Richard

chapter 3

Now that they were engaging in sexual activities again, Susan had gotten off Richards case, merely frowning at him if he ate something unhealthy around her. But he didn't get annoyed by that anymore. Actually, he had started leaving a day or two out of his exercising schedule, and instead of jogging he went around the corner to the subway and got himself a sandwich, telling himself that he would earn it by jogging longer the next day. This cheat day occurred more and more until he had stopped running altogether.

His new lifestyle soon started to test the limits of his clothes, as he struggled more every day to fit into them. Giving up, he bought himself the next size up, which only lasted a few months before starting to fit a bit snug as well. At the start of December, his belly had grown to be a thick layer of fat, extending half a hands-width out from the rest of his body, forming an underbelly whenever he wore pants.

Susan was clearly not enthusiastic about his gut, but he made up for it in bed, as he now as horny as a teenager all the time. Richard himself was ashamed at his gluttony, but never managed to say no to the pleasure he got from eating donuts. Anyway, it was Christmas time now, and he had every right to indulge himself with cookies and donuts and everything else he wanted, and even Susan was less stern with him, wanting to enjoy the family holiday herself.

So it was nothing unusual for Richard to spend every free minute he had munching on fresh cookies Susan had baked, donuts he had bought from the store, or something else tasty. When you add up the Christmas feasts he had at home, at Susan's parents and at his works Christmas party, later on the same with Silvester, December was truly a glorious month for his belly. Softer and rounder than ever, it stretched out shirts he had bought only a month prior and seemed to have expanded an inch in every direction.

Naturally, he and Susan both decided to lose weight for their new-year's resolution. He took up running again and increased his efforts in the gym. During the next four months, he managed to shed enough weight to fit back into his previous clothes and Susan was thrilled. Richard was, for some reason, not so happy to have lost the weight. Why, he didn't know. Surely he wanted to become fit again? But when his hands traced around his belly, he felt like something was missing. He did not know what.

In May, his daily running streak got interrupted for the first time that year, and then a second time a week later, and a third time soon after. He went back to his old habit of simply going to Subways and ordering whatever the daily menu was. The weight slowly started creeping back, coming to a rest on his gut and sides. It only took two months to reverse what the other four had achieved, and two more months bring him up to an even bigger clothing size.

Susan was not happy with him, but always enjoyed sex, seeing as Richard was back to being a beast in bed (not my words). For some reason, he was better with a full stomach and so she would never deny him a good meal when she was horny herself. He never needed her encouragement to eat though and having a box of donuts on the way home from work was his new favorite way to eat some more food without her lecturing him.