{"id":2359,"date":"2010-06-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/eat-for-guinness-glory.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:41:03","slug":"eat-for-guinness-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2359","title":{"rendered":"Eat For Guinness Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TBDIcxL-50I\/AAAAAAAACks\/e8UiK6GG1G0\/s1600\/ObeseWoman.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=851444728  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TBDIcxL-50I\/AAAAAAAACks\/e8UiK6GG1G0\/s320\/ObeseWoman.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481101143075383106\" \/><\/a><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span  style=\"font-family:arial;\">This woman has a problem. She&#8217;s just not heavy enough. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span  style=\"font-family:arial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span  style=\"font-family:arial;\">She is eating more to weigh more to become listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the world&#8217;s heaviest living woman. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span  style=\"font-family:arial;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span  style=\"font-family:arial;\">Listen, she has goals, aspirations, diabetes, and she&#8217;s not letting anyone get in her way. Her name is <\/span><\/span><span   style=\"  line-height: 25px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;font-size:medium;\">Donna Simpson, 42, and she now clocks in at more than 600 pounds. Her dream weight? 1,000 pounds.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span   style=\"  line-height: 25px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;font-size:medium;\"><\/span>She has already received a book deal and a reality TV offer, so she is definitely getting the attention she&#8217;s after. What does she want? To tell people that it&#8217;s okay to be fat, and people shouldn&#8217;t give you a hard time when you&#8217;re overweight.  <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And she disagrees with the doctors and researchers who say, &#8220;Darling, being that large is unhealthy. Bad for your heart, bad for your bones, bad for your kidney, bad for your system that has now settled into diabetes.&#8221; Her response is basically, nu uh. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Be that as it may, her quest to be a voice for fat acceptance is approaching the goal line. She&#8217;s a mere 400 pounds of fat away from the millennial mark. Good luck Donna, and bon appetit.  <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE6584WO20100609?feedType=nl&amp;feedName=usmorningdigest\">Woman striving to be world&#8217;s heaviest | Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Button END -->For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This woman has a problem. She&#8217;s just not heavy enough. 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