Chris, I agree with the apples and oranges remark comparing disability to weight gain based on just the words I wrote.
I guess what I meant is, it seems like she has a degree of a food addiction. That would be what I meant by "disability" as well as the unable-ness to get around and live life as easily.
We actually had a personal trainer who was a good 50 lbs over weight. Her "schtick" to clients was that she, too, was "like them" and therefore she could better help them. The rest of us trainers smelled b.s. We started to notice all the food crumbs in the gym office, the wrappers in the garbage, the missing food that had been donated. She got fired for something unrelated, but ya know, now that she's been gone, so has all that evidence that she had a problem with food.
A food addiction is a giant problem to tackle. For that, I consider it a disability of sorts. Do I make any sense?
Either way, though, at least you consider what you'd say to a counselor. Keep thinking about the bigger picture. This may not really be about her weight at all. The weight is simply the most obvious result, the less-than-stellar sex life is the 2nd most obvious result. Find out what the underlying problem is and address that.
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