Originally published: 1 November 2010
Tucking into her breakfast, Patty Sanchez knows every mouthful will count when she has her weigh-in in a few hours’ time.
The 37 year old is eating the super-sized meal in a bid to reach her dream weight of 45st.
'I love my big body... The more I weigh, the sexier I feel'
“I love my big body,” says Patty, who’s a ‘feedee’. “The more I weigh, the sexier I feel.”
Remarkably, 5ft 8 Patty – who now weighs more than two giant Pandas – was once slim, weighing just over 10st in her early 20s. But she says it was only to please her first husband Bob. “I was miserable. To keep my size 10 frame, I couldn’t eat the things I liked,” says Patty, who was a chubby child.
After breaking up with Bob, who she feels she married too young, she married second husband John. But when she was 29, their marriage broke down and the mum-of-four decided to give up dieting for good.
She says: “This time, I decided to find a man who loved my curves as much as I did.” By the time Patty met Sketty at a party in June 2000, she weighed 25st. Sketty says: “I was blown away by Patty’s confidence. And despite having only dated skinny girls, I found myself attracted to her huge breasts.”
'I realised we were entering into a feeder/feedee relationship'
A few months later the couple moved in together and Sketty found that watching Patty eat was a turn-on. Patty says: “I noticed Sketty was getting aroused watching me eat. Afterwards he asked if he could rub my belly and we both found it really sexy and jumped into bed. I realised we were entering into a feeder/feedee relationship. I’d read about it on the internet and thought it sounded heavenly.”
Now Patty piles on up to 2st each month by gorging on five enormous meals a day. DJ Sketty says: “The larger Patty gets, the more beautiful she becomes.”
While Sketty – who’s 6ft 2 and weighs 15st 10lbs – regularly exercises and never snacks, Patty consumes at least 10,000 calories a day.
Sketty spends £300 a week on her food and cooks for her. Typically, Patty’s daily binge starts with two servings of chorizo, eggs and beans, followed by a meal every few hours, plus continual snacks.
'I hardly ever wear clothes'
Her favourite meals include steak and potatoes in a creamy sauce, tacos, and super-sized hamburgers with all the trimmings. She also loves buckets of popcorn and cookies washed down with fizzy drinks. When Patty gets hungry in the night, Sketty gets food supplies from a 24-hour store.
Her enormous appetite has made her body swell to grotesque proportions – she has a 70GG bust and wears size 40 clothes. But Patty, who works from home as the online manager of a website for big women, says she prefers to be naked.
“I hardly ever wear clothes at home,” she admits proudly. “But in the bedroom I dress up in sexy leopard-print lingerie, which I buy online. G-strings are best because they show off my big butt.”
Each time Patty’s weight increases the couple, who are from LA, celebrate with a night of passion in their reinforced bed.
“We’ve lost count of the number of beds we’ve had to replace,” laughs Patty. “We’re both adventurous in bed. Our favourite position is doggy style – Sketty puts pillows under my stomach and we go for it.”
But being so big does have its limits. “I can’t be on top any more because I’d crush Sketty,” says Patty. “And I can’t get my legs over my head now, which I miss.”
And there are health risks too. Patty is morbidly obese, has high blood pressure and cholesterol, struggles to breathe and uses a motorised scooter to get about. “I can’t walk very far these days,” she says. She also suffers chest infections, heartburn and needs Sketty’s help showering daily to stave off fungal infections in her rolls of skin.
She had to give up her government job to work from home and only ever leaves the house to watch Sketty DJ at a “Big Girls” club night. But Patty doesn’t miss the outside world. She was often faced with cruel jibes from complete strangers. She says: “People would say: ‘Look at that cow,’ or ‘Lose some weight,’ and it hurt.”
Patty hasn’t seen a doctor for 18 months – after medics warned her she’ll die young if she doesn’t lose weight.
Worryingly, Sketty continues to feed Patty despite the health warnings. He says: “The thought of her dying scares me, but Patty assures me she’s fine.”
'The thought of her dying scares me, but Patty assures me she's fine'
“The arrangement for them to live with their dads suited everyone,” she explains. “But I’m very close to my kids.”
Patty and Sketty have agreed she’ll stop gaining weight when she reaches 45st.
“That’ll be the perfect size,” says Patty. And, naively, Sketty agrees. “I don’t want her to be unhealthily large – I adore her too much.”