Though I hadn't heard about this before, it's not surprising. I found an article about this, dated from October.

nbc-2.com/news/2021/10/08/irs-to-start-taxing-certain-money-transfer-app-users/

As far as I can tell, it can and will only apply in cases of business, often self employment/independent contractor income. Also that the rules themselves didn't actually change, but it may be another avenue where the IRS may perform an audit. It's always been the case that $600 in gross revenue as an independent contractor/self-employment would be subject to self-employment taxes.

If you're such an individual who already paid the appropriate income taxes, that you'd have nothing to worry about. Giving money to friends, splitting a tab at a bar or restaurant, etc. or giving money to family members is not subject to this. In an audit, it's quite obvious which cases are which.

Receiving certain sweepstakes prizes can be considered income as well, actually. Though whether that's considered ordinary income or gambling winnings isn't entirely clear.

A lottery jackpot, or actually managing to make money on casino winnings is considered gambling winnings, which is taxed at a much, much higher rate, likely because it was NOT the result of economic output, but because someone else had to lose it, and after the house takes it's cut, that's what's left.

But if you're say, a sex worker who was often relying on this sort of thing for tips and/or sale of content or services, and didn't pay self-employment taxes, this ends now. But, you should probably pay it anyway, since it can effect the eventual size of Social Security checks, assuming you aren't collecting them yet.

About 20 lbs, I think.

Doesn't sound like much, but I ended up spending much of the year at a plateau or even losing some at times. All because I often forgot to have lunch and had one major meal a day. Who knew that was all it was? Everyone is different though.

168 lbs, as of this morning. I had hoped I might be at an even 170. Though given I spent a lot of last year at a plateau, most caused by forgetting lunch and eating once a day, I'm just glad I passed the overweight threshold before Thanksgiving.

Would like to be at least 220 lbs, or about 50 lbs heavier. Hopefully at least 200 lbs by summer.

To this end, I'm going to attempt the "1 million calorie year" challenge. That would mean an average of about 2,750 calories a day. It might be a challenge sometimes, but it also seems doable.

Awhile back, I came across this which is well.. intriguing to me for several reasons.



It got me wondering how hard it might be to do this, or to get to the point where one can do this. It's the only video I can find where I see someone do this.

I also notice it's about half a stick of butter. Wonder how hard it might be for a full stick (1/4 l.

Still, it might be a fun party trick, or just as a way to gross out those who don't like fat people.

I also wonder if anyone here has done this. What was the experience like? Did it seem hard to get it down?

A few points on the job suggestion.

A good ideal would be an office job that's not too active and provides free pastries, but that's hardly a guarantee. An office job is a good idea anyway, since that's most likely to lead to better paid work in general later on. Fast food is largely dead end. Even if you somehow stay there for years and somehow become the GM, you'd still be stuck with atypical hours and it likely won't help you prepare for jobs with normal work hours later. Same problem with the GM's boss, the district manager except this time, now you have to visit multiple locations. Off hours is required to evaluate service quality. I know 20 years may seem a long time from now, but your long run goal should be a job with business hours and 20 years isn't as long as you might think.

For the sake of free or cheap food, a lot of fast food restaurants are terrible for that now. The nickel and diming has become ridiculous. The signs I saw for working at McDonald's around here advertise a 30% discount, which is pathetic, and only shortly before, after, or during work hours. When I worked at a McD's, it was 50% which I thought was pathetic then. For how little the job pays, I feel like free food should be an entitlement. I should also note I worked at a rare location that closed at 9PM, so despite being in high school I typically worked closing shifts, which meant I could take home the leftover pies. Most are now 24/7 so that doesn't work anymore, though some close at 11PM or Midnight or so.

That they only provided a 50% at the time is not terribly surprising, if you know things the general population doesn't. I learned that 50% of the operating costs was the food, which in the restaurant industry seems very high. In the restaurant industry, the largest operating costs is supposed to be labor. Of course, this is because of franchise agreements, requiring each location to purchase the raw food inputs exclusively from the corporate fast food company. This is one way they enforce the consistency that customers expect. This means they could be paying above market prices for the raw food. I'm starting to digress, but my point is to highlight that typical fast food is a terrible choice.

I notice you're in Washington state, a relatively short distance from the northern border. I don't know if you have Tim Horton's but if you do, stay the hell away. Don't shop there, don't eat there, don't work there. They have a policy where 1) they will throw out all unsold food at the end of the day, and 2) if you work there and eat any of the food, even leftovers at the end of the day that they can't sell anyway, they'll fire you. So, fuck Tim Horton's. So disgusting and wasteful. I also heard of some grocery store chain where the GM dumped bleach into the dumpster to spoil the food and prevent dumpster diving. His words? "Damned homeless; fuck them all." I think he was hoping the bleach might kill off some of them. Don't know what chain that was but I never heard of that as company-wide policy.

If you're interested in a job that might have substantial free food, your best bet is probably some sort of local bakery or doughnut/pastry shop, especially if they advertise freshness. Until Tim Horton's, I never heard of any restaurant having a problem with taking leftovers, and especially not any smaller independent business. Not when they can't sell it anyway. Shops like this pretty much have to make it all ahead of time and the odds are good they won't sell them all. Pastry shops also often close at something like 2 or 3 in the afternoon, which can be a plus too. There's also of course the fact that lots of pastries can be quite fattening, so that's a plus too.

Regular sit down restaurants are likely to be a poor choice, unless the owner makes a point of providing free food to employees. The reason is because nearly all of what they offer is made to order, so most ingredients will thus sit raw until used. There may not always be mistake dishes lying around.

So yeah.. an office desk job if you can, though a bakery might be a good job to start off with for a much younger person.

As of this writing, 169 lbs as of this morning.

I don't have a fixed maximum number. Certain daily tasks would have to become really difficult, that'd be my hard limit, but that gives a lot of headroom.

What I do know is that I need to be at least 200 lbs, but I really don't think I'd like to stop there. At my current rate of eating, assuming I keep it up (and fortunately it feels sustainable too), I should hopefully reach that by March or April. It's my hope to be at least 200 lbs before summer. After that, hopefully another 20-30 lbs by the end of the year, depending.

Almost posted this in Gaining or Stuffing, but some might have resolutions that aren't related to gaining, appetite, or eating challenges that at all.

For years I didn't believe in resolutions, but I think they're a fun thought regarding gaining. But I don't take them too seriously, like if I somehow don't manage to achieve them. If I'm doing something or will do something, it doesn't really matter what time of year it is.

I'll go first:

- Complete the "1+ million calorie year" challenge. In short, average at least 2,750 calories a day. fantasyfeeder.com/forum/posts

- Hopefully cross the 200 lb barrier and then some. With any luck, I'll have my first back rolls and perhaps B-cup moobs. If I reach 200+ lbs by summer I'm buying shorts.

- Eat a 1.75 quart container of ice cream in one sitting.

- Eat a large pizza, like the one from Pizza Hut in one sitting, even when it's thick crust and loaded with many meat toppings. Presently, I can only eat a thin crust pizza that's about a foot in diameter, like those CPK pizzas.

- Hopefully get a very sedentary, ideally telecommuting job that doesn't require me to be on the phone or video constantly (that is, more than occasional meetings). Easier to snack and eat that way.

- And last but certainly not least, hopefully go out on some dates with some cute, attractive BBW. Maybe even find a LTR if I'm really lucky.

Several things.

1. Lack of an outlet for it.. no one else to fatten.

2. Curiosity of what it's like. But I think I've always wanted, even needed to be fat. I was in denial of it until a few years ago ago when I finally accepted it.

3. The fatter you are, the easier it is to date BBW. Even if someone thinner somehow catches my eye, around here anyway it's okay if you're fat. And if she's a gym bunny who hates food and rags on you about that, it'd never work anyway. Most size contrast couples I see have a fat man and a thin woman, at least around here. But a thin man / fat woman couple, that seems rare. Makes sense since most fat women want a man who can really eat, and the somewhat traditional attitude where the man is supposed to be bigger. It might also be the old double standard in Texas that seems to be breaking down - where the man can be fat but she's supposed to be slim and trim. It's changing into where the man can still be fat, but now she can be fat too!

4. Feedees really do seem to have fun. I wanted a taste of that too. Now I want a literal taste of that all the time.

5. I never liked highly rigorous, aerobic physical activity anyway.

6. Of course, all the other advantages of being fatter, I get to experience myself.


I'm still a feeder though, and if you're too thin I still want to make you fatter. But as much as I may want to and think you'd like it, I'd never force it on you.

Think I'd prefer a large and heavy feeder, though I could somehow see a thinner one possibly working. The reasons should be fairly obvious, though if not:

- "Never trust a skinny cook." There seems to be a lot of truth to this. Those who know how to cook incredibly delicious, rich, and indulgent food are likely to be fat themselves. Even if she doesn't always cook, someone who's fat will more likely than not know how to eat very well.

- Obviously I prefer BBW in general. All the reasons for that could and should be in another thread or post though.

- Just something about the thought of a heavy woman who's determined to make me as big, fat, and heavy as she is. Or even just likes it when I'm thicker and heavier than I used to be.


On the other hand, a feeder who's much smaller would mean when others see us, some may thing "Why is she with this fat, heavy man?" But this contrast and the shock value generated by this isn't super important to me.

All I really want is someone who at least doesn't mind a large, heavy man, or someone who's becoming large and heavy.

What kind of budget are we talking about?

Without knowing more, it's safe to say certain stuff on fantasy dreams won't be an option, at least not every day. But I can probably offer some general advice to get you started.

Daily (or even twice/thrice daily) visits to fast food restaurants are out, since that would get expensive very fast.

Boost VHC won't do either; it may be 530 calories per 8 fl. oz. but it's also over $2 / cup. even in 27 packs.

If you aren't already paying attention, pay very close attention to per-unit volume pricing, especially for stuff that doesn't go bad quickly or really at all. This is the case whether it's candy, soda, milk, heavy cream, half & half, bread, frozen chicken nuggets, etc. You will soon forget what it's like to drink soda from a can, because the 2 liter bottles are so much cheaper. The largest package size is usually the best deal, but not always. Do the math. Pretty much any mobile phone has a calculator built-in, there's no excuse not to.

Get ready to spend a lot more time in the kitchen. Even simple recipes are so much cheaper.

Wal-Mart will be your friend, as would Meijer. You would eventually want to learn what kinds of deals other supermarkets in your area have. No one store has the cheapest prices on everything they sell. This may take time if you haven't been keeping track or noticed this earlier. If you already do this, great. If not, it may take 1-2 months before you notice patterns. What do I mean by a pattern? For example, for about 1 week out of a month, Kroger here seems to sell Haagen-Daaz ice cream for $2.50/container, while another week out of the month it'll be $3/container. Rest of the time, it might be $3.50 or it might even be $5/container. So start paying attention. At least nowadays, grocery store chains let you view the weekly ads online on their web site, so if you already threw out the junk mail, don't worry.

You probably will cave in and get fast food sometimes. That's okay. Some chains offer deals, sometimes all the time. Take advantage. For example, Pizza Hut often offers lower pricing if you order online. As a bonus, it'll probably be ready or almost ready by the time you drive there to pick it up. If you order a combo, get the biggest thing possible. Usually it's a good bit more food for only a little more.

If you cave in to restaurants, always decline ice in soda if you don't do so already. Ice dilutes the soda and makes it taste bad. Ice also takes up space in the cup that could be used to hold more soda.

At least in my area, Wal-Mart by far offers the cheapest prices on soda, assuming the name brand stuff. Unless you actually prefer store brand soda, just don't do it. It always tastes bad.

Heavy cream and butter seem to be very calorie dense for the cost, but you have to be careful until you learn your limits on dairy fat, and it might have an especially negative effect on appetite at least at first (you might end up snacking less for example). Until you experiment and learn more, I'd likely recommend having anything with large amounts of heavy cream right before going to sleep, a time when you don't want to be hungry. It also helps that when you sleep, your metabolism drops.

On that note, you should always try to be stuffed and go to sleep on a full stomach. It feels very nice. Some also report that having a lot of heavy cream at once might make them sleepy. If it affects you in this way, then the perfect time is right before sleeping.

Carbs are definitely going to be your friend. Bread is pretty low cost. Except it's bland without toppings. Butter can work for that, or cheese. Mayo is also quite calorie dense.

At least at Wal-Mart here, I can get a 4.4 lb bag of frozen chicken nuggets for around $8.60. Even if you eat 20 at a time, that one bag will last awhile. Obviously, pair with whatever condiment you like the best.

I could probably say more but this is already getting a little long.