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!

I glanced at your profile and it looks like we're about the same size! I think when you get as big as us, this many calories isn't as hard as most people think! Are you currently gaining weight?

Yesterday, I topped 70,000 calories and then stopped counting but kept eating. I had to take a couple of naps and put my CPAP on. Overnight, I got so bloated my underwear...new ones I just got 2 weeks ago... became so tight my husband had to cut them off. This morning, the top of my gut is still rock hard and the area around my belly button is tingling. I've also had vicious belches, which ease the pressure a little. My husband is able to coax them out by giving the sides of my abdomen a firm rub.

What I packed my gut with yesterday:
2 dozen eggs, scrambled with butter and 2 pounds of cheese
1 pound of breakfast potatoes, fried in olive oil
1 dozen Marie Callendar's ready to bake biscuits
1 gallon of whole milk
1 dozen bagels with a quart of salmon spread
Large Frappuccino (sp.?)
1 liter of apple juice
5 Big Macs with extra cheese
5 large fries
2 fish sandwiches
40 nuggets with 10 different sauces
4 large cokes
1 large chocolate milkshake
1 giant salad with blue cheese, 16 chopped chicken tenders, a 2 cups of candied pecans
1 gallon of chocolate milk
1 9x13 chocolate sheet cake
3 bean burritos
10 soft tacos with beef, extra cheese, and sour cream
2 liters of Mt. Dew
1 12-inch loaded turkey hoagie
32 oz. Sweet tea
12 garlic bread sticks
2 Sour Monkey beers
1 quart of Caramel Crunch ice cream
4 plates of spaghetti with Parmesan cheese
24 fried mozzarella sticks
8 asiago stuffed mushrooms
24 meatballs in marinara sauce
2 large glasses of sweet tea
1 glass of Cabernet Sauvignon
1 quart of fried rice
12 cream cheese wontons
Crispy orange chicken entree
2 liters of Coca-Cola
6 Swiss Rolls
1 package of Hormel Pepperoni
1 pound of Gouda cheese
1 French baguette
2 glasses of orange juice
6 buttered corn cobs
1 loaded baked potato
8 turkey sausage patties
1 pint of heavy cream
18 rice crispy treats
1 strawberry banana smoothie with two scoops of weight gain powder
3 raisin muffins