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Things you notice as you get fatter

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SumoSized   United States
Joined 10 months
I'm still on the smaller side (220 but a fair bit of that is muscle so not much of my weight is in my belly) but now that I'm actively gaining weight it's the little things that stand out to me the most. Like I have to work a lot harder to reach down to grab something, and my center of mass has changed so I've had to change the way I stand up from sitting on the floor. Also this is hard to describe but just the act of taking up more space is a really weird feeling. Like I've gained weight before when I was putting on muscle, but muscle is much denser than fat so even though I was heavier I wasn't really that much bigger. But now after putting on 25 lbs of fat since the beginning of this year, there's a weird disconnect between how much space my brain thinks I take up versus how much I actually take up.
8 months

Things you notice as you get fatter

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Serph   United States
Joined 5 years
Clothes and having to spend on bigger clothes >
8 months

Things you notice as you get fatter

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CatboyDorian   United States
Joined 9 months
when picking things off the ground my belly really gets in the way of that!

sitting in a moving car makes me wobble so much more that before- distracting sometimes!

and pants being too tight! it's unoriginal, but a good measure of progress~
7 months

Things you notice as you get fatter

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BigBallBellyGirl   United States
Joined 1 year
When I was hard core gaining, I noticed:

- My appetite and capacity continually growing
- increasing difficulty touching my belly button
- Fitting differently behind the wheel of my car, until I ultimately outgrew it and had to move up to a van.
- Needing to set the thermostat progressively lower because my fat was keeping me warm.
- Finding it harder to navigate bathroom stalls until I eventually got too fat for the ones that aren't designed for accessibility.
- Others no longer noticing big gains (because 500 doesn't look much different than 470)
7 months

Things you notice as you get fatter

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SumoSized   United States
Joined 10 months
Since I've been skinny my whole life a lot of things still surprise me. I don't know if there's a better way to describe it but I'm simply not used to my own body being in my way when I move. Right now it especially noticable when I reach down to grab things and especially when I tie my shoes. Like I'm not to the point where it's difficult or anything I just have to reach slightly more than I'm used to. I can only imagine what it'll be like when I'm 100+ lbs heavier
7 months

Things you notice as you get fatter

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Spoop Skerry   United States
Joined 4 years
The rolls under my arm getting thick enough that my arms rest at a wider angle. And then those rolls joining on my back. And then those rolls growing another roll beneath them...
7 months

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Morbidly A Beast   United States
Joined 2 years
Spoop Skerry:
The rolls under my arm getting thick enough that my arms rest at a wider angle. And then those rolls joining on my back. And then those rolls growing another roll beneath them...


Getting fat makes you understand why the Fat CJ character model from San Andreas held his arms goofy. This is so true you can’t hold your arms in normally, literaly blocked by rolls haha
7 months

Things you notice as you get fatter

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Glitter Jelly   Canada
Joined 2 years
StuffMuffin:
Way harder to get bras on and off

Without being graphic,harder time reaching certain areas

More aches and pain with certain movements (currently dealing with HELLA back pain from moving/packing recently)

Crop tops almost immediately ride up on me,so I can’t where most in public

Out of breath from small tasks


When I went to a thrift store to find jeans that fit, I found I was actually getting sweaty just from trying on the pants! At least I'm not getting out of breath yet, but be a weird feeling...
7 months

Things you notice as you get fatter

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Glitter Jelly   Canada
Joined 2 years
SumoSized:
Since I've been skinny my whole life a lot of things still surprise me. I don't know if there's a better way to describe it but I'm simply not used to my own body being in my way when I move. Right now it especially noticable when I reach down to grab things and especially when I tie my shoes. Like I'm not to the point where it's difficult or anything I just have to reach slightly more than I'm used to. I can only imagine what it'll be like when I'm 100+ lbs heavier


Same here! After "just" a 20 lbs (might be more by now, as I've been avoiding the scale for the last few weeks), I find it's harder to get my Dr Martens boots tied up without sitting. I'm getting a bit out of balance and find it very unsettling.

My thighs were already large to being with, even at a much lower weight, because I've been obese for most of my adult life and my skin seems irremediably stretched.

My legs are already almost as large as the were when I was obese (I know because I've had to measure my calves to buy compression socks), so I hope the fat will stop accumulating there soon otherwise I'll be even more bottom heavy than at my highest weight and I don't know if I'll be able to find pants.

It was already really hard to find any in the past because my waist was much smaller than my legs.
7 months

Things you notice as you get fatter

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SumoSized   United States
Joined 10 months
SumoSized:
Since I've been skinny my whole life a lot of things still surprise me. I don't know if there's a better way to describe it but I'm simply not used to my own body being in my way when I move. Right now it especially noticable when I reach down to grab things and especially when I tie my shoes. Like I'm not to the point where it's difficult or anything I just have to reach slightly more than I'm used to. I can only imagine what it'll be like when I'm 100+ lbs heavier

Glitter Jelly:
Same here! After "just" a 20 lbs (might be more by now, as I've been avoiding the scale for the last few weeks), I find it's harder to get my Dr Martens boots tied up without sitting. I'm getting a bit out of balance and find it very unsettling.

My thighs were already large to being with, even at a much lower weight, because I've been obese for most of my adult life and my skin seems irremediably stretched.

My legs are already almost as large as the were when I was obese (I know because I've had to measure my calves to buy compression socks), so I hope the fat will stop accumulating there soon otherwise I'll be even more bottom heavy than at my highest weight and I don't know if I'll be able to find pants.

It was already really hard to find any in the past because my waist was much smaller than my legs.

Yeah pants are always annoying to find. Even when I was still skinny I had disproportionately bigger thighs than my waist so whenever I'd find pants that fit my thighs they'd be too big for my waist and even with a belt they looked all bunches up. Ironically since I've started intentionally gaining weight my pants have fit me better because my waist is starting to fill in more. All I can say is just keep searching around until you find the perfect brand that actually makes pants that fit you
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