It's been a month and I'm happy to say the gains have been consistent.  I'm now at 211 pounds and definitely feeling the difference.  I've also come out to virtually all of my friends about what I'm doing and every single person has said: I have no idea why you'd want to do this but because it makes you happy, I'm supportive!   Clearly I've finally got amazing people in my life now and for this I am profoundly grateful. 

Here are the promised progress pictures: 

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!  This is one of the most awesome times of year...well, actually, the few days after Halloween are the best because that's when stores are blowing out for cheap all the candy that didn't sell.  Bags and bags of tiny M&Ms sit nicely in the passenger seat of my car and those tiny calories do add up...!

So looking back at the last month or so, I'm super impressed by the fact that I was able to gain 10 pounds in 30 days.  It took work and planning but I've proven now that it IS possible.  Everything's SO much easier now that I'm 'out' about gaining.  And now that I've got the diet figured out...it's becoming routine to eat large amounts of high calorie food.

I've been taking a short gaining hiatus the last few days just to let my brain catch up to where my body's at.  I realize then 10 pounds isn't *that* much weight...but for me, at least, to have done this in a single month...it's taking more getting used to than I thought it would.

That being said, I'm planning to repeat this gaining feat for November.  By December 1, I fully expect to clock in at 220 + pounds.

So far I have no regrets.  I really love the changes that I'm seeing, the fact that my belly's just blowing up into such perfect roundness, and the all over feeling of just being more massive.

I'm really excited to know that I'm finally firmly on the path to realizing this lifelong dream.

Rolling right along...

As of today I'm a hefty 211 pounds!

For awhile there I was gaining a pound every three days.  I've slowed down a bit just because eating that much food, gaining that fast, it's really hard to do on a sustained basis.

I must be doing something right though...the weight is still creeping on quickly enough that I'm *very* happy with my progress so far.  After so many weeks of forcing myself to eat 4000 + calories per day it's become habitual to eat this way now.  Which is a good thing - it's taking more and more calories to maintain my size as I'm getting bigger. In order to *stay* big, I've got to *eat* big.

My belly is starting to stick wayyy out now and I find myself running into things with it, mostly at work where there's narrow passageways and lots of mazelike areas to navigate.  It's distracting as hell every time it happens and I have a feeling it's just going to get to be more of an ongoing concern as my stomach expands into the huge and heavy belly I'm working so hard to acquire.  I suppose eventually I'm going to get used to having that much body mass...but for right now it's strange having to relearn how to move through various spaces without crashing into things.  Which is funny because I haven't even gained that much weight. Yet.