Readers React to Woman Eating Her Way to 1,000 Pounds

Posted on Dec 31st 2010 10:01AM by Hilary Walke

Two 25-pound turkeys, two maple-glazed hams, 15 pounds of potatoes (10 pounds roast, 5 pounds mashed), five loaves of bread, five pounds of herb stuffing, four pints of gravy, four pints of cranberry dressing and 20 pounds of vegetables. Was this 644-pound Donna Simpson's Christmas food shopping list for a 10-person dinner? Nope, it was for a dinner for one. Herself.

Simpson, who lives her life eating, gaining weight and striving to be the fattest woman alive, ate 30,000 calories this Christmas -- bringing her closer to her 1,000 pound goal. She ate for two hours straight on Saturday, polishing off her feast with a 'salad' made of marshmallow, cream cheese, whipped cream and cookies.

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"I love eating and people love watching me eat," she said. "It makes people happy, and I'm not harming anyone."

Hoping to be the Guinness World Record holder for fattest woman in the world, Simpson has a website where hundreds of people pay to watch her eat. Her two children eat more moderately.

It's enough that she is morbidly obese and ruining her health, but she also makes a point to make her unhealthy habits something she's proud of. Does she really need to make a public goal of becoming the fattest woman alive?

Find out what our users think when it comes to Simpson's public celebration of being obese.

Loren P.
Shame on her.

Leslie E.
Who in the hell would pay to watch that? Shame on them, too!

Amy L.
This is so sad. It's tragic really. I can't believe people would pay to watch this poor woman stuff herself. Furthermore, I can't believe she'd do that to herself to begin with! I pray she finds a way to be more healthy.

Trisha S.
So sad! Why would anyone on this Earth think it's okay to make fun of her? She obviously has some serious issues, she needs help, NOT abuse and ridicule! Come on people...

Ali S.
She is committing suicide. Slowly, but surely. And, yes, she is hurting someone. She's hurting those 2 children. I'll pay her not to eat.

Kimberly W.
It's really sad! It's one thing to be a little overweight and love yourself but no way is she not in terrible pain inside and out. I know when I was heavier how horrible my feet would hurt. I can not imagine the pain she has put herself through... She needs therapy and a lot of it. Her poor kids.

Susan H.
So sad, and what is she teaching her children? Or will she live long enough for the young daughter to even understand the lesson. It's pathetic, really.

Lourdes D.
Wow, this is a sickening new low in human behavior!

Willow B.
I find this to be so sad. There are so many people who don't have enough food to eat...and people are paying to see someone stuff herself!

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mary 1-01-2011 @ 11:07AM

She must have a low I.Q., as she is unable to appreciate the consequences of her behaviors. This is not a game.

patricemb 1-01-2011 @ 1:25PM

"If we don't control our passions they will control us" (I think the quote is from St. Augustine). I hope this lady gets the help she needs to stop eating. She is physically and psychologically abuseing herself. I am sure her children are hurting also.

patricemb 1-01-2011 @ 1:02PM

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debradokht 1-01-2011 @ 10:39PM

I have just joined this site and hope to give and receive support in my health goals. So far response to this woman reflects mainly harsh and non-productive criticism. Have we forgotten how we too are a result of our own destructive diet and fitness choices, perhaps for many years w/ devastaing results to our health and self-esteem? Can any of us honestly say we made a decision to lead a healthier life because of shame and abusive comments by others?

Eve 1-02-2011 @ 4:40PM

I almost didn't want to read this, mainly because I didn't want to see the unkind comments people would leave about this woman. This is a pretty sad story. Yes, she is hurting herself and her family in one of the worst ways, and she's further debasing herself via the web. But there has to be a break with reality to think that what she is doing is,at worst,harmless.

diana 1-03-2011 @ 8:24AM

In todays world of reality tv and shows that are conceived in the gutter - Donna is the ultimate show of life and death. What is wrong with her that she thinks this is ok for everyone including her children to watch. Someone should take the children away because it is child abuse 101. Her self-esteem doesn't exist as we know it but she is full of herself to think that this is something that everyone wants to watch. I for one, who struggles to lose weight, wants to be healthier and skinner to fit into a dress for my youngest sons wedding and to stay healthy to see and play with my first grandchild, would never watch it, it disgusts me.

Janet 1-03-2011 @ 9:34AM

Someone should help her. If not for her, for her children. Shame on society.

BeavisMom62 1-03-2011 @ 11:42AM

I'm sorry, ya'll can flame me if you want, but to me there is nothing more disgusting than watching a fat person eat. Eeeewwwwww.....

Dee 1-03-2011 @ 11:10AM

Her biggest problem has absolutely nothing to do with her weight. This is a form of acting out as a result of something far deeper than she probably even realizes. She needs intensive therapy, along with mega servings of support.

Sue 1-03-2011 @ 5:55PM

Makes me want to gag. How unfortunate.

rvcowgal1 1-04-2011 @ 12:48AM

unimaginable...poor lady needs help to overcome her OCD addiction plus food addication....she needs to stop her abusing habits and think twice of her children who needs her as a mother first. Why her husband has nothing to do with her looking like a wimpy man? If she wants to weigh up to 1000 lbs on her goal then she has a very hard time to lose down to normal lady?

Sarah 1-05-2011 @ 8:22PM

I also agree that this whole thing is very, very sad... Her christmas dinner alone could have fed 30 starving children... or one starving child for an entire month.

cheri 1-07-2011 @ 9:06PM

attention attention attention.thats all she looking for.also money.not bad for sitting on your butt!we spend billions trying to get thin,shes making them getting fat! i dont get it.

cheesy 1-08-2011 @ 12:06AM

what a real dummy! this is one of the dumbest things that i've ever heard of in my life!

Reality check 2-28-2011 @ 5:13AM

Gluttony. It used to be called a sin. Now you can't call anything a sin because it might "make someone feel bad."

If the issue is merely one of preference, then who's to criticize? If it is a matter of moralty, then the issue is her wrong belief, and it IS up to society to at least try to educate her on matters of morality regarding health and responsibility.

Beyond that, the reality is you can teach a thief that stealing is wrong till you are blue in the face, but until he decides to stop stealing, there is not much you can do (other than catch him and put him in prison for it) to keep him from it.