[LukeL]

How do people allow themselves to get so fat? I can understand if some of this is water weight, but usually it is all fat. They can say all they want about thyroid, hormones etc, but if energy in < enery out, you will lose weight, and with their obesity just sitting up has to burn 100 calories.

[3catsanadog]

I heard a doctor on one of those obesity shows on Discovery Health state that these people eat around 20,000-30,000 calories of food every day - what normal people consume in a 2 week span.

This is no hormonal, metabolism issue with these folks. This is gluttony, pure and simple.

Some medicines will cause one to put on weight (for instance, steroids) but none will make someone weigh this much.