I'm 14 yrs old and im overweight..i dont eat much but i gained lots of weight over the years..i respect other women for liking their bodies the way they are, but in my case i cant afford to be overweight because diabetes and high blood pressure runs in my family.. all my aunts have some kind of blood problem..watching these ladies go on this show really gives me motivation to know than you can be big and love the way you are..thank you ...

Hello. I viewed the 1/07 show of Fatabulous. From the postings above you can see you opened a portal to get opinions of all sorts. I can only comment that having a degree of confidence in oneself should come from within where it should not offend anyone but exemplify to others that it is not to be obnoxious, DEFINITELY judged by others rooted in personal opinions and empower other women to realize that we are built on who we are from within that is real, NOT TO BE GAUGED BY IMAGES either seen or percieved. IMAGES!!!! There is something to be learned from this that our sight can be a handicap to ourselves and others. Okay. That having been said, I do have a question for the guest Hot Chocolate: you mentioned that you do something to keep your waist smaller in proportion. How do you do that and would you share that answer with me, please? I am a size 14-16 with square shipped hips from various influenced genetics and am content in my size. I was able to be thin for most of my life but as I have gotten older and gained this weight, I give attention to my health and keeping my weight where it is. But from what you stated that you keep your waist smaller. If that is possible, please share and thank you.

im 16 and almost 330 ponds. i want to lose wegiht but i just don't know how. when i start to lose weghit i gain it back. how do i lose the pounds and keep it off

okay so i saw this show the other day, and i at fisr i thought well its good that there confidante about there weight but there alittle too confident its kinda grose i its pretty much an eating disorder but not quite really if you think about it there are girls (like myself) who are trying to be like 90lbs. and yet these girls want to get BIGGER! to them its beautiful well to me i think thin is beautiful

I enjoyed the show but hope that women don't buy the story that fat is healthy. God did not make our bodies to carry that much weight, there are consequences that you will pay sooner or later.

I did not see the show but came here to ready about it. 14 months ago I weighed 360 lbs and was miserable and in pain all the time. I have lost 164 lbs and feel much better. I dont understand how these women can be in denial. If they dont have health problems now just give it time. They can then be reffered to a gastric bypass show which is what saved my life. I am still obese on the charts at 196 lbs but it is much better than weighing 360. Best wishes to them on their journey. Most men that like fat women for their low self esteem and that they can walk on them. I could only carry that fake smile for so long. I know the internal sadness.

hi my name is jessica scott i am 16 yrs old and i am obese and i love it!!!
I'm proud to be the size that i am (477lbs). People always judge mr bu the way i look and i hate they always ask me wel do u eat alot? and things like that but when i saw this show i was proud to be a fat gurl and i am trying to become a plus size model, that is my #1 dream!!!! Any way to all my big sistas out there keep ya head up because u are beutiful on the inside and out!!!!

I think the show was very interesting. I just can't believe that some women want to gain more weight. They could hardly get off the couch! You know that isn't healthy! I believe every women should feel comfortable and feel sexy no matter what size they are, but always work on becoming more healthy!

I think the show was very interesting. I just can't believe that some women want to gain more weight. They could hardly get off the couch! You know that isn't healthy! I believe every women should feel comfortable and feel sexy no matter what size they are, but always work on becoming more healthy!

i am almost 15. i am 150lbs. and almost obese. i am 5'6". i hate being fat. i wear a size 9 in juniors jeans. i wish i could be skinnier. i think being fat i have less confidence in myself. i want to be thinner. guys don't like me or want to go out with me. ever since kindergarten i have been picked on for my looks. i think it's great these women have great self esteem. i'm afraid to wear shorts, tanks, tight shirts, and bathing suits. even one pieces for swimming in class. i want to grow up and become a Pastor for Youth. to loose weight would be an esteem booster for me. i need ideas of how to loose 20lbs. and become a healthy weight. i want to have the confidence to also be a model. not a super tiny bones showing one though. i want to be a substantial weight model. it was great to hear that these other woman have such confidence.

Dr Keith last friday I your showed fat girls,I really going crazy.I would like to know if anyone of them is single.

I loved this show. It about time that someone showed the world that fat women can be fabulous that there are men at there that love them just the way they are!!!

I am fat and fabulous!! I stand 6'2" and weigh appx. 350 pounds. I have been small and much larger than I am now. I have been this height and weight 150 pounds...I was depressed, unhappy and had a number of health problems. Believe it or not at 150 pounds, I had high blood pressure, endless headaches, aches and pains through my body and now at 350 pounds, my blood pressure is in the normal range. I don't have the headaches, aches, pains, etc.... The weigh gain has been wonderful for me. I am actually a lot healthier that my twin sister who is 5'3" and 97 pounds.

I have also been 450+ pounds at one time, then I married a man who hated fat women. So, I stressed myself trying to lose the weight, etc.... I was completely unhappy even though I did get down to 225 pounds. Thankfully I woke up one day and got some sense.....I divorced his sorry butt, gained part of my weight back and am happier now than I have been in a long time.

I do plan on gaining more weight because I want to be a SBBW. I think having the weight is healther for me because being unhappy is much worse for a person because if you are unhappy than you are not taking care of yourself.

**Life is too short to be unhappy!!**

I'm a faithful Dr. Phil fangirl, but when I saw the advertizement for the fat and fabulous episode, I had to sit down and watch. I am a fat woman, and it's so wonderful to see other big ladies who love and respect themselves as much as I do. All I see around here, are big women putting themselves down, and that makes me rather sad. So, F&F episode was very nice to see. Thanks Dr. Keith ^_^ (And the ladies are all very gorgeous, by the way!)

I am watching your show right now. I first want to say the women are very pretty! I am a bbw myself. I have been over 300 lbs since the 5th grade ( Im 22 ) I think I am pretty but I dont think I am healthy ..These women may think its hot to be big ..But it will catch up with you. I cant go a day when my knees not hurt , I now have asthma..One day it will catch up with you!! I plan on loosing it and I hope the rest do also..Its hard to loose it once you have it! But in the end , its not about sex and such its about your body..And how long you want to live.

I am 270lb. I do not see myself as fat an beautiful. I have struggled all my life. I am 55 and have a very loving husband of 35 years. He wants what makes me happy. I know that he loves what is inside. If I were to lose weight I would still be in there. I do not see wearing sexy clothes as being sexy. I have went up and down on the I feel good I look good. But when I see my self I do not see the vision I have of myself in my mind. In my mind I am thin. In my vision I am not. This program blew my mind away. It is hard work to get thin. And a I don't care attitude to stay the way I am. Who are they kidding, only themselves.

Don't let the beautiful ladies fool you. I have been there done that.

I'm an FA an bbw's are sexy. Big is beautiful and confidence is sexy. As long as you can stay physically healthy about it. I feel one of the healthiest things a person can do is embrace and be proud of who they are.

I am happy for the women on the show. It is better to be happy & content with your body image then feeling depressed on someone else’s account. Happy women come in all sizes.

The show was great and needs to be repeated. I was telling a friend about it and it had already come on in his area. I appreciate that Dr Ablow didn't make judgements like other host who have don't similiar shows.

I believe everyone needs to love themselves no matter the size and if not happy with it, continue to do something about it.

I am a person of size but am not happy with how heavy I am and will continue to do something about it. I will never me Twiggy but I want to be able to walk for 5 miles and be alive to see my nephews have children.

There is no way that being fat is fabulous, there are health risk and any fat person that believes different is out of there mind. Dr. please have the woman back on the show to ask them to shake off the fat.

WOW, I feel so sorry for these women. I myself am a large woman at 300 lbs, and I know that I am not happy. How can these women be happy with pain in their knees, and back, being winded from just walking to the bathroom and back. To be honest, I feel that I am a very pretty woman and I have a husband who loves me, but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't wish I was a size 10 again. The women on your show are trying to fool themselves into a false sense of happiness. They are trying to convince the world that they are happy, and anyone with a brain can see that they are miserable. Good luck ladies.

Im 410pds and you know life is good but i wish I had half of the confidence these ladies have for them self...

This show was totally off the wall, these women and men are such liars, I was a BBW 410 pounds and very miserable and there saying there happy and sexy and wanted to be like this? There nuts, they maybe beautiful but there NOT happy, I cant even go into the troubles and problems and issues I had at 410 pounds and it wasnt no fun, I was a prisoner in my own home for almost 4 years cause of health issues and personal hygeine issues so these women saying there happy and satisfied I dont believe it. They need help ASAP!!!! God help them I give them courgage for being on the show but come on ladies you need to get help.

as a 60 year old person who has bee overweight since age ten, health is my only issue now. these ladies feel as confident as I did at their age, but growing older, the weight takes it toll.

I'M A WELL ROUNDED BBW WITH MUCH SELF RESPECT FOR MYSELF. IT'S ONE THING BEING FAT AND SLOPPY, BUT IT ANOTHER BEING FAT AND FABULOUS AND DRESSES NICE. BUT I'M LIKE 5FT2IN AND WEIGHT 370 AND IT IS REALLY HARD TO FINE CLOTHES FOR THE SHORT FAT AND SASSY GIRL AS MYSELF THAT IS NOT SO LONG ON ME. IM FACING A COMPLETE KNEE OPERATION BUT CAN'T HAVE IT WITH MY WEIGHT AND AGE SO THE DR. SAYS SO I WILL TRY AND LOOSE WEIGHT BUT I DONT WONT TO BE A SIZE 8 MY GOAL IS TO TRY AND GET TO A SIZE 20-22 IM A SIZE 32-34 AT THIS MOMENT. SO WISH ME LUCK AND SUCESS.

Fat girls are sexy?
The 1st time I saw this episode I was I saddened by the outcome of the program. I am physical trainer for obese children. Obesity is the #1 cause of disease related deaths in America today. No health care professional would ever justify Obesity as being healthy physically or mentally; obesity is a physical disease and mental disease in everycase. After viewing the program for the 2nd time I was sadened again of the ignorance of these women and the people that support and love them. I only hope that obese people watching did not get the wrong idea. I would like America to see a program about the true feelings of an obese child or and obese adult. I have never worked with an obese child or their obese parent that would not want me to "wave a magic wand to make them thinner."

i agree with your guests on the friday, january 5th, 2007 show. if a person is comfortable and happy with themselves, the size of a plus size person should not matter. there is way too much emphasis on being sizes 0 through 6 in order for a person to prove that she is a healthy person. i believe that being sizes 0 through 6 can also be signs that a person maybe suffering from bulimia and/or anorexia nervosa which are considered unhealthy lifestyles in their own right.

I used to be fat and I was happy. I didn't care that I wasn't like the women in magazines and on tv. My husband loved me and I loved myself. What I didn't love was when my doctor told me that I had the blood pressure of a 60-year-old man. (I was 35 at that time) My cholesterol was very high. My doctor put me on blood pressure medicine and cholesterol medicine. That's when I decided to lose weight. I can now report that I lost the weight and I'm off all the medicines! I feel great and I'm happier than ever. My self confidence is off the charts. Losing the weight was hard, but I'm glad that I did. My health is much more important than an extra order of fries and a chocolate milkshake.

Today was the first day I have watched the show and I can say that I loved it. I am a BBW and have been big all my life. I have self-esteem issues and have probably tried every diet known to man because I wanted to be excepted. It wasn't until a year or so ago that I finally realized that I would never be a size 6 and started to soul seach and finally I quit the fad diets and I started to feel happy about myself. I have a long way to go before I have their confidence but I applaud their stand.

I love being thick I did at one point feel that I was ugly but my mother continuedto drill in my head that i am beyond beautiful and I am really happy and I Love the confidence that yall have keep it up

fat girls are sexy.

I would love to have a girl who wants to be a belly girl.

I don't think obesity is good in any perspective heath wise. Now I have seen some very attractive overweight women that dress very classey and nice those are the kind of "BIG" girls everyone wants to see.

I do not find any aspect of being obese either sexy or healthy, and would not feel comfortable with any more weight than i already am at a size 14. I cannot help but to think "sloppy" when i view these images.

Just wanted to say that I loved this episode...first one I'd ever watched. It has changed my perspective on myself and helped me quit judging others.

since when is being obese healthy? you shouldnt be proud of being unhealthy. the 2 messages that the media is sending out is that being annorexic and obese is now pretty much accepible.

This show really caught my attention because it's not everyday that you see and hear about women INTENTIONALLY gaining several HUNDRED pounds because she likes how it looks--as we're so accustomed to the opposite in our culture, with anorexia and bulima being so rampant in the media and among Hollywood's elite nowadays.

I'm sorry but reality check ladies! There is a difference...a HUGE HUGE DIFFERENCE-- between confidence and DELUSION and truth and DENIAL.

What the ladies on the panel have, is like anorexia in reverse (they can never be fat enough--I guess until they explode or have a massive coronary or aquire diabetes induced blindness or amputation).

If you want to be a little plump, that's fine but MORBID OBESITY is another matter altogther and it isn't pretty, no matter what your lying eyes tell you in the mirror or your lying arteries will tell you later on in your 50's.

It's unhealthy. I don't know how some of them can even still walk at that weight and just because their health is good now, doesn't mean it won't catch up with them later on (which our tax money will no doubt have to pay for).

Also, if and when they ever decide to lose the weight that they have intentionally gained (and keep in mind that it gets much harder to lose weight as you age--as the metabolism slows down), they will be left with mounds of unsightly loose skin and have to pay a fortune in cosmetic surgery to cut it all off, leaving horrible scars in the process.

Another factor that everyone seems to be missing is that these ladies are not just promoting fat but also pornography, which is the greater of the two evils and what I have a real problem with, more so than anything else (as I don't personally care if someone wants to be obese--as long as they don't smell or squish me when sharing a plane seat or threaten to sit on me because I'm a toned and shapely size 2 and their not).

Porn is disgusting, irregardless of how fat or thin the models are--although obviously it's more disgusting if the person has endless cellulite, stretch marks and rolls that even Ray Charles could see, blindfolded and caneless and with or without his dog.

Leave the obese nudes to Renoir and cover up already girls!

If you want to be fat, then fine but don't delude yourself into thinking that it's attractive or sexy or that you're a goddess diva, deserving of extra special treatment wherever you go because a few men out there happen to like that sort of thing. It's obnoxios when someone is overly confident. It's called arrogance.

It must also cost these women a fortune in groceries to maintain their current weight, much less gain more on top of it.

I have a better idea. Why not cut your current food take in half and give the other half to a food bank. As you are gorging away, stop and think about the starving children in Africa (or even your own city) who will go to bed hungry that night. Remember also that the Bible says that gluttony is a sin.

I'm not saying that if you're fat, you should crawl under a rug and hide. Nor am I saying that heavy women cannot also be beautiful. Many ARE (both inwardly and outwardly) but the fact is that obesity is unhealthy and I for one do not think endless rolls of lumpy cellulite and more stretch marks than a road map, is attractive in the least.

I used to weigh 332 pounds for 17 years of my life. I had bariatric surgery 4 years ago and now weigh 150 pounds. I walk 5 miles a day and feel great about myself, until the evening when I become addicted to wine. I am sad to say I traded one addiction for another, and now I have more chances of death than befor. I am sad to put my family through this, especially cause I never drank wine befor this surgery. But now, I have a problem and I can't find a souloution. I am a Christian and totally depend on Jesus for everything but feel lost when the evening hits. My husband is great and I have two absouloutly wonderful children, but I think I made a big mistake. Ladies think twice with all the information thats available to you now. Yes it great to be thin but I was happy when I was fat too.
Elizabeth

im a big gal myself, my question is where do some of these ladys find such cool clothes?? Its hard to find cool clothes in big sizes.

There are hardly any F.A.s around where im from, or at least i havent met any?

But the one thing that disturbed me about the show was people who purposefully gained weight?? why would somebody do that? im not dissin' anyone who does that but why would somebody wanna purposefully gained weight and keep getting bigger?

but i think the ladies on ur show were awesome they have an amazing confidence.

If being that big is what makes you happy, then go for it, just hopeing your heart can with stand it.

Hi! To be honest,I just watched this show for the first time and I loved the topic! The confidence that those women have is inspiring! I am a bbw,and I don't have that much self-esteem,I always thought there was something wrong with me and have dealt with a lot of self-hatred issues,but when I saw that "hot chocolate" has an entertainment company using bbw's,my first thought was 'how can I sign up!!' I wish she had a website that the show had posted! PLEASE?! loL! I love being a big girl and most men love it,too!!

I watched your show yesterday Fat and Faboulous. I enjoyed the show and seeing the women that are so proud and confident with themselves and their bodies. I am a Suoersize BBW and I lack confidence. I do however have a comment for the woman who is 375lbs and wanting to gain more. I feel that is crazy. There is nothing wrong with the way she looks now she is beautiful and would still be as beautiful if gained more but the health risk that it betrows is not worth it. If you are already having trouble breathing when walking, cleaning, and other day to day activities, trust me from some one who is there gaining up to 450lbs or more will only intensify these plus add more aches & pains. You just don't understand unless you are there. If I could say one thing to her it would be Please don't gain any more weight you are beautiful the way you are and gaining the weight and risking your health is not worth all the pain that comes with it. If Dr Keith could wave his magic wand as he called it yesterday and make me a size 5 or 8 you better believe I would do it in a heart beat.

I have just started watching the show and I really like it. Yesterdays show about the "BBW" ladies....I am a big lady,too and I can only WISH I had the confidence these ladies do. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!

This was my first time watching the show and I couldnt turn away. Ive seen promos of this show in passing but this was the first time I tuned in, The bbw ladies on the show today were beautiful. Its awesome to find women who are confident no matter their size and could careless what others fill. I agree that some of the looks of the smaller women in the audience did annoy me but when it all comes down to it they made the faces because of their own insercurities. They couldnt imagine being happy at that weight let alone 5 lbs heavier, or could it even be that they were intimidated? A large woman with selfworth and the men that love them. In closing I'll say this love yourself no matter what size you are because if you dont how can you expect it from anyone else.

I am a plus sized woman myself and I have to say although the majority of the women held themselves with elegance and grace, I was appauled at Rhonda's behaviour. To have a son who cares for you so much should be satisfying enough so you dont have to gain the enormous amount of weight you have. I cant even begin to say how ridiculous it sounds when you say that you want to reach over 400 pounds. Rhonda dear you looked SO uncomfortable in your own skin!!! Your own SON says you cant walk but a few steps without becoming breathless YET YOU CALL THAT HEALTHY? That logic is severely FLAWED. You made ALL of us big girls look bad with that kind of behaviour. I hope you find some help via counseling or something, if not for your own sake but for your son's.

I didn't even see the show, but I get the general idea. I agree that no one should be putting these women down - but should you also be encouraging their weight? Their size is clearly unhealthy and adding to the likelihood of premature death..yet people are saying YOU GO GIRLS? How can you condone their disease? Obesity is a diet-related disease. Would you condone Diabetes Type 2, or Anaemia? No, you'd most likely encourage them to seek HELP.
Gia.

What caught my attention was when each woman would comment on being "healthy" or gaining weight in a "healthy" way. Do they not realize that obesity in itself is unhealthy!!! That's like saying they are happy doing drugs (like meth) but are different because they are doing it in a "healthy" way. There is no "healthy" way in becoming or being *obese*. Being overweight is one thing...and I am 40lbs overweight. But being "obese" is another thing and there is NO way to be a "healthy" obese woman. I really felt for the son of the woman who still wants to gain another 100 lbs. She is in major denial...and being quite selfish I might ad.

I don't judge anyone whether they are tiny or large. But please don't treat me as if I am stupid when telling me you can be obese in a "healthy" way. That's ridiculous!

Yeah Hi,

I am an FA as well. I didnt see the show, but I know of what happened. Ladies, Do not listen to comments by the close minded guys you see in our everyday world. I can assure you that no matter how you look, Thick or Thin, you are a beautiful person.

I have a girlfriend who is currently 220 pounds, though my intential goal was to fatten her up, she has started to diet. What did I do? Well I did what every guy should do, Support her! She and I have 2 years under our belts... Not to mention, she had stated she would like to gain it all back. :-D

But as I said before... Live your lives, Grow fat or stay thin. It doesnt matter.

Be on the look out for an FA also, if you are a plus size woman... you may have caught their eye :)

hey dr.keith im also a plus size women! i love my self from the inside out! but is it really safe? im really worried about my health. but at the same time i love body!i wear size 20-22 in womens. i dont want to get bigger but i dont want to be smaller just healthy! how do you become a plus size role model? i think what the women on the show was trying to say is that you can be more than fat! you can still be sexy, smart, and be a great person all at the same time.

As a contemporary of GainingGoddess, Destiny and Desire, I have to reiterate that the beauty does not come from the size of the body, but of the Confidence that one exudes. Confidence is SEXY wether you are a size 2 or a size 28.

To Jeremy, why should these women hide? They have every right to be loved, to feel loved. A person who is attracted to their bodies is not mentally ill. This body type has been reveared as the "MOTHER GODDESS" since the birth of man - Please look up "The Goddess of Willendorf" One of the earliest known graven images of a fertility symbols. You sir, know not of what you speak.

Yes, there are health issues that probably have not shown up yet, and in a few years they will begin to present in the form of hypertension, but they can be controlled with diet and medication.

What you have to understand is that these women are Happy with themselves, they are NOT in denial, they truly do love themselves, and do experience the joy in every day living.

Thank you for providing a wonderful, positive show regarding big and beautiful women.

I liked the show until every other word coming from Dr. Ablow was "health risk". There were five lovely counterexamples to the fat = unhealthy equation, and he wouldn't recant. Also the audience only seemed to want to applaud when someone would come in with an anti-fat zinger sound bite. At least THOSE weren't Springeresque cracks but rather polite.

Count me in as an FA. I love big girls. :)

i watched your show 2day "fat&fabulous"& i think that those women are sick for thinking that there all hot....& the men that like them are very nasty i couldnt ever imagine beign in bed with none of them....i weigh 130lbs and im still not happy with my size so how can they be....but uuuummm yeah i really do love your show..

I loved the fat and fabulous
show. It shows the world that we plus size women can be sexy and have men in our lives that love us and we arent a fad that is going away anytime soon. We can be businesswomen, mothers, wives, role models and have a voice. I myself compete in pageants for plus size women and have several titles.

who says skinny people don't get sick? the bottom line is accept people as they are...be concerned maybe yes....but dont treat us like parasites! I too saw the faces of some of the skinny ladies in the audience of disgust and distain! And if a man wants to be with one of us larger women don't treat him badly either!!!

I wanna know what planet these woman are from? I weight 600lbs and I don't feel sexy at all!! I hate not being about to move around properly or keeping clean. I get dirty looks from everyone and no men think I am hot. please send me some of these women's confindence!

This show made my blood pressure go sky high!! I recently began watching Dr. Keith and I was instantly in love. The shows are not corny and over dramatized like Maury nor as dry as Oprah. It’s a great compromised. I had class today, so I taped the show. So excited to see my fellow big women get on T.V. and show that we can be big and beautiful not only on the inside, but the outside as well. I’m not one of those girls who was skinny and got fat. I’ve been heavy all my life (now a size 26/28), dealing with ridicule, mockery, and getting teased daily to where I hated myself and even attempted suicide.

It was about 8 years ago when I started getting online and going into ‘BBW’ (Big Beautiful Women for those that don’t know) chat rooms. The chat rooms allowed me to see that there were other women out there of size that loved themselves, and men that loved us as well. It took some time but have finally realized that big, little, short, tall, beautiful is in the eye of the beholder, whether in your own eye or the eye of others. I now have that esteem, confidence, and love for myself I should have had all my life.

Now to the show…..I was so disappointed and upset to see the type of people chosen for this show. I felt like I was watching Maury or Jerry Springer. Yes, I’m involved in the BBW community and know that the adult websites, ‘BBW night’ at the strip club, and excessive promiscuity exist, but that isn’t everyone. The ONLY type of women you had representing larger women are ‘those’ type of women. There are also Doctors, Lawyers, Bankers, and Teachers that are women of size that LOVE THEMSELVES and do so KEEPING THEIR CLOTHES ON!

As far as trying to gain weight….that is sickening. As a person in the medical field as well as an overweight individual, I know what the excess weight can do. It’s one thing to accept and love yourself for who you are, but these women are trying to make themselves something they are not. The women in the audience said it best; “Skinny women who continue to starve themselves are called ‘anorexic’,” which is a medical condition. A skinny and/or fat woman trying to get fatter is also a medical condition. These women say they ‘love themselves’? NO THEY DON’T. If they loved themselves they wouldn’t be trying to CHANGE themselves. That would be me saying, I love myself and the way I look, but I want to loose 100 lbs because I don’t like the way I look. Those women sounded ignorant! Contradicting every statement they made.

Dr. Keith, I know shows have to hold some entertainment value to stay on the air, but please be diverse in the people you bring on the show. Showing women in the adult porn industry is fine, I’m happy they can do something they enjoy doing and make money at it, but please show people of all walks of life. It’s like saying talking about people on drugs, and only showing dirty street people, when we all know CEO’s of companies have drug addictions as well.

The show was great and although I don't agree with gaining it also showed some confident Big Beautiful Women.
I have a comment for a poster..
Big People are people too so WHY should we go hide??? Because closed minded people can't seem to get passed the fact that we are fat and beautiful?? Attraction is in the eye of the beholder and what attracts one person may not attract another but doesn't mean we should be unaccepting as a society thinking 'our'thinking is correct. Are you not discriminating against fat people telling these girls to go hide?? Granted not all people have the same view in life but it's all about Acceptance wether were skinny, fat, blue or green!
Some of us were cursed with weight issues our entire life and don't share some of the views as some of the guest today but some of us have learned to love ourselves through the life struggle of weight control. No reason why you can't be confident in who you are and know you too are beautiful inside and out.

While I enjoyed your show today, I've got to say that a few of the women may need to reevaluate gaining more weight. Don't get me wrong, they were beautiful, and the fact that they were so confident made them even more attactive. But from a medical point of view, if you have to stop after only a few steps, or can't climb a flight a stairs, your body is telling you it can NOT handle anymore weight. The human heart can only take so much. I'm not a skinny woman by any means, and I belive most men prefer a little meat on their bones. I would also like to know how to contact the woman who has her own magazine for big women.

today i watched the show...i was very mad watching those women as they said they wanted to gain more weight...i am 200 pounds at 5'5''but my body is very well proportioned. i am curvy and i love the way i look but i could never imagine wanting to be 400 pounds i am a bbw those women on your show were just doing that for attention and they were saying that they were confident but yet they have to have all these naked pics on the net and geeks telling them they like them to feel good....

It's so good to finally see some big girls getting the attention they DESERVE. For too long the media has been relentlessly pushing their ridiculous ideals about what is attractive and what isn't. Hopefully, this will help show people that thin isn't for everyone.
If only more people were as progressive...
And for all the ladies who think there aren't good guys out there who like big, beautiful women: hang in there. There's plenty of us out there. And more importantly, be PROUD of who you are, that's the key.

I watched your program on “Are You Fat And Fabulous”. It seems that when someone is different whether by choice or circumstances people are not accepting of it. Why should someone be miserable because someone else doesn’t like the way they look? Having good self esteem is the healthiest way to live in life.

In some cultures, the bigger you are the more beautiful you are. Europeans consider the “American” form of "thinness" to be ugly. Obviously, size is a cultural perception for beauty.

Perception says it all. I know of a lady who was about 100 lbs over weight & managed to lose half of it. She was at a store & heard someone make a remark about how fat she was! She wanted to cry. All of that hard work seemed to just go down the drain because of that one callous remark. That person’s perception was absolutely incorrect. She just compounded a situation that wasn’t her business anyway.

As far as health issues, it can still be hit or miss with people. I’ve seen people live to be in their 90s & smoke everyday of their lives. I live in West Texas, the home of Chicken Fried Steak; see people living to be 100 & they’re overweight! I also see overweight people walking in stores; not using the courtesy carts.

On a personal level, I’ve been overweight most of my life. The most that I've ever weighed was 200lb. Everyone tormented me about my weight when I was growing up. Especially my dad, who was overweight himself. (By the way, he lived to be 76 years old & weighed over 300 lbs!) When I got out on my own, I started doing harmful diets & started the diet drug habit that lasted for 20 years. I finally dumped the drug habit, found a good exercise program & eat a sensible diet.

I was diagnosed as a Bi-Polar about 10 years ago & went on lithium. I gained 42lbs. I'm now on Depakote & Lamictal which have the side effects of weight gain. I'm also in my 50s. I do aerobic exercise 4 times a week & walk my dog 1 ½ miles a day. I eat right. I’m struggling just to keep the same weight, let alone try to lose any. I know that I’ll never see a small size but I think its time I should have the self esteem without regard to my size.

I am a 22-year-old male that greatly admire BBWs. Not only am I attracted to BBWs but I also prefer the larger ones, which are call SSBBW or "Super Sized." I think the preference is one you are born with or it is established at a very young age. As long as I can remember, growing up I was always attracted to bigger women. I never acted out on this, as I dated mainly thin girls throughout middle and high school. Although I made close connections, the relationships never worked because the physical attraction was not there. I could relate coming out of the "Fat closet" on the program. It is difficult as a male to admit you like bigger women in this culture. I am often treated with an array of facial disgust when I inform someone of my preference. Many people say that I am attractive and can have anyone I want. I often laugh because it is almost impossible to find young heavy women in public so I have to rely on online BBW dating in order to find a young woman I find attractive. I also find it hard to find confidant plus size women. Many of the girls I think are gorgeous have very poor self-esteem and it takes a tremendous amount of effort on my part to help them see their beauty. They have been subjected to a life-long assault that they will never been accepted by men unless they are thin. They are consistently bombarded in all media forms throughout the day with negativity about their bodies. Sadly, a lifetime of this convinces many women that no man can truly accept them despite anything I try to do to prove otherwise. There is an entire underground community of men and woman, gay or straight that prefer a larger partner. Within that group, there are those who enjoy the appeal of their partner eating or gaining weight. I have to admit I find the aspect of a woman eating food or gaining weight also to be a sexual turn on. This naturally is more difficult to explain but it is something that is beyond my control of enjoying. Throughout my adolescence, I would find myself fantasying about girls I found attractive eating or gaining weight. I thought I was the only person in the entire world that had those thoughts. I then found through the internet that I was not alone in this. I think that there should be more acceptance for those who prefer larger partners and not have to feel ashamed or alone in the world like I have for so many years. I think this would also help the self-esteem of thousands of young women trying to accept their own bodies. I wish there was more exposure to these subjects and I am pleased to see this addressed on television. My only hope is that this is a beginning and magazines like Bodacious and talk shows addressing topics like this can help pave to way to more tolerance, awareness and acceptance.

i was 180 pounds at age 10, 370 at 17 years old....I have through hell my whole life trying to loose weight and be accepted in society and maybe even my family....my parents would bribe me that they would give me a dollar for every pound i lost as a child....I felt rejection even then....
I have been through hell trying to loose weight...including liquid diets, and a gastric bypass gone bad in the 80's....it had to be taken down finally!

I was born with knee and foot deformities that weight has caused alot of premature arthritis and i had knee replacements 8 years ago...

I have alot of things wrong with me....am not even able to work for last 9 years....

I recently got involved in the BBW community in dating sites, phone chat lines and online postings....also in camming ....men are drooling over me....

I have dated over 12 men since i moved to So California last month! even though they know i am fat and disabled they are wanting to get to know me....I have developed a new self image....i became sexually active after no activity in over 6 years!

i have never felt more sexy!! or happy!!

I didnt get a chance to watch this program because I was at work, but based on the video clip and reviews of others, I am glad that we are getting some nationwide attention. As a plus sized model, I have opened my life to new ideas and concepts. I wouldn't trade being a BBW for the world... I remember the days I struggled to stay within military regulation weight guidlines. Now I can take photo's to a whole new level with my confidence and poise.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED TODAY'S SHOW!! IT REPRESENTED FOR THE BIG AND BEAUTIFUL AND EVEN THE MEN THAT LOVE THEM!! I THINK MORE SHOWS SHOULD BE LIKE KEITH ABLOW AND REPRESENT THAT YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A SIZE 5 TO BE SEXY. THANKS KEITH ABLOW!!

I thought the show was amazing and very enlightening. So many people today are fixated on society's idea of beauty and are afraid to explore their own preferences to find out what their true beauty ideal is. I truly believe many people are bullied into saying they like the stick thin model image because they don't want to be considered disgusting just because their personal preference doesn't line up with what's considered the norm. Hundreds of years ago the models, actresses, and celebrities of the day looked curvier and more voluptuous. They were the sexy ideal that all the naturally thin girls agonized over just as our naturally thicker girls are agonizing over Hollywood's and the Runway's beauty ideal today. I believe there are beautiful sexy slender women and beautiful sexy larger women, and neither should be discriminated against. Thin or thick: sexy independent women, Rock on!

I'm sorry but this show really upset me. I'm 5' tall and weigh 230 lbs. and I hate everything about being overweight. I've been on diets since I was 10 years old and even had Gastric Stapleing done about 26 years ago. Nothing has worked. I'm the most miserable person alive. I'm a diabetic and have to take atleast four shots of insulin a day, I have to take medication for high blood pressure and I have to sleep hooked up to a machine at night so I don't stop breathing during the night. Life is not fun and if these ladies don't have problems now they will before it's over with.

I really believe that these ladies aren't as happy as they claim to be and they are kidding themselves. They'll pay for their weight gains sometime.

i just have to say that i just finished watching the show and many people have very different opinions about big women but a comment a gentlemen made a few people down really p*ssed me off. Im not saying that 400 is a healthy weight but as long as you are in good health why not be happy now im 250lbs but ive always been a big girl and im not ashamed i think that some people should get over the fact that not every women is a supermodel and not every girl is a size 0-4 and as for the gentlemen Jeremy get a life because im sure if women hated every ugly guy you would me a little angry so stop being childish and grow up. Now as for the girls on the show they were all beautiful in there own way and some of the females looks in the audience was definatley unexceptable. Personally maybe sexy porn picutres arent for big women but men that enjoy that behind closed doors all the more power. People are very creul in viewing people for the way they look. Now i believe im a beautiful girl and the women on the show were very beautiful and keep acheiving your dreams and dont let anyone get in your way

Hi, i just watched your show on larger women.I am a 210 and i have been this weight for a few yrs now. I was not aware tho it was do to Irritable bowel syndrom. My extra belly weight was the main clue to a specialist i saw for heath reasons. I am on medication to help the ibs but in the mean time i still am large and have even been asked if i am pregnant due to where my weight is.I guess im telling you this because im sure im not the only one like this and i wanted to share that its ok and once i found out that it was a medical condition i am much happier with myself image.Personally i struggled with it for a long time and was told by the drs to loose.Little did they know.I do watch what i eat and try to keep heathly and love myself for who i am.By the way my husband loves me as is,as well..BONUS!

Looked this afternoon the DR. Keith show and don't know what those people think. That they want to be more fat then they are already. I have a husband who struggles with weight and I can't believe that they are happy with there weight . walking , sporting, standing all these things are difficult for people who are overweight /Also sitting in a theater Or in a restaurant chair. Or A airplane .. Even have to ask for an extent belt in the airplane. These days you have to pay extra if you are going to fly and need two seats. Plus the health insurances who won't take you or you have to pay an enormous amount of money .This are just a little bit of struggles you have when you are bigger then say 300 LBS I can; believe that makes you happier. Don't get me wrong I love my husband. but we know this is a struggle in our lives. I myself an 137 LBS and love to sport. But also this is a problem between us .He wants to but he needs to lose weight first. And I can't believe either that they eat healthy and tell that they are happy with there weight.My hubby isn't happy with his weight and he wished he lost a 100 pounds.
Nope I don't just believe that they are happy with all the weight they have to carry all day long

i watched your show on fat women. i think they are happy with the way they are. i noticed that all of them were young. i am fat and not happy. i am 63 years old and weight 290 i can't walk, because of my size over years of wear and tear on my body trying to support my weight. just give them time and age am i am sure they will feel different.

I'm gonna be honest, I'v never watched the show. But today's topic caught my attention. The women on the show today were big and beautiful. The ones who made me sick were some of the girl in the audiance. The faces they made were uncalled for. The only question i have, is where can i find a really good looking man that loves chubby or big girls. The guy that was there with his girl was cute. I would love to become a pluse model but i dont know how to go about it. But loved the show today, and ill be watching it for now on.
aka "chubby n beautiful"

In regards to you Tuesday Nov 14th show about fat and fabulous. I think it is great that more people are realizing that the world isnt stick figure people and that more people are recognizing that it is ok to be a normal person and have fun and be loved for who you are instead of having to be like someone else. I have battled with my weight since I was a freshman in High school and I ended up in the hospitol for Anorexia, I was always fairly thin till my freshman year of High school and then I puged out and it stressed me out alot. between my freshman and sophmore year I went form a size 12 to a size 3 by chewing gum and drinking water. I tried to get it through my head that is was ok to be yourself and not be a tooth pick to be appealing to boys but it didnt work and I remaind that thin until I was about 25 then as my marriage became worse I began to gain weight, I hated myself and it didnt matter what I did to try and lose it but the doctor said I destroyed my matabolism from when I would starve myself so I was basicly doomed at this point. After a 12 year marriage I was blessed with my son and got divorced 8 months later. I only gained 27 pounds during my pregnany (I weighed 199 before I got pregnant) and I lost 90 pounds (in addition to the 160 I lost when I divorced my ex-husband lol) in about 8 months after having my son, the doctor said that me eathing 6 times a day during the pregnancy helped click my matabolism back, horray! I was thrilled and remained at that weight for quit sometime until I got injured at work 3 1/2 years ago doing an assist lift on a non-responsive patient, well here we go again due to prednisone pills and epidural injections in my neck and Lexapro for depression I gained 80 pounds and had terrible anger issues due to the Lexapro let alone being mad about gaining weight and looking like a balloon! Yes, I am one of those people who had the wonderful subliminal brain washing that you have to have the perfect body for anyone to like you from the opposite sex. It is a living hell, I commened the Women who were on your show today who are happy with themselves and are not afraid to share it with the world and let the rest of the women out there know that it is ok to be who you are for who you are not for who you look like. What I am upset about is that yes the clothing industry is finally maybe realizing that they need to back off on the toothpick models and tooth pick clothes styles because it is not realistic, but, they say that wearing a size 12 / 14 is pluse size!!! It isnt plus size it is the american average size and they need to make more cool clothes in those sizes. I am very happy to see the plus size models now as well and that it is ok to have a fuller shape to your body, if they look back in the day that was how all women looked and they were reveard for their full figured bodies and if you look at Merilyn Monroe she was beautiful as well and she too was full figured. I have a student in my college Marketing class that I am currently in and he says that fat people need to just quit eating and I said if it was that simple then the whole world would be perfect but there are many reasons for every individuals situations and not all are the same and he needs to grow up and look beyond his face. Sorry, I get irritated with people who think the world is so easy, they have not even yet started living in it, of course it dosent help that I am the oldest on in that class lol and I have a 9 year medical back ground as well. Anyway, I applaud the beautiful women on your show today, the only thing I do have a concern with is that when some have a goal of gaining weight, yes it is wonderful to be happy and pround of your body as it is but it is dangerous to get too large for your body and put too much stress on it. The only other thing that kind of bothered me was that they should not call them selves fat because it is a word that most of the world uses negativly and if they are that positive about themselves they should not counteract their positivness with such a negative word. Other than that more power to them and I wish them all the happines life can give. Maybe someday I will believe I am ok the way I am and will believe it when a man tells me I am beautiful and sexy but for now I am not happy with my weight and I feel very un sexy and the dating scene really sticks. I am glad to have my son and that is my most important job right now to raise him so I really dont care about dating or finding another person in my life so I guess it dosent matter for now lol.
Thank you for your time take care and God Bless
Vicki from Rose City Michigan

i am watching your show right now and all i have to say is this i think plus size woman are very beautiful and sexy and i love dating bbws but i think that as i watch ur show .......i like to know is there women out there that like big handsome men just like on your show with the women

Hi Dr. Keith
I just finish watching the show "fat and fabulous"
I felt as it some of the women where put on just as a mockery of there size and confidence for it.
I personally would never get that big but I am a big women ( in society's eyes)
I used to wight 125 I feel fit and happy but it took a lot of work to keep up with that size an what society wanted of me. I was very unhappy.
I did not feel beautiful at all.
Now I am 185 pound I feel beautiful.
There is not one man that I have meet that has treated me any less then beautiful. I have found that every man that I have been with now or was with perfored my better this way. I even had a few ex try to get back with me now that I am bigger ( I didn't even know they liked big women)
Bottom line, don't make any one feel any less or like an out cases because of something that in all truth should be natural.
I am not saying 400pounds but larger than usually, I love me the way I am, so dose my man and every man I have been with from since I gained weight.
P.S You asked what can a big girl give you that a skinny girl can not.
Well the lady on the show did not answer you, so I will.
My boyfriend told my I is more to love. In four play there is more skin, more to hold on to while making love. And other thing that is just a lil inappropriate for me to say, LOL. That is what he told me.

Seeing the show today made me sick. Those women are in denial. Anyone that could be attracted to something like has mental problems of their own. You fat ladies are sending the wrong message to the world. Do the world a favor and go hide somewhere.

You girls ROCK!!!! I can only hope to find a man that excepts me being a BBW-a good man is hard to find! Thanks for being the voice of all us BIG girls!!!!!

After watching the show (I tuned in about 30 minutes in) I had to say something. The women were comparing smoking to overeating, and why overeating was better than smoking.

I think it really needs to be said that, you don't develop cancer the first time you have a cigarette. You also don't develop diabetes the first time you gain 50 pounds. But if you continue to smoke, and especially if you continue to over eat, your chances for diabetes and other life threatening illnesses is raised. So if you're 150 pounds overweight, and are planning to gain more, and still continue to say "Well I'm perfectly healthy, so I'm going to gain weight" the logic is flawed, and their doctors aren't doing their job.

I unfortunately missed most of this show due to work. I saw the first part of it. I am 5'1" and 260 lbs and love myself, inside and out. I am sexy for my mind and my body. I am married to the love of my life and our sex is out of this world. Being fat has not kept me from anything I have ever wanted. Very few women in my family are small. I can name the family members all my assests come from (big boobs, big butt, and big belly). I am big all around and love and accept myself. I can take care of myself, my family, and everything I need to. But even more then being a fat woman, I love myself and am conifdent. No matter what size someone is, confidence and self love is what will shine through above all else.

I am a plus size woman myself (not as big as some of your guests, but a size 18-20 or so). My health took a toll - not by the doctors tests - but in terms of being able to climb stairs, walk from the far side of the parking lot or even just get down on the floor and play with my kids as a result of depression, medication that I had been on for too long that slowed my metabolism, and poor eating habits.

Once I changed my medication I lost 50 lbs and felt great (still tipping the scales at just over 200 lbs), my goal was to lose another 25-30 lbs. But I guess my husband liked me at that weight - cause I got pregnant again... ;-)

My point is that, although I do not endorse the anorexic & bulemic models that grace the covers of our magazines and poison our childrens minds into thinking that is healthy, it is equally unhealthy to be overweight - especially by 100s of pounds.

The real risk lies not in daily functioning, but when you do have a heart attack, stroke or some other medical emergency it is twice as hard for the medical staff to treat you effectivly with all the layers of fat surrounding your body. I have a very good friend who is quite heavy, she had to go in for emergency surgery at the beginning of the year. She has had more complications and problems with the healing of her incision due to the extra weight she carries - much of which is actually contributed to another medical disorder. They also have to make larger incisions and you are more prone to infection because of that, it is harder for the doctors/nurses to work on an overweight patient (I've been one) and it makes you - as a substantially overweight person - harder to save in an emergency situation (such as pulling you from a car wreck, or a burning building).

Keep those things in mind when you are telling your children that you wanting to gain 100lbs isn't like taknig up smoking or doing drugs. Because in the blink of an eye you could die as a result of something as curable as pneumonia simply because you are so overweight that the doctors couldn't get the meds to balance out correctly quickly enough to save your life. It doesn't have to be diagnosed as a terminal disease to kill you.

HI EVERYONE, JUST WANTED TO SAY I WATCHED THE SHOW AND I AM IMPRESSED AT HOW THESE WOMEN CARRY THEMSELVES. WE AS SIZE SEXY WOMAN HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OURSELVES OR WE WILL BE TORN DOWN BY SELF HATRED. I AM A SIZE SEXY WOMAN AND I WILL BE IN THE FIRST ANNUAL CENTRAL FLORIDA BIG AND BEAUTIFUL PAGEANT HOSTED BY TOCARRA FROM AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL. I AM SO EXCITED TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A SIZE 3 IN ORDER TO BE SEXY. I'M GOING TO USE MY MOTHER'S QUOTE AND SAY "I LOVE ME SOME ME"!! I APPLAUD YOUR SHOW FOR THIS SUBJECT. MOST SHOWS ONLY SHOWCASE BIG WOMAN WHO WEAR ITTY BITTY CLOTHES OR BIG WOMAN WITH SELF ESTEEM ISSUES BUT YOU SHOWED AMERICA THAT BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. I SAY SCREW SOCIETY'S IDEA OF BEAUTY AND LOOK BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR. LOOK INTO YOUR HEART. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

I am a bbw and I loved your show about big beautiful woman I just wished I could find some stores that sell more clothes for the bbw. closer to me. I love the confidence I have being a bbw I have more confidence in myself now then I did when I was a size 8 or 9. I sent an url of some of my pics big and beautiful is in and they are right these men need to come out and be honest that they like some meat on the woman not just the bone.

I love this show, it shows that you dont have to be skinny to be sexy.

I just watched your show on being fat and fabulous.those women may not have any health problems now but they proably will when they are around 50, I know because I am also a big lady (300lbs) and didn't have any health problems till i reached the age of 50. Now I have several health problems relating to being overweight.