Fat experiences

People enable gaining without realising

This is an interesting thing I've noticed in my own life. Since I've gotten particularly fat, the way people have behaved around me has kind of enabled my gaining without it being exactly intentional. I have mixed feelings on it generally, but it's definitely something I've noticed is happening more and more often.

I've noticed that when you're fat, people make assumptions. They assume I don't want to do physical activities, they assume when we order food that I'll be ordering a lot, or that if they're full that I'll finish off whatever they don't eat. They also tend to expect certain behaviours or choices based on what they think a very large person would do, or prefer. I understand why, but it's interesting to think about because I wonder whether they're even consciously aware that they're doing it a lot of the time.

To be honest while I know people who would find these things very annoying, I actually enjoy living up to their expectations, especially as they used to know me as someone very slim and athletic. But while I get a kick out of it personally, I'm starting to better understand why so many of these subtle things can actually make it difficult for people who don't want to be fat to lose weight.

Just a thought for the day!
1 year

People enable gaining without realising

Definitely interesting, have you had any specific examples recently?
Have you ever found the opposite, that people forget that you've gotten bigger and expect you to still be able to do things that are more difficult for you? E.g. I've found I can't maintain as fast a walking speed as before my gain and sometimes have to ask people to slow down
1 year

People enable gaining without realising

John78:
Definitely interesting, have you had any specific examples recently?
Have you ever found the opposite, that people forget that you've gotten bigger and expect you to still be able to do things that are more difficult for you? E.g. I've found I can't maintain as fast a walking speed as before my gain and sometimes have to ask people to slow down


Yes to both of these.
For recent examples I have two in the space of a week. The first was a big group of friends planning where to go for food for the evening. I was out of the room when they all voted for where they wanted to go, but when I came back they said they'd put my vote in for the all you can eat place because they "knew that's what I'd go for anyway". It actually wasn't my first choice but we all ended up going there anyway!

The second was at a museum where there were two small flights of stairs and an elevator and my two friends just straight away assumed I'd go straight for the elevator and walked that way. I mean, they're not wrong haha.

As for the opposite yeah, there are a few people who keep forgetting my limitations. Last year there was a day out with some physical activities that a mix of friends and family planned together (I wasn't fully involved in it), but they forgot until the actual event that I'm way above the weight/size limit for two of the things they'd planned so I ended up just sitting on a bench and watching.
1 year

People enable gaining without realising

Haha, I definitely enjoyed the transition from always taking the stairs as a skinny and athletic type to always taking the lift, sometimes I catch myself heading for the stairs and have to remind myself. Even just between single floors just to minimise the calories I burn smiley

I don't think I'm big enough yet for people to start making considerations but I can't wait until they do tbh

Did you mind sitting out? I have to say it's one of my tamer fantasies and I'd have loved it secretly.
1 year

People enable gaining without realising

John78:
Haha, I definitely enjoyed the transition from always taking the stairs as a skinny and athletic type to always taking the lift, sometimes I catch myself heading for the stairs and have to remind myself. Even just between single floors just to minimise the calories I burn smiley

I don't think I'm big enough yet for people to start making considerations but I can't wait until they do tbh

Did you mind sitting out? I have to say it's one of my tamer fantasies and I'd have loved it secretly.


Oh yeah when you actually WANT to gain, you end up making those kind of considerations for yourself much earlier on to make sure you can store up all of that energy rather than spend it! But sometimes even I forget I can't do something, or underestimate it. Especially when it comes to incline. A small incline up a tiny hill can look absolutely fine to me, but then I get to the top and my legs are killing me!

Oh and don't get me wrong, I absolutely love not being able to join in with those things. Each time I realise I can't do a certain thing anymore it's like a buzz of joy checking it off the list of "things I'll never be thin enough to do again" haha. Plus it's fun seeing people's reactions when they're doing something physical and I'm too fat to do it, so I'm just sitting, and usually eating something which is just making the "problem" worse in their eyes ha!
1 year

People enable gaining without realising

John78:
Haha, I definitely enjoyed the transition from always taking the stairs as a skinny and athletic type to always taking the lift, sometimes I catch myself heading for the stairs and have to remind myself. Even just between single floors just to minimise the calories I burn smiley

I don't think I'm big enough yet for people to start making considerations but I can't wait until they do tbh

Did you mind sitting out? I have to say it's one of my tamer fantasies and I'd have loved it secretly.

Captain Cake:
Oh yeah when you actually WANT to gain, you end up making those kind of considerations for yourself much earlier on to make sure you can store up all of that energy rather than spend it! But sometimes even I forget I can't do something, or underestimate it. Especially when it comes to incline. A small incline up a tiny hill can look absolutely fine to me, but then I get to the top and my legs are killing me!

Oh and don't get me wrong, I absolutely love not being able to join in with those things. Each time I realise I can't do a certain thing anymore it's like a buzz of joy checking it off the list of "things I'll never be thin enough to do again" haha. Plus it's fun seeing people's reactions when they're doing something physical and I'm too fat to do it, so I'm just sitting, and usually eating something which is just making the "problem" worse in their eyes ha!


I definitely do underestimate things too, sometimes I think I'm not that fat/unfit and stand up on the train and my knees are wrecked at the end of the journey, it recently happened and I was surprised how much I was sweating just standing there. I love making those little changes to make life more comfortable and easier to gain it really feels like you're betraying your former self if you were skinnier before, like when you take the car instead of walking to the shops, or when you buy a car you get an auto instead of a manual so it's easier, its all aimed towards a future where you're fatter.

Yeah I have one of those lists too, great thought about the sitting their eating and people judging hadn't added that to the equation. I feel like I'm at a tipping point where I'll be eating more in public simply because I can't help it and I look forward to any comments or reactions. Do you ever purposely eat a lot to see if you can get a comment?
1 year

People enable gaining without realising

John78:
Haha, I definitely enjoyed the transition from always taking the stairs as a skinny and athletic type to always taking the lift, sometimes I catch myself heading for the stairs and have to remind myself. Even just between single floors just to minimise the calories I burn smiley

I don't think I'm big enough yet for people to start making considerations but I can't wait until they do tbh

Did you mind sitting out? I have to say it's one of my tamer fantasies and I'd have loved it secretly.

Captain Cake:
Oh yeah when you actually WANT to gain, you end up making those kind of considerations for yourself much earlier on to make sure you can store up all of that energy rather than spend it! But sometimes even I forget I can't do something, or underestimate it. Especially when it comes to incline. A small incline up a tiny hill can look absolutely fine to me, but then I get to the top and my legs are killing me!

Oh and don't get me wrong, I absolutely love not being able to join in with those things. Each time I realise I can't do a certain thing anymore it's like a buzz of joy checking it off the list of "things I'll never be thin enough to do again" haha. Plus it's fun seeing people's reactions when they're doing something physical and I'm too fat to do it, so I'm just sitting, and usually eating something which is just making the "problem" worse in their eyes ha!

John78:
I definitely do underestimate things too, sometimes I think I'm not that fat/unfit and stand up on the train and my knees are wrecked at the end of the journey, it recently happened and I was surprised how much I was sweating just standing there. I love making those little changes to make life more comfortable and easier to gain it really feels like you're betraying your former self if you were skinnier before, like when you take the car instead of walking to the shops, or when you buy a car you get an auto instead of a manual so it's easier, its all aimed towards a future where you're fatter.

Yeah I have one of those lists too, great thought about the sitting their eating and people judging hadn't added that to the equation. I feel like I'm at a tipping point where I'll be eating more in public simply because I can't help it and I look forward to any comments or reactions. Do you ever purposely eat a lot to see if you can get a comment?


Well to be honest, I always just eat a lot anyway so it's not really anything to do with getting comments haha. I don't hide my fatness, everyone knows I can eat a ton and love food so I don't really get comments like that. Last week-ish a relative did say "Wow, you really can eat a hell of a lot of food can't you?" but that's kind of rare now. They've said things in the past but at this point it's just expected of me!

As for random people I don't know, nah. It's actually very uncommon for me to have had any kind of comment from someone I don't know. I think it's maybe happened only once ever.
1 year