How fat Rosalie Bradford got into the Guinness Book of Records twice
Throughout her life, Rosalie Bradford came close to death many times. She says that she is even used to balancing between the world of the living and the dead, if, of course, you can get used to it. This woman lived for many years with a record weight, and then lost weight by... 416 kg! At the same time, she twice got into the Guinness Book of Records - first as the woman with the heaviest weight, and then as the woman who lost the most weight.
Rosalie Bradford was born in 1943 in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, USA. Her family can hardly be called prosperous. When the girl was only six months old, her mother abandoned her and Rosalie grew up in a foster family. Bradford didn't remember her mother, but she showed up when she was 8 years old. A negligent mother started a scandal on the porch of the family that had sheltered her daughter and demanded that the girl be returned.
It was scary and unpleasant, but the biological mother still backed down. But Rosalie’s life was not cloudless for her new parents either. The girl was very afraid of her adoptive father, a cruel and drinking man. Perhaps numerous stresses have affected the child’s body. Rosalie had always been chubby, but in her teens her weight began to skyrocket. At the age of 14, the girl already weighed 100 kg, and at 15 - almost 140.
Of course, Bradford was a constant target of ridicule on the street and at school, which caused her to suffer greatly. Despite everything, she managed to meet her love and get married, because fat people are also worthy of love. When Rosalie gave birth to a child, she received blood poisoning. A deadly disease put her to bed for a whole year and a half. It was during this time that the woman gained an incredible 600 kg.
Rosalie's husband, Robert, steadfastly endured all the hardships of fate. He cared for his bedridden wife and took care of their common son. In interviews, Bradford always spoke with tenderness about her husband, who surrounded her with care and love. The woman herself suffered greatly and hated her ugly body.
But she saw no way out of the situation. Rosalie was lying on a huge bed and could not even turn over on her side on her own. The joys of the big world were inaccessible to her, and she could only watch a piece of the garden through the window. One day, despair overcame the unfortunate woman so much that she tried to commit suicide. Bradford took a huge dose of painkillers, but it didn't work.
The fate of Rosalie Bradford was of keen interest to the press. She gave several interviews, and soon representatives of the Guinness Book of Records appeared in her room. After completing all the formalities, the woman became the owner of the weight record and held the championship in 1994 and 1995. But such dubious success did not please Bradford much. She dreamed of one day getting back on her feet and leaving the hated room.
The woman talked to many specialists in the fight against excess weight, but no one wanted to take on such a difficult case. Until therapist and nutritionist Richard Simmons appeared in her life. He contacted Rosalie by phone and soon mailed a package with nutritional instructions and a physical therapy video. You will be surprised, but the only exercise that was available to Rosalie at that time was clapping her hands.
This is far from the most effective way to burn extra calories and Bradford had to clap for days on end. At the same time, Rosalie completely changed her diet and switched to the Simmons diet. The system turned out to be surprisingly effective, and within a year the woman lost 190 kg. This victory inspired the woman, and she continued to lose weight. Soon she lost half her weight and reached 300 kg.
But this was not the limit. Time passed and Bradford was able to do many exercises. Things went even faster, and soon she weighed only 128 kg. During her struggle with excess weight, the stubborn woman lost 416 kg. This result was again registered for the Book of Records. So Rosalie Bradford set two world records for weight in just a few years.
But after parting with huge volumes, another problem came to the fore. There were ugly folds of skin hanging from Rosalie's body. It was possible to get rid of them only with the help of numerous and traumatic surgical interventions. One of these operations led to the woman’s death. Rosalie Bradford died in 2006 in a hospital in Lakeland, Florida. She was 63 years old.
Despite the fact that many years have passed since Rosalie’s weight loss record was recorded, it has still not been broken. There were many women thicker than Rosalie Bradford, but she was the only one who was able to lose 416 kg. Having lost weight, the champion lived only a short time, but her titanic work was not in vain. The American left an important message for the whole world: you should never give up and then anything is possible.