I've had an immense weight gain this year, and I'm now what anyone would call ultra super-sized. Ever since I hit 500 lb a couple of years ago (and I'm much bigger now), I've had to special order all clothing or have them made. I carry my weight in my belly, and I have a have a huge side roll- probably about 18 in thick-- that wraps around my back. As a result, when I sit, which is 97% of the time, my whole midsection swells out, making my girth even bigger.

Before I put on more weight this year, I was buying t-shirts and sweatpants from a men's retailer, King Size, and I had a few dresses custom made. However, the retailer only goes up to a size 10x, which is now too small for me. I ordered a 13x from a British retailer (cost a fortune for t-shirts and stretchy shorts). Then, my weight blew up, and those also now no longer cover my whole body. I have no choice but to leave my entire belly and sides completely exposed.

Most of the time, that's fine with me, as I rarely leave the house, and when I do, it's with great difficulty, but there are occasions when I'm going to want to cover up. If family visits, I'd like to have something that fits. When I'm on Zoom calls, I'd like to be able to join without taking extreme caution that I'm not showing more than it's professionally appropriate. I currently use a blanket or bed sheet to cover what clothing won't.

Is anyone else in the situation, or do you have someone in your life who is? How do you handle it? Thanks in advance for your insights.

Yes! Thongs work for me because they go between the toes and don't wrap around the width of your foot. I've outgrown every enclosed pair of shoes I own. Then again, if I do leave the house I need my scooter or bariatric chair, so it's not like I'm pounding the pavement!

I completely relate to that. My hands and feet, though they've grown, don't look like they belong to an 800 pound person. 500 pounds maybe, but not quite my size.

My face was also quite thin until I hit 450-500. Now I have very fat cheeks and a big double chin, but it's still not as round as one would think it might be at my weight.

I've had a big tummy since before kindergarten, and I've always tended to gain in my belly disproportionately. I gained about 100 lb between middle school and high school, and so much of that was in my abdomen that the whole school thought I was pregnant.

As an adult, I briefly got down to 190 lb, and quickly decided I wanted to regain. When I did, I pushed myself to stuff, eat a lot of carbs, and expand in my belly capacity. I'd say I was around 230 to 250 lb when my gut took on a really shocking roundness.

I very rarely am able to go out, but when I do, I'm with my husband and I need my scooter. I'd definitely say no if someone asked to touch my body. At the same time, I'd kind of understand because I'm very very fat and probably would be the biggest person they've ever seen. I get wondering what a supersized belly would feel like.

Among those of us who are very heavy, has anyone gone up a shoe size or had to buy wide width shoes? Are any of you, like me, no longer able to wear enclosed shoes at all? What are your options?

I have to settle for a certain kind of slipper style because my feet have grown so fat this year. This also makes it easier to put shoes on, because there's no way I could reach my own feet.

It ended up being somewhere between 76, 000, and 79,000!

We budget well, so fortunately, our food bill isn't quite this high, but it is the major portion of our budget when I'm gaining like this. We're prudent in other areas, and we only have one car because I can't drive anyway at my size. We don't do fancy vacations, and we save money in other ways.

A few years back, I posted a lot of pictures under a different handle on other websites. I've stopped doing that because of some stalking issues, but that's a story for a different thread. I decided, before I ever started posting, that I didn't want to accept money for images or videos or gains. I have all the respect in the world for people who do create content for revenue,; It's just not for me. I funded all of my own gaining when I was single, and my husband supports a lot of it now.

We're definitely not rich, but my job pays decently well, and his pays significantly more than mine. We both had college scholarships, so our only school debt is my master's degree. We're pretty lucky in that regard.

Additionally, we don't have a mortgage or lease. I was able to buy our home with the sale of a property I inherited. Our HOA is pretty steep, but it's nothing like a monthly mortgage or rent payment would be.

And yes, I've definitely had to stop gaining at certain points because of the cost. However, we plan accordingly and build it into the budget. In May though, we did have an unexpected expense, so taking a break at the moment will both be beneficial as my body bounces back and our wallets bounce back too!

I've been fat my whole life, and properly obese since I was maybe eight or nine, much to my mother's chagrin. In early twenties, I lost a good bit of weight at my doctor's urging, though I was still clinically obese at my lowest. I regained quickly and very intentionally, and I just kept going from there.

I was fat all over before the weight loss, although I always had a big belly. When I regained with intensity through stuffing, I gained a lot of visceral fat. Even at my current weight, I have more firmness in my belly than one might expect of someone very supersized. I definitely think, while genetics is the major factor, there's something to the theory that incredibly rapid gains and regular stuffings lead to more hard gut fat.

Of course, yesterday, I pushed myself, but on average, it takes a ton of food just to be somewhat satisfied.

There aren't many of us this size on this site, and it's truly a unique lifestyle. There are drawbacks, but I'm very happy!