The last guests just left and I want to thank everyone who messaged me privately with skills and strategies and encouragement.

It went on without issue and I am really happy!

We have a big party coming up this Saturday and lots of family members will be there.

We all love to eat but I'm by far the largest in my family. My mother in particular tends to jab at my weight. I want to enjoy myself without being rude to anyone commenting so, do y'all have some advice for me in how to deal with my family?

Omega 3 fatty acids and Vitamin D also help reduce inflammation.

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ah damn. Then there is the Sumo vid I still have to watch. But exercise (as said above) and a high fiber diet seem to be key too.

is there a typo in there? I can't find it when I look for that profile with the search username function

I blame 90's cartoons. Some had episodes that made the characters gain, sometimes massive amounts of weight. Then I padded my pajamas to get the look right and yeah I started to like it.

Once I got into my teens I did prefer larger folks that looked soft and comfy. With early adulthood and some food independence on the rise I started to gain weight. To improve my figure and the early stages of Gender Dysphoria.

Being fat makes me feel more feminine and attractive but also confident and powerful

Everytime I see a chair with armrests at the doctor's for example I know, it's gonna range from slightly inconvenient to uncomfortable.

Last time at my general practitioner I lifted the chair up involuntarily when I got called and had to push it down by hand.

Until 2015 I had gained from 171lbs to around 272lbs but my diet and lifestyle was shit. So I had a major medical warning from my endocrinologist and started dieting and exercising.

That came with a major depressive phase since I just started to like my body and then I had to "lose" it again.

I lost around 60lbs in roughly one and a half years and felt miserable. So I fixed my diet once again, kept the muscle building routine and now I'm a lovely 334lbs. ❤️

About a week ago I got an orthopaedic knee bandage to help a misaligned kneecap.

During the fitting the employee helped me get it on and said.

"Sorry ma'am but your thigh fat is spilling over, it also has to fit into the sleeve"

They very kind and did not try to offend me but I found it pretty amusing that my fat is a problem here and there.

Anyone else experienced funny 'spillovers'?

I have made the same experience. When I started HRT I had to lose weight because of health issues. But all it really did was get rid of the "male fat"

I kept most of the chest and butt but it really started to bloom once I gained more weight again and was into the treatment for longer. After bottom surgery I had another 'surge'? where my shape looked more feminine again.

Trust the process but getting a little chunkier once you're into the hormone treatment seems to help a lot!