# New weight loss craze **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123 "2012-07-23T12:44:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/1 "2012-07-23T12:44:41Z")
This weight loss story is pretty inspiring. I think it’s something that all women should seriously consider, even if they are not as large as the woman in this story. > **[World's Heaviest Woman Credits Sex For 98-Pound Weight Loss](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pauline-potter-weight-loss-worlds-heaviest-woman_n_1662919)** > > World's Heaviest Woman Credits Sex For 98-Pound Weight Loss Female dopers, the challenge is upon you. Will you meet it? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/2 "2012-07-23T15:28:06Z")
Why only for women? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/3 "2012-07-23T15:35:38Z")
…so THAT’s why my husband keeps pestering me night after night. He wants to lose weight! Wait a minute. He doesn’t need to lose weight. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/4 "2012-07-23T16:41:32Z")
The only thing worse than that picture is knowing there is a chubby chaser that has to serve as her exercise equipment. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/5 "2012-07-23T17:58:46Z")
I heard about this woman a few times last week on various radio shows’ “bizarre news” segments. I really hope her 15 minutes are up. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/6 "2012-07-23T19:03:12Z")
I read this article and thought “This is the worst article I have ever read.” ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/7 "2012-07-23T19:05:41Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I heard about this woman a few times last week on various radio shows’ “bizarre news” segments. I really hope her 15 minutes are up. According to the article, they’re ‘up’ 6-8 times a day. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/8 "2012-07-23T20:20:18Z")
I’ve already lost 1/2 a pound! I just threw up my lunch! ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/9 "2012-07-23T20:25:39Z")
Is it the exercise, or the fact that she’s (presumably) not eating for several hours of the day? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/10 "2012-07-23T20:27:44Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > The only thing worse than that picture is knowing there is a chubby chaser that has to serve as her exercise equipment. I doubt there’s much chasing needed. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/11 "2012-07-23T22:19:12Z")
> [@markdash](#): > > Is it the exercise, or the fact that she’s (presumably) not eating for several hours of the day? Your giving _that_ as a set up? Too easy. (And yes that is a set up too.) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/12 "2012-07-23T22:21:05Z")
> [@markdash](#): > > Is it the exercise, or the fact that she’s (presumably) not eating for several hours of the day? That’s exactly where my line of thinking went too. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/13 "2012-07-23T22:32:34Z")
That should be labeled Not Safe for Eyes. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/14 "2012-07-23T22:58:49Z")
> [@](#): > > “Shagging can make you slimmer, if you do enough of it,” Dr. Yvonne Kristin Fulbright While I hate to argue with an expert, I think my odds of gaining thirty pounds or so pounds after “enough of it” are greater than losing an equal amount… ---
**Author:** ![Vicullum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@Vicullum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicullum)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/15 "2012-07-24T01:21:33Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I read this article and thought “This is the worst article I have ever read.” I only got as far as the headline before I realized reading further would not be in my best interest. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/16 "2012-07-24T01:25:29Z")
Maybe the weight loss isn’t fat. She could just be a squirter. Cleanup on isle 69 please. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/17 "2012-07-24T02:09:14Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Maybe the weight loss isn’t fat. She could just be a squirter. Cleanup on isle 69 please. Annnnnd I just threw up again… ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/18 "2012-07-24T02:30:39Z")
My eyes! The goggles do nothing! ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/19 "2012-07-24T04:07:39Z")
I’m pretty sure I’d be dead if I lost 98 lbs. Thanks for the warning **Darth Panda!** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123/20 "2012-07-24T04:23:39Z")
Okay-- why hasn’t anyone yet pointed out that this woman is a COMPLETE AND TOTAL NUTBALL??? Ahem. It takes all kinds. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weight-loss-craze/629123.md?page=2)