Too Fat To Adopt?

I just wondered what people thought of the story that was featured over several weeks recently, about the couple who were dieting so they could adopt. Personally, I felt very sorry for them, but I did think that Social Services had a point. Any child put up for adoption is likely to have had a stormy past and every effort needs to be made to make sure they have a stable future. Of course there are never any guarantees that both parents will remain fit, healthy and alive until the child reaches adulthood, but Social Services surely need to give the child the best chance of this happening. The last thing the child would need would be to lose a parent at an early age, or end up becoming that parent's carer at an early age because of ill health. Sometimes, love isn't all you need. I also wondered about the diet that they were on. To me, any diet that has you eating raw carrots with your boiled egg is doomed to failure, and perpetuates the myth that weight loss can only be achieved through deprivation and faddy eating. If they do lose the weight, I can see it going straight back on again because what they're doing isn't sustainable. I wish them well with their quest to adopt, and with their weight loss, but I think they'd do better to join one of the more conventional slimming clubs than to carry on depriving themselves.