The World's Fattest Man
Yes, as difficult as it may be to believe it, the image to your left is a human body.That's a picture of Paul Mason, a 48 year-old Brit. At one point he tipped the scales at over 980 lbs - giving him the dubious title of The World's Fattest Man.
He admits to being a lifelong food addict. His addiction incapacitated him to the point that he didn't leave his house for two years. To sustain himself, he had people (also known as "enablers") bring him food and entertainment.
Some friends they were! I have a feeling whoever trucked in the food wasn't bringing him fresh salads or normal-sized portions of pasta.
I watched a bit of Mason's story last night on TLC.
I could only watch a little of it because it was just too depressing. Gastric bypass was in Mason's future but he only had a 50% chance of survival. I'm guessing he survived because I didn't see any headlines today about him not making it through the operation. With the surgery, his stomach would shrink from a melon size all the way down to egg size.
I could only watch a little of it because it was just too depressing. Gastric bypass was in Mason's future but he only had a 50% chance of survival. I'm guessing he survived because I didn't see any headlines today about him not making it through the operation. With the surgery, his stomach would shrink from a melon size all the way down to egg size.
It's not that Mason's never tried to lose weight. He said he's been on lots of diets over the past 23 years. People like to believe that folks who are overweight are fat because they're just not trying to lose weight, but most of the time that's just not true. I don't think people purposely want to end up looking like blobs of fat instead of like humans.
I suppose it just happens gradually, like how a frog gradually gets boiled to death in water. Besides, pretty much everybody I know can lose a few pounds. Keeping them off is the biggest challenge.
I wonder if it's even possible for Mason to get down to a normal weight - and what happens to all that excess skin?
As for me, I ate extra healthy today. With visions of Mason's body in my head, can you blame me?
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Um, thanks for posting that. I think. Because I'm going to have nightmares tonight about blowing up to that size.
I had those SAME nightmares. I'd like to think that could never be me, but for real, sometimes I think it could be!
After watching that I watched an episode of 'Hoarders' and then frantically cleaned my office.
TLC is ruining my life.
Wooow! Following this dude's story up with an episode of Hoarders is a recipe for a breakdown of some sort.
Now I want to go clean, too!
Call Family,
Yep. it amazes me that our skin can even expand to the point that we stop even resembling humans.
then again...maybe it becomes a disease like anorexia.