So sorry to hear your Mom picks on you. That is not good parenting and particularly cruel as an adult. I also was teased as the fat kid with moobs when I was in grammer school. Absolutely hated it and it made me feel like crap. Yet as I grew older I discovered I loved fat women and came to embrace being fat myself. It is ironic that people still are critical of people being overweight when 42% of Americans are obese and another 35% overweight. So we are in the majority and embracing it.

I have had the same up and down experience. Back in my mid-30s I went on several diets like Weight Watchers and Nutri-System, which were always successful in that I lost 25 to 30 lbs. each time. But when I went off the diets I ended up gaining back more than I originally lost.

So after a number of yo-yo experiences, I just said the heck with it and I decided I would eat what I wanted when I wanted and let nature take its course. I ended up slowly gaining 130 lbs. over a 10 year period, going from 175 lbs. to 305 lbs. and I have to admit I enjoyed every bit of my weight gaining experience. I have now settled in around 260lbs. as my maintenance weight and have decided I will never diet again.

Having said all of the above and being an FA, I do enjoy watching women gain more back than they originally lost when they go off their diets. It seems to be a very common experience and for me it is always breathtaking to see women fatten up more than ever after their diets are over.

I don't have an upper limit either and of course it depends on a woman's height. My desires have grown along with American women's weight. While at first I liked chubby women best, being a member of sites like this has really opened my eyes to the attractiveness of super sized women. Now someone in the 350 to 600 lb. range really lights my fire. As others have said I would want my partner to be happy with her weight and be mobile enough to enjoy life. I would never want them to gain beyond what they are comfortable with.

Fanedfox's advice for gaining slowly but surely is right on the money. Speaking from personal experience it works and allows your body to properly adjust as you go along. (See my comment in "Tips to a New Gainer" in this section).

Katie, you really should not stuff yourself to discomfort or try to eat a lot of one particular type of food. The best way is to eat 3 full meals a day of food you really like. And have a nice fattening dessert if possible for lunch and dinner. Be open to having snacks throughout the day if you have the craving. Having a high calorie fast food meal once a day for lunch or dinner is also a nice way to increase your caloric intake.

Your body needs to adjust slowly to gaining weight so putting on about 3 to 5 lbs. a month is a nice rate of gain. Anything faster could really screw up your blood sugar and metabolism. I put on 130 lbs. doing it slowly but surely and continued to exercise, particularly my legs, because you really need strong muscles to comfortably carry the extra weight as you gain.

And BTW, you are incredibly pretty and the thought of your beautiful face and hair atop a wonderfully fattened figure is very appealing. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.

I can actually remember being in 3rd or 4th grade and competing with a friend of mine over a cute girl in our class. Yet between classes watching girls come down the stairs, my eye always gravitated toward the fattest ones and at that time I did not know why.

Fast forward to junior high and I found myself having a crush on the girls gym instructor who was short and chubby and wore tight, revealing exercise clothes. I found myself mesmerized by the fat rolls bulging out of her tight top and her thick thighs being revealed by her gym shorts. It was then that I realized I really loved chubby girls and as I have aged my attraction to fat women has only increased.

300 lbs. does something for me as well. It seems to a point where women definitely have or are about to enter the SSBBW category. I know the 300 lb. threshold turned me on when I reached it. Seeing the scale go past that number for the first time made me happy. I have also found myself more and more attracted to women who are well above 300 lbs. It seems to be a magic number for many FA's and gainers.

I hope that is not the only reason for quitting her job. The desire to gain and going to work should not be related unless she is on her feet all day and needs to be physically fit.

You are living the dream! Thanks for keeping us updated.

I know exactly how you feel. It can be really pleasurable to just let yourself go and really enjoy overeating. I know when I do that I reach a point of fullness where I know I should not eat anymore because it would be painful but I definitely feel completely satisfied. I call it being "pleasantly stuffed" and I feel almost high or slightly in a food coma. So nice to feel that way!