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Its wonderful to hear from you! Thank you for sharing with us. I think you're courageous in your real life and also when you speak candidly here. You are an inspiration in many ways. I'm so glad you're healing. Keep it up!

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You can do it! Big respect and good wishes to you.

Good to read that you made it home. I stuggle every day with the urge But I have to remind my self that I don't want to miss out on life. I'm getting married my self in a few weeks And I have more then my self to think about now. I never got near the size you got. My body told me no in other ways. But like you I fully support someones desision to. "Go all in." Keep fighting the good fight. because life is worth it.

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! I wish you all the best life has to offer, as well as the health to enjoy it

Also thought I'd add something I initially failed to mention-- while I'd love to believe I had this amount of fat gain-- there are other factors involved, including major lymphedema and water retention from high sodium and heart dysfunction, food weight, inflammation, and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease from dietary factors. A lot of what I gained, and most of what I have lost so far, comes from these health issues. Am I hungry having a dramatic lifestyle change? All the time. But I also feel enormously better.

I'm so pleased to see that you are ok and on the mend. I hope that your health continues to improve quickly. Throughout the day, my mind has kept wandering back to you and the fact your stomach had grown 12 times its size. Ever since I was young, I've dreamed of being able to eat all the food at a family gathering, such as at Christmas. I think you could actually have done that, and it has blown my tiny AuDHD brain.

Thank you so much. Yes, health is definitely the journey right now, but to be clear, thinness is definitely not and never will be my journey. I see myself being it's having an active around 580 if I can build the strength, control my blood pressure, and heal my liver.

I do share your interest in big holiday feast though. I had one a couple of years ago I will remember forever! I hope you can fulfill all your dreams and maintain whatever level of activity you want. Those big, festive occasions, are definitely very special and a moment to enjoy indulgence.

Good to see that you're on the mend, working on getting back to your sweet spot weight and getting your health under control. "Incredible" feels like an understatement for everything you've gone through this year

Wow, this is all wild to read about. It takes a lot of strength to do what you did with gaining and eating that much, and it takes a lot of strength to do what you're doing now with losing the weight and controlling your diet. Wishing you well losing the weight and keeping it stable in the future if you don't feel like fluctuating too far from 580.

I have questions if you don't mind, your capacity and lifestyle are fascinating. The stretching your stomach through extreme stuffing must've took place over years if it became a lifestyle, were you super cognizant of your increased capacity at all times or did it just become something to notice on occasion? What did it feel like physically and mentally when you were at maximum capacity? Painful, surely, but did you also feel accomplished at having finished the amount that you did, or were you wanting to eat more even at max capacity?

Second question, you mentioned eating 300k calories in 3 days??? That sounds insane. Afaik you haven't posted talking about that but I could be wrong, so just the vague request for more details on that if you don't mind?

And last question (for now maybe), do you have a plan in place for if you want to pursue extreme stuffing in the future to not let it get this out of hand for this long? Are you going to hard limit your time/calories? Try to drop the super extreme stuff outright? Or indulge for a few days until you/your husband cuts you off? It's entirely possible you haven't planned this far ahead with regards to extreme stuffing in recovery, and that's fine as well.

Wishing you the best, you've been (and hopefully will continue to be) a wonderful presence in the community.