Extreme obesity

It seems to me that people who become extremely obese must have challenges when it comes to holding down a job.

How do they do it?

Or do they not have a job? Are they supported by their families or spouses or...? Or are they independently wealthy?

Any stories about dealing with this about yourself or others you know would be interesting.

Question. What would you classify as "extremely obese"? Because that is very subjective. For example, a lot of people consider 400 - 600 lbs as extremely obese, and most of them have regular jobs.

I am immobile and almost reaching 900 pounds.
In my conditions, no one can work and to reach this size you have to dedicate yourself to eating like a pig and avoiding any physical effort.
We are talking about people who do not lift a finger all day except to put food in their mouths.
Perhaps there are exceptional cases, but the truth is that you have to eat like a pig until you burst all day long.
My stomach is too stretched. I can eat 7 packages of Oreo cookies for breakfast at and then devour 7 family pizzas at noon.
There is no work outside of the PC that I can do and my lifestyle is basically supported by my husband.
We are not rich but feeding myself is very expensive and I consume the equivalent of a family of 5 people.
How do they gain weight? eating as much as possible. Is it expensive to gain weight this way for an obese person? yes and a lot. Do they maintain them or do they work? Maybe they work up to 650 pounds and then can no longer do it because of a disability and have to be supported.
Maybe some won't admit it, but in my case I'm this fat because I wanted to and of course my stomach stretches and I eat more and more.

NAAFA decades back used to have conventions around employment discrimination (especially regarding those on the higher end).

I can say I was refused/denied additional life insurance coverage while still working at 300lbs years ago (thankful I still have the policy from my smaller days).

I've had ussbbws gfs/exes/friends who were on ssi/ssdi/worked low paying jobs being overqualified (but were comfortable as opposed to standing all day (like retail)). Some had decent/good paying jobs but weren't trying to get shamed through the interview hiring process..so they stayed as long as they could with their employer.

I like Social Influencer JayBee's truth and energy, as unfortunately the same issues from the 80s-2000s are still present in 2025. I give her credit, though IMO (over time)..1 can't expect society to 'act right' much less make accommodations for those disabled or super/ultra sized to make life outside easier.

That important part that people should know about gaining weight, it’s not all good and great, there’s challenges and efforts to be able to overcome in order to maintain a lifestyle of one who is getting fat and eventually will need help, one way or another.

Here I just mean people who are so fat they have trouble holding down a job. Like the cab driver Tom Wolfe wrote about, who ate doughnuts all day until he was too fat to fit into his cab.

Well if he is American he can get a larger car 🫣😅

dont mind me just wanna use this as something to refer to to maybe make me and a friends gain easier since itll hopefully be in my profile, if you dont mind.

Yeah I think I agree with JayBee stuff as well. It’s very unfortunate A LOT of people don’t sit well in her comments section.

performing my job=no problem
getting to my job- problem

Although not extremely obese compared ot others
my height and body type have made it impossible for me to drive myself safely
maybe if i could get the seat to go back further.
My legs are so big that i have trouble breaking fast if i need to
and the steering wheel is agaisnt my body so its hard to turn.

I'm lucky that i can work from home BUT i prefer to go go into work to seperate my home life from my work life.