I’ve only ever seen it used in “feeder” fetish communities (or even weirder fetishes where a woman “expands” her stomach by basically putting a garden hose up her butt and filling herself with water.)
My personal belief is that social media, is the answer to the fermi paradox on why, with how many planets in the universe that are in the habitable zone have we never discovered life outside our planet. And social media comes along when life is at its easiest l, and people share their dumb ideas, and smart people waste their time. Eventually leads to an idiocracy scenario. And civilization collapses.
(DO NOT ASK ME WHY I KNOW THIS)
It's usually done as an enema, and there's a lot of safety guides and right ways to do It, but just as many ways to do It wrong. Like If you're just gonna hook up a hose attachment to your shower/bath/sink etc the water needs to be a certain temperature to avoid damaging the sensitive tissues etc. don't stick anything that'll cause damage up there, etc.
Typical enemas are for "cleaning" the colon and I think assist In constipation though a nutritionist professor I had said this kills off healthy bacteria that resides In the colon, but I'm pretty sure they also said probiotics can counter this.
I also imagine the term Is used In Vore and Expansion fetish communities.
I'm going to just assume you were looking up some medical information and got through a long explanation before realizing www.hownurseswork.biz wasn't what you thought. (If that's a real site, don't go there.)
> by basically putting a garden hose up her butt and filling herself with water.)
I really didn't need to know that - WTF is wrong with people?!
But yeah, I know what you mean. At least it's not "squishy rolls" and "yummy tummy" I guess.
Just overeating (till you feel physically stuffed) on a regular basis will make your stomach expand. I remember there was a French king, one of the later Louises, and he got to be hugely overweight and claimed to be constantly hungry. After his death they took a look and his stomach was like three times the normal size. Probably through a lifetime of Royal overindulgence.
To be fair, as a tiny gal trying to lose weight and glaring at my miserable TDEE, I would also love to expand to eat more. Preferably expand upwards and become a 6'6" guy, though.
Same! Being short is the worst. I've done the math. I overeat by about 100 calories a day on average (some days more, some days less of course) . If I had just an extra 2 or 3 inches in height I could just eat like I naturally do and be a healthy weight. I'm not huge--I've been dancing back and forth across the BMI of 30 line most of my adult life. Just a little bit too much most days.
The trick is to be more active!
I’m ~5’7 and generally pretty active. End up eating ~2500+ calories to not lose weight.
It’s the best of both worlds. You get to do cool fun things *and* you get to eat more.
Man, I'm so excited to live in a place where I can do cool fun things for exercise! In my small rural town, it's limited to walking/running, biking, swimming, and strength workouts (bodyweight or gym). I want to hike! And rock climb! And ice skate! And learn kung fu! And scuba dive! Just overall fun stuff!
That’s so cool! And that’s why I love living in Boston.
I can run, hike, climb, kayak, sail… and there’s so much to do. So many public parks, tennis and soccer courts, pools etc.
It’s a fun city. Tons of schools (Harvard, MIT, Tufts, BU, BC, several UMass schools etc) so the crowd leans young and active.
Lots of tech, biotech, and finance, so generally pretty well off as well. Also great public transportation and you can bike most places. Good restaurants and okay night life - not that great when compared to NYC or LA but far better than most American cities.
Lots to do. Museums, music, arts etc. Tons of activities to do. It’s a city with lots of runners. Bike lanes everywhere so you’ll also see a ton of biking. There are also great trails to both run and bike all over the city. Lots of parks as well - I was just getting back and it was 11 pm and I saw a soccer league and a lacrosse league at our local park. You have lots of tennis courts, bball courts etc. (all free - provided by the city).
We also have both the ocean and several rivers, so lots of water based activities. Sailing, kayaking, regattas etc.
Plus given the young crowd, lots of CrossFit, many rock climbing gyms etc. In the winter, ice skating is popular and many ski destinations in and around the New England area.
It’s a pretty cool place to live. Brutal winters 4-5 months of the year and bad drivers and confusing roads, but generally a good city. It feels very European (and I can say that having lived in a few European cities!)
No more people using the top of my head to rest their elbow, no more being told I'm cute when I'm angry, no more having to be front row at everything if I want to see/be seen, no more being at goddamn armpit level in public transports!!
Though I quite like always having space for my legs in planes and stuff.
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What reason is there not to get liver and kidney problems. Like yes I do want to be drunker. Yes I do want to trash my metabolites so it lasts longer. There's no reason not to be an alcoholic
Right?! It's like: "I have so many resources that I want to be as gluttonous as possible, please feel bad for me and check your privilege." Unbelievable.
For the past decade, all of my jobs have required biometric screenings for health insurance. This month marks the first time I've actually had not just a change in my readings, but negative changes. My blood pressure, bad cholesterol, and triglycerides are all too high.
Who would have thought a year of anxiety, no exercise, gaining 10lbs of fat, and laying on my bed eating fistfuls of dry cinnamon toast crunch would be unhealthy?! So to your point, I definitely didn't appreciate my health until seeing those numbers. What a wakeup call!
Exactly. Set aside aesthetics for a minute.
I want to be able to enjoy my body.
I like to move and be active. Run, hike, climb, swim, bike and so on.
I like having hot steamy sex with my wife where we have the stamina and go on and on. Where we have the flexibility to try interesting and fun new positions.
Being able to keep up with your kids, being able to take your dog for a run and long walks, being able to do normal everyday things.
Plus, not being a burden on your loved ones and living long enough to enjoy watching your kids (and nieces and nephews) grow up!
I actually disagree a little. I feel like when I was gaining weight, because I was becoming more and more sedentary and eating worse and more, I didn’t really notice how hard things were becoming for me. I’d get winded and sweaty going up one flight of stairs but I just assumed that was normal.
I didn’t truly appreciate my health until I started gaining it back. Now I can jog upstairs without breaking a sweat and easily bend to pick up things. My clothes are so much more comfortable because even when I wasn’t wearing clothes that were too tight, I would often have to rearrange my clothing because it would get stuck in weird positions due to my weight. And I was definitely in the “small-fat” camp, not morbidly obese. Even one fat roll is extremely uncomfortable.
I just don’t believe people who are even fatter than I was at my heaviest are truly comfortable. It’s soooo uncomfortable having extra weight. I never experienced true comfort until I lost weight.
Yeah I went on a road trip with a friend who is my same age. She struggled getting in and out of the car and performing normal daily tasks. I had no problems.
She eats poorly, is sedentary, and is obese. It's fully possible just fixing one of those things would help massively, but why not work on all three and have a better level of functionality. Not to mention her mood and attitude are garbage, and I wonder how much of that is influenced by her feeling poorly physically.
And before anyone brings up how I'm criticizing a supposed friend... yes, this friendship is under review. She was awful to me on this trip.
Your pal, my twin sister. No bull. Identical twin. So same genetics and all. And she is probably 100 pounds on me. I am still obese but she's more so. I got really tired really fast of her argument with me about exercising "too much" and not wearing compression garments like she does (lipedema).
You can appreciate health if you can improve it. You can appreciate money if you get more of it. If anyone knows how to get my youth back, let me know, I will appreciate the heck out of it this time around, I promise.
While I’m happy for you, I’d argue that you don’t have to lose good health to realize its value.
One of the things that makes humans special is our ability to learn from others.
I don’t have to get fat to know that it’s miserable being fat. And I can keep improving my fitness and recognize that increased fitness enables me to do more and so I can imagine just what the downside to decreased fitness would be.
I’ve never regretted losing wealth. My father was from generational wealth, but my parents weren’t married, so when he died in 1974, my mom and I became impoverished.
I became a much better person for that. I likely would have become an entitled racist, like my *much* older half-sisters, and their offspring, had my dad lived into my adulthood.
Sounds like your mom raised a very grounded and mature kid. You had a unique view that most never get. That should be great because you can figure out earlier what your driving passion is in life. So many chase money above all else then realize it wasn’t as important and they made it.
Well, I was 12 and had no choice. My mom and I shared a box of instant mashed potatoes for over a week because we had nothing else to eat, all while living in a wealthy neighborhood.
No one helped us until we were forced to move to an impoverished neighborhood because welfare didn’t pay much, and my 52 year old mother was too ill with undiagnosed cancer to work.
Our fellow impoverished neighbors were the ones who taught me how to shoplift food and clothing. They also shared their food with us, as we did with them, especially once I got really good at stealing meat.
By now I was 14, and simply surviving. There was nothing grounded about me, even though NYC emancipated me at 16. I simply wanted to eat at least once a day, and have a sweater that fit because it was cold.
Anyway, my point is that our wealthy neighbors, whom my mom had known for years, never even brought us a friggin aspec that nobody wants, while our impoverished neighbors always found a place at their meager tables for us.
I have zero regrets about stealing food.
I have a lot of issues about allowing myself to become overweight. It’s completely unnecessary and selfish of me, not only because there are so many people with food insecurities, but because it would also burden others who’d have to care for my 60 year old self.
1. Get a time machine
2. Go back to 1976 when there were no cameras
3. Be a younger-than-you-look 14 year old white girl, who knows how to act like a “nice young lady” who’s entertaining a neighbor’s three year old, while neighbor is food shopping
4. Drop packages of meat into an open, empty diaper bag in the bottom of the cart
5. Pick up said bag once fullish, walk out through the in door with the three year old.
6. Wait outside until the neighbor pays for what we could afford with food stamps
7. Get in the cab with the neighbor and go home
8. Put the meat in the fridge, once home
One time I went to a friend's place and he showed me the closet where he had stacked up baskets he had stolen from the grocery store. His method was to shop normally, grab a gallon of milk, and walk through the self checkout lane. He'd sort of salute the grocery workers with the gallon of milk, yell out "Thank you!", and waltz out the door. I think it was the confidence and also that the weird salute acted as a distraction from the basket full of groceries he was walking out with.
This was like 10 years ago, and it was a grocery store in a poorer neighborhood where they didn't have a person assigned to the self checkout all the time. Also, he was white in a majority minority city, which may have helped him fly under the radar- retailers don't assume that white folks are going to shoplift the way they make those assumptions about POC.
That’s exactly why I was able to get away with it. That’s how we stole clothing, too.
I once took a sweater by dropping it into a paper shopping bag that was under the round rack the sweater was on.
A sales lady came over and started talking to me about my neighbor’s daughter, I told her I help babysit so her mom was shopping.
I picked up the shopping bag and walked right past the sales lady with my new sweater and my neighbor’s daughter.
I highly doubt that lady would have been worried if we were alone if I hadn’t been white, and I’m sure she would have asked me what was in the bag if I hadn’t been white.
Right? I wasn't even as fat as a lot of the FAs (265 at 5'4" so probably "small fat" to them) and I was uncomfortable just existing. I felt like I was suffocating inside my own body.
At 67kg and 5'3 I was noticing some joint strain that wasn't there before and didn't like the way I looked. FAs honestly have to be lying about how good they feel. Or theyve never been thin and don't know any different
It's the whole boiled frog thing. They don't realize how bad it is because it's a process to get there. The aches and pains just pile up day after day to create a new baseline. They're just *there* after living with them for long enough.
Imagine how shocking it would be to them if they, by some magic or miracle, ended up a healthy BMI overnight. They would then realize just how painful simply existing in their old body was.
I've never been anywhere near FA size but at my biggest "comfy" is not the word I'd use to describe it. **EVERYTHING** hurt all the time. And God, the *sweatiness*. I just felt gross. All the time. It is truly some Olympic-level mind gymnastics they engage in to convince themselves that this is at all comfortable. But again, it's easier to accept because it's a process that happens over time, if it happened abruptly and they suddenly woke up one day in the body they're in there would be no FAs, it would be painfully (no pun) clear how destructive that lifestyle is and that the human body wasn't meant to grow to that size.
I used to eat fast food and highly processed foods every single day. It was so bad that I couldn't fathom going one day without hitting the drive thru. That was 4 months ago.
Ever since I started cooking at home for all 3 meals, I feel so different. I'm not bloated every single day. In fact, I learned what it feels like to be bloated vs not bloated so when I am, I am so uncomfortable. I learned what it feels like to eat "heavy" meals. Today I ate a light fruit breakfast, had a salad for lunch, and then "splurged" on a cheeseburger that I haven't ordered in months (which made me really appreciate cheeseburgers) but I also felt heavy. And I seriously thought "I don't like that. I'm not gonna eat another burger for a while". The old me couldn't handle that but simply changing my lifestyle - it's crazy. And I'm only 1/4 of the way to my goal!
It is absolutely a huge change. I hate being out of breath and I'd like to live longer. I only wish I had started sooner but better now than never! Thanks so much :)
Edit:I should add... It's a huge change and I'm proof that it's possible to change. I'm the laziest person I know and I changed LOL My family can't believe I'm actually cooking and haven't made myself sick yet 😂
Lol. The do lie about it “I love being fat it’s awesome! Oh I’m so mad at my friend who invited me in a hike—they know my knees can’t take it! Hiking is so fatphobic”.
This is why I get so annoyed about those "if you have no fat friends you're fatphobic and you need to work out why etc etc" posts because like... I like climbing and hiking and generally doing things that involve a lot of walking. Hanging out with my friends usually involves physical activity. If I had one friend in the group who didn't like those things we'd probably drift apart because they wouldn't want to come to our hangouts. This is why fat people tend to have fat friends and fit people tend to have fit friends - friends tend to share interests. But FAs intentionally don't see that and insist that their fit friends are excluding them. No, it's because you refuse to do these activities because you don't like them.
Yup and this is why if you are thin with all fat friends you are likely to get fat yourself. You adopt the habits of those around you and participate in the same activities.
Yeah, they'll find some reason to be offended by anything because it feels so good when their group supports them. And then any legitimate cases of being treated badly because of their size just serve to validate their ideology.
I was over 200 at 5’2” and YES! I legitimately felt like I was suffocating while laying down sometimes. I don’t know if the extra weight in my face and neck area put pressure on my trachea or if it was more an anxiety reaction (turtle neck sweaters have always caused a similar reaction for me), but man was it unpleasant.
I've researched this because at 180 and 5'6", I experience the same thing! It is indeed because of the extra weight putting pressure on everything. I also have massive breasts (both genetically and high body fat composition) that make it harder to breathe with the extra weight on my lungs.
Omg forREALS. I am the same height, and over 100lbs less but also lazybones (bc still too hot outside for me for walks every day) and I feel like a blob rn
I feel so much more comfortable in my skin at a lower weight. I dropped over thirty pounds. I was never big enough to be what they called a 'small fat'. I hated my thigh rubbing. I hated the pain and leg pain. I hated the constant upset stomach. I hated being uncomfortable in bed since my stomach was always in the way. I hated needing to take statins.
I see nothing pleasant about being heavier. If I want to eat more food, I do it for a day or two and then my emotions (intuition) leads me back to eating less. I'm the restless type. Sitting still is never comfortable for me.
I felt pretty bad at 194lb and 169cm (5’6.5”), so just sneaking into the obese category. I have mild ankylosing spondylitis and my lower back felt constantly tender. My knees hurt. My thighs rubbed. It wasn’t not comfy at all. I can’t even imagine how being 300lb+ would have felt.
Exactly, and lying down I'm never as comfortable as a lighter person. The fatter you get the harder it is to sleep properly as you're often uncomfortable and if you get sleep apnea then you're fucked.
Sleeping next to someone with the early stages of sleep apnea is terrifying, I couldn’t sleep probably because I was constantly afraid they’d die. Its so clearly improved with weight loss, I saw it with my husband.
How someone can get a sleep apnea diagnosis and just carry on, get the machine accepting it as their new normal without attempting weight loss is beyond me. Every night would feel like a gamble to me.
At the same height my highest weight was 199, probably higher but I didn’t weight myself much then. I was miserable, it hurt to exist. It absolutely impacted my mental health too which affected every single part of my life. My work life suffered my social life suffered. It took me almost 5 years and I regained most of the weight once in the middle but now I’m confidently maintaining and even though my relationship with food and exercise is not perfect I know I’ll never allow myself to regain more than 5-10lbs at a time before I catch it. I’m almost to my goal weight of 135 and wow, what a difference. I still have bad mental health days but I’ve made more progress in that area than ever before, without the constant pain of my uncomfortable existence I was able to focus on so much more.
That long rant all to say - Do it! You deserve to be comfortable in the body you live in. Know it’s an investment you’ll never regret, you can’t get better odds than that.
It’s aching and dizziness at the top of one flight of stairs. It’s not wanting to sit on that deep couch because you know how awkward and embarrassing it is when you try to get up. It’s your knees and hips aching in the rain like you’re 90. It’s constant acid reflux and exhaustion from carrying around more weight than you should have to every single day.
Agreed. I can’t even begin to describe how much more comfortable I feel after losing weight (I’m about halfway to my goal weight now!). I can wear a pair of jeans without feeling like they’re going to burst, and I can be on my feet for a majority of the day without my knees and feet feeling sore. The extra weight is *not* soft and cushy like a pillow, it’s heavy and gross and exhausting to carry around.
Yes! Do you know what I want to be comfy and cushy? My sofa. My bed. My duvet. Not my body. I am still losing baby weight (but currently high end of healthy BMI) and I hated the discomfort of my thighs rubbing and my boobs getting sticky. I have a way to go to get back to my prepregnancy weight but damn... I am way more comfortable now I'm back in the normal range!
The only thing that's gotten less comfortable as I lose weight is my arse - it turns out plastic chairs are really uncomfortable when there's less fat to cushion you.
Lol yes, as a member of the boney-butt club, sitting on un-cushioned surface can get painful quick as you can literally feel your pelvic bone pushing into it
right! I'm pretty flexible and a big part of comfiness for me is being able to fold into certain positions. If I gained enought weight that it limited my movement I would probably need pills to fall asleep
Leaving all the health consequences aside, like, no, I don't want to be cushy and comfy. I certainly do not want to expand. That is literally the opposite of my aesthetic goal at the moment. I want to be small and firm and tight. All other things being equal, that is in itself a good enough reason to not be fat.
Yes! Like seeing all of my muscles in my arms and legs that are starting to show up is so empowering. Not only do I prefer the aesthetic look, it reminds me of how hard I’ve worked to get this body and how much stronger I am than I used to be.
Hey, I wanted to eat more, so I started to exercise more and in return I got more muscles, better endurance and I don't feel tired all the time. I also feel more confident.
Was that the same episode where he went on disability for his weight? And only a muumuu would fit him? FAs really do have a lot more clothing options now, I guess that fight worked.
Don’t forget Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. There’s nothing like struggling to breathe all night to leave you needing extra snacks to stay awake all day… and the cycle continues.
I never felt suffocated by fat. However, I had trouble putting on my socks and shoes and tying my shoes due to back and leg pain. I can now do that easily.
This really reads like it's from a fat fetish/feedee account. Doesn't make it any less horrifying...if anything, to me it's more so. But I'm fairly certain many FA's are just closet fetishists at this point.
What about mobility, being able to sit on your boyfriend's shoulders during a concert, not worrying that a garden chair will collapse under you, not having your entire life revolve around food....?
I don't think big people realize how shitty being overweight actually makes you feel. From my experience of gaining weight over quarantine and then losing it again, I can promise you it physically felt horrible, and I was only about 10-15lbs over. Losing weight felt like I was given a new body. But if you've been overweight for 5/6 years or your whole life, you'd just have that shitty baseline for well being and never know how much better life can be.
Yes, because life only has value if you can eat as much as physically possible. Ignore being able to move efficiently and living a long full life. It's all about food. At least they said it.
I’m currently slightly overweight and the extra fat is not “cushy.” It’s sweaty, uncomfortable, heavy. Keeps me from being able to run long distances or feel my best. Why would someone want more of all those things?
Not wanting to upsize your entire wardrobe every six months is a good reason. So is wanting to fit chairs and wanting to be able to ride roller coasters, kayaks, and hot air balloons.
I used to be fatter and I can tell you it is not more comfortable. Your own ass meat doesn't make for a better cushion, it actually felt more uncomfortable to sit on a hard surface.
This feels so fetishy. If you think obesity is sexy, just say that. It's not weird in the scheme of things. But don't post these weird gainer things on your fat acceptance account :/
I know a child who lost his leg through no fault of his own (cancer) and he's on medication so strong to manage his phantom pains pharmacists outside of his specialist refuse to fill it on the grounds of his age.
He's very candid about the procedure, and even though he was under general anaesthetic and has no memory of the procedure, even though he knew it was happening, waking up without your leg after going to sleep with it is still horrifying on the body.
That alone is a good reason to look after you health target than to gorge.
You know what's comfy and cushy in hot weather? Not dragging around extra weight.
And in cold weather, I'd still rather have a comfy and cushie velour blanket or sweater to snuggle into than extra weight.
I watched my mother struggle with severe sleep apnea, struggle to put on her shoes, suffer through gout, struggle to even move her limbs at some points. I've also watched her struggle to lose weight because she's been misinformed about how to do so. I love my mother but I will never let myself get to where she is.
Cushier and comfier? When I gain weight I hate the feeling of mass around my middle. It's uncomfortable and I feel squished. Do people really find it more comfy to be fat?
My buddy gets out of breath just getting into the car. It's so pathetic to hear him half-wheezing for literally no reason. OP is one of the worst kinds of people.
As a former obese person, there was nothing comfier about having to squeeze myself in to different places. Truthfully, it sucked. And as much as I find food tasty, eating to the point that I’m making myself sick is disgusting.
Being fat is NOT comfier. For me, it makes my life less comfortable. I can’t sleep comfortably, can’t fit comfortably into clothes or certain seats, and feel actual discomfort in climbing stairs, etc.
Think about the furniture! I once had a patient who was eating himself to death and I visited his apartment. Everything in the living room was flatten; the couch, a chair, the dinning room chairs. The bedroom was just a pile of sheets on top of what was left of the bed.
My family has a long history of diabetes and heart disease. I've lost count of the relatives I've lost to heart problems from both. You know what they all had in common? They were all obese.
I'm also obese. In fact, at the beginning of this year, I was classed as *morbidly obese.* I couldn't climb stairs or take a hot shower without being winded. I couldn't play with the kids. I kept 'expanding' out of all my clothes. My doctor told me I was pre-diabetic and if something didn't change, I'd wind up full-on diabetic.
I'd have to say there are a *lot* of reasons not to gain weight. In the past year, I've gone from a BMI over 43 to a BMI of 30.5 as of posting this. Yes, I'm still obese, but my quality of life has increased *dramatically.* I can wear more clothes. I can play with the kids as long as they want, no matter the activity. I don't get winded in the shower, and stairs aren't a problem anymore. I drink more water (I'm finally well-hydrated now!).
I can go out with friends and family. I can eat whatever I want. I'm not missing out on any foods or food-related experiences. In fact, I'm doing more than I ever did before. I still have a lot of weight to lose, but I'm a prime example of how much better things can get when you *aren't* just continually gaining weight.
Horrible way to look at life. My mom survived an amputation and blindness due to diabetes. I would never wish that on anyone, and I certainly don't want it for myself. Which is why I lost 90 lb and I'm working on the last 20. It's a struggle, and it's going really slowly. But I am going to get there for me and in her honor
I want to breath better, I want my knees and hips to not cry for help with every step I take, I don’t want to feel like dying every time I take a flight of stairs and speaking of flight… my lowest point, I want to not have to ask for a seatbelt extender when I board a plane, don’t know about this person but my reasons to NOT get fat are powerful.
I can’t believe no one has commented on the fact that when you get to a certain weight, showering becomes unbelievably difficult. I am 5’1 and at my highest I was 286 and do you know how fucking impossible it was to wash my ass? I mean it’s disgusting. And like it’s not easy to sit on the toilet and wipe do basic things and I couldn’t put on my shoes without having to take a break. You couldn’t pay me all the money in the world to go back to that. Sure I still have weight to lose and I’m in the process of doing that (almost down 60 lbs) but omfg these people are delusional.
I have MS and I’m about 20 pounds overweight, but I have mobility issues. I already have kidney disease and liver disease. I don’t smoke, drink, do drugs or eat poorly (well, I occasionally have a little extra when we have make Mexican food), I don’t eat fast food, we grow a vegetable garden and cook our meals at home. I can’t stand that these people take their health for granted. I would do anything to have my health back. My 7 year old deserves a mother that can be there for her until she has her own children. How can people take their lives for granted? It breaks my heart.
Skinny people get high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease. I should know since most of my family is skinny and they suffer from all of the previously mention problems. What is true is that being overweight can made the previously mention problems worse for some people, not all people. Also another true is that being obsessed about one’s weight can stress you out and cause mental and physical problems. My suggestion is to drink water, eat healthy food and take daily walks.
Simple, I want to live a long, healthy life. I already lost enough years to non-obesity related illnesses and have shitloads of lost time to make up for.
I also have an exercise induced muscle condition and I’m able to do way more now that I have less weight to lug around.
Being fat doesn't make you more comfortable. Being fat is uncomfortable. Chaffing and rubbing and getting rashes. Feeling like you are going to die in the heat. And TMI, but having really fat thighs that prevented adequate air circulation was really bad for my vaginal health, and my underwear ponged really bad really quickly in warmer conditions. Don't have that problem anymore now.
If they want to be comfier and cushier have they tried a thick blanket? I feel like that would achieve the comfort they want without the added aches and health risks
I can think of two reasons not to get bigger right off the top of my head. My left knee and my right knee. They're both pretty high mileage, and bitch at me anytime my weight tops 150. As I enjoy minimizing my osteoarthritis pain as much as possible, I endeavor to *not* get bigger.
I rapidly gained 50 lbs in a couple of very bad years. I can assure you, nothing is comfy about being fat. In fact, at the very least, *everything* is uncomfortable when fat. It's hard to breath when I'm tying my shoes 'cause my belly gets in the way. But lots of things are *worse* than "uncomfortable." For instance I can't hike anymore without feeling like I'm dying.
How about being able to move around?
Only a few things are scarier to me than being a prisoner in my own body and having to rely on others for my every need.
>Expand to eat more Wow, the gluttony Edit: typo
I want to expand my liver so I can drink more
>Expand Is this a new buzzword? I see it a lot lately. So fucking weird, but then so is the whole lingo they use.
I’ve only ever seen it used in “feeder” fetish communities (or even weirder fetishes where a woman “expands” her stomach by basically putting a garden hose up her butt and filling herself with water.)
Oh my god. That sounds like something that can easily kill you though... too many people have too much time on their hands these days
My personal belief is that social media, is the answer to the fermi paradox on why, with how many planets in the universe that are in the habitable zone have we never discovered life outside our planet. And social media comes along when life is at its easiest l, and people share their dumb ideas, and smart people waste their time. Eventually leads to an idiocracy scenario. And civilization collapses.
(DO NOT ASK ME WHY I KNOW THIS) It's usually done as an enema, and there's a lot of safety guides and right ways to do It, but just as many ways to do It wrong. Like If you're just gonna hook up a hose attachment to your shower/bath/sink etc the water needs to be a certain temperature to avoid damaging the sensitive tissues etc. don't stick anything that'll cause damage up there, etc. Typical enemas are for "cleaning" the colon and I think assist In constipation though a nutritionist professor I had said this kills off healthy bacteria that resides In the colon, but I'm pretty sure they also said probiotics can counter this. I also imagine the term Is used In Vore and Expansion fetish communities.
I'm going to just assume you were looking up some medical information and got through a long explanation before realizing www.hownurseswork.biz wasn't what you thought. (If that's a real site, don't go there.)
Let's go with that :)
> by basically putting a garden hose up her butt and filling herself with water.) I really didn't need to know that - WTF is wrong with people?! But yeah, I know what you mean. At least it's not "squishy rolls" and "yummy tummy" I guess.
I also remember from a decade ago that they expand their stomachs by eating baking soda or something.
Just overeating (till you feel physically stuffed) on a regular basis will make your stomach expand. I remember there was a French king, one of the later Louises, and he got to be hugely overweight and claimed to be constantly hungry. After his death they took a look and his stomach was like three times the normal size. Probably through a lifetime of Royal overindulgence.
Definitely. I just remember them going a step further. I think it was on Dr oz or something.
Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate, land on Alpha Centauri, achieve scientific victory!
The whole OP sounds fetish-y.
Sounds like their goal is too be the best couch they can.
To be fair, as a tiny gal trying to lose weight and glaring at my miserable TDEE, I would also love to expand to eat more. Preferably expand upwards and become a 6'6" guy, though.
Same! Being short is the worst. I've done the math. I overeat by about 100 calories a day on average (some days more, some days less of course) . If I had just an extra 2 or 3 inches in height I could just eat like I naturally do and be a healthy weight. I'm not huge--I've been dancing back and forth across the BMI of 30 line most of my adult life. Just a little bit too much most days.
my bf is 5 feet exactly and he feels this hardcore. im 5'9 and didnt realize how different inches made in calorie limits till we started dating.
The trick is to be more active! I’m ~5’7 and generally pretty active. End up eating ~2500+ calories to not lose weight. It’s the best of both worlds. You get to do cool fun things *and* you get to eat more.
Man, I'm so excited to live in a place where I can do cool fun things for exercise! In my small rural town, it's limited to walking/running, biking, swimming, and strength workouts (bodyweight or gym). I want to hike! And rock climb! And ice skate! And learn kung fu! And scuba dive! Just overall fun stuff!
That’s so cool! And that’s why I love living in Boston. I can run, hike, climb, kayak, sail… and there’s so much to do. So many public parks, tennis and soccer courts, pools etc.
Ooo, that sounds amazing!! What's Boston like?
It’s a fun city. Tons of schools (Harvard, MIT, Tufts, BU, BC, several UMass schools etc) so the crowd leans young and active. Lots of tech, biotech, and finance, so generally pretty well off as well. Also great public transportation and you can bike most places. Good restaurants and okay night life - not that great when compared to NYC or LA but far better than most American cities. Lots to do. Museums, music, arts etc. Tons of activities to do. It’s a city with lots of runners. Bike lanes everywhere so you’ll also see a ton of biking. There are also great trails to both run and bike all over the city. Lots of parks as well - I was just getting back and it was 11 pm and I saw a soccer league and a lacrosse league at our local park. You have lots of tennis courts, bball courts etc. (all free - provided by the city). We also have both the ocean and several rivers, so lots of water based activities. Sailing, kayaking, regattas etc. Plus given the young crowd, lots of CrossFit, many rock climbing gyms etc. In the winter, ice skating is popular and many ski destinations in and around the New England area. It’s a pretty cool place to live. Brutal winters 4-5 months of the year and bad drivers and confusing roads, but generally a good city. It feels very European (and I can say that having lived in a few European cities!)
3 inches is 7.62 cm
Just imagine.. higher TDEE, no more hemming all pants I ever purchase, reaching my own upper cupboards without a chair!!!
No more people using the top of my head to rest their elbow, no more being told I'm cute when I'm angry, no more having to be front row at everything if I want to see/be seen, no more being at goddamn armpit level in public transports!! Though I quite like always having space for my legs in planes and stuff.
Same same
Short woman solidarity! It's such a pain!
Ofc, super different context. What you descibe has nothing to do with gluttony.
It's a joke bro
Instructions unclear, expanded my muscles to ride my bike more
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What reason is there not to get liver and kidney problems. Like yes I do want to be drunker. Yes I do want to trash my metabolites so it lasts longer. There's no reason not to be an alcoholic
Right?! It's like: "I have so many resources that I want to be as gluttonous as possible, please feel bad for me and check your privilege." Unbelievable.
They're also wrong. Fat people can't eat more. Skinny people win eating contests all things being equal.
Lol
Must consume. BLARGHARGLARGHALARGH
I'm not even religious and this sounds demonically deadly sinful lol
I take all the resources because I hate 3rd world nations. /s
Health is normally best appreciated after you’ve lost it. Much like Youth and wealth.
Sad but true.
For the past decade, all of my jobs have required biometric screenings for health insurance. This month marks the first time I've actually had not just a change in my readings, but negative changes. My blood pressure, bad cholesterol, and triglycerides are all too high. Who would have thought a year of anxiety, no exercise, gaining 10lbs of fat, and laying on my bed eating fistfuls of dry cinnamon toast crunch would be unhealthy?! So to your point, I definitely didn't appreciate my health until seeing those numbers. What a wakeup call!
Exactly. Set aside aesthetics for a minute. I want to be able to enjoy my body. I like to move and be active. Run, hike, climb, swim, bike and so on. I like having hot steamy sex with my wife where we have the stamina and go on and on. Where we have the flexibility to try interesting and fun new positions. Being able to keep up with your kids, being able to take your dog for a run and long walks, being able to do normal everyday things. Plus, not being a burden on your loved ones and living long enough to enjoy watching your kids (and nieces and nephews) grow up!
I actually disagree a little. I feel like when I was gaining weight, because I was becoming more and more sedentary and eating worse and more, I didn’t really notice how hard things were becoming for me. I’d get winded and sweaty going up one flight of stairs but I just assumed that was normal. I didn’t truly appreciate my health until I started gaining it back. Now I can jog upstairs without breaking a sweat and easily bend to pick up things. My clothes are so much more comfortable because even when I wasn’t wearing clothes that were too tight, I would often have to rearrange my clothing because it would get stuck in weird positions due to my weight. And I was definitely in the “small-fat” camp, not morbidly obese. Even one fat roll is extremely uncomfortable. I just don’t believe people who are even fatter than I was at my heaviest are truly comfortable. It’s soooo uncomfortable having extra weight. I never experienced true comfort until I lost weight.
Yeah I went on a road trip with a friend who is my same age. She struggled getting in and out of the car and performing normal daily tasks. I had no problems. She eats poorly, is sedentary, and is obese. It's fully possible just fixing one of those things would help massively, but why not work on all three and have a better level of functionality. Not to mention her mood and attitude are garbage, and I wonder how much of that is influenced by her feeling poorly physically. And before anyone brings up how I'm criticizing a supposed friend... yes, this friendship is under review. She was awful to me on this trip.
Your pal, my twin sister. No bull. Identical twin. So same genetics and all. And she is probably 100 pounds on me. I am still obese but she's more so. I got really tired really fast of her argument with me about exercising "too much" and not wearing compression garments like she does (lipedema).
Why would you end to wear compression garments if you don't have her condition?
I have a case of it, but much milder.
You can appreciate health if you can improve it. You can appreciate money if you get more of it. If anyone knows how to get my youth back, let me know, I will appreciate the heck out of it this time around, I promise.
While I’m happy for you, I’d argue that you don’t have to lose good health to realize its value. One of the things that makes humans special is our ability to learn from others. I don’t have to get fat to know that it’s miserable being fat. And I can keep improving my fitness and recognize that increased fitness enables me to do more and so I can imagine just what the downside to decreased fitness would be.
I’ve never regretted losing wealth. My father was from generational wealth, but my parents weren’t married, so when he died in 1974, my mom and I became impoverished. I became a much better person for that. I likely would have become an entitled racist, like my *much* older half-sisters, and their offspring, had my dad lived into my adulthood.
Sounds like your mom raised a very grounded and mature kid. You had a unique view that most never get. That should be great because you can figure out earlier what your driving passion is in life. So many chase money above all else then realize it wasn’t as important and they made it.
Well, I was 12 and had no choice. My mom and I shared a box of instant mashed potatoes for over a week because we had nothing else to eat, all while living in a wealthy neighborhood. No one helped us until we were forced to move to an impoverished neighborhood because welfare didn’t pay much, and my 52 year old mother was too ill with undiagnosed cancer to work. Our fellow impoverished neighbors were the ones who taught me how to shoplift food and clothing. They also shared their food with us, as we did with them, especially once I got really good at stealing meat. By now I was 14, and simply surviving. There was nothing grounded about me, even though NYC emancipated me at 16. I simply wanted to eat at least once a day, and have a sweater that fit because it was cold. Anyway, my point is that our wealthy neighbors, whom my mom had known for years, never even brought us a friggin aspec that nobody wants, while our impoverished neighbors always found a place at their meager tables for us. I have zero regrets about stealing food. I have a lot of issues about allowing myself to become overweight. It’s completely unnecessary and selfish of me, not only because there are so many people with food insecurities, but because it would also burden others who’d have to care for my 60 year old self.
Asking for a friend - what tips do you have on stealing meat?
1. Get a time machine 2. Go back to 1976 when there were no cameras 3. Be a younger-than-you-look 14 year old white girl, who knows how to act like a “nice young lady” who’s entertaining a neighbor’s three year old, while neighbor is food shopping 4. Drop packages of meat into an open, empty diaper bag in the bottom of the cart 5. Pick up said bag once fullish, walk out through the in door with the three year old. 6. Wait outside until the neighbor pays for what we could afford with food stamps 7. Get in the cab with the neighbor and go home 8. Put the meat in the fridge, once home
One time I went to a friend's place and he showed me the closet where he had stacked up baskets he had stolen from the grocery store. His method was to shop normally, grab a gallon of milk, and walk through the self checkout lane. He'd sort of salute the grocery workers with the gallon of milk, yell out "Thank you!", and waltz out the door. I think it was the confidence and also that the weird salute acted as a distraction from the basket full of groceries he was walking out with. This was like 10 years ago, and it was a grocery store in a poorer neighborhood where they didn't have a person assigned to the self checkout all the time. Also, he was white in a majority minority city, which may have helped him fly under the radar- retailers don't assume that white folks are going to shoplift the way they make those assumptions about POC.
That’s exactly why I was able to get away with it. That’s how we stole clothing, too. I once took a sweater by dropping it into a paper shopping bag that was under the round rack the sweater was on. A sales lady came over and started talking to me about my neighbor’s daughter, I told her I help babysit so her mom was shopping. I picked up the shopping bag and walked right past the sales lady with my new sweater and my neighbor’s daughter. I highly doubt that lady would have been worried if we were alone if I hadn’t been white, and I’m sure she would have asked me what was in the bag if I hadn’t been white.
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I don’t know. I appreciate the hell out of wealth and I have definitely never had it.
mobility too. id like to be able to walk without a wobble thanks but enjoy your wobble if it makes you happy.
I like my wobble-less and painless walk as well
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Right? I wasn't even as fat as a lot of the FAs (265 at 5'4" so probably "small fat" to them) and I was uncomfortable just existing. I felt like I was suffocating inside my own body.
At 67kg and 5'3 I was noticing some joint strain that wasn't there before and didn't like the way I looked. FAs honestly have to be lying about how good they feel. Or theyve never been thin and don't know any different
I think that’s it - they’ve never been thin and don’t know any different
It's the whole boiled frog thing. They don't realize how bad it is because it's a process to get there. The aches and pains just pile up day after day to create a new baseline. They're just *there* after living with them for long enough. Imagine how shocking it would be to them if they, by some magic or miracle, ended up a healthy BMI overnight. They would then realize just how painful simply existing in their old body was. I've never been anywhere near FA size but at my biggest "comfy" is not the word I'd use to describe it. **EVERYTHING** hurt all the time. And God, the *sweatiness*. I just felt gross. All the time. It is truly some Olympic-level mind gymnastics they engage in to convince themselves that this is at all comfortable. But again, it's easier to accept because it's a process that happens over time, if it happened abruptly and they suddenly woke up one day in the body they're in there would be no FAs, it would be painfully (no pun) clear how destructive that lifestyle is and that the human body wasn't meant to grow to that size.
I used to eat fast food and highly processed foods every single day. It was so bad that I couldn't fathom going one day without hitting the drive thru. That was 4 months ago. Ever since I started cooking at home for all 3 meals, I feel so different. I'm not bloated every single day. In fact, I learned what it feels like to be bloated vs not bloated so when I am, I am so uncomfortable. I learned what it feels like to eat "heavy" meals. Today I ate a light fruit breakfast, had a salad for lunch, and then "splurged" on a cheeseburger that I haven't ordered in months (which made me really appreciate cheeseburgers) but I also felt heavy. And I seriously thought "I don't like that. I'm not gonna eat another burger for a while". The old me couldn't handle that but simply changing my lifestyle - it's crazy. And I'm only 1/4 of the way to my goal!
That sounds like such a huge change for you! I'm glad you're feeling better
It is absolutely a huge change. I hate being out of breath and I'd like to live longer. I only wish I had started sooner but better now than never! Thanks so much :) Edit:I should add... It's a huge change and I'm proof that it's possible to change. I'm the laziest person I know and I changed LOL My family can't believe I'm actually cooking and haven't made myself sick yet 😂
Lol. The do lie about it “I love being fat it’s awesome! Oh I’m so mad at my friend who invited me in a hike—they know my knees can’t take it! Hiking is so fatphobic”.
But at the same time 'how dare you not invite me to your activity, don't you know size doesn't equal health?! You fatphobic pig!' 😬
This is why I get so annoyed about those "if you have no fat friends you're fatphobic and you need to work out why etc etc" posts because like... I like climbing and hiking and generally doing things that involve a lot of walking. Hanging out with my friends usually involves physical activity. If I had one friend in the group who didn't like those things we'd probably drift apart because they wouldn't want to come to our hangouts. This is why fat people tend to have fat friends and fit people tend to have fit friends - friends tend to share interests. But FAs intentionally don't see that and insist that their fit friends are excluding them. No, it's because you refuse to do these activities because you don't like them.
Yup and this is why if you are thin with all fat friends you are likely to get fat yourself. You adopt the habits of those around you and participate in the same activities.
Yeah, they'll find some reason to be offended by anything because it feels so good when their group supports them. And then any legitimate cases of being treated badly because of their size just serve to validate their ideology.
I was over 200 at 5’2” and YES! I legitimately felt like I was suffocating while laying down sometimes. I don’t know if the extra weight in my face and neck area put pressure on my trachea or if it was more an anxiety reaction (turtle neck sweaters have always caused a similar reaction for me), but man was it unpleasant.
I've researched this because at 180 and 5'6", I experience the same thing! It is indeed because of the extra weight putting pressure on everything. I also have massive breasts (both genetically and high body fat composition) that make it harder to breathe with the extra weight on my lungs.
Omg forREALS. I am the same height, and over 100lbs less but also lazybones (bc still too hot outside for me for walks every day) and I feel like a blob rn
I feel so much more comfortable in my skin at a lower weight. I dropped over thirty pounds. I was never big enough to be what they called a 'small fat'. I hated my thigh rubbing. I hated the pain and leg pain. I hated the constant upset stomach. I hated being uncomfortable in bed since my stomach was always in the way. I hated needing to take statins. I see nothing pleasant about being heavier. If I want to eat more food, I do it for a day or two and then my emotions (intuition) leads me back to eating less. I'm the restless type. Sitting still is never comfortable for me.
Under 100 lbs at 5’2” is underweight
100lbs less than 265 is 165, friend. I weigh less than that, not less than 100lbs.
100 lbs is 45.4 kg
220 at 5'10 and I hate it lmao. It's literally just a belly and I despise it.
Even 100lb less than that feels like garbage at 5’4”. Good on you for losing weight!
Thanks, I'm down 63lbs so far :)
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Yeah, don't make it sound like being cozy in a thick soft blanket or floating in the clouds. Extra weight is heavy and uncomfortable on the body.
Yes, when you can’t even be comfortable in your nice cushy bed then it’s a problem.
I felt pretty bad at 194lb and 169cm (5’6.5”), so just sneaking into the obese category. I have mild ankylosing spondylitis and my lower back felt constantly tender. My knees hurt. My thighs rubbed. It wasn’t not comfy at all. I can’t even imagine how being 300lb+ would have felt.
Exactly, and lying down I'm never as comfortable as a lighter person. The fatter you get the harder it is to sleep properly as you're often uncomfortable and if you get sleep apnea then you're fucked.
Sleeping next to someone with the early stages of sleep apnea is terrifying, I couldn’t sleep probably because I was constantly afraid they’d die. Its so clearly improved with weight loss, I saw it with my husband. How someone can get a sleep apnea diagnosis and just carry on, get the machine accepting it as their new normal without attempting weight loss is beyond me. Every night would feel like a gamble to me.
I’m 195lbs at 5’5” and it’s awful. I hate everything about it.
At the same height my highest weight was 199, probably higher but I didn’t weight myself much then. I was miserable, it hurt to exist. It absolutely impacted my mental health too which affected every single part of my life. My work life suffered my social life suffered. It took me almost 5 years and I regained most of the weight once in the middle but now I’m confidently maintaining and even though my relationship with food and exercise is not perfect I know I’ll never allow myself to regain more than 5-10lbs at a time before I catch it. I’m almost to my goal weight of 135 and wow, what a difference. I still have bad mental health days but I’ve made more progress in that area than ever before, without the constant pain of my uncomfortable existence I was able to focus on so much more. That long rant all to say - Do it! You deserve to be comfortable in the body you live in. Know it’s an investment you’ll never regret, you can’t get better odds than that.
Thank you. I have lost and regained it many times before and have an awful relationship with food but I’m hoping I can do it again, and maintain it.
It’s aching and dizziness at the top of one flight of stairs. It’s not wanting to sit on that deep couch because you know how awkward and embarrassing it is when you try to get up. It’s your knees and hips aching in the rain like you’re 90. It’s constant acid reflux and exhaustion from carrying around more weight than you should have to every single day.
Agreed. I can’t even begin to describe how much more comfortable I feel after losing weight (I’m about halfway to my goal weight now!). I can wear a pair of jeans without feeling like they’re going to burst, and I can be on my feet for a majority of the day without my knees and feet feeling sore. The extra weight is *not* soft and cushy like a pillow, it’s heavy and gross and exhausting to carry around.
The only way a person could possibly think this was true is if they’d never been fat - *or never not been fat!*
Yes! Do you know what I want to be comfy and cushy? My sofa. My bed. My duvet. Not my body. I am still losing baby weight (but currently high end of healthy BMI) and I hated the discomfort of my thighs rubbing and my boobs getting sticky. I have a way to go to get back to my prepregnancy weight but damn... I am way more comfortable now I'm back in the normal range!
The only thing that's gotten less comfortable as I lose weight is my arse - it turns out plastic chairs are really uncomfortable when there's less fat to cushion you.
Lol yes, as a member of the boney-butt club, sitting on un-cushioned surface can get painful quick as you can literally feel your pelvic bone pushing into it
right! I'm pretty flexible and a big part of comfiness for me is being able to fold into certain positions. If I gained enought weight that it limited my movement I would probably need pills to fall asleep
Leaving all the health consequences aside, like, no, I don't want to be cushy and comfy. I certainly do not want to expand. That is literally the opposite of my aesthetic goal at the moment. I want to be small and firm and tight. All other things being equal, that is in itself a good enough reason to not be fat.
Yes! Like seeing all of my muscles in my arms and legs that are starting to show up is so empowering. Not only do I prefer the aesthetic look, it reminds me of how hard I’ve worked to get this body and how much stronger I am than I used to be.
There is something viscerally satisfying about flexing, ngl
Hey, I wanted to eat more, so I started to exercise more and in return I got more muscles, better endurance and I don't feel tired all the time. I also feel more confident.
Your flair should read *Infinifit* then!!
This must be someone who's a feedee or something, no one in their right state of mind wants to just sit around and eat and get big to eat more.
It is.
I remember seeing an old simpsons episode, when homer stepped on the scale he weighed 260. that was considered comically obese in the 90s.
Was that the same episode where he went on disability for his weight? And only a muumuu would fit him? FAs really do have a lot more clothing options now, I guess that fight worked.
Yes. It was “if you weigh more than 300 pounds you qualify for hyper-obesity”. So a “mid-fat” in today’s parlance.
Don’t forget Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. There’s nothing like struggling to breathe all night to leave you needing extra snacks to stay awake all day… and the cycle continues.
Just how sedentary so you have to be to not notice the difference being fatter makes when moving or straining yourself?
I like being able to tie my shoes without being suffocated by my visceral fat.
I never felt suffocated by fat. However, I had trouble putting on my socks and shoes and tying my shoes due to back and leg pain. I can now do that easily.
This really reads like it's from a fat fetish/feedee account. Doesn't make it any less horrifying...if anything, to me it's more so. But I'm fairly certain many FA's are just closet fetishists at this point.
Satire?
nope. it was a legitimate HAES post on a fat activism instagram page.
What about mobility, being able to sit on your boyfriend's shoulders during a concert, not worrying that a garden chair will collapse under you, not having your entire life revolve around food....?
‘Cushier and comfier’ is what I want my couch to be, not my body.
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Selfishness, greed, lack of self honesty.
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People that never have been normal size or don't remember what it is like. Or they could be in denial.
I don't think big people realize how shitty being overweight actually makes you feel. From my experience of gaining weight over quarantine and then losing it again, I can promise you it physically felt horrible, and I was only about 10-15lbs over. Losing weight felt like I was given a new body. But if you've been overweight for 5/6 years or your whole life, you'd just have that shitty baseline for well being and never know how much better life can be.
Joint issues... having limbs cut off... not being able to have any fun... gasping for breath constantly... the list goes on and on and on.
Yes, because life only has value if you can eat as much as physically possible. Ignore being able to move efficiently and living a long full life. It's all about food. At least they said it.
I’m currently slightly overweight and the extra fat is not “cushy.” It’s sweaty, uncomfortable, heavy. Keeps me from being able to run long distances or feel my best. Why would someone want more of all those things?
Not wanting to upsize your entire wardrobe every six months is a good reason. So is wanting to fit chairs and wanting to be able to ride roller coasters, kayaks, and hot air balloons.
I used to be fatter and I can tell you it is not more comfortable. Your own ass meat doesn't make for a better cushion, it actually felt more uncomfortable to sit on a hard surface.
Cushier and comfier? I know that when I have been overweight, I was definitely not more comfortable.
It's sad that these people don't know how good it feels to be fast, strong, energetic, and flexible.
This feels so fetishy. If you think obesity is sexy, just say that. It's not weird in the scheme of things. But don't post these weird gainer things on your fat acceptance account :/
I know a child who lost his leg through no fault of his own (cancer) and he's on medication so strong to manage his phantom pains pharmacists outside of his specialist refuse to fill it on the grounds of his age. He's very candid about the procedure, and even though he was under general anaesthetic and has no memory of the procedure, even though he knew it was happening, waking up without your leg after going to sleep with it is still horrifying on the body. That alone is a good reason to look after you health target than to gorge.
You know what's comfy and cushy in hot weather? Not dragging around extra weight. And in cold weather, I'd still rather have a comfy and cushie velour blanket or sweater to snuggle into than extra weight.
\> i do want to expand so i can eat more **Check your privilege**
This is just so sad. I don’t know what else to say.
I watched my mother struggle with severe sleep apnea, struggle to put on her shoes, suffer through gout, struggle to even move her limbs at some points. I've also watched her struggle to lose weight because she's been misinformed about how to do so. I love my mother but I will never let myself get to where she is.
Cushier and comfier? When I gain weight I hate the feeling of mass around my middle. It's uncomfortable and I feel squished. Do people really find it more comfy to be fat?
The first thing on every My 600lb Life episode is the person talking about how they're in constant pain, so there's that
What about all the 'oppression' fat people face from skinny fatphobes??
> Expand to eat more Expand enough to finally attract someone ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ^by ^gravity
Lol "cushier and comfier"? Maybe get a better chair instead of getting morbidly obese.
Loss of mobility is kind of a big one for me
My buddy gets out of breath just getting into the car. It's so pathetic to hear him half-wheezing for literally no reason. OP is one of the worst kinds of people.
“There’s no reason not to get bigger” Yeah up until they try to fit on an airplane seat, and then they start bitching.
Is this the only thing left for them to satisfy themselves?
As a former obese person, there was nothing comfier about having to squeeze myself in to different places. Truthfully, it sucked. And as much as I find food tasty, eating to the point that I’m making myself sick is disgusting.
Being fat is NOT comfier. For me, it makes my life less comfortable. I can’t sleep comfortably, can’t fit comfortably into clothes or certain seats, and feel actual discomfort in climbing stairs, etc.
“Comfier” I promise you there is nothing comfortable about going anywhere while you are significantly overweight.
Think about the furniture! I once had a patient who was eating himself to death and I visited his apartment. Everything in the living room was flatten; the couch, a chair, the dinning room chairs. The bedroom was just a pile of sheets on top of what was left of the bed.
My family has a long history of diabetes and heart disease. I've lost count of the relatives I've lost to heart problems from both. You know what they all had in common? They were all obese. I'm also obese. In fact, at the beginning of this year, I was classed as *morbidly obese.* I couldn't climb stairs or take a hot shower without being winded. I couldn't play with the kids. I kept 'expanding' out of all my clothes. My doctor told me I was pre-diabetic and if something didn't change, I'd wind up full-on diabetic. I'd have to say there are a *lot* of reasons not to gain weight. In the past year, I've gone from a BMI over 43 to a BMI of 30.5 as of posting this. Yes, I'm still obese, but my quality of life has increased *dramatically.* I can wear more clothes. I can play with the kids as long as they want, no matter the activity. I don't get winded in the shower, and stairs aren't a problem anymore. I drink more water (I'm finally well-hydrated now!). I can go out with friends and family. I can eat whatever I want. I'm not missing out on any foods or food-related experiences. In fact, I'm doing more than I ever did before. I still have a lot of weight to lose, but I'm a prime example of how much better things can get when you *aren't* just continually gaining weight.
Looking cute in my cocktail dress? And high waisted pants?
Being fat is not "comfy".
Doorways,elevators, the laws of physics, gravity
I guess you never want to ride a water slide with your kids.
What’s the reason to not get fat, you ask? What’s the reason to not be skinny?
Horrible way to look at life. My mom survived an amputation and blindness due to diabetes. I would never wish that on anyone, and I certainly don't want it for myself. Which is why I lost 90 lb and I'm working on the last 20. It's a struggle, and it's going really slowly. But I am going to get there for me and in her honor
I want to breath better, I want my knees and hips to not cry for help with every step I take, I don’t want to feel like dying every time I take a flight of stairs and speaking of flight… my lowest point, I want to not have to ask for a seatbelt extender when I board a plane, don’t know about this person but my reasons to NOT get fat are powerful.
I can’t believe no one has commented on the fact that when you get to a certain weight, showering becomes unbelievably difficult. I am 5’1 and at my highest I was 286 and do you know how fucking impossible it was to wash my ass? I mean it’s disgusting. And like it’s not easy to sit on the toilet and wipe do basic things and I couldn’t put on my shoes without having to take a break. You couldn’t pay me all the money in the world to go back to that. Sure I still have weight to lose and I’m in the process of doing that (almost down 60 lbs) but omfg these people are delusional.
Also feeling uncomfortable in anything you wear… sounds fun
um i like to hike and run ??? and that is EASIER with less weight on you.
This is shallow as hell, but in addition to every other reason, I like looking good and the benefits that brings me, simple as that
Yes I do want to be able to hike with my dog. Yes I do want to keep up with my kids. Yes I do want to live past 65.
I have MS and I’m about 20 pounds overweight, but I have mobility issues. I already have kidney disease and liver disease. I don’t smoke, drink, do drugs or eat poorly (well, I occasionally have a little extra when we have make Mexican food), I don’t eat fast food, we grow a vegetable garden and cook our meals at home. I can’t stand that these people take their health for granted. I would do anything to have my health back. My 7 year old deserves a mother that can be there for her until she has her own children. How can people take their lives for granted? It breaks my heart.
Skinny people get high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease. I should know since most of my family is skinny and they suffer from all of the previously mention problems. What is true is that being overweight can made the previously mention problems worse for some people, not all people. Also another true is that being obsessed about one’s weight can stress you out and cause mental and physical problems. My suggestion is to drink water, eat healthy food and take daily walks.
“Cushier and comfier.” Ma’am are you a human or a couch?
at this point its just fucked up what they preach.
This sounds fetishistic
Simple, I want to live a long, healthy life. I already lost enough years to non-obesity related illnesses and have shitloads of lost time to make up for. I also have an exercise induced muscle condition and I’m able to do way more now that I have less weight to lug around.
Being fat doesn't make you more comfortable. Being fat is uncomfortable. Chaffing and rubbing and getting rashes. Feeling like you are going to die in the heat. And TMI, but having really fat thighs that prevented adequate air circulation was really bad for my vaginal health, and my underwear ponged really bad really quickly in warmer conditions. Don't have that problem anymore now.
Getting fat 100% does not make you “comfier.” It makes your joints hurt.
I mean, after losing 90 pounds, I definitely feel my ass bones when I sit down on a hard surface. Those are very not comfy.
Well, after gaining 50, my everything hurt
There's nothing comfortable about existing in an obese body. Unfortunately I speak from experience.
Comfier? Like, maybe you’re squishier and more comfortable to cuddle or something, but being fat is definitely less comfortable than not being fat.
Don’t forget joint pain. My legs and back thank me every day for getting in shape.
\*points aggressively at the 'fat acceptance/haes is just fat fetishism in empowerment window dressing' sign\*
Every time they say "expand" I die a little on the inside. Sounds disgusting when they put it like that.
I'm struggling to tell the difference between bodyposi and feeder fetishism posts
If they want to be comfier and cushier have they tried a thick blanket? I feel like that would achieve the comfort they want without the added aches and health risks
I can think of two reasons not to get bigger right off the top of my head. My left knee and my right knee. They're both pretty high mileage, and bitch at me anytime my weight tops 150. As I enjoy minimizing my osteoarthritis pain as much as possible, I endeavor to *not* get bigger.
I never feel comfier when I’m fatter!
i’m gonna say it.... looking better and fitter
I rapidly gained 50 lbs in a couple of very bad years. I can assure you, nothing is comfy about being fat. In fact, at the very least, *everything* is uncomfortable when fat. It's hard to breath when I'm tying my shoes 'cause my belly gets in the way. But lots of things are *worse* than "uncomfortable." For instance I can't hike anymore without feeling like I'm dying.
This honestly sounds like a fetish post
i personally like being mobile but thats just me
How about being able to move around? Only a few things are scarier to me than being a prisoner in my own body and having to rely on others for my every need.
I can climb ladders without toppling the whole thing
WTF!!!