Fat experiences

I noticed dedicated gainers who packed on the pounds usually take about 4-5 years. From my personal studies, I've seen on average 120 lbs gain within 4 years (not including extreme feeders/gainers).

How much did you gain and how long did it take you? Will you ever go back to your previous weight?

I think it was maybe a year and a half for me to go from 120 pounds to 200 pounds.

I gained 75 pounds in like 1 year working at mcdonalds but I have gained much slower since then

Originally in 2020, my first gain, it took me about 9 months from 140 to 190; sadly I lost all of it when I got sick-
From March to the end of 2025 I clawed my way from (a very unhealthy) 120 back to my current 170. I hope I can do the same again this year as that would put me to a comfortable weight.

Close to four years. I started at 165 in June 2023 and now I am topping out at 202, almost a 40 pound gain. I am really noticing the feeling of getting fat now.

I'm around 100 lbs heavier than my smallest, 80 of them were over the last 5 years.

The idea of "the threshold" is interesting. I think I first started feeling like a small fat guy maybe 30 lbs ago, that felt just-barely over the line. Every pound past that is more weight piling onto a person who has already started feeling fat though, I feel thoroughly transformed by this point.

For what it's worth, I have only ever increased my goal as I approach a weight I was okay letting myself reach. Maybe some people have more self control, I thought I did for a minute there, but here I am fatter than ever and ready for more 😅

I started at around 150 lbs, and with aggressive weight gain I put on about 35 lbs in 3 months. It ended up costing me knee pain, even during a short walk to the bus stop.

After a period of stabilization, I started again at 180 lbs, and the next 20 lbs took about 4–5 months—slow and steady, with no side effects.

Then, a few years later, I decided to try to join the 300-lb club. I don’t remember exactly how long it took, but I started at 220 lbs and finished at 290 lbs. It was probably around six months. At my peak, I had to stop because the pace was too much.

Eventually, I had to cut my weight down to around 200 lbs, and for the past several weeks I’ve been trying once again to slowly gain weight.

*In my case, the pandemic didn’t affect my weight at all.