Living Hell Of The Half Ton Dad

AT a massive 73-stone, Kenneth Brumley must lose
 weight, or die.

His daily intake of 30,000 calories is the same
 as a regular-sized man eats in two weeks.

For four years he’s been confined to a bed
 which buckled under his weight and powerless to move
 his gigantic legs.

Only deliveries of fast food from his partner
 Serena break the monotony of the day.

Because of this weakness for junk food, Kenneth
 is among two million Americans who are over
 40-stone, and classed as super morbidly obese.

Kenneth, 40, from Texas, says: “I got into this
 shape over the last seven years.

“They’ve been the worst of my life.
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 “It is like I’m a prisoner to myself.

“I just sit here, watch TV and eat.

“That’s all I do, every day.”

The volume of food Kenneth consumes is truly
 shocking.

He says: “I’d wake up and get chilli cheese
 fries for breakfast.

“It’s basically fast food 24 hours a day,
 seven days a week

“That and a case of super-strength lager.

“At my heaviest I ate three or four
 cheeseburgers at a time, maybe a half gallon of orange juice
 or apple juice.

“Two litre bottles of soda would last about 30
 minutes.

“If I feel like Chinese, McDonalds or Mexican,
 that’s what I get.”

Amazingly, Kenneth, a dad-of-four, used to be a
 sports fanatic.

But his weight problem started at 19, when he
 temporarily moved to California from Texas.

He says: “I was constantly playing basketball,
 baseball, football.

“I ate a lot when I was a child, a whole lot.

“But I burnt all that off with the activities I
 was doing.

“In California the lifestyle wasn’t good.

“When I got there I didn’t know anybody and
 all the sports I was doing stopped.

“So many times I went to buy new pants and
 would have to return two weeks later for a bigger
 size.

“I was just picking up the weight unbelievably
 quickly.

 “I don’t know if it’s an addiction. But
 once that weight gets on you, it’s hard getting
 it off.”

Unsurprisingly, Kenneth’s had little success
 with fad diets.

But gastric bypass surgery, to reduce the size of
 his stomach, could be the answer.

He says: “I’ve tried low calorie, low carbs
 and the Greek food diet.

“I did what exercise I could from my bed, but
 you lose 20 to 30 pounds, and that’s it.

“Then you gain it back twice more.

“I’d like to have a gastric bypass because I
 think that would be a big help and would change
 my life.

“There is no way I’m going to improve like
 this.”
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Massive problem ,  fire crews attempt to get
 Kenneth out of bed

After being accepted as a gastric bypass patient
 at the prestigious Renaissance Hospital in
 Houston, a fire crew had to hammer down a wall in
 Kenneth’s house to get him out.

As their biggest ever patient, before he could
 undergo surgery he had 15-stone of fatty tumours
 cut away from his body.

Meanwhile his diet was reduced from 30,000
 calories a day to just 1,200.

Despite the horrendous effort required to shrink
 his size, Kenneth remains determined to succeed.

He says: “It might take a few months but I’m
 going to be back on my feet.

“It’s been a long time since I had fresh air.

“I’m looking forward to being outside.

“The weight also stopped me enjoying life with
 my kids.

“I've missed most of their young lives, so now
 they’re young ladies.

“It won’t be long before they’re getting
 married.

“I want to be sure I’m walking with them
 proudly down the aisle.”

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/real_life/article1159633.ece

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