I have padded in public once. It was a huge turn on. It was during the winter so my jacket covered some of my "bulges". I usually pad in private and indulge in fantasies of gaining a ton of weight and being really, really fat. I'm clinically obese now, but I can dream.

I agree with you. If my wife was into this fetish, we both would be enormous!
I have noticed that I now prefer bellies on women and large round bottoms. Earlier I was fascinated by pregnant bellies. Not so much now. I like the "permanence" of fat, rather pregnancy.

I can certainly relate. My wife is over two hundred pounds. I adore her and her awesome figure. She has not been very careful lately about what she eats and doesn't seemed concerned about her weight as she has in the past. I have gained some weight in the last couple of years. I make no effort to hide my gain from her sticking out my belly and wearing tight briefs. She has added "treats" to the shopping cart lately and enjoys eating them as much as I do.
There are times when all I can think about too, is weight gain, on me, my wife or just women in general. Hand in there, were pulling for you!

This is a great thread. I have to go with being fat. Getting fat, I have found, at least to be a lot harder than I imagined.

I have to agree with "justluvfat".
I have been deliberately gaining most of this year and the end of last, trying to reach 220 lbs. I had some medical issues and lost over 10 lbs. Right now I'm in a maintain mode holding at 212 lbs. Which still leaves me clinically obese. I'm sure I will rejoin the gaining "bandwagon" but right now I'm comfortable with my size.

First I too shave my belly, though I didn't have much hair there to begin with. Second, I ate a whole pizza and then a pint of B&J ice cream. Third I fixed and ate a thirty five hundred calorie dinner. I hit 220 lbs. that night.

I like going with measurements rather than simply tracking weight gain. I'm currently at 212 lbs., forty-four inch waist, forty three inches around hip/butt. My mid-thigh is twenty five inches.

I have been gaining for the last couple of years. I got up to 218 lbs., but lost some due to some health issues this spring. Even while actively gaining I ran every day and exercised regularly as well. I liked having my belly larger, but I still want to main some degree of fitness.

My wife and I aren't in a truly mutual gaining situation, though we both are gaining. I'm being deliberate and she is already obese. I know she must notice my weight gain, but has said nothing. She know I like her heavy and I have always been a subtle encourager as well. My ultimate fantasy is that she will become a FFA and really start pushing me to become obese as well. This is a nice thread, thank you for starting it.

I really like the thought of mutual gaining, two people just encouraging each other to gorge themselves and admire their increasing girth.