And...food poisoning. If the raw chicken smells bad, even if you rinse it off and cook it thoroughly...eating it is a very, very bad idea. So, a minor setback, seeing as the mere thought of food has been a little offputting for the last couple of days.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
22 July 2012
Been eating and eating...pretty much nonstop. I'm amazed and pleased to see how much mass I've already gained in my belly. I know part of it's bloat, etc. but it just feels so good to be growing again.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
18 July 2012
Hey everyone...
I'm back. Took a bit of a break from gaining and as a result really didn't have anything to post here.
Though I haven't made any gaining progress, I haven't really lost any ground either. I'm still fluctuating somewhere between 193 and 195 pounds, which is a good thing as far as I'm concerned.
I have kept up the eating which is the only reason I haven't dropped back down to 180 (which is usually what happens when I stop actively trying to put on weight). Or, perhaps 190+ is my new "normal" weight...which is okay with me. That just gives me a better base upon which to build.
I feel like I'm hovering right on the edge - I've gotten heavier but don't really consider myself fat yet. Part of it, I guess, is the fact that I've finally gotten used to being this big. It wasn't until this evening, when I put on a super tight T-shirt, that I realized "hey, if my reflection was actually someone else, I'd say, objectively, that guy is starting to get a pretty decent belly"
Having made that realization...I'm motivated to start expanding again. I very much want to be substantially larger than I currently am.
The goal is still to get to 235. I really had hoped to get there by last April but apparently I'm just not that good a gainer. Slow and steady, I guess. I realized tonight that if I only ate an extra 500 calories a day, that'd still net me 52 pounds in a year. 104 pounds in 2 years if I kept it up...and so on.
If I'd started with that mindset a year ago, I'd already be up over 240 pounds by now!
I'm back. Took a bit of a break from gaining and as a result really didn't have anything to post here.
Though I haven't made any gaining progress, I haven't really lost any ground either. I'm still fluctuating somewhere between 193 and 195 pounds, which is a good thing as far as I'm concerned.
I have kept up the eating which is the only reason I haven't dropped back down to 180 (which is usually what happens when I stop actively trying to put on weight). Or, perhaps 190+ is my new "normal" weight...which is okay with me. That just gives me a better base upon which to build.
I feel like I'm hovering right on the edge - I've gotten heavier but don't really consider myself fat yet. Part of it, I guess, is the fact that I've finally gotten used to being this big. It wasn't until this evening, when I put on a super tight T-shirt, that I realized "hey, if my reflection was actually someone else, I'd say, objectively, that guy is starting to get a pretty decent belly"
Having made that realization...I'm motivated to start expanding again. I very much want to be substantially larger than I currently am.
The goal is still to get to 235. I really had hoped to get there by last April but apparently I'm just not that good a gainer. Slow and steady, I guess. I realized tonight that if I only ate an extra 500 calories a day, that'd still net me 52 pounds in a year. 104 pounds in 2 years if I kept it up...and so on.
If I'd started with that mindset a year ago, I'd already be up over 240 pounds by now!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
8 February 2012
Too...much...butter...!
Actually, it's more the fact that there's so much salt in that stuff. I guess it really is meant to be a condiment and not a main dish.
A good experiment but I don't think I'll try that again. I'm going to stick to just putting a little bit in everything I eat, and eating more of everything in general...
Actually, it's more the fact that there's so much salt in that stuff. I guess it really is meant to be a condiment and not a main dish.
A good experiment but I don't think I'll try that again. I'm going to stick to just putting a little bit in everything I eat, and eating more of everything in general...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
7 February 2012
So as of today I'm consistently weighing in at 196 pounds. And it shows - I'm overjoyed with the view when I look down and I can see how swollen my stomach is getting.
I'm back into gaining mode, trying to get back up over 200 pounds again so that I can start breaking new ground. This afternoon I ate some mashed potatoes with a half pound of butter (yes, I measured...this is no exaggeration).
So far feeling okay but going to take it easy for the next few hours just in case it's too much fat all at once (I still gag a little when I remember the liter of vegetable oil I once drank...and how gloriously I vomited for what felt like days...but I'm sure was only for a few hours).
I'm thinking of trying to consume more butter each day on top of what I regularly eat. I realize this sounds radical but remember that my diet is limited: very little fast food, not much in the way of donuts or cookies (where most other people get their fat overload from), no cake unless I feel like splurging for a $8 gluten free version of an 8"x8" sheet cake, etc.
Butter really is a cost effective solution. Of course it will be interesting to see how this will impact my cholesterol levels (I'm still not entirely convinced that intake of dietary fat is linked to elevated cholesterol...but I guess we'll find out)
I'm back into gaining mode, trying to get back up over 200 pounds again so that I can start breaking new ground. This afternoon I ate some mashed potatoes with a half pound of butter (yes, I measured...this is no exaggeration).
So far feeling okay but going to take it easy for the next few hours just in case it's too much fat all at once (I still gag a little when I remember the liter of vegetable oil I once drank...and how gloriously I vomited for what felt like days...but I'm sure was only for a few hours).
I'm thinking of trying to consume more butter each day on top of what I regularly eat. I realize this sounds radical but remember that my diet is limited: very little fast food, not much in the way of donuts or cookies (where most other people get their fat overload from), no cake unless I feel like splurging for a $8 gluten free version of an 8"x8" sheet cake, etc.
Butter really is a cost effective solution. Of course it will be interesting to see how this will impact my cholesterol levels (I'm still not entirely convinced that intake of dietary fat is linked to elevated cholesterol...but I guess we'll find out)
Friday, February 3, 2012
3 February 2012
So as promised, here are some progress shots. I apologize for the primitive cutting and pasting - I'm using Paintbrush for this. It's not sophisticated but it gets the job done.
As you can see, I'm getting rounder. The top two pictures of the series are 190 and 195 pounds and the bottom, for comparison's sake, is what I looked like at 184 pounds.
I realize these aren't huge jumps in weight compared to what I was hoping for by this time (I should have been 210 pounds by now). The charts and graphs kind of went out the window after Christmas. With all the stuff that was taking up my time attention, I'm actually really pleased that I was able to make it to 195 without any real conscious effort on my part (other than eating as much as I could, as often as I could).
And although it's not a huge gain, I certainly do feel bigger. I'm starting to look thicker all over now but most of the extra mass is going to my belly. It's really getting heavy now, starting to hang down a bit. I love how wide my stomach is getting, how I'm finally properly filling out my XL t-shirts. I can totally see a time when they're going to be as tight on me as the L's are on me now.
And on the topic of clothing: I never did get out to buy new pants. Instead I compromised by moving the buttons on them. I gained an inch of waist size on them and put off the inevitable expenditure for a little while yet...though I'm not sure how much longer because they're already starting to feel tight again.
Anyway, I'm off to eat some more. While I'm pleased with my progress so far...how I look...how it feels to (finally!) be getting fat...I know I don't want to stop until I'm a LOT bigger than I am right now.
Monday, January 23, 2012
23 January 2012
There really isn't much to report yet. I'm still around 194. Interestingly, all my pants have become too tight. I'm not sure what's going on...except that maybe I'm developing some abdominal muscles under the flab. Anyway, I guess today it's off to get some new pants (size 40, in case you're curious...)
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