I'm terribly sorry people have been unkind! Bigger bodies are amazing, and your own happiness is worth far more than someone else's opinion. I wish you nothing but confidence and self-love!

I don't really have a body type that gets lean, and I've had an obese BMI since puberty. I've always envied all the comments people who started smaller get when they begin blowing up.

My dream interaction would be dining in a nice restaurant with my partner, and we keep the food orders coming as my belly bloats, perhaps revealing distended flesh as I protrude more...And more... And more. We can tell the staff is trying (and failing) to be discrete as they talk about the slim guy who has ordered four of five entrees and every appetizer on the menu for his swelling fatty. Eventually, the general manager approaches our table to ask if everything is "to our liking", but we can tell he is at least mildly concerned the bloated woman in front of him, who is rubbing her massive gut, will have a medical emergency if she devours more food.

Our community homeowner's association does a poolside potluck, which is awesome because there's plenty of variety. I had two cheeseburgers, potato salad, chorizo links, street corn, grilled sweet potato, taco salad, key lime bars, and pineapple melon spears. I also drank three beers. Of course, now I'm paying for it, because I'm awake at 2:30pm with indigestion from the chorizo and taco salad. I'm still nice and bloated though and hopefully will see good results on the scale!