Chapter 3 - Brianna Moves On

Chapter 7

It had been quite a while since Brianna had had sex. Between quitting the pill, the confidence issues, and the IUD adjustment period - it had been at least 9 months or a year. And in that time, she had gained around 30 pounds.

So, this was the first time she had to show someone her naked, fattened form - growing hip stretch marks, thigh cellulite and all. But again, she needn’t have feared - Alex showed no trepidation (after all, he got to enjoy a boob-forward woman with some meat on her bones - what’s not to like!) and they both had a great time.

From there, a relationship blossomed. Before she knew it, Brianna was spending 5 nights a week at Alex’s place. And a after a mere three months, they were committed.

During that time, weight had come to Brianna’s frame like hours on a clock. She was 155 pounds at this point - 40 up from her Italy low. At this point, she was a size 10, with boobs and a belly racing to become her most prominent feature. No longer a lithe, yet curvy young college student, Brianna had become thick, mid-size 23 year old whose BMI was nearing obese territory.

By now, Brianna was finishing the first semester of her 7th year at university. With her second major/minor nearly finished, she knew she could only push graduation off for another semester at most. It was nearly time to make the leap and pick a direction in life.

It was around then that Alex got laid off from work. Not originally from San Antonio, he moved there from Seattle for work. With the job done, he felt it was time to move on, and invited Brianna to come along. That’s when she decided - she’d graduate in 6 months and join him wherever he ended up.

Chapter 8

The next 6 months were hard. Not only was long distance with Alex tough, but wrapping up her education career was harder than she thought. Moreover, the weight continued to pile on.

Throughout their time apart, Brianna got serious about trying to figure out what was going with her body. She was sweaty all the time, constantly out of breathe, and was starting to find her size 10s a bit tight. Things were getting out of hand.

She arranged a whole battery of doctor appointments - regular physicians, endocrinologists, gynecologists, the works! It wasn’t her thyroid, it wasn’t anything else they could find, but if she dieted and exercised, they reckoned, she’d lose the weight no problem.

Obviously, Brianna got very little exercise. She had a lazy lifestyle (when not in Italy) and was proud of it. If she could spend a day drinking beer, eating snacks, and napping - it’d be heaven. But, no lifestyle outside of tons of fast food could result in a gain this rapid. There had to be something wrong.

And finally, there was. A scan showed that Brianna had PCOS, whose weight gain symptoms were apparently kept at bay for years thanks to the birth control pill. Feeling incredibly stupid knowing that she caused this with her birth control decisions, Brianna was advised to do three things - ditch the IUD, go back on the pill, and work to lose the weight. Brianna took the first two pieces of advice, though she wasn’t necessarily ready for the third.

Around that time, Alex found a new job, in far away Tokyo! Brianna never had East Asia on her agenda, but an opportunity was an opportunity. So, after finally graduating and weighing 162 pounds - Brianna boarded and plane to Tokyo and began her new life.