Chapter 4 - the race begins part 1

January

“Pop!” B’s computer made a noise he had never heard before. Looking at the screen, he saw a blue dot next to his messages tab.

“Oh! Someone sent me a message? Probably a bot since nobody real sends no-faced lurkers messages,” he thought. Clicking on the messages tab anyway, he saw that it was a reply. It was from his favorite feedee! His heart began to race. He had never interacted with anyone in the community beyond comments on posts before. He opened the message.

“Hey, sorry to be slow to respond. I was really busy during the holidays. I did not manage to keep up with the shakes as I had planned, but I was able to take advantage of holiday feasting. I managed to gain about five pounds over the break, but we will see how much of it sticks :)”

Another five pounds? Her profile wasn't updated with her new weight yet, so he added it to her last weigh in. 140 pounds. She would by no means be huge, but she had added an additional 40% to her original weight. He could hardly imagine what that would be like. Having done many runs in the past with weight in his backpack, he would never go above an additional 20. Twice that? That would make everything take extra effort, and she added that to her frame in only five months.

His heart pounded in his ears as he nervously responded, “that is incredible! Your gain had been absolutely beautiful, by the way. Every new curve, that cute hip crease! It is amazing.” Their so-far short conversation was all he could think about the rest of the day. This girl was consistently gaining five or more pounds per month. That was such an aggressive gain, and she seemed to be so enthusiastic about it as well!


A was back in her apartment at school. Using her “very busy semester” as an excuse, she convinced her parents to pay for the unlimited meal plan. She would have this semester to eat as much as she could, and all her extra money could go towards shakes and treats. Since she doubted her parents would fund her meal plan after seeing how big she planned on becoming, she decided to lightly pad her income with some paid videos. She would start with a weigh-in today. The sites she frequented were full of accounts with likely false reporting of weight gained. It was initially discouraging to her to see someone blow past her in weight, but she soon learned, “pics or it didn’t happen.”

A’s excitement built as she stepped on the scale. Her stomach had finally permanently defeated her abdominal wall, and she had to lean the camera out a bit to see the numbers as the scale creaked. The numbers settled at 140.2! Even while not trying terribly hard, her holiday eating had continued her gain. She let out an audible gasp and stopped the video. She considered editing the gasp out, but the authenticity would likely be well-received. Uploading the video, she knew it did not have enough to it for selling. She also didn’t have too big of a following yet. She decided that she would later upload the video as a free one, and she teased an all-day stuffing video. Putting it in writing to her fans, she knew she would have to deliver.

A received many messages every day on her various social media accounts. Most were poorly written or were from weirdos who were up-front about their desire to control her. Few seemed to show any interest in her or even went through the effort of complimenting her prior to asking for nudes. Responding only to the messages that stood out as being genuine and not controlling, she eventually got to a message asking about her shakes. She regretted not bringing the powder with her over the break. While it seemed too sweet to her to begin with, she was now craving it. She typed out a quick response and, to thank the sender for reminding her about her shakes, she gave them her weight just a bit before she posted the video.

She went to her fridge to grab some half-n-half, but she then remembered she had not yet gone grocery shopping. Not wanting to wait for a shake, she made up one with water. To make up for the lack of calorie-rich liquid, she made up a larger shake with six scoops instead of the normal four. This would get her up to an additional 2,373 calories for the day - she was more accurately tracking them now. She had estimated her caloric need to be between 1,400 and 1,500 calories depending on activity, and she worked hard to minimize activity.

One walking activity she enjoyed was grocery shopping. She sipped on her shake as she strolled through the aisles. She could feel her shirt riding up under her hoodie. Going through the store, finding fattening foods was the main thing on her mind. She grabbed two loaves of bread, four large boxes of pasta, some red sauce, some pesto, two bags of tortilla chips, some queso, a large block of cheese, four packs of butter, a large tub of peanut butter, a tub of almond butter, two pounds of raw beef, one gallon worth of heavy cream, a half gallon of half-n-half, one gallon of whole milk, and two gallons worth of ice cream. She would get deserts from the school dining halls.

Going through the check out, the girl there, probably three or four years younger than her, kept looking up at her as she scanned items. A found that she didn’t even blush. She was proud of how much she was going to eat. Without prompting, she said, “yes, it’s all for me.” The girl didn’t respond but avoided eye contact the rest of the check out. A sped home.

Once home, she discovered that she was no longer full from her extra large shake. She was going to start out her gain again with a bang. At the dining hall, she served herself a generous portion of ramen. She chased it with two brownies and a cookie. She rushed out in order to not give the food time to settle and make her feel full, and she made herself a 3,224 calorie heavy cream shake in her room. She greedily gulped it down, but she started feeling full about two thirds through. She did not think she could finish it and considered putting it in the fridge.

“No, I will finish this today! I have done a 7,000 calorie stuffing before with my ex. I can do it. I just need to take my time.” A hopped on her accounts and jumped into editing her video. The video was simple enough. She did a quick color correction and cut out the beginning half second as she got the camera in place. She uploaded it and titled it, “Quick weigh in and status update.” In the description, she hinted at her plan. She teased the all-day stuffing video, and she commented on how much she has been enjoying her new softness. Moving over to her blog, she made a post linking to her video. After sifting through her messages, she replied to her usual few and the one new person from earlier today.

“Thank you. I am really enjoying it. I really cannot wait to get bigger, and I worked hard today to make sure the winter weight sticks. Thanks for reminding me about the shakes - I had two today. One had heavy cream, and the other had extra scoops. On top of the probably 2,500 calories I had in meals, I added a healthy 5,500 calories in shakes! That is the most I have ever stuffed myself with, and I can hardly move.” As an added treat for the nice compliments, she pulled up her hoodie and took a picture of her belly. It creased immediately at the waistband and daintily touched her thighs.


B was watching a new video from the girl from earlier when a notification came in on another tab. 140.2 is what the scale read - .2 heavier than he had assumed. Not only was this girl gaining at an incredible rate, but she didn’t even exaggerate when she told him, “about five pounds.” If anything, she was being modest. It was impressive, to say the least.

He moved over to his blog full of reblogs and saw another message - from her! His heart lept as he read it. She had taken the time to give him a kind response, and she even sent him a picture. Still being an internet stranger, he did not let it go to his head. Framing their relationship from the mindset of a fan and an artist, he was able to separate out what was general kindness and what was asking for more attention.

Reading the details of what she had eaten that day, he couldn’t believe it. B was reasonably certain he had never even eaten more than 6,000 calories in a day, let alone 8,000! And this girl was smaller than him! Or, at least, he was reasonably certain she was. He typed out his response, “Look at how much your belly has grown in such a short time! I know you are stuffed, but you are really gaining. I better watch out. I weigh about 155, but I’ve been losing weight since getting injured. If I don’t start getting back in shape, you’ll be bigger than me soon!” He sent the message and then went to sleep with the thought of a 100 pound girl managing to go from being significantly smaller than him to almost the same weight as him in a matter of just a few months.