Broad Shoulders

It's funny because on the drive home yesterday evening I heard on the traffic news that they had closed that bridge for "a medical emergency" and I thought it was an interesting reason, as if someone had had an accident they would just say so. It all makes sense now

Sally Simpson

Did anyone watch the program last night about the young American guy who weighed up to 650lbs but turned his life around by changing his diet & exercising with the support of a personal trainer? Very interesting.

Bernieboy

Now we know where dunrovin has been

petensue

I must admit that is very odd as we are not just talking a couple of pounds!I must admit I hate having my photo taken because then I can't convince myself that I am as thin as I was but we are only talking one dress size!You would think having trouble finding clothes that fit would be a clue.

I remember in America seeing a lady on a invalid scooter with what looked like a shower curtain around her with gaps for her arms.It seems such a waste of life to get like that.Sue.

petensue

I did not see that programme but there was a young man who worked in a bingo hall that lost an amazing amount of weight and had kept it off.His life has completely changed.It was on This Morning a few years agoSue.

Dreamy

Yes, I watched that, transfixed by the amount of skin he had to have removed.

Swerv-o

I wonder what he was taking for it...

Lard?


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Sally Simpson

Yes, fairly gross wasn't it?

paulry

I can't bear to watch programs like that.

Sally Simpson

It was very interesting actually. It turned out that he was abused at age 6 & sought comfort in eating & it all just spiralled out of control. The bullying that he put up with was also very sad but it was so good that he turned it all around by his own efforts in his early 20's.
It did make wonder how many spare folds the Biggest Loser winners must have had beneath their t-shirts!

moneypenny20

How funky is that bridge with apartments in the towers? I'd never heard of it before. Well cool. I wonder if they're noisy.

paulry

The background stuff is interesting because it helps us to understand people better but I find the scenes where they show the operation to remove the loose skin gruesome.

Broad Shoulders

I noticed it some years ago and said to the Mrs, I wonder if anyone lives in there. Little did I know that it was someone the same size as the bridge

moneypenny20

The windows on the side I saw didn't look big enough to lift the gentleman out, are they bigger on the other side?

Sally Simpson

Agree, hate televised surgery, so much worse than the real thing!