Is it 36 inches at its largest circumference or is that your waist size? There’s usually a bit of a difference.

My high school friends probably would do a double-take if they saw my belly has gone from nothing to a big ol’ ball belly in recent years :-)

My wife is about 340 pounds but has been above 300 to stay for about 10 years. She’s often said if her friends back where she grew up could see how fat she’s gotten since high school they wouldn’t recognize her. She was but about 140 back then :-)

I always love telling mine and my wife’s gaining story — always love seeing these “origin story” threads :-) Several similarly-titled threads in the forum, but here it is again:

My first memory of encountering fat was a regained memory told to me years after the fact by my mother. I would play with the arm fat of any female relative when I was a toddler and was being held. I’m told my grandmother slapped me one time for doing it.

In young adulthood, I felt the attraction to chubby girls starting in middle school and on into high school. I didn’t have a girlfriend until I was out of high school (wasn’t ever part of the clique, as they say), but nothing turned me on like a pair of chubby cheeks, chubby upper arms or big thighs. Chubby bare feet still turn me on as well :-)

My first steady girlfriend wasn’t all that fat to start out with, but over five years we ate well enough to fill out the both of us. Her arms and belly puffed out mightily; probably gained at least 50 pounds being with me.

Another five-year relationship followed when I moved to another state. She was already heavy, about 5-6 and anywhere between 220 and 270 over the course of that time. She was insecure about it and, along with being bipolar and in denial about it, never really relaxed and enjoyed her own existence, much less her luscious figure.

I met my wife 10 years ago now, at a concert. Mutual friend of ours made sure we were both there. The friend figured we both needed to stumble upon each other after going through such rough previous relationships. I can still remember the first time I saw her short, 5-3 figure walking upon the rest of our friend group to meet up. A black blouse cut low to emphasize what I would eventually find out were 46 DDD breasts. Cute, chubby face and such a soft touch with everything. I was smitten, though it was another year before we started dating officially.

I was slowly but steadily getting a big ol’ ball belly during these years. A big, hard visceral fat basketball belly! She sure hasn’t minded, being a big girl herself for so long now. She was actually a tiny teen, just with out-of-proportion breasts for what was then her figure. I just recently saw pics of her at 13 that I hadn’t seen before. It’s truly amazing how petite and skinny she was before puberty and the rest of her teen years.

She had her first child barely out of high school and, according to her accounts, gained between 80 and 100 pounds between the pregnancy and health-related issues with certain meds’ effects on her. Three years later, she had the depo shot for birth control and got pregnant (and fatter) anyway with her second child. Wish I’d have known her then so I could have witnessed her body change. Her waistline and belly just exploded in size :-) She stopped wearing underwear at a certain point and her back is big and broad with luscious layers of fat all 300+ pound ladies seem to have. Her butt also grew into a full-fledged “buttshelf” during that time. This is as good a point in the story as any to mention her bra band size was only in the low 30s entering her 20s. So that’s more than 12 inches gained just in her middle since then :-)

We had our first child together three years ago now. She was already just at 300 pounds, so she didn’t have to gain but maybe 20 during the pregnancy. Today, she’s a proud 340 pounds with a spirit that’s just as soft and tender as her skin :-) We’d have each other no other way but fat and happy :-)

My best gaining meds are just beer and food, but my wife also recently went on sleep meds and has gained about 10-20 pounds. Course, she’s been over 300 pounds for a long time now, so it’s difficult to really see it.

I have a ball belly of visceral fat that I’ve been able to more or less keep up the last several years. I surely wouldn’t mind it staying the same size as when I’m totally full and stuffed 👍 A 24/7 stuffed-looking belly would be sweet :-)

I think many of us male FAs have had their tastes evolve with age.

In my younger days, I was in line with the conventional image of female beauty, meaning a pretty face with a thin-to-average body. But I’d always harbored an affinity for fleshy shoulders and a soft, fluffy figure.

But then my first love came, and she began thinking but our young appetites meant for gradual but steady weight gain. She put on about 50 pounds while we were together and she often showed off her growing belly to me, which slowly converted me to being the FA I am today.

My wife of eight years is a lovely 330-pound beauty whose story I’ve told in other threads here. I’d have never guessed that my younger self would ever be turned on by it, but here we are. Her soft features and 60+ inch belly are here to stay, and we’d have it no other way :-)

Was curious about coke and mentos before trying it for the first time tonight. I swallowed three mentos and drank the one 16-oz. Coke I had on hand. I think for me, just the Coke makes my belly puff up more than anything else. The mentos might’ve added a bit of speed to the situation. It’s been a half hour and my ball belly still feels bigger than usual, so I guess this was a success?

Checking back in to remind we’re here! 👍

AI is a bit divisive these days, but I do say my wife and I both enjoy some of the weight gain story channels on YT. Some stories are quite plausible :-) The creator doesn’t always get the progression right, but overall it’s pretty good.

I tend to let my ball belly show whenever an undersized shirt is the only clean thing I have to wear that day :-) My wife has become much more confident showing off her double belly this summer, for sure 👍