Unbelievable.....
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Excuse the Wail link but this is just beyond belief:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1202767/...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1202767/...
Wail Article said:
'I can't afford to eat healthily' says £600-a-month benefits woman who weighs 22 stone
A 25-year-old unemployed woman who was given an £8,000 operation to help her lose 16 stone is complaining because, as well as her weight loss, her benefits have been reduced.
Laura Ripley, who has never worked, was given the operation on the NHS to help her slim down from 38 to 22 stone.
But the 25-year-old, who receives £600 a month in benefits, is unhappy because as a result of losing weight she can no longer claim disability allowance amounting to an extra £340 a month.
This, she says, means she cannot afford to eat healthily - causing her to pile the weight back on.
'I can't afford to buy WeightWatchers crisps and cereal bars any more so I eat Tesco's chocolate bars and packets of Space Invaders crisps, sometimes four of each a day', says Laura, who spends seven hours a day watching TV.
'People ask why I don't snack on an apple - they're cheap, but emotionally I don't always feel like an apple.'
The disability allowance money she used to receive was spent on gym workouts, healthy food and having her hair highlighted.
She adds: 'Without my disability allowance I'm left with just £210 incapacity benefit which I get because of my depression, and £100 income support I receive every two weeks and out of that I have to give them back £70 towards the cost of the £500-a-month flat I'm living in.'
Since the extra allowance stopped Laura has put on a stone in just three weeks and claims she is being treated unfairly.
'It's heartbreaking that after all my hard work losing this weight someone's come along and ruined it.'
Laura has been offered another operation on the NHS, which would normally cost £12,000, to remove the saggy skin left behind after the dramatic weight loss, but only if she sheds a further five stone, and until then she has no plans to find a job.
Laura, then aged 15 and weighing 25 stone, snacks on crisps and chocolate because she says she cannot afford healthy food
'I'm not even applying for work at the moment because I'm only going to have to have lots of time off when I have more surgery.'
Speaking from the two-bedroom flat she shares with unemployed boyfriend Simon Hawkins, Laura describes how she was shocked into embarking on the weight loss plan after her mother Doreen died of obesity-related complications on Christmas Eve 2005.
'A doctor told me that unless I lost 20 stone I wouldn't live to see my 25th birthday. He recommended I have a gastric sleeve op.'
Prior to the surgery Laura lost eight and a half stone by cutting out junk food and drinking diet shakes and has since lost a further seven stone after her stomach was shrunk by 75 per cent.
However, without the extra benefits Laura is worried she'll put the weight back on and says she can feel her stomach stretching after binging on the unhealthy snacks.
'I sometimes feel guilty about all the taxpayers' money that's been spent on me but I only want an extra £100 a month, that's all', says Laura
So much urine boiling in there but the last paragraph sums it up really A 25-year-old unemployed woman who was given an £8,000 operation to help her lose 16 stone is complaining because, as well as her weight loss, her benefits have been reduced.
Laura Ripley, who has never worked, was given the operation on the NHS to help her slim down from 38 to 22 stone.
But the 25-year-old, who receives £600 a month in benefits, is unhappy because as a result of losing weight she can no longer claim disability allowance amounting to an extra £340 a month.
This, she says, means she cannot afford to eat healthily - causing her to pile the weight back on.
'I can't afford to buy WeightWatchers crisps and cereal bars any more so I eat Tesco's chocolate bars and packets of Space Invaders crisps, sometimes four of each a day', says Laura, who spends seven hours a day watching TV.
'People ask why I don't snack on an apple - they're cheap, but emotionally I don't always feel like an apple.'
The disability allowance money she used to receive was spent on gym workouts, healthy food and having her hair highlighted.
She adds: 'Without my disability allowance I'm left with just £210 incapacity benefit which I get because of my depression, and £100 income support I receive every two weeks and out of that I have to give them back £70 towards the cost of the £500-a-month flat I'm living in.'
Since the extra allowance stopped Laura has put on a stone in just three weeks and claims she is being treated unfairly.
'It's heartbreaking that after all my hard work losing this weight someone's come along and ruined it.'
Laura has been offered another operation on the NHS, which would normally cost £12,000, to remove the saggy skin left behind after the dramatic weight loss, but only if she sheds a further five stone, and until then she has no plans to find a job.
Laura, then aged 15 and weighing 25 stone, snacks on crisps and chocolate because she says she cannot afford healthy food
'I'm not even applying for work at the moment because I'm only going to have to have lots of time off when I have more surgery.'
Speaking from the two-bedroom flat she shares with unemployed boyfriend Simon Hawkins, Laura describes how she was shocked into embarking on the weight loss plan after her mother Doreen died of obesity-related complications on Christmas Eve 2005.
'A doctor told me that unless I lost 20 stone I wouldn't live to see my 25th birthday. He recommended I have a gastric sleeve op.'
Prior to the surgery Laura lost eight and a half stone by cutting out junk food and drinking diet shakes and has since lost a further seven stone after her stomach was shrunk by 75 per cent.
However, without the extra benefits Laura is worried she'll put the weight back on and says she can feel her stomach stretching after binging on the unhealthy snacks.
'I sometimes feel guilty about all the taxpayers' money that's been spent on me but I only want an extra £100 a month, that's all', says Laura
Wail Article said:
'I can't afford to buy WeightWatchers crisps and cereal bars any more so I eat Tesco's chocolate bars and packets of Space Invaders crisps, sometimes four of each a day', says Laura, who spends seven hours a day watching TV.
'People ask why I don't snack on an apple - they're cheap, but emotionally I don't always feel like an apple.'
This has to be a piss take.'People ask why I don't snack on an apple - they're cheap, but emotionally I don't always feel like an apple.'
that bird the OP posted, aged 15 mind you....
My story...
My mrs had a weight problem and combined with stress and death in the family she piled it on. After losing her dad and nearly me in the process she turned it around, and has lost it all now. How much? 60kgs, by eating healthily which by chance costs us less. in all that time she worked and though determination has come out the other side a better person.
Its shows more about character than it does about what you eat.
Edited by SkinnyBoy on Wednesday 29th July 09:36
That article could have been about my sister. She is exactly the same as that.
She claims to be depressed after being raped fifteen years ago. She has not worked for twelve years and has been on benefits all that time.
She lives in a beautiful house but just sits and festers in front of the TV watching QVC every day and buying loads of s
t.
She lives off wine, crisps and chocolate and weighs about 20 stone at a guess.
She's 42 and will probably be dead soon. With any luck.
She claims to be depressed after being raped fifteen years ago. She has not worked for twelve years and has been on benefits all that time.
She lives in a beautiful house but just sits and festers in front of the TV watching QVC every day and buying loads of s
t.She lives off wine, crisps and chocolate and weighs about 20 stone at a guess.
She's 42 and will probably be dead soon. With any luck.
Nolar Dog said:
That article could have been about my sister. She is exactly the same as that.
She claims to be depressed after being raped fifteen years ago. She has not worked for twelve years and has been on benefits all that time.
She lives in a beautiful house but just sits and festers in front of the TV watching QVC every day and buying loads of st.
She lives off wine, crisps and chocolate and weighs about 20 stone at a guess.
She's 42 and will probably be dead soon. With any luck.
My sister was raped at 12 by some pikey. She's 16 now, just left school and started her first proper full time job at McDonalds until she starts college. No offense to your sister, but I do think some people are just out and out bone idle and will cling to any excuse they can in order to do fShe claims to be depressed after being raped fifteen years ago. She has not worked for twelve years and has been on benefits all that time.
She lives in a beautiful house but just sits and festers in front of the TV watching QVC every day and buying loads of s
t.She lives off wine, crisps and chocolate and weighs about 20 stone at a guess.
She's 42 and will probably be dead soon. With any luck.
k all.As for the girl in the OP, it's simple, just stop f
king eating. We should put these people on a coke and speed diet. Those who don't die from a heart attack will go on to lose weight and, hopefully, be productive members of society. The rest? Well, fk 'em 
SkinnyBoy said:
My mrs had a weight problem and combined with stress and death in the family she piled it on. After losing her dad and nearly me in the process she turned it around, and has lost it all now. How much? 60kgs, by eating healthily which by chance costs us less. in all that time she worked and though determination has come out the other side a better person
Good on her, it always amazes me when people actually sort themselves out instead of whinging about it, got nothing but respect for people that lose shedloads of weight/give up smoking/drugs/etc...Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff