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Donna Simpson, the "World's Heaviest Mother," has decided that enough is enough and it’s time to change her lifestyle and lose weight.

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Donna was crowned the World’s Heaviest Mother in 2007 by Guinness World Records when she weighed in at 532 pounds before giving birth to her daughter Jacqueline.

Fast-forward to 2011 and the mother of two now weighs 600lbs. So why has she decided to lose weight?


When her husband-to-be ended their relationship, Donna thought it was time for a change. A few months ago, after she and her fiance broke up, the Ohio native moved from New Jersey to Akron, near where she was raised. The change of scenery has inspired her to try to alter her lifestyle.

As she told HuffPost:

    "It's fine to gain weight when you have a partner who will help feed you and take care of everything around you, but that's between two adult people who make the choice. I realized that I couldn't expect my kids to do that for me."

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On her personal website, Donna explained that family concerns are the main reason behind her decision to lose the weight. She says:

    "Now that I have sole responsibility of taking care of my children, I must drastically change my lifestyle, most people see me as a woman who became famous for wanting to gain weight while the rest of the world was trying to slim down. This was true as I was in a relationship that was based on a fetish that exists only in a fantasy."

We hope for the best for Donna and her children in her pursuit to lose weight.

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Taiwan - Largest and heaviest sedan chair set world record 2011

Taiwan - Largest and heaviest sedan chair set world record 2011

Two world records were set in Taiwan April 17 when 160 men took turns carrying a huge sedan chair weighing 280 kilograms.

Seated on top of the chair was a statue of Zhao Tian-jun, the God of Wealth.

The event, organized by the Dunhe Temple in Caotun Township, Nantou County, was in celebration of the god’s 351st birthday.

“Never in the history of the world has a single sedan chair been carried by so many men, and never has there been a sedan chair as large as ours,” temple officials said, noting that the sedan is 1.23 meters long and 8.5 meters wide.

The officials added they would apply to have their feat certified by the Guinness Book of World Records.

As the sedan was paraded through the streets of Caotun, spectators stood and marveled at the god and the prodigious strength of the men bearing its weight on their shoulders.

The sedan chair was built at a cost of over NT$1.4 million (US$48,275) and was constructed using a total of 16 bars in a criss-cross pattern.

Master carver Chen Qiu-lin said the initial frame of the chair was made entirely out of wood, and that the sedan chair initially weighed 888 kilograms.

The temple was concerned that the chair would be too heavy, so they had it broken down. Last week, they changed to using stainless steel rods, helping to bring the weight down to 280 kilograms.

In spite of the loss in weight, the structure still constitutes the heaviest sedan chair ever made.

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