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Arizona mom attempting to become the world's fattest woman ever
By Jeff MillsAugust 19th, 2011, 4:15 pmComments (58)
A thirty-two-year-old single mother from Casa Grande, Arizona is bringing smiles to the faces of trunk-junk devotees across the land, as she attempts to become the world's all-time fattest woman.
Susanne Eman currently weighs about 728 pounds, and is bizarrely shooting for a weight of at least 1,800 pounds. She says she consumes 21,000 calories a day, and once a month spends eight hours at the grocery store filling up six shopping carts with items. She said, "The bigger I get, the better I feel. I feel confident and sexy."
Eman claims that packing on the pounds has actually had a positive effect on her image. She said, "Two years ago I hit 510 pounds because I was losing my battle against weight gain. I noticed I actually started attracting more men, and it made me feel good."
The unemployed Eman uses a motorized scooter to get around, but says she stays active and has regular health checks. "I go for a waddle and do stretches and exercises every day. My muscles need to hold up to my weight, so I have to stay strong," she said.
I can appreciate Eman's spunk and "winning" attitude in trying to flout mainstream notions of beauty, but she shouldn't just turn a blind eye to the real medical consequences that could be in store for her. And it doesn't seem fair to her twelve- and sixteen-year-old sons. Her doctor, Patrick Flite, said:
"She's really playing Russian roulette with her life pursuing this goal. There are well-documented complications that come with morbid obesity. I would never encourage anyone to be doing what Susanne is doing."
Commentarium (58 Comments)
Oh for fucks sake...
Oldest son looks like he's catching up
Are you kidding? He has like, no extra weight on him at all, he just has a chubby face. But i guess anything higher than anorexic is obese to you.
Settle down. Jeez.
You sound fat.
I'm sorry but he is chubby and did he have a mother who isn't obviously mentally disturbed in some way, it wouldn't be cause to worry, just puppy fat, but b/c his mother does have such repulisively abnormal eating habits I do think there is cause to worry about her children. Bottom line children learn through observation, and this daily observation is unhealthy and disturbing to say the least.....
I would like to applaud this young lady for persuing her huge dream. She will be an inspiration to billions of Americans all over the world, to persue any dream, no matter how big or small. If more people were like her, the world would be a more jolly place. And congratulations for feeling as sexy as you do. Well done.
I sincerely hope you're being sarcastic. This woman clearly has psychological issues. This isn't pursuing a dream, this is giving up on life. It's easier to lay down and play dead than to fight.
seriously, what a dick comment.
Ignorance is bliss
That poor dog looks sad. As soon as the camera goes away, you're dinner, bud.
!!!Haahahaha
I have a job and can't afford 6 carts of food a week.
Damn I need to get on the public teat, where do I sign up.
Free food, free housing, free electric scooter.
www.whitehouse.gov would be a good place to start.
When she can no longer wipe her own ass or fit in the shower, those poor boys will almost certainly take on those tasks. Why would you do that to your kids? So you can feel "sexier"? That's a bit selfish...not to mention that since she's unemployed, they (or taxpayers) will most likely have to pay for the XXXXXL size coffin when she dies from cardiac arrest...
Agreed. This is her awful choice but her children are going to pay the price. And I doubt she is attempting to teach them how to eat properly, they are likely sharing her unhealthy meals and will gain weight themselves. This woman is wholly disgusting if only just for being so selfish where her children are concerned.
please stop hurting yourself...everyone
@pfft: Not 6 carts in a week, but in a month. And as for the rest of your comment: Several years ago, for health reasons I had to be a single mom on welfare for a while, and guess what? It's way harder than it sounds.
It's not supposed to be easy.
I don't normally say things like this about any situation, but her children should be taken away. If she cannot take care of herself how can she possibly take care of children? This is disgraceful and she should be ashamed. She will die before these children graduate high school. She should be taking care of herself not chasing a ridiculous record. I cannot believe this woman! Disgusting....
PLEASE!!!!!!! NO MORE FOOD!!!!!
I guess none of you actually read the article, she doesnt seem to have any ill health effects goin on there. You people are just too shallow to get past your own bias. There is no indication she will die, she is just fat. Big surprise it isnt actually your weight that effects your health, its what you eat and your activity level. Health is NOT based on WEIGHT, unlike all the diet pill commercials tell you.
You are clearly uneducated in the affects of obesity and health. Type 2 Diabetes, Heart Disease, Sleep Apnea, Stroke, and the list goes on and on. She might be "healthy" now but not for long.
@hey idiots
you're an idiot.
Mr. Hey Idiots, she is talking about gaining another 1,000 pounds Yeah, 1,000 pounds. Tell me her health will be great then. Tell me she'll be able to move. Tell me her knees won't be buckling under the strain. Tell me her blood won't be like syrup.
sweet, delicious syrup
LOL. There's nothing I enjoy more than a nice cup of syrup for breakfast every morning.
She's not thinking of her kids at all. They are probably so embarrassed of their mother. One thing to fight obesity another to want to get fatter. So very sad.
Exactly. Not to mention that they'll most likely have extremely unhealthy associations with food for their entire lives. I would bet anything that they'll end up over or under eating as a result of their mother.
Man, I bet if I flip a coin, it will land heads or tails and not on its side.
I find her absolutely disgusting and selfish. How about all the millions of people in the world that go to bed hungry at night? How about her kids growing up without a mother when she passes away, which is likely to be soon? God damnit contribute something to society...
Famine in Somalia, woman in America eating more in one day than they (starving Somalian families) will eat in a month. Kudos.
Not just Kudos. Ringdings, Twinkies, and Sara Lee as well!
Hey Idiots cracked me the hell up! One, best name ever. I'm gonna change mine to Ya'll Are Jerkfaces. Two, I'm also going to follow her example in not reading or looking at any article on the internet ever and going straight to comments. Brilliant.
I was on food stamps once when I was unemployed, and I couldn't afford two carts of food a month. How on earth is she getting that much money for food herself, much less her sons?
The part about how she feels sexy is weird. At 1,800 pounds, the geometric theorems required just to fit together haven't been invented yet.
It is a fetish some guys have, the bigger the better.
That should be amended to " a fetish that ANYONE has". It sounds like she has fetishized her weight and the gain as well.
stop. PLEASE STOP. my god. please love yourself more. you deserve to love yourself more than this.
She's living the American dream.
At least she is living for something, unlike most apathetic loser twenty somethings.
The Simpsons aired this episode more than 10 years ago.
I bet she washes herself with a rag on a stick
It's okay guys, she's staying healthy-- she goes for a "waddle" every day. Oh dear lord. This disgusts and depresses me to no end. Also think her kids should be taken away pronto.
The worst is that smug-jolly shit-eating grin on her face at the Doc's office
I think adult people would pay lots just to watch her in an adult video making love. Just a thought and she wouldn't be unemployed then.
I really liked her work in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"
It seems to me that it's not so much her fatness that's the issue as the kind of food she's eating. So much junk food, simple carbs, sugar, processing and chemicals... her body is going to give out in a few years processing all that garbage.
Single mother? Surprise! Her poor kids are powerless to stop her. Also, I am as perplexed by "Dear God" — when I was growing up, after my father passed away we were on government assistance for a few years, and god damn it was tough to make ends meet.
"I go for a waddle."
That was my favorite part.
But really... how does she even manage to wipe her ass? Or insert a tampon? Does she waddle the shit off her ass?
That's pretty disgusting.
Check out her gunt.
The interview with her children was one of the saddest thing I've ever seen. That should give her a wake up call.
I think this is a form of child abuse and her children should be placed in someone else's care until she has gotten help
besides what I said before --- While she may waddle and excersize and might be able to build her leg's to hold that weight up the amount of weight(pressure from the excess fat) the mass of that is also pressing on her internal organs and I believe before long they will shut down. I agree that the children shouldn't be around for that. They should be somewhere else in a more normal home life. you are right she need's help. soon I believe it will be "Last rights"
Wow. Those poor children have a very selfish" mother." She needs to focus her energy elsewhere-perhaps something healthier or pertaining to her children's wellbeing? When did being a "mother" give you a ticket to forgo your children's welfare? Who is going to help them when she dies? Sounds like Dad isnt in the picture. Maybe his alimony and/or child support is endowing this deathwish? No 12 year-old should have to imagine life without his mother because of wreckless behavior on her part. If she was using drugs rather than food, the Department of Children and Families would have interviened already. I say food is her drug of choice is food and the kids live in a toxic atmosphere. Also, shame on her doctor. Doctors are supposed to protect and advocate for the health and livelihood of their patients; not endorse this clearly neurotic and deathly behavior. This woman is dying and no one is stepping in to help her.
Well, the doctor said he would never encourage anyone to do this, so he's not really endorsing her behavior. He can't force her to stop, unless someone declares her not capable of taking care of herself and making competent decisions. The people interviewing and filming her should be making child protective services aware of her situation and the danger she's putting her children in, let alone herself.
Why is the dog so skinny?
So long as she saves $100 for every $1 spend on her goal to use toward her future medical bills. Unemployed? Ok, just bill the rest of us then. Her doctor has boat payments to make.
Did anyone do the math there? She is 32 and has a 16 year old and a 12 year old? So she had a kid at 16, and it was such a super time for her, she had another at 20. Obviously this is not a person well versed in good judgement.