It feels different definitely. I like to swim quite a lot and have noticed the difference in how the water feels against the belly and body and moves around them. And yes you do float more easily!
Wifestuffer: One of my first experiences realizing I thought fat people were lovely was at Disney World. This gigantic fat girl came swimming up to me, and told me she was a champion swimmer, and she was so good because she was full of blubber like a whale. I thought she was so cool.
dland is low key one of the best places in the world to be around other fats. so many large wobbling bodies, it's fucking great.
I love swimmimg when I'm fatter. The buoyancy is great.
I prefer swimming with a shirt, but recently I've noticed that I actually like not wearing one.
People in this thread have mentioned Disney is great to see fat people. I'm actually heading there (Wolrd) in a few months. I'm looking forward to it. Hoping my swim suit will still fit then.
When I was 160 lbs, if I stayed still in water, I’d slowly move into a vertical position, with the water-line between by mouth and the top of my head.
At 330 lbs, and with a big ball-belly that acts like a personal floatation device, I pretty rapidly get turned either onto my back or my front, horizontally in the water. On my back, my belly sticks up out of the water, and on my front, my belly pushes my bum out of the water.
I love the heated pool I go to. I enjoy a bit of power walking in it to keep some level of fitness. With recent gains my belly bounces more as i walk pushing to the surface and lifting my moobs up and down in rhythm.