we used to have these a couple time a year, usually at the eton house on danforth... sadly, that place has been torn down recently, so it's not an option.

outside of the downtown core avoided the issue of being too "out there," but something easily accessible from transit/subway is probably a good idea.

first, thank you for keeping ff going, and doing the great work that you do!

the portion of your post which i quoted really resonated with me, i think you're right. i see the volume of meaningful engagement dropping a lot, and quickly, and it i think the "scroll of doom" mentality of big-tech social media sites is a big part of it. they provide a passive feed of stimulation and distraction, and cut down on actual meaningful interaction and discussion.

i find ff and feabie very, very different. just the presence of these forums, where you can engage in a topic back-and-forth over time is such a huge benefit. feabie just has the "scroll of doom." if you didn't see it in the last three hours, it doesn't exist.

long live ff!

my experience in getting fat and gaining is that it doesn't really matter what you eat - it's most important that you eat things you actually enjoy.

the thing that will make you gain weight is consistency of changing your behaviour. stuffing now and then won't make much of a difference, you will just burn those calories off on a busier-than-normal day. you need to increase the amount you eat every meal, every day.

push yourself, increase your portion sizes. eat past the point of feeling full at every meal. this will stretch out your stomach over time, which increases how much you can eat at one sitting before feeling full. it also will lead to you feeling hungrier sooner, between feedings.

most importantly, enjoy!

this is a sign you are really on your journey to becoming a true fatty! keep up the good work.

yes, there have been a bunch of meet-ups in the past. as the city is slowly thawing out, we need to have another soon!

first challenge: picking a location. centrally downtown, east end, west end, etc.? then, a venue and a date/time.

gta folks - speak out! is there interest? when? where?

i would tend to agree, i am not at all interested in a.i. content. some people like it, so i would understand why the site's management might not want to ban it outright.

i would ask that there be a requirement to tag it, though, so that it can be filtered out by we users who want to avoid it.

did you try... the chat room?

i don't see anything overtly scammy about this.

you have a blank profile and no activity on the site, so it's hard to tell what happened here. and i can't see any context about the other person.

who initiated this exchange?

there are some great stories in the story section that chronicle people's real experiences - they are some of my favorites! definitely would be interested!

i was really fit until i was about 40, before i started gaining. looking back, when i but on my first 100 lbs, i really was living large - booze, eating like crazy. and then the pandemic hit, i wasn't exercising at all and eating all day long out of boredom. so eventually i got to the point where i'd tripled in size!

but i had no health issues, and i chalked that up to my having been so fit and athletic for so many years prior.

well, a couple of years ago, my luck ran out. all of my blood work results went bad, my blood pressure shot up... i think it was just the combination of my lifestyle catching up and my age.

after some lifestyle changes i am back to being healthy again. i lost some weight, but am starting to put some of that back on again now, hopefully in a more healthy way so i can keep going!