I was thinking about Becky’s weight gain. I kind of think that AL pressures Becky to eat.
We have seen concrete examples of this. In August, Becky was acting morose about that ponderous neck of hers and opined that she no longer wanted to eat out so often. A livid Amberlynn threw all kinds of shade at her and wouldn't even call her by her name until she acquiesced to the Date Night swindle, which sent Becky's resolve crashing through the bushes.
Then, during the OMAD saga (during which Amberlynn actively cheated), Becky announced that she had a simple breakfast of toast. Amberlynn, who supposedly was not eating until evening, then complained that Becky needs to eat a more "substantial" breakfast and obliquely hinted at health issues that would arise if Becky continued to starve herself at breakfast. This happened twice, in consecutive videos, iirc
So even in front of the camera, Amberlynn is not shy about prodding Becky to eat and actively sabotaging Becky's own meager efforts to control her intake. She doesn't even hide it.
That said, Becky is not off the old hookeroo. I am still haunted by the image of her fat, sticky fingers waving that melting s'more in defiance at the camera for snapchat. Becky is a glutton on her own. If these two liars are to be believed, Becky weighed 280 when she first met Amberlynn and dropped to 255 (this is not supported by video evidence). If this is true, Becky is perfectly capable of eating herself into oblivion without Amberlynn's help. And when she feels besieged and put-upon by people telling her to tone down the gluttony, she gets defiant and in-your-face with her eating, as if she punishes the
viewers by getting fatter. She may not be 500 pounds yet, but she is a good candidate for 400. She's younger than Amberlynn after all.
A third pressure on Becky is simply having to keep company with the ever-binging Amberlynn. Imagine if you had a roommate who was always willing to foot the bill to cheesecake factory every single day of the week, one who keeps the fridge bursting at the seams and has no shortage of candy and junk lying around. Even normally healthy people would probably gain weight in such a milieu, just as living with stoners will eventually lead to getting stoned all the time.