if not 6,000. She is almost 3 times her normal weight. I'm not quite sure what she weighs, but I'd venture a guess it's over 400. I wonder if she would be offended if the network asked her to go to Dr. Now? Yeah, I know she's not at 600 lbs., but the surgery would still be applicable to her.
Her parents, especially her father, treat her like a child. It's like she doesn't want to grow up. On the other hand, they may be a wealth of pain hiding behind the, "I like being fat!" comment.
I don't know why, but I will watch again tonight.
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I watched. My husband was disgusted with me, but I watched. I can't help it. I wanted to know the story behind shoving the marshmallow in her mouth...but I guess that'll be later in the season.
When she said, "I like being fat"...I don't get overweight people who say that (and I am overweight by about 75 lbs). I hate being fat. I am disgusted with the fact that I cannot lose this weight, although I try to eat cleanly and I exercise, but obviously, I am not trying hard enough. No one likes being fat. Unless you have an underlying psychological issue that feeds that, anyway.
I would be interested to know what she eats in a day. Not for any judgemental purpose. Just to keep myself on the straight and narrow.
Her poor dad. I feel badly for him, but I'm not sure why. Babs, I think, likes the attention as much as Whitney.
And being so proud that you're not pre-diabetic? As if that gives you a license, free and clear, to keep eating what you want, when you want, and gain even more weight??!! Please. She is grasping at straws.
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On 6/3/2016 at 6:46 AM, JoanArc said:
Zero chance she's pregnant. What a lame video. Anything their faces out there.
Has it been medically documented that she has been without periods for over a year, or no longer has a uterus?
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So this article states that they are back to their routine sex life. How is this public knowledge? Is there a billboard somewhere?
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I was completely crushed when Norma was, in fact, dead.
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2 minutes ago, Aja said:
Lol! We're not talking about Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, here. Probably had the thesaurus open to "said". :D
I'm thinking that word "gushed" is a clue to who said it...they used it twice in the article...now....who do we know in Duggarland who gushes??
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15 hours ago, jschoolgirl said:
Imagine being 27 or so and being "not allowed to have" a phone! Or anything, for that matter.
I imagine it's Jizm Bob and Mechelle's call, not Anna's, which is even more pathetic.
I know lots of married couples where one spouse or the other is "not allowed" to have this, or that...like....a gf/bf on the side....guns....phone sex...or to go out on the town with ________ (insert name of untrustworthy person here). In Josh's particular case, the internet was his downfall, so it makes sense that he would have those restrictions placed on him. Kind of like.....losing your driver's license after so many DUI's.
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17 hours ago, JoanArc said:
Looks like an insider thinks Anna's pregnant.
Huh, but I thought he had all that therapy!
I found this portion of the article particularly odd:
“It’s the last thing their family needs right now,” gushed the source. “Josh just got out of rehab, and considering the family’s financial future is uncertain, the financial burden of a fifth child is the last thing Anna and Josh need.” In fact, Josh is SO strapped for cash that he has been selling used cars on the side of the road — no joke.
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"gushed" the insider???!!! What part of that sentence was "gush" worthy? Is also seems too well worded to be anyone in the family (cousins, family friends, etc.).
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S03.E02: A Brush With Death
in My Big Fat Fabulous Life
Right. If she wanted to, she could probably have a personal trainer, her home outfitted with top notch exercise equipment, AND a personal chef preparing her tasty, healthy meals, all on TLC's dime....it would take her 2-3 years to lose all the weight she needs to (healthfully, not on some crash diet). But she still refuses. That angers me, too. I wish I had those things at my disposal. In terms of Whitney, the heart wants what the heart wants. And her heart wants to shovel unhealthy food in her mouth in vast quantities. I think Lenny has a large woman fetish, too.