Sunday 27th May

An interesting one tonight, there’s a burst pipe somewhere in our area so no-one has any water. Very hard explaining to D why there’s no water in the pipes, why she can’t have her usual Sunday hair-wash etc. Makes you realise how much we take a fresh water supply for granted, hopefully it’ll be back soon. T is hoping not, as no water in the area will mean no school!!

Both T and D slept badly last night – too warm – and consequently she’s been very up and down. Very prone to bolting if something hasn’t happened the way she’d like it. I have always asked her to come back and tell me, some times more successfully than others but it’s been a long day. Again, I know I’m very very lucky that she is able to tell me what’s wrong, albeit later. Huge respect and *fist bumps* to the parents who have non-verbal children.

Today’s picture was a rare moment when T & D were in their 3d DS’s, making Mii’s on the Mii Channel and sending them to each other:

The last picture is my cat, Bitsey, she has no shame! Ignore the poor, patchy grass, she’s on where T’s goal goes:

Hope everyone’s had a good day and our water supply is back soon! Thanks for reading, comments/RTs as ever welcomed Jx 😘

Georgia Davis – I wish you well

Like the majority of the country, I’ve read about Georgia Davis this weekend and, apart from feeling very sorry for her, wondered why and how a 19-year girl can be 63 stone.

The “how” almost beggars belief. If the newspapers and statistics are to be believed, she went to “fat camp” 33 stone and then returned home some 14 stone lighter and from the pictures looking happy and proud of herself. She was greeted on her return with fish & chips, which obviously set the tone because she is now some 45 stone heavier. The explanation offered is that the foods she was eating at fat camp (lean meats and salads) were hard to find in the local supermarket (?).

There must be immense self care and mobility issues with being that size so I doubt that she would have been able to prepare her own meals. To gain 45 stone in a few years must have required almost constant eating.

And the why? Well, there are obvious triggers – the death of her birth father at a young age and her step-father’s illness. She must be trapped in a constant vicious circle of eat-feel guilty-comfort eat to feel better-feel guilty as comfort eaten and so on.

I do remember seeing Georgia in real-life stories in magazines so was there a financial incentive to being the parent of “Britain’s Fattest Teenager”?

I do hope that Georgia comes through this but all those around her need to take into account the emotional as well as physical issues going on here. Her mother and step-father need to appreciate their daughter for the adult she could become – with the right help – rather than the publicity-generating adult she is now.

Baby steps will be needed, with any weight loss applauded – but away from
the public eye. Let her do this in private, when she is ready emotionally as well as mentally.

I do wish her well, it would be nice to think that in a few years she is healthy, happy and doing all the things that her size has prohibited her from doing. I really hope for that.

The first picture was taken on her return from fat camp, the second a more recent one.

Be happy and healthy Georgia.