Chubby Cow:
Stress eating did encourage me to eat more & my biggest gains came from me using food as a stress relief.

If you are trying lose weight, reduce your sugar intake. It will help a lot, as long as your set point doesn’t increase. However you can decrease your set point, with a long term low calorie diet. It takes a year of discipline to achieve it.

I struggle with that part, as I don’t commit for the long term but maintaining my current set point is easy.

After I had a sudden weight gain spurt because of stress binge me eating bags of chocolate after work.

I ended up being 273 pounds.

After stopping the sugar soft drinks I very quickly dropped down to 252 pounds. Then my new set point kick in & I slowly regained most of it back & now I’m in the mid 260 pounds.

It took me while to learn to love this new set point. I'm still physically active & mobile. It just easier to walk than run.

Plus, I kinda like the look of my body at this set point. So I decided to maintain it, instead of fighting it. I do exercise my legs muscles regularly to justify my current weight.

My feedee side still wants me to gain more though.

I guess, im saying is that as long as you are physically active. The some extra weight is bad. It only a problem if you are not active.

I hope I manage to make you less terrified?

Chubby Cow:
I’m an accidental gainer because of my yo-yo diet. No matter how much I lose I jut give up & give into my feedee side. Then I regain it all back & extra.

Slowly increasing my set point of the years.

All my accidental gaining has helped me to reach moderate obese levels of fatness. Definitely love being this big. Hopefully my next big gain will be soon.

SumoSized:
Since I've been skinny my whole life a lot of things still surprise me. I don't know if there's a better way to describe it but I'm simply not used to my own body being in my way when I move. Right now it especially noticable when I reach down to grab things and especially when I tie my shoes. Like I'm not to the point where it's difficult or anything I just have to reach slightly more than I'm used to. I can only imagine what it'll be like when I'm 100+ lbs heavier

StuffMuffin:
Way harder to get bras on and off

Without being graphic,harder time reaching certain areas

More aches and pain with certain movements (currently dealing with HELLA back pain from moving/packing recently)

Crop tops almost immediately ride up on me,so I can’t where most in public

Out of breath from small tasks

Glitter Jelly:
Sorry for the necro posting (I didn't even know it was a thing). I didn't mean to do anything wrong.

Munchies:
Necro posting is when someone revives a long, inactive thread. It's not, strictly speaking, wrong. Sometimes, it's in poor taste if there was a toxic back-and-forth that died down only for someone to make a post reviving the topic.

I have seen this multiple times. No one likes these people.

Sometimes, it's annoying if you revive an old topic with something off-topic. Or, more commonly on FF, horny posting on a personal ad.

Still, there can be benefits to necroposting. For example, there are some old threads on here that, if necro-ed, could generate useful or fun conversation.

Glitter Jelly:
Maybe you're right, but I need to wear large sometimes and I do have a belly roll between my waistband and breasts which is quite noticeable when I bend over or squat.

Even when I was thin, my thighs and arms would draw attention to the fact I once was much bigger because they didn't skrink so much as became empty and saggy. With my breast (I suspect because of the elevated prolactin), my legs and upper arms were the first place that the fat went back to.

At my thinnest (90 lbs), I almost had a thigh gap, but I'm not sure people could see it. I just felt my thighs weren't rubbing anymore. Now they seem to rub even more than when I was 40+ heavier, and they touch almost down to my knees.

This not only makes me look out of proportion, it changed the way I walk because they get in the way of one another, if that makes sense. I've seen someone describe this as thighs "rolling" against each other.

Because of this I can't walk as fast as just 20 lbs ago, which I didn't expect to happen that quick.

I bet my fat % is close to what it used to be because when I was obese I was carrying all that weight around all the time so you have to have muscle. When I lost half my year in a little more than a year, I lost a lot of muscle too and I didn't get most of it back as I hate exercise.

I have years of trauma related to PE classes that I need to address with a therapist before I can start moving a little. Otherwise I have to bully myself into doing it, and the inner talk isn't healthy to say the least. It's probably the ED voice because even I wouldn't talk to myself this harshly.

Munchies:
Yeah, this is definitely the trauma and the ED talking. I know you are having hormone issues. But there are a lot of people outside of this community who find women like you attractive.

This, of course, does not excuse the perv being gross and creepy.

Still, I strongly recommend you speak to a therapist. I wish you nothing but the best on your healing journey.

Glitter Jelly:
I was supposed to address this in therapy but when they subjected me to an "expert" evaluation (I'm on sick leave for burn-out and depressive symptoms), the original treatment plan went haywire when I started having more frequent suicidal ideas.

I still don't know what is going to happen. Waiting for that doctor's report, which will determine if I'm mentally sick enough to receive disability income, is definitely not helping my mental health.

Munchies:
Pain and suffering. I'm glad you are getting some help, even though things feel like a hot mess. Sometimes, progress can feel like chaos, but it is still progress.

I have noticed that you've been negatively hyper-fixating on your body image recently. Are you okay? Are you safe?

Glitter Jelly:
Maybe you're right, but I need to wear large sometimes and I do have a belly roll between my waistband and breasts which is quite noticeable when I bend over or squat.

Even when I was thin, my thighs and arms would draw attention to the fact I once was much bigger because they didn't skrink so much as became empty and saggy. With my breast (I suspect because of the elevated prolactin), my legs and upper arms were the first place that the fat went back to.

At my thinnest (90 lbs), I almost had a thigh gap, but I'm not sure people could see it. I just felt my thighs weren't rubbing anymore. Now they seem to rub even more than when I was 40+ heavier, and they touch almost down to my knees.

This not only makes me look out of proportion, it changed the way I walk because they get in the way of one another, if that makes sense. I've seen someone describe this as thighs "rolling" against each other.

Because of this I can't walk as fast as just 20 lbs ago, which I didn't expect to happen that quick.

I bet my fat % is close to what it used to be because when I was obese I was carrying all that weight around all the time so you have to have muscle. When I lost half my year in a little more than a year, I lost a lot of muscle too and I didn't get most of it back as I hate exercise.

I have years of trauma related to PE classes that I need to address with a therapist before I can start moving a little. Otherwise I have to bully myself into doing it, and the inner talk isn't healthy to say the least. It's probably the ED voice because even I wouldn't talk to myself this harshly.

Munchies:
Yeah, this is definitely the trauma and the ED talking. I know you are having hormone issues. But there are a lot of people outside of this community who find women like you attractive.

This, of course, does not excuse the perv being gross and creepy.

Still, I strongly recommend you speak to a therapist. I wish you nothing but the best on your healing journey.

Ateitall:
Gas station honey buns are 👀 loaded!
Tasty cake honey buns are like 590 calories.