We did have a lot of fun! I'm not gaining anymore, but I used to be a super stuffer. I had pushed my capacity so far, I was consuming 20,000 calories a day at one point, and I was capable of putting away massive quantities. As an example, my regular order at one place was 10 boneless wings, a large deep dish pizza, a fried chicken club salad, and a garlic bread appetizer, a piece of turtle cheesecake, and a couple of beers. I'd finish it all in about an hour and a half, while my now husband would have a side Caesar salad and six wings. The pizza alone, being a true deep dish more than two inches thick, was about 8,000 calories. I'd always gain about three or four permanent pounds after that order.

We did have a lot of fun and earn some stares. Then again, I'm a 600 lb woman, so they probably stare anyway... Lol

Revisiting this with an update after a couple of months! Thanks, everyone, for all the recommendations. On the home modifications, our HOA was having none of it. We did consider talking to a contractor we'd already spoken with about removing door casings, but that would have left us with the issue of a bathroom with no privacy for guests or family, outside of perhaps putting up a curtain. All that considered, plus the fact that I was having extreme difficulty getting into our van, I made some health changes. I'm currently right at 600 pounds and probably want to be around 525-550. That seems to be my sweet spot, where I can drive, go places with my husband and friends, and still be a supersized fatty.

In fantasy, the day when you're too fat to leave the room you're in is amazing. In reality, not so much, especially when it comes to hygiene, and I was VERY close to it.

I deal with this, and it can be very disruptive. I use Cortaid to ease the itching and antibiotic powder in my folds. It doesn't completely alleviate the problem, but it does help with some of the symptoms. Good luck finding relief!

I've both stuffed myself in public and been fed many many times. When I was gaining, my now-husband and I would frequently go out to eat after I had already stuffed either at home or on fast food on the way. We'd order multiple appetizers, entrees, and dessert, and I'd eat 90 percent of it. We'd be reasonably discreet, and he'd only hand-feed me a few bites here and there. It was most fun back when I was 300-325 pounds, because I was already fat enough to draw attention, but still small enough to see my belly visibly bulge out. Once, we caught a server's attention when he poked my gut, which had grown hard and tight from my indulgence. Good times.

When I was gaining, I would often stuff until I felt severe pressure from being so full and was unable to stand for an hour or so. Sometimes, I dream that I'm that full, and I'm a little sad to wake up to a not-stuffed belly.

So much at play as to how fat distributes, including genetics, hormones, etc. In my own experience, when I've had bursts of extreme gain through frequent large stuffings, the weight almost exclusively goes to my gut, versus when my weight slowly creeps up and distributes more evenly.

Yeah, 9 percent sounds far more accurate for people with a BMI of 40 or more. I'd imagine there are also regional variances.

Last year I was around 615 pounds when I had emergency surgery, meaning my BMI was about 108.9. in discussing my treatment, my medical team had to factor in accessibility of the OR and accomodations needed. My surgeon candidly, though respectfully, said he had conferred with his colleagues to explore options, but none had treated a patient my size at that hospital or others in the area. They had to bring in a platform for the OR staff to stand on during surgery and make some other adjustments. That said, though data is not collected, I'd guess people my size are less than 1 percent of the population.

I'm genuinely grateful. I'm working on it. 💜

I am. I want to be fat. Very fat. But I still want my husband and I to live a mentally and emotionally fulfilling life.