Half Tonne Man

Loki · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:27

Did anyone see the programme on channel 4 last night ?

Not half as disturbing as the weight loss guru with his leo sayer bouffant and short shorts! But thats bye the bye I guess

Some fella had a fighting weight of 85 stone. EIGHTY FIVE ENGLISH STONES I tells ya. The doctor put a lot of it down to chemical imbalances which may or may not be true. The fella hadnt been out of his house for 10 years or something. Don't get me wrong I could do with shedding a few stone myself but I just cant comprehend beging that big. Its not just as easy as some people think and sometimes people dont want to be that big. The main point was that the guys were addicted to food. After a bucket of KFC and a meal they were Hungry again after 10 minutes. Usual lunch for one guy was 20-22 hotdogs. 6 portions of cheesy fries. The doctor calculated that to maintain that weight gain then they must eat around 15,000-20,000 calories per day

cleanbluesky · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:29

Surely someone like that should starve from poverty? Unless he works as an anchor for the Navy or soemthing...

Marshmule · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:30

Disgusting Fat lazy slug! waste of space tbh!

edit sorry missed out the disgusting at the begining!

Ukadder · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:31

I can never understand what exactly is ment by "chemical imbalances" if you eat more than you burn off (be that through exercise or a high motabolism) you will gain weight, if you burn off more than you take in you will loose weight.

Greenlizard0 · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:32

cleanbluesky said:
Surely someone like that should starve from poverty? Unless he works as an anchor for the Navy or soemthing...

Mate that's wrong lol

though saying that he'd probably float like a whale.....

Marshmule · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:33

cleanbluesky said:
Surely someone like that should starve from poverty? Unless he works as an anchor for the Navy or soemthing...

or a life raft!

Loki · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:34

cleanbluesky said:
Surely someone like that should starve from poverty? Unless he works as an anchor for the Navy or soemthing...

One guy claimed his shopping bill was no different than that of any normal Joe. The house was just a mess of empty coke bottles, KFC Buckets and Pizza cartons.

One guy appears on Wogan for loosing something like 60 stone. When he went back to the US he went out for a meal with his family. Something like a Quarter pounder meal or some kind of Burger/Hotdog Combo with fries and large coke type thing. He said he immediately fell off the wagon and ended up having a further 6 meals.

Quite tragic really

Loki · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:37

Ukadder said:
I can never understand what exactly is ment by "chemical imbalances" if you eat more than you burn off (be that through exercise or a high motabolism) you will gain weight, if you burn off more than you take in you will loose weight.

The Doc said the chemical imbalance was the hormone that said to the brain "I am no longer hungry". Basically they just don't know when to stop eating

MR_Punk · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:37

ttiuwp!!!

iCraig · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:38

Wait a second, didn't he weight himself when he was like 70 stone? And ask "Thats pretty big isn't it?"

He probably uses the ordinary excuses aswell;

" Oh, well I like my sweets.. "

" ******* 3-piece suites by the look of it mate "

lukechad · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:39

-Mighty-Mick- said:
ttiuwp!!!

zain · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:39

Thing is, because they cannot move there skin gets stuck to the couch. Anyone watch that episode of nip tuck? I thought it was just fake till I watched Supersize me or something where a woman hadthe same problem :/

You got to be tough to get to that size as most people die, imagine if they worked out instead theyd be very strong.

Retsef · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:41

I liked the woman on that program who recounted how she used to get extra food from her husband. When he gave her a meal (in bed as she couldn't get out of it), she would hide the chops / burgers etc. and shout that the dog had eaten them. She squirreled the extra food he gave her away in a fluffy animal to eat later.

That is so sad. Poor blameless mutt.

Ukadder · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:42

The Doc said the chemical imbalance was the hormone that said to the brain "I am no longer hungry". Basically they just don't know when to stop eating

Arrhh I see that makes sence. Guess they should just be hungry and I'm sure after a while their body will re-program it's self to eating less and not feeling hungry, I personally often feel hungry, a quick smoke usally sorts me out!

Aliboy · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:42

lukechad said:

Now THAT'S a cleavage

qwerty · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:43

a good point made:

These people are addicted to food (dubious), and because you have to eat every day to live it's very hard to quit. It's like a heroin addict having to have a fix every day, or an alcoholic having to have a drink.

Shifter_Hull · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:44

Gee what people do to get on tv lol the Fat Git

Freeman · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:45

I found it funny when he said he doesn't eat anymore than a norma person lol.

Just looking at his bins, and what he was eating during that documentry it's no wonder he's so damn FAT.

Ukadder · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:46

Have to have the same kind of treatment as heroin addicts etc and go cold turkey

or was it cold turkey that make them so fat in the first place!

Vonhelmet · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:46

zain said:
Thing is, because they cannot move there skin gets stuck to the couch. Anyone watch that episode of nip tuck? I thought it was just fake till I watched Supersize me or something where a woman hadthe same problem :/

You got to be tough to get to that size as most people die, imagine if they worked out instead theyd be very strong.

That happened on one documented occasion. I doubt it is routine.

A woman got fused to the couch. Pretty horrible really. The room stank of poop.