Will you be watching this Katie Hopkins programme?

That's true. Shall we stop giving her more publicity?
(Or send a bill for advertising)

The more opprobrium she attracts, the more work she gets on TV. She must have an exceptional agent.

This sounds totally unscientific and therefore meaningless.

Just one normally slim person trying to prove it is easy to lose weight if it is gained quickly?
I thought that fat cells are laid down in childhood and puberty, therefore what fat cells she already has will expand then shrink again quite quickly when she eats less. Someone with more fat cells laid down would find it more difficult to lose weight.

This is just a ploy to keep her in the limelight and bringing in the money.

Anyway it has already been done by Renee Zellwegger aka Bridget Jones (and others).

Never heard of the woman until all this self publicity binge that she has manufactured. Also, am I the only one who doesnt think that 12 stone is obese? I googled her after reading this post, she is slouching and puffing out on the sofa to look more obese. But......if TV stations didnt give her the publicity she wouldnt be able to do it. I hope she has bother getting rid of the weight and that this is the start of an awful period of yoyo dieting for her, nasty I know, but

Atqui said she probably tells people with depression to pull themselves together. I imagine her attitudes to anorexia and other compulsive eating disorders are identical to that.

Compulsive motor-mouth publicity seekers now - she thinks that is normal.

Thanks for the acknowledgment Deeda! It's a subject close to my heart. People don't seem to realise that for many people overeating is an eating disorder.

What's this then, a break out of agreement on gransnet, hallelujah

Well said Deedaa!

Atqui is right. As she has put the weight on deliberately she probably won't have any problem losing it deliberately. She won't have any of the mental or physical issues that a chronically obese may be encumbered with and the whole exercise will be pointless. ( A bit like Katie Hopkins actually )

From 8 st 8 lbs to less than 12 st is actually nearer 3 st than 4 st.
It would be nice to see her obese and lose that.

Maybe I should not have said that, but ........

With any luck she'll explode!

If she wants to experience being really overweight/obese she will have to do better than a size 16. That is just the average UK women's dress size. I'd like to see her get to a size 24 or 26 or 30 and then return to her 8 stone 8 pounds. That would be more of a challenge.

To be honest she did look better with a bit of weight on.

Comparing the two photos of her on the link on the original post, I would say that her face is better-looking in the fat one!

She was on This Morning the other day. She is not very overweight at all but was desperately trying to look fatter than she was (if that makes sense). She had a tight dress on and was holding her back and trying to spread herself out as much as she could.

Never heard of her before but she doesn't sound like someone I'd take to. She may be able to loose the weight quickly, but she might (hopefully) have a bit more of a problem with all that stretched skin!

Oh I see shysal I thought it was on this evening.

If you really want to know more about her, try Googling her petallus or watch some of her interviews from 'This Morning'. Then you will understand!
She hasn't started to shed the weight yet, so assume it will be a while before the programme is aired.

When is the program being broadcast?

I don't know much about Katie Hopkins and am curious to see what it is about the woman that inspires such flurries of disgust, derision and spitefulness whenever she is mentioned on Gransnet.

Ghastly woman. Not worth a spit second thought. And this post is far too long!!!!!!!!

Absolutely not. I almost hope that she keeps the weight on or if she loses it she has saggy skin. It is not like me to wish ill on anyone but I can't stand this manufactured nonsense when lots of people have genuine life issues to contend with on a daily basis.

Katie Hopkins has nothing helpful to add to discussions about obesity. She is single-minded and regards emotions as weakness, so she'll just revert to her previous lifestyle and drop the weight with ease.

Never watch this sort of programme. I would spend too much time shouting at the TV!

Some people will do anything to be constantly in the limelight! She is a self publicising - can't write the next noun! It would make me as bad as she is!

This is making a mockery and so insulting to anyone who genuinely, for a variety of reasons, struggles to control their weight.

She is not doing it in any way, to promote healthy lifestyle. I hope no one watches, but I know they will to see how extreme she is. x