Lifestyle tips

If there is a way to make the garage entrance your entrance that sounds like your best chance. Making changes to widening all doorways may be difficult with a hard to work with HOA

Plus I've a high mill plastic to all the door jams, which helps somewhat.

That's a wonderful idea

Really only works with dry clothing, though lately it's a snug fit, as in I need to suck my tummy in, wish I could do that with my hips, at least my bones are not directly under the skin

I'm sorry your doorways aren't wide enough anymore. Maybe you can get someone to gently remove the casings around the doorways you need to get through and you could store those in the living room too. If you don't have the doors on then you can probably get by without the casings too. I bet you'd pick up a good 4 inches of clearance and that would help with having to suck your tummy in.

Revisiting this with an update after a couple of months! Thanks, everyone, for all the recommendations. On the home modifications, our HOA was having none of it. We did consider talking to a contractor we'd already spoken with about removing door casings, but that would have left us with the issue of a bathroom with no privacy for guests or family, outside of perhaps putting up a curtain. All that considered, plus the fact that I was having extreme difficulty getting into our van, I made some health changes. I'm currently right at 600 pounds and probably want to be around 525-550. That seems to be my sweet spot, where I can drive, go places with my husband and friends, and still be a supersized fatty.

In fantasy, the day when you're too fat to leave the room you're in is amazing. In reality, not so much, especially when it comes to hygiene, and I was VERY close to it.