Favorites:

-Weight gain as a result of magical, technological/chemical, or otherwise speculative interference

-Protagonist starting out as a slimmer feedee but wanting to get huge and achieving that by the conclusion of the story

Least favorite:

-Gaining accompanied by some truly extreme and implausible health conditions (I get that that's part of the thrill for some readers, but it really shows when somr writers simply have not done their research)

-Fat protagonist who hates their body until a thin person comes along wanting to date them

Had a history of restrictive EDs growing up due to having fatphobic and controlling parents. Nevertheless developed a thing for softer partners, largely out of rebellion. Broke away from the Eds, almost reached a point where I was eating intuitively and comfortably. Then in 2020 I entered a toxic relationship with someone who claimed to be a feedee with no designs on playing the feeder. He lied. Caught him tampering with my food. Back at square one when it comes to restriction and paranoia. I love my current partner with all my heart, and adore the moments when I get to bring him his favorite meals and caress his soft belly...but my relationship with my own body remains, for the moment, totally annihilated.

So I don't have the full scoop on Dims, but according to a former supporting member, they sold out in recent years to a website management corporation who largely sanitized them in an attempt to garner ad revenue. Honest shame. I've sent a few strongly worded messages to have my account removed, we'll see how this goes.

Check out The Sacred Ritual! It's on here and super hot!

It's a lot for me. First off, I grew up in a fatphobic household (they're still like that, I just left the household). But their treatment of fat as a bad thingade me get rebellious at some point and start being drawn to fat partners. I also have autism and cuddling with someone soft is a++ for my sensory issues.

Oh wow! I totally forgot I started this thread but so glad to see other feedists on the autism spectrum finding community.

Personally I think my sensory issues have directly influenced my preference in partners. Maybe that's one of the reasons I'm an FA. There's nothing more comforting to me than touching someone soft or being layed on by them.

OP: You say you lack self control, when really what's happening, psychologically, is that you're thinking of your own weight and discipline as forms of self-denial. Of course, if you view weight loss as the goal and junk food as a forbidden fruit, being that it's an obstacle to your goal, of course you're going to want it more than your boyfriend does, seeing as it's not off-limits to him--in fact, he may even be starting to see it as a chore.

The good news is it's very easy to gaslight yourself into making healthier choices. Instead of thinking "I'm not allowed to eat junk food because it'll make me gain weight," think something like, "Even though he enjoys them, candy and fast food are honestly pretty cloying to my particular palate; I'd rather have delicious blackened chicken over seasonal roasted vegetables anyway."

What's important is not to internalize fatphobia and make it all about restriction. I guarantee you, restricting yourself will damage your metabolism in the long run, and focusing too much on the number on the scale will just make you unhappy. You can improve your relationship with nutrition while keeping eating a joyful experience and focusing on the positives.

I think it was called The Witch Switch, where a fat woman traded bodies with her fit, fat-shaming husband and he gets to swap her back for his own body once he's made her body skinny, but in the meantime she's fattening up his body while inhabiting it or something like that? I thought it was hot.

Congrats on the story! I'll def be checking it out!

As far as starting new works goes, my number one piece of advice is don't put yourself under too much pressure or psych yourself out! Let yourself be free to develop the concept by scribbling down a few scenes from a character's PoV even if they don't make it into the finished product, outline story beats, daydream, draw inspiration from your surroundings, or bounce ideas off of other writers.

Personally after I finished my first original feedism story, which was mostly grounded in reality, I decided to branch out and make my next one an XWG sci-fi adventure. The first draft was...admittedly shite, as I'd not yet done the worldbuilding necessary to accomodate my character concepts. I'm happy with it now, but I think I had to rewrite it 2 or 3 times?

Diet soda can actually help you gain weight in its own way: since it's sweet, but has no calories of its own, it tricks your body into craving the "missing" calories it expects. The effect is an increased appetite coupled with an insulin spike that results in extra fat storage.

However, many people simply don't think it tastes as good as regular soda, which is actually genetically determined, much like the cilantro/soap situation.

Regular sugar is also an insulin trigger itself...plus it has real calories, lol.

And there's been a bit of a scare for decades over whether artificial sweetener is linked to cancer...the short answer is yes, but only if you eat a five-kilogram brick of it every day, according to studies done on lab animals.

The bottom line I'm getting at is, either one will help you gain weight, so just pick whichever you like better is my take.