Fat experiences

Hey all! I’m curious to know about anyone’s experiences with weight gain affecting their voice over time. I know gaining around your throat and neck can definitely affect that and I assume the voice would become more breathy too in many cases.

I’m planning on doing a role play over the phone and I’d like to realistically emulate voice changes over time so any experiences you have had with this would help.

Your average fat person doesn't sound different from your average thin person. And it is next to impossible to tell a person's size over the phone.

Some people may develop respiratory issues, but this is not guaranteed. Most of the highly obese people I know in life do not sound any different unless they've been moving around.

I’ve sometimes heard it said that very obese people can sound a little muffled, but I’m not sure if that is just general impressions affecting perception.

I use my voice professionally, and I’ve found that I can project a little louder and with more resonance, especially in my lower register, than when I was thin, although I now have to be careful not to run out of air.

Maria Callas and Deborah Voigt apparently experienced something similar, although in the opposite direction, when they lost weight.

I can’t say I know what fat voice is but people say they know I am fat based on my voice when I talk to people online who have never seen my body before