[2ndDivisionVet]

Full title: It's not easy being overweight and on benefits, says 25 stone mother-of-two who wants MORE money from the government to help her diet

[leapfrog0202]

Truthfully you cannot make this stuff up.

[TruthWillWin]

Muslims will not touch pork.

[NoLibZone]

She is correct.

Her life decisions make her life difficult.

[Bob]

Her 20,000 pounds per year is about $25,600 or $2133 per month. (Does she get free housing on top of that?) No wonder she can’t afford the cost of the swim sessions.

[BJ1]

Well I have learned that all women, no matter their shape or size are beautiful.  I have seen those billboards Dove puts up. 

 

 

That lady at 25 stone is a goddess I guess. 

[CatherineofAragon]

"'I tried swimming but it cost £22 a month and it meant I had to cut back on my favourite pizza and Chinese takeaways.' "

IOW:

"I made an effort to lose weight, but the results would have made me lose weight."

[caseinpoint]

Losing weight isn’t a matter of money. It’s a decision, after which you make it happen with what resources you have. She can count calories and limit her intake with what she regularly eats and she can walk. Both of those save money.

[vetvetdoug]

I had dreams of returning to Lancashire County near Wigan and meeting a beautiful English women with which to enjoy life. This Hampshire piglet just burst my bubble.

[Popman]

I have lost about 65 lbs over the last two years be using a secret formula....

It’s called the “push away diet”....push your plate away ....try to limit myself to under 2000 calories a day...if you are cutting out junk food 2000 calories is pretty good eating ...

I only eat food that is grown on trees, in the ground or on a hoof and chicken....

Eat as little as possible processed foods....

Lbs will melt off...

[gura]

Let's send her to the "Steps of Death".

[logi_cal869]

...says she hates her large size But...

Context is everything, punctuation separates us from the animals and, you have to admit, that quote is damn funny, bullets or not.

But the story itself sickens me.

[ealgeone]

START WALKING! IT’S FREE.

[RichInOC]

‘I tried swimming but it cost £22 a month and it meant I had to cut back on my favourite pizza and Chinese takeaways.’

...and it was at that point that I said, “Oh hell naw!”

[utford]

Surprised that no one has brought up the kids - why should someone that can’t support herself be having children?

We can’t stop them, it seems - but there used to be a stigma against having children out of wedlock. I guess that the cultural change that prevents us from criticizing this (and thus exponentially increasing the number of people on public assistance) has allowed us to reap what we have sowed.