Manute for Ever!
06-29-2010, 01:46 AM
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THIS 21-year-old woman weighs four stone and has almost zero per cent body fat but she Is not anorexic.
In fact Lizzie Velasquez must eat every 15 MINUTES just to stay healthy.
The student has a rare condition that prevents her from gaining weight even though she eats up to 60 small meals a day.
Despite consuming between 5,000 and 8,000 calories a day, 5ft 2in Lizzie has never tipped over 4.3 stone.
Lizzie, who wears size triple zero clothes, said: "I weigh myself regularly and if I gain even one pound I get really excited.
"I eat every 15-20 minutes to keep my energy levels up.
"I eat small portions of crisps, sweets, chocolate, pizza, chicken, cake, doughnuts, ice cream, noodles and pop tarts all day long, so I get pretty upset when people accuse me of being anorexic.
"When I meet new people I have to say: 'Hi, I'm Lizzie and I have this rare syndrome, I am NOT anorexic'."
Lizzie was born four weeks prematurely weighing just 2lb 10oz and doctors found there had been minimal amniotic fluid protecting her in the womb.
Lizzie's mother Rita, 45, a church secretary, said: "They told us they had no idea how she could have survived.
"We had to buy dolls' clothes from the toy store because baby clothes were too big."
Doctors could not make a diagnosis so they prepared Lizzie's parents for the worst.
Rita, who has two other children with Lizzie's father Lupe, 44, added: "They told us she would never be able to walk, talk or have a normal life."
Lizzie's siblings Chris, 12, and Marina, 15, are both of average height and weight.
Despite the grim prognosis Lizzie's brain, bones and internal organs developed normally but she was always very small.
At the age of two she was still only 15lbs
THIS 21-year-old woman weighs four stone and has almost zero per cent body fat but she Is not anorexic.
In fact Lizzie Velasquez must eat every 15 MINUTES just to stay healthy.
The student has a rare condition that prevents her from gaining weight even though she eats up to 60 small meals a day.
Despite consuming between 5,000 and 8,000 calories a day, 5ft 2in Lizzie has never tipped over 4.3 stone.
Lizzie, who wears size triple zero clothes, said: "I weigh myself regularly and if I gain even one pound I get really excited.
"I eat every 15-20 minutes to keep my energy levels up.
"I eat small portions of crisps, sweets, chocolate, pizza, chicken, cake, doughnuts, ice cream, noodles and pop tarts all day long, so I get pretty upset when people accuse me of being anorexic.
"When I meet new people I have to say: 'Hi, I'm Lizzie and I have this rare syndrome, I am NOT anorexic'."
Lizzie was born four weeks prematurely weighing just 2lb 10oz and doctors found there had been minimal amniotic fluid protecting her in the womb.
Lizzie's mother Rita, 45, a church secretary, said: "They told us they had no idea how she could have survived.
"We had to buy dolls' clothes from the toy store because baby clothes were too big."
Doctors could not make a diagnosis so they prepared Lizzie's parents for the worst.
Rita, who has two other children with Lizzie's father Lupe, 44, added: "They told us she would never be able to walk, talk or have a normal life."
Lizzie's siblings Chris, 12, and Marina, 15, are both of average height and weight.
Despite the grim prognosis Lizzie's brain, bones and internal organs developed normally but she was always very small.
At the age of two she was still only 15lbs