Weetabix:
I think people are conflicted. They do want to get that big and love some of the problems for a while. Then it gets harder and they regret getting that big but they still want to eat. Vanilla Hippo clearly made the best of it for a while.
Bellyempire:
Yea the Vanilla Hippo episode is what made me post this. She did seem fairly content. I am glad she is still happy though and involved in the community.
Weetabix:
She seems very smart and knows what she wants, which is why I felt it odd when the TV program portrayed her as some kind of helpless victim trying to please men for money. I put that down to the TV company needing an angle to generate sympathy for her. You could otherwise quite easily say, well you did that to yourself because you wanted to and got admiration and money.
I had a friend that died last year. She weighed about 800 at one point. She was trying to get on the show to help her with weight loss. The doctors said she need to loss weight in order to get another surgery.
My 600lb life said they would help but they required her to get on tv and act traumatized and helpless. They required her to buy alot of macdonalds and eat it for pictures. she refused and there for didnt get on the show.
I dated girl that was actually on it before she passed away. We had broken up by that time but she called me and asked that i come on the show as her boyfriend because it would help ratings.
