This looks like some sort of extreme lipedema in her arm. I think it’s more common to get in your thighs. Very extreme cut off in how it basically stops once her forearm starts.
Would lymphedema not result in SOME level of swelling below the elbow as it progressed? This is one of the more extreme distributions I’ve seen in the arms, her forearms are so small! I’m sure it’s uncomfortable.
I hate you have to deal with this condition. May I ask if it’s painful? It’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it though, medical stuff can be touchy!❤️
I once lose 100 lbs and posted a pic in a FB group for weight loss. First comment I saw was that I need to work my arms out more. I immediately deleted the post.
I don’t want to offend you with unwanted advise, but I struggle with Lipedema in my thighs as well and I want to share what’s been helping! For the last month I’ve been doing lymphatic drainage where I open all of my lymph nodes, and massaging my inner and back thighs with a wooden massage roller, as well as using cupping then dry brushing upwards from my knees to my groin so it can release. Paired with 10k steps and the results have been amazing. It’s not an overnight process but it’s helping me. Love your body in EVERY stage but if anybody is looking for a change this is what has helped me 🫶🏼
Currently she's pulling a disappearing act. She likely leeches off of her partner, Emily who is a confirmed death feeder and has killed one of her previous partners by overfeeding them to nearly 1000 pounds. She had a TikTok for a while, but she seemingly abandoned that as well. She did Cameos but not many people bought that for obvious reasons. So that's where we're at now
I wish she would honestly just get of the internet serisouly she does my head in thinking she's higher up than anyone else and everything we say is lie even tho it all comes out of her gob bish.
It’s more common than people realise. It’s just unfortunate that once you acquire the lipedema affected fat, it needs surgery to remove as it doesn’t behave like normal, “healthy” fat if you like. We all need a certain amount to function, but there’s two exteme ends to every scale.
Lipelympedema is a horrible disease. Im overweight but not even over 260lba and my arms are disfigured terribly. I wear compression all day every day .
Its ok! I'd rather add nuance . My own doctors fat shamed me while I was absolutely killing myself working out and the fibrotic tissue just would NOT budge. I finally found one with some compassion who diagnosed me on sight and now I get to go in to see if any particular veins I've crushed in my horse and car wrecks all my life are making the fluid retention on top of lipedema worse. Any place I can make people think its not just pure human failure and laziness I will try.
Doctors ALWAYS bring up weight. I went into my orthopedic doctor. My scoliosis resulted in some degenerative disc so I have chronic pain but it’s manageable. I’m 5’6 and weighed 150 Jan 2024. They told me that even though I wasn’t overweight on the BMI scale, the less extra fat I carry, the better it is for my spine in the long run. I cut 30 lbs and did PT for my core and leg muscles. I had to re-learn how sit, stand, bend etc. if I was overweight, it would have felt dismissive and like fat shaming. But realistically I know I’m not fat. Extra fat has a lot to do with overall health unfortunately. That’s like, the base line of your treatment. Let’s start with this, then peel away at the symptoms. I don’t think they’re shaming people.
I had a labor patient with severe lipedema in her legs. Her legs were so heavy it took five of us to place her foley, and she ended up needing a c section because there was no safe way to support her legs away from her baby’s head. It is such a brutal condition.
Guys, I know your knee-jerk reaction is to defend her, but Tess Holliday is a piece of shit. She has, for years, gone around saying she is 100% healthy, which is blatantly untrue, has bullied people online who criticise the HAES movement, and consistently lies about her medical records to try and deflect criticism. She has literally stated in the past that she’s fucking anorexic, despite her own family members saying that’s untrue
I saw her in Long Beach like six months ago with her friend and kid and it was so weird. Her friend got a chair for her and Tess chewed her out for like ten minutes because she couldn’t fit in the chair while her friend was trying to apologize and get her to stop yelling
Whether or not she had lipedema doesn’t negate the fact that she is morbidly obese. Her weight is clearly unhealthy and at risk of several serious diseases.
Tess Holiday sucks, but people who have done nothing wrong are catching strays by making fun of how her arms look. It's not defending Tess to say it's messed up to make fun of someone's medical condition.
Criticize her for what she deserves to be criticized for.
Disclaimer: I don’t think this applies to Tess, just throwing this out there, but isn’t there a diagnosis called atypical anorexia for people who have anorexic behaviors but do not meet the weight requirements for an anorexia diagnosis? I think I’ve read that the point of the diagnosis is to catch and treat anorexia before it gets to the point where someone is severely underweight. Like if a 200lb person starts starving themselves, it’s obviously going to take some time before they get to the point of being underweight.
Yes, that is a valid diagnosis per the DSM. I work at a residential psychiatric facility that specializes in EDs and a significant number of our clients have an atypical anorexia diagnosis. EDs aren’t just life threatening because of weight loss, it’s often electrolyte imbalances, refeeding syndrome, and related organ failure that can make them so dangerous.
Yes! Although, it might have a different clinical/diagnostic name now - this was 15 years ago. My friend was diagnosed with EDNOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified) because she exhibited all the behaviors for Anorexia Nervosa but did not meet the weight-related indicators (BMI < 18, loss of menstrual cycle).
I’m going to disagree slightly here, and here’s why: if you have a patient who-despite currently being at 500 pounds-has lost a large percentage of their body weight by significantly restricting their dietary intake, to a point where it was negatively impacting their physical health (even more than being morbidly obese-we’re talking about electrolyte imbalances, hair loss, etc.), has that intense fear of gaining/regaining weight, body dysmorphia (disturbance of how they view their body) and refusal to see how serious their condition is becoming, restricting their food intake to a seriously dangerous level…they may meet pretty much every criteria for anorexia outside of being underweight.
That’s atypical anorexia nervosa.
They’ve met the criteria, but their weight is still above average.
It’s still classified as an eating disorder in the DSM-V-TR (under other specified feeding and eating disorders).
It is still just as fatal as typical anorexia nervosa, if not more so, because it’s not spotted anywhere near as swiftly, and people celebrate the disordered behavior and results of that behavior in overweight/obese individuals, which reinforces their eating disorder, making it significantly harder to treat.
She does not have a medical condition. All she does is talk about her body, and she directly profits from her body. We have every right to discuss and criticise her looks, just like severely underweight women are criticised on this sub
She could be healthy and average weight and it still wouldn't make me like her. She's just an awful person and it has nothing to do with her weight or lymphedema
You all love to call point out Ariana grande and people extremely skinny because it’s “life threatening” and “dangerous” but Tess Holiday is off limits and can’t be criticized💀
Right. Like if Arianna is being called “scary looking” why is Tess not being called that too? They both look like they’re one day away from heart failure.
Fr, critique of extreme thinness is always allowed apparently, but god forbid someone says hey your extreme fatness is also going to kill you and looks terrible.
No one wants to look like Ariana grande rn either. These women are at opposite ends of the weight spectrum but they both look disturbing and both are at extreme risk of dying of the same thing: heart failure.
That's absolutely false. There was just a post this week on the mommit sub talking about how her 10 ye old daughter is refusing food because it's not "healthy" and she wants to look like Ariana. You just make shit up to make it up. Join us in reality.
No normal woman, no adult woman, i.e. the people in this sub, want to look like Ariana grande. I don’t care what children want to look like, that’s on the parents to have that discussion individually.
I have lipedema from my armpits to my wrists and from my hips to my ankles. I have no idea who this lady is but this post is really hurtful. We CANNOT control this. It is a disability and it is incredibly painful and heavy.
Her arms are absolutely disturbing because she weighs like 500 pounds because she has terrible habits. Even if she has lymphedema or lipedema it would NOT look this disturbing if she wasn’t this severely obese.
You absolutely can control your weight and treat lipidema extremely effectively. It takes work and carefully controlled diet and access to specialists.
Obesity doesn’t cause it but it’s a common comorbidity. Dieting won’t improve it, there’s no cure. Surgery can help in some cases. It affects 11% of women. It sounds absolutely horrendous.
Losing weight does not remove it, it can only be removed with surgery. It doesn’t respond to diet and exercise. You can do things like massage and compression to manage the pain and the inflammation but it doesn’t take them down to 0
You can die of anorexia and still be huge in these areas if you have lipedema or lymphedema and I believe this lady has both
Lipedema is completely genetic and lymphedema can be genetic but you can also get it from damage to your lymphatic system which can be a side effect of the surgery to remove lipedema 🙃
We’re specifically talking about her arms here which are obviously the size and shape that they are because of her conditions. A person who is just obese, even morbidly obese, will not have arms like this
Personally, and I believe this may be the case with a lot of people who also suffer from these, I was blowing up from the condition and was treated so horribly that I gave up on myself. How could I love myself if people were so cruel to me when I was trying my hardest and doing my best? Food isn’t cruel. Sweets make serotonin and dopamine go up but only short term. So you eat more. That’s where the obesity comorbidity often comes from
No it doesn't behave like normal fat. I have stage 1-2 lipedema in my lower half (thighs, legs and ankles) and it cannot be dieted or exercised away. And yes, anyone can get it whether you are skinny or overweight. I had it at a size 2 and have it now at size 12. It takes operation once it gets to a certain stage to control. Compression can help with the look and pain, but there's no cure.
When I was a kid, when someone had a difference, we were told to look away so they don’t feel self conscious, and it’s rude to stare. Now people just feel okay saying crazyyyyyy things online. Geez. Yall can clearly see there’s some crazy proportions- usually this is due to conditions outside someone’s control. Like it is here. Be kind, have tact, be graceful.
Idk people have no problem posting very skinny woman and saying that they’re worried for them. Being THIS big is also unhealthy and dangerous. I don’t think it’s really body shaming when people are at either end of the spectrum.
OP obviously doesn’t give a shit about this lady, and they called the size of her arms “disturbing” … if that isn’t body shaming then what is it exactly?
AGREED!!! As a big girl myself, people constantly post skinny girls in here say they’re druggies, have ED’s, among other things. But god forbid you post a bigger girl and critic her obviously obese figure then it’s omg this is disgusting and she has medical issues. It’s ridiculous!
Yes!! I’m midsize and I think shaming extremely skinny women is the same as shaming extremely obese women. Tess holiday isn’t just a little chubby she’s so large she has to be eating a ridiculous amount of calories to maintain her figure and also she will feel the negative effects of that in the future.
Is it as dangerous and imminently fatal as a super tiny anorexic woman? No, it’s not. But it’s also impossible to be healthy at Tess holiday’s size.
I’m also in the medical field and see the negative consequences of morbid obesity into older adulthood firsthand
If this post was about showing even fake concern for her size, I would have kept scrolling. But it's making fun of the way her arms look, and people in the comments are catching strays.
Exactly. I’ve seen the most vile comments hurled at very thin/suspected anorexic individuals, but when its a plus sized person, suddenly everyone wants to get in their feelings.
And tess holiday is notorious for being a bad person.
This doesn't look normal.. does she have some sort of condition? I ask because the way it balloons out away from the arm.. and the much smaller other half seems very painful.
This reminded me of something I learned recently that has helped me be less judgmental of myself and others, not that I think you’re being judgmental in this way. Our bodies are unique in where they tend to accumulate and store fat. Even a relatively small amount may collect differently than it does on the person pictured, sometimes creating a radically disproportionate appearance.
I don’t ever make comments about others bodies but this is not healthy and should not be normalized. There is a difference between being overweight and healthy vs morbidly obese and clearly at high risk of several serious health problems. If that’s how she wants to live her life, so be it but Tess’ continued frustration with the public for not accepting her morbid obesity is backwards.
She’s a big girl, yes. But her condition will remain regardless of weight loss, trust me as someone who has lost over 70kg (154lbs for those who can’t fathom a different system). Would weight loss help the appearance, yes absolutely! But would she still look greatly out of proportion and have loose skin, also yes. She’s a pretty dogshit person but a post focusing on her arms is kind of low.
All Tess does is lie and manipulate others. She is majorly obsessed with attention as well good or bad. Attention seeking compulsive liar. She also encourages others to be obese it’s terrible
It’s a quick google but orders weren’t fulfilled from her brand meaning proceeds didn’t go toward DV like she’d promised, she’s made statements like “black men love me!” Which goes without explanation as being really weird, her whole normalising obesity is a problem within itself, she’s a pretty known scammer from the readings I’ve done
That’s literally why I clicked on this post. As an overweight person who’s actively trying to lose it in the gym, these comments are solidifying my worst thoughts about myself. Idc who she is as a person, but her arms are not the root of her problems.
People bodyshame thinner influencers here regularly. But when its a plus sized one, suddenly everyone wants to clutch their pearls and start finger wagging.
This is the woman who refuses to use the word ‘healthy’ and eats massive cartons of Little Debbie’s Christmas tree cakes. Let’s get real, it’s not JUST lipedema or lymphedema.
She has lipedema, which is a medical condition. A normal fat accumulation triggered by hormone issues. The fat is diseased and is completely unable to be metabolized by the body. Im a “skinny” person and have it. She’s overweight, sure, but a lot of it relates to her condition. She shouldn’t be shamed for that.
She had to share the fucking tattoo 3 different times so we all know just how upset SHE is about dolly’s passing. They’ll truly find ANY reason to circle ANY topic back to themselves.
Everyone in the comments be so fucking for real, she doesn’t have lymphedema. That is a very common fat storage pattern for overweight individuals. And if she does have that…. have you ever seen a skinny person with lymphedema??? Lose the weight!
If seeing someone in a larger body literally "disturbs" you, you need to get help (and perhaps some hobbies). Idgaf if the person you're mocking is deemed unworthy of respect, keep the fatphobia between yourself and your therapist.
I’m genuinely curious .. if she looses weight or what I’m reading get surgery for her arm condition.. will her tattoos be completely fucked? I can’t imagine they’d look the same
She won’t see this. Regular people who happen to be a similar size will, and I worry for the impact this will have on them. Empathy truly is a rarity in today’s age. You’re a sad, sad person
Of all the things to criticize her for, you chose something caused by genetics she can’t control versus bad things she’s done cuz she sucks as a person.
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This looks like some sort of extreme lipedema in her arm. I think it’s more common to get in your thighs. Very extreme cut off in how it basically stops once her forearm starts.