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Going swimming when you've gained weight!

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BigBallBellyGirl   United States
Joined 2 years
Alex7:
Oh funny I love it. Did the brothers-in-law survive lol


Yes! No injuries reported. Not really able to do many stairs at this size, so the pool steps were a challenge. I definitely wouldn't advise standing behind a 570 lb person though. After all, if we fall, we'll just knock you over like a bowling pin.
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Going swimming when you've gained weight!

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Op User   Greece
Joined 8 years
Alex7:
Oh funny I love it. Did the brothers-in-law survive lol

BigBallBellyGirl:
Yes! No injuries reported. Not really able to do many stairs at this size, so the pool steps were a challenge. I definitely wouldn't advise standing behind a 570 lb person though. After all, if we fall, we'll just knock you over like a bowling pin.


Were the pool steps the build in steps at the side of the pool with a handle used in recreational pools in hotels or the aluminium removable set of stairs used in swimming pools for competitions?
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Going swimming when you've gained weight!

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BigBallBellyGirl   United States
Joined 2 years
Alex7:
Oh funny I love it. Did the brothers-in-law survive lol

BigBallBellyGirl:
Yes! No injuries reported. Not really able to do many stairs at this size, so the pool steps were a challenge. I definitely wouldn't advise standing behind a 570 lb person though. After all, if we fall, we'll just knock you over like a bowling pin.

Op User:
Were the pool steps the build in steps at the side of the pool with a handle used in recreational pools in hotels or the aluminium removable set of stairs used in swimming pools for competitions?


Built in concrete steps. There was also an aluminum ladder, but those are way out of the question for me. If by some miracle, I did manage to get on it, I'd be too afraid of pulling the whole thing down.
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Going swimming when you've gained weight!

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SteelCityFA08   United States
Joined 11 months
Definitely a great experience. Swimming or standing & the feeling of your belly moving through the water. It's a great feeling.
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Going swimming when you've gained weight!

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Dolkite   United States
Joined 10 years
My ultimate goal was to waddle onto the beach in a bikini while carrying a bunch of food and sitting down and stuffing myself in front of everyone.

I bought a stars-and-stripes bikini because that's what our Olympic athletes wear in the hopes that people would think of their slim, muscular, toned, fit bodies and then see my pale porky body overflowing my swimsuit for everyone to see. SO HOT.
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Going swimming when you've gained weight!

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Bigdoug   United States
Joined 2 years
FAMGM:
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.


Similar experience here. My huge belly makes a great flotation device. When I am not fully in the water, my moobs and other fat rolls tend to float a little bit.
Also, an added bonus is that being in the water always makes me super hungry and I can eat a lot of fast food afterwards!
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