I will start by saying I am a serial yo-yo dieter

1. Do you ever regret it?

Every once in a while, but in the end, I want to be fat.

2. Do you frequently regret it?

No.

3. Do you have mixed feelings about it?

I have wanted to be fit before, but.I'm in a gaining phase right now.

4. If you had it to do over, would you still do it?

Yes. I've always wanted to be fat. Even when losing weight.

5. If you had it to do over, would you have started gaining even sooner?

Yes. I didn't have any luck until I was 22 despite my best efforts.

6. Do you plan to gain more in the future, stay the same or lose weight? Or are you just going to see what happens?

Like I wrote in question 3, I am in a gaining phase. I'm within a few pounds from my highest weight (268) and only a few more til I reach my goal (275). And more open to gaining past that than ever.

Thanks for this

I am looking to add some exercises as I gain more weight.

Is there a Youtube channel or something similar that focuses on people who want to exercise while gaining?

I know walking and strength training are good. But I do better when I can watch somebody show me what to do.

I have known my wife for over 20 years and have never weighed more than her. Sometimes we're close in weight, sometimes we're farther apart.

She is going for WLS at the end of March and I am in a gaining mode right now. So it might not be long before I weigh more than her for the first time ever.

I always wanted to gain weight but had no luck until I was 22. It wasn't much, but it was a start.

It was only after I met my now wife that I really started packing on the pounds.

Now in the 250s...aiming for 275 and possibly higher.

Yesterday two thing happened.

1) I started bumpimg into things I thought get by.

2) I was on the subway and nobody sat beside me. I was taking up too much space...spilling iver to the next seat.

This is a recent thing. I like it.

I have a breakfast spot I often go to. I love sitting in the way too tight booths. I love even more struggling to get out of them after a big meal.

I went today and it was only slightly tight. I am currently re-gaining and looking forward to the struggle again...or not being able to sit in them at all.

I re-started my gain a couple weeks ago. I've noticed that in that time I've become thicker. My body seems to be filling out already. Its only been 5 lbs. I don't have any measurements to know for sure, but both my gut and my chest feel thicker.

I've been trying to gain moderately this time - 2lbs a month. I'm eating 2600-2700 cals a day (except once I had 3700). So I haven't been going crazy.

But the fat seems to be pouring on. I'm not sure why. I do like it, though!

Does anybody have any idea why or how this is happening?

I am 5'5, 243 pounds and very boxy, with a gut. Looking to gain some more weight.

I don't know if I enjoy aging per se, but I will say that I felt older turning 30 than I did turning 40.

When I turned 30, I had gotten married the year before, bought a car, a house and my first kid was on the way. I did a lot of growing up that year.

By the time I reached 40, I had 3 kids and things were moving along pretty smoothly.

They say age is just a number. I tend to agree.