Morbidly A Beast:
No because most food products come from America. We’re like the world’s biggest exporter of food.
And most importers are American anyways.
I don’t support Trump at all but I supported the tariffs because it made billionaires who got Trump elected lose money, 500 billion dollars to be exact, and just shows anyone who’s paying attention who’s truly in power. I want representation in my government not lobbyists and tech billionaires.
The issue is that billionaires don't lose money, yeah their stocks tanked but the stock market will recover eventually and they'll be just as rich. And yeah the tariffs are eating into their profits but they're just going to raise their prices. There's a reason why before trump announced tech products won't be affected there was a legitimate fear the switch 2 would cost $600. Tariffs are not a tax on other countries, they are only a tax on American consumers
4 months
SumoSized:
Holy fuck 47 lbs in that short amount of time is insane
Zora:
It sure is! Heavy whipping cream is no joke.
It really is magic blimp juice. I'm glad I still have my fat clothes because I outgrew my regular wardrobe. Went from a normal weight of 158 pounds to an obese 205 pounds.
I hit a plateau, so I took a break for one week. I hope that was enough to reset things. I have been back on the heavy whipping cream for a little over a week and hope to see the pounds start piling on again.
Shit I've never really given heavy cream a chance because I could never drink it by itself, I might have to try this if it's so effective
4 months
Zora:
1,000 calories from fat is about as much as the body can handle in one sitting. If you want a higher calorie shake than that, you'll need to add carbs to it. Another option is to have more servings per day.
I don't make shakes. I recently watched a youtube video about a weight gain idea, and it is absolute genius! I make pudding. I use 1 package of family-size instant pudding and mix it with about 1,200 ml of heavy whipping cream. The recipe specifies about 700 ml of milk, but when I tried that with the heavy whipping cream, it was too thick and sweet. 1,200 ml of heavy whipping cream is perfect.
This stuff is absolutely delicious and addictive. It really is a shame we can only handle about 1,000 calories of fat at a time. I could eat this pudding all day. My favorite flavors are vanilla and banana cream.
I eat this three times per day on weekends, and twice per day on weekdays, only because I don't have a suitable container for it, but I am working on that. In the meantime, I cover the third serving on weekdays by just drinking heavy whipping cream and chasing it with some cookies to get rid of the aftertaste.
Three servings per day works for me. I am able to do this consistently, every day, and I have already gained 47 pounds since January of this year.
Holy fuck 47 lbs in that short amount of time is insane
4 months
Gaining weight has improved my body image so much, I absolutely hated seeing my ribs, and my arms and legs looked so vascular it was off putting. I feel so much more confident and comfortable in my own body and it has only felt better with every pound I put on. It really just feels like a permanent weighted blanket and I love it
4 months
Bellyempire:
How are the tariffs and other political issues impacting your ability to gain?
SumoSized:
I mean they were recently paused so it hasn't impacted my financial situation too much. But assuming the come back in full force eventually it'll make certain foods a lot harder to get here in the US, since a lot of fruits just can't be grown here. And even if in a later version of the tariff plan food is exempted, everything else will still increase in price so I'll have less money to spend on overeating. Across the board tariffs are a bad idea, anyone who tries to convince you otherwise is a lunatic
Munchies:
Shit like this makes me think of the Maduro diet. For those not in the know, back in 2010, Venezuelans were having severe food shortages under President Maduro due to his gross incompetence.
I'm not saying it will be that bad for us, but I foresee many feedees and gainers slimming down - no Ozempic needed.
God I hope not, but who knows with this president. For all we know in a years time the tariffs will be the least of our problems
4 months
Bellyempire:
How are the tariffs and other political issues impacting your ability to gain?
I mean they were recently paused so it hasn't impacted my financial situation too much. But assuming the come back in full force eventually it'll make certain foods a lot harder to get here in the US, since a lot of fruits just can't be grown here. And even if in a later version of the tariff plan food is exempted, everything else will still increase in price so I'll have less money to spend on overeating. Across the board tariffs are a bad idea, anyone who tries to convince you otherwise is a lunatic
4 months
Just walking around at this point has become a good reminder of my weight. I work retail on weekends for some extra money for food, and walking around all day and bending over to restock shelves is getting pretty exhausting. It's honestly a really good leg workout lol
4 months
BellyBoi24:
I used to go to the gym quite a lot, mainly for cardio and other high-intensity workouts, but now I’ve finally decided to stop resisting and start gaining, I’ve come up with a staged plan to prepare to get fat:
- Limit cardio and start lifting weights/dirty bulking so that I build a good frame on which to pile fat
- Gradually replace sessions with WG-oriented pursuit, e.g. replace one session a week with a stuffing instead
- Once I’m big enough, quit the gym entirely
Not only will this hopefully help me with my gain long term, there’s something very hot about slowing and consciously saying goodbye to my old fit self
Has anyone got experience of anything similar. How long did you keep up with the gym after you started your gain. What happened when you finally stopped?
I wouldn't quit the gym entirely, there's still a ton of health benefits to going and it could save you from some heart problems in the future. Reduce it? Sure that'll reduce the number of calories you burn and help you gain faster. But don't cut it out entirely
4 months
I've gone back and forth between what I want my long term goal to be. My more reasonable goal is to be between 300-350 lbs but part of me wants to be 400+. So I'm curious to hear from people who have reached their cut off point, what made you decide to stop gaining weight and are you happy with where your body is now or do you want to lose some?
4 months
SumoSized:
I took a small break from actively gaining weight, I basically just spent two weeks eating a normal amount of food and because my metabolism is so annoyingly fast I lost around 10 lbs. But somehow in that time I started getting stretch marks on my sides just underneath my armpits. The stretch marks on my love handles which had turned a white/purple color also started to turn bright red at their tips and grew a little longer. I have no idea how this happened since I lost weight. Either way I'm now going to try to gain it back plus a lot more
Morbidly A Beast:
sounds to me more like skin irritation on stretch marks that were already there. I tend to notice more stretch marks when I’m less bloated so maybe you justice noticed them not being as buffed up from losing weight. Skin and skin elasticity is weird
That's definitely fair, my body is just in a weird place right now because I've already gained most of the weight back. I can also feel the stretch marks on my love handles gettinh more agitated
4 months
