Damn.. really?

Some older elevators I've seen that are still in service, may have a weight limit as low as 2,500 lbs.

But it seems like the ones I've usually seen tend to be at least 4,000 or 5,000 lbs, yet appear to be physically small enough that it's literally impossible to exceed the weight limit, even if passengers are packed in like sardines. I suspect this was a decision that was made some time ago, perhaps for this very reason.

On some level, it can be a little hot and fun to think about, but plunging several floors because the cables snapped, hoping the elevator brakes will kick in, is no laughing matter!

Freight elevators can of course go much higher.

Any preparation instructions? Butter is quite solid at room temperature so I don't see how you'd drink it.

Can't imagine using a blender since the cream would become "whipped" which is not something most of us would want, since it means you can't drink it.

Salted or unsalted butter?

Melted, or unmelted ice cream? Melted ice cream takes up less volume. Thus, for any given unit of measurement for volume, this would be a little denser with more calories.

While not always possible, I try to drink a serving of what I called "unwhipped cream" before going to sleep every day.

1 cup half & half
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup refined white sugar

Warm up the half & half for 2 minutes in the microwave, add the cream, add the sugar, then mix the sugar in with a straw.

I find cream somewhat filling though, so I don't usually have that earlier in the day. Last thing I want is to ruin my appetite or potentially end up not snacking as much.

Since I don't normally eat breakfast, I really should start taking heavy cream in my morning cups of coffee but breaking years of the habit of plain coffee is rather hard. Otherwise, that should be an easy way to consume an extra cup of heavy cream every day.

Interesting. Sounds like after a little over a week, you were able to eat regularly in spite of the cream.

About how much cream are you consuming each day?

I too have found it hard to keep going with it, though wondered if it may get easier after awhile. If I knew where the so-called light at the end of the tunnel was, and how long I need to keep it up, it may be easier to do it.

In spite of how long I've been in the online feederism scene, this is something I too have struggled with.

The heavier and the larger you are, the more calories you need just to keep that size.

So to gain in spite of that, you have to eat even more.

In theory, if you were to eat 4,000 calories a day, every day, indefinitely, you should eventually reach the size where that's how many calories are needed to stay that particular size.

To borrow calculus notation, if if f(x) is weight, f'(x) would be positive, or an increase in weight, but f''(x) will be negative, in that the rate of increase will go down.

At a given amount of calories consumed, there will always be a point when you plateau if you don't increase the amount you eat.

To be 300 lbs and maintain, an estimated 3,500-4,000 calories is needed daily.

A kilogram of fat is 9,000 calories, or about 4,070 calories per pound of fat. But it's not that simple. The human body consists of a lot of water, there's thermic effect (how many calories are needed to digest food), etc. I've heard estimates of needing 3,500 calories in addition to gain a pound, but this sounds optimistic so it's safer to assume 4,000 is needed.

The human body is a funny thing though, so bottom line, it's very hard to predict. Metabolism, stress, etc. can all effect this. And no, you can't just chug a quart of heavy cream (3,200 calories) and wake up tomorrow 1 pound heavier. Most if not all can't digest such an onslaught of dairy fat at once, so a good part of it may just "pass through." Not a pretty thing to think about, but something to keep in mind.

I suggest figuring out how many calories are needed to keep your size, assuming a moderate amount of activity, or the average between sedentary and moderate, then just make sure you even more than that. This sort of information should be easily available online.

The only particular thing I fear is how my parents would react, especially my mother.

While there have been, and are some fat individuals she respects, she has a general bias against them. Basically a bias against any man who weighs over 170 and any woman who weighs over 140 or so.

She has been this way for pretty much as long as I've known her. Basically continues to hold everyone to what's essentially 70s ideals. She'll say a woman who's 5'6" and 160 lbs could stand to lose some weight.

I don't normally bring up politics on here either, but the fact that Trump was a fundamentally despicable individual that she has an intense dislike for, even regardless of any political views or beliefs, and that he also happens to be somewhat large in stature and weight, really doesn't help matters.

I suspect she'd get over it, though it may be difficult at first and I'm *not* looking forward to it.

I don't know how she would react if her son weighed 250 lbs or more, or especially 300+ lbs.


Other than that, I'm not particularly concerned. The average American man weighs around 200 lbs, and the average American white man is around 202 lbs.

Someone who's 250, or 300+ will be heavier than the average, but not out of place since it's common enough to see everywhere.

In fact, in today's American society in the U.S., I'm not aware of any meaningful social advantage of any sort for a man to be any thinner. Actually, if he weighs under 130 there's social disadvantages.

Glutton? Whatever, who doesn't like yummy food?

Relationships? Not worried either. I haven't observed a high likelihood of heavier men being single.

Weak or undisciplined? Not really. They typically have a full-time job of some sort.

Interesting.

Being straight, I never noticed the dearth of weight gain videos that featured men. Kind of thought the gay community would have cornered that.

But, I'll keep this in mind. If I can ever break past this long-running plateau, I'll try to remember to post some. Although, my current goals are 200 and then 250, maybe 300. I can't see myself wanting to go further than around 300ish lbs though.

I know that's smaller than what some folks here may prefer, but hopefully someone would still appreciate it.

I almost can't help but notice that over time, the weight limit of new bathroom scales for sale have increased over time.

What I would like to do is gather anecdotal experiences on whether there's any possible truth to this.

Specifically, what country you live in, the weight limit of your scale, and an estimate of when you got it or when it was made. If you have similar information of scales you've had or used over the years, even better.

Speculating on this, here's my thought. Generally speaking, manufacturers love mass produced volume, because of cheaper per-unit costs. Individuals who don't need the extra capacity, can use the new scales with higher capacity anyway, so their needs are still served.

But perhaps they have also figured out there's an ever increasing chance that at least one regular user of the new scale will need the higher limits, which would mean the lower limit scales won't sell as well.

Here's some anecdotal evidence I've some across to start off.

It's been a real long time, but I think I used to see very old scales, the ones that were mechanical and spring loaded, that topped out at only 220 lbs. They always lose calibration, so you had to turn the wheel on the side to set it to 0, before using it. Later models of a similar design, topped out at 280 lbs.

I have a digital, electronic scale that was new in '07 (I only remember so clearly because I would have gotten it right after relocating), and I still have it, working as well as it did the day it was new. However, it tops out at 280 lbs. I look forward to the day when I will have to replace it, because it will say "Err" every time I try to use it.

Anecdotally, I had someone tell me his wife had a scale that topped out at 350 lbs, though he could only say she had it since before they met. However, I would guess it's under 10 years old.

But if I look at brand new scales for sale, every model I've seen tops out at 400 or 440 lbs.

I should note that I'm talking about regular, standard bathroom scales designed for individuals to stand on. Not specialized models with a very high weight limit, either for individuals of very large size, livestock, trucks, etc. Or scientific scales that may perhaps not support more than 10 lbs, but with precision down to milligrams or even a fractions of milligrams.