Lifestyle tips

Blackjackandberries:
After a hiatus, I've been struggling with the contradictory characteristics of wanting to remain extremely athletic (in my abilities)
while also getting fatter.

It does not feel very common on this website; understandably so it feels almost impossible in some ways to balance... but I wanted to know if there's anyone on here that would like to share/discuss tips on how they handle this, if you're going through something similar, or if you're an athletic fat person.

RobbyP:
The foundation of my stategy is to only consume what I see as the healthiest foods available to me, in massive caloric quantities, spread throughout the day. My choice to end gaining would be if walking up stairs 3 at a time stops being a capability.

RobbyP:
That is, similar to the picture in the above article, not the instruction of "keep the knee at a right angle". Right angle squats have a grinding sensation for me in the knee, whereas highly bent, yet highly risen knees have a pulling sensation. It's been two years since I made 3-stair walking a standard practice. A bit of pain in the hamstrings in year 1, but 1 day of rest took care of it. Year 2, no accumulated pain, getting faster at it even with the added weight. A diet of almost entirely anti-inflammatory foods probably helps also.

RobbyP:
That is, similar to the picture in the above article, not the instruction of "keep the knee at a right angle". Right angle squats have a grinding sensation for me in the knee, whereas highly bent, yet highly risen knees have a pulling sensation. It's been two years since I made 3-stair walking a standard practice. A bit of pain in the hamstrings in year 1, but 1 day of rest took care of it. Year 2, no accumulated pain, getting faster at it even with the added weight. A diet of almost entirely anti-inflammatory foods probably helps also.

Blackjackandberries:
I literally have noticed increased joint and leg pain with my weight gain, trying to impliment more stretching to alieviate pain, but I will absolutely consider more anti inflamitory foods, this was all super interesting, thank you!

Blackjackandberries:
After a hiatus, I've been struggling with the contradictory characteristics of wanting to remain extremely athletic (in my abilities)
while also getting fatter.

It does not feel very common on this website; understandably so it feels almost impossible in some ways to balance... but I wanted to know if there's anyone on here that would like to share/discuss tips on how they handle this, if you're going through something similar, or if you're an athletic fat person.