Are you kidding me? People try to scam me multiple times every day, on the phone, on email, snail mail, text and facebook, before I even get to any of the feedist sites.



Not true. People--including hookers or fake hookers--may also scam you in person if they get the chance.

Most people are pretty decent, but there have always been scammers and always will be. Feedist communities are no different.

Keep your guard up.

Sitting on the floor and getting back up...and you can't hold on to a chair or cane or anything. This will get harder as you gain.

Sitting in a chair with your legs crossed. It will be harder to cross your legs as you gain.

Hugging your knees: www.istockphoto.com/photo/girl-hugging-her-knees-gm89221685-2455242

Doing sit-ups.

Climbing stairs

Running

Picking a quarter up off the floor

The Wall Test

The Floor Test (get on all fours and seeing if your belly touches the floor...if not, how many inches of books fit between the floor and your belly?)

Can anyone define it?

I have no hard data, but it seems to me the people who can't stop are usually those who, once a week or more, stuff themselves to the point they can't take a deep breath. They get addicted to that feeling and can't quit.

Most people can quit, but they often can't stop on a dime...they'll gain another ten or twenty pounds after they start cutting back. So if you do end up gaining a bit more than you plan, don't stress about it...it's par for the course.

I have no hard data, but it seems to me that feedees these days are less hesitant about gaining than in the past. As soon they have the opportunity they start gaining and don't look back.

Anyone else notice this? Or disagree with it?

I recently chatted with a woman who is starting to gain...she says the frustrating part is she gets really into eating, but then gets too full to eat any more and has to stop and impatiently wait until she's hungry again the next day.

I predicted this'll be less of a problem when she gains more--her appetite will return faster.

Has anyone felt this frustration and noticed it lessening as they've gained? Details please!

I'm of two minds on this one.

Certainly it's no one else's business if you practice feedism and if it were more mainstream it might be harder to keep it in the closet; but at the same time it might be easier to find a feedist partner.

Have you gained less than you want to for fear of getting too fat? Or for fear of the risks associated with getting as fat as you'd like?

If you could get obesity insurance, that would help you financially if your gain caused problems, would you buy it?

If you did buy it, do you think you'd get fatter than you expect to now?

If more of us came out of the closet (I can't myself, and won't judge anyone if they don't) it might help. You could just go on a regular dating service, label yourself as a feeder and ask people out. They would doubtless ask about the feederism thing and you could explain it. If enough of us did that it would certainly educate the public.

The participants in reality shows usually end up being made to look bad. Could be fun for us feedists to watch, but I don't think it would help the cause!

Best thing would be a TV show where there was a feedist subplot. Maybe one character gains over a series of episodes and then there's an episode where it comes out that she's a feedee. And there would be some drama about that but eventually everyone accepts it and moves on.

This was sort of done on the Drew Carey show but the feedee character couldn't handle it and left Drew because he was too accepting of her weight gain! Ultimately it was not quite the message we'd prefer.