Pauline Potter: From World’s Heaviest Woman to Weight Loss Warrior Pauline Potter once held the Guinness World Record as the world’s heaviest woman, weighing over 700 pounds. At her heaviest, she followed an eye-popping diet that included six scrambled eggs, half a pound of bacon four hash browns, six slices of buttered bread, and an ice cream milkshake—for breakfast alone. Her eating habits were extreme, and her size quickly spiraled out of control, placing her health and life at serious risk. But despite the shocking diet and the title that brought her brief notoriety, Pauline’s story didn’t end there.
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